Mertensia
By Sanmcgill
Mertensia - Borage-worts, beautiful in form of foliage and stem, and in the graceful way in which they rise in panicles of blue.
Mertensia pulmonarioides (Virginia bluebells, Virginia cowslip)
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner
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Mertensia brevistyla (Bluebells)
Boraginaceae (Forget-Me-Not Family)
Foothills, montane. Woodlands, meadows, openings. Spring, summer.
Cross Mountain Trail, June 12, 2006.
Mesa Verde National Park, May 9, 2007.
var. mertensiana (Bong.) D. Don:
Stems and flower stalks short-hairy, calyx lobes entire, and leaves usually hairless. In the Cascades from AK to s. OR and in the Rockies to w. MT.
No range map exists for this species. See a map of the states in which Cassiope mertensiana can be found (opens a new window).
USDA Plants Database
Cassiope mertensiana is native to North America.
Mountain Hemlock
Scientific Name: Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carr.
Synonym:
Family: Pinaceae ...
Index- plants in this Family
Boraginaceae / Borage Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
Virginia Bluebells is also known as Virginia Cowslip. ...
Mertensia virginica
Plants of Home and Garden
Sow in July for germination next spring, or start indoors after 4-6 weeks stratification, just covered. Keep moist, in shade, rich and well-drained soil. Self-sows.
Mertensia virginica can also be seen in abundance in the early spring. It is one of our more ephemeral spring plants, not just the flowers, but the whole plant disappears in late spring. But while it's up, its one of our most attractive wildflowers.
Mertensia virginica : Virginia Bluebells - Whole Plant
Podophyllum peltatum : Mayapple - Whole Plant
Polygonatum biflorum : Small Solomon's Seal - Landscape ...
Mertensia virginica--Virginia Bluebells
MERTENSIA DISEASES
Metasequoia glyptostroboides--Dawn Redwood ...
Mertensia virginica ( Virginia Bluebells )
Mespilus germanica ( Showy Mespilus )
Metasequoia glyptostroboides ( Dawn Redwood ) ...
Tsuga mertensiana
(Mountain Hemlock)
[Bong.] Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinatae
Family: Pinaceae
Family Description: Pine Key Characteristics:
Also known as Black Hemlock.
Cassiope mertensiana. White Mountain Heather.
Phyllodoce empetriformis. Pink Mountain Heather. Pine Creek Lake. Absaroka Mountains. Near Livingston, Montana.
Menziesia ferruginea. False Huckleberry.
Notes
Mertensiana is named for Franz Karl Mertens, a German botanist.
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Mountain Hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana)
Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
Mountain Lily (Phormium colensoi)
Mountain Pepper (Drimys lanceolata)
Mountain Phlox (Phlox subulata 'Emerald Pink')
Mountain Phlox (Phlox subulata 'Candy Stripes') ...
Also useful are plants such as the ephemeral Virginia bluebell (Mertensia virginica, syn. Mertensia pulmonarioides, Zone 4), which clumps up and blooms early, April through May, then completely disappears until next year.
Pulmonaria are members of the Boraginaceae family and first cousin to other well-known garden favorites such as myosotis (forget-me-not), brunnera, symphytum, and mertensia (Virginia Bluebell).
Brunnera (Bugloss) Mertensia (Virginia Bluebells)
Caladium Monarda (Beebalm)
Cypripedium (Lady's Slipper Orchid) Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder)
Dicentra (Bleeding Heart) Polygonatum (Solomon's Seal)
Digitalis (Foxglove) Primula (Primrose) ...
In Washington & Oregon it grows successfully alongside Mountain Hemlocks (Tsuga mertensiana). Along the coast of British Columbia to Alaska, it grows amidst Alaska Cedars ( ). In the Rockies it grows with Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii).
Mentha arvensis, Field Mint
Mertensia paniculata, Tall Lungwort
Mitella nuda, Naked Mitrewort
Moneses uniflora, One Flowered Pyrola
Monotropa uniflora, Indian Pipe
Oenothera spp, Evening Primroses ...
briars pose no problems to them, the fibrous or fuzzy foliage of ferns, ornamental grasses, tarragon and wormwood (Artemesia), lamb's ears (Stachys) and borage-family plants like bugloss (Anchusa), borage, heliotrope, Virginia bluebells (Mertensia), ...
the Virginia cowslip, or Virginia bluebell (Mertensia virginica), species of forget-me-not (genus Myosotis), and species of heliotrope (genus Heliotropium). Freijó (Cordia goeldiana) is an important timber tree in Amazonia.
Tsuga - Hemlocks
Tsuga canadensis - Eastern Hemlock; Canadian Hemlock
Tsuga caroliniana - Carolina Hemlock
Tsuga heterophylla - Western Hemlock
Tsuga mertensiana - Mountain Hemlock ...
top out at 18" from mid spring to early summer. A robust and competitive plant that brightens up woodland edges and shady corners of the garden. Combines well with other spring-blooming perennials such as Polemonium, Sisyrinchium and Mertensia.
Mertensia virginica Virginia Bluebells *
Myosotis sylvatica Forget-me-not
Phlox divaricata Wild Sweet William
Phlox stolonifera Creeping Woodland Phlox
Polygonatum species Solomon's Seal *
Primula species Primrose
Pulmonaria species Lungwort * ...
 See also: May, Bluebell, Green, Bells, Virginia Bluebell
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