2007 Native Plant Seed Catalog
Wildflower Seeds - page 1 of 40 |
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Actaea pachypoda
(Doll's Eyes) |
shade | May | white | 2 ft | moist |
Excellent background foliage plant for the shade garden. Attractive white fruits have a dark eye spot, hence the name. Fruits a month later than red baneberry, and this one has more finely divided foliage. |
B or C* |
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Actaea pachypoda f. rubrocarpa
(Red Doll's Eyes) |
shade | May | white | 2ft. | moist |
A desirable magenta to purplish/red-fruited form that may be a hybrid with A. rubra. The fruits mature about the same time as white doll's eyes and have the same distinctive grape juice pedicel. |
B or C* |
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Actaea rubra
(Red Baneberry) |
shade | May | white | 2 ft | moist |
Bright, glossy red berries on long stalks from July to Sept. are held above the deeply divided leaves. Birds usually ignore the fruit until frost. Staple of the woodland garden — flowers have a musky-sweet perfume. |
D or C* |
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Adlumia fungosa
(Climbing Fumitory) |
part sun | June-Sept. | light pink | 3-8 ft. | moist |
Biennial vine like a climbing bleeding heart. These are second year plants, so place them where they can scramble. Will reseed, so do not deadhead. Rare in Massachusetts. |
B |
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Allium cernuum
(Nodding Onion) |
sun, part sun | July | pink | 1 ft | moist to dry |
Edible foliage like that of chives. Pretty, globe-shaped flowers rise out of the dense tufts of foliage. Easy. Will self-sow if not deadheaded. |
B |
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Allium tricoccum
(Wild Leek) |
part sun, shade | Aug | white | 1 ft | moist to dry |
This is a very interesting wild onion. The leaves, which resemble lily of the valley, emerge very early, then die back in July. Then out of nowhere, flower stalks push up from the ground in August. |
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