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Thompson Greenery Perennials

Botanical Name
Achillea millefolium 'Strawberry Seduction'

Common Name
Yarrow
Height: 18-20'
Spread: 12-24'
Flower Color: Red
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: 'Strawberry Seduction' is part of the Seduction Series which are known for their upright, vase-shaped growth habit, long bloom period, and interesting flowers. 'Strawberry Seduction' produces large corycombs of tiny, velvet red florets with bright gold centers. This vigorous grower has lovely, deep green foliage. Wonderful in fresh or dried arrangements. Attracts butterflies. Drought tolerant once established.
Botanical Name
Aconitum Stainless Steel

Common Name
Monkshood
Height: 40'
Spread: 24'
Flower Color:
Exposure: Full Sun to Light Shade
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: Full sun or light shade. This plant will live in the shade but the flowers get quite floppy with reduced sunlight. They perform best with a minimum of six hours of full sun every day.
Botanical Name
Aconitum Fisheri

Common Name
Globe Mankshood
Height: 18-20'
Spread: 18-24'
Flower Color:
Exposure: Full Sun to Light Shade
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: Full sun or light shade. This plant will live in the shade but the flowers get quite floppy with reduced sunlight. They perform best with a minimum of six hours of full sun every day .
Botanical Name
Achillea millefolium 'Angelique'

Common Name
Yarrow
Height: 18-20'
Spread: 12-24'
Flower Color: Dark Red
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: Full sun or light shade. This plant will live in the shade but the flowers get quite floppy with reduced sunlight. They perform best with a minimum of six hours of full sun every day.
Botanical Name
Adiantum Pedaturn

Common Name
Maidenhair Northern Fern
Height: 1-2'
Spread: 1-2'
Flower Color:
Exposure: Part Shade to Full Shade
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in part shade to full shade. Prefers moist and acidic soils in full shade. Spreads slowly by creeping, branching rhizomes to form large colonies over time.
Botanical Name
Alcea rosea Chater

Common Name
Red Double Hollyhocks
Height: 5-7'
Spread:
Flower Color:
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: This lady in red a statuesque 5-7' tall-—attracts attention at the back of borders and in bouquets. Large, fully double flowers of deep rose red appear all along the tall stems from early summer to fall. Butterflies visit often! Plant 24-36" apart in full sun.
Botanical Name
Aquilegea Double White

Common Name
Columbine
Height: 18-24'
Spread:
Flower Color: White
Exposure: Part Shade
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Beautiful upward facing blooms open in abundance on compact plants. Blooming for a long period in early spring, Winky produces double flowers. Aquilegias will gently self-sow guaranteeing new plants for next year. Easy to grow in part sun.
Botanical Name
Aquilegea Winky Double Red/White

Common Name
Columbine
Height: 12-14'
Spread:
Flower Color: Red/White
Exposure: Part Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Beautiful upward facing blooms open in abundance on compact plants. Blooming for a long period in early spring, Winky produces double flowers in contrasting shades of red and white. Aquilegias will gently self-sow guaranteeing new plants for next year. Easy to grow in part sun.
Botanical Name
Aquilegea Winky Double Blue/White

Common Name
Columbine
Height: 12-14'
Spread:
Flower Color: Blue/White
Exposure: Part Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Beautiful upward facing blooms open in abundance on compact plants. Blooming for a long period in early spring, Winky produces double flowers in contrasting shades of deep blue and white. Aquilegias will gently self-sow guaranteeing new plants for next year. Easy to grow in part sun.
Botanical Name
Arabis Caucasica Variegata

Common Name
Rock Cress
Height: 6-8'
Spread: 8-10'
Flower Color: White
Exposure: Part Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: A profusion of fragrant springtime flowers in shades of pink and white complement attractive gray-green or variegated foliage. Excellent in the rock garden or as an edging. Drought tolerant. Shear after blooming for best appearance.
Botanical Name
Armeria Maritima 'Bloodstone'

Common Name
Sea Thrift
Height: 8-10'
Spread: 8-10'
Flower Color: Pink
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: Thrift or sea pink is a compact, low-growing plant which forms a dense, mounded tuft of stiff, linear, grass-like, dark green leaves (to 4" tall). Tiny, pink to white flowers bloom in mid spring in globular clusters (3/4-1" wide) atop slender, naked stalks rising well above the foliage to 6-10" tall. Sporadic additional flowering may occur throughout the summer.
Botanical Name
Artemisia Stelleriana 'Silver Brocade'

Common Name
Wormwood
Height: 15'
Spread: 15-24'
Flower Color: Yellow
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: A perennial Dusty Miller with silvery-white foliage, leaves are divided and pubescent, excellent for added color and texture in the garden, small yellow flowers bloom on narrow panicles. These perennials are grown mostly for their colorful, ornamental foliage. Most are very drought tolerant.
Botanical Name
Asclepias Tuberosa

Common Name
Butterfly Flower
Height: 8-10'
Spread: 8-10'
Flower Color: Orange
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Native prairie wildflower. Fragrant orange flowers from mid to late summer. Monarch butterfly food. Tap rooted and drought tolerant.
Botanical Name
Aster Divaricatus 'Wood's Blue'

Common Name
Wood's Blue Aster
Height: 12-15''
Spread: 30'
Flower Color: Medium Blue
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: From a beautiful new fall-blooming series of aster cultivars with highly mildew resistant foliage and great dwarf stature. Excellent for containers as well as the front of the perennial border. Single, clear medium blue flowers with gold centers appear in August and bloom through October. Asters are great for attracting butterflies to the garden. Well-drained soils are best.
Botanical Name
Aster Divaricatus 'Wood's Pink'

Common Name
Wood's Pink Aster
Height: 12-15'
Spread: 30'
Flower Color: Pink
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Combining dwarf stature with mildew resistance, here is another winning cultivar. Clear pink single flowers from August through October make this a great addition to the autumn perennial garden. Asters are great for attracting butterflies to the garden. Full sun and well-drained soils are best.
Botanical Name
Aster Divaricatus 'Wood's Purple'

Common Name
Wood's Purple Aster
Height: 12-15''
Spread: 30'
Flower Color: Dark Purple
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Another winning cultivar, combining dwarf stature with mildew resistance. Dark purple flowers in August through October make this a great addition to the autumn perennial border. Asters are great for attracting butterflies to the garden. Full sun and well drained soils are best.
Botanical Name
Aster Novae-Angliae 'Purple Dome'

Common Name
New England Aster
Height: 18'
Spread: 36'
Flower Color: Purple
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: This cultivar forms a beautiful solid purple mound 18" tall and 36" wide. The flowers are semi double, 1.5" wide, and cover the plant in early fall. The compact habit of this variety makes it a standout in the fall garden. Performs best in full sun and well drained soils.
Botanical Name
Astilbe Chinensis 'Vision in Pink' (PP11,860)

Common Name
Vision in Pink False Spirea
Height: 18-20'
Spread: 30'
Flower Color: Pale Pink
Exposure: Part Shade to Full Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: The second release in this series, Vision in Pink is a vigorous grower, and is tolerant of drought once established. The blooms are thick, upright and a pale pink in late spring/early summer. The foliage is an attractive blue-green. Part shade is best.
Botanical Name
Astilbe Chinensis 'Vision in Red' (PP11,965)

Common Name
Vision in Red False Spirea
Height: 15-18'
Spread: 15-20'
Flower Color: Pink-Red
Exposure: Part Shade to Full Shade
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: This latest addition to the Vision series line sports pink-red flowers that open from purple buds over glossy bronze-green foliage that looks good all season long. This one is shorter and blooms a bit later than Visions in Pink. Best grown in partial shade and evenly moist soils.
Botanical Name
Astilbe x Arendsii 'Coutnry & Western'(PP14,969)

Common Name
Country & Western False Spirea
Height: 15-18'
Spread:
Flower Color: Pink
Exposure: Part Shade to Full Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Country & Western blooms in early summer with colorful, feathery, bright pink blooms above shiny deep green foliage. Part of the new Music series of astilbes which are known for their large, puffy blooms. Astilbes are grown most successfully in rich, moisture retentive soil in partial sun. Can be used as cut flowers, in perennial borders or shade gardens with hostas and ferns.
Botanical Name
Astilbe x arendsii 'Rhythm & Beat'

Common Name
Rhythm & Beat False Spirea
Height: 15-20'
Spread: 
Flower Color: Purple Pink
Exposure: Part Shade to Full Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Astilbes have glorious arching plumes made up of tiny flowers in mid-summer. They are clump-forming perennial plants with deep rich, glossy fern-like foliage which is finely dissected with crinkly-edges. Ideal for shady spots & moist areas in your garden or for patio planters. They make excellent cut flowers and are deer resistant.
Botanical Name
Astilbe x Arendsii 'Rhythm & Blues' (PP14,846)

Common Name
Rhythm & Blues False Spirea
Height: 15-20'
Spread:
Flower Color: Raspberry Pink
Exposure: Part Shade to Full Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Rhythm & Blues' is an early summer bloomer, with bright, raspberry-pink plumes that contrast nicely with the dark green foliage. Full, diamond shaped flowers draw attention from afar. Astilbes are grown most successfully in rich, moisture retentive soil in partial sun. Can be used as cut flowers, in perennial borders or shade gardens with hostas and ferns. Part of the Music series of astilbe.
Botanical Name
Astilbe x Arendsii 'Rock & Roll' (PP14,855)

Common Name
Rock & Roll False Spirea
Height: 15-20'
Spread: 
Flower Color: White
Exposure: Part Shade to Full Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Bright white flowers and bronze foliage makes this variety especially attractive. Grows to 20” tall, and will grow in full sun or partial shade. Astilbes are grown most successfully in rich, moisture retentive soil and in partial sun. Astilbes can be used as cut flowers, in perennial borders or shade gardens with hostas and ferns. Part of the Music series of astilbe.
Botanical Name
Astilbe Japanica

Common Name
Montgomery False Spirea
Height: 21-23'
Spread:
Flower Color: Deep Red
Exposure: Part Shade to Full Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Astilbe are a popular choice for shady gardens, where they perform well if given a rich, moist soil and regular watering. This midsized selection has full plumes of deep cherry red, over a bushy mound of elegant. Reddish bronze foliage, reddish stems with tall plumes of dark red flowers, one of the best reds.
Botanical Name
Astrantia Major Abbey Road

