Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Asclepias syriaca f. leucantha

Family: (Apocynaceae)

(P) to 5’. White Milkweed. Eastern North America. A unique and striking form of the Common Milkweed.  Many umbellate cymes of fragrant, five-petalled flowers.  The petals are light green with white margins, the bright white corona consists of five hoods with beaks. Discovered this season colonizing in a relatively undisturbed border. This beauty is equally as supportive to pollinators as the more common pink form. Blooms June to August.  Sun.  4 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie Glow’

Family: (Asteraceae)

(B/P) to 4′.  Three-lobed Coneflower.  Central Eastern US.  A biennial or short-lived perennial selection which differs from the straight species with burgundy red stems and bicolour blooms. Self-sows in the Red/Orange/Yellow Bed of the Flower Garden where we can identify and sort them by their emerging reddish foliage. The branching stems hold on long to their two-inch wide blooms with rusty orange ray florets tipped with golden yellow surrounding a dark brown central cone.  Summer blooming.  Sun. 4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Salvia reptans

Family: (Lamiaceae)

(P) to 4′.  West Texas Grass Salvia.  Texas, Mexico, Guatemala.  Typical Salvia flowers with five united petals; the lower three are vivid cobalt blue, the upper two are pale blue to white in colour.  Flowers appear in whorls along the grass-like willowy stems with aromatic, needle-like foliage.  As is the case with most Salvias, hummingbirds, bees and butterflies are attracted to the nectar-rich flowers. Blooms late summer to early fall.  Well-drained soil.  Sun.  4 & T2

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Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Lobelia siphilitica Pink Form

Family: (Campanulaceae)

(P) to 3′.  A very attractive and rare pale pink form of the native Great Blue Lobelia.  Clear pink, sometimes white, inch-long, fan-shaped flowers with small, white stamens bloom on dense racemes from July to September.  Moist soil.  Sun/partial shade.  3 & 6A

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Asparagus schoberioides

Family: (Asparagaceae)

(P) to 3′. Siberian Asparagus. Far East Asia. This delicately textured perennial, though edible, is largely grown for its ornamental value in a garden setting. Arching stems of fine needle-like light green foliage provide an airy, ethereal presence. Tiny white flowers in summer are followed by bright red fruit in fall when the foliage turns golden yellow. Asparagus plants are typically dioecious and therefore both male and female plants are required for fruit production. Our plant was purchased from Seneca Hill Nurseries in 2007. It is planted in the Grass Garden where it has been producing fruit happily for at least the past 10 years. Just lovely. Sun. 2B, 3 & T3

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Asclepias purpurascens

Family: (Apocynaceae)

(P) to 4′.  Purple Milkweed.  Northeast and Central United States.  Large, dark, rosy-purple umbels on a tough, reliable plant now sadly rarely found in the wild.  Broadly elliptical, grey-green foliage.  An important butterfly plant that is a good non-invasive substitute for Common Milkweed.  Very showy.  Flowers July through August.  Moist, well-drained soil.  Sun.  4 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Patrinia monandra

Family: Caprifoliaceae

(P) to 4′.  Golden Lace.  China to Taiwan.  A showy, clump-forming perennial with five-petalled, yellow-green flowers borne on dense, upright, branched, flat-topped clusters.  As the flowers fade, the bleached, flat seed heads provide an extended period of interest lasting through late summer.  Basal, dark green, lobed foliage with crenate margins.  An uncommon, stunning species great for the flower garden.  Sun to part shade.  3 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Verbena officinalis var. grandiflora ‘Bampton’

Family: Verbenaceae

(P) to 3′.  Vervain.  This cultivar originates from Bampton Manor in Oxfordshire England, coming true from seed.   A short-lived perennial with a loose and informal habit, great in a mixed border.  Mini, lavender-pink flowers forming gentle clouds of colour on drooping spikes.  Late to mid-summer bloomer.  4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Thalictrum chelidonii

Family: Ranunculaceae

(P) to 6′.  Himalayan Meadow Rue.  A tall and elegant Thalictrum with cupped, pale purplish pink flowers bearing prominent stamens with yellow anthers.  Lovely, purple burnished foliage with variable ovate leaflets.  Great in dappled sun to part shade.  Best in rich, humusy soil.  3 & T1 & Δ

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Campanula latifolia Mix

Family: Campanulaceae

(P) to 5′. Great Bellflower. Europe. A mix of tall, open spikes of large, violet-blue and pure white bells adorn very upright stems. Blooms in June and July. Beautiful and reliable. Sun/partial shade. 4 & 7 for 2 weeks, then T1