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  • Allium cernuum 'Wine Drop'
    … Nodding onions are petite natives found growing in praries and margins of wooded areas. They form petite clumps of foliage with narrow leaves. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Gold'
    … milkweed ( A. sullivantii ), and swamp milkweed ( A. incarnata ), midwestern native perennials in the Garden's permanent collection. Asclepias flowers form seedpods from which seeds with silky …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Cercidiphyllum japonicum
    … are evenly scalloped; they emerge reddish-purple and become a beautiful blue-green color. In the fall, when the tree turns yellow, perhaps with a tinge of orange, an observant gardener …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Cercis canadensis 'Greswan'
    … BURGUNDY HEARTS® redbud tree has heart-shaped leaves which are a dark-reddish purple. In early spring, before the leaves appear, the tree is covered with masses of violet-pink flowers …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Clematis viticella 'Royal Velours'
    … back the stems to a pair of strong buds 6 to 8 inches above ground level before growth begins in early spring. It can be trained to climb into shrubs, trees, and climbing roses as the …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Cnidoscolus aconitifolius
    … stinging hairs. The leaves of the latter can be boiled and eaten like spinach. They are high in iron and vitamins. However, they must be boiled for at least 10-15 minutes to leach out a …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Buddleja alternifolia
    … needs full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of 15 feet. In May to June it produces showy lilac-purple blooms that attract butterflies. The drooping …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Dicentra 'Luxuriant'
    … Dicentra ‘Luxuriant’ grows 15 “ tall and blooms in late spring with red heart shaped flowers which hang from long, leafless stems. Each flower …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Disporopsis pernyi
    … produces stems 12 to 16 inches tall with alternate lance-shaped leaves with parallel veins. In late spring, small, white, bell-shaped flowers with green tips dangle beneath the leaves …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Disporopsis pernyi 'Heronswood Form'
    … produces stems 12 to 16 inches tall with alternate lance-shaped leaves with parallel veins. In late spring, small, white, bell-shaped flowers with green tips dangle beneath the leaves …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant