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Narrow, upright native perennial that can be tucked into any sunny garden. Pale purple-blue flowers, grayish tone of the leaves, long flowering season. Isn't long-lived, but persist by self-seeding, but in longer term can't compete with strong vigorous...

Gaura 'Rosy Jane' = compact mounds, white flowers with pink picotee edges and green foliage splashed with purple. Graceful airy look. Pollinator friendly, very floriferous variety with long flowering season.  In cooler areas is treated a...

Old-fashioned, but alien-looking lily with doubled pale orange flowers, heavily spotted. Easy to grow. Good cut flower (2 weeks in the vase). Blooming time: summer (July)Size: 4-6' tall by 1-2' wideUSDA zones: 3/4 to 9, heat zones 1-7Culture: full sun,...

Compact blanket flower cultivar with bright red curled petals with yellow tips.  Shorter-lived perennial with very long flowering season. Often used as annual. Blooming Time: April/May–the frostsSize: 12" high x 14-16" wideUSDA Zones: 3 to...

Unusual looking native perennial, with delicate look, graceful moving in the wind. Strictly upright growth, insignificant white-green flowers. Can be somewhat weedy (seeding and spreading via rhizomes). Excellent backdrop for other plants or as solitaire...

'JoJo' features double vibrant pink flowers and manageable compact garden size of 4' and great vigor. 'JoJo' is completely sterile (no seeding in the garden). Fluffy, round to cone shaped clusters large, maroon stems, deep green leaves...

Sub-shrub with woody base, deep blue flowers and vibrant yellow-green foliage.  Valuable for its late blooming period and deer and rabbit resistance (aromatic leaves). Reliable performer, pollinator friendly! PA State University Trials Best of...

Campanula 'Blue Waterfalls' is a mounding, low growing bluebell with evergreen mat of fresh green leaves and violet-blue flowers of varying intensity. In the blooming peak, flowers flow outwards from the center and cover the entire plant. Vigorous, easy...

Native perennial sunflower with high ecological value. Ideal for half shade garden, woodland edge and for naturalization. Yellow flowers of 3" in diameter. Blooming Time:  from mid summer to fall (about July/August to September/October)Size: 5'...

Smaller and cute tender perennial, often used as annual - continuously flowers from June to September with pendulous papery pink-white-green flowers (can be used in dried mixes). Forms small mounds of trailing stems, semi-evergreen sub-shrub. Aromatic,...

True deep blue flowers, heart-shaped crinkled leaves. Grows into small mound. Heat, drought and looks like humidity tolerant, but most likely not a plant for deep south. Used as a tea substitute. Blooming Time: June (mid-summer)Size: 9-12" tall and...

Southeastern native shrub, endangered in natural habitats. Great wildlife support - attracts various bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Long season flowering. Pale yellow to greenish tubular flowers in clusters. Good fall yellow-red color. Other...

Clumping perennial with broad basal leaves. Wiry stems arch to one direction and create cascading effect (especially on the slopes). Because it comes from barren of the Appalachia region it needs dry or drained soils. Blooming Time: August to...

'Ruby Port' Columbine offers double maroon-red flowers. Traditional cottage garden plant and great cut flower. Not long-lived plant, but persist in the garden by self-seeding. Likes a bit cooler or partially shaded spot. Blooming Time: April/May-...

Small mat-forming perennial for edges, retaining walls, rock gardens, troughs or crevice gardens. Soft lavender-blue flowers with darker veins, bronze-green leaves. Spreads wide to form little mat, but is not competitive enough to be  a true...

'Red Grape' blooms with vivid 1" red-purple flowers. Grassy leaves emerge gray-green. Easy to grow. Blooming Time: June/July, often reblooms later on, especially if cut backSize: 15'' high x up to 12’’ wideUSDA Zones: 4/5 to 10Culture: full...

Vertical and narrow plant, with evergreen basal rosettes and subtle spikes of tiny brown-red flowers. Good cut flower. Shorter-lived perennial, on a good site persist by self-seeding (or collect some seeds and sprinkle, where desired). Toxic to humans,...

Very large form that eventually gets 7-8' wide and reminds of medium-sized shrub. Seeds of this plant originate in Hot Springs, Arkansas (read the whole story down bellow). Long-lived and tough perennial, slowly matures to very large and wide clumps...