Growing Conditions

New Millenium series of Delphinium = more heat and humidity tolerant, vigorous and longer-lived than older cultivars. F1 hybrids, selected in New Zealand. Tested in south central Indiana with hot and humid summers and surprise, they do well...

Evergreen fern with unique coppery-orange new emerging leaves and the same color at the end of the season after the first frosts. Spread slowly by short rhizomes, ground covering growth. Blooming Time: doesn't flowerSize: 1.5-2' tall x 1.5-2' wide USDA...

The biggest of North American Dryopteris species. Slowly spreads wide. For shade garden with average to moist soils.   Blooming Time: not floweringSize: 3-4' tall x 4-6' wide, in time forms wider coloniesUSDA Zones: 3 to 7Culture: full to partial...

Long-lived, knee-high coneflower, with excellent pollinator and bird support, very drought tolerant - unique complex hybrid of three native coneflowers: Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea tennesseensis and Echinacea angustifolia. It's proven in our hot and...

Top performing coneflower in Mt. Cuba trials in 2018-2020! Great plant with many flowers, intense coral-watermelon color (fades to orange), an early and long-flowering season and vigorous. "Echinacea ‘Glowing Dream’ is a Terra Nova Nurseries...

'Panama Red' = compact coneflower cultivar with red shades. 5" flowers open as intense red, then soften to bright orange-red and fad to burn to orange shades. Dense and somewhat "ground covering" growth. Starts to bloom earlier than other varieties...

'JoJo' features double vibrant pink flowers and manageable compact garden size of 4' and great vigor. 'JoJo' is completely sterile (no seeding in the garden). Fluffy, round to cone shaped clusters large, maroon stems, deep green leaves...

"Like others in this genus, 'Gateway' is no exception in its power to attract butterflies with its huge, bright mauve-pink flower clusters atop deep wine red stems. July to September bloom makes 'Gateway' a bold and dramatic display when planted with...

Robust prairie perennial, with compound leaves (up to 2’) that stay at the base and long un-brached stems with fluffed heads of pink flowers.  This plant is suitable for medium to bigger gardens/areas. Looks stunning in wet (or at least...

Native climber, with larger trumpet-shaped, slightly fragrant yellow flowers in late spring and semi-evergreen to evergreen leaves. Needs the support of a trellise, arbor or fence. Can be used as a groundcover. Blooming Time: late spring to early...

SUPERB non-stop flowering perennial and a true must-have plant! This sport of the super perennial Geranium x ‘Rozane’ has a more compact mounding habit with shorter internodes than its parent plant, making it a neater, lower-growing, and...

Wonderful non-stop flowering perennial!  This plant was breakthrough in Geraniums and it won numerous awards -  the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit in 2006 (UK), the Perennial Plant Association Perennial Plant of the...

Japanese hardy geranium, very valuable for very late blooming at the end of summer and in the fall. 1.5" magenta flowers, red fall foliage. The flowering stems creep away from the centre. Blooming Time:  end of July to September/OctoberSize: 1' high...

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...

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...

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...

'Sheila's Sunshine' is a vegetatively-propagated cultivar of the native Giant Sunflower, which hails from the eastern part of North America. It has an elegantly loose habitus, ghostly pale flowers (about 2.5" wide), and reddish stems. It's robust, but...