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| Baptisias or false
indigo belongs to the family Fabaceae. These are all long lived, drought
tolerant, outstanding natives. Most of the Baptisias thrive in full sun
and will tolerate some shade. Fabaceae is the bean family & you will
recognize the lovely foliage & pea shaped flowers if you’ve ever observed
a garden with peas growing in it. |
Baptisia alba v. alba
Wild white indigo
$12.00 3 quart
Arkansas native
Full sun to half day.
Zones 4-10 Family: Fabaceae
Also known as Baptisia leucantha,
this native is found from Mississippi to Ontario & westward to Nebraska
& south to Texas. Generally the tallest of the species at about 5’.
Very upright foliage with beautiful white flowers. More beautiful
with each year.
Baptisia alba v pendula
Wild
false indigo
Native
$sold out
Full sun
Zones 5-9. Family: Fabaceae
There are at least
two wild white indigos. The growth habit & bloom time are different.
Baptisia alba v. pendula blooms earlier than Baptisia leucantha & is
more compact - about 3' in height as opposed to 4' or more with B. leucantha.
Here at the nursery, Baptisia pendula is planted in a clay bank that is
visible when you first drive up & for about a month in early spring,
every person who visits asks about it. With smokey purple stems that
appear almost black at times, it's a knockout. Then pristine white
pea-shaped flowers appear, followed by charcoal seed pods which droop from
the stems - thus the name pendula!
Baptisia australis Wild
blue indigo
$10.00 Quart
Native
Sun to part shade
Zones 5-8 at least Family: Fabaceae
Baptisias or wild indigos
or false indigos, whatever you wish to call them, are a mainstay in the
dry gardens. With taproots that go deep into the ground, they can
waltz through drought witout batting a leaf! Drop dead blue flowers
arise in late spring, reminiscent of Lupine flowers (they are related you
know).
Baptisia leucantha
see Baptisia alba v. alba
Baptisia leucophaea
Nodding wild indigo 
Arkansas native
Sold out
Full sun to afternoon shade to dappled shade. Zones 5-9 at least
This lovely baptisia goes
under several names while botanists fight over what is the correct name.
This seems to be the most commonly accepted botanical name so that is what
I call it. Names aside, Nodding wild indigo is a lovely plant standing
only a foot or so tall & the flower heads gracefully droop to the side.
If planted on a hillside, the flowers usually droop to the low side.
Baptisia minor
Small false blue indigo
$8.00 Pint (3 1/2 by 3 1/2
pot)
Arkansas native Sun
Zones Family: Fabaceae
Blue pea-shaped flowers ornament
this shorter member of the Baptisia genus. Tough, drought tolerant
plants that just get bigger & better each year. Baptisias often
take up to 3 years to bloom.
Baptisia pendula - see
Baptisia alba v. pendula
Baptisia 'Purple Smoke'
Flase wild indigo
$sold out
Native hybrid Sun
Z: 4-9 Family: Fabaceae
Growing 3-4' in ordinary soil,
'Purple Smoke' is ideal for low maintenance gardening. Very drought
tolerant and long lived. With its smoky violet colored flowers in
April/May, it is a standout.
Baptisia sphaeracarpa
Wild yellow indigo
sold out
Arkansas native
Sun Zones
5-10 at least Family: Fabaceae
Bright sunshine yellow are
the flowers of this hardy baptisia. Even when the mowers cut it down, it
persists to come another year. Full sun. 24 - 36" tall. Native to Arkansas
(where I collected the seed on the side of the road in Franklin County)
& Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma & Texas.
Baptisia sphaeracarpa'Screaming
Yellow' Wild yellow indigo
$10.00 Quart
Arkansas native
Sun Zones
5-10 at least Family: Fabaceae
Bright sunshine yellow are
the flowers of this hardy baptisia. Even when the mowers cut it down, it
persists to come another year. Full sun. 24 - 36" tall. Native to Arkansas
& Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma & Texas. Plantsman Larry
Lowman selected this particular plant for it's outstanding color &
vigor.
Baptisia Twilight Prairie
Blues ppaf Wild
indigo
$12.00 Quart
Native hybrid
Full sun Zones 4-8 Family: Fabaceae
Twilight Prairie Blues is
a hybrid between B. australis & B. sphaeracarpa perpetrated by the
Chicago Botanic Garden. A beautiful & vigorous wild indigo
that is 30 to 36" tall & the flowers are violet purple with a yellow
keel. Average to dry soil. Baptisias are long lived perennials
that resist owner planticide unless you keep them too wet. Cut back
foliage in February or early March. Butterflies.
Blephilia ciliata
horsemint - wood mint
$7.00 Quart
Arkansas native
sun/part shade Zones 4-8 Family:Lamiaceae
I love this darling member
of the mint family & have wanted to offer it for several years but
was unable to secure enough seed. ! It looks like purple
pom poms on a stick. One ball shaped head of flowers - a bit of stem
and another ball shaped head of flowers. 12 to 30"
Blephia hirsuta
Hairy Wood Mint
$Sold out
native Part shade
Z: 4-8 Family: Lamiaceae
Wood mint is nice for the
wild garden, particularly in wooded areas although it will grow in full
sun. Little pom-pom type flower heads are blue or purple & hummingbirds
love them. Plant height is from 12 to 30".
| Callirhoe or poppy
mallows, belong to the family Malvaceae. They form a large tuberous root
& can take quite dry conditions. They do, however, seem to resent root
disturbance & don’t want their crown covered. Well drained soil is
necessary. Beautiful & long lived. |
Callirhoe bushii
Bush's poppy mallow
$8.00 Quart
Arkasnas native Sun/pt
shade Z: 5-9 Family: Malvaceae
This rare poppy mallow is
native to only 4 states & is found growing in rocky open woods &
in glade borders. Very drought tolerant, Bush's poppy mallow is more
upright than the following species - reach 12-18" tall. Beautiful
magenta cupped flowers approximately 1 1/2 to 2" across. Do not plant
in richly amended soils or where the soil stays wet.
Callirhoe involucrata
Purple poppy mallow
$8.00 Quart
Arkansas native Sun/pt
shade Zones 4-9 Family: Malvaceae
Hardy, long lived & extremely
drought tolerant are features that make this a good plant. The wine
colored blooms of about half dollar size that bloom for a long time in
late spring & summer make this a outstanding plant. Good drainage
& sun
are its main requirements.
Cassia hebecarpa
wild senna
$7.00 quart
Native Sun Zone
4-9 Family: Fabaceae
At 4-6 feed, this pea family
member stands out in a crowd with its cheery bright yellow flowers.
A host plant for the Cloudless Sulphus & Dogface Sulfur butterflies.
Fine textured leaves also make it stand out from the crowd.
Synonym: Senna hebecarpa
Cassia marilandica
Wild senna
$10.00 Quart
Native Sun to part shade
Zone 5-8 at least Family: Fabaceae
Bright yellow pea shaped flowers
adorn wild senna! Plant toward the back of the border .... Or in
the center of an island bed as this beauty can easily reach 4-5' in height.
Deep green compound foliage is attractive all season. A host plant
for the Cloudless sulphus & dogface sulfur butterflies.
Synonym: Senna marilandica.
Chelanthes lanosa
Hairy Lip Fern
$sold out
Arkansas native Shade
Z: 5-8 Family: Pteridaceae
Hairy lip fern is a small
soft textured fern with fuzzy green leaflets along a chestnut colored stipe.
At 6-8", it is great for along a rock wall or trough. Very drought
tolerant once established, it will take more sun than most ferns.
Cimicifuga racemosa
Black Cohosh
$Sold out
Arkansas native Shade
to morning sun Zones 4-8 Family: Ranunculaceae
Spires of white flowers adorn
this native herb which has been used medicinally for decades. Attractive
foliage on this 3-5’ plant. Does not tolerate drought.
| Coreopsis belong to
the family Asteraceae. Asteraceae meaning composite as usually the flowers
are made up of disc flowers (the center of the flower) & ray flowers
(the petals). Coreopsis usually bloom over a fairly long period & are
attractive to butterflies. |
Coreopsis lanceolata Lance
leaf coreopsis
$sold out
Arkansas native Sun
Z: 4-9 Family: Asteraceae
Native to much of this country,
lance leaf coreopsis is known to most everone with the cheerful yellow
daisy-like flowers dancing in the wind. Best grown in dry lean soils.
May self seed. Butterflies!
Coreopsis
palmata Plains coreopsis
$7.00
Quart
Arkansas
native Sun/pr shade Z: 3-8 Famly: Asteraceae
Prairie
coreopsis is a rhizomatous (spreading from roots) wildflower native to
much of the eastern U. S. Bright yellow flowers on 1 1/2 to2' plants
that do well in poor, rocky, well drained soils. Butterflies
& birds
Coreopsis tripteris
Tall tickseed
$7.00 quart
Arkansas native Sun
Zones 3-8 Family: Asteraceae
An ideal prairie or meadow
plant, tall tickseed can get from 2 feet to 6 feet, dependings on soils
& moisture. Another lovely member of the Aster Family, tall tickseed
not only attracts butterflies in summer but feeds small seed eating birds
in fall & winter. I always feel a surge of joy when I see an
Indigo bunting with its feet clasped on the stem pecking at the dried flowerheads.
Butterflies!
