rhizōma

Pensive perennials and glorious geraniums

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Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’ – wormwood

Semi-Evergreen

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 2-3’

Spread: 1-2’

Fine foliage, tends not to flower.

Silver foliage provides excellent contrast to flowering plants and green foliage in borders and herb gardens. Good selection for areas with poor dry soils.

The branches are somewhat brittle and break easy. Place it in a location where it won't be damages and you should probably stake it up.

The plant looks like a mound of silver lace,  a very delicate quality.

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Papaver rhoens shirley poppy group – poppy

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 3’

Spread: 6-12”

Bright red flowers; attractive seed pods.

Grow in deep, fertile, well-drained soil in full sun.

Showy Flowers, Showy Seed Heads.

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Centaurea cyanus – bachelor’s button

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 3.5’

Spread: 6-12”

Annual, nice cyan color.

Grows over a meter high.

Flower from late June through August if deadheaded. They are excellent for cutting and drying.

Low maintanance, full sun.

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Glandora (lithodora) diffusa – Shrubby Gromwell

Evergreen sub-shrub

Height: 12-18”

Spread: 18-23”

Ground cover w/sapphire blue flowers.

Drought tolerant.

Needs good drainage, can be placed on the top of wall.

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Alchemilla mollis – Lady’s mantle

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 12-18”

Spread: 18-23”

Self seeding, minor invasive.

Loves to seed in the cracks of paving stones.

member of the rosacea, fuzzy leaves. Yellow flowers, herbaceous evergreen.

Sun loving plant

Water moves around the leaves like mercury.

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Anticchunm braun blanquiti – snapdragon

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 24”

Spread: 4-6’

Perfect for bees.

Good bedding plant.

Comes in yellow and white.

If cut back will flower again.

It keeps pilling flowers starting from the bottom.

Well drained soil in the winter months is important for longevity.

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Achillia millefolium – yarrow

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 4”

Spread: 2.5”

Local, the european variety is usually found in nurserys.

Bloom Time: June to September - Full sun

Attracts butterflies.

Achillea refers to Achilles, the Trojan hero.

The specific epithet of millefolium means thousand-leaved in reference to the foliage.

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Micromera douglasii – yerba buena

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 5-6”

Spread: 4-6’

yerba buena: the good herb.

Grows flat, and has a pleasant smell when tread upon.

Smells like lemon + creosote.

Great ground cover.

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Heuchera micrantha – Alum Root

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 12-2”

Spread: 12-18”

Contains alluim, which is supposed to stop bleeding.

Grows well in a xeriscape situation. 

Very drought tolerant.

Early summer bloom with white flowers.

I think the foliage is evergreen.

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Aquulegia formosa – columbine

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 8--48”

Buttercup family.

Columbine: flowers hang down, necter sticks up.

Good for a cottage garden.

Flowers early. Summer - July

Very attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies. Closely resembles the eastern red columbine, A. canadensis.

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Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 30-36”

Spread: 30-36”

3-lobed compound leaves on fleshy green to pink stems. The arching horizontal racemes of up to 20 pendent flowers are borne in spring and early summer.

Brittle stem, so take heed with small pets.

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Cephalaria gigantea – giant pincushion flower

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 4.00 to 6.00’

Spread: 2.00 to 4.00’

Produces flowers for months.

Bloom Time: June to August. Vigorous plant that is primarily grown for its large size, attractive young foliage and yellow flowers.

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Acontium Napellus – monkshood

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 1 m

Spread: 3.00 to 4.00’

Flowers in late spring and early summer,can be a ground cover. The plants tend to be evergreen but can “die” back during cold winters and regenerate new growth from the crowns.

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Stachys byzantina – Lamb’s Ear

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 3.00 to 4.00’

Spread: 3.00 to 4.00’

Flowers in late spring and early summer,can be a ground cover. The plants tend to be evergreen but can “die” back during cold winters and regenerate new growth from the crowns.

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Baptisia australis – blue false indigo

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 3.00 to 4.00’

Spread: 3.00 to 4.00’

May to June blooming.

Needs deep soil, hard in Vancouver since we usually don’t have deep soil.

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Centaurea montana – mountain bluet

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 1.00 to 2.00’

Spread: 1.00 to 1.50’

Grows best in sunny positions. It tolerates some light shade. 

Great for Vancouver.

Blooms may to june.

Zone: 3 to 8. Can spread.

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Anchusa azurea – bugloss

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 0.1-0.5 m

Spread: 0-0.1 m

Forget-me-not family.

Similar to brunnera.

Flops over, needs to be propped up, beautiful azure blue. Coarsely hairy, lance-shaped, mostly basal leaves. Intense deep blue flowers 15mm across are borne on erect, branching stems