Yew Dell Botanical Gardens' Fall Plant Sale 2020

Spring/Summer Flowering Bulbs

Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Description

Anemone blanda Grecian Windflower

Awesome little plants that come in a range of white, blue, and pink

flowers. They naturalize well over the years and will add splashes of color

early in April. They will only reach a couple inches tall so once all of your

other perennials come up later in spring these will be covered up as they

go dormant. Walnut tolerant.

Camassia leichtlinii Caerulea Camas Lily

A wonderful blue/purple flower standing 2-2.5' tall in mid-spring. The

upright, narrow foliage is both deer and walnut tolerant! This is a plant

that is very happy in areas of the garden that stay wet. A wonderful

addition to a rain garden.

Chionodoxa forbesii Blue Giant Glory of the Snow

a beautiful soft blue and white flower that blooms early enough in the

spring to mingle with those late season snow falls. This small bulb will only

produce a plant that is 6-8" tall but will naturalize in an area very well. A

great addition to other minor bulbs that can be planted in the lawn. Deer

and walnut resistant.

Eranthis cilicica Winter Buttercups/Winter

Aconite

One of our favorite minor bulbs at Yew Dell!!! These small, 2-3" tall plants

produce bright yellow flowers starting in February and over the years can

naturalize an area so well that the whole ground will be yellow. An

impressive feat that early in the season!!! Like some of the other minor

bulbs this one will do fine growing under walnut trees and the deer leave it

alone.

Fritillaria uva vulpis Fox's Grape

A wonderful minor bulb that will naturalize an area over the years.

Growing to 8-10" tall this plant producing nodding flowers that are a

smoky purple color with a bright yellow rim. Another deer and rodent

resistant plant to add to the collection!

Lycoris squamigera Surprise Lily/Naked

Ladies/Ressurection Lily

The always favorite conversation piece in the garden. Foliage emerges in

late January/February and dies back along with daffodils and other spring

flowering bulbs. Around July you will begin to see random "naked" stalks

in the garden that will eventually hold several large and pink lily flowers.

Amazing plant to mix in with other perennials that are 1-2' feet tall so the

summer flowers bloom above the foliage of the other plants.

SUN PERENNIALS Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Description

Acanthus spinosus Bear's Breeches

We love this tough and durable perennial for its deep, glossy green foliage

and white veins and the Victorian purple/pink/white flower spikes in late

spring. It will grow in full sun or part shade in any reasonable soil. Most

likely what's in the country under this name is a hybrid but we really don't

care. It's a great plant. Deer proof, great cut, lives forever.

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Ajania pacifica Silver and Gold Silver and Gold

Chrysanthemum

Dense mass of deep green foliage edged with a thin silver liner, it produces

large crops of bright yellow flowers in fall on a plant that grows about 1'

tall and about 2' wide. Not terribly long lived but adds a nice bit of unique

foliage in summer and a splash of flower power in fall. Full sun to light

shade

Amorpha canescens Lead Plant

Three foot tall and wide North American native plant known for drought

tolerance and unique, purple/gray flowers in summer. Takes full sun and

dry soils.

Amorpha nana Fragrant False Indigo

A super tough, drought tolerant prairie plant that the pollinators flock to.

It can grow up to 2' tall in the full sun. A host plant for the Silver Spotted

Skipper butterfly.

Amsonia

tabernaemontana var.

salicifolia

Threadleaf Bluestar

One of our favorites at Yew Dell. This 3' tall, finely textured plant will

tolerate poor soil in the full sun! We've got it planted in some pretty

horrible stuff here at the gardens and it just keeps on going!

Asclepias incarnata Ice Ballet Swamp Milkweed

Outstanding native that grows to about 4-5' tall and rather than the typical

pink flowers, this one is a clear white, with an unusual cinnamon/vanilla

scent. One of the very best plants for attracting and supporting not only

monarchs but a long list of native butterflies. Likes sunny moist settings.

Deadhead for repeat blooms. Makes a great cut flower too.

