Category Archives: Perennials
Crocosmia Prince of Orange
Glorious cultivar from Holland offers up a concentrated blaze of delectable color. Tightly clustered on arching stems are twenty or so vivacious red-orange blossoms with gold centers flecked with burgundy complemented by dark-green lance-like foliage. Flowering from mid- to late
Foxglove Polkadot Princess
With vivid pink blooms hybrid foxgloves sterility allows for a flowering period of several weeks beginning in midsummer. Cottage garden favorites low rosettes of dark-green leaves surround strong tall 23-35 stems arrayed with spikes of gorgeous dangling bells. Vase-lovely stems
Rose Harlow Carr
Profuse with medium-sized pure rose pink blossoms with the Old Rose double cupped form. A very good repeat-bloomer with each blossom loaded with up to 120 petals. Introduced in 2004 and proven to be very winter hardy tough and healthy.
Crocosmia Mixed
It’s in the mix: the red yellow and orange flowers provide admirable masses of color for garden and vase. The 6″ blooms of color appear on arching stalks above green sword like foliage. The 24-36″ plants multiply quickly creating a
Lily Oriental Red Morning
Large trumpet-shaped flowers will open in bright bronze color with soft apricot edges. Plants are very tall almost 6′.
Sedum Oracle
Bluish-green small succulent leaves form thick spreading mats. In spring clusters of small starry yellow blooms add a delightful touch. Sedums are no-fuss choices for bare spots in the garden. Plants are easy to grow in full sun provided well-drained
Lily Pink Perfection
First class strain with large trumpet blooms on long strong stems. Ideal for planting around shrubs or in mass in flower border. Pink Perfection blooms in different shades of pink that suffuses the inner and outer surface of the petals.
Baptisia Twilight Prarieblues
May through mid-June this beauteous baptisia bred at the Chicago Botanic Garden is blanketed with hundreds of bicolor blooms. Eye-catching sense-drenching purple-violet flowers with lemon-yellow center keels are complemented by attractive blue-green foliage. Vigorous bushy 4-5 ft. tall plants serve
English Rose Molineux
Beautiful rich yellow rosettes are produced with exceptional freedom and continuity. Very healthy and reliable performing well in all areas. It has a characteristic Tea Rose fragrance with a musky background. Winner of several awards.
Heliopsis helianthoides Sweet Sunshine
With compact 3-4′ tall plants Sweet Sunshine is tidy neat and a prodigy of high-wattage super-rich color. Upright 3-4 tall back of the border plants bloom early and bloom long. Create an island of glowing color in the landscape or
Sedum Pink Stars
Ground-hugging carpets of small leaves are covered with dainty rose pink star clusters. Plants thrive in well-drained soils in full sun. Use in rock gardens troughs and as edging along sunny paths. Vigorous enough to crowd out weeds in open
Phlox Juttas Rosenauge
Splendid standout from the RHS Garden Wisley Juttas Rosenauge commands admiring attention with full rounded pure white blooms with deep-pink eye. Complementary foliage of medium bright-green leaves makes for a very pretty plant indeed. Admirable in the mid-border nestled amid
Lilies Fragrant Oriental Mixed
The midsummer mix of pink white and red 6″ blooms are fragrant in daytime; and more so at night. Lilies add form structure and texture to the border. The 36-48″ plants multiply over time creating a fragrant mass of glossy
Kniphofia Fire Glow PPAF
Fire Glow’ sets the border on fire. Tantalizing torch lily with blazing bicolor orange and red flower spikes unleashes plentiful colorful vertical pizzazz. Compact 2-3 plants with narrow
Foxglove Plum Gold
Smashing new foxglove cultivars large gorgeous red flowers complemented by alluring foliage makes for compelling viewing the whole season through. Sun-loving 22-24 plants let loose with flurries of 5 rich-pink clusters floating over the foliage in late summer. An inviting
Echinacea Sandy Yellow
A much improved yellow echinacea. Long-blooming with almost perfectly round butter-yellow coneflowers. Not floppy but nicely flat and overlapped blooms are held up by sturdy stems. Well-branched compact plants are reliably hardy. Grow in well-drained soil in full sun. Makes
Ismene festalis
This is a lovely little sweet smelling exotic plant that seems like cross between daffodil and lily;they are also known as Spider Lilies or Peruvian Daffodils. Plants prefer a cool mild climate or can be grown inside in containers and
Nepeta Walker’s Low
This low-maintenance catmint keeps its blue-green aromatic leaves neat through the summer. Violet-blue spikes top this low grower lending a soft muted feel to the garden. Awarded 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association.
English Rose James Galway
Neat perfectly formed flowers that are warm pink at the center paling to blush at the edges. It forms a large strong relatively thornless shrub superb for the back of a border. Very healthy and hardy. It is perhaps
Astilbe Younique White
The soft feathery plumes of these astilbes are a welcome sight in spring and will brighten any shady space. Clumps form rapidly with glossy deep green lacy foliage that makes an excellent ground cover. Best grown in drifts with heucheras
