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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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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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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 ericoides
Common Name: heath aster
Native to North America
Along with the goldenrods and native grasses, asters are the quintessential herbaceous fall color plants of North America. This one is a compact bushy perennial with pubescent gray-green leaves. Aster ericoides thrives in sun a…
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Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurry'
Common Name: Snow Flurry heath aster
Native to North America (cultivar)
The fine foliage of Aster ericoides, and the trailing habit of this selection make this essential in the landscape border. Allow it to flow over a wall, or let it ramble along the ground. Low maintenance and salt tolerant, this can be…
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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 novi-belgii
Common Name: New York aster
Native to North America
Rhizomatous species with violet or blue flowers.
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Aster puniceus
Common Name: Purple stemmed aster
Native to North America
Found along creeks, pond's edge. Great naturalizer for moist areas.
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Bouteloua curtipendula
Common Name: Sideoats grama
Native to North America
Bouteloua curtipendula is a petite clump forming perennial grass. In late spring arching culms rise above the wiry bluish-green leaves. The culms are adorned with dangling purple tinted spikes and orange stamens. The…
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Bouteloua gracilis
Common Name: Blue Grama
Native to North America
Bouteloua gracilis is a petite clump forming perennial grass. In summer upright culms rise above the wiry bluish-green foliage bearing horizontal green and purple tinged spikes. The unique spikes and seedheads are reminiscent of hovering …
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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 bromoides
Common Name: Brome-like sedge
Native to North America
Tough and adaptable, should be used in all wetlands restoration projects. Will tolerate periods of being submerged, this clump forming ground cover prefers part sun to part shade in moist to wet soils. Flowers appear in late spring into summer,…
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Carex cherokeensis
Common Name: Cherokee sedge
Native to North America
Evergreen, clumping sedge with wheat-like pendulous seed heads form in spring and mature in autumn. Marginally drought tolerant, may suffer in extended drought conditions. Valuable garden accent, or for low spots, pond and stream edge.
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Carex flacca 'Blue Zinger'
Common Name: Blue Zinger Sedge
Native to Southern Europe and Northern Africa
Carex flacca ‘Blue Zinger’ is a low clumping European sedge. Foliage is evergreen or semi-evergreen with fine texture and a lovely steely blue color. This perennial prospers in dry to moist well drained soils in sun …
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Carex flaccosperma
Common Name: Blue wood sedge
Native to North America
Beautiful glaucus blue foliage, tolerates wide range of conditions, good liriope replacement.
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Carex grayi
Common Name: Bur sedge, Grays sedge
Native to North America
Carex grayi is a cool season grass with semi-evergreen light green, grass-like foliage. Interesting spiked seed heads develop and remain in the winter. This plant prefers full sun, will tolerate some shade, in moist to wet conditions. It thrive…
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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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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 morrowii 'Ice Dance'
Common Name: Ice Dance Japanese Sedge
Native to Asia (cultivar)
Carex morrowii ‘Ice Dance’ is a low rhizomatous perennial sedge. Foliage is evergreen or semi-evergreen and arching. Blades are variegated with an emerald green stripe down the center and crisp white borders al…
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Carex muskingumensis
Common Name: Palm sedge
Native to North America
This distinctive sedge resembles a miniature palm. Slow, creeping.
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Carex muskingumensis 'Little Midge'
Common Name: Little Midge Palm sedge
Carex muskingumensis ‘Little Midge' is a dense clump forming moisture loving sedge. Excellent choice for native lawn replacement.
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Carex muskingumensis 'Oehme'
Common Name: Palm sedge
Native to North America
Similar to the species, but with a clear gold border. Named for Wolfgang Oehme, famed landscape architect.
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Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'
Common Name: Evergold Sedge
Native to Asia (cultivar)
Carex ‘Evergold’ is a low clumping perennial sedge from Japan. Foliage is evergreen or semi-evergreen and arching. Blades are variegated with a creamy yellow stripe that runs…
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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 sprengelii
Common Name: Long Beaked Sedge
Native to North America
Carex sprengelii is a lovely cool season woodland sedge. Plants form small colonies from short rhizomes. Foliage is bright green to chartreuse and semi-evergreen with narrow glossy blades. In early spring greenish-white o…
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Carex stricta
Common Name: Tussock sedge
Native to North America
This beautiful sedge deserves a spot in the ornamental water garden, great form.
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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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Chasmanthium latifolium
Common Name: Northern seaoates
Native to North America
Clump forming perennial warm season grass. In spring several slender unbranched culms rise from the underground rhizomes or elongate from winter rosettes. The culms bear light green spear shaped leaf blades. The culms terminat…
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Coreopsis rosea
Common Name: Pink tickseed
Native to North America
Mauve pink flower, thread leafed, give it space, can be used as groundcover.
