Growing Conditions

Smaller plant with lanceolate grassy leaves and globular clusters of pink flowers. Heat, salt spray and rocky soils. Suitable for in drained soils

Tall narrow & structural native perennial great for the background of a naturalistic flower bed. Interesting white flowers, large leaves up to 8" in diameter with very showy silver leaf undersides...

Tough and very hardy aromatic perennial for sunny and dry gardens. Forms low clumps and doesn't spread. Attractive, aromatic, fern-like silvery-green leaves deter deer and rabbits.

Beautiful hairy gray leaves and stems. This wildflower spreads quickly and aggressively via rhizomes, so it's more suitable for larger landscaping projects or naturalization. The rhizomes are right...

Slowly spreading and less aggressive form of Artemisia ludoviciana! Introduced by Plant Delights Nursery, from Patrick McMillan from his collections froma round Fredericksburg, Texas.

Tough and very hardy aromatic perennial for sunny and dry gardens. Forms low clumps and doesn't spread. Attractive, aromatic, fern-like silver leaves deter many insects, mosquitos, but also

Stunning, brand new cultivar, combining the best of two native Artemisia species! Excellent durability, heat, humidity, drought tolerance, good garden size and non-aggressive habit! Aromatic silver...

Also called Bride's Feather, this is a quite robust, bushy-looking woodland perennial. It has compound green leaves and cream-white plumes that remind one of Astilbe or Spirea (it's relatives with...

Narrow horizontal panicles of tiny creamy-white flowers on bronze-toned stems. The panicles fade to brown, giving each spike an interesting two-toned appearance. Fall color is red/reddish.

Also called Canadian Wild Ginger, this plant is a quite common native ground-covering perennial. It's a deciduous plant, so the leaves disappear in the late fall and emerge again in early spring, but...

Swamp milkweed 'Ice Ballet' is the white-flowering form of native swamp milkweed. It offers 4,” dense clusters of vanilla-scented, white flower heads that put on a show through the summer.

Showy milkweed that is more suitable for garden conditions, because it doesn't spread that aggressively (reminds of aggressive A. syriaca - Common Milkweed). Usually 3' tall x 1-1.5' wide clumps...

One of Nature's top food supermarkets for insects! Over 450 insects are known to feed on some portion of this species, including monarchs! This milkweed is the easiest to grow but also the most...

Butterfly Milkweed 'Hello Yellow' is a yellow flowering form that monarch butterflies love as much as the typical orange milkweed. This pollinator magnet also attracts hummingbirds. This is a "seed...

Favorite perennial with orange flowers that attract many butterflies. Forms more regular clumps up to 3’ in diameter (less in poorer soils); the leaves are narrow, the stems hairy. The big seed pods...

Very late-blooming perennial with clouds of small pale blue flowers. Tough, adaptable and dry shade tolerant. This cultivar is propagated from cuttings, which means all the plants are clonal with...

'Eastern Star' is a bit shorter and more compact than the species and has very dark, nearly black and shiny stems and dark veins on leaves. Flowers are white, smaller (less than 1"). Adaptable, tough...

Very adaptable, tough mounding perennial. White Wood Aster has smaller, fragrant, starry flowers (slightly less than 1'' in diameter) that are borne very abundantly on wiry stems. In full bloom this...