Medicinal

Common Blue Violet

NATIVE 3"-8" groundcover forms colonies through rhizomes and self-seeding. A forager's delight with edible leaves all season and edible blossoms in spring. Larval host for frittillary butterflies.

Bloodroot

NATIVE single ephemeral star-shaped blossoms emerge from furled leaves for a very short time in early spring. Forms leafy colonies 6"-10" tall that fade and die back in summer.

Elecampane

Robust, upright, showy medicinal. Grows 3'-6' tall, with clusters of bright yellow 2"-3" sunflower-like blooms in late summer. Good late season nectar source for pollinators.

Hyssop

Bushy, traditional European medicinal grows 18"-24" tall with spikes of fragrant, blue-purple flowers blooming in mid-late summer. Leaves are aromatic and edible/medicinal.

Scotch Bellflower (Harebell)

NATIVE blue-violet nodding blossoms in summer singly or in clusters on 12"-18" slender stems. Forms clump of edible basal leaves, may re-flower in fall. Root can be used medicinally.

Munstead Lavender

Aromatic mounded shrub grows to 2'-3'. Spikes of fragrant purple flowers in summer. Use lavender for aromatherapy, tea, and herbes de Provence seasoning blends.

Blue Vervain

NATIVE perennial to 60" with long lasting steeples of tiny blue-purple blossoms. Medicinal and very attractive to pollinators.

Stiff Goldenrod

NATIVE 36” perennial with flat-topped clusters of rich golden flowers and light green foliage, its late summer flowers attract beneficials to the garden or orchard. 

'Panorama Red' Bee Balm

NATIVE 36” perennial with bright scarlet flowers. Attracts bees & hummingbirds. 

Great Blue Lobelia

NATIVE perennial with rich blue flowering spikes to 36”. 

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