lead plant
Amorpha canescens
This native shrub grows in woodlands and prairies. 4-8″ spike-like clusters of tiny, bluish-purple flowers … Continued
browsing: summer
creeping mazus
Mazus reptans
This low-growing, mat-forming perennial features rosettes of lance-shaped toothed leaves spreading quickly and blooming from … Continued
plume poppy
Macleaya cordata
Fantastic ornate foliage resembles a huge oak leaf and is green overlaid with silver frost. … Continued
‘Alexander’ variegated garden loosestrife
Lysimachia punctata ‘Alexander’
Golden yellow flower spikes 24-36″ tall on hardy, easy care perennials with pretty green and … Continued
Maltese cross
Lychnis chalcedonica
An heirloom flower grown in gardens since colonial times. Dense heads of bright scarlet flowers. … Continued
‘Blood Red’ rose campion
Lychnis coronaria ‘Blood Red’
Pretty silver-gray foliage is topped with red blooms in spring. Plants grow 18-24″ high. Can … Continued
‘Gold Rush’ red hot pokers, tritoma
Kniphofia uvaria ‘Gold Rush’
Many red and yellow flower spikes open brightly all summer summer atop a low-growing, thick … Continued
prairie ironweed
Vernonia fasciculata
2-4′ tall fall native is topped with broad, compound blooms made up of many heads … Continued
‘Husker Red’ beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red'
Perennial Plant Association 1996 Perennial Plant of the Year! Striking dark burgundy foliage is topped … Continued
wild senna
Cassia hebecarpa
Round, pea-like foliage on 4-6′ tall plants with dark yellow, pea-like blooms in summer. We … Continued
Mexican hats
Ratibida columnifera
Round, dense, fine foliage is covered with 1″ blooms of yellow, red and bicolor flowers … Continued
‘Summer Sun’ & ‘Sunstruck’ false sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Summer Sun'/Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra ‘Sunstruck’
‘Summer Sun’ is a long-blooming hardy perennial that produces yellow, semi-double daisy flowers with deep … Continued