GARDENS IN THE WOOD of Grassy Creek

 
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  • A
    • Achillea (Yarrow)
    • Acanthus mollis (Bear's Breeches)
    • Aconitum (Monkshood)
    • Acorus calamus (Sweet Flag)
    • Adenophora (Lady Bells)
    • Agastache (Anise Hyssop)
    • Ajuga reptans (Bugleweed)
    • Alchemilla mollis (Lady's Mantle)
    • Allium (Onion)
    • Althaea officinalis (Marshmallow)
    • Ampelaster carolinianus (Climbing Aster)
    • Amsonia tabernaemontana (Eastern Blue Star/Blue Dog Bane)
    • Anagallis arvensis (Scarlet Pimpernel)
    • Anemone hupehensis (Japanese Anemone)
    • Anemone pulsatilla (Pasque Flower)
    • Anthemis tinctoria (Golden Marguerite)
    • Aquilegia (Columbine)
    • Aruncus dioicus (Goatsbeard)
    • Asarum canadense (American Ginger)
    • Asclepias (Milkweed)
    • Aster
    • Astilbe chinensis
  • B
    • Baptisia (False Indigo)
    • Belamcanda chinensis (Blackberry Lily)
    • Boltonia decurrens (Decurrent False Aster)
    • Buddleia lindleyana (Weeping Butterfly Bush)
  • C
    • Callirhoe (Wine Cups/Purple Poppy Mallow)
    • Campanula (Bellflower)
    • Campsis radicans (Trumpet Vine)
    • Catananche caerulea "Amor White" (Cupid's Dart)
    • Centranthus ruber (Jupiter's Beard, Red Valerian)
    • Cephalanthus occidentalis (Buttonbush)
    • Cephalaria gigantea (Giant Scabiosa)
    • Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (Leadwort/Plumbago)
    • Chelone lyonii (Turtlehead)
    • Chrysanthemum
    • Cimicifuga (syn. Actaea) racemosa (Black Cohosh)
    • Cistus incanus ssp. tauricus (Rock Rose)
    • Claytonia sibirica
    • Clematis virginiana (Virgin's Bower)
    • Conoclinium coelestinum (Hardy Ageratum, Blue Mist Flower)
    • Coreopsis grandiflora
  • D
    • Dianthus (Pinks)
    • Digitalis (Foxglove)
    • Dodecatheon meadia (Shooting Star)
  • E
    • Echinacea (Coneflower)
    • Epimediums (Barrenwort, Fairy Wings)
    • Eurybia macrophyllus (Bigleaf Aster, Large leaved Aster)
  • F
    • Filipendula
  • G
    • Galium odoratum (Sweet Woodruff)
    • Gaultheria procumbens (Wintergreen
    • Gelsemium sempervirens (Yellow Jessamine, Carolina Jessamine)
    • Gentiana (Gentian)
    • Geranium (Cranesbill)
    • Gillenia trifoliata (Bowman's Root, Indian Physic)
  • H
    • Helenium (Sneezeweed)
    • Helianthus "Lemon Queen"
    • Heliopsis (Variegated)
    • Helleborus orientalis (Lenten Rose)
    • Hemerocallis (Daylily)
    • Hepatica americana (Round-lobed Hepatica)
    • Heuchera (Coral Bells, Alum Root)
    • Hibiscus syriacus (Rose of Sharon)
    • Houttuynia cordata
  • I
    • Iris
  • J
    • Jasminum beesianum (Jasmine)
    • Jeffersonia diphylla (Twin Leaf)
    • Juncus inflexus "Blue Arrow" (Rush)
  • K
    • Kalimeris (Japanese Aster)
    • Kerria japonica "Pleniflora" (Double Japanese Kerria)
    • Kitaibelia vitifolia (Cedar Cup, Chalice Flower)
  • L
    • Lamium galeobdolon "Hermann's Pride" (Deadnettle)
    • Lavatera cachmiriana
    • Lespedeza thunbergii "Pink Fountain" (Pink Bush Clover)
    • Lilium martagon "alba" (White Turks Cap Lily)
    • Linaria purpurea "Canon J. Went" (Toadflax)
    • Lobelia
    • Lonicera (Honeysuckle)
    • Lychnis (Catchfly)
    • Lysimachia clethroides (Gooseneck Loosestrife)
  • M
    • Mertensia virginica (Virginia Bluebells)
    • Mitchella repens (Partridgeberry, Twinberry, Running Box)
