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Biennials
Alcea rosea -
ROSE HOLLYHOCK
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$2.00
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Here offered are the old single hollyhocks (fairly perennial really, especially if the stalks are cut back before generous quantities of seed are formed) in all shades of pink, from pale shell-pink to deep rose with a darker center. Plants are well isolated from other types in the garden but we can’t promise 100% pink.
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Alcea rosea -
HOLLYHOCK
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$2.00
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A favorite old-fashioned garden plant that is nearly unavailable in today’s catalogs in the single-flowered forms. We offer a strain of singles and semi-doubles in a wide range of colors–I would like to offer separate colors, but they are so promiscuous as to make this nearly impossible. The single-flowered hollyhocks have a grace and charm about them that the doubles lack, and with their air of stately splendour, they are amongst the finest of background plants. Zone 3.
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Alcea rugosa -
RUGOSE HOLLYHOCK
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$2.00
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Perhaps more elegant than the common species with its figleaf shaped foliage, narrower and more abundant canes per plant, and its large pale yellow flowers borne in abundance. Goes to 6-7 feet and is supposed to be less prone to rust. Zone 3.
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Angelica atropurpurea -
PURPLE-STEM ANGELICA
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$2.00
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Or, perhaps because under favorable conditions it can grow to ten or twelve feet, it is also called Masterwort. More often growing 6-9 feet this is a rather stately, architectural, native plant with deep purple stems crowned by 10 inch umbels of white flowers that are very attractive to insects. An aromatic and medicinal plant, like the other Angelicas it prefers moist soil. Zone 4.
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Angelica gigas -
PURPLE ANGELICA
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$2.00
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A rather striking plant for the moist and partially shaded to sunny part of the garden. Quite similar to the Angelica in the herb section of this catalogue except that the stems and flower heads of this species are a dramatic purple. When it begins to flower it is a flurry of insect activity.
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Campanula americana -
TALL BELLFLOWER
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$2.00
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Strictly an annual, but when treated as a biennial will give the more magnificent plants. It would seem to belong in this section anyway with its straight, unbranched stems to five or six feet, bearing small blue flowers in profusion. All in all, distinctly useful and beautiful for the moist shady garden. Zone 4.
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Campanula medium -
CANTERBURY BELLS
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$2.00
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Flowering in white, blue, lavender and rose, this is a justly popular garden plant which can grow to 3 or 4 feet tall. Native to southern Europe, they are splendid for cutting and also for growing in the cold greenhouse where their beauty might be more closely observed. If started early, they may flower the first year–when if cut down before seeding may live to bloom the following year.
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Daucus carota -
QUEEN-ANNE’S LACE
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$2.00
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This is the wild ancestor of the carrot and it makes a beautiful mounded plant to about four feet. The white flowers are borne in a compound umbel, generally flattened on top and having a single dark red flower in the center. Good for the wild garden or mid-border, the ferny foliage and lacy flowers are very attractive and fine for cutting. The seeds are fragrant. Zone 3.
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Delphinium elatum -
BLACK KNIGHT CANDLE LARKSPUR
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$2.00
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Or Bee Larkspur, this is the common Delphinium which has been bred for centuries. Coming originally from Siberia and having flowers of purple, it is now available in many colors and sizes. Strictly, a perennial, it is probably best treated as a biennial, when it makes a most noble plant for the back of the border. Easily started from seed, it does require moisture, sun, and to be staked–but is certainly worth any effort to obtain its lofty spires. A deep blue, to six feet. Zone 3.
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Delphinium elatum -
GALAHAD CANDLE LARKSPUR
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$2.00
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Or Bee Larkspur, this is the common Delphinium which has been bred for centuries. Coming originally from Siberia and having flowers of purple, it is now available in many colors and sizes. Strictly, a perennial, it is probably best treated as a biennial, when it makes a most noble plant for the back of the border. Easily started from seed, it does require moisture, sun, and to be staked–but is certainly worth any effort to obtain its lofty spires. A pure white, to six feet. Zone 3.
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Dianthus barbatus -
SWEET WILLIAM NIGRICANS
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$2.00
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This is a rather striking plant with flowers almost black with reddish highlights and even the foliage is brushed with this dark hue. Growing to about one foot, it is a short-lived perennial best treated as an HB, though it will self sow thus blooming every year.
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Dianthus barbatus -
WHITE SWEET WILLIAM
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$2.00
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Here offered are separate colors of the tall, standard, single varieties. Zone 4.
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