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Nodding onion belongs to the lily family and is known for its unique ball-shaped clusters of white-pink flowers and flat leaves. The fragrant leaves remind us that this plant was once widely used in cooking (the entire plant is edible). Tolerant to...

This agastache is a hybrid of the native Agastache foeniculum and Asian Agastache rugosa. It boasts dusky lavender-blue flowers, a beautiful vertical structure, and licorice-scented leaves. Very prolific bloomer; deadheading will encourage even more...

This new, superb variety is from the Earlibeauty® collection bred by Primrose Path Nursery. This hybrid is descended from several wild species of Phlox native to the Eastern USA; it performs well in flower borders and is also more vigorous and...

How does one choose the right coral bells from the never-ending list of cultivars? It can be difficult, but some Heucheras are better than others, and this is an exceptional selection. ‘Bronze Wave’ did very well at Mt. Cuba Center’s...

Very long spires of flowers with fairly long blooming period. Blooms in the middle/later summer = after early Liatris spicata and before late bloomers Liatris (L. scariosa, L. ligulistylis, L. aspera). Showy native perennial with a long flowering period...

Long blooming perennial for dry soil. Regular clumps, hairy stems and daisy-like flowers with many petals and a sage-like scent. The flowers are ¾ to 1½ inches across and are bright yellow. Offers very good pollinator support and provides...

Also called cabbage-leaved coneflower due to its big, waxy gray leaves. Beautiful architectural plant that forms strictly upright clumps and is highly ornamental with its steel blue leaves, excellent structure and yellow flowers. Slowly forms bigger...

Another superb perennial and front-runner at the Mt. Cuba Mid-Atlantic Region Coreopsis Trials of 2015. Very late fall bloomer, compact dense clumps, tidy habitus, yellow flowers with nearly black center (1 and ¾“ across) and disease free!...

Superb low-growing beebalm with light lavender-pink spotted flowers, mint-scented leaves, and a more compact and smaller habitus than other Monardas. Very valuable and tough plant - for early blooming (before other taller Monarda), excellent drought and...

Excellent, long-blooming, compact aster for the native garden, rock garden or border front. It has stiff stalks, small narrow leaves (similar to flax), and purple-blue flowers with yellow centers (1” across). Plant in well-drained soils, as it...

Also known as "Pink hair grass," this very showy fall grass forms regular mounds of fine leaves topped by airy pink to pink-red seed heads at the end of the season. This native grass has some great qualities – it’s highly ornamental and...

Strictly upright woodland beardtongue. Never flopping, it boasts thick rosettes of basal leaves and long stems with tubular pink-purple flowers (sometimes white-pink). There aren't many woodland Penstemons, so this one brings a nice extension of the...

Easy to grow, very showy, underused, long-lived and long-flowering perennial. The pure botanical species was endangered in natural areas from 1979-2011. It grows upright, and the leaves are narrow, or lanceolate. Reddish-pink saucer-shaped flowers face...

This super showy and rare wildflower is highly recommended for home landscaping. It is the only wild Echinacea with yellow flowers and became the parent of many new colorful hybrids of coneflowers. It originally grows only in the Ozark area of Arkansas...

Easy, modest and very showy-looking native perennial and wildflower with elegant drooping petals and big (2-3”) flowers. It has a beautiful, airy structure, and the stems with big yellow flowers often dart in the wind. It usually doesn't grow...

This highly desirable native perennial is rare due to the loss of its natural prairie habitats; it's considered an endangered plant in some states. It forms rosettes of low growing leaves and up to 4' tall clumps of strictly upright stems that bear loose...

Unique perennial of true tall grass prairies! Surprisingly, it belongs to the Carrot Family (Apiaceae), but it has an unusual look due to the thicker, strap-like leaves, mostly concentrated in rosettes or at the base of the tall stems (leaves are...

Upright narrower perennial with smaller compound leaves, purple-red stems and clusters of cream white flowers. This meadow rue grows in female and male individuals (with female or male flowers). Male flowers are usually bigger and more showy, making a...