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ALLIUM senescens subsp. senescens 'Mongolian Gem'
(AL-ee-um) (sen-ESS-senz)
ALLIMG3
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Description: 2004 GreatPlantsTM. Handsome blue-green, strap-like leaves followed in late summer with 18" stems of decorative, 2" balls of lavender-pink flowers, growing from clusters of narrow, bottle-shaped bulbs which have had widespread use as healthy food and medicine throughout Europe, Siberia, Northern Asia, and the far East. Use throughout the garden for a festive or carnival-like feeling. Bronzy-yellow fall foliage. Very limited! Ten cents from the sale of each plant goes to the GreatPlants® group to help fund more plant exploration and breeding.
Zone: 3
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AMORPHA canescens
(a-MOR-fa) (kah-NES-enz)
AMORCA3
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Common Name: Lead Plant
Description: 1999 GreatPlantsTM Perennial of the Year. U.S. native of dry or well-drained sites. Dense, white, hairy leaflets; blue flower spikes in June-July.
Zone: 3
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AMSONIA hubrichtii
(am-SO-nee-ah) (hew-BRIK-tee-eye)
AMSOHU3
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Common Name: Bluestar
Description: 2009 GreatPlantsTM Perennial of the Year! Pale blue flowers; mostly fine, needle-shaped leaves form a mound that turns bright yellow in fall.
Zone: 4
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ANDROPOGON gerardii 'Silver Sunrise' TM
(an-dro-PO-gon) (jer-ar-dee-eye)
GRANSS5
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Description: 2005 GreatPlantsTM Release. Outstanding, colorful, 4-6' cultivar selected from Andropogon 'Champ' by Dr. Donald Steinegger of the University of Nebraska Horticulture Department and evaluated and introduced by the GreatPlants® program of Nebraska. Its showy blue, basal foliage with rich purple, fall color is contrasted with wide, golden bands in the flowering culms.
Zone: 4
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ASCLEPIAS tuberosa
(as-KLAY-pee-us) (too-ber-OH-sah)
ASCLTU1
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Common Name: Butterly Milkweed
Description: 2000 GreatPlantsTM Perennial of the Year. Showy, orange flower heads on this outstanding wildflower. Tough, durable plant once established; well worth the effort. Extreme care must be taken not to overwater in young or dormant stages.
Zone: 5
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ASCLEPIAS tuberosa
(as-KLAY-pee-us) (too-ber-OH-sah)
ASCLTU3
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Common Name: Butterly Milkweed
Description: 2000 GreatPlantsTM Perennial of the Year. Showy, orange flower heads on this outstanding wildflower. Tough, durable plant once established; well worth the effort. Extreme care must be taken not to overwater in young or dormant stages.
Zone: 5
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ASTER fendleri 'My Antonia'
(ASS-ter) (FEND-ler-eye)
ASTEMY3
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Description: 1999 GreatPlantsTM. Pure white flowers with yellow centers from summer through fall on plants with glossy, dark green leaves.
Zone: 4
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BOUTELOUA curtipendula 'Trailway'
(boo-te-LOO-uh) (kurt-ih-PEN-doo-la)
GRBOCU1
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Common Name: Sideoats Grama
Description: 2005 GreatPlantsTM Grass! Fine leaf, sod-forming, warm season native. Delicate, pendant seed heads; graceful foliage.
Zone: 4
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BOUTELOUA curtipendula 'Trailway'
(boo-te-LOO-uh) (kurt-ih-PEN-doo-la)
GRBOCU3
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Common Name: Sideoats Grama
Description: 2005 GreatPlantsTM Grass! Fine leaf, sod-forming, warm season native. Delicate, pendant seed heads; graceful foliage.
Zone: 4
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BOUTELOUA curtipendula 'Trailway'
(boo-te-LOO-uh) (kurt-ih-PEN-doo-la)
GRBOCU5
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Common Name: Sideoats Grama
Description: 2005 GreatPlantsTM Grass! Fine leaf, sod-forming, warm season native. Delicate, pendant seed heads; graceful foliage.
Zone: 4
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BOUTELOUA gracilis
(boo-te-LOO-uh) (GRAS-il-is)
GRBOGR1
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Common Name: Blue Grama
Description: 2008 GreatPlants Grass of the Year! Most important range grass of the Great Plains. Curly, narrow leaves; long, one sided seed spikes with eyelash-like inflorescence.
