Dane County Extension Teaching Garden

Baptisia leucophea

Cream False Indigo

Family: Fabaceae (Pea Family)

· Hardiness Zones: 4-9

· Height: 30 inches

· Spread: 36 inches

· Bloom Time: June

· Bloom: cream to light yellow pea flowers

· Light: full sun to part shade

· Soil: average, well-drained; prefers soil with some sand or loam

· Moisture: dry to medium

· Use: prairies, pollinator gardens; attracts bees and parasitic wasps

· Care: low maintenance

· Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

· Native to: central and southeastern United States

· Notes: attractive green-gray leaves have small white hairs that turn almost black after a frost; both seed pods and foliage provide interest throughout the seasons; deer and rabbit resistant

· Supplier: Agrecol Native Nursery

· Teaching Garden Location & Code: Pollinator Garden C065

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Baptisia leucantha

White Wild Indigo

Family: Fabaceae (Pea Family)

· Hardiness Zones: 4-9

· Height: 48 inches

· Spread: 24-36 inches

· Bloom Time: June

· Bloom: white spire

· Light: full sun to part shade

· Soil: average, well-drained

· Moisture: moist

· Use: prairies, pollinator gardens; attracts insects: bumblebees pollinate the flowers and caterpillars of several skippers, butterflies and moths feed on the foliage

· Care: low maintenance

· Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

· Native to: central and southeastern United States

· Notes: fixes nitrogen into the soil; deer and rabbit resistant

· Supplier: Agrecol Native Nursery

· Teaching Garden Location & Code: Pollinator Garden C064

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Agastache foeniculum

Lavender/Anise Hyssop

Family: Lamiaceae (Mint Family)

· Hardiness Zones: 3-9

· Height: 2-4 feet

· Spread: 2-3 feet

· Bloom Time: June to September

· Bloom: lavender 6 inch spikes

· Light: full sun, part shade

· Soil: sandy

· Moisture: dry to medium; drought tolerant

· Use: prairie, meadow, upland woods, natural area; attracts mainly medium to large bees, soldier beetles, skippers and fritillary butterflies

· Care: low maintenance

· Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

· Native to: Dane County, southwest and western Wisconsin; New England to South Dakota, Nebraska, south to Alabama and Texas

· Notes: scented leaves with an anise or fennel smell

· Supplier: Agrecol Native Nursery

· Teaching Garden Location & Code: Demonstration Prairie I026

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Sedum spurium 'Voodoo'

Caucasian Stonecrop 'Voodoo'

Family: Crassulaceae (Orphine Family)

· Hardiness Zones: 2-9

· Height: 2-5 inches

· Spread: 12-14 inches

· Bloom Time: July to August

· Bloom: pink/rose veins

· Light: full sun

· Soil: well drained

· Moisture: medium to dry

· Use: alpine and rock gardens, ground cover; flowers are attractive to butterflies

· Care: low maintenance; easily propagated by cuttings or division

· Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

· Native to: species native to Caucusus

· Notes: thick, succulent, ovate, dark maroon-red leaves (to 1” long) are toothed near the ends; leaves are attractive throughout the growing season; deer and rabbit resistant

· Supplier: The Flower Factory

· Teaching Garden Location Code: Rock Garden C030

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Sedum spurium 'Tricolor'

Caucasian Stonecrop 'Tricolor'

Family: Crassulaceae (Orphine Family)

· Hardiness Zones: 3-9

· Height: 4 inches

· Spread: 12-18 inches

· Bloom Time: July to August

· Bloom: deep pink

· Light: full sun

· Soil: well drained

· Moisture: medium to dry

· Use: alpine and rock gardens, ground cover; flowers are attractive to butterflies

· Care: low maintenance; easily propagated by cuttings or division

· Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

· Native to: species native to Caucusus

· Notes: tricolor leaves (each to 1" long) are green in center with white margins tinged with pink; leaves are opposite, thick, succulent, toothed near the tips, obovate, flattened and narrower than those of the species; leaf color remains attractive throughout the growing season; deer and rabbit resistant

· Supplier: The Flower Factory

· Teaching Garden Location Code: Rock Garden C026

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