All Plants
| Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perennial | ERYNGIUM planum ‘White Glitter’ | Sea Holly | A profusion of silvery-white teasel-like flowers on sturdy stems creating height and drama to the border. Drought tolerant Attracts bees & butterflies Good cut flower |
24-36" | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | ERYNGIUM yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master | Tough, blue-green, yucca-like spiky leaves. Smooth, rigid stem with individual, greenish-white flowers cluster into unique, globular heads throughout summer. Deer/rabbit tolerant. |
4-5 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | ERYTHRONIUM americanum | Trout Lily | Our native “trout lily” prevalent throughout Vermont woods in early spring. Nodding yellow bells over mottled foliage. Summer dormant. |
4-6 inches | Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | ERYTHRONIUM ‘Pagoda’ | Trout Lily | Large lemon-yellow nodding flowers with up-tipped petals and up to 10 flowers per stem. Foliage can be mottled with bronze, most noticeable when first emerging . After flowering the entire plant goes dormant until the next spring. |
12-18" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Annual | ESCHSCHOLZIA California ‘Worldcup’ | California Poppy | Blue-green ferny foliage is the perfect contrast to the rich buttery orange blooms on the poppy. The flowers are doubled up making each floret more vibrant. Deer resistant Drought tolerant Attracts bees |
8-12" | Full sun | Tropical | ||
| Annual | ESCHSCHOLZIA californica | California poppy | Bright satiny flowers come in the colors of the sunset. |
10-18" | Sun | Tropical | ||
| Annual | EUCOMIS purpurea | Pineapple Lily | Large, strap-like plum leaves and starry plum flowers. Quite architectural. During winter dormancy need to be dry. |
28-30 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Perennial | EUPATORIUM dubium ‘Baby Joe’ | Joe Pye Weed | Large, dome-shaped flower heads of lavender-mauve. Even more compact than E. ‘Little Joe’! |
28-30 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | EUPATORIUM dubium ‘Little Pye’ | A more compact Joe-Pye Weed with the same lavender flower heads on sturdy stems. Can take a wide variety of growing conditions. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||||
| Perennial | EUPATORIUM hyssopifolium | Hyssop-leaf Thoroughwort | Lacy umbels of white flowers over fine-textured foliage in late summer. Best in dry situations. |
2-3 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | EUPHORBIA myrsinites | Myrtle Spurge, Creeping Spurge | Mostly evergreen. Oval, blue-green, succulent-like leaves in close spirals around the stems. Non-showy greenish flowers/showy yellow bracts bloom in spring. Deer/rabbit/drought/salt tolerant. Readily self-seeds. |
4-8 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | EUPHORBIA polychroma | Cushion Spurge | Colorful yellow bracts in May on dome-shaped plant. Red fall foliage. |
16-18 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | EUPHORBIA polychroma ‘Bonfire’ | Cushion Spurge | Green spring foliage quickly matures to a dark mahoghany red. Great contrast with acid yellow flowers. |
16-18 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Annual | EUPHORBIA x martinii ‘Ascot Rainbow’ | Martin's Spurge | Chartreuse-green foliage with creamy white variegation. In cooler temperatures new growth is tinged with pink. Flowers early-mid spring. Drought tolerant Deer & rabbit resistant |
12-24" | Full sun | 6 | ||
| Annual | EVOLVULUS ‘Blue My Mind’ | Dwarf Morning Glory | Profuse blue flowers over gray-green foliage. Heat loving. Sprawls to 2 feet. |
6-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Asplenifolia’ | Fernleaf Beech | Dark green deeply lobed and incised leaves. Growth is columnar in youth, later spreading. We’ll also offer this in a box ready to use as a screen. |
25-30 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’ | Weeping European Beech | Much sought after yellow-leafed weeping form. Habit is graceful and narrow. Provide some shade to prevent leaf scorch. |
8-10 feet | Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Cochleata’ | Dwarf European Beech | A very slow-growing cultivar with dense twiggy branching and a globose habit. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Cockleshell’ | European Beech | A slow-growing columnar form with bright green rounded foliage. |
25-30 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Felderbach’ | European Beech | Leathery, dark green, thumb-sized leaves on a dwarf, columnar form. Slow-growing. |
10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Franken’ | Dwarf European Beech | A very slow-growing form with foliage heavily variegated with white on mature plants. |
4-6 feet | Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Marmor Star’ | European Beech | Striking white variegated foliage on an upright tree. Best color on the new growth. |
12-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Purple Fountain’ | Purple Weeping Beech | A seedling of F. ‘Purpurea Pendula’, but more narrow in growth with the top branches erect and secondary branches weeping. |
20-25 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Purpurea Nana’ | Dwarf European Beech | This dwarf version of the purple beech is an excellent choice for the smaller garden. |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Roseomarginata’ | Tricolor Beech | Possibly the same as F. ‘Tricolor’, but having a slightly different variegation. Deep purple leaves edged in pink. |
