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Common Names: W

wall pepper: Sedum acre
water canna: Thalia dealbata
water lily, fragrant: Nymphaea odorata
water willow: Decodon verticillatus
white-flowered mazus: Mazus reptans Albus'
whorled loosestrife: Lysimachia punctata
whorled loosestrife: Lysimachia quadrifolia
wild bergamot: Monarda fistulosa
wild geranium: Geranium maculatum
wild indigo: Baptisia australis
wild lily-of-the-valley: Pyrola elliptica
wild oats: Uvularia sessilifolia
wild petunia: Ruellia humilis
wild quinine: Parthenium integrifolium
wild raisin: Viburnum lentago
wild rice: Zizania aquatica
wild stonecrop: Sedum glaucophyllum
wintergreen: Gaultheria procumbens
witch hazel, common: Hamamelis virginiana
wolfberry; silverberry: Elaeagnus commutata
woodbine: Parthenocissus quinquefolia
wool grass: Scirpus cyperinus
worm grass: Sedum album

Catalog as of April 01, 2008

Ruellia

(Acanthaceae - acanthus family)

About 250 species of perennial herbs, mostly of tropical regions. A few species occur in temperate North America. Cultivated as ornamentals, especially for their flowers.

caroliniensis

peren • ht 2½' • zones 4-9

Carolina wild petunia

native, dry - moist, part shade - sun
e and cent US

This upright-growing native wildflower bears trumpet-shaped, violet-blue flowers 1" across over a long period in summer. This rugged, attractive, unusual, and easily cultivated species is appealing when cultivated by itself, but it also blends well with other plants in mixed flower beds or meadows.

cat # 6J3J
$8.95 each

humilis

peren • ht 1-2' • zones 4-9

wild petunia

native, dry - moist, part shade - sun
cent US

Wild petunia is not closely related to the common petunia, but both the foliage and flowers are similar. Bears showy lavender flowers over a long period in summer. Easily grown, it has impressed us with its adaptability, ruggedness, and beauty. This is a fine native wildflower which deserves to be better known.

cat # 6J3L
$7.95 each