Common Name
Masterwort
Height: 20-24'
Spread: 18-30'
Flower Color: Dark Wine Red
Exposure: Part Sun to Shade
Zone: 4-7
DESCRIPTION: The 3- to 6-inch deep green leaves have deeply toothed lobes. Wonderful woodland plant preferring moist, shady areas rich in organic matter. Excellent for the shady perennial border or for naturalizing along a stream. Plants bloom early to late summer on tall stems with rounded buttonhead flowers cupped with colorful star-shaped bracts. Astrantia are excellent cut flowers.
Botanical Name
Athyrium filix-femina 'Lady in Red'

Common Name
Lady in Red Fern
Height: 18-30'
Spread: 18-24'
Flower Color:
Exposure: Shade
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: Strong-growing and dependable, the Lady Ferns are great garden plants. This selection from the New England Wildflower Society features red stems, making it a great choice to combine with purple-leaved plants. Tough and easy to grow, this sultry beauty is the right choice for perennial borders and woodlands alike.
Botanical Name
Aubrieta deltoidea 'Whitewell Gem'

Common Name
Whitewell Gem Rock Cress
Height: 4-6'
Spread: 18-24'
Flower Color: Light Purple
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: Aubretia 'Whitewell Gem' provides an excellent spring display of purple blooms covering compact mounds of small grey-green leaves. 'Whitewell Gem' grows best in sun and tolerates average well-drained soil. Aubretia's velvety fuzzy leaves provide interest to the perennial border all season long. Delightful cascading over a stone wall. Trim lightly immediately after blooming to encourage a thick mounding habit.
Botanical Name
Baptisia australis

Common Name
Blue Indigo
Height: 3-4'
Spread: 3-4'
Flower Color: Violet Blue
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Violet-blue lupine-like flowers in late spring. Attractive blue-green foliage all season. Dependable, long lived plant for the back of the garden. Tolerates a wide range of soil types including very dry ones. 2010 Perennial Plant of the Year.
Botanical Name
Baptisia ' Midnite Prairieblues' (PPAF)

Common Name
Midnite Prairieblues™ Blue Indigo
Height: 4'
Spread:4-4.5'
Flower Color: Violet-blue
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Numerous deep blue-violet pea-shaped flowers. The first bloom cycle produces long inflorescence up to 27", then secondary branches produces another wave of flowering. Blue-green leaves, upright vase shaped habit. Super focal point in the landscape and equally outstanding as a cut flower with its exceptionally long stems. Drought tolerant once established.
Botanical Name
Bergenia cordifolia ‘Winter Glow’

Common Name
Pig Squeak
Height: 12-15'
Spread: 12'
Flower Color: Pink
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: Distinctive heart shaped leathery leaves are thick and glossy and look nice all year with a little grooming now and again. Forms an expanding clump which is vigorous, yet not invasive. Does really well in many spots where other plants refuse to grow. Noted for its excellent ruby bronze red fall and winter foliage. Pink flowers in spring, plus some fall rebloom.
Botanical Name

Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' (PP13,859) PBR1,799

Common Name
 Heartleaf Alkanet

 
Height: 12-15"
Spread:12-18"
Flower Color: Light Blue
Exposure: Part Sun to Shade
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: The leaves of this beautiful new cultivar are silver with green venation all season long. It blooms in early spring with classic forget-me-not type blue flowers. Best in shady situations, mixed with hostas, astilbe and other shade lovers.
Botanical Name

Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'

Common Name
Feather Reed Grass

 
Height: 4-5'
Spread: 2-3'
Flower Color: White w/purple-pink tinge
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: An upright grass up to 5’ tall with showy, feathery plumes of flowers followed by wheat colored seed heads. 2001 Perennial Plant of the Year. Clump forming.
Botanical Name

Zantedeschia

Common Name
 Calla Fire Glow

 
Height: 14-20"
Spread:
Flower Color: Orange/ Cream Centers
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone:
DESCRIPTION: The Calla Lily Fire Glow, 'Zantedeschia', a spring planted tuber, produces wonderful orange flowers with yellow throats and has lightly splotched foliage. The flower is trumpet like in form and has a waxy texture. Calla Lilies are also know as pig lilies. The Calla Lily has sword shaped leaves which are formed at the end of celery like stalks. The leaves are heart shaped and are a rich, dark green color that may be speckled. The Calla Lilly makes an excellent cut flower and are great container plants.
Botanical Name

Zantedeschia

Common Name
Calla Neon Armur Red

 
Height: 14-20"
Spread:
Flower Color: Hot Pink
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone:
DESCRIPTION: The flower is trumpet like in form and has a waxy texture. Calla Lilies are also know as pig lilies. The Calla Lily has sword shaped leaves which are formed at the end of celery like stalks. The leaves are heart shaped and are a rich, dark green color that may be speckled. The Calla Lilly makes an excellent cut flower and are great container plants.

 
Botanical Name

Zantedeschia

Common Name
Calla Picasso Purple/White

 
Height:  14-22"
Spread:
Flower Color: Purple/White
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone:
DESCRIPTION: Picasso is a fine example of this work, with creamy white to light yellow blooms accented by dramatic purple eyes. The foliage is also festooned with a generous helping of white speckles and splashes, making it pretty even before the flowers emerge.
Botanical Name

Campanula carpatica Pearl Deep Blue

Common Name
Bellflower

 
Height: 6-8"
Spread: 12-18"
Flower Color: Blue
Exposure: Part Sun to Light Shade
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: This forms a low, cushion-shaped mound of small green leaves, with loads of up facing, open bells appearing in early summer. This selection has flowers in a clear medium-blue shade. Will continue blooming for weeks if spent blossoms are regularly removed. Excellent choice for the rock garden, edging and in containers. Performs especially well in regions with cool nights during the summer. Plants should be divided every 2 to 4 years, in spring or fall. Prefers good drainage.
Botanical Name

Campanula Carpatica

Common Name
 Bellflower

 
Height:  30"
Spread: 12"
Flower Color: Purplish Blue
Exposure: Full or Part Sun
Zone: 4-7
DESCRIPTION: Profusions of showy violet-blue flowers, their delicate layers of petals opening widely, embellish strong leafy stems above a neat mound of jagged-edged basal foliage. An excellent choice for the rock garden. Blooms June–July.
Botanical Name

Campanula glomerata

Common Name
Joan Elliot

 
Height: 18"
Spread:
Flower Color: Blue
Exposure: Full or Part Sun
Zone: 4-7
DESCRIPTION: Upward facing clusters of violet ‘bells’ on 1-2' plants. Blooms heavily in late spring through early summer. Remove spent flower heads, leaving new fall growth at base to overwinter. Tolerant of alkaline soils.

 
Botanical Name

Canna Crimson Beauty

Common Name
Canna Lily

 
Height:  46-48"
Spread:
Flower Color: Red/Pink
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone:
DESCRIPTION: Large tropical looking foliage is topped in summer with brightly colored flowers. Heavy feeders that love summer heat and moisture but need good winter drainage. Dwarf grower with green foliage and red flowers throughout the summer.  Tubers need to be dug up in fall and placed in storage in temps between 35 ° to 45°.
Botanical Name

Carex siderosticha 'Variegata"

Common Name
Striped Broad-Leaved Sedge

 
Height: 8-12"
Spread: 15-24"
Flower Color: Insignificant
Exposure: Partial Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: An excellent alternative to Hosta in the shade garden. Slowly forms a mound of foliage by creeping rhizomes, but is not invasive. The 1” wide foliage is bright green, bordered by white and is very attractive. Combines well with hosta, ferns, astilbe and other shade loving plants. Stoloniferous.

 
Botanical Name

Centaurea montana


Common Name
Bachelor's Button

 
Height:  30"
Spread:18-24"
Flower Color: Blue
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: Blue feathery flowers for some six weeks in early summer with some rebloom in late summer. Color is vivid and plant has a wide tolerance to soil and moisture conditions. Full sun.

 
Botanical Name

Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'


Common Name
Hot lips Pink Turtlehead

 
Height: 2-3'
Spread: 12"
Flower Color: Pink
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: A showstopper in the late summer-early fall, adding vertical form and late summer color. Deep green foliage and rosy, lipstick-colored flowers on dark red stems. Provide adequate moisture. Blooms July through September. Excellent for attracting butterflies to the garden. Great cut flower, and considered deer resistant when mature.
Botanical Name

Chrysanthmum Firestorm


Common Name
Garden Mum

 

 
Height:  18-22"
Spread: 29-35"
Flower Color: Red
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: One of a new series of mums bred by Jeffries Nursery in Manitoba, a good choice for cold winter regions. This forms a bushy upright mound that bursts into bloom in early fall. The semi-double deep red flowers have a yellow button centre. Nice for cutting. Pinching or pruning plants back by half in mid June to early July will force them to stay more compact in habit .Blooming in early fall  to mid fall. 
Botanical Name

Cimicifuga racemosa 'Hillside Black Beauty' (PP9,988)


Common Name
Hillside Black Beauty Balck Snakeroot

 
Height: 4-7'
Spread: 3-4'
Flower Color: White
Exposure: Shade
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: The beautiful, lacy foliage of 'Hillside Black Beauty' emerges in early spring with green tones, but quickly deepens to purplish-black. The dark foliage contrasts nicely with the fragrant, white, bottlebrush blooms in late summer. Ideal specimen plant for the shade garden, combines especially well with variegated or yellow foliage plants.

 
Botanical Name

Clematis 'Comtesse de Bouchard'


Common Name
Comtesse de Bouchard Clematis

 
Height:  8-12'
Spread:
Flower Color:
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Flowers are rose-pink, large, semi-double, with yellow stamens. Profuse bloomer.
Botanical Name

Clematis 'Dr. Ruppel'


Common Name
Dr. Ruppel Clematis

 
Height: 8-10"
Spread:
Flower
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Flowers 6", white with deep red bar, free flowering, good cut flower.

 
Botanical Name

Clematis 'Ernest Markham'


Common Name
Ernest Markham Clematis

 
Height:  12-13"
Spread:
Flower Color:
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Flowers are 4", magenta-red with gold stamens.

