Growing Conditions

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...

Very pretty mounding ground-cover perennial with bigger lilac-pink flowers. It forms lovely clumps, and in good conditions also spreads by rhizomes to create colonies. The flowers are quite big and showy (1-1.5“), and the leaves are highly...

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...

'New Hamphsire Purple' hardy geranium  = deep magenta flowers, deeply cut leaves, round wide and slowly spreading mounds and crimson-red fall color. Tough hardy Geranium, native to Europe, but quite popular in North American landscaping. Does well...

Geranium sanquineum v. striatum is a tough, hardy Geranium that's native to Europe but quite popular in North American landscaping. It is often sold as 'Lancastriense.' It grows in regular mounds of fragrant, dissected leaves, with large, soft pink...

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...

Smaller filling and ground covering perennial for edges in full sun or half shade. Darker brown-red foliage, pink-reddish flowers. Blooming Time: mid to late spring, with reblooming in the late summer and fall. In cooler areas blooms continuously from...

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...

Low groundcovering and easy to grow perennial for edges. Height of 6-10" x 12" width and slowly spreading. Semi-evergreen fragrant leaves (spicy orange), magenta-pink flowers (the color is difficult to describe) in May. Geranium x cantabrigiense is...

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,...

Smaller drooping flowers with purple calyxes and short cream-pink petals. Can be used as groundcover in moist soils. Quite an ornamental plant and the parent plant of several cultivars with bigger flowers. Native wetland Avens, that likes moisture and...

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...

Natural form of Gillenia discovered in the mountains in Virginia in 1987. Pink flowers, a bit darker bronze-red leaves in the spring, reddish stems. Slower to establish, slow growing, but very long-lived and trouble free perennial. Best in partial...

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...