Rosettes of glossy rippled foliage turn nearly black in the sun, while fragrant dark violet flowers appear in late spring and early summer. ‘Black Scallop’ is an excellent container and accent plant that provides striking contrast to its silver and gold companions. This fast-growing groundcover adapts to a wide variety of soil and water conditions. It’s evergreen in mild climates.

‘Burgundy Glow’ boasts gorgeous tricolor burgundy, white and purple foliage. This Ajuga sports intriguing 6-inch deep blue flowers in spring. It performs best in consistently moist, very well-drained soil and is deer-resistant when established.

Large neat clumps of dark green hairy foliage. Each leaf is heart shaped and grows larger after flowering. Flowers appear in clusters and resemble those of a forget-me-not. They reach several inches above the foliage. Blooms late spring into early summer. Alexander’s Great features Huge silvery leaves with blue star shaped flowers. Vigorous variety, quickly fills containers. Deer resistant.

Bright peachy-orange flowers are highlighted with a large reddish-bronze eye and hold their color well. Twice as Nice® daylilies all have an extremely large number of flowers per stem, vibrant colors, vigorous growth, pest-resistant foliage and the ability to rebloom in warmer zones.

Leaves emerge bronzy green with electric pink veining and mature to deep glossy green with cream veins. Single white bloom with blushes of pink from late winter through mid-spring.

Apricot Delight’ is part of the Tutti Frutti series which are known for their sturdy, compact growth habit, long bloom period, and interesting flowers. ‘Apricot Delight’ produces a chameleon-like range of pinks from pale apricot to near red. Full sun intensifies the hues. Wonderful in fresh or dried arrangements. Attracts butterflies. Drought tolerant once established. Introduced by the Blooms of Bressingham® program.

Gaillardia ‘Arizona Apricot’ offers a new and unique apricot color for this class. Daisy-like blooms offer a new and unique color with yellow edges that deepen to a rich apricot in the center. Compact plants with bright green foliage and a tidy uniform habit bloom from early summer into autumn. Best viewed when planted to the front of the flower bed.

Blooming from early summer into early fall, this new Gaillardia is loaded with masses of large, crimson red flowers that will sometimes have a tiny bit of yellow at the tip of the flower petal. Heat tolerant and poor soil tolerant, they are easy to grow and are deer resistant.

From the early summer on, very showy banded flowers ‘œblanket” this plant. The ends of the petals have a torn, ruffled appearance. Butterflies are drawn to it. Remove spent blooms to keep new ones coming all summer.

In spring, the unique variegated foliage is gray-green with a striking yellow edge topped by clusters of variegated cream, lime and green flower bracts. The cooler autumn season will intensify foliage colors with shades of red, pink and orange. Can be grown in full sun sites, highly heat and drought tolerant.

Star-shaped, periwinkle blue blooms measure 2–3 inches in diameter. Petals are long lasting and plants flower continuously. This compact variety exhibits a uniform, well-branched habit.

‘Astra Double Pink’ offers star-shaped blooms that measure 2–3 inches in diameter. Petals are long lasting and plants flower continuously. This compact variety exhibits a uniform, well-branched habit.

Golden strings of spreading coin-like foliage brighten the shade garden! ‘Aurea’ is a good contrast plant and groundcover, and a great choice for water gardens or along ponds or streams. It is striking when sited to spill over stones or when used in hanging baskets.

Zehr’s Flower and Landscaping is your source for Dryopteris erythosora, commonly known as Autumn Fern.

Similar to ‘Autumn Joy’ but has a tighter growth habit, thicker foliage and brighter, rosy-pink flowers. Developed in Quebec.

Tall growing sedum with gray-green foliage. Flowers are large plateheads of pink from late summer to frost. Tolerant of dry soil. Xeriscape plant. Excellent winter interest.

Blue feathery flowers for some six weeks in early summer with some rebloom in late summer. Color is vivid and plant has a wide tolerance to soil and moisture conditions. Full sun.

The large 6″ flowers of ‘Baja’ are a velvety red, with a green throat. An early midseason bloomer with some reblooming capability. Semi-evergreen, but acts as a dormant here in the Midwest. Tetraploid.

Deep blue balloon shaped buds open to single blue flowers, July to September. Excellent as cut flowers. Moist, well-drained soil.

A midseason bloomer with pale pink flowers with a yellow throat that are held above attractive dark green, narrow foliage. Great for massing and borders.

Blooms mid to late season Huge double golden yellow flowers with eye-catching orange center. Extremely floriferous variety up to 70 flowers on matured plants.

Like the perfect mix between a lily pad and an elephant ear, these big, shiny leaves bring fabulous tropical flair to your landscape. And the color. Dark chocolate, green and maroon hues all swirl together on this foliage, and contrast brilliantly with the bright blooms. Those late summer blooms will light up a shaded spot, which is useful in landscaping as many flowering plants have already finished their seasons. If you’ve got a boggy, marshy garden, this is your perennial. It needs constant moisture, so it thrives in cool, wet areas that would spell disaster for other shade plants. Ligularia dentata ‘BBQ Banana’

Zehr’s Flower and Landscaping is your source for Lamium maculatum ‘Beacon Silver’, commonly known as Beacon Silver Lamium.

A Shasta daisy introduction from Decatur, GA. The large single white flowers are on strong sturdy stems that hold up in the wind and rain. The foliage is a deep lustrous green and really holds up well in heat and humidity. After testing for a number of years, we feel confident it is hardy in zone 4. An excellent cut flower. Full sun and well drained soils are best. 2003 Perennial Plant of the Year.

Particularly bright red-pink flowers bloom all through summer. The disease resistant foliage is a rich shade of green and its perfect midsize height guarantees it is tall enough for it to be seen in all its glory, but not so tall that its glory flops all over your other perennials.

With H. villosa in its parentage, ‘Berry Smoothie’ is extremely heat tolerant and holds up well during hot summer months. The leaves are extra large and a beautiful shade of metallic rose-purple. Long flower stems in mid summer sport light pink bell-shaped flowers, great for cuts.

This sport of Firewitch has light pink flowers with a magenta ring and that distinctive carnation fragrance. It has a long bloom period starting in early summer and if sheared will often rebloom in autumn. Has a spreading habit and blue tinged foliage. Great for the front of the border, creeping over walls, in the rock garden or as an edging plant.

A native North American prairie grass forming a large clump of silvery-blue foliage from 4-7′ in height. The purplish flower spikes emerge in August and September. Clump forming.

Selection of a tough native prairie grass with interesting color variation. Black Hawks true colors begin in the cool nights of late summer as it begins to tinge red. This continues to darken through purple to a full black by the end of September.

Described as one of the best large blue hostas available, ‘Big Daddy’ forms a very large mass of thick, chalky blue leaves. The rounded leaves become cupped and puckered when mature. Heavy substance helps to make this hosta more slug resistant.In late summer, near-white, bell-shaped flowers are produced just at the top of the foliage.Hostas are exceedingly popular perennials in today’s gardens due to their versatility in the landscape. Their subtle colors, tall flower scapes, and broad, coarse leaves fill a niche in garden designs that few other plants can achieve. Their large leaves provide excellent coverage for dying bulb foliage. Hostas also grow well in city environments where the air may be polluted by car exhaust, etc.

This excellent cultivar is a tremendous improvement over the species. The leaves are twice as big as the species and it rarely blooms. It is a clump former, and quickly will grow to cover a 3′ wide area. The fuzzy silver leaves are an excellent contrast and its low habit make it a great plant for the front of the perennial border. Holds up very well in hot humid summers. Best in full sun with well-drained soils.

A dwarf coneflower with strongly fragrant, brilliant magenta blooms and a reddish black cone. Ideal for containers or the front of the border. Attracts butterflies and bees. Songbirds enjoy the dried seeds in fall and early winter. Deer tend to leave this plant alone. Plant in any moist, well-drained garden soil exposed to full sun, and keep it well-watered and fed the first season or two. Once established, it is wonderfully tolerant of heat, cold, and even drought. Excellent cut flower. Bred by the Saul brothers of Itsaul Plants, Georgia.

New from the Big Sky™ series from Georgia, comes Harvest Moon™. The orange, center cone is surrounded by flower petals that are an earthy, golden color. Wide petals are slightly reflexed and overlap, and have a fragrance similar to roses. The plant itself is well branched, and vigorous. Best in full sun sites with loamy well, drained soils. Lovely Coneflower

From the breeders of the Big Sky series, this new coneflower has incredibly large and sweetly fragrant flowers which are an unusual shade of magenta-red, with petals fading to shades of red and rose as they mature. Flowers are produced on strong sturdy stems that are near black in color and add an interesting punch of color. Butterflies love this plant!

This beautiful selection has warm, russet-orange flowers with a henna-brown central cone. Nice wide petals are slightly reflexed and overlap, giving the blossoms a full, substantial presence. Plant this one up close where you can enjoy its delightful rose-like fragrance. Strong stems keep the plant upright and make good cut flowers. Lovely coneflower.

This cultivar is the result of crosses between E. purpurea and E. paradoxa. ‘Sunrise’ is a beautiful yellow with a central cone of green that matures to gold. Coneflower Flowers have a nice rose fragrance. From Itsaul Nurseries in Georgia.

Exciting introduction from the Big Sky™ series, ‘Twilight’ is a color breakthrough in coneflowers, sporting bright, rose-red flowers with a deeper red center cone. The flower petals are slightly reflexed, and overlapping, with a nice rose fragrance. Best in full sun sites with well-drained, loamy soils.

