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These are the plants we currently grow. Please note that some are available only in certain seasons. Contact us if you are looking for something specific.
"100-Mile" means the plant grows within a 100 mile radius of the nursery.
Baptisia australis (Blue False Indigo) EAST N.A.
Description: H90cm, W90cm; violet flowers with attractive foliage; spring
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part sun; Woodland edges, Moist Prairies
Where to Use: Perennial border, Prairie, Meadow, Background for lower plants with summer bloom; Drought tolerant
Combinations: Grasses, Rudbeckia, Echinacea, Thermopsis (Carolina Bush Pea), Monarda (Wild Bergamot), Penstemon digitalis
Baptisia leucantha (=B. alba var. macrophylla) (Prairie False Indigo) 100 Mile
Description: H100cm, W90cm; white, spring
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part Sun; Prairie, Meadows, Wide range of soils
Where to Use: Prairie, Meadows, Back of Border; Attractive foliage all season
Combinations: Andropogon (Big Blue Stem), Sorghastrum nutans (Indian Grass), Thermopsis villosa (Carolina Bush Pea), Silphium perfoliatum (Cup Plant), Coreopsis tripteris (Tall Tickseed)
Belamcanda chinensis (Blackberry Lily) Asia
Description: H90cm, W40cm; orange/red; summer
Where to Use: Sun; average soils; perennial border or rock garden; will self seed; Iris family; Hardy to Zone 4
Betula alleghenensis (Yellow Birch) 100 Mile
Description: Tree to 25m; mature bark bronze and shredding, catkins in spring
Natural Habitat: Woodland; Somewhat shade tolerant; Rich moist soils mixed with sugar maple, beech, hemlock, basswood
Where to Use: Woodland plantings; Specimen tree
Betula pumila v. glandulifera (Dwarf Birch) 100 Mile
Description: Shrub or small tree to 3m;
small green leaves with upright catkins fall/winter
Natural Habitat:
Swamps, Wetland edge, Moist depressions, Fens
Where to Use: Sun/Part sun; Lake edge, Moist woodland edge, Areas with constantly moist soil
Combinations: Salix (Willows), Ilex verticillata , (Winterberry), Larix laricina (Tamarack),Acer rubrum (Red Maple), Sedges
Bouteloua curtipendula (Sideoats Grama) 100 Mile
Description: H30-60cm, W30-60cm clumps; summer bloom in one-sided racemes
Natural Habitat: Sun; Well-drained Prairie
Where to Use: Prairie, Perennial border
Combinations: Grasses, Sorghastrum (Indiangrass), Silphium (Cup Plant, Compass Plant), Helianthus (Sunflowers), Echinacea, Liatris (Blazing Star), Desmodium (Showy Tick Trefoil), Solidago (Goldenrod), Asters, Rudbeckia
Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold) 100 Mile
Des
cription: H60cm. W30cm; yellow; spring
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part shade, Wet meadows, Wet woods, Spring-flooded areas
Where to Use: Moist meadows, Pond garden, Beside streams, Perennial border if given plenty of moisture
Combinations: Calla palustris (Water Arum), Osmunda (Royal, Cinnamon Ferns), Iris versicolor (Blue Flag), Sagittaria (Arrowhead), Carex (Sedges)
Campanula rotundifolia (Harebell) 100 Mile
Descripti
on: H30cm, W20cm, blue/violet; summer
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part sun; Rocky outcrops, Shorelines, Dry Prairies
Where to Use: Rock garden, Crevice garden, Stone walls, Perennial border
Combinations: Aquilegia (Columbine), Penstemon hirsutus (Hairy Beardtongue), Rosa blanda (Smooth Rose), Phlox subulata (Moss Phlox), Aster ptarmicoides, Asclepius tuberosa (Butterfly Weed), Liatris punctata (Blazing Star)
CAREX (SEDGES)
Sedges
are an overlooked group of plants and have a lot to offer the
gardener. Some provide fountains of flowing leaves while others produce
interesting seed structures. They range from bright yellow-green to
dark forest green to golden brown. While many prefer a moist site, they
can be used in a garden setting drier than their usual habitat. Many
actually thrive in full or part shade.
Carex comosa (Bristly Sedge) 100 Mile
Description: H40-80cm, W70cm; bright green leaves, large seed heads like a bottlebrush
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part shade; Wetland edges, Wide range of soils
Where to Use: Moist
soils, Wetland edge, Erosion control; Attracts wildlife
Combinations: Lobelia (Cardinal Flower), Eupatorium (Boneset, Joe-pye Weed), Caltha (Marsh Marigold), Aster puniceus (Swamp Aster), Chelone (Turtlehead), Vernonia (Ironweed), Iris versicolor (Blue Flag), Mimulus (Monkey Flower)
Carex crinita (Fringed Sedge) 100 Mile
Description: H90cm; drooping seed heads in summer; long grassy leaves
Natural Habitat: Part sun; moist soils; low areas, water side
Where to Use: Moist meadows, moist clearing, naturalizing waterfront, pond gardens
Carex grayi (Gray's Sedge) 100 Mile
Description: H40-80cm, W70cm; bright green leaves, round spikey seed heads like a mace
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part shade; Wetland edges, Wide range of soils
Where to Use: Moist
soils, Wetland edge, Erosion control; Attracts wildlife
Carex gynandra (Nodding Sedge) 100 Mile
Des
cription: H90-120cm, W90cm; stalks of green drooping seed heads in summer turning tan by autumn
Natural Habitat: Part sun/Shade; Wetland edges, shorelines, ponds, streams
Where to Use: Pond edge, Moist soils with shade, Border with constant moisture
Combinations: Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed), Mimulus (Monkey Flower), Iris versicolor (Blue Flag), Eupatorium (Joe-pye Weed, Boneset), Other Sedges, Aster puniceus (Swamp Aster)
Carex intumescens (Bladder Sedge) 100 Mile
Description: H80cm; inflated clusters of seeds, grass-like leaves; summer
Natural Habitat: Part shade; moist soils; treed swamps, marsh edges
Where to Use: Moist soils, naturalizing along waterfront, moist woodland
Carex lupulina (Hop Sedge) 100 Mile
Description: H60-90cm, W70cm; bright green
leaves, upright, spikey seed heads
Natural
Habitat: Sun/Part shade; Wetland edges, Wide range of moist soils
Where to Use: Moist
soils, Wetland edge, Shaded moist areas, woods
Combinations: Caltha (Marsh Marigold), Aster puniceus (Swamp Aster), Chelone (Turtlehead), Iris versicolor (Blue Flag), Mimulus (Monkey Flower), Viola (wetland species)
Carex lurida (Shallow Sedge) 100 Mile
Description: H80cm; spiky seed heads; summer
Natural Habitat: Part sun; moist soils; lake shores; swamps
Where to Use: Pond gardens, waterfront naturalizing, moist soils
Carex muskingumensis (Palm Sedge) 100 Mile
Description: H50-60cm, W70cm; bright green whorled leaves, small cone-like seed cluster
Natural Habitat: Sun/Shade; Stream edges, Flood plains
Where to Use: Moist soils as background or foliage contrast; Feathery leaves create a soft texture; Spreads moderately as a filler
Combinations: Lobelia (Cardinal Flower), Eupatorium (Boneset, Joe-pye Weed), Caltha (Marsh Marigold), Aster puniceus (Swamp Aster), Thalictrum pubescens (Tall Meadow Rue), Vernonia (Ironweed), Iris versicolor (Blue Flag), Mimulus (Monkey Flower)
Carex scoparia (Broom Sedge) 100 Mile
Description: H60 cm; small spikelet seeds heads from grassy clumps; summer and fall
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part sun in moist meadows or shorelines
Where to Use: Meadows, naturalizing moist areas
*not available spring 2012
Carex vulpinoidea (Fox Sedge) 100 Mile
Description: H60cm; greenish yellow spikes in summer and fall
Natural Habitat: Sun; moist meadows
Where to Use: Pond garden, naturalizing in moist areas, shorelines
Caryopteris x cladonensis (Blue Spirea) Garden hybrid
Description: Small shrub to 1m; blue flowers in late summer
Where to Use: Part sun; Perennial border, mixed shrubs
*Hardy to Zone 5 but dies back in the winter and regrows each year; may benefit from some winter protection
Caulophyllum thalictroides (Blue Cohosh) 100 Mile
Descrip
tion: H60-80cm, W60cm, purplish/blue shoots in spring, green, columbine-like foliage and bright blue seeds in autumn
Natural Habitat: Part shade/Shade; Moist woodland soils, Mature woods
Where to Use: Woodland, Shade garden, Background foliage
Combinations: Ferns, Podophyllum (Mayapple), Trillium, Solidago flexicaulis (Zig-zag Goldenrod)
Ceanothus ovatus (=C. herbaceus) (Narrow-leaf New Jersey Tea) 100 Mile
