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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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Agastache 'Blue Fortune'
Common Name: Blue Fortune anise hyssop
Native to North America (cultivar)
Fragrant foliage deters deer and rabbits, while the lavender blue flowers attract pollinators, including butterflies and hummingbirds, all summer long. Prefers well drained moist soil. Medium salt tolerance.
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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 (cultivar)
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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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 (cultivar)
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 ternarius
Common Name: splitbeard bluestem
Splitbeard Bluestem is a native ornamental warm-season perennial bunchgrass. It grows up to 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide. Native to meadows, plains and open woodlands in well drained or sandy soils with low fertility. Prefers full sun…
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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 plantaginifolia
Common Name: Plantain-leaved pussytoes
Native to North America
Flowers, April through June, are white with a gentle kiss of pink. Excellent ground-cover for dry, and shallow rockly soils in full sun. Stoloniferous, and allelopathic, they spread to form a weedless ground-cover. Plants a…
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Asclepias tuberosa
Common Name: Butterfly weed
Native to North America
Bright orange, butterfly magnet, superbly drought tolerant as it is NOT a wetland plant
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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
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 cordifolius 'Little Carlow'
Common Name: Little Carlow blue wood aster
Native to North America (cultivar)
An attractive upright aster cultivar. Heart shaped leaves form at ground level and provide a nice groundcover in spring. In early to mid-fall myriads of daisy-like asters cover the plant. Flowers are a bright violet-blue with yellow centers and ar…
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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 (cultivar)
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 (cultivar)
Compound mound, with bluer flowers than Raydons.
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Aster oblongifolius 'Raydons Favorite'
Common Name: Aromatic aster
Native to North America (cultivar)
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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Baptisia australis
Common Name: Blue false indigo
Native to North America
A long lived perennial with spikes of blue pea-shaped flowers, glossy green trifoliate leaves.
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Baptisia minor
Common Name: Dwarf false indigo
A shorter Baptisia, equally wonderful. Flower spikes remain upright, supporting large black summer seed pods. Finer texture leaves of silvery-blue-green. Available in June. NAO
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Baptisia tinctoria
Common Name: Yellow wild indigo
Native to North America
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Baptisia tinctoria is an upright shrubby perennial with fine textured gray-green leaves. In late spring and summer, plants are adorned with many short clusters of bright or creamy yellow pea-shaped flowers. …
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Calamintha nepeta 'Blue Cloud'
Common Name: Blue Cloud lesser calamint
Native to Europe & The Mediterranean (cultivar)
A plethora of pale blue flowers from June through a hard frost on compact plants. With some salt tolerance and great drought tolerance, these plants will bring the butterflies and other pollinators to the scene. Fragrant foliage deters …
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Calamintha nepeta 'White Cloud'
Common Name: White Cloud lesser calamint
Native to Europe & the Mediterranean
Fragrant tiny white flowers, above minty fragrant foliage, literally flower from mid June to a hard frost. Deer and critter resistant, yet pollinators and butterflies flock to the flowers. Grows well in full sun to partial shade in dry to av…
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Calamintha nepeta ssp nepeta
Common Name: Calamint - 2021 Perennial Plant of the Year
Native to Southern Europe to Great Britain
Excellent for for pollinators as it flowers the entire summer into fall. Masses of flowering stems shade out weeds. Fragrant foliage. Tolerant of drought, shallow rocky soil, with medium salt tolerance. Sheer back fo…
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Callirhoe involucrata
Common Name: Wine cups
Native to North America
Mid-west native, good creeping habit, extremely drought tolerant, good filler plant.
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Campanula rotundifolia
Common Name: Harebell (No Advance Orders)
Native to North America
Circumboreal. One half to one inch wide, blue, bell-shaped flowers. Needs good drainage.
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Carex appalachica
Common Name: Appalachian sedge
Native to North America
Forms a neat clump of fine foliage. Elegant texture. Limited supply.
