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Dianthus deltoides
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'Arctic Fire' Dianthus |
Low growing perennial to 7" forms lush dense mat of attractive dark green foliage. Profuse blooms of small white flowers with fiery red center. SUN: full MOISTURE: med-dry BLOOM: May-June |
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Leucanthemum superbum
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'Crazy Daisy' |
Spectacularly ruffled 2 1/2" white flowers w/ small yellow eyes on 30" plants. Blooms are fully double and packed with uniquely shaped petals. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med-dry BLOOM: June-July |
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Monarda didyma
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'Panorama Red Shades' Bee Balm |
NATIVE 42" perennial with shades of bright, salmon and scarlet reds, attracts bees and butterflies. Great cutflower. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med-dry BLOOM: July-Aug |
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Helenium autumnale
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'Red & Gold Hybrids' Sneezeweed |
NATIVE cultivar to 42" with sprays of sunny yellow, orange, and bronze flowers. Excellent cut flower. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med BLOOM: Sept |
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Achillea millefolium
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'Summer Berries' Yarrow |
24" plants with flat-topped clusters of blooms in cheery shades of salmon, apricot, red, white, pink, yellow, and more. Excellent cut flower. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med-dry BLOOM: June-Aug |
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Achillea millefolium
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'Summer Pastels' Yarrow |
24” pastel blend of pinks, rose, apricot, yellow, and cream flowers on broad sprays. Excellent cut flower. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med-dry BLOOM: June-Aug |
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Heliopsis heliantoides
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'Summer Sun' Ox-Eye Daisy |
36” stalks with profuse bright yellow flowers, great for bouquets, long season of bloom |
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Artemesia absinthium
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Absinthe Wormwood |
Very bitter medicinal with feathery silvery green foliage on a woody base |
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Verbena hastata
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Blue Vervain |
NATIVE perennial to 60" with long lasting steeples of tiny blue-purple blossoms. Medicinal and very attractive to pollinators. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med-wet BLOOM: Aug-Sept |
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Solidago caesia
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Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod |
NATIVE clump-forming goldenrod to 24" with late blooms very attractive to pollinators. Flowers all along the blue-hued stems. SUN: part-shade MOISTURE: med BLOOM: Sept-Oct |
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Symphytum x uplandicum
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Bocking 14 Russian Comfrey |
Vigorous medicinal perennial with large leaves, great for mulch, compost, and fertilizer. Purple flowers on 24" plants attract bees. SUN: shade-part-sun MOISTURE: med-wet BLOOM: June-July |
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Monarda bradburniana
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Bradbury's Monarda |
NATIVE bee balm similar to Wild Bergamot with lavender blossoms, but much more compact at 24". Great choice for the garden. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med BLOOM: June-July |
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Echinacea paradoxa
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Bush's Coneflower |
NATIVE echinacea to 36" with long drooping golden yellow petals surrounding a spiky dark brown seed head. Pollinator favorite. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med-dry BLOOM: July |
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Astragalus membraneceous
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Chinese Milk Vetch |
Chinese medicinal grows to 36" covered with small paired leaves. Inconspicuous pea-shaped flowers. The nitrogen-fixing roots are used as an immune enhancing adaptogen. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med-dry BLOOM: July-Aug |
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Mentha piperita
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Chocolate Mint |
Chocolate-flavored mint with dark green-brown leaves and rhizomatous roots, full sun. |
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Thymus serphyllum
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Creeping Thyme |
Hardy perennial ground cover, can be used interchangeably with and is more hardy than the culinary German Thyme, bees are obsessed with the small flowers. |
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Veronicastrum virginicum
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Culver's Root |
NATIVE perennial to 60” with stately spires of white flowers beloved by bumblebees. |
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Liatris spicata
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Dense Blazing Star |
NATIVE perennial plants with upright purple flower spires up to 5 feet, pollinator favorite, medium to wet soil, full sun to part shade. |
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Penstemon digitalis
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Foxglove Beardstongue |
NATIVE perennial w/ dark green foliage in a lush mounded rosette gives rise to flowerstalks loaded w/ tubular white blossoms that attracts bees and hummingbirds. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med-dry BLOOM: June-July |
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Rumex acetosa
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Garden Sorrel |
Large, succulent, lemony leaves used for French sorrel soup, in salads, and as a tart seasoning for many dishes. Grows to 18". SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med BLOOM: remove flower stalks in June-July to prolong leaf production. |
