Growing Conditions

Robust looking perennial with large, spiky and shiny leaves and pink-mauve snapdragon-like flowers in early summer. Trouble free and drought tolerant. Awarded by Award of Garden Merit by RHS (Royal Horticultural Society, Britain) in 1993. 3-4' tall x 2...

One of the most popular, unique looking native ferns. Delicate horizontal fronds arranged in circular pattern, dark up to black stems. Usually grow to about 1-1.5' of height and 1-2' of width (in ideal conditions up to 3' tall). Deciduous fern that dies...

This agastache is a hybrid of the native Agastache foeniculum and Asian Agastache rugosa. It boasts dusky lavender-blue flowers, a beautiful vertical structure, and licorice-scented leaves. Very prolific bloomer; deadheading will encourage even more...

Superb late flowering show-stopper, tough plant with no pests and diseases. Deer and rabbit resistant and highly attractive for butterflies and bees. Perennial Plant of The Year in 2018. No wonder, why we see this amazing plant more and more in public...

Shorter, more compact hybrid of Amsonia hubrichtii (Threadleaf Bluestar). Better resistance to chlorosis, densely branched clean habit, the same excellent orange-yellow fall color as its parent. Flowers above the foliage with pale periwinkle blue flowers...

Superior selection with nearly black sprouts in early spring, very dark stems for the whole season, bluish flowers in early spring (for 4-6 weeks), and yellow foliage color in the fall (the more sun, the better the fall color). This tough, adaptable, and...

" ‘Dancing Wind’ is an easy care cultivar with a striking display of colorful foliage from late summer until frost. The summer foliage is yellow-green, accented with red. As the season progresses, the foliage reliably turns from red to deep...

Big Bluestem cultivar combining silvery leaves with smoky purple and red stems. Adaptable warm season grass with universal use. Blooming Time: late summer to late fallSize: 6-7' tall x 2’ wideUSDA Zones: 5 to 8Culture: full sun, half-sun, any soil...

Andropogon ‘Red October's' leaves emerge green with reddish highlights. During the summer the plant changes to purplish-red to burgundy-purple. After first frost its leaves turn a vivid scarlet red. Universal warm season grass that goes well with...

Stunning, brand new cultivar, combining the best of two native Artemisia species! Excellent durability, heat, humidity, drought tolerance, good garden size and non-aggressive habit! Aromatic silver leaves deter deer and rabbits. Forms low and wide clumps...

Narrow horizontal panicles of tiny creamy-white flowers on bronze-toned stems. The panicles fade to brown, giving each spike an interesting two-toned appearance. Fall color is red/reddish. Quite heat and humidity tolerant. For its decent size, it's...

One of the best performing asters in the 2003-2009 Chicago Botanic Garden trials! Bright deep pink flowers, good flower coverage, manageable size, usually without flopping and opening. Excellent resistance to leaf spots (better than some new cultivars)...

Hybrid of the native Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina) and Japanese Painted Fern (Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum'). It inherited the upright habit and better drought tolerance of the native fern and the silvery leaves with maroon midribs from it's Asian...

Large sport of Japanese Painted Fern, reaching 3' of height and 4' of width (up to 6'). Discovered in Plant Delights Nursery (NC) in the 90's. Fronds (leaves) have darker wine-red stems and silvery-green leaves. Slowly spreads into wide clumps. Best in...

One of the best compact and floriferous cultivars of Baptisia. One of the winners of Baptisia trials at Mt. Cuba center. 3' tall x 2.5-3' wide clumps (a bit more wide in the middle of the season, but still dense). Sun to half shade (at least 4-6 hours),...

Cultivar with bicolor maroon/yellow flower that age to yellow. Dense, bushy clump, blue-gray foliage, ornamental seedpods. Floriferous variety due to secondary branching. 2.5'-3' tall and 3' wide clumps, somewhat reminding of little shrub. Sun to half...

Breakthrough in baptisia breeding = golden-yellow foliage combined with indigo blue flowers! Focal point or background for other plants. Like any other baptisia, this is trouble free plant, long-lived and tough plant with no pests or diseases. Blooming...

Vigorous cultivar with lighter lemon-yellow flowers, charcoal stems and rich floral display in late spring/early summer and vase shape-clumps. Great introduction from Hans Hansen (plantsman and plant breeder at Walters Gardens). Sun to half shade (at...