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Moisture loving native perennial with cute lilac-blue flowers in the summer. Ideal plant for rain garden, moist spots, banks of your pond, up to a shallow standing water or can be tucked in flower bed with medium-average moisture, especially on heavy...

Underused, tough and long-lived perennial. Flowers in the summer for 8+ weeks! Not fuzzy about heat, humidity and some droughts too. Bold-structured perennial with larger shiny leaves. Large daisy-like flowers (3-4" across), drooping yellow rays and...

A unique formn of Heath Aster with cascading, very densely branched stems completely covered in small, bridal white flowers late in the season. Forms wide, nearly groundcovering mounds. Pollinator very friendly and black walnut tolerant. Blooming Time:...

Ground covering aster with large basal leaves. Whitish flowers in the fall, spreads some into 2-3' wide clumps. Very adaptable to various soils (incl. clay or poor soils), excellent for difficult to identify sun/shade transition areas. Black walnut...

A bit earlier blooming goldenrod for partial shade, woodland edges and difficult to predict sun-shade transitioning areas. Suitable for drained or drier soil. Heat, humidity, black walnut and drought tolerant. Pollinator magnet as any other goldenrod...

This Salvia reminds of robust Meadow Sage. Long spikes of mauve/purple flowers, dark maroon and heavily ribbed calyxes. Pollinator very friendly. Blooming time :  late spring/early summerSize: 24-30” tall and wideUSDA Zones: 4/5 to 8Culture:...

Bigger architectural native perennial with gray-green sword like leaves. Distinguishing feature are the leaves that bend downward - the outer leaves are recurved, or bending back on itself, leading to a floppy appearance. Blooming Time: white flowers...

Upright and narrow goldenrod, reddish stems, narrow spikes of yellow flowers. Late bloomer, tolerant to black walnuts. Loves moisture, but will grow in soils with average moisture.   Blooming Time: August-SeptemberSize: usually about 4' tall and 2'...

Shorter selection of native columbine. Pale yellow flowers in mid spring. Not long-lived plants, but persist by selfseeding. Blooming Time: May-JuneSize: 1-1.5’ high x 0.75’ wideUSDA Zones: 3 to 8Culture: Partial shade, shade, dappled sun to...

Smaller and compact lady's mantle with shiny leaves and chartreuse flowers. Small, slowly spreading groundcover for rock gardens and edges. Possibly better in cooler areas. Blooming Time: June/JulySize: 4-6" tall x 12" wide, slowly spreads wideUSDA...

Cool season grass, suitable only for cooler areas, northern and northeastern states. Avoid hot and dry climate. Golden-yellow flowering stems (with no nodes), purple-black flowers. great muted yellow fall color. 'Heidebraut' Moor Grass gained 3 out of 4...

Short, dense, tidy cultivar. Stays upright and maintains it's tidy statue. Tough and adaptable with inherited tolerance to sea salt (possibly Panicum amarum genes). Starts blooming and stays green later (till Halloween) than other Switchgrass. Flowers...

Long-time favorite and honestly one of the most tough and reliable tall stonecrops! Deep rose flowers fade to light bronze, light grayish-green succulent leaves. It does great on European and American continent. Twice granted by The Award of Garden...

Mounds of smaller leaves, intense gentian blue flowers in early summer. For average, somewhat drained soils. Pollinator friendly and black walnut tolerant. Blooming time : May/JuneSize: 12-15" tall x 8-12" wide clumpsUSDA Zones: 4 to 8Culture: Sun,...

"Senna marilandica is virtually indistinguishable from its relative, Wild Senna (Senna herbecarpa) until the 2 species have ripe seeds. The Wild Senna will readily open its pod and the seeds will fall out, whereas the Maryland Senna seed pods will stay...

Spreading natural form that requires some space, but is also easy to reduce, if needed. Excellent late support for variety of pollinators and even hummingbirds. Better behaved in heavier soils. Blooming Time: early August to SeptemberSize: 4' tall x 3'...