Growing Conditions

"An Intrinsic Introduction! June is a romantic time of the year in the garden and this Stachys adds to it with longer spikes of pinker-purple flowers. Very upright too. Looks nice with Monarda 'Mojo', crinkled foliage looks great all season and is deer...

'Silver Carpet' is non-flowering and small-leaf cultivar of Lamb's ear. Modest, quite fast growing and easy to grow, ground covering perennial. Popular for it's dense mats of hairy silver leaves and being very good weed suppressor. 4-6" tall x 18-30"...

Tough, clump forming and ground covering perennial.Also known as Stachys grandiflora. It somehow reminds of famous Stachys 'Hummelo', but is lot more robust - with rather big wrinkled leaves and big pink-purple flowers on elongated stems. Not very common...

Dwarf version of favorite Stachys 'Hummelo', with more ground-covering low grow. Reaching only 8-10" of height and 12-15" of width. Pink-red spikes in June-July (shorter than the species), fresh green and a bit glossy leaves. Full sun, half sun, half...

Native wildflower to central and eastern USA and Canada with good ecological value. 3' tall, 1.5' wide, pink or purple flowers show up in June, July and August. Full sun, half sun, half shade, medium moist to moist soil. This perennial loves moist soil,...

Cool season grass with the height of 4' in the spring already! Wispy, airy structure - needs to be tucked among other plants (it won't look good on it's own). Very sharp seeds do plant themselves - see this video. Excellent choice for naturalistic...

Very drought tolerant and probably one of the finest- textured grasses. Cool season grass (with active growth in cooler part of the season - spring). 2' tall x 1.5' wide clumps of fresh green leaves, topped by "hairs" of flowers and seeds from June/July...

Largest of all Stokesia cultivars, tall and vigorous selection with large pale blue 3+" wide flowers. Great cut flower due to it's long stems. Dense rosettes of longer, waxy leaves that stay evergreen in milder climates.  Discovered by the...

Lovely late flowering nativar of Stoke's Aster, compact, non flopping, attractive for butterflies, especially yellow swallowtail butterflies. Very dense rosettes of longer narrow leaves stay evergreen in milder climates. Forms clumps about 1.5' tall x...

Stoke's Aster with large white flowers with a hint of pink. Dense rosettes of longer waxy leaves stay evergreen in milder climates, 3" wide flowers. Blooming Time: June/July is the peak, less blooms till September, more if deadheaded Size: clumps...

Cousin of blue bellflowers, biennial or short-lived perennial that will self seed around. 16" tall x 10-12" wide, pyramidal clumps. First year forms regular semi-evergreen to evergreen rosettes and blooms the following year. Smaller, round ivory white...

Old-fashioned cut flower, shorter-lived perennial for drained soils.  Usually grows to 2-2.5' of height x 1-1.5' of width. Finely divided, strongly aromatic basal leaves repel insects (and deer), wiry stems with bigger daisy flowers (reddish-purple...

Upright, narrow shorter-lived "daisy". Finely divided aromatic basal leaves that repel insects (and deer). Wiry stems with clusters of white-yellow daisy flowers. Good cut flower. Blooming time: early to mid summerSize: 2.75-3' of height x 1-1.25' of...

Small groundcovering, evergreen perennial from Europe. Tough, drought tolerant, deer and rabbit resistant. 0.75' tall x 1-1.5' wide, slowly creeping clumps. Leaves are dark green, somewhat aromatic, stems are topped with magenta/pink flowers in June/July...

Perennial with long purple-red spikes. Reminicent of Veronica, but is more tolerant to heat and humidity. Slightly aromatic leaves deter deer and rabbits. Medicinal used in the past - for respiratory troubles, digestion, and an anti-inflammatory use...

Small subshrub with very glossy evergreen leaves (matt on the bottom side). Keeps regular upright shape and therefore is often used on small evergreen hedges. Easy to grow, evergreen, drought tolerant, deer and rabbit resistant. It is more evergreen and...

Meadow Rue with darker, nearly black stems (in full sun), pink-purple flowers and columbine-like gray-green leaves. Best in cooler areas (not for deep south). Blooming Time: May/JuneSize: about 5' tall x 1.5-2' wideUSDA Zones: 5 to 8/9Culture: half sun,...

Upright narrower perennial with smaller compound leaves, purple-red stems and clusters of cream white flowers. This meadow rue grows in female and male individuals (with female or male flowers). Male flowers are usually bigger and more showy, making a...