Growing Conditions

Small and modest woodland edge perennial for half shade or shade garden. Goes well with spring bulbs and native ephemerals. Blooming Time: early to mid spring (end of March to April, depending to your zone)Size: usually 8-10" tall x 5-8" wideUSDA Zones:...

More upright cultivar of native wildflower with larger purplish flowers, ornamental dissected leaves and reblooming in late summer. Very adaptable workhorse, that can be tucked into any sunny or half shade flower bed. Fast growing and somewhat...

Cream-silver margin and a heavily veiled leaf surface, bright coral-red flowers. Sport of favorite cultivar 'Raspberry Splash'. Tolerates heat and humidity, is recommended even for the deep south. Easy to grow, it takes several years to mature-sized...

Clump forming, shade-loving perennial with cobalt blue flowers in mid spring and spotted leaves. Leaves may be semi-evergreen in warm winters.  Lungwort with better tolerance to heat and humidity and very good resistance to powdery mildew. Divide in...

A more heat tolerant lungwort with silver leaves, purple-blue flowers that fade to cobalt blue. Immature leaves appear spotted.  Mounding perennial with dense ground covering habit. Blooming Time: blooms for a shorter period in April/May, the main...

Dramatic deep blue flowers. Clump forming, partial-shade to shade-loving perennial with cobalt blue flowers in mid spring and dark green leaves. Leaves may be semi-evergreen in warm winters.  Blooming Time: April (as early as late February in the...

Aromatic plant with fluffy white flowers in late summer, followed by fluffy seedheads, true pollinator magnet. 2-3' tall x 3-4' wide, spreads wide very slowly by underground rhizomes, but it is not as aggressive as other mountain mints.Sturdy upright...

Very modest perennial with tops looking like they have been spray-painted. Dense clumps, 4 feet tall and wide and spreading wider, are topped with hemispherical flower heads with small white flowers supported by silver gray leaves. The white coloring...

Little known and used mountain mint. Glossy leaves in early season, but later the top ones with powdery silver-reddish hue. Small white flowers arranged in clusters - these form ornamental seedheads (similar to Monarda bradburiana). Attracts wide amount...

Very modest, hardy, tough and easy to grow superb pollinator perennial! Slender mountain mint has the most narrow, nearly needle-shaped leaves and clusters of white flowers in July to September. From all the mountain mints, this one has the weakest mint...

Virginia Mountain Mint is an easy to grow and underused perennial that grows as a small bush with an upright structure. It has a long bloom time of 4 or more weeks and is highly attractive to pollinators. Its light green and narrow leaves and smaller...

Stunning new mountin mint hybrid with green+silver+burgundy+purple coloration on leaves. Small pale lavender flowers attract myriads of native insects and hummingbirds. Easy to grow and vigorous, supposedly less spreading than one of the parents (P...

Mexican hat or Prairie Coneflower 'Red Midget' is dwarf selection, reaching to 20" tall x 10-15" wide. Slender looking, aromatic plant, with deeply cut leaves and red-brown flowers from July to early October. Wild form of Ratibida columnifera (usually...

Easy, modest and very showy-looking native perennial and wildflower with elegant drooping petals and big (2-3”) flowers. It has a beautiful, airy structure, and the stems with big yellow flowers often dart in the wind. It usually doesn't grow...

Nodding pink flowers with yellow spots. Reminds of foxglove. Spreads by rhizomes into wide groundcovering clumps (especially on looser soil). Likes some moisture, established plants are quite drought tolerant. In zone 7 needs some protection. Blooming...

Old-fashioned and still-popular edible plant. But also a very ornamental plant with bold structure, reddish stems, and cream-white flowers. Very deer and rabbit resistant!  Just try to combine it with hardy geraniums, groundcovers, Siberian Iris,...

Shade tolerant perennial with ornamental large, shiny compound leaves. Leaves emerge dark bronze-brown, mature to dark green, followed by pink flowers. One of the darkest Rodgersias. Clumping perennial for slightly moist partial shade, shade or water...

Deam's Black-eyed Susan - this may seem like just another rudbeckia in a row, but no no! This variety can beat the most popular Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm', lets quote North Creek Nurseries : "While there may be a bounty of black-eyed susan on the...