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Trouble free and no maintenance perennial for sunny or half-shade garden. One of the amsonias with the richest floral display and winners of Amsonia trials at Chicago Botanical G

Rare native wildflower and showy perennial. It is smaller than the other commonly-used species of Amsonia, so it's suitable for smaller gardens and landscaping. It forms upright bushy clumps, bearing...

Short and compact form of blue star. Blue star-shaped flowers, possible yellowish fall color. Gained 4.7 out of 5 stars at

Superior selection with nearly black sprouts in early spring, very dark stems for the whole season, bluish flowers in early spring (for 4-6 weeks), and yellow foliage color in the fall (the more sun,...

Willow-leaved Bluestar, is three times beautiful plant - first for spring flowers, second for summer foliage, and third for its fall color. The leaves are more narrow than has Amsonia...

Amsonia 'Blue Ice' is a superb, drought tolerant perennial from the dogbane family that's a shorter and more compact form of Bluestar. It has darker blue buds and flowers that bloom later and last...

"Blackhawks’ is an exciting new stand-out cultivar grown as a seedling of Andropogon gerardii ‘Red October.’ The upright foliage starts dark green but begins to turn purple in August as nig

" ‘Dancing Wind’ is an easy care cultivar with a striking display of colorful foliage from late summer until frost. The summer foliage is yellow-green, accented with red. As the season progresses

Big Bluestem cultivar combining silvery leaves with smoky purple and red stems. Adaptable warm season grass with universal use.

Tall prairie grass with blue-green leaves, purplish-red flowers from August/September till February. Height without flowers usually around 5', up to 7' with flowers, 2-3' wide.

Plant well known in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Less known in garden culture. Somewhat grassy gray-green lily-like leaves, long flowering spikes with tiny purplish flowers.

Anemone 'Honorine Jobert' is an easy to grow, elegant perennial. The big white flowers have yellow centers and are great as cut flowers. It looks best in bigger clumps or masses; these form slowly...

Ground covering perennial for larger areas, great for naturalizing under trees, substitute for invasive Vinca minor (periwinkle). This native wildflower is spreading and can cover large areas...

'Pamina' is  cultivar with 2" wide, deep rose-pink double flowers and overlapping petals. Star performer awarded by the Award of Garden Merit by RHS (Royal Horticultural Society, Britain). 2.5-3'...

This modest native perennial prefers some shade, but will do fine even in full sun. It is also very drought tolerant. The 5-petaled white flowers with greenish centers are followed by oval thimbles...

Stoloniferous, ground-covering perennial with ornamental semi-evergreen gray leaves and unique, woolly, whitish flowers. It spreads wide to form mats, with budding stems that resemble the pads or...

This wild perennial spreads quite aggressively by rhizomes and bears white flowers. All parts of the plant are poisonous to people, dogs, cats and livestock. This plant is actually very showy and...

Charming perennial with yellow-red lanterns hanging down on thin stems and delightful foliage. This native wildflower seems to be underused recently although it has been used ornamentally and...