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Lobelia siphilitica
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Great Blue Lobelia |
NATIVE long -blooming wildflower with bright lavendar-blue tubular blossoms up a long flower-stalk to 24". Beautiful garden plant that self-seeds readily. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med-wet BLOOM: July-Sept |
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Alchemilla mollis
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Lady's Mantle |
Versitile medicinal plants with unique leaves that catch and hold the sparkling dew. 18" stalks with small yellow flowers good in bouquets. SUN: shade-part-full MOISTURE: med BLOOM: June-July |
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Levisticum officinale
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Lovage |
Edible celery-flavored perennial grows to 60". Good for the permaculture garden with its flowering tops attracting beneficial insects. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med BLOOM: July-Aug |
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Althea officinalis
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Marshmallow |
Mucilaginous immune stimulating medicinal, grows to over 60” with light pink flowers and downy foliage. Vigorous, non-spreading roots. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med-wet BLOOM: June-July |
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Arnica chamissonis
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Meadow Arnica |
NATIVE anti-inflammatory and wound herb with bright yellow flowers and creeping habit. |
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Leonurus cardiaca
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Motherwort |
Medicinal member of the mint family, spiny stems with tri-lobed leaves. Self sows. |
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Pycnanthemum virginianum
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Mountain Mint |
NATIVE pollinator magnet grows to 30" with flat-topped clusters of tiny white flowers. Bees especially love this aromatic member of the mint family. Leaves make a medicinal tea. Spreads by rhizomes. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: dry-med-wet BLOOM: July-Aug |
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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
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New England Aster |
NATIVE 36" plants with fall flowers in shades of purple and pink. Great pollinator plant. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med-wet BLOOM: Aug-Sept |
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Glycyrrhiza glabra
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Official Licorice |
Nitrogen fixing medicinal perennial with long, pencil-thin roots of classic licorice flavor |
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Echinacea purpurea
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Purple Coneflower |
NATIVE wildflower to 42" loved by pollinators. Long reflexed pink petals surrounding dark seed head. Widely used medicinally to ward off colds and flu. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med BLOOM: July-Aug |
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Asclepias incarnata
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Rose Milkweed |
NATIVE milkweed to 48" with rose upright flower clusters and a non-aggressive habit. Provides amazing monarch and beneficial insect habitat. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med-wet BLOOM: July-Aug |
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Digitalis mertonensis
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Strawberry Foxglove |
Perennial foxglove with bell-shaped rose flowers to 24” |
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Rudbeckia subtomentosa
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Sweet Black-eyed Susan |
NATIVE long lived perennial black-eyed susan with yellow flowers up to 5 feet, medium soil, full sun to part shade. |
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Valeriana officinalis
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Valerian |
Medicinal perennial is strong herbal sedative. 60" tall plants with white/light pink flowers. Self sows freely. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: dry-med-wet BLOOM: June-July |
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Ageratina altissima
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White Snakeroot |
NATIVE perennial well suited to shady areas, with white sprays of small flowers on branching stems to 2 feet, medium soil, partial shade to shade. |
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Achillea millefolium
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White Yarrow |
NATIVE bitter medicinal perennial to 18". White flowers great for bouquets and beneficial insects. Great permaculture companion for the orchard. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med-dry BLOOM: June-Aug |
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Monarda fistulosa
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Wild Bergamot |
NATIVE tea herb with lavender flowers and light green foliage. Attracts bees and butterflies. 42" tall with vigorous spreading growth habit. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med-dry BLOOM: July-Aug |
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Senna hebecarpa
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Wild Senna |
NATIVE 48-60” nitrogen-fixing legume with canary yellow pea-like flowers with black centers. Attract pollinators and very hardy. SUN: part-full MOISTURE: med BLOOM: July-Aug |
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Fragaria virginiana
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Wild Strawberry |
NATIVE groundcover to 5" with familiar delicious small red berries following starry white flowers. One of the best perennials for pollinators. SUN: shade-part-full MOISTURE: dry-med BLOOM: May-June |
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Amsonia tabernaemontana
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Willow Leaf Bluestar |
NATIVE. Blue star flowers with narrow leaves to 36". Foliage turns attractive golden in fall. |
