dwarf false indigo
Amorpha nana
Bright green leaves are topped by showy purple flowers with bright red stamen that give … Continued
browsing: summer
Artemisia ‘Valerie Finnis’ wormwood, white sage
Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis'
Velvety, silver foliage with lance-shaped leaves and pale yellow flowers add contrast all season in … Continued
goatsbeard
Aruncus dioicus ‘Child of Two Worlds’
This native plant grows in moist woodlands. A tall, bushy, plant typically with ferny, dark … Continued
Astilbe ‘Color Flash’
Astilbe arendsii ‘Color Flash’
A kaleidoscope of color from through fall! Foliage emerges with a mix of green, variegated … Continued
wild petunia
Ruellia humilis
Tubular, bell-shaped, petunia-like flowers up to 3″ long open from May to October on drought-loving … Continued
‘Smoky Hills’ prairie skullcap
Scutellaria resinosa ‘Smoky Hills’
‘Smoky Hills’ is an improved selection of prairie skullcap originally collected in the Smoky Hills … Continued
‘Butterfly Blue’/’Fama Deep Blue’ pincushion flower
Scabiosa columbaria ‘Butterfly Blue’
Perennial Plant Association 2000 Perennial Plant of the Year! A compact, long-blooming perennialproduces flowers from … Continued
‘Mel’s Blue’ Stoke’s aster
Stokesia laevis 'Mel's Blue’
Native to wetlands, bottomlands, savannas, and ditches along the coastal plain from North Carolina to … Continued
‘Sunny Border Blue’ speedwell
Veronica spicata ‘Sunny Border Blue’
Perennial Plant Association 1993 Perennial Plant of the Year! Showy dark violet-blue spikes are very … Continued
‘Pink Eveline’ speedwell
Veronica longifolia ‘Pink Eveline’
A more compact selection of upright speedwell, plants form a bushy, upright clump with long … Continued
‘Crimson Cherry’ rhubarb
Rheum x hybridum
Produces multitudes of red-blushed green stalks and is the best cooking rhubarb. Sweeter and milder … Continued
tatarian aster
Aster tataricus
Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soils in full to part sun. Can be divided … Continued