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Plant Picture Guide

Acanthus - Ajuga
Akebia - Apios
Aquilegia - Asclepias
Asimina - Athyrium
Atrichum - Campanula
Campsis - Chamaemelum
Chasmanthium - Coptis
Coreopsis - Dianthus
Dicentra - Euonymous
Eupatorium - Galium
Gaultheria - Helictotrichon
Hemerocallis - Itea
Juncus - Liriope
Lobelia - Lysimachia
Magnolia - Mimulus
Miscanthus
Mitchella - Onoclea
Ophiopogon - Osmunda
Pachysandra - Phalaris
Philadelphus
Phlox
Phragmites
Phyllostachys
Physostegia - Polygonum
Polypodium - Pratia
Prunus - Rhododendron
Rosa - Saxifraga
Schizachyrium - Silphium
Sisyrinchium - Thuidium
Thymus - Verbena
Veronica - Viburnum
Vinca - Zizia


Catalog as of April 01, 2008

Stachys

(Labiatae - mint family)
About 300 species of herbs and subshrubs, of wide distribution. A few species are cultivated as ornamentals. S. affinis is cultivated for its edible root tubers.

affinis peren • ht 1½' • zones 5-9

Chinese artichoke; Japanese artichoke; chorogi

Stachys affinis - Jul 10 Stachys affinis - Jul 10


edible, ground cover, sun
China

Upright stems with hairy, crinkly leaves. Small white or pink flowers in summer. Produces an abundance of small, white, edible root tubers, for which it is much cultivated in Japan. Spreads to form a very solid ground cover.

cat # 6G7H
$7.95 each / 3+, $7.50 ea