This Iris occurs in eastern Northamerica from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. It dwells in ditches and on temporarily flooded meadows. Its narrow petals are very special, it distincts it from all other Irises of wetlands. Although it is completely hardy and very beautifull, it is ...

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Cardinal Flower was one of the first native plants that found its way into the gardens of the colonists in North America and it remained there to the day. Indeed it became one of the most beloved flowers there. One gardening author even wrote: `What can surpass or equal our...

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A species that causes a lot of confusion. Perhaps this is the reason why it is so rarely available. Its botanic name evokes the idea of the Indian lotus, but it is not at all related to it. It is a member of the pea family like all trefoils, and the members of the pea family do not grow in moist or ...

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There is a multitude of uses for Creeping Jenny in and around the garden pond and it will look good wherever you plant ist. It creeps over the ground and covers everything with its penny-sized-and-penny-shaped leaves. From early summer on it covers itself with yellow flowers. If you misconstructed your ...

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A selection of Creeping Jenny with more or less yellow leaves. The colour depends very much on the location and the amount of light available. Since the plant is easily propagated by cuttings, you can gain a lot of plantlets for experiments untill you find the perfect location for them in your garden.

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This Loosestrife bears in its leaf axils not single big flowers but small sprays of tiny flowers. It looks quite fancy. Although the plant has a tendency to be somewhat invasive, it remains small enough not to get other plants in difficulties.

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The Cardinal Moneky Flower is a perennial plant with creeping rhizome, that soon forms a dense clump. Its stalks bear soft, hirsute foliage. During summer it produces scarlet flowers. It is not hardy in all regions of Central Europe and needs cover during winter where temperatures frost drop below - 20° C.

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This species comes from marshes and moist meadows of northeastern America. It is an extraordinary plant with loose spikes of violet-blue flowers in summer. Some people see a grinning face in the shape of the flower. This species is short lived and it does not always selfseed reliably. It is better to ...

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A white blooming selection of Water Forget-Me-Not.

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A selection of Water Forget-Me-Not with intense sky-blue flowers.

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An older selection of Water Forget-Me-Not with somewhat bigger blue flowers.

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This pink flowering Water For-get-me-not is a nice addition to the usal blue and white flowering varieties.

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This is another selection of the native Water Forget-Me-Not, this time with a more bright shade of blue. It is named after Germany federal land Thuringia.

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A nice groundcover that runs riot in wet soil. This is the best way to fight it: prepare bread and butter, chop the watercress and it on the bread; or prepare a salad of watercress; or use it chopped and mixed with cottage cheese. As soon as you aquired a taste for it, the watercress will have a hard ...

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The butterbur can be found growing along rivers and creeks. Its large foliage is very impressive and also decorative. A single flower is quite small and modest, but the flowers are sitting in large amounts on a big spike that smells strongly of vanilla. The butterbur needs a lot of nutrients, it is ...

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Docks are often considers as weeds. This one is no weed at all. It is remarkably larger than all the other docks, almost as high as a standing man. The decorative part of it are its large lanceolate leaves. The flowers appear in midsummer and are rather modest in white to reddish. It is a plant for ...

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A rush with no nude stalks, but bearing a lot of slender leaves on its stalks. The fruit stands appear in early summer and look similar to those of galingale. A very decorative club-rush and well suited for shady parts at the pond.

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The Marsh Scullcap form dense cushions on wet soils or in extremly shallow water. In the upper leaf axils violett snapdragonlike flowers do appear in mid summer.

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The wild relatives of Chinese Artichoke grow in wet meadows in the north of China. If you want to grow it as a vegetable however you may want to choose a different way of cultivation. A vegetable bed with sandy soil is then the better choice, for the roots can be harvested there more easily (but it takes regular watering throughout the season). From October on the tubers can be harvested. The need no peeling, just washing, and can be eaten raw or stewed.

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The Shining Meadow Rue is the rarest of all native meadow rues. It grows on wet soils in riparian forests. Since there are only few riparian forests left, there are consequently also few rues left. Its way of propagation is unusal for a wet-soil plant. Usualy those plants propagate mainly by runners. The Shining Meadow Rue however completely relies on the propagation by seed.

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