Growing Conditions

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...

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...

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 flowers in August to September. Grows into narrow, upright...

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,...

'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...

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...

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)...

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,...

Native dayflower, unlinke the invasive Asian species, this one is perennial. Interesting addition to moist or wet places, moist woodland edge garden or pollinator garden. Rarely offered. Light blue flowers with 3 petals, nicely contrast to showy yellow...

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...

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...

Very tall native prairie perennial, easily reaching 7' tall x 2' wide. Late bloomer (July to September), narrow upright growth, but it can easily self seed and spread to form colonies up to 8' wide. Flowers are on slender stems, up to 2" wide, with dark...