Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art
2015 Native Plant & Seed Sale Expected Availability
The plants 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 2015, 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
*Allium cernuum
Nodding Wild Onion
*Allium tricoccum
Ramps
*Amsonia tabernaemontana
BlueStar
*Amsonia tab. var. salicifolia
Willowleaf Bluestar
*Amsonia 'Blue Ice'
Dwarf Bluestar
Anemone virginiana
Thimbleweed
*Aquilegia canadensis
Wild Columbine
*A. canadensis 'Corbett'
Yellow Wild Columbine
*Arisaema dracontium
Green Dragon
*Arisaema triphyllum
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Aruncus dioicus
Goatsbeard
*Asarum canadense
Wild Ginger
*Asclepias incarnata
Swamp Milkweed
*Asclepias tuberosa
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias syriaca
Common Milkweed
Aster cordifolius (Symphyotrichum
cordifolium)
Heart-leaved Aster
*Aster divaricatus (Eurybia
divaricata)
White Wood Aster
*Aster ericoides (Symphyotrichum
ericoides) 'Snow Flurry'
White Heath Aster
Aster laevis (Symphyotrichum
laeve)
Smooth Aster
Aster lateriflorus ‘Lady in Black’
Calico Aster
Aster novae-angliae
(Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
species and 'Purple Dome'
New England Aster
*Aster oblongifolius
(Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)
'October Skies'
Crooked-stem Aster
Aster umbellatus
(Doellingeria umbellata)
Flat-Topped White Aster
*Baptisia australis
Blue False Indigo
*Baptisia australis ‘Purple Smoke’
Blue False Indigo
*Baptisia tinctoria
Horseflyweed, Yellow Wild Indigo
*Blephilia ciliata
Downy Wood Mint, Downy Pagoda Plant
Boltonia asteroides
White Doll’s Daisy
Callirhoe involucrata
Purple Poppy Mallow, Winecup
*Caltha palustris
Marsh Marigold
Cardamine diphylla
Crinkleroot, Two-Leaved Toothwort
*Caulophyllum thalictroides
Blue Cohosh
*Chelone glabra
White Turtlehead
*Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'
Pink Turtlehead
Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe
Green and Gold
*Cimicifuga racemosa (Actaea racemosa)
Black Cohosh
*Claytonia virginica
Spring-Beauty
Coreopsis tripteris
Tall Coreopsis
*Coreopsis verticillata
Thread-leaf Coreopsis
*Coreopsis v. 'Moonbeam' and ‘Zagreb’
Thread-leaf Coreopsis
*Dicentra canadensis
Squirrel Corn
*Dicentra cucullaria
Dutchman's Breeches
*Dicentra eximia
Wild Bleeding Heart
*Echinacea purpurea
Purple Coneflower
*Echinacea p. 'Magnus' and ‘Ruby Star’
Purple Coneflower
*Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'
White Coneflower
*Epigaea repens
Trailing Arbutus
*Equisetum hyemale
Scouring Rush
Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus
‘Lynnhaven Carpet’
Robin’s Plantain
*Eryngium aquaticum
Rattlesnake Master
*Eryngium yuccifolium
Rattlesnake Master
*Erythronium americanum
Trout Lily, Dog Tooth Violet
*Eupatorium coelestinum
(Conoclinium coelestinum)
Mistflower
*Eupatorium (Eutrochium) dubium
Joe-Pye Weed (dwarf)
*Eupatorium (Eutrochium) dubium
‘Baby Joe’
Joe-Pye Weed (very dwarf)
*Eupatorium (Eutrochium) fistulosum
Joe-Pye Weed
*Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Hyssop-leaved Thoroughwort
*Eupatorium(Eutrochium) maculatum
'Gateway'
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
*Eupatorium perfoliatum
Boneset
Euthamia caroliniana
Slender Goldentop
Gentiana andrewsii
Closed Gentian, Bottle Gentian
*Geranium maculatum
Wild Geranium
Geum fragarioides (Waldsteinia
fragarioides)
Appalachian Barren Strawberry
*Helenium autumnale
Sneezeweed
Helianthus decapetalus
Thin-Leaved Sunflower
*Heliopsis helianthoides
Ox-eye
Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa (Hepatica
americana)
Round-Lobed Hepatica
*Heuchera americana
Alumroot
Heuchera villosa
Autumn Alumroot
Heuchera villosa ‘Autumn Bride’
Autumn Alumroot
*Houstonia caerulea
Quaker Ladies, Bluets
*Hydrastis canadensis
Goldenseal
*Iris cristata
Crested Dwarf Iris
Iris versicolor
Larger Blue Flag
Jeffersonia diphylla
Twinleaf
*Liatris spicata
Dense Blazing Star
*Liatris squarrosa
Scaly Blazing Star
Lilium superbum
Turk’s Cap Lily
*Lobelia cardinalis
Cardinal Flower
*Lobelia siphilitica
Blue Lobelia
Maianthemum canadense
Canada mayflower
Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosa
(Smilacina racemosa)