A lovely addition to the front of the perennial border or the rock garden, ‘Biokovo’ blooms for a long period in early to midsummer with small flowers that are white with just a tinge of pink. It forms a nice mound of lobed foliage that is attractive all year long. One of the smaller, tidier forms of cranesbill. Tolerates full sun to part shade in moist, well-drained soils.

A stunning plant with dark green fuzzy foliage from which arises 1′ long flower stems. The buds are a dark black, and open to true blue flowers, really beautiful.

Produces masses of showy, golden yellow, daisy-like flowers from July to mid-October. Goldfinches love the seeds. Vigorous. Fertile, loose soil. Perennial Plant of the Year for 1999. Pride of KS Plants 2002.

Black Eyed Susan Daylily

A garden favorite for years with long racemes of heart-shaped pink flowers. Blooms from mid-spring to June. Moist, well-drained soil. Foliage dies back in midsummer, so mix with hostas, astilbes and ferns.

Magenta flowers peak in early summer and appear sporadically throughout the summer. Forms a dense mound of dark green lacy leaves that turn crimson red in fall. Full sun or partial shade in well-drained soil.

Sky blue bellflowers on a compact plant. Blooms from June to October and is excellent in a perennial border. Deadhead after first blossom to encourage additional blooms. Moist, well-drained soil.

A wonderful late summer bloomer bred by Geert Fortgens of the Arboretum Trompenberg in Rotterdam, Holland. When it first came to the U.S., most growers labeled it as zone 5 hardy, but it has overwintered very well here in the Twin Cities. It is loaded with blue-violet flower spikes from late July through September, and the butterflies and bumblebees love it. The foliage has a lovely fragrance. Likes full sun and is tolerant of drought and heat stress. Plant it next to Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm’ for a classic blue and gold combination.

From Dr. Mary Meyer at the University of Minnesota. This little bluestem is distinguished by its upright habit, beautiful blue foliage and excellent fall color, in shades of red, burgundy and purple. Think of it as a blue Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’. Blooms in September with the purplish flowers forming seed in October. Clump forming.

Silver-blue stems emerge from basal rosettes with blue, globe-like flower heads. This is the first dwarf blue Eryngium.

Flowers considerably longer than the species with 5 weeks or more of color. Prized for its compact habit. Considered to have the deepest blue blossoms of all currently known bluestars, making it a superb addition to the spring border. Slender dark green leaves turn bright yellow in the fall adding another season of interest.

An enormous hosta with large 16″ by 12″ leaves having a deep blue-green color and are heavily corrugated. Introduced by hosta guru Paul Aden. The flowers are a near white and bloom from mid-June to mid-July. A large specimen plant for just the right spot.

Hosta ‘Blue Mouse Ears’ displays small, heavily textured distinctive heart-shaped blue-green leaves. Lavendar, bell-shaped flower scapes reach 6-7″ mid-summer. Adorable miniature hosta is perfect for rock or woodland gardens in part to full shade.

Purple flower spikes in late spring to early summer. Foliage is silvery blue. Somewhat spreading. Average, well-drained soil.

Huge dinner-plate size flowers of an incredible clear white on tall, 4-5′ plants. Full sun, evenly moist soils and winter protection is recommended. One of the parents was found growing along the Blue River in Oklahoma, hence the name.

Blue bell-shaped flowers spill over cascading foliage for a mass of color that is stunning at the front of the border. Blooming from May into June, ‘Blue Waterfall’ is also excellent for rock walls, containers, or hanging baskets. It is drought-tolerant.

‘Boulder Blue’ forms a beautiful little clump of upright foliage in shades of metallic blue. It is definitely a bluer color than F. ‘Elijah Blue’. The clump reaches a height of 8″ and the summer inflorescence will rise another 6″ above the clump. Best planted in well-drained soils. Clump forming.

Decorative fern-like leaves are neat and symmetrical, like most Jacob’s Ladder, but with a colorful twist: foliage takes on a rich, dark purple hue in spring and again in fall. In between, the leaves turn greener depending on light intensity. Beautiful flowers of deep lavender-blue appear in late spring to early summer, rising on graceful, burgundy stems.

Abundance of 4-5″ brilliant red flowers from late spring to early summer. Flowers have striking black blotch on the inner part of the flower near the seed head. Very rugged and extremely long lived. Prefers moist, well-drained soil.

A color breakthrough for Ligularia. Golden-orange, daisy-like flowers bloom above chocolate foliage. A bold plant that prefers cool, moist soils. Protection from afternoon sun is a must. Perfect for a pond’s edge.

Once you get to know ‘Brookside’ you’ll be hooked. The foliage is very finely cut and the flowers are a lovely shade of blue with just a hint of lavender and a contrasting white center. Try using ‘Brookside’ next to chartreuse/yellow foliaged plants to really bring out the flower color. Prefers part sun and moist well-drained soils.

Formerly Cimicifuga. Beautiful plantas for mid summer through late fall. The creamy to white bottle brush-like flowers are fragrant and repel insects (all fragrant, except Actaea racemosa var. cordifolia). Aftwer flowering attractive lime green seed pods are formed. Plants prefer a moist and rich soil.Striking deep purple foliage, pinkish white flowers fade to creamy white. Great landscaping plant.

Blooms with wine red flowers 3″ in diameter. Blooms from early summer to frost. Does best if divided every few years. Average to poor, well-drained or dry soil. Drought resistant.

An introduction from England with lavender-blue flowers on stems 20-24″ tall. Blooms continuously from early summer until late fall.

Native prairie wildflower. Fragrant orange flowers from mid to late summer. Monarch butterfly food. Tap rooted and drought tolerant. NE GreatPlants® 2000 Award Winner.

Our native butterfly weed sports intense orange flowers that attract butterflies! Asclepias tuberosa blooms from June to July and thrives in well-drained, sandy soil. Very hardy with few pests, it tolerates drought and is great for borders, meadows, and naturalized gardens.

This elegant dwarf features full-sized ivory flower spikes. Fragrant blooms abound from summer through fall. Plants stay 3–5 feet tall and compact foliage responds well to shaping. Buzz™ ‘Ivory’ is a great choice for containers.

Tall and stately with dark velvety violet-blue flowers. Blooms in June. The 2-3″ wide flowers are held well above the foliage. The Siberian iris is native to moist areas, so moisture throughout the season is crucial to healthy plants. Excellent as a border plant. For best results, fertile, moist, slightly acid soil is preferred.

Digitalis purpurea ‘Camelot’ is the first Foxglove F1 hybrid which reliably flower in the first year, with another heavy flush of flowers in the second year. It also has added superiority in crop uniformity and strength. Although most Foxglove is planted in shady areas, ‘Camelot’ can be grown in sunny areas with adequate moisture and lower temperatures. Tall flower spikes have cream-colored blossoms with a speckled throat.

Digitalis purpurea ‘Camelot’ is the first Foxglove F1 hybrid which reliably flower in the first year, with another heavy flush of flowers in the second year. It also has added superiority in crop uniformity and strength. Although most Foxglove is planted in shady areas, ‘Camelot’ can be grown in sunny areas with adequate moisture and lower temperatures. Tall flower spikes have lavender-colored blossoms with a speckled throat.

Digitalis purpurea ‘Camelot’ is the first Foxglove F1 hybrid which reliably flower in the first year, with another heavy flush of flowers in the second year. It also has added superiority in crop uniformity and strength. Although most Foxglove is planted in shady areas, ‘Camelot’ can be grown in sunny areas with adequate moisture and lower temperatures. Tall flower spikes have rose-colored blossoms with a speckled throat.

Zehr’s Flower and Landscaping is your source for Phlox subulata ‘Candy Stripe’, commonly known as Candy Stripe Creeping Phlox.

A selection from Thierry Delabroye of France. Native to the Southeast U.S., this species is quite heat-tolerant, much more so than the other Heuchera species with gold or yellow foliage. New leaves emerge bright gold and deepen in color to caramel. Flowers appear later than other species as well, and are light pink.

This perennial is native to the U.S. Tall spikes of scarlet red flowers from early to late summer. Best in partial shade situations with moist, rich soil.

The blooms are pale pink with soft lavender undertones. Mid to late season bloomer.

A lovely tetraploid daylily with large, striking 6″ flowers. The blooms are a beautiful blend of rose and pink, with a green-yellow throat. It’s a mid-late season bloomer.

Medium height and well-branched this phlox produces tons of white flowers with a bright pink eye. Disease resistant and uniform.

Zehr’s Flower and Landscaping is your source for Echinacea hybrida ‘Cheyenne Spirit’, commonly known as Cheyenne Spirite Coneflower.

This tetraploid daylily produces large, 5-6″ flowers in a delicate shade of antique pink with a strong orchid-wine center halo. A midseason bloomer.

Zehr’s Flower and Landscaping is your source for Ajuga ‘Chocolate Chip’, commonly known as Chocolate Chip Bugleweed.

A plant introduced from the Mt. Cuba Center for the Study of Piedmont Flora, in Delaware. This plant has a more dwarf habit and chocolate-purple tones to the leaves and stems. Blooms in late summer with white flowers which can be used for cutting, although this Joe-Pye should be used almost exclusively for its colored foliage rather than blooms.

A dense webbing of gray threads covers compact, pale green fleshy leaf rosettes. Pink-to-crimson flowers bloom from late spring to early summer.

Ablaze with color all season long, Color Flash creates a mound of foliage that first emerges green, but then matures with striking shades of burgundy, purple and green, making it a colorful foliage plant throughout the growing season. The pink plumes sparkle against the brilliant foliage in early summer. Great for semishade gardens, mixed with other perennials, whether in mass or singly.

Giant red and green rosettes have sharply pointed leaf tips. Very impressive.

This great cultivar has frosty gray-blue foliage that really holds up well in the garden all season long. The rich, purple flowers are borne in clusters and open up one day at a time and bloom all summer long. A vigorous grower that looks good all season. You can grow spiderworts in well-drained to even boggy soils.

Finely textured foliage emerges light blue and intensifies through summer. Graceful clumps have good heat tolerance and attractive panicled seed heads. Prefers well-drained soils. A Brent Horvath introduction.

Small, rounded, fleshy succulent leaves change from salmon-orange (coral) colored to bright green and eventually reddish-bronze in winter. Clusters of tiny white-to-pale pink flowers bloom in early summer.

Low maintenance perennials for any garden. Clump forming bush like growing habits. Most varieties can be used for cut flower growing. Not particular about soil, but a sunny location is needed for best flower production. Peonies perform best if planted in fall. Also fall shipment: delivery first week of October.Large semi-double bowl-shaped flowers, early flowering variety. Distinctive coral flower color. 1986 APS gold medal winner.

A distinctly different disease-resistant bee balm! ‘Coral Reef’ boasts fluorescent coral-to-salmon pink blooms from July to frost. Flowers float over dark green, mildew-resistant foliage with an upright habit. It requires rich, consistently moist, well‑drained soil. Deadhead to prolong bloom time.

Blooming from late spring through late summer, this Shasta daisy has intriguing fringed, frilly flowers that are semi to fully double. Blooms are pure white in color, surrounding a yellow center. Deadhead all summer long to extend the bloom season.

Crazy Pink has a staggering number of lightly fragrant, daisy-like flowers and blooms for an extended period of time. Superior lateral branching assures a compact, sturdy plant that won’t need staking. Deadheading will help to extend the bloom cycle but leave a few of the cones on in late summer as they provide food for finches and other birds. From ItSaul Plants.

Zehr’s Flower and Landscaping is your source for Phlox subulata ‘Crimson Beauty’, commonly known as Crimson Beauty Creeping Phlox.

Masses of large crimson and white blooms with long spur. Flowers in mid to late spring.

This is a great sunny, spring perennial, which is quite drought-tolerant and cold hardy. If happy, it will self-seed, so it can become a good groundcover plant. Great for borders, masses, large rock gardens or to combine with daffodils or other smaller bulbs.

A sister variety of ‘Wild Swan™’, it has the same height and habit but with bright pink backs to its large white single flowers instead of blue. As with all Swans it blooms throughout the summer and looks particularly impressive in the evening or early morning when the blooms nod and show off their colorful backs.

Dark Towers retains it dark wine red foliage throughout the season and produces pale pink tubular flowers that extended above the foliage. Adding rich color to the perennial border or mixed beds, this perennial will tolerate heat and humidity.

This cultivar has plenty of old-fashioned charm. The boldly striped, extremely doubled flowers and pleasant fragrance have been garnering plenty of attention in several variety trials across the country.

A two-tiered purple coneflower. A German selection with shorter petals on top of the cone and a ‘skirt’ of deep, rose pink petals at the base. May produce single flowers in the first year. From then on, they reliably produce double blooms. Prefers well-drained soils. Drought tolerant once established.

Zehr’s Flower and Landscaping is your source for Sedum spurium ‘Dragon’s Blood’, commonly known as Dragon’s Blood Sedum.

Neon-red flowers over prostrate bronze-tinged green foliage in July. Turns a glowing scarlet-bronze in autumn with heads of radiant red flowers. A great groundcover.

Dwarf plant with attractive, finely cut foliage and delicate sprays of pure white flowers in early to midsummer. A very tough and long lived plant for shady moist, humusy soil.

Fiery orange tones, rare in sempervivums, first singe the tips then suffice into the entire leaf. This dynamite new semperviuvm has quickly become one of our favorites.

Golden yellow 1.5-2″ semi-double flowers on strong stems. Flowers June to September. Excellent as cut flowers. An All American Selections Award Winner. Best in good garden loam.

This sport of ‘Blue Angel’ has large, heart-shaped, blue green leaves with wide, creamy white margins. Pale lavender blossoms appear on 40″ scapes in mid-summer. Selected by the American Hosta Growers Association as Hosta of the Year in 2009.

Broad rounded leaves up to 12″ across with a conspicuous gray-green hue on both sides. Flowers are white and produced during July and August. Moist, rich, well-drained soil.

Zehr’s Flower and Landscaping is your source for Thymus serpyllum ‘Elfin’, commonly known as Elfin Creeping Thyme.

Small, 6″ tall grass with attractive, fine-textured, blue foliage. A cool season grass hardy in Zone 4. Grown primarily for the foliage. In hot spells the foliage may brown out, but revives with the onset of cooler weather. Clump forming.

Also known as double daisy, it is a well known favorite in flower gardens. Red, white and pink flowers add lots of color to the spring garden. Combines well with spring flowering bulbs. Great in beds, borders, rock gardens and containers.

Profuse, large, yellow blooms from June to September. Low growing and compact. Best in well-drained, soils. Xeriscape plant.

Fountains of narrow leaves with wide, pure white leaf margins spill over to form compact clumps. A shade-loving grass, ‘Everest’ is lovely planted along a path, adds an architectural element to containers and window boxes and also suitable for mass plantings.

Stunning yellow cream bloom with black plum eyezone and green throat. American Hemerocallis Society Honorable Mention Award.

Violet-blue lupine-like flowers in late spring. Attractive blue-green foliage all season. Dependable, long lived plant for the back of the garden. Tolerates a wide range of soil types including very dry ones. 2010 Perennial Plant of the Year.

Brilliant carmine-red flowers in June and July borne on spikes. Foliage is dark red-green. Best in groups of three, in a perennial border or mass planted. Best in deep, rich soil with good moisture.

This sport of ‘Goblin’ was discovered in Great Britain and is taking the U.S. by storm. The flowers are quite unique. Surrounding the dark center of the flower is a single row of red tubular petals that flare out and change to bright yellow at the tips. The plant forms a neat, tidy mound, and blooms from June thru fall. Introduced by PlantHaven®.

White globes of flowers with a faint purple eye float above leathery emerald green foliage about 2-3 weeks earlier than most summer phlox. An excellent hybrid of the paniculata types, this phlox begins blooming sooner and has far more mildew resistance. Plus it’s a slow spreader making a clump of mass bloom that gets a bit more dramatic for each year its established.

Light fuchsia flowers bloom 2-3 weeks earlier than typical Phlox. Thick, glossy green foliage has exceptional mildew resistance.

A cute new Dianthus with loads of bright flowers for much of summer. Raspberry-colored flowers have a distinct white edge, and foliage is a neat grey-green. Best of all, deer won’t eat it!

Intensely red foliage—the reddest of any Heuchera—flares in spring. The leathery leaves smolder into shades of reddish-brown in summer that brighten again in fall. Very showy. Our favorite Terra Nova introduction.

A sport of ‘Patriot’, with striking pure white centers and contrasting dark green margins. Growth habit is upright and foliage appears almost twisted. Lavender flowers appear in mid summer on white stems. A splendid addition to brighten up any shade garden.

The foliage color of ‘Fire Chief’ is brilliant wine red, maturing to a more purplish maroon red. Dark red flower stems rise to 18″ tall above the mound of foliage, making the blossoms great for cutting. Bicolored pink and white flowers will rebloom for much of the summer.

Huge, up to 12-inch, red-to-burgundy flowers bloom from late summer until frost. Fine, dissected foliage has a purplish blush and red stems.

This German cultivar is small in size, but delivers a generous amount of blooms. Forms a short, tight mound of blue, grass-like foliage. The flowers are a deep raspberry red and have that classic carnation fragrance. Blooms heavily in early summer, and if kept deadheaded will bloom for much of the summer. Highly tolerant of heat, this plant thrives in well-drained soils. Best in full sun. Great for rock gardens. Perennial Plant of the year 2006.

Bubble gum pink blossoms are accentuated by dark pink eyes. The most mildew resistant phlox to date. Bubblegum Pink will bring months of tantalizing color and delicious fragrance to the summer garden. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.

Lovely coral blooms with rosy eyes. The most mildew resistant phlox to date. Coral Creme Drop will bring months of tantalizing color and delicious fragrance to the summer garden. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.

Soft lavender-pink flowers with cotton candy centers. The most mildew resistant phlox to date. Cotton Candy will bring months of tantalizing color and delicious fragrance to the summer garden. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.

Tasty grape-colored blooms have striking red eyes. The most mildew resistant phlox to date. Grape Lollipop will bring months of tantalizing color and delicious fragrance to the summer garden. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.

-A sport of ‘Halcyon’ with the same intense blue-green leaf center-Emerges with a gold margin early in the spring, then changes to pure white later in the season-The leaves hold up well in the garden all season long until the “first frost”-Light lavender flowers appear on 28 inch scapes in midsummerHostas are exceedingly popular perennials in today’s gardens due to their versatility in the landscape. Their subtle colors, tall flower scapes, and broad, coarse leaves fill a niche in garden designs that few other plants can achieve. Their large leaves provide excellent coverage for dying bulb foliage. Hostas also grow well in city environments where the air may be polluted by car exhaust, etc.This premium hosta variety is part of a group of the finest hostas available today. Members of this collection were evaluated and selected by a group of specialty hosta growers in zones 4-7, who together have a combined total of over 150 years of hosta growing experience. To be considered a premium hosta, plants must perform superbly in all four zones (4-7). They must also exhibit exemplary garden presence and performance, have a long season of appeal in the landscape, have leaves of good substance, and demonstrate a greater resistance to common garden pests.

