Growing Conditions

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...

" '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...

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...

Nativar with soft creamy-yellow flowers. Very dense rosettes of longer narrow leaves stay evergreen in milder climates. Forms clumps, and large (3") fluffy flowers bloom from June to early/mid fall (especially if deadheaded).    Blooming...

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...

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...

Truly the star spring perennial! Big four-petal yellow flowers (1-2" in diameter) and hairy gray-green lobated leaves, what a great combo! This wildflower blooms alongside Polemonium reptans and Mertensia virginica, which creates a marvelous blue-yellow...

Unusual, hardy and tough perennial, with attractive leaves. Forms mounds of palmated leaves, usually 1.5' tall x 2' wide. Emerging leaves are very hairy and remind of native mayapple (and shredded umbrella or little ghosts). Flowers are pinkish-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...

This easy-to-grow western native perennial is a relative of Tiarella (foam flower) and Mitella diphylla (Bishop’s Cap), which are native to the eastern USA. One advantage of this modest perennial is that it grows very well in dry shade and is a...