MATTEUCCIA
- MATTEUCCIA STRUTHIOPTERIS - Ostrich Plume Fern A vase shaped clump. Fronds are large and plume-like. Fertile fronds arise in midsummer and are six to twelve inches tall. It is found in wooded river bottoms and swams in neutral or alkaline muck and is abundant in northeastern North America, extending across Canada and Alaska, northern Asia and Europe. Vigorous and east to cultivate in the northern states. Does not do well in the south. 2 - 6 feet tall, zones 2 - 6. $8.00 in gallons, $5.00 in quarts.
- MATTEUCCIA STRUTHIOPTERIS 'THE KING' - A selection of Ostrich Fern. $8.00 in gallons.
MAZUS
- MAZUS REPENS - A ground-cover for shade, blooms heavily in the spring and then off and on for the rest of the season. Purple flowers. $5.00 in quarts.
- MAZUS REPENS ALBA - Same as the one above, but different. White flowers. $5.00
MERTENSIA
- MERTENSIA VIRGINICA - Virginia Bluebells. Erect plant with smooth grey-green foliage and nodding clusters of pink buds that open inot light blue trumpet shaped flowers. 8-24" tall. Blooms May to June. Likes moist woods. $5.00 in quart pots. $8.00 in gallons.
MONARDA
Perennials grown for their aromatic foliage as well as their flowers which are attractive to hummingbirds. Prefers sun to part shade and moist soil.
MYOSOTIS (Forget Me Not)
Good in rock gardens, on banks, and at the water edge.
- MYOSOTIS SYLVATICA COMPACTA 8 - 12" Tall. Lovely tiny sky blue flowers with dainty gold centers. Blooms continuously, May - Sept. Sun or part shade. Good for rock gardens, woodland gardens or the water's edge. Prefers moist to wet gravelly soil. Beautiful naturalized along a woodland stream. Makes a good groundcover, though won't take heavy foot traffic. Slowly invasive. $5.00
ONOCLEA
- ONOCLEA SENSIBILIS - Sensitive Fern Sensitive only in that it dies back with the first light frost. Otherwise quite sturdy and easy to grow, spreading slowly to form a small colony. 1 - 3 feet tall, erect and deciduous. Spreads both by spores and creeping rhizomes. Fertile fronds appear late in the season and can be used in dry arrangements. It occurs in marshes, ditches and swamps, though will also grow in average garden soil in both shaded or open areas. Native to eastern North America. in gallons $8.00
OPHIOPOGON
- OPHIOPOGON PLANISCAPUS - The green form, lovely ground cover with white/very pale pink flowers. $5.00 in lg quarts/sm gallons.
- OPHIOPOGON PLANISCAPUS 'NIGER' Black Mondo Grass. Zone 5. Black foliage, pink flowers, black berries. An unusual color for the garden. Needs immaculate drainage. $8.00 in quarts. Very limited quantity this year.
OPUNTIA (Prickly Pear Cactus)
Zone 5-10 Full sun and immaculate drainage. Raised sand or gravel beds work well. Adds an exotic touch to the more common perennials. Shipped as unrooted or semirooted pads.
- OPUNTIA HUMILIS - Most damp tolerant of the winter hardy opuntias. Bright green pads with deciduous spines. Yellow flowers, some with a deep pink blush in the center. Edible, delicious, plum red fruits in winter. $3.00/pad
- Others available at the nursery mid summer, just after bloom in shades of pink, red, orange, white and lavender. Selection will vary by year.
OSMUNDA
- OSMUNDA CINNAMONEA - Cinnamon Fern. Perennial. Native. Brown fronds emerge from the center, maturing to pale green, divided with lance-shaped leaflets with rust-colored hairlike tufts at base. Tall, brown fertile fronds at the center of the clump. Moist soil in shade to part shade. Winter dormant. Mature height of 30 up to possible 60 inches. Zones 2 - 10. $5.00 in quarts.
- OSMUNDA CLAYTONIA - INTERRUPTED FERN. A majestic fern that resembles the cinnamon fern but is distinct in that the fronds have spaces that are "interrupted" by spore bearing pinnae in the middle of the frond. Occurs in moist woods rather than swamps, or in open areas in the northern part of its range, in eastern North America and eastern Asia. 2-4 feet tall, erect and deciduous. Zones 2-8. In gallon pots for $10.00
- OSMUNDA REGALIS - ROYAL FERN This fern is found in swamps and other wet sites in eastern North America, tropical America and Europe. 2-5 feet tall, erect, deciduous. Zones 2 to 10. In gallon pots, $10.00. $5.00 in quarts.
PACHYSANDRA
PASSIFLORA
- PASSIFLORA INCARNATA - (Maypop) The non-tropical passion flowers. It is deciduous and easily survives winters here in zone 6. It is fast growing and easily reaches 12 feet, growing up a tree, shrub or trellis. Full to part sun in zones 6-9. If you ever get fruit, you will find that they taste like Hawaiian Punch which gets its flavor from a relative P. edulis. $5.00 in quarts. Limited quantity and not available until early summer when the germinate.