 
Botanical Name

Clematis 'Henryi'


Common Name
Henryi Clematis

 
Height: 10-12'
Spread:
Flower
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Flowers are white, 6-8", free flowering. A suitable cutflower. 
Botanical Name

Clematis 'Jackmanii Superba'


Common Name
Jackmanii Superba Clematis

 
Height:  9-10'
Spread:
Flower Color:
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Flowers are rich velvet purple, 5". More rounded and slightly larger than Jackmanii.
Botanical Name

Coreopsis Grandiflora 'Domino'


Common Name
Tickseed

 
Height: 18"
Spread: 15"
Flower: Yellow/Red Centers
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: The Tickseed. Plants form a low mound of leathery green leaves, bearing many upright stems of large, brown-eyed golden-yellow daisy flowers for many weeks, starting in early summer. Removing faded flowers regularly will encourage blooming to continue into the fall. This is a dwarf selection, excellent for edging or in containers. Plants are easily divided in early spring, and this should be done every 2 to 3 years. Tolerant of hot, humid summer climates. Excellent for borders, as well as in containers. Attractive to butterflies.
Botanical Name

Coreopsis 'Jethro Tull' (PP18,789)


Common Name
Jethro Tull Coreopsis

 
Height: 15-18"
Spread: 18"
Flower Color: Gold and Orange
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: This coreopsis seems to always be in bloom. Petals are more consistently fluted  and it has a compact habit and an extended flowering season. Responds beautifully to cutting back, but will rebloom without it. Good cut flower. Drought tolerant once established.
Botanical Name

Delphinium Gradiflora 'Butterfly Blue'


Common Name
Delphinium

 
Height: 12-18"
Spread: 12"
Flower: Blue
Exposure:  Sun
Zone: 3-7
DESCRIPTION: A choice flower for the hardy border. Produces broad, lustrous flower spikes in midsummer, and this type is noted for its multitude of blossoms. Plants are dwarf, compact and bushy. No staking is necessary. Needs a site with good drainage. Declining flower stalks can be removed, but allow some self seeding, as Delphiniums can exhaust themselves with blooming.
Botanical Name

CDelphinium grandiflorum 'Summer Morning'


Common Name
Delphinium

 
Height: 12"
Spread: 12"
Flower Color: Pink
Exposure: Sun
Zone: 3-7
DESCRIPTION:  A breakthrough in dwarf Delphiniums, stylish 'Summer Morning' features well-branched foliage and a long season of pale rose-pink blooms. Best in rich, well-drained borders or in containers, where the unique color can be appreciated up close. Deadhead regularly to keep those delightful flowers coming.
Botanical Name

Delphinium Magic Fountain 'Dark Blue'


Common Name
Delphinium

 
Height: 2'
Spread:
Flower: Dark Blue/Dark Bee
Exposure:  Sun
Zone: 3-7
DESCRIPTION: Saturated with deep blue color, this mini Delphinium is attention-getting and carefree on plants that never need staking! The bloomstalks are about a foot long atop 24- to 28-inch plants, with flowers crowded all long the spike for a very bushy, colorful effect. The only choice for the front of the border or for smaller gardens, where vertical color without too much height is appreciated! Magic Fountain blooms in early to midsummer.
Botanical Name

Delphinium Magic Fountain 'Sky Blue'


Common Name
Delphinium

 
Height: 2'
Spread:
Flower Color: Sky Blue
Exposure: Sun
Zone: 3-7
DESCRIPTION: This Delphinium is attention-getting and carefree on plants that never need staking! The bloomstalks are about a foot long atop 24- to 28-inch plants, with flowers crowded all long the spike for a very bushy, colorful effect. The only choice for the front of the border or for smaller gardens, where vertical color without too much height is appreciated! Magic Fountain blooms in early to midsummer.
Botanical Name

Delphinium Magic Fountain 'Dark Blue/White Bee'


Common Name
Delphinium

 
Height: 2'
Spread:
Flower: Dark Blue/White Bee
Exposure:  Sun
Zone: 3-7
DESCRIPTION: A member of the Magic Fountains series, dwarf hybrids that don't need the usual staking. Produces violet-blue florets with a white 'bee,' or central cluster of sepals. Luxuriant when massed along fences, walls, or in the back of a border. Cut off spent flower spikes to encourage a second flush of blooms.
Botanical Name

Dianthus Deltoid 'Zing Rose'

Common Name
Maiden

 
Height: 6"
Spread:
Flower Color: Rose Pink
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-7
DESCRIPTION: Dianthus Zing Rose, Dianthus deltoids, covers itself during June and July with rose red flowers. Zing Rose Dianthus with its semi-evergreen foliage emits a spicy, clove like fragrance throughout the garden. Zing Rose Dianthus, when deadheaded, will produce another beautiful flush of rosy colored blooms. Space these Dianthus plants 12 to 16 inches apart and allow them to creep together. Zing Rose Dianthus are perfect for borders, rock gardens, containers, pathways, or to cascade over pots or walls. The Zing Rose is a wonderful attractor for hummingbirds and butterflies. Benefits from shearing back after first flush of blooms. Foliage is nearly evergreen, so do not cut back for winter.
Botanical Name

Dianthus Gratianopolitanus 'Firewitch'

Common Name
Maiden

 
Height: 10-12"
Spread:
Flower: Pink
Exposure:  Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-7
DESCRIPTION: A heat tolerant, low maintenance beauty. Fragrant and long blooming. Easy to grow, easy to maintain, lots of flowers. Shear off old flowering stems and the top couple inches of foliage after blooming. Foliage will quickly recover and look nice, even into winter. Long flowering German Hybrid with ice blue foliage forms a tidy groundcover that stays evergreen. Brilliant pink single flowers have frilled petals with a pleasing clove scent.
Botanical Name

Dicentra 'Luxuriant'


Common Name
Fern Leaf Bleeding Heart

 
Height: 12-15"
Spread: 20"
Flower Color: Cherry Red
Exposure: Part Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-7
DESCRIPTION: The Bleeding Heart Luxuriant, 'Dicentra ‘Luxuriant’, is a fast-growing perennial with pink, heart-shaped flowers. The blooms look wonderful against its grayish foliage. Dicentra should be planted in full sun but will tolerate morning shade. It is heat tolerant and needs moist soil. Do not let it dry out. Dicentra will bloom from May to September and is a major attractor to butterflies. ‘Luxuriant’ makes excellent cut flowers, in mass with groundcovers, or in potted containers. Being an old fashioned plant, it is a must in any landscape.
Botanical Name

Dicentra spectabilis 'Gold Heart'


Common Name
Gold Heart Bleeding Heart

 
Height: 24-30"
Spread: 24-36"
Flower: Pink
Exposure:  Part Sun to Full Shade
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: A fast-growing perennial with rose pink, heart-shaped flowers and golden foliage. Blooms contrast wonderful against its bright foliage adding sunshine to a shady border. Dicentra will bloom from late spring to early summer. Good cut flower attracts butterflies. Lovely planted with large hostas that will fill in the gap when the plant goes dormant in late summer.
Botanical Name

Dictamnus albus 'Purpureus'


Common Name
Gas Plant

 
Height: 30-36"
Spread: 24-30"
Flower Color: Pink
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: Rich green glossy foliage with a lemon fragrance. Tall spikes of pink flowers during June and July. Long lasting as cut flowers. Well-drained soil. Full sun to light shade. Xeriscape plant. Be careful when handling, the milky sap can burn your skin.
Botanical Name

Digitalis Purpurea 'Candy Mountain'


Common Name
Foxglove

 
Height: 48"
Spread:
Flower: Pink
Exposure:  Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: All foxgloves are charming, but Digitalis 'Candy Mountain' is downright flamboyant, with it's upward facing flowers. 'Candy Mountain' is also a long bloomer, possibly providing color from June through August. The pink blossoms specked with white and black begin opening from the bottom of the flower stalk and work their way upward. Good for either sun or partial shade, the plants can reach a height of 4' tall.
Botanical Name

Echinacea Big Sky™   'After Midnight'


Common Name
After Midnight Coneflower

 
Height: 24-30"
Spread: 12-18"
Flower Color: Magneta Red
Exposure:  Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Big Sky™ After Midnight Smaller in size than many other coneflowers but not in flower size. Large fragrant dark magenta flowers with dark red - black cones. Flowers are full with overlapping petals and plants are well branched and compact.
Botanical Name

Echinacea Big Sky™   'Harvest Moon'


Common Name
Harvest Moon Coneflower

 
Height: 18-24"
Spread: 12-18"
Flower: Yellow
Exposure: Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Blooms of Echinacea Harvest Moon™ offer a lively combination of golden yellow petals surrounding a cone of golden orange. The big (4in), fragrant flower heads hold their colors atop thick stems ideal for bouquets. These plants are hardy and vigorous and will produce up to 30 blooms.