Description: Shrub less than 1m;
white clusters of flowers, narrow leaves; late spring
Natural Habitat: Dry, sandy woods (pine, oak), Rocky clearings
Where to Use: Sun/Part shade; Rock garden, Dry woodland openings/edges,
Celastrus scandens (American Bittersweet) 100 Mile
Description: Woody vine up to 7m;
Orange and red arils (fruit) in the fall
Natural Habitat: Woodland edge, Open woods, Thickets, Old fences
Where to Use: Sun/Part sun; Mature trees, Fences, Trellises (heavy duty), Buildings;
Fruits can be dried and used as decoration; Attracts wildlife
Cephalanthus occidentalis (Buttonbush) 100 Mile
Description: Shrub to 3m; white spheres of many flowers; summer
Natural Habitat: Moist forest edges and openings, Flood plains, Swamps
Where to Use: Sun/Part shade; Permanently moist and seasonally flooded areas, Wetland edges; Attractive flowers and seed heads attracts butterflies and birds
Combinations: Cornus (Dogwood), Salix (Willow), Iris versicolor (Blue Flag), Typha (Cattail)
Chamaedaphne calyculata (Leatherleaf) 100 Mile
Description: Shrub to 1m; spike of small white bells; spring
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part sun; Bogs and Shorelines; Wet, acidic soil
Where to Use: Bog gardens, Wetlands, Wet shorelines, Mass plantings in wet areas
Combinations: Vaccinium (Blueberries, Cranberries), Larix (Tamarack), Sarracenia (Pitcher Plant), Viburnum cassinoides (Wild Raisin), Solidago uliginosa (Bog Goldenrod), Ledum (Labrador Tea), Kalmia (Sheep Laurel), Eriophorum (Cotton Grass) *not available 2012
Chasmanthium latifolia (Northern Sea Oats) EAST N.A.
Description: H90-120cm, W80cm, grass with wide spikelets turning pink/tan in autumn
Natural Habitat: Sun/Light shade; River banks
Where to Use: Meadow, Perennial border; Seed heads provide interest from summer through winter; Excellent contrast with flowering perennials
Combinations: Amsonia (Bluestar), Gillenia (Bowman's Root), Heliopsis (False Sunflower), Gentiana (Bottle Gentian), Asters, Echinacea, Rudbeckia (Coneflowers)
Chelone glabra (Turtlehead) 100 Mile
Descriptio
n: H90cm, W60cm; pinkish white; late summer
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part sun; Moist meadows, Stream and Marsh edges, Moist woods, Shorelines
Where to Use: Moist meadows, Shorelines, Pond gardens, Perennial border (with moisture); Provides good late season flowers; Good nectar plant;
Combinations: Asters, Solidago (Goldenrod), Eupatorium (Boneset, Joe-pye Weed), Lobelia siphlitica (Great Blue Lobelia), Carex (Sedges), Grasses, Helenium (Sneezeweed), Iris (Blue Flag)
Cimicifuga racemosa (Black Snakeroot) 100 Mile
Description: H90-150cm, W90cm, tall white plumes in summer
Natural Habitat: Part
shade/Shade; Moist woodland soils, Mature woods
Where to Use:
Woodland, Shade garden, Background for borders
Claytonia virginiana (Spring Beauty) 100 Mile
Description: H15cm, W10cm; pink;
early spring; Grows form a small tuber and foliage disappears by June
Natural Habitat: Shade;
Moist, woodland soils
Where to Use: Woodland, Shade gardens
Combinations: Ferns, Asarum canadensis (Wild Ginger),Viola pubescens (Yellow Violet), Tiarella (Foam Flower), Podophyllum (Mayapple), Uvularia (Bellwort), Trillium, Thalictrum dioicum (Early
Meadow Rue), Hepatica, , Actaea (Baneberries),
Caulophyllum (Blue Cohosh), Sanguinaria (Bloodroot)
Clematis heracleifolia (Tube Clematis) China
Description: Shrub to 1.5m; blue flowers in late summer
Where to Use: Part sun/Shade; average soils; woodland edges; not a climber; Hardy to Zone 4
Clematis virginiana (Virgin's Bower, Wild Clematis) 100 Mile
Description: Vine to 3m; clusters of small white flowers in summer; ornamental seed heads
Natural Habitat: Part sun; Forest edges, clearings, fencerows
Where to Use: Fences, arbors, mixed shrub planting, woodland edges
Clintonia borealis (Yellow Bead Lily) 100 Mile
Description: H25cm, W20cm; yellow flowers followed by blue berries;
early spring
Natural Habitat: Shade;
Moist, acidic woodland soils, Cool woods
Where to Use: Woodland, Shade gardens
Combinations: Ferns, Viola pubescens (Yellow Violet), Maianthemum canadense (Canada Mayflower), Cornus canadensis (Bunchberry), Trientalis borealis (Star Flower) * not available 2012
Coreopsis grandiflora (Big-flowered Tickseed) EAST N.A.
