Underused plants of the South
Cynthia_c
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Underused perennials
Comments (92)Hello Everyone, New to this perennial forum and I like this thread. I have re-arranged the nhbabs's list alphabetically (no spells checked). It would be nice if someone could add the common names and hardiness zones to individuals plants. Acanthus mollis Aconitum napellus Adenophora triphylla Aethionema schistosum fragrant Persian stonecress) Agastache 'Purple Haze' Allium (other than the 'Globemaster' types) Althea cannabina Anemonella thalictroides Anenome sylvestris (Snowdrop Anenome) Angelica gigas Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-Pulpit) Aruncus dioicus Asarum canadense (Wild Ginger) Asclepias purpurascens (Purple Milkweed) Asclepsias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed) Asplenium scolopendrium- Hearts Tongue Fern Athyrium felix-femina - Lady fern Aucuba japonica, I think Baptisia australis (although hopefully that will change this year) Brunerra macrophylla Centranthus ruber (Jupiter's Beard/Red Valerian) Cephalaria Chelone obliqua, turtle head Cimicifuga 'White Pearl' Dictamnus albus (Gas Plant) - Dierama pulcherimma Disporum flavens - Korean fairybells Dodecatheon meadia (Shooting Star) - Dracocephalum rupestre - Dragonhead. Eremurus Filipendula alba Filipendula elegantissima Filipendula purpurea Filipendula rubra Galax urceolata Galium odoratum (Sweet woodruff) Gaultheria procumbens. aka Wintergreen Gaura lindheimia Gentiana andrewsii (Bottle Gentian) Geum triflorum (Prairie Smoke) Gilenia trifoliata (AKA Porteranthus) Gillenia trifoliata - Bowman's Root. Hepatica rotundifolia & acutiloba Hyssopus officinalis Incarvillea arguta Iris cristata (Crested Iris) Kirengashoma palmata Knautia macedonica Lathyrus vernus - spring vetchling Lespedeza Leucosceptrum japonicum Lewisia cotyledon Limonium latifolium Macleaya cordata, plume poppy Malvaviscus drummondii (or M. arboreus) - Turk's cap mallow Mertensia virginica (Virginia Bluebells) Morina longifolia Mukdenia (AKA Aceriphyllum) rossii - Crimson Fans. Nepeta subsessilis Oenothera missouriensis Paxistma canby Penstemon hirsutus 'Pygmaeus' Persicaria affinis 'Border Jewel' Persicaria campanulata Persicaria 'Crimson Beauty' Persicaria 'Firetail' Persicaria polymorpha Petasites varigated Phuopsis stylosa Polemonium reptens (Jacob's Ladder) Rabdosia longituba Ranunculus aconitifolius 'Floro Pleno' Ranunculus constantinopolitanus 'Plenus' Ranunculus ficaria Rehmannia alata Rheum palmatum, ornamental rhubarb Rubus pentalobus Rudbeckia maxima Salvia 'Wild Thing', 'Ultra Violet', Black Cherry' Sanguisorba menzii Sanguisorba obtusa( Japanese burnet) Sanguisorba officinalis(greater burnet) Sanguisorba tenuifolia Sanguisorba'Lemon Splash' Scrophularia auriculata 'Variegata'- Water Figwort. Selinum Shortia galicifolia Silene "Prairie Fire" Solidago Fireworks- Goldenrod Spigelia marilandica, Indian Pink or pinkroot Strobilanthes Stylophorum diphyllum (Celandine Poppy) Thalictrum aquilegefolium, meadow rue. Thalictrum delavayii Thalictrum rochebrunianum Trillium Uvularia grandiflora - Merry Bells. Uvularia grandiflora - merrybells Veronica spicata 'Purpleicious' Veronicastrum virginicum - Culver's Root Zaluzianskya ovata (night phlox) Zizia aptera - Golden Heart Alexander...See MoreUnderused Shrub: Styrax americanus
Comments (3)I bought a S. americanus Kankakee form from Seneca Hills Perennials a few years ago. It's supposed to be tighter and less rangey than the straight species. Unfortunately, that wonderful small nursery has closed its doors. My styrax has yet to bloom. I also have S. wilsonii, a very heavy bloomer....See MoreThe Underused Black Maple (Acer nigrum)
Comments (5)Oh thanks for starting this thread. On my bulletin board by the puter is a black maple leaf I stuck there because I had failed to label the specimen when I planted it and was going to see if I could identify it. It is a neat tree. The one I have is perhaps on site ten years now and has been thrifty and clean of pests. I got mine at the annual sale at an arboretum a county over, where trees not common in the trade are offered and often overlooked by an audience of people grabbing up species they recognise and could have gotten in a box store....See MoreUnder-used resource - NJ exchange page - you should look
Comments (1)I've been to a swap at Steve's and its great fun. I just moved so I don't have anything to swap, but I may come anyway. Dana...See Morephdnc
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