All Plants
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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Grass | PANICUM virgatum ‘Niagra Falls’ | Switch Grass | This native ornamental grass with a flowing growth habit like a Miscanthus in the landscape with arching foliage, but adds the powder blue color characteristic of Switch Grass. In fall, sprays of cream seed heads pack the top of the plant. Drought tolerant Attracts birds Deer resistant |
48" | Full sun | 4 | ||
Grass | PANICUM virgatum ‘Purple Tears’ | Switch Grass | Upright growing, with a tight narrow form, this selection features light green foliage topped by grey-green flowers stalks that bear stunning purple seed heads in late summer and fall. Drought tolerant Deer resistant |
36-48 | Full sun | 4 | ||
Grass | PANICUM virgatum ‘Shenandoah’ | Red Switch Grass | Red-tipped foliage appears in spring followed by reddish-pink flower panicles in summer. Foliage deepens to burgundy in the fall. |
2-4 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Grass | PANICUM virgatum ‘Trailblazer’ | Switch Grass | Larger, showier seed heads on this graceful new cultivar. Sheer red-tinted flower clusters wave good-bye to summer as blue-green blades turn to a blaze of old golds and maroons that promise to brighten your autumn and maintain a winter presence. Attracts birds |
4-5 feet | Full sun | 5 | ||
Perennial | PAPAVER nudicaule ‘Wonderland Mix’ | Alpine Poppy | Lovely short-lived perennial with large saucer flowers in shades from white to lemon to golden yellow to orange-red and pink. Blooms held on 1-2 foot stalks above the lobed basel foliage. Will reseed. |
12-24 inches | Sun | 2 | ||
Perennial | PAPAVER ori. ‘Queen Alexandra’ | Oriental Poppy | Large, bright salmon-pink flowers with black central blotches on strong stems late spring to early summer. Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds & bees Drought tolerant Summer dormant Deer & rabbit resistant Good cut flower |
24-36" | Full sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PAPAVER orientale ‘Allegro’ | Oriental Poppy | Very large and brilliant orange-red blossoms with a black central blotch. Great cut flower. Attracts bees & butterflies Deer resistant |
18-20 inches | Full sun | 2 | ||
Perennial | PAPAVER orientale ‘Beauty of Livermere’ | Oriental Poppy | Huge deep red flowers with black blotches in spring. Will go dormant by mid-summer. Attracts bees, butterflies & hummingbirds Deer and rabbit resistant Drought tolerant |
30-36 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PAPAVER orientale ‘Brilliant’ | Oriental Poppy | The name says it all. Brilliant red blooms in spring. |
30-36 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PAPAVER orientale ‘Princess Victoria Louise’ | Oriental Poppy | Light salmon pink blooms with black spots. Goes dormant mid-summer. Attracts bees and butterflies Deer and rabbit resistant Drought tolerant |
24-30 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PAPAVER orientale ‘Royal Wedding’ | Oriental Poppy | Beautiful pure white with black center blotches. Goes dormant mid-summer. Attracts bees and butterflies Deer and rabbit resistant Drought tolerant |
30-36 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PAPAVER orientale ‘Little Patty’s Plum’ | Oriental Poppy | Soft plum-purple flowers with black blotches and dark purple stamens in the center. |
10-14" | Sun | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | PARTHENOCISSUS quinquefolia ‘Star Showers’ | Virginia Creeper | A variegated form of this vigorous native vine with foliage mottled with cream. Takes on pink tones as the weather cools. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Annual | PASSIFLORA aurantia | Orange Petaled Passionflower | Native to Australia this more compact grower sends out loads of tangerine-orange blooms. |
12-14 inches | Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | ||
Annual | PASSIFLORA caerulea ‘Blue Bahama’ | Passion Flower | Unusual gorgeous blue and green and white flowers. |
10-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 6 | ||
Annual | PASSIFLORA foetidia ‘Popping Jay’ | Stinking Passionflower Vine | Very pretty smaller white & purple flowers, but that’s not why you grow it! Each flower produces really cool feathery bracts that surround the buds and fruits! |
10-12 feet | Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | ||
Annual | PASSIFLORA ‘Garlic Passionfruit’ | Passion Flower Vine | Interesting flowers of brilliant magenta and rich purple. Also the fruit tastes like garlic! |
Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | |||
Annual | PASSIFLORA ‘Sunburst’ | Passion flower Vine | A completely different Passion flower! Yellow and orange flowers with purple backed foliage. Don’t get too close though, the flowers smell like rotting flesh! |
8-10 feet | Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | ||
Annual | PELARGONIUM ‘Black Velvet Appleblossom’ | Fancy Leaf Geranium | Deep, dark almost black foliage contrasts beautifully with the single pale pink flowers. |
Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | |||
Annual | PELARGONIUM ‘Black Velvet Rose’ | Fancy Leaf Geranium | Same as the ‘Black Velvet Appleblossom’ but with a richer pink flower. |
Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | |||
Annual | PELARGONIUM ‘Contrast’ | Fancy Leaf Geranium | Tri-color foliage of green, cream and red with bright scarlet flowers. |
Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | |||
Annual | PELARGONIUM ‘Distinctive’ | Fancy Leaf Geranium | A compact grower with rounded and toothed green foliage with a thin chocolate margin. Flower are bright red. |
8-12 inches | Tropical | |||
Annual | PELARGONIUM ‘Grossersorten’ | Fancy Leaf Geranium | A cultivar with prolific, narrow-petaled salmon flowers and dark leaves with black zones. |
18-24 inches | Tropical | |||
Annual | PELARGONIUM ‘Mini Karmine’ | Ivy Geranium | Lacy foliage and loads of bright pink flowers cascade over the pot edge. |
