Growing Conditions

Extraordinary looking native perennial sunflower, with a very architectural appearance and arching, narrow willow-like leaves. The ornamental value is higher before it blooms. It's a late bloomer (3" yellow flowers with dark centers), slowly spread by...

Mid to late summer blooming perennial sunflower, well behaved (forms wide clumps). Double to full flower don't offer much pollen and nectar for pollinators, but it is still valuable host plant for many insects. Sunny and aired location are the best...

Heliopsis 'Sundial' = upright, clump forming perennial with striking color contrast of gold flowers with red eyes and complement the dark olive-green foliage. Hardy and vigorous. Great cut flower. Attracts butterflies and bees. Blooming...

Easy to grow, forgiving, long-flowering perennial, very valuable for many native insects, several butterflies and skippers and small birds. Tough and longer-lived. Stays in clumps, and has coarse leaves Blooming Time: June to AugustSize: 3' tall x 1...

Heliopsis 'Bleeding Hearts' is an upright, clump forming perennial with large 2-3" orange flowers. It has coarse green leaves with a hint of bronze. This is a seedling strain, therefore there is some variability in orange tone.  Very adaptable...

A Jelitto seed selection, Heliopsis 'Burning Hearts' is a clump forming perennial and a true show-stopper. Large (2-3"), golden-yellow flowers with dark orange eyes appear from late summer through early fall. The coarse, deep purple foliage...

'New York Hellebore' offers 2½-3”, single flowers with shades of black that include deep grey-purple, jet black, and black-purple. Evergreen perennial with dark green thick leaves.  Blooms early, vigorous and is easy to grow. Tolerant...

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...

Heavy and long-blooming cultivar with a two-toned look due to the unique feature of non-dropping spent flowers. Pink flowers fade to deeper rose-red. Flowers from June till frost. Heucher villosa hybrid = increased heat and humidity tolerance, often...

Coral bell with unique shiny dark purple to almost black leaves and pink speckles that enlarge a bit with season and gain some pink-cream hue. Vigorous and healthy variety. It's recommended to divide every 3-4 years to encourage strong growth. Blooming...

Coral Bell with metalic-silver leaves that fade to greenish-silver during summer heat. Outstanding floral display of large cream-white flowers. 'Stailnless Steel' gained 3.6 points out of 5 in Mt. Cuba trials. 10" tall (32" with flowers) x 26" wide...

'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...

Oldie, but oldie cultivar ‘Palace Purple’ with purple-brown-red leaves and insignificant pale flowers. It scored quite well at Mt. Cuba Center’s Heuchera trial, gaining 3.6 starts out of 5!  It didn't place higher mostly only due...

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...

'Ballet Slippers' offers large 7" ruffled flowers, with overlapping petals (pinwheel effect). White petals with pink blush edges and deep red eyes. Polished upright growing habit, well-branched withe very high bud  count, blooms from the top to the...