'Matthew Saul' PP 17,652
Botanical Name

Echinacea Big Sky™   'Summer Sky'


Common Name
Summer Sky Coneflower

 
Height: 36"
Spread: 18-24"
Flower Color: Coral
Exposure:  Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Another impressive Big Sky™ Coneflower, a delightful pastel two-tone (the first of its kind). The petals feature pale coral-orange tips shading to reddish pink at their bases, and are centered around an orange cone. Summer Sky™ is not only large flowered and prolific, but the most fragrant of this series with stout stems ideal for cutting. 'Katie Saul' (PP 18,783)
Botanical Name

Echinacea Big Sky™   'Sunrise'


Common Name
Sunrise Coneflower

 
Height: 30-36"
Spread: 18-24"
Flower: Coral
Exposure: Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Sunrise has a graceful shape and citron-yellow colored flowers. It is superb in combination with other summer-blooming perennials. Its central cone starts out green, and then widens and turns gold as it ages, adding more subtle charm to this new hybrid. Also lightly fragrant.
Botanical Name

Echinacea Purpurpea 'Green Envy'


Common Name
Green Envy Coneflower

 
Height: 36"
Spread: 24-36"
Flower Color: Lime Green
Exposure:  Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Unusual lime-green daisy-like flower heads with rose pink rays towards the centers of the tepals. Large cone-shaped centre is dark green and lime green. Long lasting flowers, borne on strong stiff stems are perfect for cut flower arrangements. This will be something very unusual and spectacular for your garden. The leaves are dark green and coarse and lance shaped. 3-8 in long.  Drought tolerant.
Botanical Name

Echinacea Purpurpea 'Pixie Meadow Bright'


Common Name
Pixie Meadowbright Coneflower

 
Height: 15-20"
Spread: 15-20"
Flower: Pink
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION::  Finally a large-flowered, true dwarf coneflower with vigorous growth and excellent branching. Great for containers! The compact habit of this innovative new variety is echoed in its tight bright pink flowers which are themselves borne on sturdy, upright stems. Long-lasting color display, both in large and small landscape settings.
Botanical Name

Echinacea Purpurpea  'Vintage Wine'


Common Name
Vintage Wine Coneflower

 
Height: 26"
Spread: 20-24"
Flower Color: Raspberry
Exposure:  Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Deep raspberry-red, 4" blooms have petals that do not droop. Dark green foliage provides a good contrast and makes the color of the flowers really stand out. Coneflowers like it sunny and hot. Though they will tolerate light shade, fewer flowers will be produced and the plants will be weakened. Light, loamy soils are best but coneflowers will grow in any well-drained soil. Once established, they are quite drought tolerant.
Botanical Name

Echinacea purpurea  'Magnus'


Common Name
Magnus Coneflower

 
Height: 24-36"
Spread: 24"
Flower: Purple
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: An easy to grow flower that produces beautiful deep purple daisy-like flowers from July to October. It was Perennial Plant of the Year in 1998, one can see why. Good cut flower, attracts butterflies. This is a relatively low maintenance perennial, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer that tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats.
Botanical Name

Echinacea Purpurpea  'Ruby Star'


Common Name
Ruby Star Coneflower

 
Height: 36-48"
Spread: 18-24"
Flower Color: Purple Pink to Ruby Red
Exposure:  Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: 'Ruby Star' is another great selection of Purple Coneflower. It grows to 3 feet or so and has even larger flower heads than 'Magnus'. Petals are held horizontally and are a deep, intense, rose/red. They make great cut flowers and are, of course, butterfly magnets. . It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer that tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats.
Botanical Name

Echinacea purpurea  'Red Knee High'


Common Name
Red Knee High Coneflower

 
Height: 18-24"
Spread: 18-24"
Flower: Magenta Red
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: 'Red Knee High' makes an impressive statement in perennial borders with plentiful blooms atop dwarf plants (18-24in tall). Its large, dark magenta-red flowers are richly colored with coppery centers. Coneflowers thrive in average soils or hot, dry conditions and shrug off cold.
Botanical Name

Eupatorium Phantom


Common Name
Joe Pye Weed

 
Height: 36"
Spread: 24"
Flower Color: Burgundy
Exposure:  Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: Joe-Pye Weeds are bold specimen plants, ideal for making a statement in the border. This relatively compact selection offers up all kinds of garden uses, including borders and even in large containers. It bears big clusters of rosy-purple flowers in late summer, over a mound of coarse green leaves. A magnet to butterflies. Excellent for cutting. Best with plenty of moisture.
Botanical Name

Fallopia japonica 'Variegata'


Common Name
Variegated Fleeceflower

 
Height: 3-4'
Spread: 3-4'
Flower: White, insignificant
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: A perennial accent plant, with lovely variegated foliage in irregular splotches of green, white and pinkish red with red petioles. It creates a large mound of arching branches that will easily reach 3-4 feet in height and spread. Great textural accent in the perennial garden. Blooms in late summer with small, white insignificant flowers.
Botanical Name

Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'


Common Name
 Elijah Blue Fescue

 
Height: 6-10"
Spread: 8-12"
Flower Color: Tan-beige
Exposure:  Full Sun
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: Small, 6" tall grass with attractive, fine-textured, blue foliage. A cool season grass hardy in Zone 4. Grown primarily for the foliage. In hot spells the foliage may brown out, but revives with the onset of cooler weather. Clump forming.
Botanical Name

Gaillardia grandiflora 'Arizona Sun'


Common Name

Arizona Sun Gaillardia

 
Height: 8-10"
Spread: 12"
Flower: Red/Orange/Yellow
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 2-10
DESCRIPTION: From the early summer on, very showy banded flowers blanket this plant. The ends of the petals have a torn, ruffled appearance. Butterflies are drawn to it. Remove spent blooms to keep new ones coming all summer.
Botanical Name

Gaillardia grandiflora 'Sunburst Burgundy Silk’


Common Name
Sunburst Burgundy Gaillardia

 
Height: 14-20"
Spread: 14-20"
Flower Color: Burgundy Red
Exposure:  Full Sun
Zone: 2-10
DESCRIPTION: Blanket Flowers are one of the longest-blooming perennials, well suited to hot sunny sites. The Sunburst™ series are midsized in habit, ideal for containers or near the front of a sunny border. This selection has solid burgundy-red petals surrounding a darker eye. Removing faded flowers will greatly extend the blooming season. Clumps should be divided in early spring every 2 to 3 years. Plants will not tolerate wet, heavy clay soil, particularly in the winter. Flowers are attractive to butterflies, and also excellent for cutting.
Botanical Name

Gaillardia grandiflora 'Sunburst Tangerine’


Common Name

Sunburst Tangerine Gaillardia

 
Height: 14-20"
Spread: 14-20"
Flower: Yellow
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 2-10
DESCRIPTION: Gaillardia Sunburst Tangerine, Gaillardia 'Sunburst Tangerine', has delightful 3-4" bright yellow flowers with a tangerine center. 'Sunburst Tangerine' blooms profusely from early summer through late fall when deadheaded. Gaillardia is a tough perennial that thrives in dry poor conditions. 'Sunburst Tangerine' Blanket Flower takes intense heat and humidity without fail and can be covered with over 50 blooms on a single plant! It is a perfect hardy perennial for garden borders, and provides summer-long color for container gardens!
Botanical Name

Gaillardia grandiflora 'Goblin'


Common Name
Goblin Gaillardia

 
Height: 12"
Spread: 12-15"
Flower Color: Red
Exposure:  Full Sun
Zone: 2-10
DESCRIPTION: This dwarf cultivar has large deep red flowers with yellow borders. Blooms from July until frost. Tolerates average to poor, well-drained or dry soil. Drought resistant.
Botanical Name

Geranium Sanguinium Varigated Striatum

Common Name

Bloody Cranesbill

 
Height: 18-12"
Spread: 10-12"
Flower: Pink
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: :  A profusion of delicate pink, upward-facing blossoms cover this plant over a long period. The leaves are deeply divided and add texture to the plant's rounded form.  Will tolerate some drought. Lightly shear back foliage to revitalize it, if necessary.
Botanical Name

Geranium x Tiny Monster


Common Name
Tiny Monster Geranium

 
Height: 16-18"
Spread: 24-36"
Flower Color: Burgundy
Exposure:  Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: Tiny Monster is new hardy geranium cultivar, developed to excel as a low maintenance groundcover that looks good all season. With speedy growth, an attractive spreading habit, flowers that continue throughout the season and foliage that never looks ratty, even in late summer, Tiny Monster is impressive. Don't need a groundcover? This perennial geranium is also an excellent "weaver" to provide a finished look in mixed beds; just plant at the base of tall, upright plants like lilies and dinnerplate dahlias.
Botanical Name

Helenium Mardi Gras


Common Name
Mardi Gras Sneezeweed

 
Height: 3-4'
Spread: 16"
Flower: Yellow
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION:  Helenium is a large genus that is especially valuable because it delivers bold colors on sturdy plants that bloom in the August-September period, when few perennials are at their peak. Full sun and an organic-rich, well-drained soil.
Botanical Name

Helictotrichon sempervirens 'Saphirsprundel'


Common Name
Sapphire Blue Oat Grass
Height: 30"
Spread: 24-30"
Flower Color: Blue-White
Exposure:  Full Sun
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: This German cultivar has bright steel blue foliage and much improved resistance to rust. A clump forming grass, producing a tuft of blue foliage to about 2.5' in height. Delicate flowers rise above the clump in early summer on long arching stems. Blue Oat Grass prefers cooler weather and adequate moisture for the root system. Clump forming.
Botanical Name

Helictotrichon helianthoides 'Loraine Sunshine'


Common Name
False Sunflower
Height: 30"
Spread: 24-30"
Flower: Yellow
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION:  White leaves with extensive green veining that turns darker green as the season progresses. The golden yellow daisies are produced from July to frost. One of the first of the yellow daisies to bloom. Between the flowers and the leaves, this one positively beams in the garden.
Botanical Name

Heliopsis helianthoides 'Summer Sun'


Common Name
Summer Sun False Sunflower
Height: 3-4'
Spread: 3-4'
Flower Color: Yellow
Exposure:  Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Native to North America. Yellow blooms resemble small sunflowers. Flowers from July to frost. Needs moderately fertile soil which does not dry out during the summer.
Botanical Name

Hemerocallis 'Stella d'Oro'


Common Name
Stella d'Oro Daylily
Height: 15"
Spread: 14-24"
Flower: Golden
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Bright, 2.75" gold blooms. The classic everblooming daylily, blooms from June until frost. Excellent in mass plantings.
Botanical Name

Hemerocallis 'Tuscawilla Tigres'


Common Name
Tuscawilla Tigres Daylily
Height: 25-27"
Spread: 24-30"
Flower Color: Orange
Exposure:  Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Early-mid, huge 7.25 ruffled flowers, extended bloom, rebloom, award winner, orange with darker orange eye and yellow midribs.
Botanical Name

Hemerocallis 'Mildred Mitchell'


Common Name
Mildred Mitchell Daylily
Height: 24-26"
Spread: 18-24"
Flower: Lavender
Exposure: Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION:  Early to Mid-Season Rebloomer, Large pinkish lavender with a blue-tinted eye and matching edge. Excellent branching reblooming and plus multiplies quickly.
Botanical Name

Hemerocallis 'Purple D Oro'


Common Name
Purple D Oro Daylily
Height: 17-19"
Spread: 18-20"
Flower Color: Purple
Exposure:  Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Early, small 2¾" purple flowers that rebloom, flowers have reddish-purple petals with darker purple veins and lighter lavender sepals, edges are lightly ruffled, taller than and not as compact as Stella D'oro.
Botanical Name

