Growing Conditions

Switch Grass 'Northwind' is strictly upright, very narrow vase-shaped grass with bluish-green leaves. Perennial Plant of the Year in 2014(awarded by the Perennial Plant Association), for it's excellent garden performance and multiply season interest,...

Native perennial, rare in cultivation, flowering for all season, for drier or drained soils. Reminds of more common P. integrifolium, but it is much shorter, only about 1.5' tall and 1' wide, leaves are also more fuzzy and look more gray. Small white...

Wild Quinine - for no reason overlooked and underestimated native perennial! Again, it had to be famous landscape architect from abroad (Piet Oudolf, Holland and others, who immediately spotted it's beauty and included this perennial gem into charming...

Unique looking carrot family biennial or short-lived perennial. Valuable for blooming in the peak of summer! Probably discovered and used for the first time by famous garden designer Piet Oudolf, followed by others like Jaap De Vries (Netherlands), in...

New sterile = not seeding variety, developed at the University of Georgia! Big, dark-red to copper bottlebrush plumes rise above mounds of rich green arching leaves.  Blooming Time: mid to late summerSize: mounds 2-3’ tall and 2-2.5'...

New sterile = not seeding variety, developed at the University of Georgia! Upright, slightly arching clumps, topped with bottle brush flowers emerging violet-purple and maturing to silver. Blooming Time: mid to late summerSize: mounds 3’ tall and...

New sterile = not seeding variety, developed at the University of Georgia! Very short and compact (18-24" x 30"), slightly arching clumps, topped with large tan bottle brush flowers. Size: mounds 18" (24" with flowers) tall and 30-36" wide USDA...

Low maintenance penstemon with rose-purple or pink-purple flowers, bee friendly, good butterfly and hummingbird plant. Easy to grow, tough selection from Dale Lindgren at University Nebraska, beardtongue hybrid that is cold, heat, humidity, drought and...

Southwest native, but still very hardy perennial with bright scarlet orange-red, tear drop shaped flowers in May to July. Easy to grow perennial, very showy flowers, deer, rabbit and drought resistant plant. Naturally occurs in open woodlands and dry...

Narrow, upright plant with evergreen basal leaves. Wonderful, transparent, vertical accent for sunny and dry gardens. Shorter-lived perennial - the clumps have to be divided to renew the vigor of the plant, or can be grown from seeds. 'Twizzle Purple' is...

Not very common plant for sale, clump forming native perennial, with basal leaves and pale to dark violet flowers in May to June. Usually grows to 2' tall x 1' wide, naturally occurs in dry slopes, road banks, or dry woodlands in eastern USA, primarily...

Very showy prairie beardtongue with 2" large flowers, shorter-lived, but self-seeding. Best for sunny garden with drier soil. Narrower and somewhat loose clumps can reach up to 2' in height and 1' in width. Flowers emerge in May/June, in upper third up...

This new variety offers yellow to white-yellow foliage and flowers that are similar to the wild form (white to white-pink). This easy-to-grow cultivar is quite adaptable to light and soil conditions and can enrich sunny or half-shade borders, pollinator...

This is improved version of 'Husker Red' propagated from cuttings/divisions, so all the plants have the same quality = keeps the rich color in leaves for the whole season! (while the seed strain turns greenish in the heat of summer) Rich maroon-red...

Vegetative-propagated cultivar with bronze-tinted leaves, pink flowers and red fall color. Intrinsic Perennial Gardens (Hebron, Illinois) introduction, parent of newer cultivars with dark leaves. Good, forgiving and adaptable perennial. 2.5-3' tall x...

Clump-forming, easy to grow perennial. Great for hummers, butterflies and native bees. Tough and resilient. Typically grows to 3-3.5' and 0.5-0.7' wide. Forms smaller mounds of dense packed leaves and rigid, upright stems with tubular flowers (to 1.25"...

Cultivar of beardtongue with dramatic glossy, purple-black foliage, deep purple seed heads and lavender-violet flowers. Dense, well branched habit and excellent vigor. Blooming Time: early to mid summerSize: 2' tall x 1.5' wideUSDA Zones: 3 to...

Showy perennial with unbranched stems, basal rosettes of leaves and nearly white flowers. Looks like dainty version on Pentemon digitalis, which is more common in horticulture. Native wildflower to Central and eastern United States, see the USDA...