Love-in-a-Mist in early light. The dried seed pods are often used in floral design.
The Yellow Lupine, an annual, was grown by Lady Jean Skipworth at Prestwould plantation in Virginia.
The ripe seeds of the Indian Shot are so hard it is said that they were used as ammunition for primitive weapons.
Scarlet Pentapetes, which Jefferson planted at Monticello, grows four to five feet tall.
Bloodroot, called puccoon by Native Americans, who extracted a red dye.
In 1736, Peter Collinson of London sent tuberose to John Custis IV in Williamsburg.
Another Jefferson favorite, the Mexican, or Prickly, Poppy, with its spiky, variegated leaves.
A woodland perennial, Rue Anemone is ephemeral. It blooms in spring but disappears in summer’s heat.
The Cynthia Tulip. This is a selection of the Clusiana Tulip, a species different from the modern tulip.
Yellow Pile Wort (Ranunculus Ficaria)
Corn Poppy (Papaver Rhoeas)
Common Milkweed, Silkweed (Asclepias Syriaca)
Borage (Borago Officinalis)
Love-in-a-Mist (Nigella Damascena)
Job's Tears (Coix Lachryna-Jobi)
Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus Syriacus)
Blue Lobelia (Lobelia Siphilitica)
Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia Virginica)
Cynthia tulip (Tulipa Clussiana)
Celestial Rose (Rosa Celestial)
Common Sunflower (Helianthus Annuus)
Larkspur (Consolida Orientalis)
Corn Poppy (Papaver Rhoeas)