Dalea purpurea Monarda adorned with a heavy overlay

adorned with a heavy overlay of small lavender spots

The clumps are topped with tiny bronze flower stalks in late April

From Holland's Jan van den Top comes this fabulous tetraploid of Hosta 'Bright Lights'

We're glad to be able to still get these great plants out to the public

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Dalea purpurea Monarda adorned with a heavy overlay(aka: Petalostemon purpureum) Dalea, not to be confused with a poorly enunciated Dahlia, is a little known North American (most of the Central US) prairie native baptisia relative. The wiry 2' tall stalks, held at a 45 degree angle, are clothed with lacy fern like green foliage and topped from late spring through early summer with fascinating butterfly attracting purple flowers that resemble 2" long green pickles, each wearing a purple tutu. Dalea