What's New at North Creek?

Here you'll find the new varieties listed in our current catalog along with some things that aren't listed in print. Check regularly to see what we've added!

Athyrium filix-femina 'Victoriae' Victoria Lady Fern "This is the most spectacular of all cultivars in its magnificent frond architecture. It is really the Queen of Green", according to Dr. John Mickel former curator of ferns at the New York Botanical Garden and author of "Ferns for American Gardens". ... [ More Info ]

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Baptisia Solar Flare™ False Indigo Tall spikes of pea flowers start out brilliant yellow and fade to deep orange as they age, beautifully compimenting the emerging yellow blooms above. Another unique and lovely Baptisia from the Chicago Botanic Garden and Chicagoland Grows!... [ More Info ]

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Baptisia Starlite Prairieblues™ Wild Indigo A second introduction from Chicagoland Grows, Starlite Prairieblues shines with soft blue pea flowers that glow white at the base for a sparkling overall appearance. A good strong grower with long spikes of flowers in early summer.... [ More Info ]

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Caryopteris x 'Snow Fairy' Variegated Blue Mist Shrub Snow Fairy's outstanding white-rimmed leaves provide a delicate and full texture in the border all summer. Its habit is compact and well-branched, and it shows beautifully in a nursery pot. In late summer or early fall it is topped with airy blue flo... [ More Info ]

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Cheilanthes lanosa Hairy Lip Fern Cheilanthes lanosa is a soft-textured fern with fuzzy green leaflets along a chestnut brown stipe. It is a great choice for rock walls and shady trough gardens, but performs beautifully in average well-drained garden soil and in containers with regul... [ More Info ]

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Dennstaedtia punctilobula Hay-scented Fern This common North American native has beautiful hairy fronds, oval-oblong in outline, yellow-green in color, thin textured and smells like new mown hay when crushed. It is found on open sandy meadows and thinly wooded slopes and is the first fern to ... [ More Info ]

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Echinacea Big Sky™ 'Summer Sky' Purple Coneflower Another in the Big Sky™ series from Itsaul Plants, Summer Sky™ ('Katie Saul') has large flat-topped flowers with orange cones and ray flowers that fade in pastel shades from orange to pink like a summer sky at the end of a long hot day. Tho... [ More Info ]

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Echinacea Big Sky™ 'After Midnight' After Midnight is a very distinctive dwarf member of the popular Big Sky™ series with large, fragrant dark magenta flowers and black-red cones. The wide flower petals overlap, giving the blooms a full, substantial presence. For added drama, they... [ More Info ]

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Eryngium x 'Big Blue' Sea Holly Eryngium Big Blue doesn't just have a blue flower. It has a surprisingly iridescent blue flower. With blue stems and silver leaves. WOW! Easy to grow and ship, it has a long bloom time and unquestionable impulse buy power. It is also a spectacular an... [ More Info ]

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Gaillardia x 'Oranges and Lemons' Blanket Flower Gorgeous flowers in pale orange trimmed with lemon yellow. Stunning in full bloom and in our experience, a quick sell out at retail. The lighter orange is much easier to use in designs than the more garish red and yellow combination typical of Gailla... [ More Info ]

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Helianthus angustifolius 'Low Down' Dwarf Perennial Sunflower So, you've never grown this sunflower because it is impossible to keep in a container, right? Not any more! This diminutive version reaches only 18" by the time it blooms, but has the flower power of its 8' cousins. No pinching, staking or cussing re... [ More Info ]

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Heuchera x 'Encore' Alumroot This new Heuchera hybrid starts out with young, deep, rose-purple colored leaves with light silvering, darker veins, and vibrant reddish-purple undersides in spring. They mature to a light rose with a heavy silver overlay and smoky purple veins. Enco... [ More Info ]

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Heuchera x 'Miracle' Alumroot New from the breeder of 'Caramel', 'Miracle' is nothing short of amazing. It introduces the colors of Coleus to the perennial market! Foliage emerges chartreuse in spring and develops deep red color as it ages, but retains a bright edge throughout th... [ More Info ]

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Heuchera x 'Blackout' Alumroot This Dirk Scheys introduction is blacker than Obsidian and apparently a more vigorous grower. Contrasting beautifully with the dark foliage, creamy white flowers appear in June and last well into July. Blackout's compact habit makes it ideal for cont... [ More Info ]

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Heuchera x villosa 'Mocha' Hairy Alumroot The darkest of the new H. villosa hybrids from Thierry Delabroye, Mocha is a stunning rich purple that deepens in summer sun. Compact, with nicely arranged foliage, it shows very well in a container and makes an elegant and long-lasting addition to t... [ More Info ]

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Heuchera x villosa 'Citronelle' Hairy Alumroot A happy accident in the production of Heuchera Caramel, Citronelle brings the vigor of the villosas to bright chartreuse folliage for shade. A strong grower with incredible pot presentation, it will delight your customers!... [ More Info ]

