Green spring foliage quickly matures to a dark mahoghany red. Great contrast with acid yellow flowers.

Airy pink flower heads in early summer on a compact plant. Attractive lacy dissected foliage.

Feathery plumes of white to pink from June into July.  Great for moist sites.  Forms a wide mound.

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

Finely cut foliage that is almost fern-like holds upright stems of creamy-white double puffs that are sweetly fragrant. Deer and rabbit resistant

Dark green palmate leaves with gold centers and creamy white summer flowers. Try with red Astrantias. Both prefer moist sites.

Excellent groundcover with delicate scented foliage and tiny white flowers in May.

Native woodland groundcover. Red berries and dark green aromatic foliage which turns purplish red in fall/winter. Charming.

Showy white and green leaves that turn pink in the winter. Small white flowers in summer are followed by bright red edible berries. Makes a nice colorful groundcover. Deer resistant Drought tolerant

Spikes of hot pink flowers are formed on dark burgundy stems over deep green foliage flowering all summer and into fall. It loves a hot sunny spot with well drained soil.

We saw this new floriferous gentian from Darrell Probst a few years ago and couldn’t wait till it was available! Large, upward-facing true blue bells from midsummer until fall.

Foliage in spring emerges orange to gold and changes to lime-green. Violet-blue flowers from summer to fall.

Large magenta flowers with a black center and black veins. blooming abundantly from early to late summer.

A cultivar with bright magenta red blooms in the spring over fragrant spreading foliage.

Fragrant semi-evergreen foliage is tidy and neat all season and will spread to make a lovely ground cover in sun or shade. White flowers appear in spring and will rebloom sporadically through the summer. In fall the foliage turns bright orange-red. Drought tolerant  

Clump forming with mounds of attractive foliage and sweet lavender flowers with darker veins.

Light lavender-pink blooms contrast beautifully with the deep chocolate-bronze foliage. Even when not in bloom it’s a standout!

Saturated purple flowers have darker veining on each petal and a white eye making this a very striking addition to your garden.

Blue-violet blooms in summer over dark bronze foliage. Upright habit and excellent vigor compared to earlier varieties of this type.

Deep blue flowers June through September. Bronze fall foliage. A wonderful geranium for long bloom.

A compact growth habit with early blooming that lasts into summer makes this a perfect plant for the front of the border or in mixed containers. Bright purple flowers and finely cut deep green foliage.

Soft pink flowers with crimson veining. Long-blooming. Low and spreading.

Charming flowers white, tinged pink, in June. Fragrant foliage turns red in the fall. A hybrid of G. macrorrhizum and G. dalmaticum. Makes a great groundcover. Attracts bees and butterflies Clay soil tolerant Deer and rabbit resistant Drought tolerant

Very floriferous with outward facing lavender-pink flowers and marbled foliage that turns to reddish tones in the fall.

Blooms of deep orange with red highlights and edges with burgundy stems. Late-spring/early-summer. Deer/rabbit/pest/disease resistant. Attracts bees/butterflies/hummingbirds.

Single to semi-double yellow blooms with rose-colored tips on dark burgundy stems. Late-spring to mid-summer. Velvety, semi-evergreen foliage. Great as a cut flower. Attracts bees/butterflies. Some deer resistance.

Palmate leaves in dense dome, charming single lavender flowers in spring. One of our favorite woodland plants.

Evergreen mats of shiny oval leaves with 4-5″ stems of blue button flowers in spring.

A small creeping rock garden plant with blue button flowers in summer.

Very low alpine with white flowers splashed with pink in spring over woolly blue-gray foliage.

Elegant, slow growing, graceful mounds of narrow rich green leaves with slim bands of creamy white. Clay tolerant. Slow-spreading but long-lived.

Graceful, bright golden-yellow foliage that mellows in fall and has the effect of a tiny bamboo. Low maintenance and long-lived, but spread slowly.

Low, arching bamboo-like foliage of yellow with a green line. One of the best grasses for shade. Spreads slowly.

One of the new compact Mariachi Heleniums, this cultivar has showy orange and yellow daisy blossoms.

Multicolored daisy blooms with yellow petals splashed in orange. Starts blooming in early summer and continues through the growing season.

Deep orange saucer-shaped flowers on trailing stems. Perfect for the rock garden or as groundcover. Deadhead to promote additional blooms. Deer resistant. Attracts butterflies.

Soft yellow flowers in late summer sit atop clump-forming stems. Very floriferous.

A larger alternative to Festuca glauca. Ornamental narrow blue leaf blades form a clump. Flower spikelets mature to a golden wheat color by fall. Best blue color occurs in dryish soils. Deer/drought tolerant.

A new “wow” for the summer garden.  Bright yellow daisies on strong stems over variegated foliage blooming summer through fall.

Covered in 2” single gold flowers for eight weeks, peaking in July. Foliage is rough, resembling a clumping shrub-like cross between Helianthus and Rudbeckia. Through the summer, you’ll see the flowers blanketed with pollinators and come fall, the seedheads are visited by local songbirds.

Profusion of intense orange-red flowers over deep bronze foliage. Blooms mid-late summer. Great for cutting. Nectar attracts pollinators.

Large gold daisies with mahogany centers top purple stems and foliage  through the summer.

Soft pink double flowers in spring over leathery deep green foliage. Attracts bees Drought tolerant Deer resistant

From the Honeymoon Series, developed by Walters Gardens for vigor, profuse flowering and rich colors.  This cultivar with large white blooms veined with pink.

Large pure white flowers over silvery marbled foliage in early spring. Attracts bees Drought tolerant Deer resistant

Semi-double pure white flowers face outwards instead of the typical downward direction of most Hellebores. These also flower earlier others. Good cut flower Early pollen source for emerging bees Deer & rabbit resistant

Anemone-like cultivar with nodding single white flowers and a semi-double ruffled center with a narrow edge of red-violet around the ruffles. Deer/rabbit resistant.

Double flowers heavily veined with purple over white petals.

Hellebores or Lenten Roses are usually the first perennial to bloom in spring and this one is no different! Outwards facing flowers of a bright creamy-white with tough almost evergreen foliage. Hellebores can take the driest and shadiest parts of your garden once they have rooted in with not care other than cleaning up the […]

Hellebores or Lenten Roses are usually the first perennial to bloom in spring and this one is no different! Outwards facing flowers of a soft pink with tough almost evergreen foliage. Hellebores can take the driest and shadiest parts of your garden once they have rooted in with not care other than cleaning up the […]