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Carex humilis 'Hexe'
Common Name: Hexe dwarf sedge
Native to Western Europe
Ornamental yellow flowers appear very early in spring and fade to tan. Grows in the driest areas and therefore extremely drought tolerant. Can be grown in a rock garden or shallow soils in partial shade.
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Carex lurida
Common Name: Lurid sedge
Native to North America
Excellent plant for wetland restoration, interesting seed heads make it a good choice for ornamental ponds.
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Carex montana
Common Name: Mountain sedge
Native to Europe and Central Russia
Alkaline soil tolerant, this small decidous species, native to Europe and central Russia, has glossy green foliage and thrives in woodland borders and rockeries. Spreads quickly to become a low groundcover. Spikey brown flowers i…
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Carex pensylvanica
Common Name: Pennsylvania sedge
Native to North America
Stoloniferous sod forming species for dry shade, one of the first to green up in the spring.
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Carex rosea
Common Name: Rosy sedge, Curly wood sedge
Native to North America
Very tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions. Features softly arching leaves.
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Ceanothus americanus
Common Name: New Jersey tea
Native to North America
Multi-stemmed small shrub, with ornamental flowers, tolerates shade and dryness.
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Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Common Name: plumbago
Native to Western China
Excellent ground-cover that spreads by rhizomes in full sun to partial shade in average to moist soil. Thrives in clay, and is perfect for erosion control. Deep blue flowers burst forth from July into September. Folige tur…
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Dalea purpurea
Common Name: Purple Prairie Clover
Native to North America
An unbranched multi-stemmed perennial wildflower that grows from a stout taproot. Plants have fine textured deep green bean-like foliage. As mid-summer approaches, stems are crowned by dense cylinder shaped spikes of lovely rosy-purple…
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Danthonia spicata
Common Name: Poverty oat grass
Native to North America
Danthonia spicata is a petite cool season perennial grass with dense tufted foliage. Leaves from the current season are wiry and bluish green. Twisted older leaves develop a bronzy hue and are retained at the base of each clump. …
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Deschampsia flexuosa
Common Name: Crinkled hairgrass
Native to North America
Deschampsia flexuosa is a cool season clumping perennial grass. The tufted evergreen foliage is narrow and finely textured. In late spring airy panicles of silvery or purplish florets with hair like awns rise above the fo…
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Desmodium canadense
Common Name: Showy tick trefoil
Native to North America
Showy tick trefoil - a nitrogen fixing plant that grows well in moist to dry soils. Leaves have hairs that attach to clothing and fur, thus the name. Flowers bloom from top to bottom for a period of about 3 weeks in mid summer. Long-tonged bees…
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Echinacea pallida
Common Name: Pale Purple Coneflower
Native to North America
Echinacea pallida is a sturdy unbranched perennial with slender lance-shaped leaves. In summer plants are crowned by lovely daisy-like flowers with bold reddish central cones and slender drooping pale violet rays. This low …
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Echinacea pallida 'Hula Dancer'
Common Name: Hula Dancer cone flower
Native to North America (cultivar)
A favorite of Peit Oudolf, Echinacea pallida ‘Hula Dancer’ is a sturdy unbranched perennial with slender lance-shaped leaves. In summer plants are crowned by lovely daisy-like flowers…
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Echinacea purpurea
Common Name: Purple coneflower
Native to North America
Butterfly magnet, goldfinch love the seeds as well. Drought tolerant, tolerates wide range of conditions.
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Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'
Common Name: Purple coneflower
Native to North America (cultivar)
A violet red selection with horizontal petals. Tolerates a wide range of conditions.
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Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'
Common Name: White coneflower
Native to North America (cultivar)
A white selection of purple coneflower.
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Echinacea tennesseensis 'Rocky Top'
Common Name: Tennessee coneflower
Native to North America
No longer an endangered species, it may now be propagated, but since you've all come to know it as Rocky Top, we will continue to grow it. Flower's petals are held upright instead of drooping, lovely. Sturdy low maintenance perennial. …
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Echinops bannaticus 'Blue Glow'
Common Name: Blue globe thistle
Native to Southeastern Europe
Striking silver spiney foliage is topped by vivid blue thistle flowers. Pollinators and butterflies flock to the flowers and seed eating birds enjoy the seeds. A dramatic upright addition to the garden. Extremely drought to…
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Eragrostis spectabilis
Common Name: Purple love grass
Native to North America
Eragrostis spectabilis is a warm season perennial grass with a phenomenal range of seasonal color and texture. In spring, petite plants form a loose open mound of blue-green blades. In summer, foliage is topped by attractive ne…
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Eryngium planum 'Blaukappe'
Common Name: Blue cap sea holly
Native to Europe and Asia (cultivar)
Vivid blue flowers on sturdy upright wiry stems with spiny bracts and foliage. Bees love the flowers as much as you will in a vase, and with such a long flowering season, all will be happy. Extremely salt tolerant.
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Eupatorium altissimum
Common Name: tall thoroughwort, tall boneset
Native to North America
Rhizomatacious perennial native to dry upland prairies, open woods, thickets and clearnings. Native from central-eastern and southeastern US from New York to Florida. High salt tolerance. Also deer, drought and junglo…
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Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Common Name: Hyssop leaved boneset
Native to North America
Prefers to be on the dry side, great with grasses, and golden rods.
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Helianthus microcephalus
Common Name: small woodland sunflower
Native to North America
Upright rhizomatous perennial wildflower. The attractive leaves are lance shaped and deep green with entire or serrated edges. From mid-summer until autumn, golden 1” daisies grace the plant and entice bees, butterflies and …
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Helianthus occidentalis ssp dowelianus
Common Name: Eastern Sunflower
North American Native
Helianthus occidentalis in general are known as western sunflower. This subspecies, dowelinanus, has been removed by the USDA, but we are keeping it attached, as it is the designation of the eastern subspecies. Seed collected along the Gre…
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Heliopsis helianthoides
Common Name: Ox-eye sunflower
Native to North America
Blooms early and for a long period of time, birds love the seeds.
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Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra 'Bleeding Hearts'
Common Name: Bleeding Hearts false sunflower
Native to North America (cultivar)
A selection with purple stems and foliage and flowers that start out red, changing to orange red, and the bronze, are set against the black stems and dark purple leaves. Flowers the first year from seed from July through October. Thrives …
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Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra 'Burning Hearts'
Common Name: Burning Hearts false sunflower
Native to North America (cultivar)
A selection with purple stems and foliage and flowers that are yellow with a red eye. Thrives with minimal care in full sun in rich or poor soils, from sand to clay. Deer and rabbit resistant with high salt tolerance. Butterflies …
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Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra 'Summer Sun'
Common Name: Summer Sun ox eye
Native to North America (cultivar)
Upright, clump-forming, nearly glabrous, sunflower-like daisies 2-3” in diameter with yellow-orange rays surrounding brownish-yellow center cones. Landing pads for butterflies and other pollinators. High salt tolerance.
