Gorgeous arching wands of fluffy pink over blue-green foliage summer through fall. Swaying in every breeze this fantastic plants brings movement to the garden as it weaves through surrounding plants. Makes a beautiful cut flower.

Small red bottle-brush flowers in midsummer over tidy green and white variegated foliage.

Maroon bottlebrush-like flowers in summer over blue-green toothed foliage. Excellent for moist soils and a great ‘weaver’ through surrounding plants. Deer & rabbit resistant Attracts butterflies

Deep red bottlebrush flowers on tall slender wands that wave in the slightest breezes adding graceful movement to the late summer garden. Young leaves can be harvested for spring tonics. Self sows Deer resistant

Smokey-pink candles rise on strong stems in August.

White fluffy, nodding spikes on tall, wiry stems reaching up and over the gardens adding movement. Attracts pollinators  

Deep maroon bottle brushes form on top of swaying stems with ferny green-blue foliage. A wonderful meadow plant! Attracts birds & butterflies Deer resistant Good cut flower

Wine red bottlebrush blooms on stiff stems over green pinnate foliage. Blooms from midsummer into the fall.

Mounds of crimped blue-green foliage bear stems of deep red bottle-brush flowers all summer and into fall. Deer and rabbit resistant

Small white bottle-brush flowers on tall stems in late summer.  Best in moist sites.

Rose-pink bottlebrush flowers float over the finely cut foliage attracting many pollinators to the garden.

This plant is densely branched with a mounding to trailing habit, creating a mat 6-8″ tall with a 1-2′ spread. In summer (May to August) the plant is carpeted in sprays of small, bright pink flowers. Tolerates some drought once established making it a nice addition to the sunny rock garden. After flowering, shear back by […]

A white-flowered cultivar smothered in white blooms in spring.

A Chinese ginger relative with downy heart-shaped leaves and light yellow spring blooms.

An unusual relative of our native jack-in-the-pulpit. this rarity flowers early in the season with stinky flowers that are pollinated by flys. Once the flower dies down it then sends up a large fingered leaf with heavily spotted stems.

This selection forms a low cushion of green leaves bearing short stems of upfacing, carmine-red flowers from spring through mid-summer. Requires a cool, moist location. Dislikes drought and hot, humid summer weather. Trim lightly after flowering to remove the flower stems. Deer and rabbit resistant

Pubescent, rounded gray-green foliage is marked with silver. Undersides are maroon red.  Spreads by red stolons from which “plantlets” dangle.  Small white flowers in spring. Marginally hardy here, but makes a great hanging basket!

Small rosettes resembling hens & chicks are covered in white hairs giving them a silvery look. Small arching stems of white flowers speckled in red appear in late spring. Perfect for the rock garden.

An heirloom annual that has been grown in gardens since colonial times. The closed buds resemble your grandmother’s pin cushion! This mix produces a beautiful array of colors to add brilliance to the later summer garden. Perfect for cutting. Deer resistant. Attracts all pollinators.

Deep cobalt blue with the largest flower of all the Scabiosa -up to 4″ across, making this a valuable cut flower. Deadhead to keep it blooming all summer. Deer/drought resistant. Best in non-acidic soils. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.

Deep cobalt blue with the largest flower of all the Scabiosa-up to 4″ across, makes this a valuable cut flower. Keep it deadhead to keep this blooming all summer. Deer resistant. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.

Large, dazzling purple-blue, full pincushions arising from substantial stems above elegant, deep green, textured mounds. Midsummer. Attracts butterflies.

Loads of blue fan shaped flowers cascade over the pot edge.

Low maintenance cascade with pure white fans.

An improved selection with a more upright habit. Steel blue foliage highlighted with purple turns colorful shades of orange, red, pink and purple in the fall. Flower panicles are a glossy purple.

Upright blue-green foliage turns scarlet in late summer deepening to red purple through the fall.

A thick-stemmed form that will not flop. Blue foliage turns red and orange in the fall.

Similar to the climbing hydrangea, this cultivar has attractive silver-patterned foliage and large, flat white flower clusters through the summer.

Needles are glossy green and arranged in whorls. A pyramidal dwarf cultivar. Needs careful siting in Vermont.

Needles are long, dark green and arranged in whorls. This cultivar is compact with excellent winter color. Needs careful siting in Vermont.

Compact, clumping habit, with serrated leaves and bicolor flowers of blue & white. Attracts butterflies

Pink to red flowers in late summer over tidy blue-green foliage.  Red seedpods follow.  Upright and compact.  

Sometimes considered syn. with Sedum nussbaumerianum, a creeping low-grower with rosettes of  yellow-green football-shaped leaves with orange-red highlights.

Small, rounded, succulent foliage in a spreading mat. Leaves emerge coral in spring and turn bronzy red in the autumn. White flowers in June.

More compact than S. ‘Autumn Joy’ and more resistant to stem rot. Large clusters of deep pink flowers over a dense clump of gray-green foliage from late summer into fall.

Low cushions of blue-gray foliage edged in purple. Rose flowers in late summer.

Bright butter yellow edges and hints of pink in spring. Yellow edged, bright green foliage on mounding plants 6-8” tall and spreading over 12″ wide look good from Spring to Fall

Low spreader with blue-green foliage darkening in bright sun. Deep rose flowers in late summer followed by shiny red seed heads.

Olive green foliage on contrasting maroon stems topped with pink flowers in summer.

A sport of Plum Dazzled. Colorful tricolored leaves emerge in spring with a collage of pink, white and purple. In full summer sun, the centers turn dark purple with hot pink edges. Masses of magenta-pink flowers in early fall.

Variegated foliage inbrilliant shades of red, orange and yellow from mid summer through fall. This colorful introduction has proven extremely stable and vigorous. Large flower heads of rosy pink flowers in late summer.

Mats of brilliant gold mini succulent foliage. Excellent for troughs.  Topped with yellow flowers in summer.

A very good groundcover with pink flowers in July over bright green foliage.

Lemon yellow flowers in early fall cover the stocky mounds of gray-green toothed foliage.

Clusters of bright yellow flowers in summer cover the glossy, dark green foliage.  Habit is tidy and compact.

Gray-green leaves edged pink with large pink flowers in Aug-Sept.

Bronzy-green foliage and rosy-pink flowers are held high and strong on stiff, non-flopping stems; leaves darken with added sun exposure. Attracts bees & butterflies Drought tolerant Good cut flower

Trailing stems are densely packed with grey-green fleshy leaves covered with a powdery farina. Small pink clusters of flowers appear in spring.

Upright habit of dark black-purple, semi-glossy succulent leaves. Small clusters of light mauve pink flowers are produced on deep red stems.

Sometimes syn. with Sedum adolphii; low-growing rosettes of thick pointed yellow-green leaves that turn rosy-gold/bright copper-red in full sun.