‘Albatross’ hardy water lily
Nymphaea 'Albatross'
Pure white, semi-double blooms with golden stamens and green leaves open on the water’s surface. … Continued
browsing: summer
common arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
Commonly called arrowhead, duck potato, or wapato, this vigorous marginal aquatic grows arrowhead-shaped leaves and … Continued
pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata
A vigorous marginal aquatic perennial native to stream and pond margins. In the wild plants … Continued
Bush’s poppy mallow
Callirhoe bushii
Cousin to purple poppy mallow, Bush’s poppy mallow requires sharply draining soils in full sun … Continued
bottlebrush buckeye
Aesculus parviflora
Aesculus parviflora is easily grown in average soil in part to full shade and features … Continued
Pincushion Flower
Scabiosa atropurpurea
Elegant cut flowers on strong, slender stems in a wide range of colors including black, … Continued
Marigold ‘Gogo’Yellow, Gold & Orange
Tagetes erecta
Plants produce large double blooms that make excellent cut flower arrangements and look amazing in … Continued
Black-eyed Susan ‘Cappucino’
Rudbeckia hirta 'Cappucino'
Huge 4″ blooms are beautiful bronzy red-orange bicolor with darker centers. Great for cut flowers, … Continued
‘Prairie Glow’ Brown-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba 'Prairie Glow'
A butterfly magnet, this compact, well-branched, and floriferous Rudbeckia produces gold-tipped blooms with bronzy orange … Continued
Love-in-a-mist
Nigella damascena
Beautiful blooms of blue, mauve, pink, purple, and white blooms open over lacy greenery. Unusual … Continued
wild mint
Mentha arvensis
Tiered clusters of small white flowers open along stems in summer and continue through fall, … Continued
Illinois bundleflower
Desmanthus illinoensis
White flowers in summer open over delicate fern-like foliage. Supports bees and various game birds … Continued