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Popular and truly excellent ornamental grass with wonderful vertical structure and very long ornamental value from May to February. Adaptable, drought tolerant and tough. First grass that received the Perennial Plant of the Year Award in 2001. This grass...

Norhern Bedtstraw is perennial native to USA and Eurasia too. It is creeping, dense plant, 18-24" tall x 12-18" wide. It prefers half shade and somewhat drained soils with average moisture  (medium to moist). It is adaptable to many soil types, but...

One of the whitest cultivars, ivory white flowers with touch of yellow in throat, and a bit ruffled, flowers in May. 2-3' tall x 1.5-2' wide clumps of nice grassy leaves, that stay ornamental for the whole season. Full sun, half shade, grows in average...

Older cultivar, but very reliable, strictly upright, vigorous and hardy with excellent deep purple flowers in May. Morgan Award winner (1953). 36"- 40" tall x 18"- 24" wide clumps of nice grassy leaves, that stay ornamental for the whole season. Full...

Lovely goldenrod with different look - narrow grassy leaves and flat inflorescenses. True pollinator magnet! Usually around 3' tall x 1-2' wide (2' in dry soil, 4" tall in moist soil. Flowers in late summer to fall This wildflower is native to most...

Native wildflower to central and eastern USA and Canada with good ecological value. 3' tall, 1.5' wide, pink or purple flowers show up in June, July and August. Full sun, half sun, half shade, medium moist to moist soil. This perennial loves moist soil,...

One of the most beautiful native sedges, with unique 1" wide, freshly green leaves. Top performer for shade in Mt. Cuba Carex trials, gaining 4.2 points out of 5. Slower growing, groundcovering, in good conditions forms small colonies. Requires shade...

Superb plant, even short-lived and re-seeding perennial or biennial. This plant was honored with All-America Selection winner in 2003 and a Gold Medal winner at the 2003 Fleuroselect trials in England! 3' tall x 1.5-2' wide, branched clumps, covered with...

Aromatic aster 'Raydon's Favorite' is another superb cultivar of aromatic aster, in comparison with great 'October Skies', this one is a bit later blooming and a bit more robust. Excellent garden performer and highly attractive to many butterflies, all...

This early flowering phlox, not short/not tall, is true gem and it was discovered in nature. It is very resistant to leaf-diseases, it's reliable clump forming perennial, slowly spreading into wide mounds 24" tall x 36" wide (about 2' wide clump in 3...

'Mellow Yellows' is seed strain cultivar, introduced by German seed company Jelitto in 2018. Color varies with each plant and can be creamy, lemon and dark yellow. The best perennial combinations include many border perennial, due to it’s rough...

Nearly unknown perennial beauty, discovered in 1998 by famous plantsman Tony Avent from Plant Delights Nursery (found on grit outcrop inTurner County, Georgia). 44" tall x 24" wide clumps (or wider with age), very narrow leaves remind of Amsonia...

Excellent selection of early summer flowering phlox, that doesn't suffer with any leaf diseases.Highly recommended by Chicago Botanic Garden’s Plant Evaluation Program and also one of the winners of Mt. Cuba phlox trials. Large pink flowers, medium...

Wonderful non-stop flowering perennial!  This plant was breakthrough in Geraniums and it won numerous awards -  the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit in 2006 (UK), the Perennial Plant Association Perennial Plant of the...

Summer and early fall flowering perennial, reaching height of 1'-1.5' and 0.5'-1' of width. Fragrant reddish-pink flowers usually in July - August, or up to September, the foliage dies back shortly after the end of flowering. Full sun, half shade,...

A robust perennial sunflower, native to most of the states in the eastern part of USA and Canada.  Late flowering perennial - July to September, flowers continuously for up to two months.  Usually 8' tall x 3' wide (taller in rich and moist...

Woodland perennial, that spreads by rhizomes and is suitable for naturalizing in bigger woodland or shaded gardens. Grows to 1.5' tall and wide, and spreads further by rhizomes, so it can form nice ground covering colonies. Starry cream-white flowers are...

Monarda - Beebalm 'Raspberry Wine' is clump-forming perennial with purplish-red flowers. Tall cultivar and also the 5th best one for hummingbirds. This nativar doesn't suffer from powdery mildew and is highly recommended by Mt. Cuba center. Most...