Hemerocallis 'Ruby Stella' (PPAF)


Common Name
Ruby Stella Daylily
Height: 25-27"
Spread: 18-24"
Flower: Deep Scarlet
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: A burgundy-red sport of the popular 'Stella d'Oro'. Rebloomer.
Botanical Name

Heuchera Villosa 'Citronelle'


Common Name
Citronelle Coral Bells
Height: 8-12"
Spread: 18"
Flower Color: Cream
Exposure:  Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: New french villosa-type introduction, a sport of Caramel with brighter lemon yellow foliage, a strong grower with pubescent leaves, better heat and sun tolerance, creamy flowers bloom mid-summer. Vigorous and large flowered; these varieties make excellent border plants with their nearly evergreen foliage in neat clumps. Bright flowers are held aloft on airy stems in May through July. Can be used in a shady courtyard pot or as a ground cover under deciduous trees. Avoid dry soil with full sun, good cut flower, evergreen, good groundcover.
Botanical Name

Heuchera 'Georgia Peach'  (PP19,375)


Common Name
Georgia Peach Coral Bells

 
Height: 14"
Spread: 24"
Flower: Creamy White
Exposure: Partial Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Huge peach colored leaves with a showy white overlay forms lush clumps to highlight shaded perennial borders, rock gardens and containers. Foliage becomes rose to rose-purple from fall through winter. Creamy white flowers stand on wispy stems in spring.
Botanical Name

Heuchera 'Marmalade' (PP15,945)


Common Name
Marmalade Coral Bells

 
Height:  9"
Spread: 18"
Flower Color: Red
Exposure:
Zone: 4-7
DESCRIPTION: This hybrid Coral Bells selection is a terrific choice for adding a touch of color towards the front of border. The maple-shaped leaves vary in shade from amber to peachy bronze, forming a sturdy evergreen mound. Taller sprays of brownish flowers appear in late spring. Plants may tolerate full sun in cool summer regions. Excellent in the border, for edging, or in tubs and mixed containers. Trim off any withered or tired-looking leaves in spring.
Botanical Name

Heuchera 'Midnight Rose'


Common Name
Midnight Rose Coral Bells

 
Height: 10"
Spread: 15"
Flower Color: Red
Exposure: Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-7
DESCRIPTION: Hot pink splashes on deep obsidian leaves will enlarge and brighten gradually to cream through the season. Dark, bold and beautiful in sunny locations. Flowers grow to 24"

 
Botanical Name

Heuchera 'Osbsidian' (PP14,836)


Common Name
Obsidian Coral Bells

 
Height:  16-24"
Spread: 10-12"
Flower Color: White
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Obsidian has quickly become the favorite dark-leaved variety on the market. Dark maroon, almost black foliage is as glossy and smooth as the volcanic glass it was named for. Has a compact habit and holds its intense color all season long.
Botanical Name

Heuchera villosa 'Caramel' (PP16,560)


Common Name
Caramel Coral Bells

 
Height: 15"
Spread: 20"
Flower Color: Light Pin
Exposure: Partial Shade
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: This species is quite heat-tolerant, much more so than the other Heuchera species with gold or yellow foliage. New leaves emerge bright gold and deepen in color to caramel. Flowers appear later than other species as well, and are light pink.

 
Botanical Name

Hibiscus 'Crown Jewels'

Common Name
Rose Mallow Crown Jewels

 
Height:  24-30"
Spread: 24-30"
Flower Color: White
Exposure: Part Sun to Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Crown Jewels is sure to make a big impact, plants are compact with attractive deep purple maple-cut leaves, yellowish flower buds contrast nicely with the dark foliage and open to produce huge 8-10" creamy white flowers with bright red centers, heavy textured petals offer more weather resistance, vigorous and fast growing.  Hardy Hibiscus form large bushy plants. They bloom mid-to late summer and have absolutely huge, glorious crepe paper-like flowers. They grow best in full sun in moist soil. Hibiscus are very late to break dormancy and need temperatures above 50F before growth will appear.
Botanical Name

Hosta 'Patriot'

Common Name
Patriot Hosta

 
Height: 22-24"
Spread: 24-36"
Flower Color: Lavender
Exposure: Part Sun to Full Shade
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: Beautiful dark green centers and form, but with a much wider, crisp white margin, very showy. Lavender blooms. Moist, rich, well-drained soil.

 
Botanical Name

Hosta 'Fragrant Bouquet'

Common Name
Fragrant Bouquet Hosta

 
Height:  18-20"
Spread: 14"
Flower Color: Lavender
Exposure: Part Sun to Full Shade
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Apple green leaves with a creamy edge, this hosta blooms with incredible fragrance in August. Blush lavender buds open to white and quite large flowers – Noted for its vigor and fragrance.
Botanical Name

Hosta 'Guacamole'

Common Name
Guacamole Hosta

 
Height: 22-24"
Spread: 32-38"
Flower Color: Pale Lavender
Exposure: Part Sun to Full Shade
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Large, pale lavender, fragrant flowers on tall 36” scapes, atop a mound of variegated foliage. Each leaf is streaked with dark green margins surrounding an apple green center. In summer, the leaf centers turn bright gold, especially when exposed to higher levels of light. It is a vigorous grower.

 
Botanical Name

Hosta 'June'

Common Name
June Hosta

 
Height:  14-16"
Spread: 20"
Flower Color: Pale Lavender
Exposure: Part Sun to Full Shade
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Small-medium, spear-shaped leaves with irregular blue-green edges, chartreuse centers fading to white, heavy substance, slug resistant, lavender flowers, tolerates partial sun.

 
Botanical Name

Hosta 'Pauls Glory'

Common Name
Pauls Glory Hosta

 
Height: 25"
Spread: 48"
Flower Color: Pale Lavender
Exposure: Part Sun to Full Shade
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: This striking cultivar forms an incredible mound of gold centered, green margined foliage that really stands out in the garden. Blooms in mid summer with pale lavender flower spikes.

 
Botanical Name

Hosta 'Queen Josephine'

Common Name
Queen Josephine Hosta

 
Height:  16-18"
Spread: 40"
Flower Color: Pale Lavender
Exposure: Part Sun to Full Shade
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: A very glossy leaf with dark green center makes this one a collector's item. Dark green heart shaped leaves with a wide yellow margin that becomes a creamy white later in the season.

 
Botanical Name

Hosta 'Regal Splendor'

Common Name
Regal Splendor Hosta

 
Height: 30"
Spread: 60"
Flower Color: Lavender
Exposure: Part Sun to Full Shade
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: It is quickly becoming a favorite of hosta collectors. Beautiful white margins along the blue green leaves, and it has that classic, upright vase shaped habit of its parent. An incredible specimen plant with lavender blooms.

 
Botanical Name

Hosta 'Sage'syn. H. fluctuans 'Variegata'

Common Name
Sagae Hosta

 
Height:  31"
Spread: 36"
Flower Color: Pale Lavender
Exposure: Part Sun to Full Shade
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: A beautiful upright growing variety, up to 36"+ wide. Large, blue-green leaves with a creamy yellow margin. Blossoms are a lovely shade of pale lavender. Use as a specimen in the shade garden.

 
Botanical Name

Hosta 'Stained Glass'


Common Name
Stained Glass Hosta 

 
Height: 15"
Spread: 3-4'
Flower Color: Light Lavender
Exposure: Part Sun to Full Shade
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: This new cultivar has outstanding foliage that is a glowing yellow surrounded by wide dark green margin. The leaves are slightly corrugated. It is a vigorous grower, and forms a large clump that is topped by fragrant, light lavender flowers in late summer.

 
Botanical Name

Hosta 'Sum & Substance'

Common Name
Sum & Substance Hosta

 
Height:  31"
Spread: 72"
Flower Color: White
Exposure: Part Sun
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: A large specimen plant with enormous yellow to chartreuse leaves which actually need some sun to keep the color yellow. Give this plant plenty of space to grow and good morning sun to keep the leaves bright. Complimented by white blossoms. Moist, rich, well-drained soil.

 
Botanical Name

Hosta 'Thunderbolt'

Common Name
Thunderbolt Hosta

 
Height: 24"
Spread: 24"
Flower Color: White
Exposure: Part Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: It has wide blue-green margins with golden centers. As the foliage matures during the season, the center fades to a creamy-white. The leaves are also thick with heavy corrugation. The growth habit of ‘Thunderbolt’ is also more vigorous

 
Botanical Name

Iris Ensata 'Vareigated'

Common Name
Japanese Iris

 
Height:  27-29"
Spread: 18"
Flower Color: Purple
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Tall clump-forming plants that prefer moist soil. Plants produce huge flat crepe paper-like flowers.

 
Botanical Name

Iris Germanica 'Baltic Star'

Common Name
Japanese Iris

 
Height: 33-35"
Spread: 18"
Flower Color: Deep Purple Black
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Striking deep purple-black, tricolor falls of white centers transition to glowing violet to near black edges, a show-stopper, mid season bloomer.

 
Botanical Name

Iris Germanica 'Batik'

Common Name
Japanese Iris

 
Height:  23-25"
Spread: 18"
Flower Color:
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Large royal purple flowers splattered and streaked with white flecks, fragrant, early bloomer.

 
Botanical Name

Iris Germanica 'Immorality'

Common Name
Japanese Iris

 
Height: 28-30"
Spread: 18"
Flower Color: Deep Purple Black
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Pure white flowers with light lemon beards, nicely ruffled and fragrant, excellent vigor, midseason bloomer, best rebloomer.

 
Botanical Name

Leucanthemum superbum 'Becky'


Common Name
Becky Shasta Daisy

 
Height:  36-42"
Spread: 18-30"
Flower Color: White
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: The large single white flowers are on strong sturdy stems that hold up in the wind and rain. The foliage is a deep lustrous green and really holds up well in heat and humidity.  An excellent cut flower. Full sun and well drained soils are best.

 
Botanical Name

Leucanthemum superbum 'Snow Cap'

Common Name
Snow Cap Shasta Daisy

 
Height: 12"
Spread: 12"
Flower Color: White
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Perfect white daisies on short stiff stalks. Intensely white long-lasting flowers on a tidy, dark green clump of foliage. Shasta Daisies are easy and rewarding to grow in most well-drained garden soils. They prefer full sun and are heavy feeders when blooming. Fertilize with low nitrogen organic fertilizer in early spring and again just before bloom starts. Deadhead to prolong bloom period.

