Stonepocket Unique Landscapes

Stonepocket Unique Landscapes Stonepocket Unique Landscapes: Full-service landscaping company in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Educate, Entertain, Escape.

Creative landscapes and gardens designed to turn your property into an interactive place. STONEPOCKET is a full-service landscape company that offers professionally crafted designs and gardens that enhance your lifestyle and property. We believe that landscapes should be interactive places that Educate, Entertain, and provide places to Escape.

05/23/2026

Geum triflorum - Prairie Smoke is a Minnesota native blooming with reddish pink nodding globular flowers in late spring. Seeds form upright, feathery grey heads that resemble tolls hair. These plumes aid in seed dispersal. Geum comes from the Greek word geno, meaning “to smell pleasant” referring to fresh roots strong clove like aroma. Native Americans once boiled Geum roots to produce a tea for wound applications and sore throat treatments.

05/04/2026

Mertensia virginica - Virginia Bluebells is a Minnesota native spring ephemeral. Member of the Boraginaceae. Flowers start off pink before turning to an electric blue. Bluebells are named after the German botanist, Franz Carl Mertens. Pollinated by bumblebees and mason bees. Other visitors include butterflies, skippers and hummingbird moths. Ruby-throated hummingbirds frequent them for nectar.

05/03/2026

Caltha palustris - Marsh Marigold is a Minnesota native found in marshes, wetlands, and along streams. A member of the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, marsh marigolds put on a wondrous spring display of waxy yellow sepals. Caltha, ‘cup’ in Greek, was a German maiden who fell in love with the sun god, Helios, and would spend her days pining after him until her body and spirit wasted away. Marsh marigolds - a cup filled with the sun’s rays - appear where the maiden had stood. Pollinated by native bees, hoverflies and hairstreak butterflies.

04/27/2026

Prunus nigra ‘Princess Kay’ - An early flowering plum named Catherine “Kay” Nyland, who, along with her husband Robert, discovered in growing wild in Itasca State Park in 1986. The difference between the native plum is that “Kay” has a double flower. Produces a little fruit that is edible and has an orange-red fall color. Perfect small tree for home landscapes reaching only 15 feet tall and 10 feet wide.

04/20/2026

Anemone acutiloba - Sharp-lobed Hepatica. Early spring blooming Minnesota native ephemeral which has undergone a couple of name changes. The original name ‘Hepatica’ is derived from the Greek word for liver, ‘hepar’, due to the leaves resembling a human liver. The flowers are nectar rich so play a vital role for early pollinators. Known to be host plant for our Minnesota rusty patched bumble bee.

04/20/2026

Trillium nivale - Snow Trillium. Trillium comes from the Greek word trill, meaning triple. All parts of a Trillium occur in threes. ‘nivale’ means “of the snow” in Latin due to the emergence of this Trllium in spring when snow might still be present. Very rare and in some locations considered endangered. Pollenated by early bees.

04/18/2026

Forsythia ‘Northern Sun’ - Northern Sun Forsythia is one of the first shrubs to bloom in spring symbolizing anticipation, renewal, and abundance. Plant is named after the Scottish botanist William Forsyth who was one of the founding members of the Royal Horticultural Society and head gardener at Kensington Palace. Good food source for early emerging honey bees, native bees, small flies and butterflies.

04/13/2026

Galanthus nivalis - Snowdrop. Always one of the first blooming perennials of the year. When snowdrops bloom it is a sign for maple syrup collection. “Gala” translates in Greek and Latin to milk. “anthos”= flower. “nivalis”= of the snow. All together ‘milk flower of the snow’. Symbolizes hope, rebirth, purity and the arrival of spring. Native range is throughout Europe into southwestern Asia and east to the Caucasus. Pollinated by bumblebees and other early bees. Seeds dispersed by ants. Also spreads by bulb offsets.

04/13/2026

Iris reticulata ‘Harmony’ - Dwarf Dutch Iris. Another ‘harbinger of spring’ to help extend our short Minnesota growing season. Iris is named for the Greek goddess of the rainbow. Native to the mountainous regions of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Russia. Iris symbolizes faith, courage, valor, hope and wisdom. Pollinated by early emergence of bees.

04/11/2026

Helleborus niger ‘Double Fantasy’ - Lenten or Christmas Rose. For a beautiful late March bloom with evergreen foliage plant Lenten Roses. All parts of the plant are toxic.The historical uses of Hellebores are long and varied. Hippocrates administered it as a laxative and diuretic. A popular common name for Hellebores is “Nieswuz” or “sneezewort” from the practice of grinding Hellebores to a fine powder to induce sneezing off evil spirits and diseases. Today Hellebores to treat cardiovascular disease with the ingredient hellebrin, which is contained in the roots. Pollinated by bumblebees, honeybees, and hoverflies.

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