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One of the top performers at Mt. Cuba Coneflower trials 2018-2020 and still excellent for pollinators! Double win win!

Cushion-forming / low mound-forming perennial with carmine pink-red flowers with darker eye. 12-14" tall x 10-12" wide, pretty strawberry-looking leaves, flowers from mid May to about mid June,...

Robust, flowering shrub-reminding perennial with light lemon yellow flowers (2" across). Trouble free plant, pollinaotr and bird friendly - late source of food. Awarded by Award of Garden Merit by...

Showy, easy to grow, suitable for garden conditions and with superior qualities for native pollinators! Aromatic minty leaves. 

Large-flowering and early sage that meets late tulips. Fuchsia pink flowers on dark charcoal stems, prolific bloomer. Densely branched, compact and non-flopping hybrid of Salvia nemorosa and Salvia...

Slender shrubby looking native perennial with nicely arching branches, small pink flower and great wildlife support. 2' tall x 1.5-2' wide, flowers in July-August/September.

Later blooming Astilbe (August), more tolerant to sun and drought than other cultivars. 24-36" tall x 18-24" wide clumps of dissected leaves, panicles of reddish-purple flowers. Spent flowers persist...

Easy to grow, trouble free shade perennial with unique orchid-like flowers in late August till late September. Deer and rabbit resistant treasure that has to be planted close to the path, so you can...

Compact and (nearly) dwarf beebalm, but unlike other dwarf cultivars, still "natural" looking, healthy and vigorous! The only r

White flowering form of Monarch's favorite perennial with button-shaped flowers arranged in spikes in late summer and early fall. 3' tall x 1' wide (bigger in rich soils, where it may need staking).

Darker purple flower and grayish leaves - late summer blooming perennial with somewhat groundcovering growth (blooms are darker and appear after Allium' Millenium'). 12-14" x 20" wide clumps of...

Geranium hybrid with small blue flowers in late spring and early summer. Great filling plant for flower bed. Awarded by Royal Horticultural Society by Award of Garden Merit in 2004. Quite large,...

Low ground covering perennial for edges in full sun or half shade. Height of 6-10" x 12" width and slowly spreading. Sem

Ground covering perennial for half shade, with aromatic leaves, deep magenta flowers in May. Flowers for short period of time, but it's quality is the dense groundcovering mat.

One of the best compact and floriferous cultivars of Baptisia. One of the winners of Baptisia trials at Mt. Cuba center.

Cultivar with bi-color effect on one plant - pink-mauve flower that age to nearly white. 3.5-4' tall and wide clumps, somewhat remindi

Natural dwarf form of Blue Wild Indigo, suitable for smaller gardens. 28" x 28" tall and wide, shrubby-looking clumps (40" with flowers). Blue-violet flowers in spikes in May/June.

Shorter an earlier blooming burnet, that is native to state Washington, Alaska and British Columbia. 30-36" tall x 18" wide clumps. Oval maroon flower heads in June/July (in hotter climates earlier...