Butterflies and hummingbirds love Flame® ‘Coral’! Fragrant, coral-red flowers bloom in midsummer above compact green foliage.

Fragrant violet flowers have white eyes. Clusters of pretty blooms appear in midsummer above compact green foliage.

Butterflies and hummingbirds love Flame® ‘White Eye’! Fragrant, snow white flowers with magenta eyes bloom in midsummer above compact green foliage.

Neat mounds of forest green leaves with bright white margins. Lavender flowers in late summer. Moist, rich, well-drained soil.

An outstanding and popular variety with huge blue-green leaves with golden-yellow edges. Has near white flowers. The plant is named after Mrs. Frances Williams, an American horticulturist and hosta collector. Use as edging, a low hedge, groundcover or border accent. Rarely needs to be divided.

Part of the Fruit Punch series, Coconut Punch has 2″ fluffy, fragrant, double blossoms which are intricately patterned in contrasting shades of bright red and white. Blooming for much of summer on rugged grey-green foliage that is highly deer-desistant. It tolerates dry soils and performs great in a rock garden.

From Dutch breeder Arie Blom comes ‘Fuego’, an orange Helenium with rings of yellow around the small button cone and the petal tips. Shorter than most Heleniums, these flowers reach heights of 18-20″ within the first year and 24-30″ by the second year. If you cut them back in June, they will remain between 18-20″ every year.

Interesting balloon-like buds burst open into beautiful soft pink, bell-shaped flowers which keep their color best in partial shade. ‘Fuji Pink’ is a very reliable bloomer that is pest and disease free.

Feathery flowers on tall spikes in late summer. Flowers are red-purple. Well-drained soil. Native to the U.S. prairie, drought tolerant.

Huge peach colored leaves with a showy white overlay forms lush clumps to highlight shaded perennial borders, rock gardens and containers. Foliage becomes rose to rose-purple from fall through winter. Creamy white flowers stand on wispy stems in spring. Evergreen in warmer climates. Thanks to the H. x villosa blood, will grow well in southern humidity or the damp Northwest.

An excellent dwarf veronica for the very front of the perennial border, only reaching a diminutive height of 6-12″. Blooms from mid to late summer with clear, bright, medium pink, spiky blooms. Best in moist, well-drained soils.

Free blooming compact plant with deep lilac flowers borne above mounds of lance shaped leaves with white margins. Excellent for edging. Moist, rich, well-drained soil.

Creamy white plumes of flowers in summer top a large mound of lacy foliage (similar to the foliage of Astilbe). A tall plant well suited for the back of the border, reaching a mature height of 4-5′ and as wide. Loves moist soils.

This dwarf cultivar has large deep red flowers with yellow borders. Blooms from July until frost. Tolerates average to poor, well-drained or dry soil. Drought resistant.

An improved ‘Happy Returns’ with 4″ canary-yellow flowers, will bloom from early June to fall. Flowers are held on well branched stems, often 10-15 buds per scape. Hybridized by Walters Gardens, now part of the Proven Winner perennial program.

Starry yellow flowers bloom on a spreading carpet of succulent evergreen leaves that turn maroon in winter. It prefers well-drained soil and is deer-resistant.

Beautiful variegated type. Light green leaves with a dark green border in spring. As the season progresses, the light green center color turns to a creamy yellow. Give it part sun to encourage the yellow color. The blossoms are lavender.

A sport of L. ‘Alexander’ with stable variegated foliage of green and gold. The yellow flowers appear along the stems in June and July. It seems to be a more compact variety. Best in moist, well-drained soil.

Small heart-shaped leaves have chartreuse golden edges. The deep lavender striped purple flowers bloom in midsummer on tall spikes. A neat, rapid grower for the shady perennial garden. Spacing 36″.

Gooseneck is a fitting description for the graceful flower spikes of this interesting bog plant. Blooms in July and August on tall stems to 3′ in height. The flowers are white and look as though they are trying to bend back to the ground. Very tolerant of moist soils and will perform best where it is allowed to naturalize, especially by water gardens, bogs and the edge of the woods. It is a voracious self-seeder, so be careful where you place it in the garden or be sure to deadhead it when the flowers are spent. The flowers are excellent for cutting.

The second introduction in the mid-size series of monardas from Morden Research Station in Canada. Grand Parade™ has a beautiful mounded shape, only reaching a height of 13-16″, just a bit taller than the Petite series. It will bloom in early to mid July with lavender-purple flowers. Powdery mildew resistance is very good.

A grape colored flower with 4″ wide blooms having a dark eye-zone and veins with lighter petal edges. Throat changes from yellow to green. Reblooming. Mid to late season.

Tall spiky blue flowers, bloom in mid to late summer on top of a mound of round, bright green leaves. This plant can self-sow quite vigorously, so keep it deadheaded when it is done blooming. Requires partial shade and evenly moist soil conditions.

Waxy, narrow leaves, low mounding habit. Lavender, bell shaped flowers that bloom during August and September. Moist, rich, well-drained soil. Excellent for large, mass plantings.

A sport of E. ‘Magnus’, it has the same sturdy form and large cones but with a bicolor twist. Upright petals display an inner ring of hot pink framed by an outer ring of lime green, making for an equally captivating look as a garden specimen or cut flower. With this coloration Jelitto seed boasts of having perfected the vigor and stability that has been lacking in previous varieties.

Ground hugging spirals of concentric succulent green leaves. Interesting and attractive, this very hardy plant could have inspired M.C. Escher.

Developed in France for use in perfumes and essential oils, this cultivar was selected from a cross between L. angustifolia and L. latifolia. Blooming mid-summer through early fall, it has long flower stems that sport large, violet-blue flowers with a sweet fragrance. Dried flowers can be used in potpourris and flower arrangements, or just enjoy the fragrance in your garden.

Part of the strong-stemmed F1 Guardian series has gorgeous spires of bright blue. Fully double flowers on strong stems emerge in summer from mounding clumps of deeply lobed foliage. Bold, vertical form is perfect for dramatic accent of any bed or border. Exceptional cut flower.

Part of the strong-stemmed F1 Guardian series, this one has double lavender florets with white “bees”. The classic spike flowers will add majesty and height to your garden. Exceptional cut flower.

Bright, 2.75″ canary yellow blooms. One of its parents is ‘Stella d’Oro’ and it is a good rebloomer.

Huge soft fragrant pink flowers with stunning white eye High level of mildew tolerance Attractive to pollinators

A great perennial with an upright trailing habit. Through summer, the stems grow to about 2′ in length and as the red-purple flower clusters appear they tend to spread out through the garden. The foliage has that classic oregano scent, but this is truly an ornamental variety. Great as a filler/accent plant, around strong upright forms and attracts butterflies.

Zehr’s Flower and Landscaping is your source for Saxifraga arensii ‘Highlander Red Shades’, commonly known as Highlander Red Shades Rockcress.

The beautiful, lacy foliage of ‘Hillside Black Beauty’ emerges in early spring with green tones, but quickly deepens to purplish-black. The dark foliage contrasts nicely with the fragrant, white, bottlebrush blooms in late summer. Ideal specimen plant for the shade garden, combines especially well with variegated or yellow foliage plants. Discovered by Mary Ann McGourty of Hillside Gardens and introduced by PlantHaven®.

Large rosettes of pointed green leaves flush with rose at the base. Excellent for rock gardens, green roofs, or containers. Drought-tolerant.

A showstopper in the late summer-early fall, adding vertical form and late summer color. Deep green foliage and rosy, lipstick-colored flowers on dark red stems. Provide adequate moisture. Blooms July through September. Excellent for attracting butterflies to the garden. Great cut flower, and considered deer resistant when mature.

A breakthrough in Echinacea breeding, this first-ever double orange selection. The blooms emerge with florescent, papaya colored ray petals and a deep orange-yellow cone. Hot Papaya matures with rich, spicy orange ray petals that are topped by a double, reddish-orange pompom. Each pompom has a remarkable papaya colored halo in the center that grows as it ages. Prefers moist, but well drained to get established, once established, it is very drought tolerant. Introduced by Plants Nouveau.

Glistening rayed petals open to a soft, mango color before changing to a deep orange-red. A tall variety with strong clumps that looks like fireworks with a continuous burst of new flowers. ‘Hot Summer’ will provide a dramatic array of colors and is deserving of a special place in the full sun border.

Known for its red foliage and stems, with white flowers that are tinged pink. Blooms early to midsummer. The leaves are 7″ long and toothed. Utilize in a perennial border, natural plantings, or rock gardens. Also good as a cut flower. Well-drained soil is essential as it will rot in wet soils. Perennial Plant of the Year for 1996.

A midseason bloomer with very fragrant, 5″ lemon yellow flowers. A midseason bloomer.

The best white-blooming cultivar of speedwell, ‘Icicle’ blooms almost all season long with bright white flower spikes. The flowers can be used for cutting. Prefers fertile, well-drained soils.

Zehr’s Flower and Landscaping is your source for Sagina subulata, commonly known as Irish Moss.

An introduction from famed plantsman Tony Avent at Plant Delights Nursery and a clear winner in our Baptisia trial last year. Stark black stems highlight the extra tall white blooms that crown the plant in late spring. Holding its foliage higher than most, ‘Ivory Towers’ shows off its dark stems for a surprisingly refined look.