 
 
Botanical Name

Liatirs spicata 'Kobold'


Common Name
Spike Gayfeather

 
Height:  18-24"
Spread: 12-18"
Flower Color: Lilac-Mauve
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Multiple spikes of lilac mauve are produced in early summer. Makes a good cut and dried flower. Drought tolerant and does not need staking.

 
Botanical Name

Ligularia dentata 'Britt Marie Crawford' (PP16,113)

Common Name
Britt Marie Crawford Ligularia

 
Height: 3-4'
Spread: 2-3'
Flower Color: Yellow-orange
Exposure: Partial Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: A color breakthrough for ligularia. Golden-orange, daisy-like flowers bloom above chocolate foliage. A bold plant that prefers cool, moist soils. Protection from afternoon sun is a must. Perfect for a pond's edge.

 
 
Botanical Name

Asiatic Lily 'Blackout'

Common Name
Lily 'Blackout'

 
Height:  47-49"
Spread: 9"
Flower Color: Dark Red
Exposure: Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Very dark red almost black flowers, produces 4-5 flowers per stem.  Lilies are very hardy perennials and multiply year after year when planted in the garden.

 
Botanical Name

Asiatic Lily 'Centerflold'

Common Name
Lily 'Centerfold'

 
Height: 35-37"
Spread: 9"
Flower Color: White
Exposure: Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Creamy white with stunning maroon brushmarks and spots, very showy, produces 4-6 flowers per stem.  Lilies are very hardy perennials and multiply year after year when planted in the garden.

 
 
Botanical Name

Asiatic Lily Double 'Fata Morgana'

Common Name
Lily double 'Fata Morgana'

 
Height:  37-39"
Spread: 9"
Flower Color: Yellow
Exposure: Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Double flowers of bright yellow, petals are lightly spotted, produces 5-7 flowers per stem Double asiatic lilies are unique in that they do not produce pollen.  Their anthers have been replaced with petals, creating a double flower and no pollen. Doubles have an exceptional long bloom time in the garden.

 
Botanical Name

Asiatic Lily 'Landinni'

Common Name
Lily 'Landinni'

 
Height: 41-43"
Spread: 9"
Flower Color: Dark Purple Red
Exposure: Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: The darkest purple-red, almost black, sure to stand out in the garden. Lilies are very hardy perennials and multiply year after year when planted in the garden.

 
 
Botanical Name

Asiatic Pot Lily 'Matrix'

Common Name
Lily Matrix

 
Height: 15-17"
Spread: 7"
Flower Color: Orange Red
Exposure: Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Fiery red with orange brushmark in the center, produces 3-5 flowers per stem Shorter growing varieties with upward facing, medium-sized flowers.  Excellent for containers and good for perennials as well.  Plant 1 per quart; 3 per gallon.

 
Botanical Name

Asiatic Pot Lily 'Mount Duckling'

Common Name
Lily 'Mount Duckling'

 
Height: 16-18"
Spread: 7"
Flower Color: Pink
Exposure: Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Deep rosy pink with lightly spotted petals, strong grower, produces 3-5 flowers per stem. Shorter growing varieties with upward facing, medium-sized flowers.  Excellent for containers and good for perennials as well.  Plant 1 per quart; 3 per gallon.

 
 
Botanical Name

Asiatic Tango Lily 'Dot Com'

Common Name
Lily 'Dot Com'

 
Height: 41-43"
Spread: 9"
Flower Color: Pink/White
Exposure: Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Icy pink petals speckled with burgundy spots and dark burgundy centers, produce 4-6 flowers per stem Exciting new tow-tone hybrids with dramatic spotted centers.  Bold & beautiful!  Perfect for adding drama to the garden.

 
Botanical Name

Asiatic Lily Looks 'Tiny Ghost'

Common Name
Lily 'Tiny Ghost'

 
Height: 12-14"
Spread: 7"
Flower Color: Purple
Exposure: Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Best dwarf purple, strong grower with attractive foliage, 5-7 flowers per stem, 60 days to force New generation of pot lilies which are genetically short, can be grown all year round, and are available in a full range of colors.  In particular, these varieties have been selected for their higher flower production, their reduced sensitivity to leaf scorching and bud abortion, and their shorter forcing periods.  These characteristics make Lily Looks the ideal pot lily , especially for scheduling multiple crops in spring and throughout the year. 

 
 
Botanical Name

Oriental Lily 'Cobra'

Common Name
Lily 'Cobra'

 
Height: 12-14"
Spread: 7"
Flower Color: Purple
Exposure: Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Striking deep red flowers with a thin white edge, one of the darkest red orientals, very fragrant, upward facing, 4-7 flowers per stem Usually tall growing with exceptionally large fragrant flowers.  Flowers are mostly outward facing and often have maroon spots on the petals.  Prefers warmer temperatures and good drainage (more sand) compared to asiatics.

 
Botanical Name

Oriental Lily 'Stargazer'

Common Name
Lily 'Stargazer'

 
Height: 35-37"
Spread: 9"
Flower Color: Red and Pink
Exposure: Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Most popular, upright facing pink and red with a narrow white edge, produces 3-5 flowers per stem Usually tall growing with exceptionally large fragrant flowers.  Flowers are mostly outward facing and often have maroon spots on the petals.  Prefers warmer temperatures and good drainage (more sand) compared to asiatics.
 
Botanical Name

OT Hybrid Oriental Lily 'Conca 'D'OR'

Common Name
Lily 'Conca 'D'OR'

 
Height: 36-42"
Spread: 9"
Flower Color: Yellow
Exposure: Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Oriental hybrid with huge clear yellow flowers with lighter yellow tips, very fragrant Super hybrids from crossing oriental and trumpet lilies that have the best characteristics of both.  Flowers are often similar in shape to the orientals but have larger flowers, improved vase life, shorter growing times, and improved resistance to disease. 

 
Botanical Name

Lupinus 'Gallery Mix'

Common Name
Lupine Gallery Mix

 
Height: 30-36"
Spread: 30-36"
Flower Color: Mixed
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Mixture of red, pink, yellow, blue, white Unsurpassed early summer color with dense spires of pea-shaped flowers. Plants grow best in cooler climates. Deadhead old flowers to promote rebloom
 
Botanical Name

Lysimachia puncata 'Golden Alexander' (PP13,547)

Common Name
Golden Alexander Sundrops

 
Height: 24"
Spread: 18-24"
Flower Color: Yellow
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: A stable variegated foliage of green and gold. The yellow flowers appear along the stems in June and July. It seems to be a more compact variety. Best in moist, well-drained soil.

 
Botanical Name

Malva Sylvestris 'Zebrena'


Common Name
Mallow Zebrina

 
Height: 35-37"
Spread: 12-18"
Flower Color: Raspberry/Purple
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Tall well-branched plants to 3', small 2" pale purple flowers with bold raspberry-purple veins radiating out from the center, very colorful, blooms all summer Closely related to hibiscus, Malva are more shrub-like with well-branched stems. Small hollyhock-like flowers are produced along the stems and bloom profusely all summer. Plant in full sun in well-drained soil. Very heat and drought tolerant.
 
Botanical Name

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Common Name
Ostrich Fern

 
Height: 3-5'
Spread: 24-36"
Flower Color:
Exposure: Shade
Zone: 2-10
DESCRIPTION: Ostrich fern is a clump-forming, upright to arching, rhizomatous, deciduous fern which typically grows 3-5’ tall in cultivation. The showy parts of this fern are the finely dissected, medium green, vegetative (sterile) fronds which, as the common name suggests, exhibit the feathery appearance of long ostrich plumes.

 
Botanical Name

Miscanthus sinensis 'Graziella'

Common Name
Graziella Japanese Silver Grass

 
Height: 4-6'
Spread: 3-4'
Flower Color: Silvery-white
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Tall well-branched plants to 3', small 2" pale purple flowers with bold raspberry-purple veins radiating out from the center, very colorful, blooms all summer Closely related to hibiscus, Malva are more shrub-like with well-branched stems. Small hollyhock-like flowers are produced along the stems and bloom profusely all summer. Plant in full sun in well-drained soil. Very heat and drought tolerant.
 
Botanical Name

Miscanthus sinensis 'Purpurascens'

Common Name
Flame Grass

 
Height: 4'
Spread: 3-4'
Flower Color: Silver-white
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: A warm season grass hardy into Zone 4. Grows about 4' with satiny, magenta colored foliage in late summer. Upright grower. In falls the 3/4” wide leaves color to a bright red-orange before fading to a silken white in winter. Forms a large clump in time. A ten year old specimen can be 30" or more across. Clump forming.

 
Botanical Name

Molinia caerulea 'Skyracer'

Common Name
Skyracer Moor Grass

 
Height: 2-4'
Spread: 4-5'
Flower Color: Purplish-brown
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Delicate wire-fine yellow seed heads are borne on stems of up to 7' in July and August. Best planted where it will have space to develop, and against a plain background so the fine seed heads can be appreciated. Will tolerate light shade, but prefers full sun. Clump forming.
 
Botanical Name

Monarda didyma 'Coral Reef' (PP16,741)

Common Name
Coral Reef Bee Balm

 
Height: 3-4'
Spread: 2-3'
Flower Color: Coral pink
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: A recent introduction from the Monarda breeding program at Morden Research Centre in Canada. The flowers are a unique coral pink color, almost fluorescent, and really stand out in the garden.

 
Botanical Name

Monarda didyma 'Fireball'


Common Name
Bee Balm 'Fireball'

 
Height: 18-24"
Spread: 18-24"
Flower Color: Red
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: Medium height with bright red flowers, shorter and more compact than other reds, exhibits mildew resistance. It forms rapidly spreading clumps of mint scented foliage. Unusual colorful flowers are surrounded by equally colorful bracts. Blooms mid summer. Deadhead for rebloom.
 
