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Achillea millefolium
Common Name: Yarrow
Native to Western North America, Asia, & Europe
Fragrant white flowers that attract native bees and predatory insects. Great plant for a managed meadow.
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Achillea millifolium 'Terracotta'
Common Name: Terracotta Yarrow
Native to Europe and Asia
Among the flowering plants you will find few that are as tough as yarrow. This trouper tolerates drought & commonly appears in inhospitable disturbed sites. Foliage, however, looks delicate and ferny. Bloom time is long and flowers attract …
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Agastache 'Blue Fortune'
Common Name: Blue Fortune anise hyssop
Native to North America (cultivar)
Fragrant foliage deters deer and rabbits, while the lavender blue flowers attract pollinators, including butterflies and hummingbirds, all summer long. Prefers well drained moist soil. Medium salt tolerance.
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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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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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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 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 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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Anemone virginiana
Common Name: Thimble weed
Native to North America
This tall anemone is found in the thickets and dry open woods, great in the natural garden, and woods' edge.
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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 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 laevis
Common Name: Smooth blue aster
Native to North America
Early blooming, tolerant of a variety of conditions.
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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 novi-belgii
Common Name: New York aster
Native to North America
Rhizomatous species with violet or blue flowers.
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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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Baptisia australis
Common Name: Blue false indigo
Native to North America
A long lived perennial with spikes of blue pea-shaped flowers, glossy green trifoliate leaves.
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Baptisia minor
Common Name: Dwarf false indigo
A shorter Baptisia, equally wonderful. Flower spikes remain upright, supporting large black summer seed pods. Finer texture leaves of silvery-blue-green. Available in June. NAO
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Baptisia tinctoria
Common Name: Yellow wild indigo
Native to North America
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Baptisia tinctoria is an upright shrubby perennial with fine textured gray-green leaves. In late spring and summer, plants are adorned with many short clusters of bright or creamy yellow pea-shaped flowers. …
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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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Callirhoe involucrata
Common Name: Wine cups
Native to North America
Mid-west native, good creeping habit, extremely drought tolerant, good filler plant.
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Carex brevior
Common Name: Plains oval sedge
Native to North America
Provides a soft texture with a gently curving seed head. Found in drier praries, meadows, and woodlands.
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Carex divulsa
Common Name: grassland sedge
Native to Europe and Asia
Carex divulsa is a perennial sedge that matures into fine textured arching clumps. The bright green foliage is evergreen. In late spring dainty bronze flower spikes are displayed above the leaves. Plants adapt to sunny or shade…
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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 radiata
Common Name: Eastern star sedge
Native to North America
An ornamental sedge forming dense clumps of slender leaves. Important food source for insects and birds.
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Carex rosea
Common Name: Rosy sedge, Curly wood sedge
Native to North America
Very tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions. Features softly arching leaves.
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Ceanothus americanus
Common Name: New Jersey tea
Native to North America
Multi-stemmed small shrub, with ornamental flowers, tolerates shade and dryness.
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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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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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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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Dalea purpurea
Common Name: Purple Prairie Clover
Native to North America
An unbranched multi-stemmed perennial wildflower that grows from a stout taproot. Plants have fine textured deep green bean-like foliage. As mid-summer approaches, stems are crowned by dense cylinder shaped spikes of lovely rosy-purple…
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Deschampsia caespitosa
Common Name: Tufted hairgrass
Native to North America
Deschampsia cespitosa is a robust clump forming perennial grass. The tufted foliage is narrow, fine textured and usually evergreen. Airy panicles of purplish green florets with hair like awns form in summer. They mature into a …
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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
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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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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Eragrostis spectabilis
Common Name: Purple love grass
Native to North America
Eragrostis spectabilis is a warm season perennial grass with a phenomenal range of seasonal color and texture. In spring, petite plants form a loose open mound of blue-green blades. In summer, foliage is topped by attractive ne…
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Eryngium planum 'Blaukappe'
Common Name: Blue cap sea holly
Native to Europe and Asia (cultivar)
Vivid blue flowers on sturdy upright wiry stems with spiny bracts and foliage. Bees love the flowers as much as you will in a vase, and with such a long flowering season, all will be happy. Extremely salt tolerant.
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Eupatorium 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 hyssopifolium
Common Name: Hyssop leaved boneset
Native to North America
Prefers to be on the dry side, great with grasses, and golden rods.
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Helianthus microcephalus
Common Name: small woodland sunflower
Native to North America
Upright rhizomatous perennial wildflower. The attractive leaves are lance shaped and deep green with entire or serrated edges. From mid-summer until autumn, golden 1” daisies grace the plant and entice bees, butterflies and …
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Helianthus occidentalis ssp dowelianus
Common Name: Eastern Sunflower
North American Native
Helianthus occidentalis in general are known as western sunflower. This subspecies, dowelinanus, has been removed by the USDA, but we are keeping it attached, as it is the designation of the eastern subspecies. Seed collected along the Gre…
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Heliopsis 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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Iris fulva
Common Name: Copper Iris
Native to North America
If you've got moisture to give, this beauty is for you. Iris fulva has three inch copper-red flowers that appear more flat than a typical iris. This species is attractive to hummingbirds and many bee species.
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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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Liatris aspera
Common Name: Tall, Rough blazing star
Native to North America
Liatris aspera is a showy drought tolerant perennial wildflower. Plants are up to 5’ tall and unbranched with narrow somewhat grass-like leaves. In late summer spectacular rosy purple flower spikes are frequented by Mon…
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Liatris ligulistylis
Common Name: Rocky Mountain blazing star
Native to North America
Liatris ligulistylis is a showy drought tolerant perennial wildflower. Plants are generally 1-3’ tall and unbranched with narrow somewhat grass-like leaves. In late summer spectacular rosy purple flower spikes are frequ…
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Liatris microcephala
Common Name: Appalachian blazing star
Native to North America
A dwarf blazing star, grass-like leaves, many flowering spikes, needs good drainage. Cute.
