A hardy native orchid with spikes of fragrant white, hooded flowers in late summer.  For moist sites or bog gardens.  

Fine-textured arching green blades form attractive mounds. Orange fall color. Seed heads in airy panicles.

AKA Big Ears. Woolly leaves twice the size of the species and usually non-flowering so the foliage doesn’t melt. Good groundcover for hot, dry locations.

This miniature perennial makes an ideal edging for sunny pathways and is a cute addition to fairy gardens. It forms a ground-hugging rosette of glossy, dark green leaves topped with loads of bright lavender pink flowers in summer. Deer and rabbit resistant. Attracts bees, butterflies & hummingbirds.

Rosette clumps of glossy green foliage and summer purple flowers.

Dense, compact rosettes of long toothed leaves and bright pink-purple flower spikes appear throughout the summer.

Dense, compact rosettes of long toothed leaves and showy pale pink flower spikes appear throughout the summer. Foliage looks great all season. Bred by the Chicago Botanic Garden.

A very dwarf form we received from Sunny Border Nursery with small spikes of rose-pink flowers in summer.

The small flowers open pink and age to soft pink and white—a pretty flower show in the vein of ‘Pink Cotton Candy’. Dense flower spikes, to 3 inches long, perch on strong stems from early to midsummer.

Gracefully arching branches with cream flowers in June. Small maple-like foliage turns red in the fall. Excellent groundcover or bank planting.

Beautiful small tree with numerous white, cupped-shaped, waxy flowers with orange anthers in the summer.Amazing exfoliating bark and red-purple fall color.

All the wonderful attributes of the species with lovely gray-green foliage. Syn. with ‘Silver Seedling’.

A Handy Nursery intro with new spring growth yellow.  Otherwise typical of species which has unusual red seed pods and red buds. Unsure of hardiness, but one customer thought it was hardier than S. pseudocamellia.

A more compact selection with amazing flower power! Bright purple-blue flowers all summer.

Native wildflower for moist shady gardens. Has gray-green lobed leaves and bright yellow, delicate poppy-like flowers.

The Japanese Snowbell is a smaller tree bearing loads of pendulous white bell-shaped flowers in late spring and early summer. Its grey exfoliating bark reveals orange inner bark making for color and interest in the winter.

Interesting globe-shaped lavender-blue flowers blooming from early summer to fall if kept deadheaded. Prefers a consistently moist soil.

Small whitish-pink flowers appear in summer, forming clusters of bright pink berries that ripen in September and last into December. Great for floral arrangements.

Following white flowers in early summer, gumball pink berries cover the rich mint-green foliage in late-summer/early autumn. Attracts pollinators.

Handsome umbrella-shaped leaves form lovely woodland colonies. Especially interesting when first emerging in the spring like shaggy mushrooms.

Handsome umbrella-shaped leaves form lovely woodland colonies.  This is a slightly smaller growing species with leaves less “shredded”, greener and more palmate than the S. aconitifolia.

A US National Arboretum intro with very long, very fragrant red-purple flower panicles on a more compact plant.

Profuse bloomer with fragrant violet-pink flowers. Small clean foliage.

Similar to S. reticulata with a bushier, rounded habit and overall finer texture.  Creamy, fragrant 3”-6” flower clusters in mid-spring. Deer/clay tolerant. Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds.

Very fragrant creamy-white flowers age to creamy-yellow flowers.

Fragrant double pale pink flowers fade to white. Butterfly/hummingbird attractive. Deer/clay tolerant.

More compact but with full-sized lavender flowers that are fragrant and beautiful in spring. Resistant to mildew. Good cut flower

A Fiala hybrid with large, profuse clusters of single very dark purple flowers.

3″ wide creamy-yellow double flowers fade to white with a frosting of pink all summer and peaking in late summer. Deadheading will keep the plants producing flowers more abundantly.

A color-changing and ruffled marigold that opens red and age to cream and pink. More vibrant colored once the temps begin to drop in the fall. Great for containers. Remember to deadhead to keep it neat and keep it flowering well.

Chartreuse succulent foliage and clouds of tiny pink flowers all summer. Drought tolerant

Large succulent rosettes of cream-edged green foliage and 2’ tall panicles of small pink flowers. Will self-sow with abandon.

This Bald Cypress has soft green needles that turn reddish tones then are shed in the fall. In winter the shedding bark creates interest and provides nesting material for birds in spring.

Low-spreading cultivar with attractive emerald green foliage.

Low and spreading with bright golden-yellow needles. Slow-growing. Protect from winter sun and wind.

A dwarf, spreading cultivar with dark green needles noted for their resistance to winter burn and tolerance of summer heat. Great for hedges, screens and foundation plantings.

Low-growing groundcover with small, scallop-edged, bright yellow leaves in spring that mature to lime. Pink flowers on short spikes appear in mid to late summer.

Compact and shiny foliage forms a clump of aromatic leaves topped with rosy-purple tubular flowers in mid-summer. Can be clipped to form a short hedge. Attracts pollinators Drought tolerant Deer resistant  

Fluffy lilac-rose flowers in dense panicles bloom in June-July over columbine-like foliage. 

Large heads of fluffy pink flowers on dark stems over columbine-like foliage in early summer.

Fluffy lavender-pink blooms on striking black stems in early summer.

Numerous small, airy, lavender flowers on tall stems from July-August. Self-supporting if in sun.

Very much like ‘Lavender Mist’ but all parts are more delicate looking. Clouds of small lavender flowers float above ferny foliage mid to late summer.

Soft, finely textured fern crows in clumps but can multiply quickly forming dense colonies. Deer resistant.

Yellow lupine-like flowers on 4’ spikes in June-July. Attracts bees and butterflies

A Baptisia relative with spires of bright yellow pea-like flowers in spring. Drought tolerant Cut flower Deer & rabbit resistant Attracts pollinators

A nice rounded form with bright yellow fans.

A narrow, columnar form with twisted fans of bright green foliage.

Similar to Hinoki Cypress with a narrow shape and textured foliage.

A dwarf form with twisted, congested foliage and irregular habit.  Bronze green in winter.