Growing Conditions

Top performing sedge in Mt. Cuba Carex trials - gaining 4.4 points (out of 5) in shade conditions, and 4.0 for sunny location. Adaptable to soils and light conditions, but likes more moisture. Ground-covering growth. Cool season sedge (grows actively in...

Robust wetland sedge for moist to wet soils. Carex vulpinoidea forms regular clumps that have an evergreen look. The leaves are bright green and narrow, and it bears attractive fox tail-shaped seed heads in May/June (don't last long). Some...

Very adaptable spreading sedge with universal use. Top performer in Mt. Cuba Carex trials, gaining 4.7 points in shade and 4.4 in sunny location. Tolerates light foot traffic and mowing. In look reminds fine leaved Carex pennsylvanica. Blooming Time:...

Very wide clumping sedge with variegated leaves. Workhorse plant for mass plantings, bigger containers, or virtually any garden. More tolerant to sun and heat than some older cultivars. Blooming Time: April/MaySize: 12" high x 24" and spreading to 46"...

Very wide clumping sedge with variegated leaves (cream-yellow stripe in the middle of the leaf). More tolerant to sun and heat than some older cultivars. Versatile, tough and adaptable problem solver. New addition to excellent 'Feather Falls', but with...

Delicate, airy, looking perennial / deciduous sub-sbrub with unique purple-blue flowers that bloom late summer to early fall. Irregular white variegation, sometimes top leaves are completely white. From a distance the plant appears silvery-gray. It dies...

This perennial has unique, purple-blue flowers that appear from late summer to early fall. It dies back completely in the winter. The foliage releases an unpleasant aroma when crushed, which causes deer to avoid it.  Caryopteris divaricata...

Smaller shrub or sub-shrub with darker blue-purplish flowers arranged in clusters on it's branches. Dull green-gray, aromatic leaves. Valuable for late late blooming period and deer and rabbit resistance (aromatic leaves). Vigorous and pollinator very...

Sub-shrub with woody base, deep blue flowers and vibrant yellow-green foliage.  Valuable for its late blooming period and deer and rabbit resistance (aromatic leaves). Reliable performer, pollinator friendly! PA State University Trials Best of...

Interesting native woodland perennial with showy blue berries in the fall. The ornamental leaves are bluish or blue-green; the flowers are an indistinct yellow-green. The blue cohosh becomes most showy toward the end of the season. It establishes slowly...

Also called yellow scabious, this tall, airy perennial is quite stately, reaching 6' tall pretty early in the season while other tall prairie plants are still rather small. It also starts flowering fairly early in the summer, creating a display of...

This ground covering, non-invasive perennial hails from Western China. It grows into a dense mat of glossy leaves with slightly reddish stems, accented with dark gentian-blue flowers in late summer through early fall. Towards the fall, the leaves...

Tough grass for any situation - sun, half shade, shade, and any soil from dry to moist. And also great solution for dry shade! For sun location needs more moisture. The ideal conditions are moist, fertile soil and some little shade during the day, where...

This is a taller and slender-looking perennial that has white/white-pink turtlehead flowers in August to September. Grows into narrow, upright clumps that slowly spread by rhizomes.  The best uses are in shade gardens, woodland gardens, bog gardens,...

'Hot Lips' Turtlehead is a compact, fast-growing cultivar, reaching 2' in height and width. Very dark, shiny, bronze-green leaves in regular mounds and rosy-pink flowers in dense spikes. Rarely bothered by pests and deer. The genus...

'Tiny Tortuga' = dense mounding perennial, the shortest and compact cultivar of Chelone. . This gorgeous, adaptable perennial grows in mounds that stay tightly closed and have a ground-covering habit. The clumps of shiny, dark green leaves are topped by...

Native wildflower for boggy soils, but also adaptable perennial for average garden conditions and soils. Usually grows to 2-3' of height x 1-2' of width. Clumping, long-lived plant with stiff upright growth.  Quite large pink or pink-purple...

Hardy garden mum with warm, vibrant bi-color flowers (orange-red). Late blooming (October/November), attracts butterflies. Deer and rabbit avoid it for it's aromatic leaves. Excellent cut flower. Can be cut back before 4th of July for more dense and...