Growing Conditions

Compact and shorter version of the rough goldenrod. Surprisingly drought tolerant too. Solidago 'Fireworks' is perfectly named for its flowering stems which look like golden streamers of fireworks in late summer and early fall. Grows to 40" tall and 35"...

Goldenrods are unfortunately not very popular perennials, but they are all very beneficial for pollinators and butterflies for it's late flowering, they are tough plants - drought tolerant, usually clay tolerant and also deer, rabbit and black walnut...

Slowly spreading, compact clumps, rosettes of heart-shaped leaves, arching spikes of small yellow flowers. Groundcovering late and long blooming goldenrod with superior qualities.  There are not many reliable groundcovers for sun (most competitive,...

Upright and narrow goldenrod with reddish stems and narrow spikes of yellow flowers.Blooming Time: August-SeptemberSize: usually about 4' tall and 2' wide (in optimum conditions up to 5' tall, and in poor conditions only 2' tall)USDA Zones: 3-7Culture:...

'Indian Steel' is seed strain selection with steel-blue foliage, 5’ tall x 2.5' wide, with feathery spikes of yellow flowers with nice bronze fall color, while the leaves turn yellow. Nice vertical structure, color and fall color makes this all...

Incredibly versatile and adaptable native grass (from dry to moist, sun to very light shade). Soft tufted structure, very long flowering season from June till fall (with the peak in early summer), slightly untidy look towards the end of the season. We...

Native dropseeds, quite common in natural remnants, but not common in gardens. Reminds a bit of Prairie Dropseed - it is clumping grass with fibrous roots, but the flowering stems have tight (closed flowers for the most of the time), and are not...

Clumping native grass for dry or sandy soils.  More or less unknown in horticulture (also new to us). or urban and naturalistic landscaping. Blooming Time: summer - early fall Size: 32" tall (with flowers)  x 12-16" wide (the size depends...

'Gone With The Wind' is a seed strain (a bit variable) cultivar, that is smaller than the species of Sporobolus heterolepis. Clumping, long-lived grass with fragrant flowers. Beautiful golden-orange color in the fall and beige in the winter. Prairie...

Cultivar of Prairie Dropseed with a shorter, upright, tight and uniform shape. Rust-red fall color. Introduced by famous nursery man and designer Roy Diblik from Northwind nursery, Wisconsin. 1' tall and wide (2' with flowers), grows in more upright...

One of the easy-to-grow natives and a very showy grass with good ecological value! Prairie dropseed is a major component of the prairie ecosystem along with big bluestem and Indian grass, ranging across North America from the Rocky Mountains. It forms...

Very showy southwestern grass with exotic look and large panicles. This can be one of the substitutes for invasive Miscanthus. For sun and drained soils. 3-5' tall (6' with flowers) x 3-5' wide clumps. 1-2' long flowers (panicles) persist from midsummer...

Superior, tough, easy to grow perennial, winner of Stachys trials in Chicago Botanic Garden. Perennial of the year 2019 (nominated by Perennial Plant Association, USA). Pollinator friendly, long-lived and adaptable. Introduction of famous plantsman and...

" 'Pink Cotton Candy' was bred by Richard Hawke from an open pollinated betony seedling and introduced by the Chicago Botanic Garden in 2009. Its upright flowering stems have dense whorls of cotton candy pink two-lipped flowers in which the upper lip is...

"An Intrinsic Introduction! Vigorous and substantial plants growing to 24"+ have white and pink bicolor spikes that bloom in June into July. The crinkled foliage is fragrant when crushed and deer resistant. Full sun, average soil. Adaptable, long lived...

"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"...

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...