Growing Conditions

Mountain Fleece is pretty much unknown plant in Midwest, but we expect this this will change. Hardy and easy to grow perennial from Himalaya, 3-4' tall and wide, more or less groundcovering clumps with 6" long spikes of crimson red flowers from June to...

Compact cultivar with dense ground covering growth, golden leaves, spikes of red flowers in late summer. Usually 2.5' tall x 1.5-2' wide clumps, that slowly spread wide to groundcovering mounds.Flowers from June/July to September. Full sun to half shade,...

Cultivar 'Painter's Palette' has cream-white splish-splash painting on its leaves, with a little pink tint on the nodes and tiny red flowers/bracts (instead of white flowers of the wild form). This perennial is clonal, since it is vegetatively...

Ground covering fern, tough, with firm leaves that don't break up easily. Vigorous and slowly spreading wide. Underused and not much known in horticultural trade. P. decursive-pinnata is a deciduous, upright fern with beautifully tapered, feathery...

Excellent vertical flowering plant for dry, sunny or partially-shaded areas. The big, fuzzy leaves are gray-green, stay at the ground level and are evergreen. The upright eye-catching stems are topped with bare clusters of big pale yellow flowers...

"Improved" version of Phlox paniculata ‘Nicky' - with darker stems and buds, bronzed leaves, more floriferous performance, and better resistance to powdery mildew. Blooming Time: mid to late summer, with some reblooming later onSize: 32-36" tall x...

Cream-silver margin and a heavily veiled leaf surface, bright coral-red flowers. Sport of favorite cultivar 'Raspberry Splash'. Tolerates heat and humidity, is recommended even for the deep south. Easy to grow, it takes several years to mature-sized...

Clump forming, shade-loving perennial with cobalt blue flowers in mid spring and spotted leaves. Leaves may be semi-evergreen in warm winters.  Lungwort with better tolerance to heat and humidity and very good resistance to powdery mildew. Divide in...

A more heat tolerant lungwort with silver leaves, purple-blue flowers that fade to cobalt blue. Immature leaves appear spotted.  Mounding perennial with dense ground covering habit. Blooming Time: blooms for a shorter period in April/May, the main...

Dramatic deep blue flowers. Clump forming, partial-shade to shade-loving perennial with cobalt blue flowers in mid spring and dark green leaves. Leaves may be semi-evergreen in warm winters.  Blooming Time: April (as early as late February in the...

Cultivar with chartreuse/golden hue in the leaves. It's pronounced the most earlier in the season and all day long sun and probably more in southern states thna the northern ones. The golden color glows more, if you can observe it against the sunlight ...

Large-flowering and early sage that meets late tulips. Fuchsia pink flowers on dark charcoal stems, prolific bloomer. Densely branched, compact and non-flopping hybrid of Salvia nemorosa and Salvia pratensis, introduced by Walters Gardens. Belongs to...

"One of the longest blooming Tradescantia we’ve seen! This selection produces large clusters of sizeable, periwinkle blue flowers accented with yellow tipped stamens from early summer to fall, still blooming long after others are spent for the...

Nearly unknown perennial beauty, discovered in 1998 by famous plantsman Tony Avent from Plant Delights Nursery (found on grit outcrop inTurner County, Georgia). 44" tall x 24" wide clumps (or wider with age), very narrow leaves remind of Amsonia...

Vertical perennial with late summer/early fall blooms. This cultivars is often mislabeled as Veronicastrum virginicum 'Red Arrows, but we have verified with the breeder, famous Dutch plantsman Coen Jansen and 'Red Arrows is a seedling of Veronicastrum...

Nativar with light blue-violet flowers, vertical structure and nice foliage arranged in whorls. Clump perennial, 4-5' tall x 2' wide, long-lived perennial that usually takes it's time to establish in the garden (up to several years). Blooms July to...

2020 introduction from Intrinsic Perennial Gardens (Hebron, IL) - Culver's Root with very healthy clean foliage, upright growth and soft pink flowers. Wine-red emerging tips, blooms in mid summer (July or August, depending on the region). This...

Selection of unique native violet. Little gem with divided leaves (reminding of bird foot) and bi-color flowers. Best in drained, drier or dry soil, rock garden, crevice gardens, troughs, edges. Doesn't seed around! Blooming Time: April-May, with some...