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Heuchera micrantha var. diversifolia 'Palace Purple'
Common Name: Coral bells
Native to Western North America (cultivar)
Grown for its lush resilliant deep purple foliage. Thrives best full sun in its northern range, and partial shade in its most southern range in rich soil with good moisture. Blush white flowers appear on stalks rising well above the…
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Hypericum calycinum
Common Name: St. John's wort
Native to Southern Europe, southwestern Asia
Allan Armitage calls the species "one of the finest ground covers available" for good reason. Excellent on slopes, in mass, or individually. Drought, dry soil tolerant, it spreads quickly via underground stems to be a perfect erosio…
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Hypericum prolificum
Common Name: shrubby St John's wort
Native to North America
A densely branched native shrub with an attractive shaggy rounded form. Older woody stems have attractive mahogany colored peeling bark. In summer the narrow foliage is adorned by clusters of small bright yellow flowers. This shru…
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Kalimeris incisa 'Blue Star'
Common Name: Kalimeris
Native to northeast Asia (cultivar)
Perfect for dry and clay soils. Light blue flowers with yellow centers abound throughout summer. A simple trim and a flush after spent flowers can encourage a fall bloom. This low maintenance perennial is easy in any sun to …
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Kniphofia uvaria 'Flamenco Mixture'
Common Name: Red hot poker
Native to South Africa (cultivar)
Can't just call this a red hot poker as this is going to poke your sense of sight in shades of orange, yellow, cream and of course red. Not only are the flowers different colors, but they bloom from June to September. Salt, dr…
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Koeleria macrantha
Common Name: Prairie junegrass
Native to North America
Short, cool season bunch grass, with golden fall color. Thrives in poor soils and is drought tolerant.
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Leucanthemum × superbum 'Becky'
Common Name: Becky shasta daisy
cultivar
Easy to grow in full sun to part shade in medium to dry soils. Deer and rabbit resistant. Terrific cut flower. Remove spent flowers to prolong bloom. Attracts butterflies and other pollinators.
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Liatris ligulistylis
Common Name: Rocky Mountain blazing star
Native to North America
Liatris ligulistylis is a showy drought tolerant perennial wildflower. Plants are generally 1-3’ tall and unbranched with narrow somewhat grass-like leaves. In late summer spectacular rosy purple flower spikes are frequ…
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Liatris microcephala
Common Name: Appalachian blazing star
Native to North America
A dwarf blazing star, grass-like leaves, many flowering spikes, needs good drainage. Cute.
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Liatris scariosa
Common Name: Savanna blazing star
Native to North America
An upright clumping perennial wildflower. Plants are up to 5’ tall and unbranched with long narrow leaves. From late summer to early fall, rosy purple spikey flowers arise. Plants are tough and drought tolerant prospering i…
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Limonium latifolium
Common Name: Sea lavender
Native to Europe
Sun loving non-invasive perennial with lavender to blue flowers, is an excellent cut or dried. Salt and deer tolerant, it thrives in full sun and well drained soils. Flower stalks arise from the semi-evergreen basal rosettes from mid …
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Monarda fistulosa
Common Name: Wild bergamot
Native to North America
A sturdy perennial wildflower that expands to form upright clumps. This beebalm bears deep green aromatic leaves on strong square stems. In summer, plants are topped by showy rounded clusters of fragrant lavender tubular flowers. …
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Monarda fistulosa 'Claire Grace'
Common Name: Claire Grace Bee Balm
Native to North America (cultivar)
Claire Grace is a better selection for dryer locations. Mildew resistant. Pinkish Purpler flowers from early summer to early autumn. Is Deer resistant, salt tolerant, and butterfly magnet.
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Monarda punctata
Common Name: Horsemint
Native to North America
Monarda punctata is a multi-stemmed unbranched perennial wildflower. This beebalm bears narrow aromatic leaves on purplish stems. In summer, plants are topped by showy rounded clusters of creamy purple-spotted tubular flowers. …
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Muhlenbergia capillaris
Common Name: Pink hair grass
Native to North America
Muhlenbergia capillaris is a warm season perennial grass with striking seasonal color and texture. Plants form a dense mound of attractive needle-like olive-green blades. In late summer, foliage is topped by nebulous clo…
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Nassella tenuissima
Common Name: Mexican Feather Grass
Native to SW United States and Northern Mexico
Nasella tenuissima is a swaying fine textured clump forming grass. The crisp green blades are arching and extremely narrow. Foliage can be semi-evergreen or deciduous depending on the climate. In summer narrow panicles …
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Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'
Common Name: Catmint
Native to Caucusus and northern Iran (cultivar)
Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ is a mounding aromatic perennial. This mint relative is clothed in soft gray-green oval leaves. From late spring to autumn, plants provide a generous offe…
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Oenothera fruiticosa 'Fireworks'
Common Name: Fireworks Evening Primrose
Native to North America (cultivar)
Deep bronze foliage and red stems and buds opening to canary yellow blooms in late Spring and early Summer. Striking! Deep red foliage in fall and winter.
