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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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Agastache foeniculum
Common Name: Anise Hyssop
Native to North America
An upright perennial with light green angular stems. Plants are clothed in lovely anise scented leaves. In summer, lavender to purple flower spikes draw a crowd of bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Plants thrive in sunny well dr…
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Alchemilla mollis
Common Name: lady's mantle
Native to Eastern Carpathians, Caucasus
Quite adaptable, growing in full sun to part shade, but can tolerate full shade. Morning dew and rain will bead up on the foliage, which is very attractive. Chartreuse flowers appear in June, which may be cut or dried. Deer and…
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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 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 tabernaemontana
Common Name: Bluestar, Blue Dogbane
Native to North America
Prefers well-drained soil. Compact, erect clump, with clusters of pale blue flowers.
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Amsonia tabernaemontana v. salicifolia
Common Name: Willow leaf Bluestar
Native to North America
A narrow leaf variety of the above. Slightly taller, and a bit happier in the partial shade, this long lived perennial develops lovely yellow fall color.
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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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Amsonia tabernemontana 'Blue Ice'
Common Name: Dwarf blue star
Native to North America (cultivar)
Dwarf selection of our native blue star, long blooming, with good with good fall color.
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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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Aquilegia canadensis
Common Name: Wild columbine
Native to North America
One of the earliest of wildflowers to bloom, attracts hummingbirds, easy to grow.
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Asclepias incarnata
Common Name: Swamp milkweed
Native to North America
Food source for monarch butterfly larvae, does well in any open, moist location.
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Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet'
Common Name: Swamp milkweed
Native to North America (cultivar)
White, more compact selection of the species. Good food source for monarch butterfly larvae.
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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 lateriflorus
Common Name: Calico aster
Native to North America
Aster lateriflorus is a shrubby aster with light green foliage. In late summer plants produce myriads of starry pinkish daisies with rosy centers. This aster is tough and adaptable prospering in sun or part shade and in moist o…
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Aster lateriflorus 'Lady in Black'
Common Name: Calico aster
Native to North America (cultivar)
Deep plum foliage with hundreds of small daisy flowers.
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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 novae-angliae
Common Name: New England aster
Native to North America
Lovely tall aster of wet spaces; for me its blooming means fall is coming.
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Aster novae-angliae 'Purple Dome'
Common Name: New England aster
Native to North America (cultivar)
A compact form with deep purple flowers, makes a lovely addition to the garden.
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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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Aster umbellatus
Common Name: Flat topped white aster
Native to North America
Flat or occasionally dome-shaped white flower clusters. Important host for many butterfly species.
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Astilbe chinesis 'Purpurkerze'
Common Name: Purple Candles false spirea
Native to Asia (cultivar)
Tall upright purple plumes flower later in the season than other Astilbe's, from June to July. Flowers are long and striking, like tall candles of color in the ornamental garden. Add architectural interest in the Fall and Winter garden.
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Blephilia ciliata
Common Name: Downy wood mint
Native to North America
Stout central stem has prominent ridges. The top half of the stem is perforated by whorled clusters of white, light pink, or blue flowers. Attracts a wide variety of bees. Most commonly found in open areas. Shared with us by our friend Peter He…
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Boltonia asteroides
Common Name: Thousand-flowered aster
Native to North America
Explodes into bloom in late summer, lives up to its common name.
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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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Carex grayi 'New Moon Mighty'
Common Name: New Moon Mighty grays sedge
Native to North America (selection)
Carex grayi ‘New Moon Mighty’ is a cool season grass with semi-evergreen light green, grass-like foliage. Interesting spiked seed heads, which are larger on New Moon Mighty, develop and remain in the winter. This plant prefers …
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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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Cephalanthus occidentalis
Common Name: Buttonbush
Native to North America
A deciduous shrub commonly found in moist to wet areas in full sun to partial shade. Long 6" leaves do not emerge until late spring. In early to mid-summer, very interesting white globed shaped flowers appear that look like pin cushions…
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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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Chelone glabra
Common Name: Turtlehead
Native to North America
Chelone glabra is an upright perennial with stout stems and shiny deep green leaves. In late summer and fall, stems are topped by lovely clusters of white snapdragon like flowers. The individual blooms are about an inch long and are …
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Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'
Common Name: Pink turtlehead
Native to North America (cultivar)
Selected for its red stems, beautiful in wet meadows and at pond's edge.
