Growing Conditions

South American beauty with rich red+yellow flowers. Robust plant, proven to be hardy in Michigan in zone 6 - on drained soils and some winter protection (or sheltered spot). Premium cut flower with long stems and all summer blooming period. Pollinator...

Non-native showy spring perennial for edges, dry beds, rock gardens, crevices or dry walls. 6-10" tall and 12-15" wide, lower mounds of gray leaves, smothered by small golden flowers in April/May. Leaves stay evergreen. This plant can be heavy seeder, so...

False indigo, also known as leadplant, belongs to the pea/bean family and is one of the few true prairie shrubs. This deciduous (woody) perennial's delicate green foliage is covered in short hairs, giving it a silvery or dusty appearance. 4-8"...

'Halfway to Arkansas' has a superb, round shape, uniform narrow foliage, and great yellow fall color. For the best fall color plant in the full sun or half sun (6+ hours of sun). "The foliage is a glossy deep green and uniformly needle-like. Pale...

Very large form that eventually gets 7-8' wide and reminds of medium-sized shrub. Seeds of this plant originate in Hot Springs, Arkansas (read the whole story down bellow). Long-lived and tough perennial, slowly matures to very large and wide clumps...

Trouble free and no maintenance perennial for sunny or half-shade garden. One of the amsonias with the richest floral display and winners of Amsonia trials at Chicago Botanical Gardens (Richard Hawke). 3' tall and wide, vase shaped clumps, blue flowers...

Rare native wildflower and showy perennial. It is smaller than the other commonly-used species of Amsonia, so it's suitable for smaller gardens and landscaping. It forms upright bushy clumps, bearing loose, pretty clusters of star-shaped flowers in blue...

'First Hit' offers shorter plants, good round and compact shape with pale blue flowers, glossy narrower leaves. Tough and long-lived perennial, proven deer and rabbit resistant. Slower to establish, give it some time. Blooming Time: April/MaySize: 24''...

"Blackhawks’ is an exciting new stand-out cultivar grown as a seedling of Andropogon gerardii ‘Red October.’ The upright foliage starts dark green but begins to turn purple in August as nights cool and is nearly black by late September...

" ‘Dancing Wind’ is an easy care cultivar with a striking display of colorful foliage from late summer until frost. The summer foliage is yellow-green, accented with red. As the season progresses, the foliage reliably turns from red to deep...

Andropogon ‘Red October's' leaves emerge green with reddish highlights. During the summer the plant changes to purplish-red to burgundy-purple. After first frost its leaves turn a vivid scarlet red. Universal warm season grass that goes well with...

Tall prairie grass with blue-green leaves, purplish-red flowers from August/September till February. Height without flowers usually around 5', up to 7' with flowers, 2-3' wide. Warm season grass (develops in hot part of the year, sprouts late). Dense...

Plant well known in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Less known in garden culture. Somewhat grassy gray-green lily-like leaves, long flowering spikes with tiny purplish flowers. Thick root is harvested as the medicinal plant and has variety of use (from...

Anemone 'Honorine Jobert' is an easy to grow, elegant perennial. The big white flowers have yellow centers and are great as cut flowers. It looks best in bigger clumps or masses; these form slowly creeping mounds, so it's best to leave some room around...

Ground covering perennial for larger areas, great for naturalizing under trees, substitute for invasive Vinca minor (periwinkle). This native wildflower is spreading and can cover large areas aggressively, so it's not suited for conventional flower beds...

'Pamina' is  cultivar with 2" wide, deep rose-pink double flowers and overlapping petals. Star performer awarded by the Award of Garden Merit by RHS (Royal Horticultural Society, Britain). 2.5-3' tall x 2-2.5' wide clumps, bigger basal leaves at the...

Anemone 'Robustissima' is vigorous, vital, robust and more winter hardy cultivar. Elegant, 3-4' tall and 2-3' wide, easy to grow and perennial. Big soft pink, saucer-shaped flowers with yellow centers from August to September. Fluffy seedheads in the...

This modest native perennial prefers some shade, but will do fine even in full sun. It is also very drought tolerant. The 5-petaled white flowers with greenish centers are followed by oval thimbles that mature to fluffy seeds and are dispersed...