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Hardy garden mum with warm, vibrant bi-color flowers (orange-red). Late blooming (October/November), attracts butterflies. Deer and rabbit avoid it for it's aromatic leaves. Excellent cut flower. Can be cut back before 4th of July for more dense and...

Woodland edge perennial that dies back after flowering (and com es back next year) Crinkled light green leaves, mix of pink, purple, bicolor pink and occasional white. Large 1.5" flowers with cut and crinckled petals. Usually turns dormant when the...

White blooming yarrow that originates from 'Oertel's Rose' Shorter, vigorous, north American genotype that will not vanish in your garden. Best for more naturalistic looking garden, meadows or so. Blooming time: main blooming time is early...

Evergreen fern with unique coppery-orange new emerging leaves and the same color at the end of the season after the first frosts. Spread slowly by short rhizomes, ground covering growth. Blooming Time: doesn't flowerSize: 1.5-2' tall x 1.5-2' wide USDA...

Very wide clumping sedge with variegated leaves. Workhorse plant for mass plantings, bigger containers, or virtually any garden. More tolerant to sun and heat than some older cultivars. Blooming Time: April/MaySize: 12" high x 24" and spreading to 46"...

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...

Drought and heat tolerant cool season grass, very adaptable from full sun to dry shade. Chartreuse flowers age to tan and light brown color. Matte green fine foliage. Blooming time: from June till late summerSize: 20" tall x 20' wideUSDA Zones: 4 to...

Underused native grass with strap-like leaves, ornamental hairy leaves. Very good fall and winter color = purple-red! Best in a garden with some shade during the day, mixed in with other shade tolerant plants. Will moderately seed around, where happy...

Very adaptable spreading sedge with universal use. Top performer in Mt. Cuba Carex trials, gaining 4.7 points in shade and 4.4 in sunny location. Tolerates light foot traffic and mowing. In look reminds fine leaved Carex pennsylvanica. Blooming Time:...

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...

Top performing sedge in Mt. Cuba Carex trials - gaining 4.4 points (out of 5) in shade conditions, and 4.0 for sunny location. Adaptable to soils and light conditions, but likes more moisture. Ground-covering growth. Cool season sedge (grows actively in...

Universal use sedge, with wider evergreen to semi-evergreen leaves. Very adaptable to soils and light conditions, ground-covering growth. Cool season sedge (grows actively in the cooler first part of the season). Excellent for gardens with difficult 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...

'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...

'Hello Spring' Reed Grass offers white edged leaves that arch down to the ground. Variegation is most visible before the summer heat strikes. Pink flowers age to bronze-tan. Reminds of older cultivar 'Overdam', but is lot more vigorous and bulks up...

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...

Short-lived perennial with great vertical accent. Mix of rosy-purple, copper-purple flowers (up to 1" in diameter), basal rosettes of leaves, upright stems. Leave some seedpods for self seeding. Blooming Time: May-JuneSize: 2-3' tall x 1.5' wideUSDA...