Growing Conditions

Nice wildflower for shady gardens. Native to eastern half of USA, can be found in moist, rich woodlands and woodland edges, but can tolerate full sun. With more sun (or dappled sun), the starry, fragrant flower will get bigger. Flowers in late spring,...

This interesting perennial is reminiscent of aloe (it's also called "false aloe") or a "weird" agave (another name is Agave virginica). The most ornamental part of the plant is the rosette of succulent leaves that have dark red-brown spots. The flowering...

Showy smaller perennial with mounds of evergreen leaves and white pinkish flowers from April/May to June. 10-14" tall x 6-8" wide. Full sun to half shade. Average soil with average moisture (medium to medium-moist) to dry or somewhat drained soils. ...

Uncommon garden perennial, but beautiful and quite easy to grow wildflower that is native to Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. 1-1.5' tall x 0.75' wide, flower in  June- July with 2" pinkish or...

Beautiful native fern for colonizing with fresh green leaves and gracefully opening, narrow vase-shaped clumps. Award of Garden Merit by Royal Horticultural Society (UK). Usually 4' tall x 3-4' wide, but spreading by rhizomes to make looser colonies. In...

Moisture loving, native perennial with cute lilac-blue flowers in the summer. Ideal plant for rain gardens, moist spots, banks of your pond, up to a shallow standing water or can be tucked in flower bed with medium-average moisture, especially on heavy...

Famous designer Piet Oudolf's introduction! A tall, elegant, airy, structural, but very transparent grass. A Warm season grass with dark stems, dark flowers, strong and sturdy. Does well in hotter and humid climate of Midwest, but the darker color might...

Tight vase-shaped, clumping grass with small purple flowers. Leaves stay at the base only. The flowering stems turn yellow and coppery-yellow in the early fall. Compact, bushy selection made by famous Danish garden designer Piet Oudolf. Cool season...

Monarda - Beebalm 'Gardenview Scarlet' is clump-forming perennial with truly red flowers and very good performer. This is second best cultivar of Monarda for hummingbirds, see the results of Mt. Cuba's Monarda trials. Most hybrids won't attract as many...

Compact and (nearly) dwarf beebalm, but unlike other dwarf cultivars, still "natural" looking, healthy and vigorous! The only recommended dwarf cultivar and one of the winners at Mt. Cuba Monarda trials. So far, we have observed, that it does very well...

Monarda - Beebalm 'Jacob Cline' - very good red cultivar, robust and tall (4' 2"), vigorous and healthy, with significantly lighter green leaves and also a bit earlier flowering -  starting mid June and flowering for 3 weeks. And one of the best for...

Monarda - Beebalm 'Marshall's Delight' is clump-forming perennial with bright neon pink flowers. This cultivar was selected in Canada as mildew resistant variety, but it may not be true regionally, so still the best place is sunny spot with good air...

Shorter Monarda bradburiana hybrid with dark chocolate red leaves and stems in the first half of the season. Mildew resistant and a bit earlier blooming than other tall Monarda didyma hybrids. M. bradburiana genes bring good mildew resistance, a...

Monarda - Beebalm 'Purple Rooster' is clump-forming perennial with true dark purple flowers. This cultivar doesn't suffer from powdery mildew and is highly recommended by Mt. Cuba center. Most hybrids won't attract as many pollinators and butterflies,...

Monarda - Beebalm 'Raspberry Wine' is clump-forming perennial with purplish-red flowers. Tall cultivar and also the 5th best one for hummingbirds. This nativar doesn't suffer from powdery mildew and is highly recommended by Mt. Cuba center. Most...

'Midnight Oil' = red-purple and glossy new leaves. The first North American cultivar selected from Monarda bradburiana and offered on the market! Several cultivars are available in Europe, but so far none in USA. Flowers 3-4 weeks before tall monardas...

Superb low-growing beebalm with light lavender-pink spotted flowers, mint-scented leaves, and a more compact and smaller habitus than other Monardas. Very valuable and tough plant - for early blooming (before other taller Monarda), excellent drought and...

Wild Basil Balm is unique in the genus Monarda - this one is a native woodland plant and prefers to grow in shade! It will also tolerate drier shade under trees. The white flowers (typical for bee balm) bloom from mid- to late summer, and...