16-18" | Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | ||
Annual | PELARGONIUM ‘Mrs. Peters’ | Geranium | White-edged gray-green foliage with double, rose pink flowers. Habit is compact. |
Mrs. Peters | Tropical | |||
Annual | PELARGONIUM ‘Mrs. Quilter’ | Fancy Leaf Geranium | Gold foliage marked with a bronze ring topped with lovely light salmon pink flowers. |
14-16 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | PELARGONIUM ‘Persian Queen’ | Fancy Leaf Geranium | Chatreuse gold foliage with large fuchsia pink flowers. |
14-16 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | PELARGONIUM Scented | Scented Geraniums | Easy to grow geraniums with wonderful fragrant foliage. In 2023 we will have ‘Lady Plymouth’, ‘Nutmeg’, ‘Pine’, ‘Attar of Roses’ & lemon scented ‘Charity’ |
1-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
Annual | PELARGONIUM sidoides | Geranium | Deep maroon flowers on fine stems over small grey foliage. Good for trailing out of a mixed planter. |
12-14 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Perennial | DARMERA peltata | Umbrella Plant | Rounded leaves 6”-18″ across! Small pink flowers in clusters before the leaves in early spring. For moist sites. |
26-28 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | PELTOBOYKINIA watanabei | Peltoboykinia | A Japanese woodland saxifrage with large, deeply cut peltate leaves that emerge reddish in the spring maturing to rich green. Tiny cream flowers on tall spikes in June. |
2-3 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
Grass | PENNISETUM alopecuroides ‘Etouffee’ | Fountain Grass | Forming a large mound of arching green leaves with soft pink bottlebrush flower spikes from spring till fall then turning to buff as they dry. Sterile and non re-seeding Attracts songbirds Deer resistant Good cut flower |
30-36" | Full sun | 5 | ||
Annual | PENNISETUM purpureum ‘Vertigo’ | Red Fountain Grass | An upright form with wide, deep green foliage that matures to dark purple. Large and dramatic! |
4-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | PENNISETUM advena ‘Rubrum’ | Red Fountain Grass | Striking burgundy grass with rosy plumes. Lasts well into fall. |
2-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Perennial | PENSTEMON barbatus ‘Pristine Scarlet’ | Beard Tongue | Large tubular bright red flowers on well-branched stems. Drought tolerant. Attracts hummingbirds Good cut flower |
16-18 inches | Full sun | 5 | ||
Perennial | PENSTEMON barbatus ‘Pristine Blue’ | Beardtongue | Loads of bell-shaped deep blue blooms on compact flower spikes. Throughout the summer. Attracts hummingbirds Good cut flower |
15-20 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
Perennial | PENSTEMON barbatus ‘Rondo Mix’ | Beardtongue | Spikes of rich jewel-tone tubular flowers, including red, blue & purple. Attracts hummingbirds Good cut flower |
16-18" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | PENSTEMON digitalis | Smooth White Penstemon | Blooms in early summer with white or light-pink-tinted, tubular 1″ flowers. Great for wildflower and perennial gardens. |
3-4 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
PENSTEMON digitalis ‘Husker’s Red’ | Foxglove Penstemon | Deep bronze-purple foliage topped by white flowers in June-July. |
28-30 inches | Sun | 4 | |||
Perennial | PENSTEMON digitalis ‘Pocahontas’ | Foxglove Penstemon | Dark burgundy foliage topped with spikes of lavender-pink tubular flowers on dark stems in June. |
3-4 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | PENSTEMON hirsutus ‘Pygmaeus’ | Beardtongue | Dwarf creeping Penstemon with violet flowers over most of the summer. Perfect for the rock garden. |
4-6 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | PENSTEMON pinifolius ‘Steppe Suns’ | Pineleaf Beardtongue | Bright orange flowered selection of this shrubby native blooms late spring into summer; pine leaf-like foliage on woody stems. Great for the rock garden where it can get a very well drained soil and lots of sun. Attracts hummingbirds |
12-18" | Full sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | PENSTEMON ‘Prairie Dusk’ | Beard Tongue | Rose-purple tubular flowers in June-July. |
22-24 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | PENSTEMON strictus | Rocky Mountain Beardtongue | Spires of large royal-blue tubular flowers perfect for hummingbirds in late spring to early summer. Shiny semi-evergreen leaves remain fresh looking. Attracts pollinators Drought tolerant |
1-3 feet | Full sun | 4 | ||
PEROVSKIA atriplicifolia ‘Blue Jean Baby’ | Russian Sage | A new intro from Walters Gardens selected for its shorter, more compact habit. Lacy blue-green foliage covered with lavender blue spikes that start blooming earlier than other Perovskias. |
28-34 inches | |||||
Perennial | PEROVSKIA atriplicifolia ‘Crazy Blue’ | Russian Sage | A compact, mounding form with typical silver-gray foliage and blue flowers. |
12-18 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | PEROVSKIA atriplicifolia ‘Little Spire’ | Russian Sage | Blue flowers in late summer on short upright plants. May flop if soil is too rich. Drought tolerant Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds & bees Deer & rabbit resistant |
24-26 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
PEROVSKIA atriplicifolia ‘Rocketman’ | Russian Sage | Another Walters Garden intro with an upright, vase-shaped habit and lavender blue flowers on sturdy stems. |
30-36 inches | |||||
Perennial | PERSICARIA ampl. ‘Firetail’ | Mountain Fleece Flower | An easy care perennial that grows quickly into a large clump of dark green foliage topped with ruby red flower spikes for many weeks in mid-summer. Does best with fertile, moist soils. Attracts bees & butterflies Good cut flower Deer & rabbit resistant |
36-48" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
PERSICARIA amplexicaule ‘Orangefield’ | Fleece Flower | A new cultivar with salmon red spikes over bushy green foliage. |
36-42 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 |