Description: H30-40cm, W40cm, yellow, summer
Natural Habitat: Clearings, Meadows
Where to Use: Sun, average soils, Short grass Meadows, Containers, Perennial Bordern Naturalizing
Coreopsis tripestris (Tall Tickseed) 100 Mile
Description: H90-180cm, W90cm, yellow, late summer
Natural Habitat: Clearings, Meadows
Where to Use: Tall Meadows, Woodland edge, Back of Perennial Border
Cornus alternifolia (Pagoda Tree) 100 Mile
Description: Large shrub or small tree to 5m, flat clusters of white flowers in spring followed by
purple/black fruit in summer; branches grow in horizontal layers
Natural Habitat: Part sun/Shade; Woodland edge, Understory tree in mixed woods
Where to Use: Mixed tree plantings, Shrub borders, Specimen trees
Cornus canadensis (Bunchberry) 100 Mile
Descriptio
n: H15cm, W30cm clumps/mats, white flowers followed by red fruit
Natural Habitat: Part sun/Shade; Cool woods in moist acidic soils
Where to Use: Ground cover for woodland areas
Combinations: Ferns, Violets, Linnaea borealis (Twinflower), Clintonia (Bead Lily), Aralia (Wild Sarsaparilla, Spikenard)
Cornus obliqua (=C. amomum ssp obliqua) (Silky Dogwood) 100 Mile
Description: Shrub to 3m; clusters of white flowers in early summer; blue fruit, purplish twigs in winter
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part sun; shorelines, moist meadows, fencerows
Where to Use: Shrub plantings, back of Perennial beds, Pond edge, Shoreline naturalization
Cornus racemosa (Grey Dogwood) 100 Mile
Description: Multi-stemmed shrub to 1.5m; flat clusters of white flowers in spring followed by
white fruit on red stems fruit in late summer; forms a spreading clump
Natural Habitat: Part sun/Sun; Woodland edge, Thickets, Meadows
Where to Use: Mixed shrub plantings, Naturalized areas, Woodland edge
Cornus stolonifera = C. sericea (Red Osier Dogwood) 100 Mile
Description: Shrub to 2m; clusters of white flowers in early summer; white fruit, red twigs in winter
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part sun; shorelines, moist meadows, fencerows
Where to Use: Shrub plantings, back of Perennial beds, Pond edge, Shoreline naturalization
Corydalis sempervirens (Pale corydalis) 100 Mile
Description: Annual or Biennial; H20-50cm, W30-60cm; pink and yellow flowers over blue-grey foliage
Natural Habitat: Part sun/Sun; Rocky outcrops and crevices; Poor dry solis
Where to Use: Rocky, dry areas; Naturalized dry areas; Self-sows freely so may be too aggressive in a formal rock garden
Combinations: Sumac (Rhus spp.), Aralia hispida, Potentilla spp., Hairy Penstemon (Penstemon hirsutus), Bearberry, Juniper, Helenium divaricatus (Woodland Sunflower)
Cypripedium parviflorum v pubescens (Yellow Lady Slipper) 100 Mile
Description: H50cm; yellow orchids in late spring
Natural Habitat: Part sun; open woods; moist soils; often associated with Cedars (Thuja occidentalis)
Where to Use: Specimens in woodland garden; will eventually form a clump
*A few plants available Fall 2012
Dalea purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover) 100 Mile
Descripti
on: H60-90cm, W40cm; purple clusters; summer
Natural Habitat: Sun; Prairie, Clearings; Range of soils
Where to Use: Meadow, Prairie, Informal Perennial bed, Rock Garden
Combinations: Grasses, Pycnanthemum (Virginia Mountain Mint), Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion), Rudbeckia, Asclepius tuberosa (Butterfly Weed), Aster ericoides (Heath Aster)