Botanical Name

Monarda didyma 'AChall' (PP19,582)


Common Name
Grand Marshall™   Bee Balm

 
Height: 14-20'
Spread: 16-20'
Flower Color: Fuschia purple
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: Slightly larger than the Petite series, yet much smaller than the 3' hybrids, this mid-sized beauty reaches about 14-20" in height. Blooms in mid-summer with bright, fuchsia-purple flowers. The foliage has excellent mildew resistance.

 
Botanical Name

Monarda didyma 'ACrade' (PP19,5800)

Common Name
Grand Parade™   Bee Balm

 
Height: 13-16"
Spread: 16-20"
Flower Color: Lavender-purple
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: Grand Parade has a beautiful mounded shape, only reaching a height of 13-16”.  It will bloom in early to mid July with lavender-purple flowers. Powdery mildew resistance is very good.
 
Botanical Name

Monarda 'Petite Delight' (PP10,784)


Common Name
Petite Delight Bee Balm

 
Height: 15-18"
Spread: 18-24"
Flower Color: Lavender-rose
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 2-8
DESCRIPTION: 'Petite Delight' blooms in midsummer with lavender-rose flowers atop a mound of dark green, crinkled and highly mildew resistant foliage. The very compact form is excellent for the front of the perennial border. Moist, well-drained soils are best.

 
Botanical Name

Monarda didyma 'Pink Supreme' (PP14,204)

Common Name
 Bee Balm Pink Supreme

 
Height: 30-32"
Spread: 24-30"
Flower Color: Neon Pink
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 2-8
DESCRIPTION: A perfect companion for Fireball, medium in height with brilliant magenta-pink flowers, more compact for better pot presentation, forms attractive clumps in the garden, good mildew resistance. Forms rapidly spreading clumps of mint-scented foliage. Unusual colorful flowers are surrounded by equally colorful bracts. Blooms mid-summer. Deadhead for rebloom.
 
Botanical Name

Nepeta x faassenii  'Walkers Low'

Common Name
Walkers Low Catmint

 
Height: 18-24"
Spread: 24-36"
Flower Color: Lavender-blue
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: The beautiful green-grey foliage really sets off the lavender-blue flowers of this catmint. Blooms almost all season long, average garden soils. Will benefit from some light shearing after the first flush of flowers in early summer.

 
Botanical Name

Nepeta x faassenii 'Kit Cat'

Common Name
 Kit Cat Catmint

 
Height: 15-18"
Spread: 18-30"
Flower Color: Blue
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: New dwarf form of catmint, with a mounding habit, petite leaves and small blue flowers. Blooms all summer, and although the flowers are small, they are prolific. It can be used as a specimen in the front of the border, or as a groundcover in mass plantings. Best planted in well drained soils. Nepeta is quite drought tolerant once established. Will benefit from some light shearing after the first flush of flowers in early summer.
 
Botanical Name

Oenothera missouriensis

Common Name
Evening Primrose

 
Height: 12"
Spread: 12-15"
Flower Color: Bright Yellow
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Profuse, large, yellow blooms from June to September. Low growing and compact. Best in well-drained, soils. Xeriscape plant.

 
Botanical Name

Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal'

Common Name
 Heavy Metal Switch Grass

 
Height: 3-4'
Spread: 2-3'
Flower Color: Silver-pink
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Grasses are stiff, upright, metallic blue leaves that form a tight clump, to 3-3.5' tall with flowers 12-16" above the foliage. Bright yellow fall color. Clump forming.
 
Botanical Name

Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Sky'

Common Name
Prairie Sky Switch Grass

 
Height: 4-5'
Spread: 2-3'
Flower Color: Silver-pink
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: A switch grass selected primarily for the incredible blue tones to the foliage, reaching 4-5 feet tall. Performs best in climates with low humidity and cool nights. Clump forming.

 
Botanical Name

Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'

Common Name
Shenandoah Switch Grass

 
Height: 3-4'
Spread: 18-24"
Flower Color: Silver-pink
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: A nice short variety for a panicum, only reaching a mature height of 3-4 feet tall.  What really set it apart from other cultivars is the incredible red hues to the leaves, making it a stand out in the garden. Full sun, well-drained soils. Clump forming.
 
Botanical Name

Papaver Oriental 'Casino'

Common Name
Oriental Poppy

 
Height: 14-16"
Spread:
Flower Color: Purple/White
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: Compact, very hairy basal leaves with huge crepe paper-like flowers on tall stems. Plants bloom late spring and require well-drained soil. Large pure white flowers with black spots. Very showy. After they are done blooming, poppies will go dormant in the summer, so plant other perennials in front or nearby to fill in the summertime gaps in the landscape.

 
Botanical Name

Papaver Oriental 'Scarlet O'Hara'

Common Name
Oriental Poppy

 
Height: 15-17"
Spread:
Flower Color: Purple/White
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: Short and compact with large scarlet-red ruffled flowers, great for containers. Hairy basal leaves with huge crepe paper-like flowers on tall stems. Plants bloom late spring and require well-drained soil. Large pure white flowers with black spots. Very showy. After they are done blooming, poppies will go dormant in the summer, so plant other perennials in front or nearby to fill in the summertime gaps in the landscape.
 
Botanical Name

Papaver Oriental 'Scarlet O'Hara'

Common Name
Oriental Poppy

 
Height: 25-30"
Spread: 18-24"
Flower Color: Pink/White
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: These will really grab your attention in the garden with its huge 10" flowers!  'Miss Piggy' are white with a touch of soft pink infused through the ruffled petals. The center seed pod and surrounding dark purple stamens really set off the light color of the petals. After they are done blooming, poppies will go dormant in the summer, so plant other perennials in front or nearby to fill in the summertime gaps in the landscape.

 
Botanical Name

Penstemon barbatus 'Prairie Dusk'

Common Name
Prairie Dusk Beardtongue

 
Height: 24"
Spread: 12-18"
Flower Color: Rose-purple
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-8
DESCRIPTION: From the Penstemon breeding program at the University of Nebraska. 'Prairie Dusk' blooms in summer with rose-purple flowers on 24" stems.
 
Botanical Name

Penstemon 'Ruby Candle'

Common Name
Ruby Candle Beardtongue

 
Height: 24"
Spread: 12-18"
Flower Color: Rose
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: Brilliant red blooms add color to your summer garden. Blooms for 8 weeks in the summer. Penstemons are very tolerant and easy to grow. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.

 
Botanical Name

Paeonia 'Felix Supreme'

Common Name
Felix Supreme Peony

 
Height: 2.5'
Spread: 2.5-3'
Flower Color: Dark ruby red
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-7
DESCRIPTION: Midseason. Very large flower heads that are double dark ruby red. Excellent for cutting.
 
Botanical Name

Paeonia 'Sarah Bernhardt'

Common Name
Sarah Bernhardt Peony

 
Height: 3'+
Spread: 2.5-3'
Flower Color: Pink
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-7
DESCRIPTION: Late. A classic favorite, with beautiful double pink flowers that are slightly paler at edge of the petal giving it a silvery tip look.

 
Botanical Name

Perovskia 'Little Spire'(PP11,643)

Common Name
Little Spire Russian Sage

 
Height: 25"
Spread: 18-24"
Flower Color: Lavender-Blue
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: This dwarf Russian sage has lavender-blue flowers and silvery foliage. Selected for its upright habit that prevents it from leaning in the landscape. Starts blooming in late summer and continues through autumn. Best in full sun sites with well-drained soils.
 
Botanical Name

Phlox paniculata 'Nicky'

Common Name
Nicky Garden Phlox

 
Height: 35-37"
Spread: 12-14
Flower Color: Purple
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Wonderful clump-forming plants for mid-summer color with exceptional long bloom time. Plant in full sun in areas with good air circulation to prevent mildew. Mildew resistant, dark magenta purple flowers, darkest purple of all phlox, very fragrant. Deadhead to prolong bloom time.

 
Botanical Name

Phlox paniculata 'Red Super'

Common Name
Red Super Garden Phlox

 
Height: 25-27"
Spread: 15-18"
Flower Color: Purple
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Mildew resistant, attractive darker foliage with large light red flowers. Wonderful clump-forming plants for mid-summer color with exceptional long bloom time. Plant in full sun in areas with good air circulation to prevent mildew. Deadhead to prolong bloom time.
 
Botanical Name

Phlox paniculata 'David'

Common Name
David Garden Phlox

 
Height: 36-42
Spread: 12-14"
Flower Color: White
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: A new and improved selection of white-flowering phlox. Prized for enormous, brilliant white flowers that are deliciously fragrant. Lovely border plant, easy to combine with other perennials. Highly disease resistant, plant extra for cut flowers. Deadhead to prolong bloom time.

 
Botanical Name

Phlox paniculata 'Junior Dream'

Common Name
Junior Dream Garden Phlox

 
Height: 18-22"
Spread: 18"
Flower Color: Purple
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: Medium height with bright green mildew resistant foliage, bright purple flowers, plants branch freely and continue to flower from lateral branches all summer, fragrant and good mildew resistance. Deadhead to prolong bloom time.
 
Botanical Name

Phlox paniculata 'Pink Flame'

Common Name
Pink Flame Garden Phlox

 
Height: 15-17"
Spread: 10-12"
Flower Color: Pink
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: Dark pink flowers with a red eye. Wonderful clump-forming plants for mid-summer color with exceptional long bloom time. Plant in full sun in areas with good air circulation to prevent mildew. Deadhead to prolong bloom time.

 
Botanical Name

Phlox paniculata 'Red Magic'

Common Name
Red Magic Garden Phlox

 
Height: 24-28"
Spread: 10-12"
Flower Color: Red to Dark Pink
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: Mildew resistant, dark rose-red flowers.  Wonderful clump-forming plants for mid-summer color with exceptional long bloom time. Plant in full sun in areas with good air circulation to prevent mildew.  Deadhead to prolong bloom time.
 
Botanical Name

Phlox paniculata 'Red Riding Hood'

Common Name
Red Riding Hood Garden Phlox

 
Height: 15-20"
Spread: 10-12"
Flower Color: Red
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: Medium height plants with bright cherry red flowers, fragrant. Wonderful clump-forming plants for mid-summer color with exceptional long bloom time. Plant in full sun in areas with good air circulation to prevent mildew. Deadhead to prolong bloom time.