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Oenothera fruticosa
Common Name: Sundrops
Native to North America
Oenothera fruticosa is a spreading perennial wildflower with attractive reddish-purple evergreen winter rosettes. In spring slender reddish stems rise bearing lanceolate leaves. In summer, attractive red flower buds open to revea…
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Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Cassian'
Common Name: Cassian dwarf fountain grass
Native to Asia (cultivar)
Similar to Hameln, but about a foot taller and greater range of hardiness. Perfect for use as a groundcover or in a rain garden as it prefers moist to wet soils. Flowers white with a pink tinge from late summer into fall. Seeds at…
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Perovskia atriplicifolia
Common Name: Russian sage
Native to Himalayas & W China
Fragrant silver leaves keep the animals at bay, while lavender blue flowers put on a show from mid summer into fall. Thrives in full sun and dryer soils and are salt spray and air polution tolerant. Should be cut down in late winter to…
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Phlox stolonifera
Common Name: Creeping phlox
Native to North America
Low growing, tolerant of heavy shade, and tolerant of more sun in cooler climates. Shared with us by our friend Peter Heus, Enchanger's Garden.
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Phlox stolonifera 'Sherwood Purple'
Common Name: Creeping phlox
Native to North America (cultivar)
Phlox stolonifera ‘Sherwood Purple’ is a vigorous mat forming perennial wildflower. Plants have evergreen lance-shaped deep green leaves. In late spring or early summer, foliage is crowned by loose clusters of …
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Phlox subulata
Common Name: Moss phlox
Native to North America
Phlox subulata is a mat forming perennial wildflower with evergreen needle-like leaves. In spring foliage is covered by masses of starry violet, pinkish or white flowers. Creeping phlox is a fine groundcover for sunny gardens w…
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Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue'
Common Name: Moss phlox
Native to North America (cultivar)
Phlox subulata ‘Emerald Blue’ is a mat forming perennial wildflower cultivar. Plants have evergreen needle-like leaves. In spring foliage is crowned by masses of starry blue-violet flowers. Creeping phlox is a …
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Phlox subulata 'Emerald Pink'
Common Name: Moss phlox
Native to North America (cultivar)
A mat forming perennial wildflower. Plants have evergreen needle-like leaves. In spring foliage is crowned by masses of starry hot pink flowers. Creeping phlox is a fine groundcover for sunny gardens with moist well drained soil.&…
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Pycnanthemum flexuosum
Common Name: Appalachian Mountain Mint
Native to North America
This mint is nothing to fear! Clump forming, and slow to spread, it has aromatic foliage, and flowers fuzzy white flowers in late summer into Autumn. Deer & critter resistant, but a host to Gray Hairstreak Butterfly larva. …
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Pycnanthemum incanum
Common Name: Hoary mountain mint
Native to North America
An aromatic perennial wildflower. This mint relative bears oval toothed leaves on strong square stems. In summer, plants are topped by dense rounded clusters of tiny white to lavender tubular flowers. The leaves surrounding the f…
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Pycnanthemum muticum
Common Name: Short-toothed mountain mint
Native to North America
An aromatic perennial wildflower. This mint relative bears oval toothed leaves on strong square stems. In summer, plants are topped by dense rounded clusters of tiny white to lavender tubular flowers. The leaves surrounding the f…
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Pycnanthemum virginianum
Common Name: American mountain mint
Native to North America
An unusual common name, since this plant would prefer to be in full sun to part shade, in wet to moist soil - no shady mountains for this plant. White flowers, sometimes with a lavender hue, appear in July into early September at…
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Ratibida pinnata
Common Name: Grey-Headed Coneflower
Native to North America
Long blooming and showy plant for the sunny border, native plant garden, meadow or prairie. Best massed because individual plants are narrow and somewhat sparsely leafed. Prefers clay or sandy soils.