‘Jack Frost’ is grown for its lovely silver-coated foliage as well as for the light blue flowers that appear in spring. Large heart-shaped leaves brighten up shade gardens throughout the season. 2012 Perennial Plant of the Year™. Bred by Walters Gardens. Tags required by breeder.

The leaves of this beautiful new cultivar are silver with green venation all season long. It blooms in early spring with classic forget-me-not type blue flowers. Best in shady situations, mixed with hostas, astilbe and other shade lovers. This cultivar is a sport of ‘Langtrees’ which was discovered at Walters Gardens, Inc.

This cultivar was discovered in Georgia, with extremely large, bold, bright red flowers atop tall 4′ stems. Good mildew resistance. Loves full sun and moist, well-drained soils.

Delicate foliage makes a nice textural accent. Sky blue bell-shaped flowers in late spring and early summer. Great for shady under plantings and cottage gardens.

Full double dark pink flowers with soft pink edges one of the latest to flower excellent for border and cut flower use

A showy fern with fronds of soft metallic silver-gray and hints of red and blue. The magnificent texture and color electrify shady areas of the garden and make the fern a wonderful companion for a variety of shade-loving plants such as hosta, heuchera and tierella. 2004 Perennial Plant of the Year.

A cross between ‘Zamphir’ and ‘Early Sunrise’, this coreopsis seems to always be in bloom. Petals are more consistently fluted than on ‘Zamphir’ and it has a compact habit and an extended flowering season. Responds beautifully to cutting back, but will rebloom without it. Good cut flower. Drought tolerant once established. Bred by the Saul brothers of Itsaul Plants, Georgia.

Excellent hybrid with vivid blue, long lasting cup shaped flowers beginning in early summer. Full sun and well-drained soil.

A Fleming Brothers introduction. Pretty 12-inch light pink-to-white flowers have burgundy eyes. Blooms appear from late summer until frost over striking copper-colored, maple-like leaves.

Vase shaped plant with arching blue-gray leaves. Lavender flowers in midsummer. Moist, rich, well-drained soil.

Strong-growing and dependable, the Lady ferns are great garden plants. This selection from the New England Wildflower Society features red stems, making it a great choice to combine with purple-leaved plants. Tough and easy to grow, this sultry beauty is the right choice for perennial borders and woodlands alike.

An excellent plant for the front of the border or even as a groundcover. It grows in a mound shape with scalloped green leaves covered in a soft pubescence. Blooms in early summer with billowing sprays of yellow-green flowers. Grows best in cool, moist areas.

Striking, fan-shaped leaves form a lavish groundcover. Billowing sprays of tiny, star-shaped yellow flowers bloom from late spring into summer. ‘Thriller’ fares best in consistently moist soil; it may require afternoon shade in hotter, drier climates.

This is the famous Lancaster Geranium, originally found in the wild in Northern England. Rose pink flowers are nestled among leaves in short, mounded, creeping form. It’s great for landscaping!

A great late summer blooming perennial for the back of the border. Covered with light yellow single flowers, 2-3″ wide, from July through September. The butterflies love it, and it is a great cut flower as well. Will resent too much fertilizer and water.

The foliage on ‘Lime Rickey’ is a brilliant citrus lime green that glows in the shade garden throughout the summer. In early summer, the flower spikes appear with tiny white flowers. Attracts the butterflies and hummingbirds to the garden.

Miniature daylily with 2″ wide blooms grape-purple in color, with a rose-purple watermark and florescent green throat. Edges of the petals are tightly ruffled. Reaching just 12″ in height, it’™s perfect for the front of a border. Blooms in early to mid summer and has semi-evergreen foliage.

The species is naturally dwarf, and has some tolerance for light shade. It forms a beautiful, upright, vase shaped plant, reaching a height of 4′. Purplish-red flowers appear in mid summer, are dome shaped and really bring in the butterflies and bees. Discovered at the Conard Pyle Co. in Pennsylvania.

A Future Plants® introduction from Marco Fransen of the Netherlands. This is a dwarf variety of Ligularia, reaching a height of only 20″. Because it is a tetraploid, the flowers are truly substantial with dark buds opening to bright yellow flowers in midsummer. Best grown in cool, moist locations in part shade, like the edge of a pond.

An introduction from FuturePlants® in the Netherlands, this dwarf Russian sage has lavender-blue flowers and silvery foliage. Selected for its upright habit that prevents it from leaning in the landscape. Starts blooming in late summer and continues through autumn. Best in full sun sites with well-drained soils.

Spikes of unique, oversized flowers are held above the foliage. Blooms emerge a light lemon-over-cream color and age dramatically—first to cream, then to light and eventually medium violet. This creates an interesting two to three-toned color effect. A Chicagoland introduction.

Heart shaped, cherry red flowers bloom all summer long, on stems just above a mound of ferny, blue-green foliage. Everblooming, even through the heat of the summer. More sun tolerant than other fernleaf types.

An easy to grow flower that produces beautiful deep purple daisy-like flowers from July to October. It was Perennial Plant of the Year in 1998, one can see why. Good cut flower, attracts butterflies.

A new and improved version of the highly popular cultivar ‘Magnus’, this cultivar has deeper lavender pink blossoms, darker stem color and larger coppery orange cones. Consistent growth habit. Blooms in mid summer, and if deadheaded, will bloom well into autumn. Excellent variety for rain gardens.

‘Major Wheeler’ features coral-red trumpet-like flowers with golden insides against medium green viny foliage. Blooms appear from late spring to autumn. Choose this variety to cover a trellis, fence, or stone wall. It is easy to grow in average, moist soil.

Bright, red-orange flowers bloom over contrasting bronze foliage throughout the summer. Larger flowers than the species. Seedpods provide fall interest. Deer-resistant and drought-tolerant.

In late summer to fall, the dark pink, daisy-shaped flowers absolutely cover the dense foliage, forming a neat mound. Terrific for borders, edging, large containers and mass plantings. Developed by the University of Minnesota.

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Hardy perennial that produces an abundance of attractive pink flowers in mid-summer. A favorite of hummingbirds and bees. Rich, moist soil.

This hardy geranium forms a nice mound of foliage with very attractive, finely divided leaves. Flowers freely most of the summer with deep magenta pink saucer shaped flowers. Tolerates full sun to part shade. It has a nice compact habit and makes a beautiful specimen plant in the garden.

Flower spikes of indigo blue in early summer. Moist, well-drained soil is ideal, although the perennial salvias are tolerant of drought conditions.

Blooming the first year from seed, this F1 hybrid has colorful bright red bicolor flowers with a yellow band. Starts blooming in early summer atop a strong, sturdy, well-branched plant that does not flop over, and will bloom for much of summer. Drought tolerant once established in the garden.

One of the longest blooming blanket flowers, Mesa™ has bright canary-yellow blossoms and will bloom from early summer until frost. Forms a tidy neat mound and does not get loose and floppy like many other gaillardias. Flowers grow up to 3″ wide and excellent for cutting.

Numerous deep blue-violet pea-shaped flowers. The first bloom cycle produces long inflorescence up to 27″, then secondary branches produces another wave of flowering. Blue-green leaves, upright vase shaped habit. Super focal point in the landscape and equally outstanding as a cut flower with its exceptionally long stems. Drought tolerant once established. Introduced by Chicagoland Grows®, Inc.

There are many new echinaceas to choose from but ‘Milkshake’ is really something special. Taller, yet similar to its progeny, ‘Coconut Lime’, it has pom-pom flowers of creamy white that do not age. It starts blooming in June and still looks clean and fresh at the end of August. Fantastic cut flower, lasts for weeks in the vase.

A miniature daylily with 3″ blush pink blossoms with yellow-green throat. Recurving petals and sepals, lightly ruffled enhancing the pretty little blossom. High bud count. Excellent as a border plant. An early to midseason bloomer.

Brighter yellow and smaller (1.75″) with more upward facing flowers than its parent ‘Stella d’Oro’. Begins blooming earlier than most other daylily varieties and reblooms throughout the summer.

A sport of H. ‘Francee’. Stunning, very dark green leaves are surrounded by a wide, pure white margin. Leaves have good substance, and are sometimes cupped and slightly wave. Pale lavender striped flowers appear on 24″ scapes in early to midsummer. One of the most popular white-margined hostas.Hostas are exceedingly popular perennials in today’s gardens due to their versatility in the landscape. Their subtle colors, tall flower scapes, and broad, coarse leaves fill a niche in garden designs that few other plants can achieve. Their large leaves provide excellent coverage for dying bulb foliage. Hostas also grow well in city environments where the air may be polluted by car exhaust, etc.

Perhaps the first Physostegia on the market that lives up to the name Obedient plant. It is a clump former, reaching a mature height of 18-24″ and spreads to 15-24″. Blooming in midsummer with white flowers, and, if you deadhead it, you may get some late summer re-bloom. Bred by plant hunter Darrel Probst of Boston, MA.

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Darkest of the new heat and sun-tolerant H. x villosa hybrids, ‘Mocha’ is a stunning deep purple that deepens in the summer sun. Compact form with nicely layered foliage. Shows well in containers and in borders. Widely adaptable and will grow in sun or shade.

A Walters Gardens introduction. White flowers with vibrant red eyes contrast the dark burgundy-green foliage from top to bottom. Its upright clumping form is perfect for landscaping.

A large specimen plant. Immense green leaves with a broad, irregular golden yellow margin. Pale lavender flowers. Moist, rich, well-drained soil.

