Growing Conditions

Sturdy, upright dense mounds covered with 2-3" large daisy flowers for the whole summer. Easy to grow and not flopping, not even after heavy storm. Heat and humidity tolerant. Blooming Time: early summer to late summer (deadheading significantly prolongs...

Butterfly and native insect magnet! This long-flowering native perennial gets its name from the short, stiff hairs that cover the stems and narrow leaves, giving them a rough texture. The tall, upright stems have less foliage toward the top and are...

You could say this is just one of many tall blazing stars, but Liatris ligulistylis is a true monarch magnet! This long-flowering perennial is a great vertical accent. The upright spikes are very loose-looking because each flower is on a little...

Showy native perennial with a long flowering period and the best blazing stars for wet soils. Long unbranched spikes of lilac-purple flowers shoot up to the sky; the flowers start to bloom from the tip to the bottom. Excellent cut flower, attractive to...

White flowering form of Monarch's favorite perennial with button-shaped flowers arranged in spikes in late summer and early fall. 3' tall x 1' wide (bigger in rich soils, where it may need staking). Full sun, half sun, average soil with average (medium)...

Monarch favorite perennial. Large button-shaped flowers arranged in spikes in late summer and early fall. Blooming Time: August - SeptemberSize: 3' tall x  0.25-0.5' wideUSDA Zones: 3 to 8 Culture: average soil, medium to dry soil in full sun or...

'Floristan Violet' is a purple-flowering cultivar of dense blazing star, shorter and bit more compact than the species. More suitable for common garden conditions. Easy and showy. 3' tall x 0.75' wide, strictly vertical structure. Full sun, half sun,...

Shorter and more compact version of spiked blazing star, suitable for smaller or medium-sized gardens. Doesn't need staking. This is seed strain, so somewhat variable in look. Usually 2'+ tall x 0.5'-1' wide. Narrow leaves gradually decrease in size and...

This favorite, easy to grow and very showy perennial has narrow leaves that gradually decrease in size and length towards the top of the stems, which continue in 10" long spikes of purple-red flowers that highly attract bumblebees, long-horned bees,...

White flowering form of common, great, modest, adaptable and easy to grow native perennial. Prefers sun or partial shade and average moist to moist location. It is blooming in late summer, it has 1 1/2- to 3- foot spikes of snow white flowers The value...

A very common, but also widely underused perennial! The Great Blue Lobelia prefers sun or partial shade and a moist location. It blooms in late summer, with 1 1/2- to 3- foot spikes of deep blue flowers. The value of this plant comes from its late...

Delicate native lobelia for drier soils (while the majority of lobelias like more moisture). 2' tall x 0.5' wide, narrow subtle looking that intermingles with other taller plants (under-story plant). Blooms in June to July with whitish, white or pale...

Underused native grass with strap-like leaves, ornamental hairy leaves. Very good fall and winter color = purple-red! Best in a garden with some shade during the day, mixed in with other shade tolerant plants. Will moderately seed around, where happy...

Woodland perennial, that spreads by rhizomes and is suitable for naturalizing in bigger woodland or shaded gardens. Grows to 1.5' tall and wide, and spreads further by rhizomes, so it can form nice ground covering colonies. Starry cream-white flowers are...

This interesting perennial is reminiscent of aloe (it's also called "false aloe") or a "weird" agave (another name is Agave virginica). The most ornamental part of the plant is the rosette of succulent leaves that have dark red-brown spots. The flowering...

Uncommon garden perennial, but beautiful and quite easy to grow wildflower that is native to Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. 1-1.5' tall x 0.75' wide, flower in  June- July with 2" pinkish or...

A favorite spring ephemeral wildflower with smooth bluish-green leaves and clusters of heavenly blue bells with pink buds. This perennial forms nice erect clumps and becomes dormant in the summer (it will appear again in the spring). Perfect herbaceous...

Tight vase-shaped, clumping grass with small purple flowers. Leaves stay at the base only. The flowering stems turn yellow and coppery-yellow in the early fall. Compact, bushy selection made by famous Danish garden designer Piet Oudolf. Cool season...