Autumn Interest Perennials

'First Snow' = a bit shorter, densely, well branched and rich blooming selection of native aster. Late blooming pollinator magnet with clouds of tiny white flowers. Useful for migrating Monarchs! Blooming Time: late August - Mid OctoberSize: clumps...

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 butterflies. Deer and rabbit avoid it for it's aromatic leaves. Excellent cut flower...

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...

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...

Delicate looking native perenial from sandy soils. Grassy silvery-green leaves, upright branched stems with gold-yelow flowers in late sumer and fall. Long and late flowering season, attracts butterflies. Blooming time: August-September/October ...

Aromatic Sage with upright growth, manageable size and white flowes with pink blush. Attracts hummingbirds and other pollinators. Great for edges in sunny beds, or containers or larger pots. Blooming Time: depending on your zone - early summer till...

Aromatic sage with hot red tubular flowers. 'Tangerine' is much shorter - only 2' tall. Attracts hummingbirds and other pollinators. Often grown as annual. Blooming Time: early summer (late spring in warmer zones) to frosts/fallSize: 24" tall x 24 " wide...

Vigorous and long blooming sage with reddish flowers. A bit irregular shrubby growth. Attracts hummingbirds, some bees and some butterflies. Blooming Time: long flowering, starting in mid/late summer till fall Size: 54" tall and 24" wide and slowily...

Aromatic sage featuring plum pink flowers with a small white eye.   Blooming Time: depending on your zone - in warmer zones starts in early/mid spring, continues throughout the summer till frost (or fall)Size: 2.5-3' tall and wide USDA Zones:...

Aromatic sage featuring peachy-pink flowers with darker calyxes. Attracts hummingbirds and other pollinators. Great for edges in sunny beds, or containers or larger pots. Blooming Time: depending on your zone - in warmer zones starts in early/mid spring,...

Sage with aromatic leaves, deep red flowers and slightly better hardiness (up to zone 6 with some wintr protection). Low maintenance plant - cut back 1/2 to 2/3 in winter or pre-spring. Blooming Time: depending on your zone - in warmer zones starts in...

Shorter and more compact cultivar with more regular mounds. Small reddish-purple flowers. Attracts hummingbirds and some bees. Low maintenance plant - cut back 1/2 to 2/3 in winter or pre-spring. Blooming Time: depending on your zone - in warmer zones...

Native "big bluestem for sandy soils" with silver gray foliage.  Very drought tolerant. A bit slow to emerge in the spring (warm season grass). Blooming time: August-October  Size: 5' tall x 1.5-2' wideUSDA Zones: 3 to 8Culture: full sun, half...

Narrow-leafed Ironweed hybrid forming dense, healthy clumps. One of the top performers at Chicago Botanic Garden Vernonia trials in 2020, gaining 5 out of 5 stars! Easy, adaptable and valuable pollinator plant with very late and long blooming period!...

A vigorous and long blooming sage. Reddish flowers, a bit irregular with shrubby growth. Attracts hummingbirds, some bees and some butterflies. Blooming Time: long flowering, starting in early to mid summer until fall (or frost)Size: 3-4' tall and wide...