Creamy yellow flowers all summer, especially if spent flowers are trimmed off. Thread-like foliage. Full sun and well-drained soil. Drought tolerant. One of the best everblooming perennials for the garden. 1992 Perennial Plant of the Year.

This hybrid is one of the most popular yarrows in American landscapes. It has beautiful, deeply cut, silver-gray foliage and sulfur-yellow flowers that appear in June and continue until September. Performs well in northern gardens. Excellent drainage is necessary for best results.

Dusty green rosettes have wide leaves that fall open into an attractive crown.

Excellent early blooming perennials. Although flowers are impressive, these plants are more valued for their attractive foliage. Except for the angustifolia types all have spotted or colored foliage in many different shades. Amoist soil in a shady location is critical for best color.Pink flowers fade to blue, spotted leaves. Best selling Lungwort.

Intense blue and white, long spurred flowers bloom from mid to late spring. Compact, low growing columbine, reaching a mature height of 18″. Nice as a cut flower.

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Sultry deep double maroon blossoms are highlighted by a glowing yellow throat on this exotic daylily. Night Embers Daylily makes a stunning combination when combined with plants that have silver foliage such as Artemisia and Dusty Miller. Also combines well with other daylilies like Stella D’ro, Harvest Moon Coneflower, and My Love Cactus Dahlia. Daylilies are easy to grow, long lasting perennials that thrive in full sun.

A clumping, deciduous grass with rich, bamboo-like foliage that reaches a height of 2-3′. The drooping, flat flower spikes are a pretty green in the summer and will mature to copper late in autumn while the foliage takes on lovely coppery brown tones. Northern Sea Oats is one of the few ornamental grasses that will tolerate some shade, preferring a part shade site. Not particularly fast growing, it will benefit from regular division every few years.

Good plant for late summer, early fall color. Beautiful pink flower spikes make excellent cut flowers. Dark green foliage. Native to the U.S. Prefers well-drained soil.

This new hybrid boasts an extended flowering period and neat, compact habit. The blue and white blossoms face upward, showing off their pretty faces and long spurs. Aquilegia is especially lovely when allowed to naturalize in shady, woodland borders. Long lasting cut flower.

This pink and white bicolor boasts an extended flowering period and neat, compact habit. The blossoms face upward above the delicate foliage. Aquilegia is especially lovely when allowed to naturalize in shady, woodland borders. Long lasting cut flower.

Eye catching red and white bicolor boasts an extended flowering period and neat, compact habit. The blossoms face upward above the delicate foliage. Aquilegia is especially lovely when allowed to naturalize in shady, woodland borders. Long lasting cut flower.

Delicate pink and white blossoms boast an extended flowering period and neat, compact habit. Pretty in a woodland garden, front of the border and even containers. Aquilegia is especially lovely when allowed to naturalize in shady, woodland borders. Long lasting cut flower.

Add texture and intrigue to the perennial border and containers with this ornamental onion who’s features mimic Medusa’s mythological snakes. The low mound of narrow grey-green foliage curls and twists, with the nodding buds resembling snake eyes before they open and begin to straighten. Flowers are a light amethyst purple forming nearly 2” round clusters that put on a show for nearly a month. Well behaved, it forms clumps that slowly spread with no seedlings. It is largely left alone by rabbits and deer.

Large daisy-type blooms of varying color. Flowers from early to midsummer especially if cut after bloom. Foliage is fern-like and compound. Excellent for cut flowers. Best in cooler climates. Well-drained soil.

Darkly saturated and tantalizing, each petal on this Siberian looks like it was captured from an impressionist painting—like painted ballet dancers in your perennial border. They’re fragrant, too! Painted Women Siberian Iris is a delightfully easy to grow plant, hardly ever bothered by deer and incredibly cold hardy. It prefers moist soil, to the point where you could use it at the shallow, shelf edge of a water garden. However, it will thrive in regular garden soil with average moisture conditions, too.

Forms a rounded mound, with deep mahogany-red foliage which fades to bronze-green in heat. Flowers white. 1991 Perennial Plant of the Year.

Lovely cream-colored 4″ wide flowers are highly fragrant. Broad ruffled petals have a cranberry-purple eye and emerald green throat, color won’t fade in the sun. Blooms in early to mid summer, and can rebloom later in the season. A vigorous grower with green foliage.

From the Galaxy series of yarrows, an interspecific cross between Achillea millefolium x Achillea taygetea. Very finely dissected foliage and bright ruby red flowers with yellow centers have a tendency to fade to a lighter pink as they mature. Drought tolerant.

A midseason bloomer with fragrant, 2.75″ cranberry-red flowers with sturdy ruffled petals. Can rebloom through the season.

A sport of ‘Francee’ with the same beautiful dark green centers and form, but with a much wider, crisp white margin, very showy. Lavender blooms. Moist, rich, well-drained soil. Selected by the American Hosta Growers Association as Hosta of the Year in 1997.

This striking cultivar forms an incredible mound of gold centered, green margined foliage that really stands out in the garden. Blooms in mid summer with pale lavender flower spikes. Selected as Hosta of the Year in 1999 by the American Hosta Growers Association.

Soft blue-violet standards, edged yellow and tipped blue, yellow blue veined falls.

The first in a series of dwarf Monarda selections from the Morden Research Station in Canada. ‘Petite Delight’ blooms in midsummer with lavender-rose flowers atop a mound of dark green, crinkled and highly mildew resistant foliage. The very compact form is excellent for the front of the perennial border. Moist, well-drained soils are best.

One of the hardiest Lavenders, ‘Phenomenal’ sports uniform and consistent silvery foliage. It has a nice round form and it has a high oil content—a feature some people look for in a Lavender. Very low winter die back. Tags required by breeder.

Bright pink flowers are consistently double. Well-branched flower stems give a full appearance in borders and containers and are perfect for cutting. Shorter than ‘Razzmatazz’ and ‘Doubledecker’ and blooms sooner. Once established, they are quite drought tolerant. Bred by Arie Blom and introduced by Plants Nouveau.

Dark green foliage with erect growing habits. Long blooming spikes of small flowers appear in summer. Excellent drought tolerant summer perennials. Taller varieties are great for borders, shorter varieties for edging. Pink Marsmallow is a Veronica strain in shades of dark and soft pink. Hybride of longifolia x spicata. Highly mildew resistance. Dark green toothed foliage.

An exciting pink blooming scabiosa. Double pink flowers bloom continuously from spring through frost and are great for attracting butterflies. Very compact growth habit, does not require staking. Grow in full sun in most any garden soil.

Plum colored foliage with darker purple veins. The leaves have a nice ruffle and pointed tips. Forms a spreading clump and makes an excellent ground cover when planted en masse. Creamy white flowers appear in early summer. A Terra Nova® introduction.

Finally, a Heuchera superior even to ‘Plum Pudding’. Blueberry colored foliage has a waxy sheen with a metallic overlay. Each individual leaf is quite large, up to 3-4″ across. White flowers on slender stems seem almost insignificant as compared to the dramatic foliage.

Not for the faint of heart, Plume Poppy is a large imposing perennial for the backgound of a large perennial border. Reaching a height of 6-10′ tall, it blooms with long plumes of creamy white flowers. Leaves are large, lobed and pubescent beneath, with tones of blue.

After 10 years of breeding involving 8 species of Coreopsis, Darrel Probst has increased his Big Bang™ series with a fully white Coreopsis. At a noticeable 18-20 inches tall and producing copious amounts of large pure white flowers, ‘Polaris’ will be a focal point by itself or complement any already established color scheme.

Bouquets of white flowers with yellow cones bloom over compact foliage. This variety does not need vernalization to flower the first year. It is very hardy and makes a good potted plant.

‘Pow Wow Wild Berry’ features deep rose-berry blooms with a golden-brown cone. This free flowering, compact plant is great for pots. It does not need vernalization to flower the first year.

Blooming throughout much of summer, this new coneflower produces an abundance of white flowers on a more compact tidy plant, only reaching a height of 14″ in bloom. Blooms the first year from seed without a cold treatment. Drought-tolerant, easy to grow, and great for cut flowers.

A “must have” plant for every gardener! Impressive 3 to 4 inch blooms are deep rose-purple with dark centers, retaining that intense color long after blooms have opened. Superior basal branching habit and compact growth allows for more flowers per plant. 2010 All-American Selections Flower Award Winner.

This native American prairie plant forms a beautiful, upright, arching clump. Slow-growing, but worth the wait. The emerald green foliage is fine-textured. The flowers appear in August; the 6-8″ panicles rise 2-3′ above the foliage and have a sweet fragrance. Once the seed ripens, they droop over. In autumn, the plant turns a golden yellow, sometimes with orange hues, and then the entire plant turns a light brown for the winter months. Extremely heat and drought tolerant. Clump forming.

Blooming up to two weeks earlier than other cultivars, Prairie Splendor™ has an extended flowering period from late June until first frost. Rose pink flowers are 4-6″ wide and held above a compact, well-branched plant. Only reaching 2′ in height, it is shorter than many other Echinacea cultivars. A 2007 Fleuroselect Gold Medal winner.

Walters introduction with 10” long flower spikes in a hot cerise so bright it is hard to capture in pictures. At an ideal medium height of 4 feet you can put this flamboyant little prince anywhere that needs a punch of reliable summer color.

Tidy round plants produce a solid mass of snow white flowers. Perfect planted with spring bulbs or to create a bright edge. Also pretty mass planted under high profile trees and shrubs. Easy to grow and drought tolerant once established.