False Solomon’s Seal
Medeola virginiana
Indian Cucumber
Meehania cordata
Meehania
*Mertensia virginica
Bluebells
Mitchella repens
Partridge Berry, Twin Berry
*Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline' and
‘Raspberry Wine’
Bee-Balm
*Monarda fistulosa
Wild Bergamot
*Monarda punctata
Horsemint
*Oenothera fruticosa
Sundrops
Oxalis violacea
Violet Wood Sorrel
*Pachysandra procumbens
Allegheny Pachysandra
*Parthenium integrifolium
Wild Quinine
*Penstemon digitalis
Foxglove Beardtongue
*Penstemon hirsutus
Hairy Beardtongue
Phlox divaricata 'Blue Moon'
Blue Woodland Phlox
Phlox divaricata 'May Breeze'
White Woodland Phlox
Phlox divaricata 'London Grove Blue'
Blue Woodland Phlox
Phlox paniculata 'David'
Garden Phlox - white
Phlox paniculata ‘Jeana’
Garden Phlox – lavender-pink
Phlox stolonifera
Creeping Phlox
Phlox stolonifera 'Blue Ridge'
Creeping Phlox - blue
Phlox stolonifera 'Home Fires'
Creeping Phlox - pink
Phlox stolonifera 'Sherwood Purple'
Creeping Phlox - purple
Phlox subulata
Moss Pink, Moss Phlox
Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue'
Moss Pink, Moss Phlox
Phlox subulata 'Emerald Pink'
Moss Pink, Moss Phlox
*Physostegia virginiana
False Dragonhead
*Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'
False Dragonhead
*Physostegia virginiana 'Vivid'
False Dragonhead
Podophyllum peltatum
May Apple
*Polemonium reptans
Jacob's Ladder
Polygonatum biflorum
var. commutatum
Great Solomon's Seal
*Pycnanthemum muticum
Short-toothed Mountain Mint
*Pycnanthemum virginianum
Virginia Mountain Mint
*Ratibida pinnata
Gray-Headed Coneflower
Rhexia virginica
Virginia Meadow Beauty, Handsome Harry
*Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida
Orange Coneflower
*Rudbeckia fulgida var. newmannii
Newman’s Coneflower
*Rudbeckia laciniata
Green-headed Coneflower
*Rudbeckia triloba
Thin-leaved Coneflower
Salvia lyrata 'Purple Knockout'
Lyre-leaved Sage
*Sedum ternatum
Stonecrop
*Senecio aureus (Packera aurea)
Golden Ragwort
*Senna hebecarpa
Wild Senna
Silene caroliniana
Wild Pink
*Silphium perfoliatum
Cup Plant
*Sisyrinchium angustifolium ‘Lucerne’
Blue-eyed Grass
Smilacina racemosa
(Maianthemum racemosum ssp.
racemosum)
False Solomon's Seal
*Solidago caesia
Blue-stemmed Goldenrod
*Solidago flexicaulis
Zig-zag Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis
Gray Goldenrod, Old Field Goldenrod
*Solidago rigida (Oligoneuron rigidum)
Stiff Goldenrod
*Solidago odora
Anise-scented Goldenrod
*Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks'
Rough-stemmed Goldenrod
*Spigelia marilandica
Indian Pink, Pinkroot
Spiranthes cernua v. odorata ‘Chadds Ford’
Ladies Tresses
*Stylophorum diphyllum
Wood Poppy
Thalictrum thalictroides ‘Pink Pearl’
Rue Anemone (pink)
*Thermopsis villosa
Carolina Bush Pea
*Tiarella cordifolia
Foamflower
*Tiarella cordifolia 'Brandywine'
Foamflower
*Tiarella c. var. collina
Foamflower
*Tiarella c. var. collina 'Oakleaf'
Foamflower
*Tradescantia ohiensis
Spiderwort
*Tradescantia virginiana
Spiderwort
Trillium grandiflorum
White Trillium
Trillium erectum
Red Wakerobin
Uvularia grandiflora
Merrybells
Verbena hastata
Blue Vervain
*Vernonia glauca
Upland Ironweed
*Vernonia noveboracensis
New York Ironweed
Veronicastrum virginicum
Culver's Root
*Viola sororia
Blue Violet
*Viola sororia ‘Freckles’
Freckled Blue Violet
*Viola striata
Cream Violet
Waldsteinia fragarioides
Appalachian Barren Strawberry
Zizia aptera
Heart-Leaved Zizia, Golden Alexanders
*Zizia aurea
Golden Alexanders
Ferns
*Adiantum pedatum
Northern Maidenhair Fern
*Athyrium filix-femina
Lady Fern
*Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Hayscented Fern
*Dryopteris marginalis
Eastern Wood Fern
*Matteuccia pensylvanica
Ostrich Fern
*Onoclea sensibilis
Sensitive Fern
*Osmunda cinnamomea
Cinnamon Fern
*Osmunda regalis
Royal Fern
*Polystichum acrostichoides
Christmas Fern
Grasses
Andropogon gerardii
Big Bluestem
*Carex amphibola
Creek Sedge
*Carex grayi
Gray’s Sedge
*Carex laxiculmis
Creeping Sedge
*Carex pensylvanica
Pennsylvania Sedge
*Chasmanthium latifolium
Wild Oats
*Deschampsia caespitosa
Tufted Hairgrass
*Deschampsia flexuosa
Common Hairgrass
*Elymus hystrix (Hystrix patula)
Bottlebrush Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
Purple Love Grass