PETASITES
PINELLIA
PODOPHYLLUM
- PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM - Mayapple. Solitary nodding flower borne in the crotch between a pair of large, deeply lobed leaves. Flowers 2" wide with 6-9 waxy white petals. 12-18" tall. Blooms April-June. Likes rich woods and damp, shady clearings.
POLYGONATUM
Spring and early summer flowering rhizomatous perennials. Needs a cool, shady spot with fertile, well-drained soil.
POLYGONUM
ornamental buckwheat
- POLYGONUM JAPONICUM TRICOLOR - A spectacular buckwheat with new stalks emerging coral in spring and looking much like large pink asparagus. Quickly reach 4 feet tall with leaves splashed white, green and pink. Tiny white flowers in late summer. $8.00 in gallons.
POLYSTICHUM
- POLYSTICHUM ACROSTICHOIDES - Christmas Fern. An evergreen fern with 1 to 2 foot long, slender, much branched, fern with multiple crowns. Zones 3 - 9. Easy to grow, this is a robust plant. Not too fussy, but is prefers moist woodland but also does well among rocks and or dryish slopes. In gallon pots for $10.00
PRIMULA
PTERIDIUM
Bracken is distinctive in its medium-sized lare, triangular, leathery leaves and very long-creeping, hairy, subterranean rhizomes. Not a plant for a formal, tidy garden, but excellent for naturalizing.
- PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM - Easy to grow. Fronds 2-3 feet tall, sometimes even reachin 6 feet in height in years with plentiful rainfall. A fern which will grow in full sun or partial shade. Zones 3-10 $12.00 in gallons.
PULMONARIA
A wonderful plant for shade. Leaves are hairy in varying shades of green with silver spotting and speckling. They have been referred to as "hostas without slugs and prettier flowers." Partial shade to full shade in rich moist humusy soil. Good ground cover under shrubs or along a shaded path. Excellent with hostas. We grow a dozen or so different kinds. All will be available at the nursery for $6.00 a quart. The pulmonaria pictured is Hoot Owl, our own selection, not yet available.
- PULMONARIA 'DORA BIELFIELD' - green leaves, more olive than other pulmonarias, with muted silver/white spots. The best part about this pulmonaria is the baby pink flowers in early spring. A totally unique color in pulmonaria. $5.00
- PULMONARIA 'MAJESTE' - Leaves of almost all silver with just a touch of green. Pink/blue flowers. $8.00
- PULMONARIA - assorted varieties in varying shades of green and silver with flowers in blue, pink or white. $5.00 in quarts, $8.00 in gallons.
RANUNCULUS
- RANUNCULUS FICARIA 'BRAZEN HUSSY' -From the woodlands of Europe and northern Aftica. Bronze, almost black foliage. Bright yellow, many petaled buttercup-like flowers in early spring. Goes dormant in summer. Moist but well drained soil. Light shade. Zones 5-9. $9.00
- RANUNCULUS FICARIA FLORA PLENA - Double Yellow Blooms $5.00 in quarts.
- RANUNCULUS REPENS 'BUTTERED POPCORN' light green and yellow variegated, deeply incised leaves. Yellow buttercup flowers in May. Follows dampness. Makes a large, impressive clump within one season. $5.00
ROGERESIA
- ROGERESIA ELEGANS 'PINNATA' - Only one of these available this year, the first time I have ever been able to divide it. $8.00 in a gallon pot.
RUBUS
- RUBUS PHOENICOLASIUS MAXIM - Wineberry. Grows like a rasberry, but with wonderful red stems. Lots of tiny thorns, but overlook those to get the sticky sweet berries in summer. $5.00 in quarts.
RUDBECKIA
- RUDBECKIA GOLDSTURM - Black eyed susans. $5.00
- RUDBECKIA MAXIMA - Very tall black eyed susan - ours are about 8 feet. Loads of flowers from top to bottom, mid-summer until frost. Good cut flower. $5.00 in quarts.
SAGINA
- SAGINA SUBULATA 'AUREA' (Golden Irish Moss) This lovely groundcover likes a fair amount of sun and average moisture.
It will be covered with the most delicate tiny white flowers in spring and sporadically throughout the summer. An evergreen, it is slow spreading and perfect for the rock garden or between stepping stones on a path. $3.00 in 2 inch pots.
SALVIA
SAXIFRAGE
A genus of evergreen and semi-evergreen perennials grown for their flowers and attractive foliage. Excellent in rock gardens, raised beds and as a ground cover in the shade garden.
- SAXIFRAGA STOLONIFERA - Evergreen prostrate perennial with runners. 6" tall with an indefinite spread. Large, rounded shallowly lobed leaves, hairy, silver-veined and olive green above, reddish purple below. Loose panicles of tiny, mothlike, white flowers, each with 4 equal sized petals and one elongated petal, appear in summer on slender, upright stems. Zones 6-8. $5.00 in quarts.
SEDUM
Fleshy succulent plants which are good for borders and rock gardens. Need sun. Will grow in most well-drained soils.