Asclepias syriaca Common Milkweed

Good old fashioned milkweed. Loved by pollinators and needed by

Monarchs as a host plant. Blooming in July this tough plant can be worked

into any perennial border.

Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Weed

A favorite native for sunny sites. Loose masses of green foliage grow to

about 2' tall and produce late summer sprays of vivid orange flowers.

Attracts monarch butterflies (and lots of others) and loads of other

pollinators as well. Good cut flower. Deer proof. Loves hot, sunny and dry

conditions.

Aster tataricus Jindai Tatarian Aster

Awesome foliage and great flowers in October? Oh yes. This 3-6'

perennial starts showing off with its lavender flowers in September and will

continue to show off until frost.

Campanula Pink Octopus Spreading Bellflower

This stunning campanula forms a mounded mass of fine textured foliage

about 10" tall and 2' wide. In mid summer it sends up erect stems covered

with rosy pink flowers with long, string-like petals. Heat tolerant perennial

for the sun garden. An awesome flower to get kids excited about the

garden!!

Ceratostigma

plumbaginoides Plumbago

This selection just plain gets it done, year after year. Dense mass of glossy,

deep green foliage to about 8" tall spreads to form an excellent

groundcover with intense blue blooms in spring and sporadically through

the summer and fall. Easy to grow in any reasonable soil in sun or part

shade.

Clinopodium nepeta

subsp. Glandulosum White Cloud Lesser Calaminth

A pollinator's dream plant!! Blooming from June until fall, this plant will

spread and form a mass of white flowers covered in bees, butterflies, and a

plethora of other garden insects!

Coreopsis Sunsplash Big Bang™ Tickseed

Bright yellow flowers with red centers. Standing around 12" tall this little

lover of butterflies will bloom throughout the summer. After a flush of

flowers cut it back by half to promote faster and more flowering!

Delosperma P001S Fire Spinner™ Ice Plant Cold hardy, semi-succulent creeper with vivid red to red/orange blooms in

spring. Great for the rock garden or container in full, screaming sun.

Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower

Tried and true! This is the straight species Kentucky native that can be

found in Yew Dell's Pollinator Meadow. A favorite among pollinators and

gardeners alike.

Echinacea purpurea Magnus Purple Coneflower

Large flowered form of the classic native coneflower with rich and vivid

purple/magenta petals in mid summer. Great pollinator plant. Sun, sun

sun.

Eutrochium fistulosum Hollow Joe Pye Weed

A big one! If happy and in a good site this plant can push 10' tall! If you

have room for a big perennial in the garden that is native and loved by

pollinators this is a hard one to pass up.

Geranium Biokova Cranesbill Geranium

This Theodore Klein Award Winner forms tight, dense masses of dark

green foliage with cheerful, light pink flowers in late spring. Growing to

about 10" tall, it makes a great edger, crevice plant and is outstanding in

containers (we've had one in the same container for about 10 years!) Easy

to grow anywhere in full sun or part shade. Deer resistant.

Geranium

×cantabrigiense Karmina Cranesbill Geranium

A deer resistant perennial geranium that can make an impact in both the

sun and shade garden. In full sun, this plant will be covered in rosy pink

flowers that can bloom in several flushes of flowers a season. In the shade

garden perennial geraniums can make a wonderful groundcover of foliage

but the blooms are sparse with the lack of sunlight.

Helenium autumnale Sneezeweed

When some perennials start to go downhill in late summer this plant is just

getting good! Blooming August-October, it really adds that much needed

color in late season

Helianthus Lemon Queen Perennial Sunflower

A 6 foot tall beauty native to KY that will bloom with 2" butter yellow

flowers all summer. Tough as nails and 2-3 months of flower, what's not to

love?

Helianthus salicifolius Autumn Gold Willowleaf Sunflower

Outstanding 2' sun perennial with super fine textured foliage and dense

masses of cheerful yellow flowers that start opening in late summer and

bloom though the fall. Great pollinator plant for the late season. Deer

resi