Growing Conditions

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...

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...

Compact, mounded, STERILE, with clouds of double white flowers. Tolerant to heat, humidity and droughts. Pollinator friendly (butterflies), long flowering period. Favorite and long lasting cut flower, often used for weddings, good companion for...

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...

Robust, flowering shrub-reminding perennial with light lemon yellow flowers (2" across). Trouble free plant, pollinaotr and bird friendly - late source of food. Awarded by Award of Garden Merit by RHS. Full sun is the best, adaptable to many soil types...

Very late bloomer, covered with 2" golden flowers with a dark center. Forms dense mounds and has narrow, dark green foliage.   Blooming Time: September until frostSize: 24-26" tall x 24" wide clumpsUSDA Zones: Hardy in zones 5-10Culture: Full sun,...

Valuable late bloomer, usually one of the last sunflower to bloom. Magnet for Monarchs, butterflies, skippers and moths, small songbirds feed on seeds. Large 2-2.5" wide golden flowers, very narrow and shiny leaves. Spreads wide - needs some room...

Showy native perennial sunflower, with spreading growth, high ecological value. Ideal for half shade garden, woodland edge and for naturalization. This sunflower will reach usually 4-5' of height (in ideal conditions 6') and up to 3' width, slowly...

A robust perennial sunflower, native to most of the states in the eastern part of USA and Canada.  Late flowering perennial - July to September, flowers continuously for up to two months.  Usually 8' tall x 3' wide (taller in rich and moist...

Robust perennial sunflower with ornamental leaves and fairly big golden flowers at the end of summer and early fall. Tolerates drought, dry soils, and is a very good cut flower. Attracts a lot of wildlife! Blooming Time: August to...

A very showy and underused native perennial, Helianthus mollis has big yellow flowers, very hairy stems and leaves, and a long flowering season. One of the shorter perennial sunflowers, it forms clumps that slowly spread by rhizomes and can...

Western sunflower is one of the shortest perennial sunflowers and also the well behaving ones! Grow only to 3-4' tall x 2' wide, it still spreads wide by rhizomes, but it is not as aggressive as many tall cousins. In years, it can form colonies, but you...