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Coreopsis lanceolata
Common Name: Lanceleaf tickseed
Native to North America
Thrives in poor, sandy, rocky soils. Tolerant of heat and drought. Hairy lance-shaped leaves remain low. One to two inch yellow ray flowers bloom atop slender, erect stems.
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Coreopsis lanceolata 'Baby Gold'
Common Name: Baby Gold lanceleaf tickseed
Cultivar
This compact cultivar has sunny yellow flowers with a deep red throat stands only 12-20" tall, flowering summer through autumn. Thrives in poor, sandy, rocky soils. Tolerant of heat and drought.
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Coreopsis tripteris
Common Name: Tall coreopsis
Native to North America
Dozens of single yellow flowers, very showy. Will reseed.
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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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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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Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Firewitch'
Common Name: Firewitch cheddar pink
Native to Poland & Ukraine
Perfect for the formal and informal garden at the front of the border. Beautiful grey green foliage all season long topped off by magenta pink flowers in late spring and early summer. Plants must be deadheaded after flowering as s…
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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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Equisetum hyemale
Common Name: scouring rush, rough horsetail
Native to North America
Equisetum hyemale is a vigorous evergreen perennial with a striking vertical habit. Plants produce multiple bamboo-like dark green stems arranged in dense clumps. This handsome rush-like plant adapts to a wide variety of growing …
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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 coelestinum
Common Name: Mistflower, hardy ageratum
Native to North America
Great in a natural meadow, along creek banks, as well as the border. Forms small colonies.
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Eupatorium dubium
Common Name: Three-nerved Joe pye
Native to North America
Think of it as the Joe that never really grew up! Shorter, much friendlier to smaller gardens and spaces.
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Eupatorium fistulosum
Common Name: Joe pye weed
Native to North America
Huge, founded flower heads. Butterflies love it.
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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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Eupatorium maculatum
Common Name: Spotted Joe pye weed
Native to North America
Light purple flower heads, many reaching up to 8 inches across. Lightly fragrant, especially attracts the swallowtail butterfly, along with many other pollinators.
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Eupatorium perfoliatum
Common Name: Boneset
Native to North America
Another one for wet spaces found along streams and at woods' edge.
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Eupatorium purpureum
Common Name: Sweet Joe pye weed
Native to North America
Found in thickets and open woods this Joe Pye tolerates some shade, sweet odor when crushed.
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Geranium maculatum
Common Name: Wild Geranium (No Advance Orders)
Native to North America
Lovely spring blooming wildflower that forms 1-3’ tall mounds. Plants have semi-evergreen deeply lobed leaves. In spring, foliage is crowned by loose clusters of saucer shaped 5 petaled lilac colored flowers. Wild geranium is …
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Helenium autumnale
Common Name: Common sneezeweed
Native to North America
It doesn't make you sneeze. Occurs in wet meadows and moist places.
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Helenium flexuosum
Common Name: purple-headed sneezeweed
Native to North America
Golden yellow reflexed petals encircle a brownish purple center disk from August through October. Native to eastern and midwestern US.
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Helianthus angustifolius
Common Name: Swamp sunflower, narrow leaved sunflower
Native to North America
Numerous, bright blooms, narrow shiny deep green leaves. A spectacular show. Should be kept moist for best performance.
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Helianthus decapetalus
Common Name: Ten petaled sunflower
Native to North America
Spreads by rhizome and reseeds abundantly. Tough.
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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 helianthiodes 'Summer Nights'
Common Name: Ox-eye sunflower
Native to North America (cultivar)
Dark red stems and red tinted foliage, flowers are yellow with mahogany eye.
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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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Hibiscus moscheutos
Common Name: Swamp mallow
Native to North America
The large blossoms grab your attention, found in swamps and wet meadows, this plant is great for ponds.
