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Monarch favorite perennial with button-shaped flowers arranged in spikes in late summer and early fall. 2-4' tall x 1-2' wide (bigger in rich soils, where it may need staking).

Shorter cultivar of Joe Pye Weed suitable for smaller gardens or bigger containers. 3-4' tall and 1-3' wide clumps, pink umbrella flowers in July to September.

'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...

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...

Willow-leaved Bluestar, is three times beautiful plant - first for spring flowers, second for summer foliage, and third for its fall color. The leaves are more narrow than has Amsonia...

"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 nig

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.

One of superb nativars with dense regular and compact mounds, very fine needle-like ornamental leaves and purple flowers in late summer. Piet Oudolf’s “Must Have” plants - you can see it in masses in...

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.

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...

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). <

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...

Vigorous, sturdy and upright cultivar with pure red flowers (10" in diameter). Older, but very popular variety, one of the first widely cultivated cultivars, introduced by Robert Darby around year...

Cute little wildflower, with regular mounds covered by small, pinkie-nail size yellow flowers. Usually forms clumps about 0.5- 0.75' tall and wide, small partially-evergreen leaves. Flowers...

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...

Wild form of tall phlox, for better support of pollinators and wildlife and naturalization. Smaller flowers of pink tones attract butterflies, hummingbirds and other pol

"UNDAUNTED is a compact, cold and heat hardy selection of muhly grass that will reach up to 2' tall with an equal spread. The flowering stalks emerge in late summer and mature in autumn to...

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...