Category Archives: Perennials
Yucca filamentosa
If you have a sunny dry spot where nothing wants to grow this yuccaalso known as Adams Needlewill more than fill the bill. Towering 5-8 evergreen shrub with clumping basal leaves up to 30 long and 4 wide grows wild
Rose Abraham Darby
A 1985 introduction that continues to dazzle with its fruity and fresh fragrance. Thickly doubled rose is very large with cupped petals shading apricot to yellow later tinged pink. Remarkably repeat-blooming and an ideal choice as climbers for trellises. Well-branched
Lily Oriental Visa Versa
Varieties of lilies developed by crossing trumpet lilies with oriental hybrids result in a range of magnificent garden plants. Visa Versa is an exciting deep rosy red with a mauve flush and a green nectary defined by lemon-yellow.
English Rose Lichfield Angel
Deep cups open to neat rosettes then beautiful dome shaped blooms. Their color is creamy apricot later paling to creamy white. The effect in the mass is of almost pure white. A light clove fragrance. Lichfield Angel enjoys the US
Galanthus nivalis Flore Pleno
Galanthus Flore Pleno is the one to have for the Galanthus enthusiast. Rare and unique blooms are a treat in any garden. Extremely cold tolerant they are hardy to zone 3 and one of the first flowers to appear in
Scabiosa Mariposa Violet PPAF
Cool violet pincushion flowers sit atop slender but sturdy stems. The neat compact plants are perfect in pots rock gardens and small garden nooks. Grayish green leaves are tidy and attractive even when plants are out of bloom.
Rose Young Lycidas
Classic Old Rose beauty flowering with large blooms of very deep magenta pink and red with strong fragrance of Old Rose with hint of cedar wood. Young Lycidass growth will form an attractive bushy shrub. It is an excellent choice
Echinacea Now Cheesier
This unique Echinacea has melting cheddar blooms that lighten slightly to buttery after a few weeks of hot summer. Plants are well branched and bloom all summer. Excellent in the mixed plant border planted with Celosia Arrabona Red and Large
Liatris Floristan Kobold
Liatris Floristan Kobold is one of the most recognizable tried and true native plants. With fluffy spikes in deep purple it is a must have in the perennial border. Also known as Blazing star Liatris spicata is a tall upright
Ampelaster carolinianus
This tough native vine features deliciously fragrant 1 spidery lavender to pink flowers with yellow centers to add a final burst of color to your fall landscape. Also known as climbing Carolina aster it will also attract bees butterflies and
Baptisia Midnight Prairieblues
Great plant for vertical accent in any garden Baptisia Midnight Prairieblues was developed by Dr. Jim Ault at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe Illinois. The plant is shorter than regular false indigo 3-4 feet high vase-shaped habit with extremely
Helleborus Wedding Party Best Man
Best Man is a standout specimen from the justly admired Wedding Party series known for plants that stand out for their vigor multitude of blooms and striking color. Winter-blooming 18-24 inch shade plant produces a sumptuous flourish of mauve-purple 2-3
Eupatorium dubium Little Joe
Eupatorium dubium is a little known dwarf species of native Joe Pye Weed. In appearance E. dubium is similar to E. purpureum but more tolerant of light shade. The 4′ tall stems are covered with whorls of green leaves and
Anemone hup. September Charm
Coming to a border near you: a blooming blaze of serene pink. Flowering like mad from late summer into fall September Charm creates a graceful inviting flurry of luminous silver-pink flowers with golden-yellow centers. Atop graceful 3-4 branching flower stalks
Lily Oriental Soft Music
The perfect combination of stunning flower beauty with incredible fragrance that will spread throughout your garden. Each year as the plants become more established the flower size will increase to as much as 12″ unheard of for a lily. They
Rose Carding Mill
Flawless combination of pink apricot and yellow creates an impression of bicolor apricot blooms. Strong stems and strong myrrh fragrance makes Carding Mill perfect shrub for the rose border. Lovely bushy rounded shrub with quite straight stems the many flowers
Lily Pearl Jennifer
The pearl lilies are bred for their exceptional garden performance. Pearl Jennifer blooms with large open flowers in bright glossy lemon yellow speckled with brown dots and anthers. Plants are tall with sturdy stems making them ideal for floral arrangements.
Lily Oriental Miss Feya
Fabulous lily of crimson red with purple stripes from the base and lightly spotted just a hint of silver on the edge of the petals. Plants are tall and robust.
Tricyrtis Formosana
Tricyrtis commonly called toad lily flowers are most unusual with small tepals often spotted like toads. Native to Taiwan and hardy in zones 4-9 these plants can naturalize over time forming upright stems from underground rhizomes. The lance-shape leaves are
Hellebore Peppermint Ice
Fluffy double flowers are gentle pink with a darker pink picotee edge delicately veined in varying degrees peppermint. Dark pink backs are revealed as the cup shaped flowers gracefully hang down and the color holds even after the flowers set
