Sherry's Wildflower of the Month

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Grown below the dam of Sherry's fish pond, along with other moisture loving plants, Fragrant Ladies Tresses is an easy to grow native orchid with flowers that open in the fall to release a delightful vanilla scent. Bright white flowers are arranged on the stalk as intertwined double spirals.

Lance-like foliage rises from a basal rosette. 

• Thrives in shade or sun
• Needs wet soil
• Compact and tidy growth habit
• 12 to 18 inches tall
• Spreads from runners or seeds 
• Hardy in zones 6 through 9

Grown in filtered shade in a fragrance garden, Monkshood   

is an herbaceous wildflower that can be found growing in mountain meadows throughout the northern hemisphere. The plant gets its name from the shape of the posterior sepal of the flowers, which resembles the cowls worn by monks. Violet blue flower spikes over dark green foliage similar to geranium leaves.

• Needs partial shade in our zone
• Not too rich, moist soil
• Slow to establish (this is 11th year)
• 24 inches tall
• Doesn't like to be moved 
• Hardy in zones 3 through 7