Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art 2016 Native & Seed Sale Expected Plant Availability

The in our sale are carefully nursery-propagated. None are collected from the wild. A large percentage are grown from seeds that are collected by Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art garden volunteers from the gardens surrounding the Brandywine River Museum of Art and from the Conservancy’s adjacent meadows here in Chadds Ford, PA. Packets of these same seeds, hand-collected, cleaned and packaged by the garden volunteers, are available during the plant sale as well as year-round in the museum’s gift shop. Seed packets are $2 each and $5 for a set of any three packets. Sharp-eyed shoppers at our annual sale have learned that we customarily sell some plants as small communities of compatible species. This means that a pot with a large Foamflower may also contain a seedling Wild Columbine or Wild Geranium; a Brandywine Bluebell may include a Dutchman’s Breeches; a Showy Coneflower might contain a Dense Blazing Star and a Smooth Beardtongue. Customers pay for the primary plant, only. Such combinations can be separated and planted individually or planted as one and allowed to grow as a group. Nearly every batch of plants at our sale is presented with an informative sign, usually containing a color photo, to help you better understand where the plant will grow best and what it can be expected to look like after it has grown a bit in your garden. To help you remember that information after you get home, each plant has a label which includes the basic attributes specific to that plant: typical size, time and color of flower, its sun preference (full sun, part shade, shade) and soil moisture preference (wet, moist or dry) and, if there is room on the label, a comment regarding its value to birds, bees and butterflies.

Plant Prices In 2016, our price structure stays the same as it was last year. Herbaceous plants (ferns, grasses, flowering perennials) are offered in a number of different pot sizes and typically range in price from $5 to $8 a pot. Woody plants (vines, shrubs, trees) are most commonly sold in one-, two- or three-gallon pots, with base prices typically at $19, $29 and $39, each.

The following list represents the plants we expect to have available at this year’s event. As with every plant sale, there will be late-hour additions to the offerings and unfortunate crop failures. Plants marked with an asterisk tend, in our experience, to be less palatable to deer.

Herbaceous White Heath Aster Actaea pachypoda ‘Misty Blue’ Aster laevis (Symphyotrichum Doll’s Eyes laeve) *Allium cernuum Smooth Aster Nodding Wild Onion Aster novae-angliae *Allium tricoccum (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) Ramps species and 'Purple Dome' *Amsonia tab. var. salicifolia New England Aster Willowleaf Bluestar *Aster oblongifolius *Amsonia 'Blue Ice' (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) Dwarf Bluestar 'October Skies' and `Raydons Favorite’ Anemone virginiana Crooked-stem Aster Thimbleweed Aster spectabilis (Eurybia spectabilis) Antennaria neglecta Showy Aster Field Pussytoes Aster umbellatus *Aquilegia canadensis (Doellingeria umbellata) Wild Columbine Flat-Topped White Aster *A. canadensis 'Corbett' *Baptisia australis Yellow Wild Columbine Blue False Indigo Aralia racemose *Baptisia australis ‘Purple Smoke’ Spikenard Blue False Indigo *Arisaema triphyllum Bidens aristosa (Bidens polylepis) Jack-in-the-Pulpit Tickseed Sunflower Aruncus dioicus *Blephilia ciliata Goatsbeard Downy Wood Mint, Downy Pagoda Plant *Asarum canadense