Growing Conditions

Excellent perennial, blooming machine and pollinator magnet, modest and great-sized plant. Woo hoo! Perennial Plant of the Year 2021! Announced by PPA - Perennial Plant Association, USA. One of the exceptional plants that originate in Europe and deserve...

Showy and all summer blooming perennial for drier or drained soil. Usually grows to 1-1.5' of height x 1-2' wide, it's also usually more sprawling than growing upwards. Deep magenta, upward facing cup-shaped flowers in Jun to beginning of August. Sun and...

Marsh marigolds are hardy and quite common perennials that can be found throughout the whole northern hemisphere, thriving in temperate zones. Caltha palustris has leathery, light green, round leaves and large, golden-yellow flowers in late...

Campanula 'Blue Waterfalls' is a mounding, low growing bluebell with evergreen mat of fresh green leaves and violet-blue flowers of varying intensity. In the blooming peak, flowers flow outwards from the center and cover the entire plant. Vigorous, easy...

Vigorous, fast growing and spreading wide. Large 2" tubular flowers. Doesn't perform well in hotter climates, where temperatures don't drop under 70 degrees of Fahrenheit. It's recommended to cut it back after the flowering is finished, because the plant...

Vigorous plant. Spreads moderately into wide ground-covering clumps. Large 2.5" tubular deep blue-purple flowers. Doesn't seem to be bothered by the humidity and black walnut presence. Blooming time : June-July, with some reblooming later onSize: 24"...

VERY vigorous, fast growing and spreading wide into ground covering dense mats. Deeply divided pink flowers with thin petals, deciduous leaves. Does well in deeper south!   It's recommended to cut it back some after the flowering is finished,...

One of several top performing sedges in Mt. Cuba trials - both in sunny location (4.1 point out of 5) and full shade (4.3 points out of five). Although plants in the full sun get older sooner and have to be divided. Universal use, adaptable to soils and...

Universal use sedge, with wider evergreen to semi-evergreen leaves. Very adaptable to soils and light conditions, ground-covering growth. Cool season sedge (grows actively in the cooler first part of the season). Excellent for gardens with difficult to...

Non-aggressive sedge with tidy, medium-sized clumps with groundcovering and weed suppressing growth. Fine semi-evergreen leaves. One of the top performers at Mt. Cuba Carex trials, gaining 4.6 points for shade use and 4.3 for use in sunny areas. Blooming...

Highly ornamental and well behaved clump sedge that likes moisture, but will do fine in medium moist garden in half shade. Usually grows to 2' (up to 3' in rich and moist soil) x 1-1.5' wide clumps. Cool season grass (grows actively since early spring),...

Evergreen clumping sedge with wider silvery-blue leaves.  Even it's also called "creeping sedge", this grass doesn't creep at all and stays in tight 12" x 18" wide clumps. Blooms in spring, but the flowers are insignificant and it's really the...

Smaller fine-leaved sedge, ground-covering clumps, great for matrix planting or rock gardens. Little work horse for lower maintenance gardens. Suitable for cooler areas. Blooming Time: April/MaySize: 6" high and 12" wide clumps, slowly spreadingUSDA...

Partially evergreen, very vigorous ground covering sedge for half shade or shade. Reliable and well performing sedge that received received the Outstanding Plant Award from the International Hardy Plant Union in 2002 and Merit Award by Missouri Botanical...

Miniature version of native Palm Sedge that organizes its leaves in an unusual geometric pattern (visible from above, reminicent of green honeycombs). Very adaptable to soil and light conditions. Top performer in Mt. Cuba Carex trials, where it gained...

Attractive native sedge, with gentle yellow variegation on the edges of leaves (it's visible only from close by view and during early summer). Clumps open to little "palms", this selection out-performs the species! Very adaptable to soil and light...

Very valuable groundcover sedge for dry shade. Carex pennsylvanica is unpalatable to deer, rabbits, livestock, and other herbivores. Pennsylvania Sedge forms soft, grass-like clumps of very narrow, bright green leaves. The clumps will spread,...

One of the most beautiful native sedges, with unique 1" wide, freshly green leaves. Top performer for shade in Mt. Cuba Carex trials, gaining 4.2 points out of 5. Slower growing, groundcovering, in good conditions forms small colonies. Requires shade...