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Tender aromatic perennial with bi-color purple-white flowers. Sometimes flowers are more purple, even white and all stages can be present on one plant. Easy to grow and fast growing plant, in cooler regions better treated as annual. Can be cut back 1/3...

Smaller native sedge with very wide gray-green leaves. Best in somewhat drained soils in the shade or half shade. Flowers attract butterflies and pollinators, seeds attract small birds. Blooming Time: May-June/JulySize: 9" high and 12" wide clumps,...

Smaller fine-leaved sedge, ground-covering clumps, great for matrix planting or rock gardens. Little work horse for lower maintenance gardens. Suitable for cooler areas. Blooming Time: April/MaySize: 6" high and 12" wide clumps, slowly spreadingUSDA...

Small and modest woodland edge perennial. Large pale yellow flowers in clusters, rosettes of crinkled leaves. Goes well with spring bulbs and native ephemerals. Old-fashioned, favorite plant in Europe. Blooming Time: early to mid spring (end of March to...

One of several top performing sedges in Mt. Cuba trials - both in sunny location (4.1 point out of 5) and full shade (4.3 points out of five). Although plants in the full sun get older sooner and have to be divided. Universal use, adaptable to soils and...

Ground covering perennial for half shade or lighter shad. Aromatic leaves that turn red-orange in the fall,  soft pink flowers open from mauve buds in May. Flowers for short period of time, but it's quality is the dense groundcovering mat. Slowly...

'Hello Spring' Reed Grass offers white creamy leaf centers. Fresh sprouts have chartreuse tone. Purple flowers age to bronze-orange to tan. Looks like variegated form of cultivar 'Karl Foerster'. Great vertical structure and very long ornamental value...

Compact, cream variegated edges (with red hue in cool months). Bright pink flowers at the end of summer. Dense, branched ground covering growth. Blooming Time: August - OctoberSize: 4-6" tall x 12-24" wide USDA Zones: 4-9 Culture: sun, half sun,...

Easy to grow, trouble free shade perennial with glossy leaves and orchid-like flowers. Valuable for very late blooming season in the shade garden (inc. deep shade). Very pollinator friendly. Deer and rabbit resistant plant - best to be planted close to...

Mid to late summer blooming perennial sunflower, well behaved (forms wide clumps). Double to full flower don't offer much pollen and nectar for pollinators, but it is still valuable host plant for many insects. Sunny and aired location are the best...

'Eldorado' is similar to very popular 'Karl Foerster', just a bit shorter and with golden stripe in the centers of the leaves. The golden stripe sometimes starts cream white, in the summer heat often fades to greenish. Pale purple flowers from May (cool...

Small clumping grass, with very narrow turf-like leaves and early bloooming season. Semi-evergreen, low maintenance grass, tough and adaptable. Universal use - excellent neutral filler or companion, perfect for small spaces. Blooming Time: May-JuneSize:...