Growing Conditions

'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...

Hardy garden mum with pure white slightly doubled and overlapping petals (about 3" in diameter) Late blooming (October/November). Deer and rabbit avoid it for it's aromatic leaves. Excellent cut flower. Can be cut back before 4th of July for more dense...

Hardy garden mum vibrant pink flowers. 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 shorter look.  Blooming...

Single pink flowers attract butterflies and variety of insects. Late bloomer, with fairly long flowering season, excellent cut flower. Easy to grow, trouble free, due to the aromatic leaves also completely deer and rabbit resistant. Spreads into wide...

This superior cultivar, selected in 1942 for its vigor, durability and quality, is still a favorite and in cultivation to this day! 'Mary Stoker' is a single-flowering mum that attracts some pollinators, honeybees and butterflies (including Monarchs)...

Non-climbing 2-3' tall Clematis with 2" ivory flowers. Can be grown as clumping perennial or can lean against provided support. Very resilient, tough and tolerant to humid and hot climate. Slower growing, long-lived perennial and low maintenance plant...

This fall flowering clematis has fragrant, cream-white flowers in late summer through early fall (flowers are 1.25" in diameter). This is the ideal substitute for the invasive Clematis ternifolia (sweet autumn clematis) introduced from Japan. The native...

Wild basil, modest perennial standing on the edge of horticultural interest and we don't know why...Ok, let us point it's qualities : - regular mounds, very dense with ground covering nature - very adaptable to light condition - can grow in full sun,...

Probably the most vigorous and the longest-lived red-flowering cultivar, with sterile flowers and long blooming period. Fresh green, needle-like leaves, wine red 1.5" flowers (in diameter), forms 1.5' tall and 1.5-2' wide clumps (spreads a little by...

This native wildflower is a very showy plant that has big, golden yellow flowers and a long flowering season. It grows in clumps of light green, hairy leaves. For sunny flower beds with drier/drained soils, wildflower gardens, meadows or prairies. It is...

Coreopsis major, also known as Greater Tickseed or Whorled-leaf Coreopsis, is a tough native perennial grown for its bright yellow flowers, long bloom season, and excellent performance in hot, dry conditions. It is especially useful in full sun and...

This modest and tough wildflower grows in ground-covering clumps that slowly spread by rhizomes, so in time and good conditions it can form some colonies (though it's not an aggressive spreader at all). 2" yellow flowers, dark green foliage. Coreopsis...

Another superb perennial and front-runner at the Mt. Cuba Mid-Atlantic Region Coreopsis Trials of 2015. Very late fall bloomer, compact dense clumps, tidy habitus, yellow flowers with nearly black center (1 and ¾“ across) and disease free!...

Trouble free, compact plant with a very long blooming season.Yellow, star-shaped flowers with orange discs start blooming in June. In suitable conditions freely (moderatelly) self seeds and fills the gaps. Heat and drought tolerant. Deer, rabbit and...

This excellent perennial was selected by Mt. Cuba center: "Coreopsis tripteris ‘Gold Standard’ combines all of the great attributes of the straight species, like excellent hardiness and disease resistance, with a smaller and sturdier habit...