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Smaller and compact version of Lady's Mantle. Great neutral filler or small groundcover. Not as aggressive of a seeder as A. mollis. Possibly better for a bit cooler areas. Blooming Time: May-June/JulySize: 12" tall x 16" wide USDA Zones: 3 to 8Culture:...

Maybe not the prettiest, but blooming for incredibly long period from late spring to late fall. Very tolerant to drought and salt! Attractive to many native bees, honey bees, syrphid flies and butterflies. Seeds provide food for small birds. ...

Very fine divided leaves, blue-purple flowers that float above the ground. Hardy, blooming machine, rarely in cultivation, overlooked by the horticulture. Tough and very easy to grow, not fussy about the soil, heat, humidity or drought. We planted it in...

Valuable late bloomer, usually one of the last sunflower to bloom. Magnet for Monarchs, butterflies, skippers and moths, small songbirds feed on seeds. Large 2-2.5" wide golden flowers, very narrow and shiny leaves. Spreads wide - needs some room...

Stoke's Aster with large white flowers with a hint of pink. Dense rosettes of longer waxy leaves stay evergreen in milder climates, 3" wide flowers. Blooming Time: June/July is the peak, less blooms till September, more if deadheaded Size: clumps...

Largest of all Stokesia cultivars, tall and vigorous selection with large pale blue 3+" wide flowers. Great cut flower due to it's long stems. Dense rosettes of longer, waxy leaves that stay evergreen in milder climates.  Discovered by the...

"Very floriferous, compact variety that is hardy and trouble-free. Selected, admired and introduced by GET Group, Inc. & Hoffie Nursery, Inc. in Union IL. Original plant discovered at Prairie Haven in Woodstock, IL. Attracts butterflies. Great as a...

Perennial of The Year 2023 (Perennial Plant Association Award). Dense, compatct, well branched regular mounds highly covered with flowers from summer to early fall! Very drought and heat tolerant. Very healthy new cultivar with no leaf spots even in...

'Spring Symphony' seems to be the only long-lasting and reliable Foamflower in our Midwestern conditions (Bloomington, IN)! Clumping Foamflower with distinctive palmate leaves (olive green) with nearly black markings and soft pink flowers.  Compact...

Very good cultivar with dense, round habit, deep pink flowers settles in dark purple calyxes. Vigorous and strong rebloomer, if cut back! Fast growing and long-lived. This one will become Perennial of The Year 2024! Blooming time: blooms in late...

Less and slowly spreading spring phlox, with vivid deep violet flowers (notched and upturned petals). In cooler zones blooms close to 5 weeks and does rebloom a bit in the late summer-early fall. In comparison to 'Purple Beauty' creeping phlox, the...

Moderately-wide spreading to wider clump-forming hybrid phlox (but it won't take over your garden). Blooms 1-2 weeks earlier than common creeping phlox and meets with tulips and other bulbs. Deep pink flowers. Blooming time : early to mid spring -...

Ornamental, but still edible. Hybrid oregano with striking combination of chartreuse leaves, dark purple calyxes and pinkish flowers from mid summer to early fall. Foliage doesn't burn in the full sun! Dense ground covering clumps. Some leaves also turn...

Sturdy, upright dense mounds covered with 2-3" large daisy flowers for the whole summer. Easy to grow and not flopping, not even after heavy storm. Heat and humidity tolerant. Blooming Time: early summer to late summer (deadheading significantly prolongs...

False Indigo hybrid with vanilla cream flowers arranged in 10" long inflorescences. Pastel yellow buds, bronze emerging leaves turn gray-green later on. Compact, dense, well branched medium-sized clumps, ornamental seedpods till early fall. Like any...

Geranium pratense hybrid with chocolate-bronze foliage and blue-purple flowers. More vigorous than older cultivars.   Blooming Time: Flowers in early to mid summer (in cooler areas up to late summer).Size: 24-26' tall x 28-30" wide clumps. USDA...

Cultivar with light lavender-pink flowers with dark wine purple eye. Vigorous, but stays in mounds and doesn't spread like some other cultivars. 4" tall x 20" wide Moss phlox or creeping phlox forms dense low evergreen or semi-evergreen mats. In early...

Low maintenance, well behaved and semi-evergreen cool season grass. Silvery-green foliage, dense groundcovering clumps, oval-shaped flowers from June till early-mid fall. Regular and tidy growth, stays in clumps. Leaves can turn more chartreuse in drier...