 
Botanical Name

Phlox paniculata 'Lizzy'

Common Name
Lizzy Phlox

 
Height: 24-30"
Spread: 10-12"
Flower Color: Red
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: 'Lizzy' blooms in profusion with huge 5-6 inch flower heads all summer. The flowers are fragrant and showy, with hot pink-red petals and silver-white centers. Fantastic brilliant non-fading color. 'Lizzy' is excellent for perennial borders, corners and for cut flowers. The foliage is dense and compact with deep green, lance-shaped leaves have prominent veins. . Deadhead to prolong bloom time.
 
Botanical Name

Phusostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners' (PP12,637)

Common Name
Miss Manners Obedient Plant

 
Height: 18-24"
Spread: 15-24"
Flower Color: White
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 2-9
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the first physostegia on the market that lives up to the name obedient plant. It is a clump former, reaching a mature height of 18-24" and spreads to 15-24". Blooming in midsummer with white flowers, and, if you deadhead it, you may get some late summer re-bloom.

 
Botanical Name

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Mariesii'


Common Name
Mariesii Balloonflower

 
Height: 20"
Spread: 15-20"
Flower Color: Deep blue
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: Deep blue balloon shaped buds open to single blue flowers, July to September. Excellent as cut flowers. Moist, well-drained soil.
 
Botanical Name

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Sentimental Blue'

Common Name
Sentimental Blue Balloonflower

 
Height: 6-8"
Spread: 15-20"
Flower Color: Deep Blue
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 2-9
DESCRIPTION: Very short and compact with large blue flowers, a prolific bloomer. Plants have large, puffy buds, resembling balloons that open to bell-shaped flowers. Exceptional long bloom time during summer. Plant in well-drained soil.

 
Botanical Name

Polemonium reptans 'Stairway to Heaven' (PP15,187)

Common Name
Stairway to Heaven Jocob's Ladder

 
Height: 12-24"
Spread: 12-18"
Flower Color: Pale lavender-blue
Exposure: Part Sun
Zone: 3-7
DESCRIPTION: A cultivar with green foliage and a white margin tinged with pink. Pale lavender-blue flowers bloom in late spring to early summer. Likes evenly moist soil and some protection from the hot afternoon sun.
 
Botanical Name

Pulmonaria longifolia 'Roy Davidson'

Common Name
Roy Davidson Lungwort

 
Height: 10-12"
Spread: 12-15"
Flower Color: Pink then blue
Exposure: Shade
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: This species differs from P. saccharata in that the leaves are longer, narrower, and more erect in form. This cultivar has pink flowers that turn light blue as they mature in the month of May. Prefers moist soil. Mixes well in the shade bed with hosta and ferns.

 
Botanical Name

Pulmonaria saccharata 'Silverado'

Common Name
Silverado Lungwort

 
Height: 12-18"
Spread: 12-24"
Flower Color: Dark Blue
Exposure: Part Shade to Shade
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: Pulmonaria should be planted in a somewhat shady area, like under deciduous trees. They like spring sunshine and morning light. They do not like hot afternoon heat- wilting under the intense heat and light of the summer sun. Plants start to flower in early spring and bloom for a few weeks (April - June.)
 
Botanical Name

Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'


Common Name
Black Eyed Susan

 
Height: 24-30"
Spread: 24-30"
Flower Color: Golden Yellow
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Produces masses of showy golden yellow daisy-like flowers from July to mid-October. Goldfinches love the seeds. Vigorous. Fertile, loose soil.

 
Botanical Name

Salvia nemorosa 'Haeumanarc' (PP13,322)

Common Name
Marcus®   Perennial Salvia

 
Height: 12"
Spread: 8-15"
Flower Color: Violet-purple
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: A new dwarf, compact salvia discovered by German perennial grower Marcus Hausserman. It reaches a mature height of only 12" so it is a great new vertical plant for the front of the perennial border or rock garden. Marcusâ will bloom starting in June and if deadheaded will rebloom throughout the growing season. The flowers are a strong violet purple.
 
Botanical Name

Salvia nemorosa 'Mainacht'

Common Name
May Night Salvia

 
Height: 18"
Spread: 15-24"
Flower Color: Indigo blue
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: Flower spikes of indigo blue in midsummer. Moist, well-drained soil is ideal, although the perennial salvias are tolerant of drought conditions.

 
Botanical Name

Salvia pratensis 'Eveline'

Common Name
Eveline Salvia

 
Height: 18-20"
Spread: 12-18"
Flower Color: Pink
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: 'Eveline' produces a prolific show of spikes lined with whorls of light pink, two-lipped flowers in May and again all summer if cut back. An upright, bushy habit contributes to an all around excellent form.
 
Botanical Name

Salvia pratensis 'Rhapsody in Blue'


Common Name
Rhapsody in Blue Salvia

 

Height: 22-24"
Spread: 18-24"
Flower Color: Blue
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Wide green foliage has a gray gloss. Two-tone flowers of blue-violet, blooms in June through August. Fast grower with 25-30 flowering stems per plant all at the same time.

 
Botanical Name

Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues'

Common Name
Eveline Salvia

 
Height: 3'
Spread: 2-3'
Flower Color: Tan, inconspicuous until seed head forms
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Incredible blue leaves through the summer, become even more intense with the cool autumn weather, incorporating even some deep burgundy red tones through the leaves. The seed heads will reach 3 inch height. Full sun, well-drained soils. Clump forming.
 
Botanical Name

Sedum spectabile 'Autumn Fire'

Common Name
Autumn Fire Stonecrop

 
Height: 24-30"
Spread: 18-24"
Flower Color: Rose-pink
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Similar to 'Autumn Joy' but has a tighter growth habit, thicker foliage and brighter, rosy-pink flowers.

 
Botanical Name

Sedum purdeyi 'Purple Emperor'

Common Name
Purple Emperor Stonecrop

 
Height: 15-18"
Spread: 15-16"
Flower Color: Dusty Red
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Vigorous grower with dark purple foliage, compact purple stems with dusty-red flower clusters in August. Very hardy plants with succulent foliage and colorful terminal flower clusters. Most are very heat and drought tolerant, and will grow in almost any soil.
 
Botanical Name

Sedum Hylotelephium 'Lynda Windsor'

Common Name
Lynda Windsor Stonecrop

 
Height: 12-18"
Spread: 12-15"
Flower Color: Red
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-9
DESCRIPTION: Dark purple fleshy foliage is accompanied by large heads of hundreds of tiny flowers that bloom June through September.

 
Botanical Name

Stachys monnierj 'Hummelo'


Common Name
Hummelo Betony

 
Height: 18-20"
Spread: 15-20"
Flower Color: Rosy lavender
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-10
DESCRIPTION: Most gardeners are familiar with the silver foliaged lambs ears. There are also a number of Stachys species with green foliage that are wonderful plants in the perennial garden. Hummelo produces spikes of rosy-pink flowers that grow to 20" in height by midsummer. These flowers arise from a mound of basal foliage that is slightly glossy and dark green in color. Plant in full sun and well-drained soils.
 
Botanical Name

Trollius cultorum 'Earliest of All'

Common Name
Globe Flower

 
Height: 12-24"
Spread: 12-15"
Flower Color: Yellow
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-10
DESCRIPTION: Excellent cut flower, earliest to bloom, fun and bright showy plant. Trollius grows best in full sun to partial shade and rich moist, even boggy soil. This moisture is especially important in sunny locations. If the foliage begins to look worn after flowering, cut it back hard and wait for the new growth to fill back in. Trollius on average takes a year or two to become established.

 
Botanical Name

Veronica longefolia 'Eveline'

Common Name
Eveline Speedwell

 
Height: 20-22"
Spread: 12-15"
Flower Color: Rose Purple
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-10
DESCRIPTION: Rose-purple flowers, dark green foliage, very floriferous and surely a spectacular easy-to-grow perennial. This plant is native to moist areas and does poorly if the soil is allowed to dry out. It is best grown in full sun; in too much shade, plants will need staking. Deadheading will promote additional blooms. Divide in spring if necessary. An attractive vertical accent for the middle or back of the border.
 
Botanical Name

Veronica spicata 'Rotfuchs'


Common Name
Red Fox Speedwell

 
Height: 15"
Spread: 12-18"
Flower Color: Rosy-red
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 3-8
DESCRIPTION: A great plant with dark rosy-red flowers spikes blooming for easily 5-6 weeks through summer. Flowers are great for cutting. Full sun, prefers fertile, well-drained soils.

 
Botanical Name

Veronica spicata 'Royal Candles' (PP18,932)

Common Name
Royal Candles Speedwell

 
Height: 12-15"
Spread: 10-15"
Flower Color: Blue-Purple
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: This PlantHaven introduction is a huge improvement in the world of veronicas. Compact growth habit, slow growing and disease resistant. Great flower spikes are a deep blue-purple and rebloom if deadheaded. Will perform best in full sun and evenly moist, well-drained soils.
 
Botanical Name

Veronica Scrophulariaceae 'Sunny Border Blue'


Common Name
Sunny Border Blue Speedwell

 
Height: 12-18"
Spread: 10-15"
Flower Color: Violet Blue
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Very glossy green crinkled foliage with sturdy spikes of violet blue flowers, very free-flowering. Summer blooming plants for the sunny border. Most require very little maintenance.

 
Botanical Name

Wisteria macrostachya 'Blue Moon'



Common Name
Royal Candles Speedwell

 
Height: 14-16'
Spread:
Flower Color: Blue-Purple
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Finally a hardy wisteria that can take the Minnesota winters, Blue Moon has been reliably hardy to -40°F (yes minus), it is extremely fast growing and blooms up to three times a year if grown in full sun, beautiful lavender-blue flowers are borne on foot-long racemes and are sweetly fragrant. Wonderful woody vine valued for its dangling floral displays. Especially suited for arbors or pergolas.
 
Botanical Name

Zauschneria garretti 'Orange Carpet'

Common Name
Orange Carpet Hardy Fushia

 
Height: 3-6"
Spread: 16-20"
Flower Color: Orange
Exposure: Full Sun
Zone: 4-9
DESCRIPTION: Rapidly spreading ground cover with small pubescent leaves, terminal clusters of orange-scarlet flowers bloom mid to late summer, hummingbirds love these plants, and well-drained soil is needed.