Boltonia asteroides Wild Ginger White Doll’s Daisy *Asclepias incarnata *Caltha palustris Swamp Milkweed Marsh Marigold *Asclepias tuberosa *Caulophyllum thalictroides Butterfly Weed Blue Cohosh Asclepias tuberosa ‘Gay Butterflies’ *Chelone glabra Butterfly Weed White Turtlehead Asclepias syriaca *Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips' Common Milkweed Pink Turtlehead Aster cordifolius (Symphyotrichum Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe cordifolium) Green and Gold Heart-leaved Aster Chrysopsis mariana *Aster divaricatus (Eurybia Maryland Golden Aster divaricata) *Cimicifuga racemosa (Actaea racemosa) White Wood Aster Black Cohosh *Aster ericoides (Symphyotrichum *Claytonia virginica ericoides) 'Snow Flurry' Spring-Beauty Coreopsis tripteris Sneezeweed Tall Coreopsis Helenium flexuosum (H. nudiflorum) *Coreopsis verticillata Sneezeweed Thread-leaf Coreopsis Helianthus decapetalus *Coreopsis v. 'Moonbeam' and ‘Zagreb’ Thin-Leaved Sunflower Thread-leaf Coreopsis *Heliopsis helianthoides Ox-eye Tall Larkspur *Heuchera americana *Dicentra cucullaria Alumroot Dutchman's Breeches Heuchera villosa *Echinacea purpurea Autumn Alumroot Purple Coneflower *Houstonia caerulea *Echinacea p. 'Magnus' and ‘Ruby Star’, Quaker Ladies, Bluets `Pow Wow Wild Berry’ *Hydrastis canadensis Purple Coneflower Goldenseal *Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan' and Hydrophyllum canadense `Pow Wow White’ Broad-leaved Waterleaf White Coneflower *Iris cristata Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus Crested Dwarf Iris ‘Lynnhaven Carpet’ Iris cristata `Alba’ Robin’s Plantain Crested Dwarf Iris *Eryngium aquaticum Iris versicolor Rattlesnake Master Larger Blue Flag *Eryngium yuccifolium Jeffersonia diphylla Rattlesnake Master Twinleaf *Erythronium americanum *Liatris spicata Trout Lily, Dog Tooth Violet Dense Blazing Star *Eupatorium coelestinum *Liatris squarrosa (Conoclinium coelestinum) Scaly Blazing Star Mistflower Lilium superbum *Eupatorium (Eutrochium) dubium Turk’s Cap Lily Joe-Pye Weed (dwarf) *Lobelia cardinalis *Eupatorium (Eutrochium) fistulosum Cardinal Flower Joe-Pye Weed *Lobelia siphilitica *Eupatorium hyssopifolium Blue Lobelia Hyssop-leaved Thoroughwort Maianthemum canadense *Eupatorium perfoliatum Canada mayflower Boneset Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosa *Geranium maculatum (Smilacina racemosa) Wild Geranium False Solomon’s Seal Geum fragarioides ( Medeola virginiana fragarioides) Indian Cucumber Appalachian Barren Strawberry Meehania cordata *Helenium autumnale Meehania *Mertensia virginica Creeping Phlox - purple Bluebells Phlox subulata *Monarda didyma 'Blue Stocking’, Jacob Moss Pink, Moss Phlox Cline' and ‘Raspberry Wine’ Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue', `Emerald Bee-Balm Pink’ and `Purple Beauty’ *Monarda fistulosa Moss Pink, Moss Phlox Wild Bergamot *Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners', *Monarda punctata `Pink Manners’ and `Vivid’ Horsemint False Dragonhead *Oenothera fruticosa Podophyllum peltatum Sundrops May Apple Oxalis violacea *Polemonium reptans Violet Wood Sorrel Jacob's Ladder *Pachysandra procumbens Polygonatum biflorum Allegheny Pachysandra var. commutatum *Parthenium integrifolium Great Solomon's Seal Wild Quinine *Pycnanthemum muticum *Penstemon digitalis Short-toothed Mountain Mint Foxglove Beardtongue *Pycnanthemum virginianum *Penstemon hirsutus Virginia Mountain Mint Hairy Beardtongue *Ratibida pinnata Phlox divaricata 'Blue Moon' Gray-Headed Coneflower Blue Woodland Phlox *Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida Phlox divaricata 'May Breeze' Orange Coneflower White Woodland Phlox *Rudbeckia fulgida var. newmannii Phlox divaricata 'London Grove Blue' Newman’s Coneflower Blue Woodland Phlox *Rudbeckia laciniata Phlox paniculata Green-headed Coneflower Garden Phlox *Rudbeckia triloba Phlox paniculata 'David' Thin-leaved Coneflower Garden Phlox - white Salvia lyrata 'Purple Knockout' Phlox paniculata ‘Jeana’ Lyre-leaved Sage Garden Phlox – lavender-pink *Sedum ternatum Phlox pilosa Stonecrop Downy Phlox, Prairie Phlox *Senecio aureus (Packera aurea) Phlox stolonifera Golden Ragwort Creeping Phlox *Senna hebecarpa Phlox stolonifera `Bruce’s White’ Wild Senna Creeping Phlox - white Silene caroliniana `Short & Sweet’ Phlox stolonifera 'Blue Ridge' Wild Pink Creeping Phlox - blue *Silphium perfoliatum Phlox stolonifera 'Home Fires' Cup Plant Creeping Phlox - pink *Sisyrinchium angustifolium ‘Lucerne’ Phlox stolonifera 'Sherwood Purple' Blue-eyed Grass Smilacina racemosa Viola pedata (Maianthemum racemosum ssp. Bird’s Foot Violet racemosum) *Viola sororia ‘Freckles’ False Solomon's Seal Freckled Blue Violet *Solidago caesia *Viola striata Blue-stemmed Goldenrod Cream Violet *Solidago flexicaulis Waldsteinia fragarioides (new name is Zig-zag Goldenrod Geum fragarioides) Solidago nemoralis Appalachian Barren Strawberry Gray Goldenrod, Old Field Goldenrod Zizia aptera *Solidago odora Heart-Leaved Zizia, Golden Alexanders Anise-scented Goldenrod *Zizia aurea *Solidago rigida (Oligoneuron rigidum) Golden Alexanders Stiff Goldenrod *Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' Ferns Rough-stemmed Goldenrod *Adiantum pedatum *Stylophorum diphyllum Northern Maidenhair Fern Wood Poppy *Athyrium filix-femina Thalictrum thalictroides Lady Fern Rue Anemone (pink) *Dryopteris marginalis Thalictrum thalictroides ‘Pink Pearl’ and Eastern Wood Fern `Shoaf’s Double’ *Matteuccia pensylvanica Rue Anemone (both are pink) Ostrich Fern *Thermopsis villosa *Onoclea sensibilis Carolina Bush Pea Sensitive Fern *Tiarella cordifolia *Osmunda cinnamomea Foamflower Cinnamon Fern *Tiarella cordifolia 'Brandywine' *Osmunda claytoniana Foamflower Interrupted Fern *Tiarella c. var. collina *Osmunda regalis Foamflower Royal Fern *Tradescantia ohiensis Spiderwort *Tradescantia virginiana Grasses Spiderwort Andropogon gerardii Trillium grandiflorum Big Bluestem White Trillium Andropogon gyrans Trillium sessile Elliot’s Bluestem Toadshade, Sessile Trillium *Carex laxiculmis Verbena hastata Creeping Sedge Blue Vervain *Carex pensylvanica Sedge Veronicastrum virginicum *Chasmanthium latifolium Culver's Root Wild Oats *Deschampsia caespitosa Lonicera sempervirens `Alabama Crimson’ Tufted Hairgrass Trumpet Honeysuckle *Deschampsia caespitosa `Goldtau’ *Parthenocissus quinquefolia Tufted Hairgrass Virginia Creeper *Deschampsia flexuosa Passiflora incarnata Common Hairgrass Passionflower, Maypop, Apricot Vine *Elymus hystrix (Hystrix patula) *Wisteria frutescens 'Amethyst Falls' and Bottlebrush Grass ‘Nivea’ Eragrostis spectabilis American Wisteria Purple Love Grass *Muhlenbergia capillaris Trees and Shrubs Short Muhly, Hairawn Muhly *Aesculus parviflora var. serotina ‘Rogers’ Panicum anceps Bottlebrush Buckeye Beaked Panicgrass *Aesculus pavia Panicum virgatum `Cape Breeze’, Cloud Red Buckeye Nine’, `Dallas Blues’, `Northwind’ Amelanchier laevis *Schizachyrium scoparium Allegheny Serviceberry Little Bluestem Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima' *Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Standing Red Chokeberry Ovation’ Asimina triloba Little Bluestem Paw-Paw Scirpus