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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 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 pycnostachya
Common Name: Prairie Blazing Star
Native to North America
This blazing star is the tallest Liatris species in cultivation. Pycnostachya in Greek means crowded, and in this case it references the crowded leaves and flowers. Some consider this plant too tall for the ornamental border, but exc…
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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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Liatris spicata
Common Name: Dense blazing star
Native to North America
Liatris spicata is a handsome gayfeather with a tall unbranched habit. The stems are covered in attractive long narrow leaves. In summer foliage is topped by rosy-purple spiky flowers and surrounded by a bevy of butterflies. Plants …
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Liatris spicata 'Floristan Violet'
Common Name: Floristan Violet blazing star
Native to North America (cultivar)
‘Floristan Violet’ is a free flowering gayfeather cultivar. The stems are covered in attractive long narrow leaves. In summer foliage is topped by creamy white spiky flowers and surrounded by a bevy of butterf…
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Liatris spicata 'Floristan White'
Common Name: Floristan White blazing star
Native to North America (cultivar)
‘Floristan White’ is a free flowering gayfeather cultivar. The stems are covered in attractive long narrow leaves. In summer foliage is topped by creamy white spiky flowers and surrounded by a bevy of butterfl…
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Liatris spicata 'Kobold'
Common Name: Kobold Blazing star
Native to North America (cultivar)
Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’ is a free flowering compact gayfeather cultivar. The stems are covered in attractive long narrow leaves. In summer foliage is topped by rosy-purple spiky flowers and surrounded by a bevy o…
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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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Lobelia cardinalis
Common Name: Cardinal flower
Native to North America
Lobelia cardinalis is a clump forming perennial wildflower with toothed lance shaped leaves. In late summer stems are topped by spiky racemes of vibrant scarlet florets. The blooms are irresistible to hummingbirds and butterflies. Plants pros…
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Lobelia cardinalis 'New Moon Maroon'
Common Name: Cardinal flower
Native to North America (cultivar)
Lobelia cardinalis ‘New Moon Maroon’ is a clump forming cultivar of a favorite perennial wildflower. Foliage is lance shaped with a unique red-purple color. In late summer stems are topped by spiky racemes of…
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Lobelia siphilitica
Common Name: Great Blue Lobelia
Native to North America
Lobelia siphilitica is a clump forming perennial wildflower with toothed lance shaped leaves. In late summer stems are topped by spiky racemes of intense blue-violet florets. The blooms entice bees, hummingbirds and butterfli…
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Lythrum alatum
Common Name: winged loosestrife
Native to North America
A native loosestrife with lavender flowers. Long flowering season from June through September. Thrives in moist soil in full sun to part shade.
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Molinia caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Windspiel'
Common Name: Windspiel moor grass
Native to Europe & Asia (cultivar)
A selection with clump forming mounds 15-20" tall. Flowering begins in June, reaching from 6-7' tall. Leaves turn vibrant yellow in Autumn, and the flowers add winter structure and interest during the dark days of winter. Deer resistant, …
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Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea 'Edith Dudszus'
Common Name: Edith Dudszus purple moor grass
Native to Europe & Asia (cultivar)
A selection of M. caerulea ssp caerulea for its rich purple, almost black, flower stems and dense flower spikes that rise above well mannered green tussocks. Perfect for the autumn and winter garden in medium to wet soils in full sun to parti…
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Monarda bradburiana
Common Name: Eastern beebalm
Native to North America
A compact clumping perennial wildflower. Plants have gray-green aromatic leaves on strong square stems. In late spring, stems are topped by showy rounded clusters of pale pink tubular flowers speckled with purple. Pollinators flock to t…
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Monarda didyma
Common Name: Scarlet Bee Balm
Native to North America
A sturdy perennial wildflower that expands to form upright clumps. Plants bear deep green aromatic leaves on strong square stems. In summer, they are topped by showy rounded clusters of red to purplish tubular flowers. Pollinators flock…
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Monarda didyma 'Gardenview Scarlet'
Common Name: Gardenview Scarlet beebalm
Native to North America (cultivar)
Powdery mildew resistant and long flowering . Plants grow in moist to wet areas, but will tolerate some drought. Deer tolerant, and a magnet for pollinators.