Zone: 4
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CALAMAGROSTIS brachytricha
(ka-la-ma-GROST-is) (brak-ee-TRY-ka)
GRCABR3
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Common Name: Reed Grass
Description: 2007 GreatPlantsTM Grass of the Year! Fall blooming reed grass. Fine textured, rosy inflorescence in September; looks good all fall.
Zone: 5
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CALLIRHOE alcaeoides 'Logan Calhoun'
(ka-lee-RO-ee) (al-see-OY-deez)
CALLLC3
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Common Name: Poppy Mallow, Winecups
Description: 2000 GreatPlantsTM. Sparkling white 'wine cups' on this outstanding Great Plains native found by the late, dedicated, native American plantsman, Logan Calhoun and named in his honor.
Zone: 4
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CALYLOPHUS serrulatus 'Prairie Lode'
(kal-lee-LO-fus) (ser-yew-LAY-tus)
CALYPL3
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Common Name: Prairie Lode Sundrops
Description: 2007 GreatPlantsTM. This vigorous native prairie species is spangled for months on end with four-petalled, bright and cheerful yellow blossoms which emerge from large, orange buds. Tolerates a wide range of conditions and thrives in hot, dry conditions. Selected here at Bluebird Nursery for its compact habit. Cut back to the ground each spring for best performance.
Zone: 4
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CLEMATIS columbiana var. tenuiloba
CLEMTN4
Common Name: Rock Clematis
Description: 2006 GreatPlantsTM Release. Not every clematis was meant to grow on a trellis. Small, umbrella-shaped flowers of violet, pale blues, and pale pinks. Native to the Rocky Mountains. Does well in the well-drained soils of rock gardens. PG1.
Zone: 3
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CLEMATIS fruticosa 'Mongolian Gold'
(klem-AT-iss) (froo-ti-KO-sa)
CLEMMO4
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Description: 1999 GreatPlantsTM. Yellow flowers in summer; glossy, dark green foliage. Attractive seed heads late summer and fall. Erect, woody shrub. Collected by Great Plants group in Northern Inner Mongolia. PG3.
Zone: 4
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CLEMATIS hexapetala 'Mongolian Snowflakes'
(klem-AT-iss) (heks-ah-PET-ah-la)
CLEMMF4
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Description: 2009 GreatPlantsTM Release. Masses of 1 1/2", fragrant, white flowers followed by feathery, bright silver seed heads covering this shrubby Clematis in late spring. Both flower stems and seed heads make excellent cuts with a long vase life. Drought tolerant. It forms a sprawling, 3' high mound of dark green foliage. Selected for its extra large flowers. PG3.
Zone: 5
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DALEA purpureum 'Stephanie'
(DAY-lee-a) (pur-pewr-EE-um)
DALEST3
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Common Name: Prairie Clover
Description: 2002 GreatPlantsTM. Bright lavender flowers on compact, bushy plants with as many as 40 stalks per plant! Great selection with darker green foliage; does not lodge. A prize from UNL breeder, Dale Lindgren.
Zone: 4
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DIANTHUS 'Prairie Pink'
(dye-AN-thus)
DIANPR3
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Description: 2006 GreatPlantsTM Release! Introduction from Dale Lindgren of the University of Nebraska. Large, double, bright fuchsia-pink, fragrant flowers all season. Glaucous foliage.
Zone: 5
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DIANTHUS 'Wink'
(dye-AN-thus)
DIANWI3
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Common Name: Carnation
Description: 2008 GreatPlantsTM Introduction. Neat, tiny, blue foliage mounds covered with delicate, soft pink flowers. Selected by Dr. Roger Uhlinger of UNL Horticulture Department many years ago and given his wife's nickname.
Zone: 3
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EUONYMUS carnosus
(ew-ON-i-mus) (kar-NO-sus)
EUONCA5
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Description: 2010 GreatPlantsTM Release. Large shrub or small tree with marvelous, red fruit in fall and winter. (carnosus=flesh colored flowers) The species is destined to rate high in the GreatPlants quest to find an ideal, small, ornamental tree. Harlan collected it in northern China for its hardiness, stature, colorful fruit, and the possibilities of fall foliage color.