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Liatris 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 '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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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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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 '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 fistulosa
Common Name: Wild bergamot
Native to North America
A sturdy perennial wildflower that expands to form upright clumps. This beebalm bears deep green aromatic leaves on strong square stems. In summer, plants are topped by showy rounded clusters of fragrant lavender tubular flowers. …
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Monarda fistulosa 'Claire Grace'
Common Name: Claire Grace Bee Balm
Native to North America (cultivar)
Claire Grace is a better selection for dryer locations. Mildew resistant. Pinkish Purpler flowers from early summer to early autumn. Is Deer resistant, salt tolerant, and butterfly magnet.
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Monarda punctata
Common Name: Horsemint
Native to North America
Monarda punctata is a multi-stemmed unbranched perennial wildflower. This beebalm bears narrow aromatic leaves on purplish stems. In summer, plants are topped by showy rounded clusters of creamy purple-spotted tubular flowers. …
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Muhlenbergia capillaris
Common Name: Pink hair grass
Native to North America
Muhlenbergia capillaris is a warm season perennial grass with striking seasonal color and texture. Plants form a dense mound of attractive needle-like olive-green blades. In late summer, foliage is topped by nebulous clo…
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Nassella tenuissima
Common Name: Mexican Feather Grass
Native to SW United States and Northern Mexico
Nasella tenuissima is a swaying fine textured clump forming grass. The crisp green blades are arching and extremely narrow. Foliage can be semi-evergreen or deciduous depending on the climate. In summer narrow panicles …
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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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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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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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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 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 '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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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 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 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 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 '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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Schizachyrium scoparium
Common Name: Little bluestem - 2022 Perennial Plant of the Year
Native to North America
Schizachyrium scoparium is a mounding grass with narrow green or blue-green foliage. In late summer inconspicuous flowers are held on branched stems above the leaves. Fluffy light catching seed clusters follow. Fo…
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Schizachyrium scoparium 'Jazz'
Common Name: Little bluestem - 2022 Perennial Plant of the Year
Native to North America (cultivar)
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Jazz’ is an Intrinsic Perennials Introduction. A lovely upright blue tinted Little Bluestem cultivar that was a sport from The Blues. Plants are shorter at just 2 to 2.5' that w…
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Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues'
Common Name: Little bluestem - 2022 Perennial Plant of the Year
Native to North America (cultivar)
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’ is a lovely upright blue tinted Little Bluestem cultivar. Plants have attractive fine textured steely blue foliage and rosy pink stems. In late summer small flowers a…
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Silene caroliniana
Common Name: Wild pink
Native to North America
A tufted perennial wildflower with narrow lance-shaped leaves. In spring loose clusters of rosy pink flowers with dark centers rise above the foliage on slender stems. The floret bases are tubular and the petals are spreading and wedge …
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Silene regia
Common Name: Royal Catchfly
Native to North America
Scarlet flowers in July & August attract Hummingbirds like a magnet. Grows best in full sun to partial shade in dry to medium soils. Great for shallow or rocky soils.
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Silene virginica
Common Name: Fire pink
Native to North America
Tufted perennial wildflower with narrow lance-shaped leaves. In spring loose clusters of scarlet red flowers similar to Phlox spp. rise above the foliage on slender stems. The floret bases are tubular and the petals are s…
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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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Sisyrinchium angustifolium 'Suwannee'
Common Name: Blue-eyed grass
Native to North America (cultivar)
Low rhizomatous wildflower that forms tufted clumps of narrow sword shaped leaves. Starry bright blue flowers rise above the leaves to a height of about 1’. This diminutive beauty prospers in sunny or lightly shaded gardens with…
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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 rugosa 'Fireworks'
Common Name: Wrinkle-leaf goldenrod
Native to North America (cultivar)
Selected for its superior bloom, really looks like exploding fireworks when in bloom. ‘Fireworks’ is an upright perennial wildflower with sturdy pubescent stems. Leaves are narrow and lance shaped with a wrinkled surfa…
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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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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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Sporobolus airoides
Common Name: Alkali Sacaton
Native to North America
A petite warm season bunch grass. Plants form attractive mounds of slender gray-green arching leaves. In late spring one or more culms rises above the foliage bearing airy panicles of pinkish spikelets. The florets mature into sma…
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Sporobolus heterolepis
Common Name: Prairie dropseed
Native to North America
Sporobolis heterolepis is a petite warm season perennial grass. Plants form attractive mounds of slender deep green arching leaves. In late spring one or more culms rises above the foliage bearing airy panicles of olive, s…
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Stachys officinalis
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 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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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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Tradescantia ohiensis
Common Name: Ohio spiderwort
Native to North America
Tradescantia ohiensis a robust perennial with multiple stems bearing narrow pointed blue-green leaves. In late spring, foliage is topped by small clusters of violet florets. This unique wildflower thrives in prairies, on sunny roadsides …
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Verbena bonariensis
Common Name: purpletop vervain
Native to South America
Flowers profusely from early summer to frost on near leafless stems in shades of lavender, reaching up to 4 feet tall . Low maintenance and excellent for the cutting garden in full sun to partial shade. Can be grown as an annual o…
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Vernonia glauca
Common Name: Upland ironweed
Native to North America
Vernonia glauca is an upright perennial wildflower with numerous lance shaped leaves. Foliage is toothed, dark green above and usually glaucous beneath. In late summer plants are crowned by compact corymbs of royal purple di…
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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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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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