Growing Conditions

Variable seed mixture with bluish and purple tones.This underused native Iris is a great native perennial and a hummingbird and bee favorite. The clusters of 2-3” bluish-purple flowers rise several inches above the foliage in early summer. The...

A rare and endemic species of hibiscus, this Rosemallow is native to regularly-flooded lowland areas near the Neches, Angelina and Trinity rivers in eastern Texas. Endangered in nature and rare in cultivation, it's a true gem worth saving and...

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...

'Prima Ballerina' is an improved new seed cultivar introduced by the German seed company Jelitto in 2016. It's a very compact, dense, and bushy clump-forming perennial, with 2.5" large, golden-yellow flowers. It has glossy coarse leaves, a very long...

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...

Helianthus maximiliani 'Santa Fe' is a vegetatively-propagated cultivar of the native perennial Maximilian sunflower. It's a stately, clumping perennial with very showy spikes of 3," large, golden flowers in late summer and early fall. Tolerates some...

'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...

Geranium sanquineum v. striatum is a tough, hardy Geranium that's native to Europe but quite popular in North American landscaping. It is often sold as 'Lancastriense.' It grows in regular mounds of fragrant, dissected leaves, with large, soft pink...

Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate' is an exclusive introduction from the Mt. Cuba Center in Greenville, Delaware and the perfect choice for those who find the wild parent form (E. rugosum, or Ageratina altissima) too common or "weedy...

This perennial is largely unknown in horticulture, but it's time for this to change! 'Little Rascal' is a true garden workhorse with only positive attributes:     - it has a neat & tidy look, low-growing and regular mounds, and...

Engelmannia peristenia is a tough perennial with nicely semi-evergreen to evergreen leaves and yellow daisy-like flowers starting in early to late summer. It blooms for an extremely long time. It is tolerant of drought, heat, and humidity, as well...

One of the easiest to grow dragonheads, even in regular flower bed conditions! Dracocephalum ruyschiana has deep sky-blue, slightly fragrant flowers in late summer, and grows in regular mounds of narrow, green, aromatic leaves. This...

This fall flowering clematis has fragrant, cream-white flowers in late summer through early fall (flowers are 1.25" in diameter). This is the ideal substitute for the invasive Clematis ternifolia (sweet autumn clematis) introduced from Japan. The native...

This is a taller and slender-looking perennial that has white/white-pink turtlehead flowers in August to September. Grows into narrow, upright clumps that slowly spread by rhizomes.  The best uses are in shade gardens, woodland gardens, bog gardens,...