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Upright and narrow goldenrod with reddish stems and narrow spikes of yellow flowers.Blooming Time: August-SeptemberSize: usually about 4' tall and 2' wide (in optimum conditions up to 5' tall, and in poor conditions only 2' tall)USDA Zones: 3-7Culture:...

Strictly upright and vertical, with a nice gray-silver color with rosy-colored flowers. Good height at under 4', and is adaptable and easy. Size: 3-4' tall x 2-3' wide clumps Blooming time: July, August, SeptemberUSDA zones: 4 to 9Culture : sun, half...

Deep rose flowers fade to light bronze with light grayish-green succulent leaves. Long-time favorite and honestly one of the most tough and reliable tall stonecrops! It does great on European and American continent. Twice granted by The Award of Garden...

Small subshrub with very glossy evergreen leaves (matt on the bottom side). Keeps regular upright shape and therefore is often used on small evergreen hedges. Easy to grow, evergreen, drought tolerant, deer and rabbit resistant. It is more evergreen and...

Mounds of smaller leaves with intense, Gentian blue flowers blooming in early summer. Blooming time : May/JuneSize: 12-15" tall x 8-12" wide clumpsUSDA Zones: 4 to 8Culture: Sun, partial sun. In hotter climates it's better in some shade during the day...

Architectural biennial with bold rosettes of large fuzzy leaves, upright stems with big white blooms. Flowers open in morning and close in the afternoon. Blooms from the bottom up, from late spring to June/July. Can persist in the garden vie...

Spreading natural form that requires some space, but is also easy to reduce, if needed. Excellent late support for variety of pollinators and even hummingbirds! Better behaved in heavier soils. Blooming Time: early August to SeptemberSize: 4' tall x 3'...

We got this groundcovering and densely spreading oregano last year and then realized it has lost its variegated leaves...The true 'Jim Best' cultivar has irregularly yellow-splashed leaves. Despite that, we decided to propagate it as "Jim Best Reversed",...

Well behaved, non-invasive, low maintenance clumping perennial with bigger purplish flowers. Much larger leaves and much bolder habit than other dead nettles. Rarely offered, interesting addition to the shade or shade garden.   Blooming Time: late...

Shorter Red Hot Poker, one of the most cold hardy, because it originates in high altitudes. Exotic look, dense growth, grayish leaves, spikes of orange-red + lime-greenish flowers. Pollinator friendly and hummingbird's favorite. Very drought tolerant!...

Filler perennial and groundcover with very pale pink flowers (nearly white) that fade to a soft pink. Vigorous and slowly spreads into wider clump. Sometimes the clump opens and can look a bit untidy, but reacts very well to cutting back and regrows...

The biggest of North American Dryopteris species. Slowly spreads wide. For shade garden with average to moist soils.   Blooming Time: not floweringSize: 3-4' tall x 4-6' wide, in time forms wider coloniesUSDA Zones: 3 to 7Culture: full to partial...

Robust looking perennial with large leaves and big yellow flowers.   Blooming time: June-JulySize: 3-4' of height x 2' of widthUSDA zones:  3 to 7/8, suitable for cooler area, or areas with cooler summer tempsCulture: sun, half sun (in...

Short, compact and dense aster with vibrant, hot pink flowers that bloom from summer to mid-fall. Dark green leaves. Vigorous cultivar, forms wider clumps.  Blooming time: August - September/OctoberSize: 18-20" tall x 24-30" wide clumpsUSDA zones: 4...

Hybrid of the native Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina) and Japanese Painted Fern (Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum'). It inherited the upright habit and better drought tolerance of the native fern and the silvery leaves with maroon midribs from it's Asian...

Lilac-pink compact and shorter yarrow for sunny garden. Pollinator friendly, aromatic and therefore deer and rabbit resistant. Somewhat groundcovering growth. Blooming Time: June to July, can be cut back to support bloomingSize: 20" tall x 12" wide,...

Dwarf, well branching sneezeweed with high coverage of flowers on the entire plant. Regular mounding shape, dark red flowers fade to orange-red tones. This cultivar is quite vigorous and lasts for 3-4 years here in Bloomington, IN, zone 6a, where many...

Andropogon ‘Red October's' leaves emerge green with reddish highlights. During the summer the plant changes to purplish-red to burgundy-purple. After first frost its leaves turn a vivid scarlet red. Universal warm season grass that goes well with...