Growing Conditions

'French Kiss' has 3-3½” single white flowers lined with raspberry pink that veins in toward the center of the petals. This is an evergreen perennial, with slightly nodding flowers, dark green thick leaves that blooms early, vigorous and is...

As the common name suggests, Hesperaloe parviflora is a yucca-like evergreen perennial succulent. It offers an exotic, desert look, evergreen leaves, pink-red or red flowers in the summer, and is a true hummingbird magnet. It is a deer and...

Long blooming perennial for dry soil. Regular clumps, hairy stems and daisy-like flowers with many petals and a sage-like scent. The flowers are ¾ to 1½ inches across and are bright yellow. Offers very good pollinator support and provides...

'Dale's Strain' is a seed strain selected for the lovely silver marbling pattern and reddish veins on the leaves. It's a surprisingly stable-colored cultivar. The flowers are small, whitish and insignificant, blooming in mid to late summer. The...

Heuchera richardsonii is a very nice clump-forming coral bells with attractive leaves. Small greenish-white flowers rise above the green mounds of leaves in mid to late summer. This is a quite reliable perennial with a dense,...

How does one choose the right coral bells from the never-ending list of cultivars? It can be difficult, but some Heucheras are better than others, and this is an exceptional selection. ‘Bronze Wave’ did very well at Mt. Cuba Center’s...

This robust coral bells is an excellent groundcover, with light green leaves and whitish flowers. It forms clumps of larger, hairy, evergreen or partially evergreen, light green/chartreuse colored leaves, and flowers in late summer through early fall...

Break-through, herbaceous hibiscus hybrid with blue-ish 8" flowers with a red eye. Exotic perennial with compact growth, more narrow and dissected leaves, flowers stay in the upper part of the plant. First "blue" selection on the market - the lilac-blue...

A rare and endemic species of hibiscus, this Rosemallow is native to regularly-flooded lowland areas near the Neches, Angelina and Trinity rivers in eastern Texas. Endangered in nature and rare in cultivation, it's a true gem worth saving and...

Late blooming native perennial, with big pink or white flowers (usually 4” across). Three-lobed green are silver underneath. Bushy clumps look like little shrubs.Can be grown in average garden soil, if it doesn't tend to dry out too much. Attracts...

Native woodland perennial with many herbal properties. Smaller clumps, 0.75' tall x 0.75'-1' wide, leaves emerge from yellow tuber, single flower without petals sits right above each leaf. Flowers in April/May, followed by attractive red berries...

Native shrub with bluish-green leaves (evergreen in the south), and larger 1.5-2" golden-yellow flowers in midsummer. Attractive to native bees, bumblebees and butterflies. Flowers appear on new wood, so can be sheared back in the spring if needed...

Low mounds of evergreen narrow leaves, flat cluster of white flowers in mid to late spring. Plant is fully covered with blooms in the peak of flowering. 10" tall x 12" wide (gets wider in time, up to 24"). Full sun to half shade, average with average...

A rare native perennial, this mallow originally grew as an endemic species in the Kankakee Region and was not found anywhere else. Now Iliamna remota is slowly becoming more popular in garden use. It offers bigger, hairy, highly ornamental leaves...

Large perennial with 1'+ long leaves, and daisy-like flowers arranged along the stems. Usually 6' tall x 2-3' wide. Orange-yellow flowers with thinner petals in June-July and sporadic blooming till September. Vertical structure and leaves persist till...

White flowering form of native shade-loving Iris, reminds of miniature bearded Iris with 2-3" blooms on about 4" tall stems.  Flowers in April/May for relatively short time of 1 to 2 weeks, but the leaves stay pretty for the whole season until they...

Exotic looking, summer blooming perennial with sword-shaped, iris-like leaves. Usually 3' tall (2' without flowers) x 0.75-1' wide. Wiry stems with smaller 2" wide orange freckled flowers in July to August, followed with clusters of shiny black berries...

Out of many Iris that offered, this one stands out  for it's: Durability, no care plant, healthy foliage for the whole season, silver-white variegation, early-mid season blooming (blooms when most irises are done blooming), total deer resistance,...