Cut Flowers

Aromatic aster 'October Skies' is a superb nativar and one of our all-time favorite perennials, because it:    1) grows in dense ground-covering mounds that are completely covered with smaller blue flowers in the fall   2) has a very...

From the Mt. Cuba research center: "A Mt. Cuba Center Plant Introduction. Ranked as the #1 aster in an evaluation study at Mt. Cuba Center, this herbaceous perennial produces abundant, violet blue flowers on 3-4’ tall stems as fall color...

Beautiful hairy gray leaves and stems. This wildflower spreads quickly and aggressively via rhizomes, so it's more suitable for larger landscaping projects or naturalization. The rhizomes are right underneath the soil surface, so it's easy to reduce the...

This wild perennial spreads quite aggressively by rhizomes and bears white flowers. All parts of the plant are poisonous to people, dogs, cats and livestock. This plant is actually very showy and reminds of milkweed (it also oozes a toxic white sap when...

Stoloniferous, ground-covering perennial with ornamental semi-evergreen gray leaves and unique, woolly, whitish flowers. It spreads wide to form mats, with budding stems that resemble the pads or toes of a cat's paw. It does not grow well in soil that is...

Amsonia 'Blue Ice' is a superb, drought tolerant perennial from the dogbane family that's a shorter and more compact form of Bluestar. It has darker blue buds and flowers that bloom later and last longer (late spring, early summer). Provides dense...

This agastache is a hybrid of the native Agastache foeniculum and Asian Agastache rugosa. It boasts dusky lavender-blue flowers, a beautiful vertical structure, and licorice-scented leaves. Very prolific bloomer; deadheading will encourage even more...

Wonderful cultivar that originated in the nature with no man-made hybridization, so it will satisfy the pure ecologist as well as keen gardeners. Upright perennial with yellow 2” wide pinwheel flowers and rolled quill-shaped petals...

This new, superb variety is from the Earlibeauty® collection bred by Primrose Path Nursery. This hybrid is descended from several wild species of Phlox native to the Eastern USA; it performs well in flower borders and is also more vigorous and...

This new and very natural cultivar is actually a "wild form" discovered at the Harpeth River near Nashville, Tennessee and named after its discoverer, Jeana Prewitt. Although there were many types of Phlox paniculata in the area, ‘Jeana’...

This fairly recent variety offers a nice blue flower color and better mildew resistance. The flowers open a deep blue and take on purplish shades during the midday heat, then regain their original color in the evening. The stems are rather dark and...

How does one choose the right coral bells from the never-ending list of cultivars? It can be difficult, but some Heucheras are better than others, and this is an exceptional selection. ‘Bronze Wave’ did very well at Mt. Cuba Center’s...

Very long spires of flowers with fairly long blooming period. Blooms in the middle/later summer = after early Liatris spicata and before late bloomers Liatris (L. scariosa, L. ligulistylis, L. aspera). Showy native perennial with a long flowering period...

Also called cabbage-leaved coneflower due to its big, waxy gray leaves. Beautiful architectural plant that forms strictly upright clumps and is highly ornamental with its steel blue leaves, excellent structure and yellow flowers. Slowly forms bigger...

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!...

Superb low-growing beebalm with light lavender-pink spotted flowers, mint-scented leaves, and a more compact and smaller habitus than other Monardas. Very valuable and tough plant - for early blooming (before other taller Monarda), excellent drought and...

Excellent, long-blooming, compact aster for the native garden, rock garden or border front. It has stiff stalks, small narrow leaves (similar to flax), and purple-blue flowers with yellow centers (1” across). Plant in well-drained soils, as it...

American dittany is reminiscent of oregano or marjoram. It belongs to the same mint family (Lamiaceae) but is a less common perennial in our yards. It has smaller purple tubular flowers, lovely scented leaves and stems, and a late flowering season...