Cyclamen
hederifolium Hardy cyclamen
$7.00
3" pot
Not
Native (Nursery propagated)
shade
- dappled - morning sun Zone 4-8 Family: Myrsinaceae
There
are several species of hardy cyclamen & I have grown most of them for
years. This one blooms in the fall with diminutive pink blooms.
The flowers are on stems about 3" tall, so you want these up close where
you can enjoy the beauty of the blooms. Once planted, they can be
forgotten & neglected - they thrive on poor dry sites & will gently
seed around if happy. The corm (not a bulb) grows larger with each
year. The plant is dormant most of the year with the foliage coming
after the bloom & lasting most of the winter.
| Service & packaging
top-rate. Excellent plants! Thank you. JJ- Oklahoma |
Dalea purpurea
Purple prairie clover
$sold out
Arkansas native
Sun Z: 4-8 Family: Fabaceae
Bright purple flowers that
look like a ballerina's tutu appear in late spring on erect short (12")
stems. Very drought tolerant & hardy.
Dasyliron wheeleri
Sotol / Desert spoon
$out
Native Sun
Z: 6(5) - 10 Family: Liliaceae
An outstanding drought buster!
This member of the lily family has hooked spines on the leaves - so pet
it gently. Blue-gray leaves cascade fountain-like & when the
plant gets large enough, it will flower with white blooms up to 12' tall.
Deer resistant! I have grown this in a south facing bank for over
15 years & it just keeps getting better each year.
Desmanthus illinoisensis
Bundleflower 
$7.00 Quart
Arkansas native
Sun to light shade Zones 5-9 Family:
Fabaceae
Similar
looking to sensitive briar, this wildflower does not have prickles however
and has fine long stamens projecting from each flower so it looks like
a white puffball. Sun/light shade. Important food for wildlife. Native
range is from Texas to Indiana. 3-4’.
Dicentra exima Bleeding
heart
$7.00 Quart
Shade, Morning sun/afternoon
shade. zone 4-8 Family:
Fumariaceae
Ferny foliage that does not
die to the ground in the summer is one of the marked differences between
this & some of the other species. Dangling pink flowers in spring,
often reblooming later in summer. Adequate moisture
.
Echinacea pallida
pale purple coneflower  
$out til late summer
2011
Arkansas native
Sun/part shade.
Zones 3-8. Family: Asteraceae
Native to much of the U.S
& Arkansas, this coneflowers has pale drooping petals. Lightly
fragrant with spidery petals. butterflies.
Echinacea paradoxa  
$7.00 Quart
Arkansas native
Sun to part shade.
Zones 6 to 9 at least. Family: Asteraceae
A paradox indeed! A yellow
Echinacea. The yellow rays are strongly downturned with the disc dark brown.
This lovely native is not widespread but is found on rocky slopes in Arkansas,
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma & Texas. Perennial. Usually found in limestone
country but will grow in my acidic soil. butterflies.
Echinacea
purpurea Purple coneflower
$sold
out
Arkansas
native Sun/part shade Zone: 4-9 Family: Asteraceae
A lovely
purple coneflower - which is really a stunning pink - seeds thanks to Teresa
Thrash! This coneflower has narrower leaves than usual.
Echinacea
purpurea 'Baby Swan Pink' Dwarf coneflower
$7.00
Arkansas native selection
Sun/pt shade Z: 4-9 Family: Asteraceae
Looks just like your average
purple coneflower except it is short - height should range about 24".
Lovely pinky-purple flowers. Birds - butterflies
Erigeron
pulchellus Robin's plantain
$6.00 mpp
Arkansas native
Part shade Z: 3-8 Family: Asteraceae
Robin's plantain is an early
spring blooming darling with daisy-like flowers of whte with a tinge of
pink or blue. Their quarter sized blooms endear themselves to gardeners
with their undemanding beauty. Drought tolerant.
Eringium yuccifolium
Rattlesnakemaster
$7.00 Quart $10.00
3 quart
Arkansas native Sun
to part shade. Zones 5-9 Family: Asteraceae
An unusual looking whitish
flower top blue gray foliage that looks similar to yucca. Found over
most of the eastern part of the U.S., rattlesnakemaster was used by the
American Indians for a multitude of medicinal purposes - one of which was
to make a poultice of the root to apply to snakebites. Now-a-days,
using it as a vertical accent in the garden to attract butterfliesis
the most common use.
Eupatorium fistulosum
Joe Pye Weed
$7.00 Quart $10.00 3
Quart
Arkansas native
Sun to part shade Zones 4-10 Family:
Asteraceae
This giant Joe Pye weed draws
butterflies like a magnet with large pinky mauve flowers on very stiff
stems. Plan on 6 to 10 feet for this lovely mid to late summer bloomer.
Eupatorium fistulosum v.
albidum White joe pye weed
$7.00 Quart
Arkansas native Sun
to part shade Zone 4-10 Famiy: Asteraceae
Butterflies are drawn to the
Joe Pye weed members - There must be an abundance of nectar in the huge
flower heads. this one gets big too, with clusters of white flowers.
6-10'.
Eupatorium hyssopifolium 
$7.00 quart
Arkansas Native
Sun to part shade Zones 4-8 Family:
Asteraceae
I feel like stealing some
of Tony Avent's comments & asking for a better common name! It
is a shame for this underused native to be burdened with a name only a
mother could love. Very fine foliage graces this late summer blooming
texture plant. Good nectar plant for butterflies.
White flowers.
Eupatorium incarnatum
Purple boneset
$out
Arkansas native Part
Shade Z: 5-9 Family: Asteraceae
Syn: Fleischmannia incarnata.
Also known as pink thoroughwort, Eupatorium incarnatum is valued by butterflies
for its nectar & is used as a larval food plant by some of the metalmarks.
After found in Arkansas in shaded areas with seasonal moisture.
Eupatorium maculatum Joe
pye weed
$7.00 quart - ready late spring
2011
Native Sun
to part shade Zones 5-9
Family: Asteraceae
. Joe Pye weed is an
outstanding butterfly
plant!
Dusty rose colored flowers top off an imposing plant from 3 to 9 feet tall
(if it's really happy). Normally gets to about 4-6'. Joe Pye
likes good soil & adequate moisture. Bloom period is late summer
into fall.
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Boneset
$7.00 Quart
Arkansas native Sun
to part shade Zones 4-9 Family: Asteraceae
The long narrow leaves clasp
the stem so tightly that it appears the stem has grown through the leaves.
Puffy white flower heads adorn this native meadow plant that get from 3
to 5'. Very attractive to butterflies but it is poisonous to cattle.
While liking moisture, it is quite drought tolerant when established. butterflies
Eupatorium
purpureum Joe Pye weed
$7.00
Quart ready late spring 2011
Arkansas
native Sun/shade Zones Family: Asteraceae
Butterfly
attractor! Lovely pinky-purple flowers heads rise tall in the mid
summer garden. Average to moist soils. butterflies
Eupatorium
rugosum White snakeroot
$7.00 Quart
Arkansas native
Sun to part shade Zones 5-8 Family: Asteraceae
Just another butterfly
attractor! Butterflies need nectar sources all season long which
is a good reason for planting white snakeroot. (Why snakeroot?
Does the root look like a snake? How many white snakes have you seen?)
At nearly 4' tall, white snakeroot doesn't get lost in the crowd.
Eupatorium serotinum
Late Joe Pye
$7.00 Quart
Arkansas native
Sun to part shade Z: 3-9 Family:
Asteraceae
Deep purple stems are a vivid
contrast to the deep green of the foliage. This contrast is most
vivid early in the season. Toward the end of summer, late Joe Pye
is covered in white blooms, attracting flying critters from near &
far. Another drought buster! Butterflies!
| * Medium perennial pots are 3 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 4" |
Gaura lindheimeri
Wand flower
$7.00 Quart
Native Sun/part shade
Z: 5-9 Family: Onagraceae
Native to Texas & Louisiana,
Wand flower or Appleblossom grass (as I saw it referred to today) is a
delightful long blooming perennial. Four petaled white flowers with
long stamens seem to dance in the slightest breeze - also gaining it the
name of whirling butterflies.
Geranium maculatum
Wild geranium
$8.00 Quart
Arkansas native
Shade or morning sun Z: 3-8 Family: Geraniaceae
Lovely woodland native with
pink flowers about 1/2 dollar size. Blooms in mid spring. Deeply
incised leaves make this plant lovely even when not in bloom.
Gillenia stipulata
Indian
physic
$7.00 Quart
Arkansas native
Morning sun/light shade
Zones 5-9 Family: Rosaceae
Synonym: Poteranthus stipulatus.
When I was at the butterfly festival this year on Mt. Magazine, at the
visitor center, I saw many of these starry white flowers on the edge of
dry woods. So cheerful blooming in late June! Native from New
York to Texas.
Glandularia canadensis
Rose verbena
$sold out
Arkansas native Sun/part
shade Z: 5-9 Family: Verbenaceae
A trailing plant that spreads
quickly to form a lovely ground cover. Flat-topped clusters of deep
pink to rose-purple flowers appear for several months from early spring
in summer. A great butterfly attractor that also does well in containers.
Average to dry soil that is well drained.
You see purple verbena growing
on roadsides in tough conditions.
Butterflies!
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A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers,
as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to
us as effects." Herman Melville |
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