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Common Names: T

ta-ming
Pleioblastus gramineus
tara vine
Actinidia arguta
tassel-white
Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'
teaberry
Gaultheria procumbens
thread-leaf blue star
Amsonia hubrectii
three-square bulrush; chair-maker's bulrush
Scirpus americanus
thyme-leaved speedwell
Veronica serpyllifolia
tickseed, lobed
Coreopsis auriculata 'Nana'
tickseed, rose
Coreopsis rosea
tickseed, whorled
Coreopsis verticillata
tickseed; !coreopsis,
Coreopsis grandiflora
trailing arbutus
Epigaea repens
trailing veronica
Veronica incana
tree moss, umbrella moss
Climacium americanum
trumpet creeper
Campsis radicans
trumpet honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens 'Prolifica'
trumpet vine
Campsis radicans
tuckahoe
Peltandra virginica
tulip tree; yellow poplar
Liriodendron tulipfera
turkey-foot
Andropogon gerardii
turtle-head
Chelone glabra
turtlehead, Lyon's
Chelone lyonii
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Catalog as of April 01, 2008

Andropogon

(Gramineae - grass family)
About 200 species of perennial grasses of warm-temperate and tropical regions. Can't ship to CA.
gerardii peren • ht 4-7' • zones 3-9

big bluestem; turkey-foot


native, ornamental grass, sun
e and cent N Amer

Points of ornamental interest include bluish nodes ("joints") on the stems and, in late summer, purplish flower heads shaped somewhat like the foot of a turkey. Develops into a stable and long-lived clump. Of considerable historical interest, having been a dominant grass of the tall grass prairies (which are often referred to as "big bluestem" prairies). Early observers reported big bluestem prairies sufficiently tall that a herd of buffalo could graze among them completely unseen.

cat # 8H1D
$7.95 each / 3+, $7.50 ea