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This is one of the finest native perennials for today’s landscape. The 2-3″ flowers have a brown central cone surrounded by rosy-purple colored petals. Begins to flower in midsummer and continues until fall. Good cut flower. The leaves are 6-8″ long and dark green. Tolerant of heat, drought, and wind. Native to the U.S. Prefers well-drained soil.

This cultivar forms a beautiful solid purple mound 18″ tall and 36″ wide. The flowers are semi double, 1.5″ wide, and cover the plant in early fall. The compact habit of this variety makes it a standout in the fall garden. Performs best in full sun and well drained soils.

It forms a mound of fuzzy, serrated leaves rather low to the ground, and blooms in July through September with spikes of smoky-purple flowers that rise above the mound of foliage. If kept deadheaded it will bloom continuously right through autumn. Use as a single specimen in the garden, or use in mass plantings. Plant in average well-drained soils.

A medium-sized, well-branched coneflower with single bicolor flowers in rainbow sherbet tones of pink fading to orange. A staple of the full sun garden this rainbow of color will be drawing in butterflies and envious glances all summer.

Rainbow Mix is an alpine native of the mountains of the US Northwest. Attractive rosettes of succulent and semi-succulent green leaves boast a vibrant mix of solid and striped flowers in summer. This plant is great for troughs and rock gardens. It requires good drainage.

This Pulmonaria has a somewhat upright growth habit, with sharply pointed silver marked foliage. The small bell-shaped flowers arrive in May and are a raspberry coral color. Excellent for use in the shade garden, mixed with hostas, ferns and astilbe.

A White Flower Farm® introduction with unusual flower buds that really do look like raspberries. Buds open up to beautiful, large, raspberry wine-red flowers in mid-summer. The leaves have some mildew resistance too. Full sun, well-drained soils are best.

Deep red flowers with bright yellow eyes bloom in profusion providing a stronghold of color and fragrance in the mid-summer garden. Twice as Nice® daylilies all have an extremely large number of flowers per stem, vibrant colors, vigorous growth, pest-resistant foliage and the ability to rebloom in warmer zones.

A great plant with dark rosy-red flowers spikes blooming for easily 5-6 weeks through summer. Flowers are great for cutting. Full sun, prefers fertile, well-drained soils.

This sport of ‘Krossa Regal’ was discovered at Walters Gardens in MI. Beautiful white margins along the blue green leaves, and it has that classic, upright vase shaped habit of its parent. An incredible specimen plant with lavender blooms. Selected by the American Hosta Growers Association as Hosta of the Year in 2003.

The exquisite golden flowers have unique fringed petals and a mahogany-red center. A very long bloomer, beginning in late spring and continuing through late summer. Recipient of the 2005 FleuroSelect Gold Medal.

A nice spreading anemone, forming a large mound of attractively cut foliage with plenty of pink flowers in late summer. One of the most adaptable and hardy of the Japanese Anemones. Tolerant of sun and drier conditions.

Bold coarse foliage resembles the leaf of a horse chestnut tree. Emerging bronze changing to dark green by mid summer. Creates a dramatic effect with its tall flower spikes high above the foliage in summer. Rodgersia needs a permanently moist soil, a place near water would be the best choice. Chocolate colored foliage in spring, turns to greenish-bronze when matures. Soft pink flowers

An outstanding nemerosa type in a novel shade of bright rose. Flower spikes stay attractive longer than other varieties and rebloom readily when deadheaded. Excellent additional color for the salvia palette.

Low spreading plant with blue-green foliage and dark ruby red flowers in late summer. Xeriscape plant.

An award-winning daylily from Dr. Darrel Apps, creator of ‘Happy Returns’. It will consistently rebloom from June until frost in the midwest, with beautiful 4″ flowers that are a rose-pink blend with deeper eye zone and yellow throat, and a lovely fragrance. Each scape bears 9-12 buds.

This colorful new threadleaf Coreopsis blooms from July into October with large 2″ yellow flowers sporting a burgundy red eye which bleeds out to the tips of each petal. Each flower has a slightly different pattern of yellow and red pigments, and many days, red is the predominant color. Best in full sun and tolerant of drought conditions, threadleaf Coreopsis is an easy plant to grow.

This PlantHaven® introduction is a huge improvement in the world of Veronicas. Compact growth habit, slow growing and disease resistant. Great flower spikes are a deep blue-purple and rebloom if deadheaded. Will perform best in full sun and evenly moist, well-drained soils.

Bears sweet scented white flowers from August to October. Foliage is a bright green. Moist, rich, well-drained soil.

A burgundy-red sport of the popular ‘Stella d’Oro’. Rebloomer.

Hummingbirds love it! This variety comes in mixed colors that bloom from May to July. It continues to be a seasonal favorite, thanks to its elegant, majestic, showy flower spires.

Shrubby, aromatic, gray-green sage with pale blue flowers in late summer through autumn. Well-drained soil. Perennial Plant of the Year for 1995.

Blooms late season Double, pink, edges are a little lighter. The best selling pink Peony.

Blooms late season Double, purple red flowers on sturdy stems. Dark green, shiny foliage. Vigorous grower.

Light blue flowers spotted with deep purple bloom on long, arching stems over dark green spotted foliage.

Beautiful, single rose-pink flowers with yellow centers are suspended well above a tidy mound of dark green foliage. Blooming late summer, it makes a spectacular fall display.

Blooms very early season Double, light rose turning white. Great cut flower with nice fragrance.

Silver-green petals have a blush of red at the base.

Low growing mound shaped plant with silvery-gray soft foliage. Good for rock gardens or edging. Take your kids out to the garden and let them touch the plant. Average to poor, well-drained soil. Xeriscape plant.

In the first year plants make unusual dwarf rosettes of soft grey woolly foliage that is impossible to pass without touching, followed in the second year by tall silver spikes with pinkish-white flowers. Adds interest to borders and containers.

This sport of ‘Blue Hill’ boasts masses of white flowers. Blooms appear in early summer over fragrant, dark green foliage. Cut it back after the first flowering to promote re-bloom.

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Snowdrop is one of the prettiest Anemones with 2″, fragrant white flowers in spring. It may reblooom periodically throughout late summer and fall. Excellent border plant. For best performance, plant in light soil.

The tall spikes of pea-like flowers open bright lemon-yellow then blush to orange tones as they mature, standing like dense, broad bouquets above blue-green foliage. Extremely vigorous. A mature plant can produce over 100 stems. Good cut flower. Drought tolerant once established. Introduced by Chicagoland Grows®, Inc.

Part of the Sombrero series, ‘Hot Coral’ has single, rich orange coral flowers that are quite substantive. The plant itself has a nice tidy habit and is extremely drought-tolerant.

Part of the Sombrero series, ‘Salsa Red’ sports large, bright red flowers in mid-summer on a sturdy, well-branched and compact plant. Highly drought-tolerant once established.

Known for its unusually large, two-tone blooms in shades of rose, white, blue, pink, and yellow, this 12-inch tall plant has flowers that rise up to 24 inches from spring through early summer. This carefree plant prefers sun and well‑drained moist fertile soil, but unlike more picky perennials, it can easily tolerate a wide variety of growing conditions.

Especially bred to withstand heat and humidity, ‘Southern Comfort’ looks like a marmalade mix of cantaloupe and peaches. With a dramatic look, this vigorous grower will add a bright splash of color to the shade garden. Creamy white flowers blossom in late summer as the foliage begins to change color from peach to burnished copper to amber.

Multiple spikes of lilac mauve are produced in early summer. Makes a good cut and dried flower. Drought tolerant and does not need staking.

A breakthrough in its genus. Extremely heavy spring bloom of bright pink flower spikes and chocolatey purple fall foliage make this perennial look exotic but it couldn’t be easier to grow. With 100% return rate in its Minnesota Hardiness trial its sure to be easy next year as well.

This cultivar has outstanding foliage that is a glowing yellow surrounded by a 2″ wide dark green margin. The leaves are slightly corrugated. It is a vigorous grower, and forms a large clump that is topped by fragrant, light lavender flowers in late summer. A sport of the cultivar ‘Guacamole’, it is bound to become a garden classic. Selected as the Hosta of the Year in 2006 by the American Hosta Growers Association.

From the breeding work of Charles Oliver of The Primrose Path, this new Heuchera forms a glowing mound of metallic silver foliage with just a trace of green veining in the leaves. As it matures the veining becomes more pronounced. The underside of the leaves is a deep purple. Blooms with white, bell-shaped flowers on a chocolate brown stalk.

A cultivar with green foliage and a white margin tinged with pink. Pale lavender-blue flowers bloom in late spring to early summer. Likes evenly moist soil and some protection from the hot afternoon sun. Introduced by the New England Wildflower Society.

Always a favorite, ‘Stargazer’ boasts large, superbly fragrant crimson blossoms with white edges and dark pink speckles. Each plant produces a strong stem adorned with upward-facing flowers that bloom in mid- to late summer, permeating the garden with their divine scent.

Blossoms shine with soft periwinkle blue flowers that glow white at the base for a sparkling overall appearance. Will be the highlight of your garden in early summer. The blooms are beautifully offset by the handsome blue gray leaflets, which remain an asset throughout the summer. Good cut flower, drought tolerant once established. Introduced by Chicagoland Grows®, Inc.

Bright, 2.75″ gold blooms. The classic everblooming daylily, blooms from June until frost. Excellent in mass plantings.

