Polystichum makinoi

Makino’s Holly Fern

Family: Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  5-9

·        Height: 20-30 inches

·        Spread: 24-30 inches

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·        Bloom: non-flowering

·        Light: part shade to full shade

·        Soil: prefers a rich soil

·        Moisture: average to moist

·        Use: woodland garden, shade garden or shady areas of borders, wild or native plant garden; under trees

·        Care: low maintenance; trip back old fronds in late winter or spring

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

·        Native to: China and Japan

·        Notes: tidy, non-spreading mound of arching, triangular fronds that are dark green ad glossy

·        Supplier: The Flower Factory

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Shade Garden F209

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Picea glauca ‘Blue Planet”

Alberta White Spruce ‘Blue Planet”

Family: Pinaceae (Pine Family)

       
  

·        Hardiness Zones:  2-8

·        Height: 8 inches in 10 years

·        Spread: 8 inches in 10 years

·        Bloom Time:

·        Bloom:

·        Light: full sun

·        Soil: average, well-drained

·        Moisture: medium

·        Use: rock garden or trough garden

·        Care: low maintenance

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

·        Native to: a miniature Witch's Broom found on a plant of Picea glauca 'Echiniformis' in Germany

·        Notes: miniature, bun-shaped with bright blue coloration and tiny needles; grows .5 to 1 inch a year; deer resistant

·        Supplier: Klehm's Song Sparrow

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Rock Garden C255

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Heuchera richardsonii

Alumroot

Family: Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  3-9

·        Height: 18 inches

·        Spread: 12-18 inches

·        Bloom Time: May to June

·        Bloom: tiny greenish bell-shaped flowers in panicles on slender stems 18-14 inches high

·        Light: full sun

·        Soil: prefers rich, humusy soil

·        Moisture: dry to medium; drought tolerant

·        Use: native plant garden, open woodland garden, perennial border; small bees feed and collect pollen, including green sweat bees and sweat bees

·        Care: low maintenance

·        Concerns: no serious insect or disease problems

·        Native to: northwestern US

·        Notes: 12-18" tall basal clump of heart-shaped, lobed green leaves with some white mottling or purple blush when young

·        Supplier: Agrecol Native Nursery

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Demonstration Prairie I042

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Phlox paniculata 'Fashionably Early Princess'

Garden Phlox 'Fashionably Early Princess'

Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)

       

·        Hardiness Zones:  4-8

·        Height: 28-32 inches

·        Spread: 26-30 inches

·        Bloom Time: June to September; rebloomer

·        Bloom: pink shades

·        Light: full sun

·        Soil: fertile, medium moisture, well drained, rich organic soil; clay tolerant

·        Moisture: medium; intolerant of drought

·        Use: perennial border, cottage garden; attracts butterflies and hummingbirds

·        Care: needs good air circulation, mulch well, remove faded flowers, avoid overhead watering

·        Concerns: good resistance to powdery mildew

·        Native to: species native from New York to Iowa, south to Georgia, Mississippi and Arkansas

·        Notes: low spreading; tolerates deer and black walnut

·        Supplier: Klehm's Song Sparrow

·        Teaching Garden Location & Code: Heuchera Garden E200

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