Growing Conditions

" '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...

"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...

"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...

Native wildflower with great ecological value for variety of native bees. Deer resistant, heat and humidity tolerant.

'Helen von Stein' = 'Big Ears' is non-flowering and large-leaf cultivar of Lamb's ear. Modest, tough, moderately fast growing and easy to grow, ground covering perennial.

'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...

Dwarf version of favorite Stachys 'Hummelo', with more ground-covering low grow. Reaching only 8-10" of height and 12-15" of width.

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.

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 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,...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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),...

Upright, narrow shorter-lived "daisy". Finely divided aromatic basal leaves that repel insects (and deer).

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...