All Plants
| Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perennial | BRUNNERA macrophylla ‘Sea Heart’ | Siberian Bugloss, False Forget Me Not | Large silver heart-shaped leaves have prominent green veins with exceptional substance. Provides sprays of bright blue forget-me-not flowers in spring. An improved Brunnera that holds up far better in the heat and humidity of the summer. Stunning for the shade garden as well as containers. |
12-14 inches | Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | BRUNNERA macrophylla ‘Silver Heart’ | Siberian Forget Me Not | Silver foliage form similar to B. ‘Looking Glass’, but leaves are thicker, hairier and more resistant to heat and humidity. Leaves mature to almost solid silver. |
12-14 inches | Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | BUXUS ‘Green Mountain’ | Boxwood | A Sheridan Nursery selection growing to 5′ with a natural pyramidal shape. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | BUXUS ‘Green Velvet’ | Boxwood | A vigorous Sheridan Nursery selection that’s great for low hedges. It holds its green color well in winter. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Annual | CALADIUM ‘Miss Muffet’ | Caladium | The leaves pale yellow with a wash of pale apple green and spotted with rose and burgundy spots. |
12-24 | Part Shade/Shade | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
| Annual | CALADIUM ‘Tiki Torch’ | Caladium | Large scarlet red leaves with a broad chartreuse margin. It’s more tolerant of full sun conditions. |
12-14" | Part Shade/Shade | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
| Grass | CALAMAGROSTIS brachytricha | Korean Feather Reed Grass | Fluffy tawny pink plumes in Sept. fade to tan. Great fall accent. Reseeds. |
3-4 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | CALAMAGROSTIS ‘Cheju-Do’ | Feather Reed Grass | A shorter version of C. ‘Karl Foerster’ that forms a dense clump topped with a profusion of golden-brown flowers late in the season. |
18-36" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Grass | CALAMAGROSTIS acutiflora ‘Overdam’ | Feather Reed Grass | New foliage has bright yellow margins that fade to white with a pink flush. |
4-5 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| CALAMAGROTIS acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ | ||||||||
| Perennial | CALAMINTHA nepeta ‘Marvelette Blue’ | Calamint | Compact growing to 12″ with tiny lavender-blueflowers over aromatic foliage from midsummer on. Drought and deer-resistant. |
10-12 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Annual | CALIBRACHOA varieties | Million Bells | Covered with hundreds of small, petunia-like blossoms, heavy blooming and self-cleaning. Fast-growing and easy. Cascading/mounding habit great for hanging baskets. Attracts many pollinators. For 2023 we’ll have Callie Light Blue, Orange & Yellow |
6-8 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CALLICARPA dichotoma ‘Early Amethyst’ | Beautyberry | Attractive rounded shrub grown primarily for the showy, late season striking amethyst purple fruit. On this cultivar, the fruit ripens earlier than on the species. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | CALLIRHOE involucrata | Purple Poppy Mallow | Ground hugging stems are usually covered in bright magenta cup-like flowers from end of spring through summer. Wonderful for the rock garden as it loves hot sunny days and well drained soil. |
6-12" | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | CALLUNA and ERICA | Heaths and Heathers | We carry a large selection of Heathers and Heaths in various flower colors and foliage colors. Call for our listing of varieties. Deer tolerant |
6-12 | Full sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | CALLUNA vulgaris ‘J.H. Hamilton’ | Heather | Deep pink flowers, dark green foliage; neat, dwarf habitspread 21–25cm. Flowers bright pink without any trace of purple. |
4-6" | Sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | CALTHA palustris | Marsh Marigold | This lovely native has large buttercup yellow blooms in early spring and attractive, rounded glossy foliage. For wet sites. |
10-12 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CALYCANTHUS floridilus ‘Simply Scentsational’ | Sweetshrub | Hints of pineapple and bubblegum combine in the powerful fragrance of the blooms of this North American native. The flowers are an intriguing deep maroon and appear in abundance through late spring and summer. Deer resistant Good cut flower |
5-6' | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CALYCANTHUS floridus | Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice | Interesting dense, round native with fragrant maroon flowers in May. Foliage is a shiny dark green that is also fragrant when crushed. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CALYCANTHUS floridus ‘Michael Lindsey’ | Sweetshrub | A more compact form with especially fragrant deep burgundy flowers in late spring to early summer. Shiny deep green foliage with pointed tips turn a nice golden-yellow in fall. Deer resistant |
6-8 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Annual | CALYLOPHUS ‘Ladybird Sunglow’ | Augusta Texas Primrose | Sunny yellow primrose blooms all summer on a tough plant you can neglect! Mounding/trailing habit is great in baskets, containers, and landscapes. Heat/drought tolerant. Attract bees/butterflies. Deer resistant. |
8 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
| Perennial | CAMASSIA quamash ‘Blue Melody’ | Wild Hyacinth | A native bulb for consistently moist soils increasing every year with more and more stems of brilliant blue flowers on strong stems over variegated foliage. |
12-24" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | CAMASSIA scilloides | Wild Hyacinth | Fragrant pale blue to white starry flowers on 1 foot stalks over grassy foliage. This is a spring-blooming bulb native to the eastern US that goes dormant in summer. |
1-2 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | CAMPANULA ‘Country Bells Pink’ | Bellflower | Large mauve-pink bell-shaped flowers providing pollen and nectar for bees and butterflies in May and June. Deadheading assists prolonged blooming. |
