Growing Conditions

One of the most beautiful native sedges, with unique 1" wide, freshly green leaves. Top performer for shade in

Excellent groundcovering, clump-forming native sedge with very fine texture of fresh green leaves. Grows to about 1' (tall and wide, in ideal conditions up to 2'). Beautiful fresh green leaves...

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...

Very adaptable spreading sedge with universal use. Top performer in Mt. Cuba Carex trials, gaining 4

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. <

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.

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...

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...

Smaller shrub or sub-shrub with darker blue-purplish flowers arranged in clusters on it's branches. Dull green-gray, aromatic leaves.

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).

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...

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...

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,...

Cultivar 'Black Ace' offers nearly black sprouts and foliage in the early season (leaves turn green at the beginning of summer). Taller and slender-looking perennial with white turtlehead-like...

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. 

'Tiny Tortuga' = dense mounding perennial, the shortest and compact cultivar of Chelone. . This gorgeous, adaptable perennial grows in mounds that stay

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.

Hardy garden mum with light apricot pink single flowers. Very vigorous and easy to grow. Late blooming (October to October/November) and attracts many pollinators and butterfl