Calamintha nepeta 'Marvelette Blue'

Dwarf Calamint 'Marvelette Blue'

Family: Lamiaceae (Mint Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  4-8

·        Height: 10-12 inches

·        Spread: 12 inches

·        Bloom Time: early summer through mid fall

·        Bloom: small blue-purple tubular flowers on leafy stems

·        Light: full sun

·        Soil: poor to average, well-drained

·        Moisture: dry to medium; drought tolerant

·        Use: border, edging, mass planting, container, pollinator gardens, herb gardens, alpine and rock gardens,  cut flower, cut foliage

·        Care: low maintenance; cut spent flowers to stimulate bloom; cut foliage back by half in late summer to stimulate growth of new leaves; clumps may be divided in early spring

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

·        Native to: species native to Europe and Mediterranean area

·        Notes: easy to grow, minty-scented  herb with foliage mat of deep green leaves topped by masses of blooms; compact and uniform growth; though rhizomous , does not spread as aggressively as other calamints; fragrant blooms attract butterflies and hummingbirds; deer resistant

·        Supplier: Grown from seed

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Welcome Garden B141

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Heuchera x 'Northern Exposure Amber'

Coral Bells 'Northern Exposure Amber'

Family: Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  4-9

·        Height: 14-16 inches

·        Spread: 20 inches

·        Bloom Time: May to June

·        Bloom: tiny green-yellow bell-like flowers in sprays on stems to 18 inches high

·        Light: part sun to full shade

·        Soil: best in rich, moist, well-drained soil

·        Moisture: average to moist; avoid wet conditions in winter

·        Use: edging plant, understory plant, woodland and rock gardens; does well in containers; cut flower; edging plant, understory plant, woodland and rock gardens; does well in containers; cut flower

·        Care: protect from hot afternoon sun to prevent scorch; remove stems of faded flowers to encourage additional bloom; allow soil to dry out between waterings and avoid wetting foliage in  evening to reduce potential for pest or disease problems;  winter compost

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems; frost heaving of roots may occur when winter temperatures fluctuate widely

·        Native to: genus native to North America

·        Notes: semi-evergreen perennial; foliage forms dense medium-sized mound of rounded clear amber leaves; attracts hummingbirds and pollinators; rust resistant; deer and rabbit resistant

·        Supplier: The Flower Factory

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Heuchera Garden E212

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Heuchera x 'Northern Exposure Purple'

Coral Bells 'Northern Exposure Purple'

Family: Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  4-9

·        Height: 12-18 inches

·        Spread: 20 inches

·        Bloom Time: May to September

·        Bloom: tiny pinkish-white bell-like flowers in sprays on stems to 18 inches high

·        Light: full sun to part shade

·        Soil: best in rich, moist, well-drained soil

·        Moisture: average to moist; avoid wet conditions in winter

·        Use: edging plant, understory plant, woodland and rock gardens; does well in containers; cut flower; edging plant, understory plant, woodland and rock gardens; does well in containers; cut flower

·        Care: remove stems of faded flowers to encourage additional bloom; allow soil to dry out between waterings and avoid wetting foliage in  evening to reduce potential for pest or disease problems;  winter compost mulch applied after ground freezes helps prevent r

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems; frost heaving of roots may occur when winter temperatures fluctuate widely

·        Native to: genus native to North America

·        Notes: semi-evergreen perennial; foliage forms dense, medium-sized mound of rounded eggplant-purple leaves dusted with iridescent silver and gray-green veining; attracts hummingbirds and pollinators; rust resistant; deer and rabbit resistant

·        Supplier: The Flower Factory

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Heuchera Garden E213

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Cystopteris bulbifera

Bulblet Bladder Fern

Family: Cystopteridaceae (Brittle Fern Family)

      ·     Hardiness Zones:  4-8

·        Height: 12-30 inches

·        Spread: 24 inches

·        Bloom Time:

·        Bloom:

·        Light: part shade to deep shade

·        Soil: slightly basic, humus-rich, moist, well-drained rocky or peaty

·        Moisture: requires consistent moisture

·        Use: woodland garden, shaded rock gardens, shaded rocky banks

·        Care: low maintenance; before planting in neutral soil, improve it by burying limestone fragments; mature clumps may be divided;

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

·        Native to: moist calcareous regions of eastern Canada, eastern and midwestern United States, Arizona

·        Notes: fast growing deciduous rock-loving fern; fiddleheads appear in early spring on reddish stems and develop into graceful asymmetric rosettes of erect to arching medium green fronds; fronds (12 to 30 or more inches in length and 2-5 inches in width) are widest at the base and taper to long, slender tips; compound fronds consist of 10-25 leaflets, each with 5-15 pairs of sub-leaflets; reproduces both asexually (spores) and vegetatively (bulblets): tiny whitish spore cases on the underside of fertile fronds mature to dark brown and release spores in September;  knot-shaped half inch bulblets form on the undersides of some mature frond stalks and fall to the ground to form new plants; spreads by slender creeping roots;  verticillium wilt resistant; deer resistant

·        Supplier:  Klein's Floral and Greenhouse

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Heuchera Garden E216

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