Growing Conditions

Native fern to Eastern North America. Naturally occurs in both dry and moist wooded slopes, moist banks and ravines. Typically grows in a fountain-like and neat clump to 2' tall and wide and features leathery, lance-shaped, evergreen shiny  leaves...

Easy to grow prairie plant. The lobed compound leaves mostly stay at the base; the stems branch at the top and bear crème white flowers with yellow centers. The whole plant is covered with white hair, so the leaves look a bit gray-green. Each...

Pest free, drought tolerant perennial with ornamental leaves and smaller crimson flowers. Better for areas with cooler summers. Clumps of hairy, silver and strawberry-like leaves, usually 1.5-2' tall x 1-1.5' wide. Thin stem carry cup-shaped flowers in...

Smaller perennial with very hairy ornamental leaves and large golden flowers in May/June. Award of Garden Merit by Royal Horticultural Society in GB. Forms groundcovering mounds, about 10" tall and wide, with 1.5" flowers above the foliage. Blooms for...

Cushion-forming / low mound-forming perennial with carmine pink-red flowers with darker eye. 12-14" tall x 10-12" wide, pretty strawberry-looking leaves, flowers from mid May to about mid June, flowers are little under 1' in diameter. Full sun, half sun,...

Clumping perennial with strawberry-like flowers. Prefers somewhat drained soils and is incredibly drought tolerant. Reddish color on some leaves in fall. Great for dry sunny beds, rock gardens or crevice gardens. Does well in our dry raised bed (zone...

Quite modest perennial with smaller deep velvety-red flowers, and ornamental slightly gray palmate compound leaves. Forms basal clumps of leaves and branched flowering, somewhat wispy flowering stems. So it's the best, if tucked among other medium to...

Small and modest woodland edge perennial. Larger pale yellow flowers with darker center, rosettes of crinkled leaves. The flowers are bigger than the wild form and not as big as the new hybrids can have. Goes well with spring bulbs and native ephemerals...

Seed strain with yellow, golden, orange, red and dark red flowers. Variable. 8-10" tall, rosettes of fresh green leaves, clusters of flowers March/April to early May. Half shade, dappled shade, lighter shade, average soil to organic rich soil, loam,...

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...

Large, spreading clumps, deep shrimp pink flowers in the spring, green leaves with prominent white spots. Deer, rabbit, and mildew resistant. Blooming Time: April (as early as late February in the south)Size: about 10" tall and 24" wideUSDA Zones: 4 to...

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...