Compact mounds of needle-like leathery dark green foliage with bright blue tubular flower spikes in summer. A wonderful addition to the rock garden. Drought tolerant Deer resistant  

Semi-evergreen forming lance shaped and bright green fronds.

Coppery new growth, green in summer, then red in fall.  Fronds are arching to 2 feet and semi-evergreen in the north.

Young shoots emerge orange then mature to golden-yellow, eventually turning light green; brightening up even the darkest landscapes.

Echinaceas are well-loved and popular with gardeners and landscapers for good reason! They have exceptionally long bloom times, profuse flowers, and attract a range of valuable pollinators! If flowers are not deadheaded, birds will also go for the seeds. Drought/deer/clay/poor soil tolerant.

A mixed color strain that will bloom the first year from seed.  Flowers in shades of yellow, orange, red, magenta and white on well-branched bushy plants.

Creamy white petals surround a fluffy yellow-green central puff.

Very large, raspberry colored coneflowers are early blooming with lots of showy flowers that hold their petals aloft over the crown.

Large flowers in deeply saturated red fade slowly and rebloom in waves all summer. This upright variety has a compact habit and is fragrant.

Lots of bright white flowers centered with large cones on compact, well-branched plants. Blooms for months in the summer.

Golden yellow petals turn down slightly as they surround a green cone. Butterflies love the abundance of large, long-lasting blooms.

Golden yellow petals surround a tangerine orange central mound of smaller petals.

Drooping, very narrow pink petals with a fragrant bronzy cone in summer. Drought tolerant Deer resistant Attracts pollinators

A Yellow Purple Coneflower… thus the paradox. Relatively rare in the wild and in cultivation, this coneflower is stunning in summer. Its bright, pure yellow flowers consist of drooping petals surrounding a soft brown cone. Attracts birds, bees and butterflies Deer resistant Drought tolerant

A new color breakthrough of petals with pink centers and lime-green tips makes for a gorgeous combination.

Very long-flowering with sturdy stems. Interesting bi-color blooms with dark pink interiors fading outwards to creamy white.

purple coneflower blooms in late summer with purple-pink petals surrounding brilliant orange cones. A wonderful plant to naturalize in the garden or planted in mass for a powerful and colorful statement in August. Butterflies and bees love the nectar of the flowers and goldfinches can’t help but flock to the seeds during the fall.

Narrow, quilled rose-pink petals surround large orange cones. Well-branched and floriferous blooming through the summer.

Large flowers with horizontally held petals and a deeper pink coloration.

Lots of large orange blooms on a well-branched plant.

A compact, well-branched cultivar with non-fading golden yellow blossoms.

Lots of lemon-yellow blossoms with wide overlapping petals on a compact, well-branched plant.

Fiery-red, lightly-fragrant 3″ blooms from early summer through fall.

Lovely creamy white flowers have a multilayered, dahlia-like look. June through fall.

Double rows of salmony-pink petals transitioning to fresh green with some soft yellow petals on short, upright stems. The petals then mature to pale pink with large, fragrant, dark crimson cones. Attracts bees & butterflies Deer resistant Drought tolerant Good cut flower

Honey scented, copper-colored cones with pure white petals blooms throughout the summer months. Drought tolerant Attracts bees, butterflies and song birds Cut flower Deer resistant

Intense blue flowers that pollinators love, with leaves more hairy and deeply cut than E. ritro. Early to late summer. Resilient to most pests/diseases/drought. Deer/rabbit resistant.

A vigorous cultivar with large, spidery yellow blooms fading to orange.  Stiff-textured holly-like foliage is veined with red in spring.

Spring brings a mound of green leaves with a rosy edge over which grape-purple flowers arrive floating on delicate stems. A shorter epimedium that will form a tidy clump.

Pale pink spiders with darker pink inner cups. Newest leaves show a marbling of bronze and green.

Unique leaves are speckled with purple in spring. This variety produces masses of white flowers that appear very delicate with spider-like appendages.

Bright yellow long spurred flowers in spring. Deer/rabbit/drought tolerant.

The glossy foliage turns deep marron in colder weather with prominent ‘thunderbolt’ like veining. Bright yellow spidery flowers are a wonderful contrast.

Rose-red flowers are produced in abundance over shiny green heart-shaped leaves with a second flush of bloom making this a long blooming cultivar.

Unlike other epimediums, sends flowers and foliage up at the same time. Dark green leaves with spiny margins. Soft yellow “jester-like” flowers on compact plants in mid to late spring. Deer/rabbit resistant. From Darrell Probst.

Copper-orange flowers in spring on a slowly spreading groundcover. Attractive foliage year-round.

A later blooming form this one begins blooming at a very small size and continues to send up successive leaves and flowers throughout the spring reaching its ultimate height of 14”. Rich red flowers have paler pink spurs.

A smaller Epimedium with rose-pink flowers over small bright green leaves with paler veining.

Low-growing, mounding groundcover for sunny areas. Abundant silver-white from late-winter to early-spring. Can be sheared just after blooming, but next year’s buds form in summer. Deer/drought/salt tolerant.

Dense, mat-forming habit and astonishing ability to thrive in a wide range of challenging conditions. In early May, individual flower stalks give rise to lightly tinted lavender flowers with a yellow inner eye.

From mid-summer to fall the finely toothed foliage is topped with sturdy stems each bearing one steel-blue thistle-like flower that is collared by a soft blue frill.

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

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.

Our native “trout lily” prevalent throughout Vermont woods in early spring.  Nodding yellow bells over mottled foliage.  Summer dormant.

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.

Large, dome-shaped flower heads of lavender-mauve. Even more compact than E. ‘Little Joe’!

A more compact Joe-Pye Weed with the same lavender flower heads on sturdy stems. Can take a wide variety of growing conditions.

Lacy umbels of white flowers over fine-textured foliage in late summer. Best in dry situations.

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.

Colorful yellow bracts in May on dome-shaped plant. Red fall foliage.