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Deschampsia caespitosa 'Goldtau'
Common Name: gold dew tufted hair grass
Native to North America (cultivar)
A robust clump forming perennial grass. The tufted foliage is narrow, fine textured and usually evergreen. Airy panicles of golden florets with hair like awns form in late summer. They mature into a buff color and remain until …
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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 '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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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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Elymus hystrix
Common Name: Bottlebrush grass
Native to North America
Elymus hystrix is a clump forming cool season perennial grass. Plants form loose upright tufts of rough textured bright green blades. In summer pale green bottlebrush like inflorescences are displayed above the foliage. …
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Elymus virginicus
Common Name: Virginia wild rye
Native to North America
Elymus virginicus is a clump forming cool season perennial grass. The tufted foliage is narrow and evergreen or semi-evergreen. Blades have a green or silver blue color and a waxy sheen. Bristly wheat-like spikey flower …
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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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Helianthus divaricatus
Common Name: Woodland sunflower
Native to North America
Found in open rocky woods and thickets. This sunflower brightens up dappled shade.
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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 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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Juncus tenuis
Common Name: Path rush
Native to North America
Juncus tenuis is a diminutive rush that grows in dense clumps of upright cylindrical stems. Inconspicuous leaves are initiated near the ground at the stem base. In late spring, greenish brown inflorescences are borne on the stems in …
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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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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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Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea 'Heidebraut'
Common Name: Heidebraut moor grass
Native to Europe & Asia (cultivar)
More compact than the other selections we grow and flowering much earlier, with tufts only growing 1 to 1.5' tall, while flower stems arise 3-4' and are golden. Use them in the foreground allowing the setting sun to back light them. …
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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 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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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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Panicum virgatum
Common Name: Switch grass
Native to North America
Panicum virgatum is an elegant vase shaped grass with an abundance of seasonal interest. In spring, a fresh crop of glaucous stems and graceful bluish-green arching leaves rise from the earth. Mature plants are statuesque and crowned with …
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Panicum virgatum 'Cape Breeze'
Common Name: Switch Grass
Native to North America (cultivar)
Panicum virgatum 'Cape Breeze' is a switch grass cultivar that is known for its compact size and upright habit. In late spring airy yellow-green flower panicles rise above the deep green arching leaves. The panicles turn bron…
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Panicum virgatum 'Cloud Nine'
Common Name: Switch grass
Native to North America (cultivar)
Panicum virgatum ‘Cloud Nine’ is a tall handsome selection of our native switch grass. This cultivar has arching bluish-green leaves topped by large billowing flower panicles. In late evening, the panicle spikelet…
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Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal'
Common Name: Switch grass
Native to North America (cultivar)
Panicum virgatum ‘Heavy Metal’ is a switch grass selection with a dramatically vertical habit. Foliage and stems are erect with metallic blue blades. In summer airy pinkish flower panicles seem to dance in the evening l…
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Panicum virgatum 'North Wind'
Common Name: Switch grass
Native to North America (cultivar)
Panicum virgatum ‘Northwind’ is an elegant grass with rigid glaucous stems and upright leaves. Mature plants are statuesque and crowned with airy panicles of summer spikelets. In late evening, the tiny yellow…
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Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'
Common Name: Switch grass
Native to North America (cultivar)
Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' is a popular switch grass cultivar that is known for its compact habit and striking red-purple fall color. In summer airy reddish-pink flower panicles rise above burgundy highlighted leaves. The …
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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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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
Common Name: Woodland Phlox
Native to North America
Phlox divaricata is a lovely spring ephemeral wildflower that forms foot tall clumps. Plants have semi-evergreen oval or lance shaped deep green leaves. In early spring, foliage is crowned by loose clusters of s…
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Phlox divaricata 'Blue Moon'
Common Name: Woodland phlox
Native to North America (cultivar)
Phlox divaricata ‘Blue Moon’ is 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 large show…
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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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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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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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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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Salvia lyrata 'Purple Knockout'
Common Name: Purple Knockout lyre-leaf sage
Native to North America (cultivar)
Mainly grown for its rosettes of glossy burgundy leaves that transform to a deep purple in summer followed by red in the autumn, this native selection is the perfect substitution for non-native Ajuga. Blue flowers appear in late spring a…
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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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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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Scirpus atrovirens
Common Name: Green bulrush
Native to North America
Scirpus atrovirens is a rhizomatous cool season perennial sedge relative. Plants produce multiple culms with arching or drooping olive green leaves. In summer, fertile culms bear rounded yellow-green compound inflorescences followed by d…
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Scirpus cyperinus
Common Name: Wool grass
Native to North America
Scirpus cyperinus is a rhizomatous perennial that grows in dense tussocks of arching basal leaves. Plants produce upright unbranched culms with ascending or spreading medium green leaves. In summer, the culms are topped with rounded …
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Scirpus validus (tabernaemontani)
Common Name: Soft stemmed bulrush
Native to North America
Scirpus validus is a rhizomatous cool season perennial with tall dark green triangular culms. Leaf sheaths wrap the culm but blades are insignificant or absent. From summer until fall, the stems are topped by pendulous reddish brown …
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Sedum ternatum
Common Name: three-leaved stone crop
Native to North America
A mat forming evergreen wildflower. Leaves are small and blue-green. In early summer, sprays of starry white flowers tower to 6”. In the wild, this lovely sedum grows in close proximity to calcareous rocks.
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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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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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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 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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Sorghastrum nutans
Common Name: Indian grass
Native to North America
Sorghastrum nutans is an elegant clump forming warm season grass. In spring and early summer, plants form low growing tufts of graceful bluish-green arching leaves. As summer progresses, the culms rise and are topped by attract…
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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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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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