Winter has arrived in Southern Indiana and we have stopped shipping trees and shrubs until early Spring.
All orders placed after 11/18/11 will be shipped in early March, 2012. All orders will be processed and held until our spring shipping begins. Thanks for your interest. Pat
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Blazing Star Floristan Violett Liatris SPP. Blazing Star liatris is a Native American perennial that produces tall spikes of bright purple bottlebrushes above the tufts of green, grass-like leaves in late summer. The clump-forming plant arises from a corm, similar to a gladiola. The small flowers open from the top to bottom on the spikes, unlike most plants whose flowers open from the bottom upward as the spike develops. Depending on environmental conditions, the flower spike will be 1 to 5 feet tall. It generally stays very upright and needs no staking. The finely textured foliage stays attractive all summer and turns a rich bronze in fall. Blazing Star Liatris is a valuable addition to the perennial garden as a vertical contrast to mounded or broad-leaved plants, and is also at home in the meadow, a native plant garden or naturalized areas. The purple flowers contrast nicely with yellow-flowered plants such as cosmos, Coreopsis 'Moonbeam', goldenrod and blend well with pink flowering plants such as poppy mallow, Malva, and purple coneflower. It also combines well with prairie grasses and silver foliage plants such as Artemesia and lamb's ear. The flowers are very attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. They also make great cut flowers, both fresh and dried. Blazing Star liatris performs best when grown in full sun, but it will tolerate some light shade. Water regularly during the first growing season to establish a strong root system. Once established, Liatris is fairly drought tolerant. These plants are currently growing in 4” pots in our greenhouse. They will be shipped with moist material wrapped around their roots.
Price: 2 for $9.50
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Fun Plant FactsAn African bugleweed synthesises in its tissues a substance similar to the hormone that controls the development of caterpillars. If a caterpillar is persuaded, experimentally, to ingest that substance, then when it turns into a butterfly it will develop two heads and die. -David Attenborough, The Private Life of Plants, p70 84% of a raw apple and 96% of a raw cucumber is water. A notch in a tree will remain the same distance from the ground as the tree grows. A pineapple is a berry. Arrowroot, an antidote for poisoned arrows, is used as a thickener in cooking (so if you ever get shot with a poison arrow, do not go to a doctor, look in your kitchen cabinet. Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams. Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew cannabis sativa (marijuana) on their plantations. In the Netherlands, in 1634, a collector paid 1,000 pounds of cheese, four oxen, eight pigs, 12 sheep, a bed, and a suit of clothes for a single bulb of the Viceroy tulip. No species of wild plant produces a flower or blossom that is absolutely black, and so far, none has been developed artificially. Peanuts are beans. Quinine, one of the most important drugs known to man, is obtained from the dried bark of an evergreen tree native to South America. The California redwood - coast redwood and giant sequoia - are the tallest and largest living organism in the world. The largest single flower is the Rafflesia or "corpse flower". They are generally 3 feet in diameter with the record being 42 inches. The oldest living thing in existence is not a giant redwood, but a bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of California, dated to be aged 4,600 years old. The rose family of plants, in addition to flowers, gives us apples, pears, plums, cherries, almonds, peaches and apricots. Asparagus is a member of the lily family, which also includes onions, leeks, and garlic. The bright orange color of carrots tell you they are an excellent source of Vitamin A which is important for good eyesight, especially at night. Vitamin A helps your body fight infection, and keeps your skin and hair healthy. Onions contain a mild antibiotic that fights infections, soothes burns, tames bee stings and relieves the itch of athletes foot. One bushel of corn will sweeten more than 400 cans of pop. These facts are gathered from the internet and may or may not be true. |