cyperinus Betula nigra Wool Grass River Birch Sorghastrum nutans *Calycanthus floridus Indian Grass Sweetshrub *Sorghastrum nutans ‘Indian Steel’ *Calycanthus floridus ‘Michael Lindsey’ Indian Grass Sweetshrub *Sporobolus heterolepis *Calycanthus floridus var. purpureus Prairie Dropseed Sweetshrub Carpinus caroliniana Musclewood vines *Cercis canadensis *Campsis radicans Redbud Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Vine *Cercis canadensis ‘Ace of Hearts’, *Campsis radicans ‘PRN Redbird’ ‘Burgundy Hearts’ and ‘Tennessee Pink’ Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Vine Redbud *Clematis virginiana Chionanthus virginicus Virgin's Bower Fringetree Echinocystus lobate *Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' Wild Cucumber, Wild Balsam Apple Ruby Spice Summersweet Lonicera sempervirens (PA) *Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles' Trumpet Honeysuckle Sixteen Candles Summersweet Lonicera sempervirens `John Clayton’ Cornus alternifolia Yellow Trumpet Honeysuckle Pagoda Tree Trees and Shrubs (cont.) Sweet Bay Magnolia Morella pensylvanica Cornus florida ‘Appalachian Joy’, Cherokee Northern Bayberry Brave’ and ‘Jean’s Appalachian Snow’ Nyssa sylvatica Flowering Dogwood Black Gum, Tupelo Cornus sericea ‘Baileyi’ Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Diabolo’ and ‘Tiny Red-osier Dogwood Wine’ Corylus americana Ninebark American Filbert Quercus alba Euonymus americanus White Oak Hearts-a-bustin, Strawberry Bush Quercus bicolor *Fothergilla gardenii ‘Suzanne’ Swamp White Oak Dwarf Fothergilla Quercus coccinea *Fothergilla x intermedia ‘Blue Shadow’ Scarlet Oak Fothergilla Quercus macrocarpa Franklinia alatamaha Bur Oak, Mossy Cup Oak Franklinia Quercus velutina Gaultheria procumbens Black Oak Wintergreen Rhododendron arborescens Hamamelis virginiana Sweet Azalea Witch-hazel Rhododendron atlanticum x R. Hydrangea arborescens ‘Incrediball’ periclymenoides ‘Choptank Rose’ Smooth Hydrangea Choptank Rose Azalea Hydrangea quercifolia 'Amethyst’, ‘Pee Rhododendron atlanticum x R. Wee' and ‘Snow Queen’ periclymenoides ‘Marydel’ Oak Leaf Hydrangea Marydel Azalea Ilex glabra ‘Shamrock’ and ‘Compacta’ Rhododendron austrinum x R. atlanticum x Inkberry R. periclymenoides ‘My Mary’ Ilex opaca ‘Satyr Hill’ My Mary Azalea American Holly Rhododendron periclymenoides Ilex verticillata ‘Jim Dandy’ and ‘Southern Pinxterflower Gentleman’ Rhododendron viscosum Winterbery Holly (males) Swamp Azalea Ilex verticillata ‘Maryland Beauty’ *Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' Winterberry Holly (females) Fragrant Sumac Itea virginica ‘Merlot’ and ‘Henry's Garnet' Rhus copallina ‘Creel’s Quintet’ Virginia Sweetspire Shining Sumac, Winged Sumac, Kalmia latifolia ‘Bullseye’, ‘Carousel’, ‘Elf’, Flameleaf Sumac ‘Galaxy’ and ‘Olympic Fire’ Rhus glabra ‘Laciniata’ Magnolia tripetala Smooth Sumac - cutleaf Umbrella Magnolia Rosa virginiana Magnolia virginiana Virginia Rose, Pasture Rose Sweet Bay Magnolia Sambucus canadensis Magnolia virginiana ‘Moonglow’ Elderberry Vaccinum angustifolium Lowbush Blueberry Vaccinum angustifolium ‘Brunswick’ Lowbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Berkeley’ and ‘Jersey’ Highbush Blueberry Viburnum acerifolium Mapleleaf Viburnum Viburnum dentatum Arrow-wood Viburnum dentatum ‘Chicago Luster’ & ‘Crimson Tide’ Arrow-wood Viburnum nudum Possumhaw Viburnum nudum ‘Brandywine’ and ‘Winterthur’ Possumhaw Viburnum prunifolium Black-haw Viburnum trilobum ‘Bailey Compact’ American Cranberrybush

Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art Native Plant & Seed Sale May 7 & 8, 2016