    • Monarda (Beebalm)
  • N
    • Nepeta (Catmint)
  • P
    • Pachysandra (Japanese Spurge)
    • Pardancanda (Candy Lily)
    • Patrinia scabiosifolia
    • Pelargonium "Attar of Roses"
    • Penstemon (Beardtongue)
    • Phlox
    • Podophyllum peltatum "Mayapple"
    • Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder)
    • Polygonatum humile (Dwarf Solomon's Seal)
    • Polygonatum odoratum "Variegata" (Variegated Solomon's Seal)
    • Potentilla nepalensis
    • Primula (Primrose)
    • Pulmonaria "Mrs. Moon" (Lungwort)
  • R
    • Rehmannia elata (Chinese Foxglove)
    • Rosa palustris (Swamp Rose)
    • Rubus pentalobus (Creeping Raspberry)
    • Rudbeckia
  • S
    • Salvia
    • Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot)
    • Sanguisorba hakusanensis (Korean Burnet)
    • Scabiosa (Pincushion Flower)
    • Scutellaria indica v. parviflora (Dwarf Indian Skullcap)
    • Sedum
    • Sidalcea candida (White Checkerbloom)
    • Silene (Catchfly)
    • Silphium perfoliatum (Cup Plant)
    • Sisyrinchium
    • Smilacina racemosa (syn.Maianthemum racemosa) False Solomon's Seal
    • Solidago rugosa "Fireworks" (Goldenrod)
    • Spigelia marilandica (Indian Pink)
    • Stachys byzantina (Lamb's Ears)
    • Stachys coccinea (Scarlet Betony)
    • Stachys macrantha "Grandiflora" (Big Betony)
    • Stephanandra incisa "Crispa"
    • Stokesia laevis (Perennial Cornflower, Stokes Aster)
  • T
    • Tanacetum
    • Telekia speciosa (Heartleaf Oxeye)
    • Teucrium (Germander)
    • Thalictrum delavayi (Chinese or Yunnan Meadow Rue)
    • Thermopsis caroliniana (Carolina Lupine)
    • Thymus (Thyme)
    • Tiarella (Foam Flower)
    • Tradescantia (Spiderwort)
    • Tricyrtis (Toad Lily)
    • Trillium
  • U
    • Uvularia grandiflora (Giant Merrybells)
  • V
    • Valerliana officinalis (Valerian)
    • Verbascum (Mullein)
    • Verbena
    • Vernonia noveboracensis (New York Ironweed)
    • Veronica kiusiana (Speedwell)
    • Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root)
    • Viola (Violet)
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Allium cernuum
(Nodding Onion)
$
7.00    
 
 
Blooming in late summer, this ornamental perennial onion, with its pink, clustered flowers and slightly twisted, strapping leaves, is the perfect addition to the rock or herb garden.  Not only is  Allium cernuum long lived, but its clumps multiply, so it can be divided after a couple of years to provide additional plants.  Allium cernuum grows to about 10 inches in full sun and is sure to please.  Zones
5-8.  Quarts.
Allium senescens glaucum (syn. Allium spirale)
(Curly Chives)
$
8.00    
 
 
This is not an illustration of Curly Chives, but a different Allium that will hold a place until I have a photo that does this interesting Allium justice.  Clump-forming, albeit very slowly, Allium senescens glaucum (syn. Allium spirale) has interesting grey, spiraled leaves and pink flowers.  I don't know this for sure, but I would say that the name "spirale" comes from the fact that the clumps grow in a spiraled fashion, which is very attractive, not to mention unusual.  This Allium only grows from eight to 12 inches, so it is ideal for alpine and rock  gardens.  Sun, Zones 3-9.  (Illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. 29-30 by John Sims, 1749-1831, Wiki Commons).