Zone: 4
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FALLOPIA aubertii 'Lemon Lace'
(fal-OH-pee-a) (aw-BER-ee-eye)
FALLLL3
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Common Name: Lemon Lace Vine
Description: 2005 GreatPlantsTM. A sparkling, golden-leafed sport discovered by Pam Hamernik of our staff. This exciting, lemon colored vine also features red stems and petioles and foamy-white flowers in late summer. Slower growing than the species. It's ideal to add a crisp brightness to the trellis, fence, or small tree for contrast. Use in combo with clematis.
Zone: 5
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FALLOPIA aubertii 'Lemon Lace'
(fal-OH-pee-a) (aw-BER-ee-eye)
FALLLL5
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Common Name: Lemon Lace Vine
Description: 2005 GreatPlantsTM. A sparkling, golden-leafed sport discovered by Pam Hamernik of our staff. This exciting, lemon colored vine also features red stems and petioles and foamy-white flowers in late summer. Slower growing than the species. It's ideal to add a crisp brightness to the trellis, fence, or small tree for contrast. Use in combo with clematis.
Zone: 5
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GERANIUM sanguineum
(jer-AYE-nee-um) (sang-GUIN-ee-um)
GERASN3
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Common Name: Bloody Crane's-Bill
Description: 2002 GreatPlantsTM Perennial of the Year! Bowl-shaped, magenta flowers cover plants late spring-early summer; may re-bloom if sheared. Durable, deeply cut foliage forms a mound that turns blood red in fall.
Zone: 3
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GERANIUM sanguineum
(jer-AYE-nee-um) (sang-GUIN-ee-um)
GERASN5
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Common Name: Bloody Crane's-Bill
Description: 2002 GreatPlantsTM Perennial of the Year! Bowl-shaped, magenta flowers cover plants late spring-early summer; may re-bloom if sheared. Durable, deeply cut foliage forms a mound that turns blood red in fall.
Zone: 3
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HYDRANGEA quercifolia
(hi-DRAN-gee-a) (kwer-ki-FO-lee-a)
HYDRQU5
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Common Name: Oakleaf Hydrangea
Description: 2001 GreatPlantsTM Shrub of the Year! Among the best of our native shrubs. Highly textured, 3-8", lobed, dark green leaves turn rich red, orange-red, and burgundy in fall persisting into December. Bountiful inflorescences are 8-10" cones of showy white flowers beginning in June, turning purplish-pink as they age and an attractive light brown for winter. This beauty also features peeling cinnamon-like bark. Likes moist, neutral to acid, organic soil.
Zone: 5
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LIATRIS pycnostachya 'Eureka'
(LY-a-tris) (pik-no-STAK-ee-a)
LIATEU3
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Common Name: Button Snakeroot
Description: 2006 GreatPlantsTM Release! Outstanding native of Great Plains wet prairies. Bred and selected by Dr. Sotero Salac and kept going by Dr. William Gustafson, both of UNL. Breath-taking in the garden and vibrantly vivacious as a florist's crop. Produces a 1'+ dense spike crowded with reddish-purple, long lasting flowers.
Zone: 3
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MISCANTHUS sinensis var. purpurascens 'Autumn Red'
(mis-KANTH-us) (si-NEN-sis)
GRMIAR8
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Description: 2006 GreatPlantsTM Grass of the Year! Compact, 3-4', early blooming variety. Red-purple fall color. Extra nice.
Zone: 5
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OENOTHERA macrocarpa 'Comanche Campfire'
(e-NOTH-er-a) (mak-ro-KAR-pa)
OENOCC3
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Common Name: Evening Primrose, Sundrops
Description: 2001 GreatPlantsTM Introduction. The large, shiny silver, drought and sun resistant leaves are complimented by glowing ruby stems topped with huge, delicious yellow flowers until fall. Cutting propagated from an outstanding seedling grown from seed collected in Western Oklahoma by the GreatPlants for the Great Plains group of Nebraska.
Zone: 4
Great Plants Rock Garden Full Sun Partial Shade

PENSTEMON grandiflorus 'Prairie Snow'
(pen-STAY-mon) (grand-i-FLO-rus)
PENSPR3
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Common Name: Beardtongue, Firecracker
Description: 2006 GreatPlantsTM Release! A Dale Lindgren selection of the Great Plains. Shell-Leaf Penstemon with large, white flowers.
Zone: 4
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