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Rudbeckia hirta
Common Name: Sweet black-eyed Susan
Native to North America
Probably the most drought tolerant of the susans, re-seeds with abandon. Rudbeckia hirta is an adaptable wildflower with flexible lance shaped leaves. Plants are topped by showy terminal daisy-like flowers in summer. The blooms …
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Rudbeckia maxima
Common Name: Giant coneflower
Native to North America
Super-sized black-eyed Susan with sturdy upright stems and a strong architectural presence. The bold attractive basal leaves average 2’ long with a lovely bluish waxy patina. Stalks rise from the foliage and are terminated in early …
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Ruellia humilis
Common Name: Wild petunia
Native to North America
A low mounding perennial wildflower. Multiple stems rise from the earth clad in oblong pubescent leaves. During summer plants are graced with lavender funnel shaped blooms for about two months. This adaptable species thrives in sunny si…
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Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna'
Common Name: Caradonna sage
Native to Europe and west-central Asia (cultivar)
Begin flowering purple psikes up to 2 feet tall in June in dry to moist soils. May continue to bloom if provided ample moisture in dry situations. Deer resistant, but butterflies and other pollinators love them. Trim back afte…
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Salvia nemorosa 'East Freisland'
Common Name: East Freisland sage
Native to Europe and west-central Asia (cultivar)
Long blooming from June to September, the foliage stands at about 10 inches, while the flower spikes rise up to 18 inches. City-scape - no problem as these are air pollution & drought tolerant, but also a true survivor in the country a…
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Salvia nemorosa 'Wesuwe'
Common Name: Wesuwe meadow sage
Native to Europe and west-central Asia (cultivar)
For the formal garden, designed meadow, or city scape. Purple flowers attract pollinators, butterflies and the occasional hummingbird. Deer, rabbit and drought resistant, the foliage is a blue green and the branching creates a plant 1…
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Salvia x sylvestris 'May Night'
Common Name: May Night wood sage
cross between S. nemorosa and S. pratensis
Purple flower from May to June above deer resistant foliage in dry to medium soils. Dead heading increases the length of flowering. Great as a cut or dried flower. Flowers attract butterflies and pollinators while the fragran…
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Schizachyrium scoparium
Common Name: Little bluestem - 2022 Perennial Plant of the Year
Native to North America
Schizachyrium scoparium is a mounding grass with narrow green or blue-green foliage. In late summer inconspicuous flowers are held on branched stems above the leaves. Fluffy light catching seed clusters follow. Fo…
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Schizachyrium scoparium 'Jazz'
Common Name: Little bluestem - 2022 Perennial Plant of the Year
Native to North America (cultivar)
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Jazz’ is an Intrinsic Perennials Introduction. A lovely upright blue tinted Little Bluestem cultivar that was a sport from The Blues. Plants are shorter at just 2 to 2.5' that w…
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Schizachyrium scoparium 'Standing Ovation PP 25202'
Common Name: Little bluestem - 2022 Perennial Plant of the Year
Native to North America (cultivar)
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Standing Ovation’ is a sturdy upright Little Bluestem cultivar. Plants have attractive fine textured blue-green foliage. In late summer small flowers are h…
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Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues'
Common Name: Little bluestem - 2022 Perennial Plant of the Year
