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Robust native wildflower and long-lived perennial with large ornamental leaves, great for birds and pollinators. Flowering stems can reach 9', while the deeply cut leaves stay at the base clump about 2-3' wide. Basal coarse leafs can be up to 24" long...

Mountain Fleece is pretty much unknown plant in Midwest, but we expect this this will change. Hardy and easy to grow perennial from Himalaya, 3-4' tall and wide, more or less groundcovering clumps with 6" long spikes of crimson red flowers from June to...

Robust fern that can reach royal size of 6' of height and 3' wide. Award of Garden Merit by Royal Horticultural Society (UK, 1993). The size depends on the soil and moisture, in average moist soil it can be only 2' tall and wide. Loves moisture and best...

Lovely late flowering nativar of Stoke's Aster, compact, non flopping, attractive for butterflies, especially yellow swallowtail butterflies. Very dense rosettes of longer narrow leaves stay evergreen in milder climates. Forms clumps about 1.5' tall x...

'Eastern Star' is a bit shorter and more compact than the species and has very dark, nearly black and shiny stems and dark veins on leaves. Flowers are white, smaller (less than 1"). Adaptable, tough mounding and groundcovering perennial, easily grown in...

Beautiful spring perennial with deeply cut pale lila-lavender flowers, south central Indiana genotype. Forms regular mounds, usually 0.25' tall x 0.5' wide (can be a bit taller or wider too). 2" long linear leaves are everegreen, the base becomes...

"Blackhawks’ is an exciting new stand-out cultivar grown as a seedling of Andropogon gerardii ‘Red October.’ The upright foliage starts dark green but begins to turn purple in August as nights cool and is nearly black by late September...

Tall prairie grass with blue-green leaves, purplish-red flowers from August/September till February. Height without flowers usually around 5', up to 7' with flowers, 2-3' wide. Warm season grass (develops in hot part of the year, sprouts late). Dense...

Uniform selection of native grass (propagated from divisions) with stunning blue foliage with purplish tips. In late summer and early fall purple, orange, and many more shades of blue show up. Best for average, not too rich or amended soils! Fluffy...

Cultivar with pure white flowers. This nativar received Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society (UK). The flowers start early spring and can last well into the summer months (April to June and then bloom again in later summer or autumn)...

Cultivar with light blue flowers and dark violet freckles. The flowers start early spring and can last well into the summer months (April to June and then blooming again in later summer or autumn). It grows 4-6" tall x 6" wide, and forms small...

Not very common native wildflower and very interesting perennial. Large palmated leaves (up to 10", the biggest leaves are at the base), one single upright stem with small white and fragrant flowers (up to 0.5-0.75"). Flowers in June to end of July (or...

Wild Quinine - for no reason overlooked and underestimated native perennial! Again, it had to be famous landscape architect from abroad (Piet Oudolf, Holland and others, who immediately spotted it's beauty and included this perennial gem into charming...

Wild form of tall phlox, for better support of pollinators and wildlife and naturalization. Smaller flowers of pink tones attract butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators, but according to our observation, natural selection 'Jeana' is even better...

Showy airy grass with thin green-gray leaves and fluffy white seedheads. Usually sold under cultivar names 'Wind Dancer' or 'Blue Eros', which are miss-named trade names or common names. Other common names are Blue Love Grass or Ellitt's Love Grass...

White flowering form of common, great, modest, adaptable and easy to grow native perennial. Prefers sun or partial shade and average moist to moist location. It is blooming in late summer, it has 1 1/2- to 3- foot spikes of snow white flowers The value...

Uncommon garden perennial, but beautiful and quite easy to grow wildflower that is native to Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. 1-1.5' tall x 0.75' wide, flower in  June- July with 2" pinkish or...

Switch Grass 'Northwind' is strictly upright, very narrow vase-shaped grass with bluish-green leaves. Perennial Plant of the Year in 2014(awarded by the Perennial Plant Association), for it's excellent garden performance and multiply season interest,...