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Native shrub with bluish-green leaves (evergreen in the south), and larger 1.5-2" golden-yellow flowers in midsummer. Attractive to native bees, bumblebees and butterflies. Flowers appear on new wood, so can be sheared back in the spring if needed...

Exotic, native perennial with unusual fragrant flowers in the shape of a spider. Long-lived bulbous perennial (bulbs multiply in time). Loves moisture, but will grow well in average soil with average moisture. Blooming Time: late summer to early...

'New York Hellebore' offers 2½-3”, single flowers with shades of black that include deep grey-purple, jet black, and black-purple. Evergreen perennial with dark green thick leaves.  Blooms early, vigorous and is easy to grow. Tolerant...

Showy and easy perennial. Large white flowers with blue spots inside bloom in early summer and features low mounds of fresh green leaves. Groundcovering growth. Blooming Time: May to June (in cooler areas can bloom until August)Size: usually 8-10"...

Baptisia cultivar with long dusky purple flower spikes and an upright wide vase shape. Showy cream keels, deeper red-purple tones to the flowers. Long-lived, floriferous and hardy perennial. Blooming Time: MaySize: 42-48" tall x  22-28" wide USDA...

Robust, structural, native perennial and superior pollinator plant with a very long blooming time. Adaptable savannah plant that will struggle in very dry soil or too much shade. Unique candlestick structure for the middle or background of the flower bed...

Narrow-leafed Ironweed hybrid forming dense, healthy clumps. One of the top performers at Chicago Botanic Garden Vernonia trials in 2020, gaining 5 out of 5 stars! Easy, adaptable and valuable pollinator plant with very late and long blooming period!...

Sage hybrid with 15" long spikes of reddish-orange flowers all summer long till frost. Offer your hummingbirds the best natural feeder! Attracts some bees too. Some irregular growth, just like any larger microphyla hybrid - it's good to cut it back 1/3...

'Gone With The Wind' is a seed strain (a bit variable) cultivar, that is smaller than the species of Sporobolus heterolepis. Clumping, long-lived grass with fragrant flowers. Beautiful golden-orange color in the fall and beige in the winter. Prairie...

A vigorous and long blooming sage. Reddish flowers, a bit irregular with shrubby growth. Attracts hummingbirds, some bees and some butterflies. Blooming Time: long flowering, starting in early to mid summer until fall (or frost)Size: 3-4' tall and wide...

Evergreen aromatic sage with lipstick red flowers (with white throat and brown calyxes). Blooming machine (up to 6 month), vigorous and excellent performer in humid climates! Low maintenance plant - cut back 1/2 to 2/3 in winter or pre-spring. Blooming...

Clumping perennial with strawberry-like flowers. Prefers somewhat drained soils and is incredibly drought tolerant. Reddish color on some leaves in fall. Great for dry sunny beds, rock gardens or crevice gardens. Does well in our dry raised bed (zone...

Modest, slender plant. Grayish leaves and creamy-white flowers on thin stems tha float above the ground. Best as a smaller filling plant in natural looking flower bed, or combined with plants with bigger leaves and flowers. Plants are not very...

Switchgrass cultivar with shorter & wider clumps (4' x 4'). Wide, powdery-blue, arching leaves with cream seed heads. Reminicent of invasive Miscanthus (Chinese Grass) and is an excellent subtitute for it. Blooming time: late summer to fallSize: 4'...

Upright, columnar switgrass cultivar - not-flopping, withstands wind and snow. Great height of 4', unique rose-colored flowers, gray-green leaves (with hint of rose color in the fall). Handles heat, humidity, black walnut and is drought tolerant...

Hardy hybrid coneflower with compact, upright, well branched habit. Burgundy red flowers and higher flower coverage. Narrow leaves show parentage of narrow- leaf coneflowers which leads to better tolerance to drought, heat and humidity. Forms wide,...

Extraordinary looking native perennial sunflower, with a very architectural appearance and arching, narrow willow-like leaves. The ornamental value is higher before it blooms. It's a late bloomer (3" yellow flowers with dark centers), slowly spread by...

Siberian iris with eye-catching, high contrast color patterns (rich wine purple + lighter blue-purple + veining) Siberian Irises bloom after Tall Bearded Irises and before Japanese Irises. Blooming Time: early summer bloomer (late spring/early summer...