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Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline'
Common Name: Jacob Cline Bee Balm
Native to North America (cultivar)
A sturdy perennial wildflower that expands to form upright clumps. Plants bear deep green aromatic leaves on strong square stems. In summer, they are topped by large rounded clusters of red tubular flowers. Pollinators flock to the bloo…
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Monarda didyma 'Raspberry Wine'
Common Name: Raspberry Wine bee balm
Native to North America (cultivar)
A sturdy perennial bee balm cultivar. Plants have deep green aromatic leaves displayed on strong square stems. In summer, stems are topped by showy terminal clusters of raspberry-wine tubular flowers. The blooms are a magnet for i…
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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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Monarda x 'Judith's Fancy Fuchsia'
Common Name: Judith's bee balm
Native to North America (cultivar)
A sturdy perennial bee balm cultivar. Plants have deep green aromatic leaves displayed on strong square stems. In summer, stems are topped by showy terminal clusters of hot pink tubular flowers. The blooms are a magnet for insect …
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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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Patrinia scabiosifolia
Common Name: Patrina
Native to E Asia
Showy flowers all summer long on low maintenance plants. Tolerant of hot and humid conditions, they prefer rich soils with adequate moisture. Tall and dramatic architectural plant for designed meadows and a back of the border plant.…
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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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Penstemon calycosus
Common Name: Calico penstemon, smooth beard tongue
Native to North America
Penstemon calycosus is a graceful perennial wildflower that expands to form upright clumps. This beardtongue bears deep green toothed leaves on strong upright stems. In summer, plants are topped by showy panicles of tubular…
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Penstemon digitalis
Common Name: Beard tongue
Native to North America
Penstemon digitalis is an elegant perennial wildflower that expands to form upright clumps. This beardtongue bears deep green leaves on strong upright stems. In summer, plants are topped by showy panicles of tubular snapdra…
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Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red'
Common Name: Beard tongue
Native to North America (cultivar)
Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ is an upright clumping beardtongue cultivar. In spring, strong stems rise bearing deep red sessile leaves. Foliage is topped by showy summer panicles of tubular snapdragon-like flower…
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Penstemon digitalis 'Pocahontas'
Common Name: Pocahontas beard tongue
Native to North America (cultivar)
Begins the season with showy burdgundy foliage that is highlighted with tones of deep green by mid-summer. Dark red stems hold the panicules of lavender pink flowers over a long flowering season in spring.
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Penstemon hirsutus
Common Name: Hairy Beardtongue
Native to North America
This is a very easy to grow Penstemon since it is so adaptable. Grows in Full Sun to Full Shade in moist to dry locations. Hairy stems give it its name. Flowers purple from May to June.
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Penstemon smallii
Common Name: Smalls penstemon
Native to North America
Penstemon smallii is an attractive perennial wildflower that expands to form upright bushy clumps. This beardtongue bears bright green heart shaped leaves with coarse teeth. In summer, plants are topped by showy panicles of…
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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 divaricata 'May Breeze'
Common Name: May Breeze woodland phlox
Native to North America (cultivar)
A handsome compact cultivar of our native woodland phlox. Plants have semi-evergreen lance shaped deep green leaves. In early spring, foliage is topped by loose clusters of showy pale blue to whitish lavender flowers. ‘May B…
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Phlox glaberrima 'Morris Berd'
Common Name: Morris Berd smooth phlox
Native to North America (cultivar)
Phlox glaberrima ‘Morris Berd’ is a compact phlox cultivar with dark green leaves and maroon winter foliage. In summer, foliage is topped by loose clusters of large showy rosy pink flowers. ‘Morris Berd’…
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Phlox maculata
Common Name: Wild sweet William, meadow phlox
Native to North America
Phlox maculata is an upright perennial wildflower with bright green lance shaped leathery leaves. In summer, the glossy foliage is topped by large conical clusters of fragrant pinkish-purple flowers. Meadow phlox forms colonies…
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Phlox paniculata
Common Name: Summer phlox
Native to North America
Phlox paniculata is an upright perennial wildflower with oval or oblong leaves. In summer, the deep green foliage is topped by large flat headed or slightly rounded clusters of fragrant magenta or lavender-pink flowers. Summer phlox …
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Phlox paniculata 'David'
Common Name: David garden phlox
Native to North America (cultivar)
The best pure white available, fragrant, mildew resistant.
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Phlox paniculata 'Jeana'
Common Name: Jeana garden phlox
Native to North America (cultivar)
Fragrant pink flowers are very attractive to pollinators, very large, and lasts longer than other paniculata cultivars. Disease resistant, one of the best Phlox paniculata you can choose.
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Phlox paniculata 'Robert Poore'
Common Name: Robert Poore garden phlox
Native to North America (cultivar)
Phlox paniculata ‘Robert Poore’ is a tall lovely summer phlox cultivar. The deep green foliage is topped by large rounded clusters of fragrant magenta pink flowers from summer into early autumn. Plants form rob…
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Physostegia virginiana
Common Name: Obedient plant
Native to North America
A robust perennial wildflower with bold lance shaped leaves. In late summer and early fall, foliage is topped by graceful lavender, pinkish or white spikey inflorescences. The individual florets are tubular and similar to snapdragons.&#…
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Physostegia virginiana 'Vivid'
Common Name: Obedient plant
Native to North America (cultivar)
A compact perennial wildflower cultivar. Like the parent species, plants have bold lance shaped leaves. In late summer and early fall, foliage is topped by bright lavender-pink spikey inflorescences. The individual florets are tub…
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Polemonium reptans
Common Name: Jacobs ladder
Native to North America
A lovely spring ephemeral wildflower that forms 12-18” tall clumps. Leaves are pinnately divided into a feather-like arrangement of 7-21 oblong leaflets. In spring the soft green foliage is crowned by loose branched clusters of be…
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Prunella vulgaris 'Magdalena'
Common Name: selfheal
Native to North America (cultivar)
Vigorous perennial that reblooms purple throughout the growing season on compact plants.
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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 tenuifolium
Common Name: Slender Mountain Mint
Native to North America
This narrow leaved mountain mint is a butterfly magnet! White flowers which bloom in mid to late summer. All parts of the plant emit a strong, mint-like aroma when crushed and can be used in teas.
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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 fulgida 'Goldsturm'
Common Name: Black Eyed Susan
Native to North America (cultivar)
After 65 years in the nursery trade, the amazing Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’ still remains part of the popular crowd. Plants are low maintenance and resilient – thriving in most sunny sites. Striking summer f…
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Rudbeckia fulgida v. deamii
Common Name: Black-eyed Susan
Native to North America
Rudbeckia fulgida var. deamii is a low maintenance and resilient wildflower – thriving in most sunny sites. Striking summer flowers are beloved for their golden orange rays and chocolate brown cones. Butterflies f…
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Rudbeckia fulgida v. fulgida
Common Name: Black-eyed Susan
Native to North America
A low maintenance and resilient wildflower with shiny deep green foliage. Striking summer and autumn flowers are beloved for their golden orange rays and chocolate brown cones. Butterflies flock to the blooms and songbirds relish the seeds in…
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Rudbeckia grandiflora 'Sundance'
Common Name: Sundance rough coneflower
Native to North America (cultivar)
Sundance rough coneflower - bushy and upright with interesting parasol-shaped blooms that have droopy yellow petals surrounding a brown cone. Great cut flower. Attracts butterflies and polinators. High salt tolerance.
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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 laciniata
Common Name: Green-headed coneflower
Native to North America
Deeply cut leaves, with drooping yellow ray flowers on 4-foot stems, likes wet feet. A native clump forming perennial with multiple upright stems. The leaves are large, dark green and deeply lobed. From summer until fall folia…
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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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Rudbeckia triloba
Common Name: Brown-eyed Susan
Native to North America
Rudbeckia triloba is a bushy biennial or short lived perennial wildflower. Leaves are toothed and pubescent with three lobes. From mid-summer until autumn plants are crowned with a profusion of dainty daisies. Individual …
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Rudbeckia x 'American Gold Rush PP#28498'
Common Name: Black-eyed Susan
Native to North America (cultivar)
Tight compact habit, and long flowering season are a bonus, as this was selected for its resistance to leaf spot. Leaves are more narrow than the species. Flowers are born on short stems from mid summer through September, with spora…
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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 'Blue Hill'
cross between S. nemorosa and S. pratensis
Pure blue flowers 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.
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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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Salvia x sylvestris 'Snow Hill'
Common Name: Snow Hill wood sage
cross between S. nemorosa and S. pratensis
Pure white flower from May to June above mounding foliage in dry to medium soils. Dead heading increases the length of flowering. Great as a cut or dried flower. Attracts butterflies and pollinators while keeping the deer at ba…
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Sanguisorba officinalis
Common Name: Greater burnet
Native to Asia, Europe & North America
Showy dark red to purple-red flowers appear from May to June on these clump forming, rhizomatous low maintenance plants in full sun and average soils with medium moisture. Interesting compound odd-pinate leaves remain clean throughout the…
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Senecio aureus
Common Name: Golden ragwort
Native to North America
A mounding perennial with shiny heart shaped basal leaves. In spring clusters of golden-yellow daisies rise above the foliage on sturdy stems. Plants form large colonies over time in wet or moist woodlands.
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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 graminifolia
Common Name: Grass-leaved goldenrod
Native to North America
Upright perennial wildflower. Leaves are alternate, linear and grass-like. From late summer into fall stems are terminated with flat topped yellow flower clusters. Plants are tough, vigorous and adaptable, prospering in sunny or p…
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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 speciosa
Common Name: Showy goldenrod
Native to North America
Solidago speciosa is an unbranched clumping perennial wildflower with narrowly oval foliage. From late summer until autumn, plants are topped by attractive pyramidal golden-yellow flower panicles. This lovely goldenrod prosp…
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Stachys officinalis
Common Name: Bishop's wort
Native to Europe & Asia
Low maintenance tough perennial with showy flowers from July to August. Spreads by stolons to create a dense ground cover in full sun. Deer and juglone tolerant. Used medicinally in ancient Egypt and continues to be to this day.
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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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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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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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Verbena hastata
Common Name: Blue vervain
Native to North America
A clumping perennial with stiff erect squarish stems. Leaves are opposite with coarse teeth. In summer, plants are topped by narrow spikey panicles of small tubular purple flowers. Plants thrive in full or part sun in moist or wet…
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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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Vernonia lettermannii 'Iron Butterfly'
Common Name: Iron Butterfly ironweed
Native to North America (selection)
Vernonia lettermannii ‘Iron Butterfly’ is a low mounding perennial wildflower with narrow fine textured foliage. In late summer plants are covered by small clusters of royal purple disc florets. Butterflies …
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Vernonia noveboracensis
Common Name: New York ironweed
Native to North America
Vernonia noveborecensis is a tall robust perennial wildflower with numerous lance shaped leaves. In late summer plants are crowned by large corymbs of royal purple disc florets. Butterflies and other pollinators flock to the blooms. …
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Veronicastrum virginicum
Common Name: Culver root
Native to North America
Veronicastrum virginicum is a tall robust perennial wildflower with attractive whorled leaves. In early and mid-summer plants are crowned by spiky racemes densely packed with tiny tubular white florets. The inflorescences bra…
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Viola sororia
Common Name: Meadow Violet
Native to North America
Viola sororia is a low rosette-forming wildflower with toothed heart shaped foliage. From spring until early summer plants are graced by a sprinkling of diminutive blue or white violets. This groundcover thrives in lightly shad…
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Zizia aureus
Common Name: Golden Alexander's
Native to North America
Zizia aurea is a 1-3’ tall upright perennial wildflower with glossy compound basal leaves. From late spring to early summer flowering stems elongate bearing showy umbrella shaped clusters of small yellow florets. Scads of beneficial …
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