You’ve arrived at the intersection of Heuchera and Tiarella. Radiant yellow leaves have a large, dark red blotch in the center which feathers out through the veins. Older leaves tinge green providing the three-colored effect of its namesake. White flowers are produced on 12-inch tall stalks beginning in late spring.

A cultivar we saw in Holland with interesting flower heads containing both dark red and white florets. It is a bit smaller in habit than Sedum spectabile types and it will benefit from some pinching to keep it full and bushy. Blooms in late summer. Best in well-drained soils.

This popular daylily is a tetraploid with repeating bloom and incredible strawberry pink flowers with contrasting rosy-red eye zone. The blooms are 4.5″ wide and very prolific. 1998 Stout Silver Medal winner. Starts blooming in early midseason.

Strawberry Seduction’ is part of the Seduction Series which are known for their upright, vase-shaped growth habit, long bloom period, and interesting flowers. ‘Strawberry Seduction’ produces large corycombs of tiny, velvet red florets with bright gold centers. This vigorous grower has lovely, deep green foliage. Wonderful in fresh or dried arrangements. Attracts butterflies. Drought tolerant once established. Introduced by the Blooms of Bressingham® program.

An excellent alternative to hosta in the shade garden. Slowly forms a mound of foliage by creeping rhizomes, but is not invasive. The 1″ wide foliage is bright green, bordered by white and is very attractive. Combines well with hosta, ferns, astilbe and other shade loving plants.

A large specimen plant with enormous yellow to chartreuse leaves which actually need some sun to keep the color yellow. Give this plant plenty of space to grow and good morning sun to keep the leaves bright. Complemented by white blossoms. Moist, rich, well-drained soil. Selected as 2004 Hosta of the Year by the American Hosta Growers Association.

Dark cranberry red flowers are backed by deep glossy green foliage with slight purple overtones. The younger leaves are lance shaped while the mature leaves become dissected. The buds are near black in color. The plant habit is compact. Blooms from midsummer to early fall. Bred at Walters Gardens, Inc. and now part of the Proven Winners perennial program.

Bright lime green leaves with deep red and orange. Clusters of starry pink flowers bloom on thick stems over the rosettes in summer.

Brilliant raspberry-colored flowers bloom in late summer over smoky blue-gray foliage. This low, spreading Sedum forms a solid mat of foliage which is excellent for covering slopes and cascading over rock walls. Brighten up beds and borders with this heat and drought-tolerant variety.

Leaves darken in the sun until the plant is a deep midnight purple. In early summer it begins to be covered in contrasting magenta flowers. Great in the landscape as masses or drought proof foliar contrast.

Superbus will bloom in late spring into early summer with 2″ lemon-yellow buttercup flowers above dark green dissected leaves, this selection is more tolerant of drier soil.-Use in wet soil or pond edge -Use for cut flowers -Attractive dark green divided foliage

Also known as Blue & Gold, this spiderwort has bold chartreuse yellow foliage and dark blue-purple flowers for much of the summer. Prefers part to full shade and can tolerate some radical summer pruning if it gets a bit tattered. Very pretty combined with yellow hostas in the shade garden.

The beautiful foliage of ‘Tapestry’ is a show stopper in the shade garden. Deeply lobed leaves emerge in spring a blue green, maturing to green with dark chocolate centers and even darker veining as summer progresses. Spikes of airy pink flowers in late spring are a bonus.

Incredible blue leaves through the summer, become even more intense with the cool autumn weather, incorporating even some deep burgundy red tones through the leaves. The seed heads will reach 3′ in height. Full sun, well-drained soils. Clump forming.

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Extra large, pumpkin-orange flowers on well-branched stems are guaranteed to light up your garden space. Imagine paring the orange blooms with dynamic purples for a spectacular show. Strong stems stand up well in the garden and in the vase.

The gray-green leafy foliage forms a ground hugging mat. Fragrant, deep double pink flowers blooming in the spring. Full sun and well-drained soil.

Bred by Gerard Lentjes, this dwarf Chelone keeps the dark green glossy leaves and intriguingly shaped pink flowers within a more manageable 1-foot tall. Good in containers, along edges, or perennial borders. Handy on the edges of streams.

Blooms the color of tomato soup hold that delicious color for 7 to 10 days before they begin to soften, thus giving us a kaleidoscope of colors held on sturdy, well-branched stems. Fragrant blossoms make a terrific cut flower and will attract multitudes of butterflies.

A robust and vigorous bicolor baptisia with handsome, blue-green foliage. Three-year-old plants produce upwards of 100 flowering stems, covered with deep violet-purple flowers highlighted by lemon-yellow keels. Long-lasting blooms begin flowering in late May and continuing through the first few weeks of June. Good cut flower. Drought tolerant once established. From the breeding program at the Chicago Botanic Garden and introduced by Chicagoland Grows®, Inc.

A new color in the classic old-fashioned bleeding heart. Blooms in early spring with arching spikes of cherry-red blooms with white tips held on dark burgundy stems. Excellent for background height in the shade garden.

Green and cream colored variegated leaves with violet-blue flowers. Leaves have green edge with a white center. Moist, rich, well-drained soil.

This plant was introduced a number of years ago by Blooms of Bressingham®. Forms a tidy mound of brightly variegated green and white foliage and blooms with blue flowers in late spring through early summer. It is spectacular in the container and in the garden. Best in cool, part shade sites and average garden soils.

Noted for its striking vertically-striped variegated foliage, this Japanese iris blooms in late spring. The light lavender-blue flowers are great for cutting. Tolerant of wet soils, it is happy at the edge of a pond, or even grown in a container submerged in water.

This cultivar has been used in gardens since the early 1900’s and is still popular today. A showy variegated grass, with leaves that are up to .75″ in width with a white stripe. It forms a large, arching mound. Give it plenty of room in the garden. In areas with a long growing season, flowers will appear in very late summer or early fall, first with some tints of red but maturing to fluffy white. Will grow in protected sites in zone 4. Clump forming.

This lovely shade plant sports graceful arching stems with bright variegated green and white foliage. In spring, the small white flowers dangle beneath the stems and ultimately mature to a dark black fruit in late summer. The foliage turns a beautiful yellow in the autumn. Perfect for woodlands, naturalized areas and shade gardens.

The second release in this series, ‘Vision in Pink’ is a vigorous grower, and is tolerant of drought once established. The blooms are thick, upright and a pale pink in late spring/early summer. The foliage is an attractive blue-green. Part shade is best.

This addition to the Vision series line sports pink-red flowers that open from purple buds over glossy bronze-green foliage that looks good all season long. This one is shorter and blooms a bit later than ‘Vision in Pink’. Best grown in partial shade and evenly moist soils.

The latest addition to the Vision series of astilbe, ‘Vision in White’ has plumes of pure white flowers rising above foliage that is dark green with a hint or two of bronze. Flowering in July, it will reach a height of 18″ in bloom. Best grown in part shade sites, with a steady supply of moisture.

Soft white flower plumes above lacy green foliage.

Visions blooms in midsummer with large, plumy-raspberry pink flowers that really stand out from the foliage. It is slightly larger in stature than Astilbe chinensis ‘Pumila’, reaching a height of 15″. Astilbes grow best in evenly moist soil.

The beautiful green-grey foliage really sets off the lavender-blue flowers of this catmint. Blooms almost all season long, average garden soils. Will benefit from some light shearing after the first flush of flowers in early summer. Perennial Plant of the Year in 2007.

Maple-like shaped foliage. Blooms with a spiky white inflorescence. Needs partial shade and does best in a woodland setting with cool, moist organic soil – great in a bed with hosta, ferns, etc. Forms a single clump.

White, heart-shaped flowers from May to June. Moist, well-drained soil. Foliage dies back in midsummer, so mix with hostas, astilbes and ferns.

Compact plant grows 6-9″ with white flowers in summer. Light green leaves. Prefers well-drained moist soil. Sun to part shade.

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Flowers have a greenish central disk surrounded with white petals appearing in mid-summer and are useful as a cut flower. Tolerates poor soil. Full sun to partial shade.

Compact growing variety. Pure white dense plumes on contrasting red stems. Dark green foliage.

A beautiful hosta, best used as a specimen plant. The leaves have blue-green centers and very wide irregular margins of cream to gold tones, beautiful texture and substantive. Blooms heavily in summer with pale lavender flowers. A real stand out in the shade garden. It is slow-growing so be patient, it is well worth the wait.

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Zehr’s Flower and Landscaping is your source for Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Winky Double Red and White’, commonly known as Winky Double Red-White Columbine.

Shades of Scarlet and Bronze Shine through the Cold!

From a beautiful fall-blooming series of aster cultivars with highly mildew resistant foliage and great dwarf stature. Excellent for containers as well as the front of the perennial border. Single, clear medium blue flowers with gold centers appear in August and bloom through October. Asters are great for attracting butterflies to the garden. Well-drained soils are best.

Another winning cultivar, combining dwarf stature with mildew resistance. Dark purple flowers in August through October make this a great addition to the autumn perennial border. Asters are great for attracting butterflies to the garden. Full sun and well drained soils are best.

Starry sparkling golden blooms atop threadleaf foliage from July until frost. Upright grower. Well-drained soil. Drought tolerant. Full sun to light shade.

Forming a very wide, arching clump, ‘Zebrinus’ is distinguished by showy cream colored horizontal bands along the leaves. In climates where there is a long, hot growing season, it produces a lovely flower in autumn. Flowers are a pinkish copper plume which mature to fluffy tan seed heads, standing out in the winter landscape.