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Heuchera x villosa 'Tiramisu' Alumroot 'Tiramisu' is another very showy H. villosa hybrid from Thierry Delabroye, who rocked the perennial world with 'Caramel'. The foliage of Tiramisu is chartreuse with deep plum red veining that fades to amber in the heat of summer, but returns to deep ... [ More Info ]

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Lonicera sempervirens 'Major Wheeler' Trumpet Honeysuckle Finally a production and landscape friendly native honeysuckle! Major Wheeler is the best selection of Lonicera sempervirens we've grown and it stands out so far above the rest that we've dropped all other red cultivars. Clean foliage is the first be... [ More Info ]

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Nepeta x 'Joanna Reed' Catmint Does the horticulture world need another Nepeta? If it's Joanna Reed, then YES! Low growing, very vigorous and incredibly floriferous, this Catmint provides outstanding performance in containers and in the landscape. It has great rebloom when cut bac... [ More Info ]

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Pennisetum x 'Foxtrot' Fountain Grass One of the easiest and most rewarding plants you can grow in the sunny garden, Pennisetum Foxtrot has silvery plumes that appear in mid summer continue into fall when the foliage takes on fiery tones of orange and red. Its tall stature and prolific b... [ More Info ]

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Phlox carolina var angusta 'Gypsy Love' Carolina Phlox This selection came from a batch of seedlings that we planted out. Gypsy Love is short and spreads slowly to form a tidy colony. Its foliage is narrow and glossy, and in our experience, never has a trace of mildew. In late June it bursts into bloom w... [ More Info ]

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Phlox divaricata 'Manita' Woodland Phlox Selected here at North Creek, Manita is an outstanding addition to the woodland phlox group. Its individual flowers are 50% larger than May Breeze and it is vigorous and floriferous as well. Manita also has a delicate indigo eye and on cool spring mo... [ More Info ]

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Phlox divaricata 'Parksville Beach' Woodland Phlox Parksville Beach is a low-growing and vigorous selection from Plant Delights that spreads freely. Its stature is short, with foliage reaching only 2-4", but it makes up for it with a horizontal of two feet or more. In late spring it is covered with b... [ More Info ]

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Phlox divaricata 'Mary Helen' Woodland Phlox Phlox 'Mary Helen' is an easy to grow and vigorous beauty that blooms in mid to late spring. It features lovely indigo flowers softly streaked with deep magenta for an overall violet blue appearance. Very floriferous and quick to finish, and the foli... [ More Info ]

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Porteranthus trifoliatus 'Pink Profusion' Indian Physic We've been enjoying this great native for many years in our garden, since it was given to us by the Mt. Cuba Center in 2001. We are thrilled to finally be able to offer it to you thanks to a breakthrough in propagation! Porteranthus 'Pink Profusion'... [ More Info ]

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Rudbeckia subtomentosa 'Henry Eilers' Sweet Coneflower Our friend Larry Lowman of Ridgecrest Nursery in Wynne, Arkansas graciously gave us this marvelous plant. It was collected from a railroad prairie remnant* in southern Illinois and named for the man who found it, Henry Eilers, a horticulturist and r... [ More Info ]

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Silene caroliniana var. wherryi 'Short and Sweet' Wild Pinks Delightful, compact and easy to grow, Silene caroliniana is an excellent choice for bright shade or full sun. It is covered in deep pink flowers in late spring. Very reliable for us through wet and dry seasons for three years now and in a cool spring... [ More Info ]

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Solidago x 'Litte Lemon' Goldenrod This diminuative beauty is exceptionally compact with bright, light yellow flowers beginning in late summer and lasting well into fall. Great shelf life! It is a versatile and easy to grow native that combines well with purple and pink asters in th... [ More Info ]

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Thelypteris decursive-pinnata Japanese Beech Fern Japanese Beech Fern is one of the best landscape ferns we've tried over the years. It also behaves very well in pot culture and it travels well with minimal breakage. It has been in the trade for some time, but is still underutilized since it hasn't ... [ More Info ]

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Tiarella cordifolia 'Springwood' Foam Flower Dr. Richard Lighty, former director of the Mt. Cuba Center, selected this foamflower for its outstanding value as a landscape plant. It blooms profusely in spring with hundreds of white bottlebrush flowers. It... [ More Info ]

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Vernonia lettermanii 'Iron Butterfly' Ironweed This new selection of this Arkansas native comes to us from Dr. Allan Armitage's trials at the University of Georgia. It has lovely fine foliage like Amsonia hubrichtii and is a compact, well-branched and vigorous plant. In late summer it is covered... [ More Info ]

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Woodwardia virginica Virginia Chain Fern Virginia Chain Fern is a great native landscaping fern for those tough areas with moist or saturated soils. Spreading quickly, it provides a dense, weed-resistant groundcover in damp sites or sunny pond edges. It also is beautiful, and less assertive... [ More Info ]