28 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | CAMPANULA persicifolia ‘Takion Blue’ | Peachleaf Bellflower | Upward and outward-facing lavender blue flowers. Blooms early to late summer if spent flowers are removed. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds Deer resistant Great cut flower |
16-18 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | CAMPANULA ‘Pink Octopus’ | Bellflower | Spreading, semi-evergreen plant covered with unusual octopus-like pale pink flowers with very narrow petals. Blooms early to midsummer. Vigorous and heat-tolerant. |
12-18 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | CAMPANULA portenschlagiana ‘Birch Hybrid’ | A low growing beauty flowering from spring to fall with small blue bells in abundance. Perfect for rock gardens and mixed containers. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | CAMPANULA poscharskyana | Serbian Bellflower | Trailing stems are covered in blue starry flowers perfect for flowing over a stone wall or in mixed containers. |
4-6 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Annual | CANNA ‘Australia’ | Canna Lily | Large tropical foliage plant with bright showy flowers. Tubers can be stored over winter. Quite adaptable to water gardening. This cultivar with dark glossy bronze foliage and bright red flowers. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Annual | CANNA ‘Canova Orange Shades’ | Canna | Huge green leaves and bright orange flowers will give your garden a tropical look. |
36-48 inches | Full sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
| Annual | CANNA ‘Cleopatra’ | Canna Lily | The large leaves are divided between apple green and dark chocolate. The flowers range from solid yellow to solid red with many variations in between. |
4-5' | Full Sun/Part Shade | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
| Annual | CANNA ‘Ermine’ | Canna Lily | A lovely creamy white form. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Annual | CANNA ‘Moonshine’ | Canna | Large green leaves and almost white flowers. |
36-48 inches | Full sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
| Annual | CANNA ‘Pretoria’ | Canna Lily | Deep orange flowers above wild green and gold heavily striped foliage. |
4-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Annual | CANNA ‘Shining Diva’ | Canna | Upright green leaves and buttercream-yellow flowers. |
36-48 inches | Full sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
| Annual | CANNA ‘Stuttgart’ | Canna | Narrow variegated leaves of white, cream and green. Salmon flowers. |
6-8 feet | Part Shade | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
| Annual | CANNA ‘Tropicana’ | Canna Lily | Tangerine orange flowers over foliage heavily striped with yellow, orange, pink and red. |
5-6 feet | Tropical | |||
| Grass | CAREX eburnea | Bristle Leaf Sedge | A petite grass that forms spherical mounds of fine green foliage. |
6-10 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| Grass | CAREX flacca ‘Blue Zinger’ | Blue Sedge | Mats of blue-gray narrow foliage are long-lived and adaptable. |
8-16 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Grass | CAREX radiata | A neat grower producing a dense foliage clump to 8-12” tall of narrow, grass-like, medium green blades. A native grass good for naturalizing in woodland settings. |
Part Shade | 4 | ||||
| Grass | CAREX ‘Silver Scepter’ | Sedge | Narrow leaves with a white edge forms dense clumps that look very silvery in the shade where they are happiest. Makes a wonderful spreading ground cover. |
10-12 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CARPINUS betulus ‘Columnaris Nana’ | Dwarf Hornbeam | A dwarf columnar form of dense habit. |
6-8 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CARPINUS carolineanus ‘Wisconsin Red’ | Musclewood | Amazing fall color of reds, oranges and yellow and a distinctive fluted, smooth grey trunk which appears to be layered with muscle once mature. It bursts into life with male and female catkins in early spring. Tolerant of less than ideal conditions |
15-20' | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CARPINUS japonica ‘Silver Lace’ | Japanese Hornbeam | An excellent ornamental specimen with a delicate cutleaf, fine textured form. Showy flowers & fruits that appear in late spring are showy, papery drooping clusters that are light green flushed with rosy pink. |
25-30 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CARYA ovata | Shagbark Hickory | A large-growing native tree with striking bark that peels in large strips. The nuts are edible and attractive to wildlife. |
40 feet or more | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | CARYOPTERIS x cland. ‘Dark Knight’ | Blue Mist Shrub | Deep blue fluffy flowers provides lots of nectar for many pollinators late in the season. The silvery-green foliage provides added interest. Needs very good drainage and a mulching for winter. Delay pruning until spring. Attracts pollinators Deer resistant |
24-36 inches | Full sun | 5 | ||
| Annual | CASSIA didymobotrya | Popcorn Bush | 8 – 12″ long spikes of interesting bright yellow flowers emerging from black buds on a tall well branched plant. The foliage smells like popcorn when crushed. |
4-6 feet | Full sun | 6 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CATALPA bignonioides ‘Aurea’ | Golden Catalpa | Gold foliage form. Treat as a large shrub in our climate by coppicing each spring. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CATALPA bignonioides ‘Variegata’ | Catalpa Tree | Huge creamy-yellow leaves have a central splash of green on this upright and spreading tree also producing candelabras up to 8-12 inches of very showy flowers. |
20-25 feet | Full sun | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CATALPA x erubescens ‘Purpurea’ | A fast growing tree with white flowers in spring and large burgundy heart-shaped leaves. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 |