SPIRANTHES
- SPIRANTHES CONVALLAROIDES - Shade loving perennial, about 6 inches tall. Shiny dark green leaves and spidery white flowers in spring. $8.00 in quarts
STACHYS
- STACHYS BYZANTINA - Fuzzy gray green leaves. Lamb's Ears. $5.00 in quarts
- STACHYS BYZANTINA 'PRIMROSE HERON' $5.00 in quarts.
- STACHYS HUMMERO - This Betony has dark green glossy foliage in a basal mound. It is unusual in that it has a wealth of rose-lavender flowers on short stalks all summer long. A long lasting cut flower. Deer find it unpleasant. Needs a spot that has excellent drainage in winter. Almost evergreen. 18-24" tall. Zones 4-8. $5.00 in quarts
SYNELLESIS
- SYNELLESIS ACONITIFOLIA - Umbrella Plant. About 3 feet tall with large leaves. Blooms late summer here. $8.00 in gallon pots.
TANACETUM
- TANACETUM PARTHENIUM - Feverfew. White double flowers. Nicely scented foliage. Self seeds. $5.00 in quarts.
- TANACETUM VULGARE - Tansy. Blooms in August with bright yellow flowers and lacy foliage. $5.00 in quarts.
- TANACETUM VULGARE VAR. CRISPUM - Fernleaf Tansy. Wonderful curly leaves, heavier than the species. Same yellow flowers. $8.00 in small gallons.
THYMUS
- THYMUS 'CLEAR GOLD' - $5.00 in quarts
- THYMUS SERPH. LANUGINOSUS - Wooly leaved thyme. Wooly green/grey leaves and ground hugging habit. Interesting texture and color. Zones 4-8. 2-4" tall. $5.00 in quarts
TIARELLA (foam flower)
Genus of perennials, some of which are evergreen. Excellent as a ground cover. Tolerate deep shade and prefers moist but well-drained soil. Flowers in May and June. Clumps of maple-like leaves. Some types are stoloniferous and some are clumpers. Good interplanted with hostas, astilbes or pulmonarias. Divide in spring. Zones 3-8
TOLMEIA
- TOLMEIA MENZIESII - Hardy Piggy Back Plant. Wonderfully fun plant that makes baby plants on top of its leaves. Just pin the leaf down to the ground to root it and you'll have another plant. They will eventually grow roots on the new plantlets up in the air that can also be potted up for house plants. $5.00 in quarts.
TOVARA (Persicaria)
Very hardy in sun or shade. Plant in fertile moist soil. Adds
a splash of color to the shade garden. Zones 3-9
- TOVARA 'LANCE CORPORAL' - Gorgeous color, tolerant of many different growing conditions. That said, can be a bit invasive, but in the right spot, quite lovely. $5.00 in quarts.
- TOVARA VIRGINIANA 'VARIEGATA' - Also known as Persicaria. Green, white and some pink variegation on leaves. Red flowers in late summer or fall. $5.00
- TOVARA VIRGINIANA 'PAINTERS PALETTE' 24" Green with ivory yellow splashed and stripes. Reddish brown chevron marking on each leaf. $5.00 in quarts, $7.00 in gallons
TRADESCANTIA (Spiderwort)
Succulent stems sheathed in grasslike leaves, produce clusters of 3 petaled 1" flowers which last only one day. Flowers close by afternoon and are replaced by a fresh crop in the morning. Full sun to part shade. Blooms late spring into fall. Likes average well drained soil. Works well near a pond edge. Zones 4-9
TRICYRTIS
- TRICYRTIS ALBOMARGINATA - Toad Lilies. Leaves are green with a creamy/gold margin. Flowers are ivory with purple spots. 30" tall. Zones 4-9. Fall flowering, shade. Don't allow to dry out. Watch for slugs. $5.00
TRILLIUM
- TRILLIUM CUNEATUM - Large mottled leaves with red flowers in the axil. 12" tall and up to 24" tall in a mature plant. This is often sold as Sessile but is much larger. Likes rich, moist, woodsy soil in shade to part shade. Flowers early spring. Zones 5-8, guessing since I can't find it's zoning, but judging from it's native range 5-8 would be about right. $7.00 in quarts.
- TRILLIUM GRANDIFLORUM - An easy trillium for the shade garden. Large, solitary, waxy white flower (turns pink with age) on an erect stalk with a whorl of 3 leaves. Flowers are 2-4 inches across. 8-18" tall. Blooms April - June. Likes rich woods in basic to neutral soils. $8.00 in quart pots.
- TRILLIUM ERECTUM LUTEUM - Creamy yellow to rich yellow flowers. Shade to part shade in woodsy soil. $8.00 in quart pots.
VERONICA
VINCA
- VINCA MAJOR ELEGANTISSIMA - Larger leaves than the common vinca and with a lovely marbled variegation. $5.00
- VINCA MINOR Green leaves, blue/purple flowers. Good groundcover for shade. $5.00
- VINCA MINOR 'VALLEY GLOW' - Green and gold leaves, more gold early in the season, more green later. Some sun brings out the color. White flowers. $5.00 in quarts.
VIOLA
A genus of perennials grown primarily for their distinctive flowers. Grow best in part shade, though some will tolerate sun. Give them moisture retentive but well-drained soil.
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