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)
    • Polygonum aubertii (Silver Lace Vine)
    • 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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Uvularia grandiflora
(Giant Merrybells)
$
10.00    
 
 
Native to eastern North America, this member of the Lily family is one of the treasures of the spring woodland garden.  Because the drooping flowers resemble the uvula (that funny looking, flapping thing at the back of the throat), it was thought to be good for treating diseases of the throat.  Whether or not that worked out, I don't know.  I do know that this native wildflower is one of the best, growing from 18 to 24 inches high, with gray/green foliage and large, lemon yellow drooping bells.  Uvularia grandiflora forms colonies in partial shade and in rich, moist (but well-drained) soil.  It blooms in late spring, and I expect a colony of these wildflowers would be quite the show.  Zones 2-9.