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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...

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...

This new variety offers yellow to white-yellow foliage and flowers that are similar to the wild form (white to white-pink). This easy-to-grow cultivar is quite adaptable to light and soil conditions and can enrich sunny or half-shade borders, pollinator...

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...

This seed line cultivar offers sturdy, mostly red stems, reddish leaves, and showy golden yellow flowers with a deep orange-red central disk. It forms nice upright clumps that provide support for lots of wildlife – butterflies, monarchs, bees,...

Also known as American Ipecac or Bowman’s Root, this is a very lovely, slender-looking, underused and under-valued perennial. This wildflower is very hardy, sturdy, long living, and quite adaptable to many different soils and even moisture (from...

Long-lived perennial with a tap root, slender habitus, and narrow hairy leaves. ’Hula Dancer’ offers interesting flowers with slim pale pink drooping petals and greenish centers. Heat, humidity, and drought tolerant plant. Flowers 2 to...

A rare native perennial, this mallow originally grew as an endemic species in the Kankakee Region and was not found anywhere else. Now Iliamna remota is slowly becoming more popular in garden use. It offers bigger, hairy, highly ornamental leaves...

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...