Native to North America (cultivar)
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’ is a lovely upright blue tinted Little Bluestem cultivar. Plants have attractive fine textured steely blue foliage and rosy pink stems. In late summer small flowers a…
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Scutellaria incana
Common Name: hoary skull cap
Native to North America
Prefering light shade and drier soils, this plant is adaptable to sun and more moist soils. In mid summer its strong square stems branch to produce an abundance of deep blue flowers 1 inch long, similar in appearance to snap dragons, and …
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Sesleria autumnalis
Common Name: Autumn Moor Grass
Native to Southeastern Europe
Sesleria autumnalis is a low mounding cool season non-native perennial grass. Foliage is evergreen and arching. Blades have a striking yellow-green color that sometimes develops a soothing golden autumn tint. Spike-lik…
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Sesleria x 'Greenlee Hybrid'
Common Name: Greenlee's Hybrid Moor Grass
species cross (S. autumnalis x S. caerulea)
Sesleria x ‘Greenlee Hybrid’ is a low mounding cool season perennial grass. Foliage is evergreen with an attractive blue-green hue. Silvery purple tinged spikey flowers rise above the leaves and mature into purplish …
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Silene caroliniana
Common Name: Wild pink
Native to North America
A tufted perennial wildflower with narrow lance-shaped leaves. In spring loose clusters of rosy pink flowers with dark centers rise above the foliage on slender stems. The floret bases are tubular and the petals are spreading and wedge …
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Silphium laciniatum
Common Name: Compass plant
Native to North America
Growing up to 9 feet tall with leaves similar to pin oaks. Sunflower like flowers from mid to late summer. Tolerant of poor soils. Native to central United States. Attractive to butterflies and other pollinators. …
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Silphium perfoliatum
Common Name: Cup plant
Native to North America
This quirky individual has sturdy square stems and large opposite leaves that are joined at the base. The tall stately plants are crowned with yellow daisies in summer for 4-6 weeks. This imposing long-lived perennial thrives in mois…
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Silphium terebinthinaceum
Common Name: Prairie dock
Native to North America
A tall, rough plant, which occurs in limestone prairies and glades. From a basal clump of huge oval to heart-shaped, dark green leaves 1 to 2' long rise smooth, almost leafless stems branching at the top with sunflower-like flowers up to …
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Solidago bicolor
Common Name: silverrod
Native to North America
Flowers are atteactive to butterflies, native and non-native bees, and songbirds eat the seeds. Extremely dry soil tolerant, growing well in sandy or rocky soils, but does well in average and clay soils. Sap is poisonous to deer a…
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Solidago caesia
Common Name: Blue-stem goldenrod
Native to North America
From late summer into fall plants are graced with yellow axillary flower racemes. Plants are tough and adaptable prospering in part sun or part shade with mesic or average soil.
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Solidago flexicaulis
Common Name: Zig-zag goldenrod
Native to North America
A great choice for dry shade, brightens up the woodlands in the fall. From late summer into fall plants are topped with elongated yellow flower clusters. Smaller axillary flower racemes develop lower on the stem.
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Solidago nemoralis
Common Name: Prairie goldenrod
Native to North America
Rhizomatous. Favors poor soils, sand, clay, or gravel, but will flourish in the fertile soils as well. narrow nodding wands of numerous yellow compound flowers.