*Juncus tenuis
Path Rush, Poverty Rush
*Muhlenbergia capillaris
Short Muhly, Hairawn Muhly
*Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Standing
Ovation’
Little Bluestem
*Sorghastrum nutans ‘Indian Steel’
Indian Grass
*Sporobolus heterolepis
Prairie Dropseed
vines
*Campsis radicans ‘PRN Redbird’
Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Vine
*Clematis virginiana
Virgin's Bower
Lonicera sempervirens (PA)
Trumpet Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens ‘John Clayton’
Yellow Trumpet Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens ‘Major Wheeler’
Trumpet Honeysuckle
*Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Virginia Creeper
Passiflora incarnata
Passionflower, Maypop, Apricot Vine
*Wisteria frutescens 'Amethyst Falls', 'Blue
Moon' and ‘Nivea’
American Wisteria
Trees and Shrubs
*Aesculus parviflora var. serotina ‘Rogers’
Bottlebrush Buckeye
*Aesculus pavia
Red Buckeye
Amelanchier laevis
Allegheny Serviceberry
Amorpha fruticosa
False-indigo
Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima'
Red Chokeberry
Asimina triloba
Paw-Paw
Betula nigra
River Birch
*Calycanthus floridus
Sweetshrub
*Calycanthus floridus ‘Michael Lindsey’
Sweetshrub
*Calycanthus floridus var. purpureus
Sweetshrub
Carpinus caroliniana
Musclewood
*Ceanothus americanus
New Jersey Tea
Celtis occidentalis
Hackberry
*Cercis canadensis
Redbud
*Cercis canadensis ‘Ace of Hearts’,
‘Appalachian Red’ and ‘Forest Pansy’
Redbud
*Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice'
Ruby Spice Summersweet
*Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles'
Sixteen Candles Summersweet
Cornus alternifolia
Pagoda Tree
Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Brave’
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus sericea ‘Baileyi’
Red-osier Dogwood
Corylus americana
American Filbert
Euonymus americanus
Hearts-a-bustin, Strawberry Bush
*Fothergilla gardenii ‘Suzanne’
Dwarf Fothergilla
*Fothergilla x intermedia ‘Blue Shadow’
Fothergilla
Hamamelis virginiana
Witch-hazel
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’
Smooth Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Pee Wee', ‘Ruby
Slippers’ and ‘Snow Queen’
Oak Leaf Hydrangea
Trees and Shrubs (cont.)
Ilex glabra ‘Shamrock’
Inkberry
Ilex verticillata ‘Jim Dandy’ and ‘Southern
Gentleman’
Winterbery Holly (males)
Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red', ‘Maryland
Beauty’ and ‘Berry Heavy’
Winterberry Holly (females)
Itea virginica ‘Merlot’ and ‘Henry's Garnet'
Virginia Sweetspire
Juniperus virginiana
Eastern Red Cedar
*Lindera benzoin
Spicebush
Magnolia virginiana
Sweet Bay Magnolia
Morella pensylvanica
Northern Bayberry
Nyssa sylvatica
Black Gum, Tupelo
Oxydendron arboretum
Sourwood
Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Summer Wine’,
‘Tiny Wine’ and ‘Little Devil’
Ninebark
Quercus alba
White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Swamp White Oak
Quercus coccinea
Scarlet Oak
Rhododendron arborescens
Sweet Azalea
Rhododendron atlanticum
Coast Azalea
Rhododendron atlanticum x R.
periclymenoides ‘Choptank Rose’
Choptank Rose Azalea
Rhododendron calendulaceum
Flame Azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides
Pinxterflower
Rhododendron prinophyllum
Roseshell Rhododdendron
Rhododendron viscosum
Swamp Azalea
*Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' & ‘Green Globe’
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus copallina ‘Creel’s Quintet’
Shining Sumac, Winged Sumac, Flameleaf
Sumac
Rhus glabra ‘Laciniata’
Smooth Sumac - cutleaf
Rosa virginiana
Virginia Rose, Pasture Rose
Sambucus canadensis
Elderberry
Staphylea trifolia
American Bladdernut
Tilia americana
American Linden, American Basswood
Vaccinum angustifolium
Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinum angustifolium ‘Brunswick’
Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Northland’,
‘Berkeley, ‘Jersey’, ‘Patriot’
Highbush Blueberry
Viburnum dentatum
Arrow-wood
Viburnum dentatum ‘Chicago Luster’ &
‘Crimson Tide’
Arrow-wood
Viburnum nudum
Possumhaw
Viburnum nudum ‘Brandywine’
Possumhaw
Viburnum prunifolium
Black-haw
Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art
Native Plant & Seed Sale May 9 & 10, 2015