Growing Conditions

Low maintenance, well behaved and semi-evergreen cool season grass. Silvery-green foliage, dense groundcovering clumps, oval-shaped flowers from June till early-mid fall. Regular and tidy growth, stays in clumps. Leaves can turn more chartreuse in drier...

Evergreen, clumping grass that blooms from mid to late fall, with the spent flowers persisting the whole winter. Tough, adaptable, and drought tolerant; tolerant to lighter dry shade and provides year-round interest. Award of Garden Merit by Royal...

Groucovering evergreen/semi-evergreen grass with bi-colored leaves early blooming season (cool season grass). The smallest of Sesleria (in horticulture). 0.5-1' tall x 0.7-1' wide clumps. The upper side of the leave is green, while the other blue, the...

Early blooming, semi-evergreen ornamental grass with tidy clumps, that meets in bloom with spring bulbs. 12-16" tall and wide (20" tall with flowers), starts sprouting green, but soon gray-bluish coloration appears on the bottom part of the leaves...

Spontaneous hybrid with features of both parents (S. autumnalis and S. caerulea). Evergreen, low maintenance grass, tough and adaptable. Forms clump that spread slowly. Leaves have nice green-blue hue, flowers in spring and summer with silver-purple...

Short-lived perennial that selfseeds, ideal for dappled sun, half shade, light or dappled shade garden. Fire Pink is mascot of our logo. 1.5-2' tall x 1' wide clumps of dark green leaves. Flowers in May to July attract hummingbirds, butterflies, native...

Easy-to-grow prairie perennial. Much shorter than other Silphiums, very adaptable to soil types/moisture, and a nice structural plant with bigger yellow flowers. Resembles sunflowers (Helianthus), but it flowers earlier and doesn’t spread as wildly...

Robust native wildflower and long-lived perennial with large ornamental leaves, great for birds and pollinators. Flowering stems can reach 9', while the deeply cut leaves stay at the base clump about 2-3' wide. Basal coarse leafs can be up to 24" long...

Visually very attractive perennial with nice vertical structure, native to Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, but surprisingly hardy in zones 5. Very interesting, underused and not much known in horticulture yet. The only requirements for this plant is full...

Quite robust perennial with typical leaf cups, native to Central-eastern Canada to southeastern United States.See the USDA distribution map. In average soils reaching 6' tall x 2-3' wide, but in moist loam can reach 8' (in dry soil only 4'). Large yellow...

Great structural perennial and typical plant of tall prairies - prairie dock has extra large leaves, nearly leafless, 10’ tall flower stems with bright yellow, sunflower-like flowers in late summer/early fall.  Its strong stems are held well...

Showy and tall native perennial with typical whorls of three leaves and many yellow flowers. Usually 5' tall x 1-2' wide, vase-shaped clumps, but in nutrient-rich soils, 6-7' tall, and smaller and more strictly narrow in leaner soils--usually only 4'...

Blue-eyed Grass 'Lucerne' is a gorgeous variety of native wildflower (central and eastern USA). This one forms rather stiff upright clumps to 12 inches and has quite large up to 1 1/2", sky blue flowers with a deeper blue-purple throat and yellow eyes,...

SUPERIOR selection of native blue-eyed grass = tidy and dense, and heavily blooming with soft pale blue flowers. Fairly large flowers too ( 3/4" flowers). Very adaptable - will grow in dry sun to moist light shade! Deer and rabbit...

Exceptionally compact variety, well branched, one of the shortest on the market. Small, bright, light yellow flowers are organized in dense clusters. It's a versatile perennial and easy to grow. The best companions are Asters (especially darker or purple...

Clump forming, non-aggressive woodland goldenrod. This is again one of the goldenrods, that should be seen more often in public or private gardens - it's quite modest and adaptable to soils, moisture and shade. Hardy in zones 4 to 8. Native to open...

Low growing, nicely arching goldenrod for edges, raised beds, retaining walls or bigger rock gardens. Well behaved, doesn't seed much around and stays in clumps. Pollinator magnet as any other goldenrod. Blooming Time: August - September Size: usually...

Woodland Goldenrod, heavy shade tolerant native plant. Clump forming perennial with typical zig-zags between the nodes. Typically grows to 2.5-3' tall and wide, yellow flowers are arranged in small axillary clusters, bigger toothed leaves. Flowers in...