Collections

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...

White-blooming form with shorter stems reaching 4 feet. An easy-to-grow architectural perennial with sturdy upright habitus, nice dark green leaves and spikes of white flowers. It performs best in full sun and medium moist soil; it tolerates some shade...

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...

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...

Rare native wildflower and showy perennial. It is smaller than the other commonly-used species of Amsonia, so it's suitable for smaller gardens and landscaping. It forms upright bushy clumps, bearing loose, pretty clusters of star-shaped flowers in blue...

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...

One of Nature's top food supermarkets for insects! Over 450 insects are known to feed on some portion of this species, including monarchs! This milkweed is the easiest to grow but also the most “weedy”. Due to it’s long underground...

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...

If there is a true perennial classic, it has to be Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm‘. This striking cultivar has been popular in horticulture since its introduction in 1949, and its popularity was crowned by the Award of Garden Merit by Royal...

Easy to grow prairie plant. The lobed compound leaves mostly stay at the base; the stems branch at the top and bear crème white flowers with yellow centers. The whole plant is covered with white hair, so the leaves look a bit gray-green. Each...

This modest native perennial prefers some shade, but will do fine even in full sun. It is also very drought tolerant. The 5-petaled white flowers with greenish centers are followed by oval thimbles that mature to fluffy seeds and are dispersed...

Quite common perennial plant in the wild, but not so common in our yards. Forms nice bushy clumps of green leaves with thin flowering stalks above the leaves. Flowers are small, green-white, and generally insignificant. The reason why this native...

Easy-to-grow prairie perennial. Much shorter than other Silphiums, very adaptable to soil types/moisture, and a nice structural plant with bigger yellow flowers. Resembles sunflowers (Helianthus), but it flowers earlier and doesn’t spread as wildly...

New England Asters are long-living perennials native to most states in the USA, except the arid and tropical areas. They are important nectar plants for monarchs migrating back to Mexico. They prefer a sunny spot and are adaptable to most soils; they are...

Late flowering native perennial and valuable pollinator plant! Clusters of white flowers and hairy leaves that surround the base of the stem. Blooms late and is a good size for borders, native plant gardens, wildflower gardens, cottage gardens, woodland...