Growing Conditions

"Fairly large, dark bronze, deeply divided foliage. Dark veined, dusty pink flowers with heart-shaped petals eventually fade to white. Flowers for several weeks from May. Foliage has attractive autumn color.“ – Darwin's Perennials...

White flowering form of favorite landscaping  plant, tough hardy Geranium, native to Europe, deer resistant, drought resistant and bee friendly. Regular mounds of fragrant dissected leaves, widely open large white flowers (about 1-1.5"), flowers for...

Japanese hardy geranium, very valuable for very late blooming at the end of summer and in the fall. 1.5" magenta flowers, red fall foliage. The flowering stems creep away from the centre. Blooming Time:  end of July to September/OctoberSize: 1' high...

Geranium pratense hybrid with chocolate-bronze foliage and blue-purple flowers. More vigorous than older cultivars.   Blooming Time: Flowers in early to mid summer (in cooler areas up to late summer).Size: 24-26' tall x 28-30" wide clumps. USDA...

Low ground covering perennial for edges in full sun or half shade. Height of 6-10" x 12" width and slowly spreading. Semi-evergreen fragrant leaves (spicy orange), white flowers tinged with pink and with pink stamesn in May. Geranium x cantabrigiense is...

Smaller filling and ground covering perennial for edges in full sun or half shade. Blooming Time: mid to late spring, with sporadic blooming through summerSize: 6" tall x 8-12" wide low mound with semi-evergreen leaves USDA Zones: 5 to 8Culture: full sun...

Filler perennial and groundcover with very pale pink flowers (nearly white) that fade to a soft pink. Vigorous and slowly spreads into wider clump. Sometimes the clump opens and can look a bit untidy, but reacts very well to cutting back and regrows...

Vigorous, with large magenta-purple flowers and healthy foliage. Looks like Geranium sanguineum on steroids . We want to offer this plant, because G. sanguineum (and it's hybrids) do very well for us and are universal, low maintenance, tough and...

'Banana Daiquiri' is avens cultivars with ruffled light lemon-yellow flowers. Fair cultivar in Chicago Botanic Gardens trials, gaining 3 out of 5 possible stars. Blooms from early May to mid June, flower size 1' in diameter. Semi-evergreen leaves, 18"...

'Totally Tangerine' = the tallest! avens hybrid with yellow-peachy orange flowers, up-facing sterile flowers on 30" tall stems. Excellent cultivar in Chicago Botanic Gardens trials, gaining 5 out of 5 possible stars. Blooms from early May to mid June,...

Also know as American Ipecac, this is a fantastic plant with a delicate appearance and many advantages. This sturdy perennial is very adaptable to light conditions, different soils and even moisture in the soil. Medium-sized white flowers with red...

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...

This smaller statice forms cute rosettes of grayish leaves. In early summer it forms well branched stems with tiny white star-shaped flowers. Great plant for cut and dried flowers.  Blooming Time: July/AugustSize: 1.5' tall and wideUSDA Zones: 5 to...

Maybe not the prettiest, but blooming for incredibly long period from late spring to late fall. Very tolerant to drought and salt! Attractive to many native bees, honey bees, syrphid flies and butterflies. Seeds provide food for small birds. ...

Short-lived perennial or biennial with long blooming period. Highly attractive to variety of pollinators. Native to south central USA and part of Midwest. Blooming Time: June/July to September Size: erect clumps about 2-3' tall x 1.5-2' wide...

Low-mat forming, creeping perennial for sunny and drained soil. About 4-5" tall x 12" wide clumps, small grayish leaves, star-shaped soft pink flowers in May to May/June. In the peak, plants are covered with flowers. Full sun, half sun, drained alkaline...

An easy to grow and quite fast-growing perennial. Forms clumps of winged stems with leaf rosettes bearing bright yellow daisy-like flowers at the end of summer (branches form at the top only). The wild form of sneezeweed looks the best in wild...

Dwarf, well branching sneezeweed with high coverage of flowers on the entire plant. Regular mounding shape, dark red flowers fade to orange-red tones. This cultivar is quite vigorous and lasts for 3-4 years here in Bloomington, IN, zone 6a, where many...