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Underused Plants

Torrey’s Rush

Juncus torreyi has striking seedheads that look like pom-poms. It is a Wisconsin Native plant that is also found throughout the US. A cool season

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FIRST Kiss Speedwell

Veronica longifolia FIRST Kiss (PP28797) has upright wands of fluffy, medium pink flowers above compact, mildew resistant foliage. They flower in late spring, sometimes into

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Prairie Sedge

Carex bicknellii is a Wisconsin Native grass which is also found throughout the Midwest. It has a creeping, tufted habit, and narrow foliage. In June

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Bebb’s Sedge

Carex bebbii is a Wisconsin Native grass which is also found throughout the northern US and even in pockets of the Rocky Mountains where it

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Bush’s Coneflower

Echinacea paradoxa sometimes called yellow coneflower, is the only species Echinacea to have yellow flowers instead of the usual purple. (Hence the name paradoxa). Large,

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Henryi Clematis

Clematis x Henryi has huge, 6”-8”, luminous white flowers (one of the largest on the market) with beautifully contrasting dark chocolate anthers. It can grow

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Morning Star Sedge

Carex grayi, a perennial sedge, forms an attractive, grassy, slowly spreading, clump. The narrow foliage is shiny green, becoming more chartreuse in part to full

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Bottlebrush Sedge

Carex hystericina is a perennial sedge that has grassy, triangular stems (Sedges have edges) They create colonies on shorelines, in wet meadows and marshes. They

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Superbus Globe Flower

Gracing gardens since the 16th century, the stunning blooms of Trollius europaeus Superbus inspired their common name, which translates to “basin” in Latin, or “globe”

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