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Solidago rigida
Common Name: Stiff goldenrod
Native to North America
An upright unbranched perennial wildflower with sturdy pubescent stems. Leaves are lance shaped or elliptical with a bluntly rounded tip. In late summer and autumn, attractive golden-yellow flat topped flower clusters appear. Plants ar…
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Solidago rigida ssp. humilis 'Golden Rockets'
Common Name: Golden Rockets goldenrod
Native to North America (cultivar)
2016 selection from Jellito Seed. Compact habit with sturdy stems and dense round heads of yellow flowers make it perfect for last summer color in the perennial border. Tolerates poor soils, attracts butterflies and pollinators, adap…
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Sporobolus airoides
Common Name: Alkali Sacaton
Native to North America
A petite warm season bunch grass. Plants form attractive mounds of slender gray-green arching leaves. In late spring one or more culms rises above the foliage bearing airy panicles of pinkish spikelets. The florets mature into sma…
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Sporobolus heterolepis
Common Name: Prairie dropseed
Native to North America
Sporobolis heterolepis is a petite warm season perennial grass. Plants form attractive mounds of slender deep green arching leaves. In late spring one or more culms rises above the foliage bearing airy panicles of olive, s…
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Stachys officinalis 'Hummello'
Common Name: Hummello betony
Native to Europe & Asia (cultivar)
2019 Perennial Plant of the Year as chosen by The Perennial Plant Association. Stachys officinalis ‘Hummelo’ is a rhizomatous perennial the produces basal rosettes of dark green glossy ovate basal leaves. Tiny two-lipped rose-la…
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Stachys x 'Summer Crush'
Common Name: Summer Crush betony
cultivar
A front of the border or groundcover plant that is rhizomatous. Basal rosettes of dark green glossy ovate basal leaves. Tiny two-lipped fragrant white and pink bi-colored flowers appear in dense spikes atop mostly leafless flowering stems from June…
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Stylophorum diphyllum
Common Name: Celandine poppy (No Advance Orders)
Native to North America
Stylophorum diphyllum is a low mounding wildflower with bold lobed leaves. In spring, stems are terminated by clusters of bright yellow poppy-like blooms. This unique perennial thrives in rich open woods or shade gardens …
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Teucrium chamaedrys
Common Name: Wall germander
Native to Northern Africa, western Asia & Europe
Excellent edging plant or low hedge, but also as a mounding perennial. Fragrant evergreen foliage keeps the deer and rabbits at bay. Lavender pink flowers are profuse on spikes in July and attract butterflies and pollinators.
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Thermopsis villosa
Common Name: Carolina lupine
Native to North America
Thermopsis villosa is an upright clumping perennial with bright green clover-like foliage. In early summer, plants are topped by spires of buttery yellow pea-shaped flowers. Plants thrive in sunny gardens with average well…
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Tiarella 'New Moon Motley'
Common Name: New Moon Motley foam flower
Native to North America (seedling selections)
New Moon Motley is a selections of red variegated leaved foam flowers. Some are runners and while others are clumpers, and include leaf shapes of oak, maple, skeleton key, and heart shapes, all having red coloration in the foliage.
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Tiarella cordifolia
Common Name: Creeping foam flower
Native to North America
Tiarella cordifolia is a low mounding wildflower that forms foot tall clumps. Plants have heart shaped lobed leaves that may have reddish or purplish veins. In spring, foliage is crowned by spikey racemes of starry pinkish w…
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Tiarella cordifolia wherryi
Common Name: Foam flower
Native to North America
Tiarella wherryi is a low mounding or clumping wildflower with heart shaped lobed leaves. The blades are adorned with reddish or purplish veins. In spring, foliage is crowned by spikey racemes of starry white florets. …
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Tradescantia ohiensis
Common Name: Ohio spiderwort
Native to North America
Tradescantia ohiensis a robust perennial with multiple stems bearing narrow pointed blue-green leaves. In late spring, foliage is topped by small clusters of violet florets. This unique wildflower thrives in prairies, on sunny roadsides …
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Verbena bonariensis
Common Name: purpletop vervain
Native to South America
Flowers profusely from early summer to frost on near leafless stems in shades of lavender, reaching up to 4 feet tall . Low maintenance and excellent for the cutting garden in full sun to partial shade. Can be grown as an annual o…
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Vernonia glauca
Common Name: Upland ironweed
Native to North America
Vernonia glauca is an upright perennial wildflower with numerous lance shaped leaves. Foliage is toothed, dark green above and usually glaucous beneath. In late summer plants are crowned by compact corymbs of royal purple di…
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Zizia aptera
Common Name: Heartleaf Alexander's
Native to North America
Zizia aptera is a 1-3’ tall upright perennial wildflower with glossy heart shaped basal leaves. From late spring to early summer flowering stems elongate bearing showy flat topped clusters of small yellow florets. Scads of beneficial…
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