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Achillea filipendulina 'Coronation Gold'
Common Name: Coronation Gold yarrow
Native to Europe & Western Asia
Thrives in hot humid summers and poor soils. Deer and drought tolerant, will continue to flower for a long period if dead headed. Excellent cut or dried flower. Perfect landing pad for pollinators and butterflies. Keep plants …
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Achillea millefolium
Common Name: Yarrow
Native to Western North America, Asia, & Europe
Fragrant white flowers that attract native bees and predatory insects. Great plant for a managed meadow.
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Achillea millifolium 'Terracotta'
Common Name: Terracotta Yarrow
Native to Europe and Asia
Among the flowering plants you will find few that are as tough as yarrow. This trouper tolerates drought & commonly appears in inhospitable disturbed sites. Foliage, however, looks delicate and ferny. Bloom time is long and flowers attract …
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Allium 'Millenium'
Common Name: Millenium ornamental onion
unknown parentage
Easily grown dry to medium moisture soils that must be well-drained. Prefers full sun, but will succeed in part shade. Tolerates a wide range of soils, Non-invasive due to low fertility. Foliage grows 6-8" tall, with flower stems r…
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Allium cernuum
Common Name: Nodding onion
Native to North America
Nodding pink flowers. Use in woods' edge, meadows, average garden soil.
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Allium lusitanicum 'Summer Beauty'
Common Name: Summer Beauty ornamental onion
Native to Europe (selection)
A sterile cultivar, and long-blooming ornamental onion that produces showy lavender flowers from July to August. The globe-shaped flowers sit above strap-like foliage that remains a shiny deep green throughout the growing season. Leaves grow up to …
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Allium schoenoprasum
Common Name: Chives
Native to Asia Minor, Balkans, & Siberia
Plethora of edible purple flowers in April and May, and stems and leaves prized for flavoring. Nectar is attractive to bees and butterflies, while foliage is unattractive to deer and rabbits. Juglone tolerant. Easy and low mainten…
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Allium stellatum
Common Name: Prairie Onion
Native to North America
Allium stellatum is a diminutive bulb with narrow grass-like leaves. In summer flower scapes tower above the foliage bearing 2-3” umbrella shaped flower clusters. The white, lavender or pink florets are star shaped and a…
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Amsonia hubrichtii
Common Name: Thread leafed bluestar
Native to North America
Multiple heads of blue star-like flowers, great glowing yellow fall color.
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Amsonia illustris
Common Name: Shining bluestar
Native to North America
Light blue star flowers in late spring; excellent choice for a border or naturalized meadow.
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Amsonia tabernaemontani 'Grande'
Common Name: Bluestar
Native to North America (selection)
Amsonia 'Grande' is a vigorous selection of the species featuring larger blooms and clean, shiny foliage. An excellent selection.
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Andropogon gerardii
Common Name: Big bluestem
Native to North America
Classic grass of the tall grass prairies, tolerates a wide variety of soils in full sun, good livestock forage.
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Andropogon virginicus
Common Name: Broom sedge
Native to North America
Short, warm season bunch grass, with golden fall color. Tolerates drought and poor soils.
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Antennaria neglecta
Common Name: Field pussytoes
Native to North America
Prairie species best suited to dry, sunny locations; tough. Attracts bees, butterflies, and other insects.
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Asclepias tuberosa
Common Name: Butterfly weed
Native to North America
Bright orange, butterfly magnet, superbly drought tolerant, a personal favorite.
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Asclepias verticillata
Common Name: Eastern whorled milkweed
Native to North America
Fine foliage on un-branched stems. Creamy white flowers. Larval host and nectar source for the monarch butterfly.
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Aster azureus (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense)
Common Name: skyblue aster
Native to North America
Extremely drought tolerant aster excellent for dry rocky or shallow soil. Attractive to butterflies and pollinators. Self seeds and spreads by rhizomes making it perfect for erosion control.
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Aster cordifolius
Common Name: Blue wood aster
Native to North America
Good naturalizer for woods' edge and shade, does well in dry conditions. Lovely arching flower stems brighten up the shade.
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Aster divaricatus
Common Name: White wood aster
Native to North America
Good native groundcover for woods' edge and shade, does well in dry conditions. Provides a mass of small white flowers to usher in the fall season.
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Aster laevis
Common Name: Smooth blue aster
Native to North America
Early blooming, tolerant of a variety of conditions.
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Aster macrophyllus
Common Name: Big leaf aster
Native to North America
Vigorously growing aster has large heart shaped basal leaves, can form dense carpets.
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Aster macrophyllus 'Twilight'
Common Name: Twilight big leaf aster
Native to North America (selection)
Aster macrophyllus ‘Twilight’ is a naturally occuring cross between Aster spectabilis and Aster macrophylla and begins the growing season as a rosette of large heart shaped basal leaves. For a month o…
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Aster oblongifolius
Common Name: Aromatic aster
Native to North America
This species tolerates drought, poor soils, and the heat. Aromatic foliage.
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Aster oblongifolius 'October Skies'
Common Name: Aromatic aster
Native to North America (selection)
Compound mound, with bluer flowers than Raydons.
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Aster oblongifolius 'Raydons Favorite'
Common Name: Aromatic aster
Native to North America (selection)
One of the best aster selections out there, flowers early and long, neatly mounded.
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Aster spectabilis
Common Name: Showy aster
Native to North America
Bright violet single, graceful blooms encircle a yellow disk near the top of arching stem with grass green foliage. Found along pond's edge, stream banks, and open meadows. Perfectly simple, and simply perfect. Shared with us by our friend Jas…
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