25-30 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | Fanciful Gardens | A colorful and interesting mix of conifers and other ornamental plants available in 4″ pots! A great way to get started with Bonsai, rock gardens and mini gardens. |
Varied | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | |||
| Annual | FARFUGIUM japonicum ‘Aureomaculata’ | Leopard plant | A Ligularia relative, this zone 7 perennial will need to be brought inside here in VT. Large, glossy, dark green leaves with yellow ‘leopard’ spots. Clusters of yellow daisy-like flowers in late summer and fall. Water loving. |
2 feet | Part Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Grass | FESTUCA cinerea ‘Elijah Blue’ | Blue Fescue | Lovely tufts of blue foliage. Holds color all summer. Considered one of the best blue fescues. Deer and drought tolerant |
6-8 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Grass | FESTUCA glauca ‘Beyond Blue’ | Blue Fescue | Tufts of intense blue foliage that keeps their color through the season. |
10-12 inches | 4 | |||
| Grass | FESTUCA glauca ‘Blue Whiskers’ | Blue Fescue | More vigorous than Festuca ‘Elijah Blue’ this cultivar has longer, brighter blue leaf blades. Deer and drought tolerant |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Grass | FESTUCA ‘Glow Sticks’ | Upright and showy yellow flower spikes form early in the season over deep green grassy clumps. |
Full sun | 3 | ||||
| Annual | FICUS carica ‘Vern’s Brown Turkey’ | Edible Fig | Tropical-looking lobed foliage is ornamental, but this variety will also produce figs at cooler temperatures. Some reports of hardiness to zone 5 in a very sheltered spot, or keep as a potted plant and bring inside to overwinter. |
4-6 feet in a pot | Sun | 6 | ||
| Perennial | FILIPENDULA palmata ‘Nana’ | Meadowsweet | Airy pink flower heads in early summer on a compact plant. Attractive lacy dissected foliage. |
14-16 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | FILIPENDULA palmata ‘Elegans’ | Meadowsweet | Feathery plumes of white to pink from June into July. Great for moist sites. Forms a wide mound. |
24-30 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | FILIPENDULA rubra ‘Venusta ‘ | Queen of the Prairie | Deep pink fluffy plumes on tall stems in summer. Slowly spread by rhizomes to form nice clumps. Seed heads turn attractive fall color. Attracts bees and butterflies Clay and wet soil tolerant Deer and rabbit resistant |
6-7 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | FILIPENDULA ulmaria ‘Plena’ | Meadow Sweet | Finely cut foliage that is almost fern-like holds upright stems of creamy-white double puffs that are sweetly fragrant. Deer and rabbit resistant |
18-24" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | FILIPENDULA ulmaria ‘Variegata’ | Variegated Meadowsweet | Dark green palmate leaves with gold centers and creamy white summer flowers. Try with red Astrantias. Both prefer moist sites. |
24-26 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FOTHERGILLA gardenii ‘Blue Elf’ | Dwarf Fothergilla | Not much information to be found on this unusual selection, but it is a cross between ‘Blue Mist’ and ‘Harold Epstein’, both dwarf varieties. Fragrant, white, bottle-brush-like flowers in early spring; orange fall foliage color. |
2 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FOTHERGILLA gardenii ‘Blue Mist’ | Fothergilla | A compact and bushy shrub with crinkled blue-green leaves that turn bright red, orange and yellow in autumn. Wonderfully fragrant flower spikes smelling of honey are a creamy white. Attracts bees |
24-36" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FOTHERGILLA major ‘Blue Shadow’ | Large Fothergilla | A sport of F. ‘Mt. Airy’ with beautiful powder blue foliage. Excellent vigor and typical round flower cluster in spring. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FOTHERGILLA major ‘Mt. Airy’ | Large Fothergilla | A vigorous Michael Dirr selection with upright habit and large flowers. Consistent fall color. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FRAXINUS excelsior ‘Crispa’ | Dwarf European Ash | A very slow-growing cultivar with short branches and shiny green twisted foliage. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Annual | FUCHSIA ‘Autumnale’ | Fuchsia | Long blooming tropicals for sun or part shade with dangling tubular flowers beloved by hummingbirds. This variety has red flowers over coppery foliage and a mounding habit. |
18-20 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Annual | FUCHSIA ‘Ballerina Blau’ | Compact, upright grower with loads of small purple and red flowers. |
12-14 inches | Part Shade | ||||
| Annual | FUCHSIA ‘Curtain Call’ | Upright to sprawling habit with loads of large dangling bells of purple and pink. |
20-24" | Part Shade | ||||
| Annual | FUCHSIA ‘Firecracker’ | Fuchsia | Bright red tubular flowers over foliage variegated with pink and white. Habit is upright. |
24-30 inches | Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Annual | FUCHSIA ‘Gartenmeister Bonstedt’ | Fuchsia | One of our favorites. An upright grower with bright coral-red flowers over dark foliage. |
22-24 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Annual | FUCHSIA ‘Swanley Yellow’ | Fuchsia | extremely long narrow 5 – 6 inch single flowers of salmon and light pink. Attracts hummingbirds |
24-30" | Part Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Annual | FUCHSIA ‘Windchimes White’ | Upright grower covered in single white bells with the faintest blush of pink. |
Part Shade | |||||
| Annual | FURCRAEA foetida ‘Variegata’ | Variegated False Agave | Upright, long sword-shaped leaves that are a medium green with a creamy-yellow stripe. Spineless. |
3-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical |