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Underused Plants

Sweet Indian Plantain

Hasteola suaveolens is an herbaceous perennial of the aster/composite family that typically grows to 3-5’ tall, but occasionally to 7’ tall or more. It is

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Showy Tick Trefoil

Desmodium canadense is an erect-growing, clump-forming perennial that typically grows to 4 ft. It has trifoliate leaves in alternate positions on the stem and produces

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Tall Blue Larkspur

Delphinium exaltatum is native to Eastern North America from Pennsylvania and Ohio south through the Appalachians into northern Alabama, with several small, isolated populations existing

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Cupid’s Dart

Catananche caerulea is a short-lived, clump-forming perennial of the aster family. Blue to lavender-blue flowers (to 2” diameter) with dark centers bloom singly on naked

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Pale Indian Plantain

Arnoglossum atriplicifolium is a tall Wisconsin native herbaceous perennial which grows 3-6′ (less frequently to 8′) tall and typically occurs in open and rocky woodlands,

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Red Hobbit Columbine

Aquilegia x Red Hobbit is a compact version of the popular Aquilegia  x ‘Crimson Star’. This is a low-growing, bushy, clump-forming columbine that typically rises to

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Rock Soapwort

Saponaria ocymoides is a semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial ground cover native to the rocky, mountainous slopes of southwestern and south central Europe. This plant is densely

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Indian Summer Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta Indian Summer is an herbaceous perennial that forms, in the right conditions, a self-sowing patch of upright, long-stemmed, summer-fall blooms. Oversized, daisy-like flowers

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