Desmodium canadense (Showy Tick Trefoil) 100 Mile
Description: H90-120cm, W40cm; pink/mauve spikes in summer
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part sun, Clearings, Woodland edges, Stream banks
Where to Use: Border, Shade garden, Woodland/Pond edge
Combinations: Lobelia siphilitica (Tall BLue Lobelia), Sedges, Hystrix Patula (Bottlebrush Grass), Solidago caesia (Wreath Goldenrod)
Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's Britches) 100 Mile
Descriptio
n: H15cm, W15cm; white; early spring
Natural Habitat: Part shade/Shade; Woodland soils under deciduous trees
Where to Use: Woodland, Shade garden; Plants spread slowly to form ground cover but plants go dormant in summer
Combinations: Ferns, Smilacena (False Solomon's Seal), Tiarella (Foam Flower), Uvularia (Bellwort), Trillium, Thalictrum dioicum (Early Meadow Rue), Hepatica, Claytonia (Spring Beauty), Actaea (Baneberries), Viola pubescens (Yellow Violet), Sanguinaria (Bloodroot), Asarum (Wild Ginger)
Dicentra eximia/formosa (Wild Bleeding Heart) West and East N.A.
Description: H40cm, W 40cm; red/pink flowers over a long period spring to summer
Natural Habitat: Part sun; Open woods; Soils with high organic content
Where to Use: Woodland and shade gardens
Combinations: Ferns, Phlox divaricata (Woodland Phlox), Tiarella (Foam Flower), Uvularia (Bellwort), Trillium, Thalictrum dioicum (Early Meadow Rue), Hepatica, Claytonia (Spring Beauty), Actaea (Baneberries), Viola (Violets), Sanguinaria (Bloodroot)
(Photo credit: Kurt Stueber)
Dodecatheon meadia (Shooting Star) EAST N.A.
Description: H20, W20; Pink or white; spring
Natural Habitat: Shade/Part shade; Moist (in spring) woodland
Where to Use: Woodland, Shade garden, Rock garden (shaded); Leaves go dormant in summer
Combinations: Ferns, Phlox divaricata (Woodland Phlox), Tiarella (Foam Flower), Podophyllum (Mayapple), Uvularia (Bellwort), Trillium, Thalictrum dioicum (Early Meadow Rue), Hepatica, Claytonia (Spring Beauty), Actaea (Baneberries), Viola (Violets), Sanguinaria (Bloodroot)
Dodecatheon pulchellum (Darkthroat Shootingstar) Western N.A
Description: H30cm, W20cm; fuchsia; spring
Natural Habitat: Part shade; Cool, moist soils
Where to Use: Woodland or shade garden; may go dormant in the summer; Hardy to Zone 4
(Photo credit: Walter Siegmund)
Dryopteris goldiana (Goldie's Wood Fern) 100 Mile
Description: H90-120cm, W90cm; tall, lacy foliage
Natural Habitat: Shade; Moist woodland or forest edge; Often in areas with limestone bedrock
Where to Use: Woodland, Shade garden with moisture
Combinations: Smilacena (False Solomon's Seal), Podophyllum (Mayapple), Actaea (Baneberries), Caulophyllum (Blue Cohosh)
Dryopteris marginalis (Marginal Wood Fern) 100 Mile
Description: H60
cm, W60cm; clumping fern somewhat evergreen
Natural Habitat: Shade/Part shade; Rocky woodland soils
Where to Use: Woodland, Shade garden, Rock garden (shaded); Withstands some drought when established
Combinations: Carex (Sedges), Viola (Violets), Tiarella (Foam Flower), Uvularia (Bellwort), Trillium, Thalictrum dioicum (Early Meadow Rue), Hepatica, Claytonia (Spring Beauty), Actaea (Baneberries), Caulophyllum (Blue Cohosh), Aralia nudicaulis (Wild Sarsaparilla)
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