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Agastache x hybrida 'Blue Fortune'
Common Name: Anise Hyssop
Selected for its profusion of long lasting, deep violet blue flower spikes, that appear from July to September and fragrant foliage. Prefers average to dry locations, and is a butterfly magnet. Bred (A. foeniculum x A. rugosa) and selected by Gert Fortgens of the Arboretum Trompenberg, in Rotterdam. Agastache 'Blue Fortune' is long flowering, heat and drought tolerant, as well as insect and disease resistant. Blue Fortune is a hybrid of species native to the US and Korea.
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Height: 2-3 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-9
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Aquilegia canadensis 'Corbett'
Common Name: Yellow Wild Columbine
Profuse show of butter yellow lantern flowers from April to May. Its short stature, delicate color and mid spring bloom time make it an ideal companion for spring bulbs! Spotted by Richard Simon of Bluemont Nurseries, Monkton, MD. Named for the nearby small town of Corbett.
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Height: 8-10 Inches
Spread: 1 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8
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Aquilegia canadensis
Common Name: Wild Columbine
Red flowers with yellow centers hang like drifts of softly illuminated lanterns in April and May. Excellent as a shady rock garden naturalizer, it also is quite content in average garden conditions. Occurs naturally in rich rocky woods, north-facing slopes, cliffs, ledges, pastures, and roadside banks. Native to all states east of the Rockies, but not found in Louisiana.
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Height: 1-3 Feet
Spread: 1 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-9
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Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet'
Common Name: White Swamp Milkweed
A marvelous long-blooming, bright white selection of swamp milkweed. Clear white flowers and dark green foliage make the colors of the hundreds of visiting butterflies glisten in the sunlight.
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Height: 3-4 Feet
Spread: 12-18 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-9
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Asclepias incarnata
Common Name: Swamp Milkweed
One of the most beautiful of native perennials with clusters of upturned pink flowers in June and July. Much underused in average gardens conditions! Attracts butterflies of all kinds. Willow-like leaves are 4-5" long. Occurs in floodplains and wet meadows.
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Height: 3-4 Feet
Spread: 2 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-9
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Asclepias verticillata
Common Name: Horsetail Milkweed
A widely adaptable and tough native is a deer-resistant food for larval butterflies. The fine-textured foliage provides a dark green backdrop for the clusters of white flowers that appear in June and July.
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Height: 1-2 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
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Aster novae-angliae 'Purple Dome'
Common Name: New England Aster
A naturally compact form with deep purple flowers in August and September.
Eye-popping with Solidago 'Golden Fleece'. One of the most garden-worthy
native selections out there. A fine introduction from the Mt. Cuba Center.
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Height: 1-2 Feet
Spread: 1-2 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8
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Aster oblongifolius 'October Skies'
Common Name: Aromatic Aster
Shorter, bushier, bluer sister of 'Raydon's Favorite'. A strong growing low mound of bushy foliage covered in lavender blue flowers in mid fall. Highly tolerant of drought and poor soils. This Primrose Path introduction has excellent groundcover potential.
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Height: 15-18 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-8
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Baptisia Starlite Prairieblues™
Common Name: 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.
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Height: 3-4 Feet
Spread: 3-4 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
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Carex pensylvanica
Common Name: Pennsylvania Sedge
With its tough disposition and spreading habit, this native grass makes an excellent shade groundcover. Fine texture and fountaining habit give this sedge a soft appearance that is lovely as an underplanting for bolder shade perennials or on its own as a shade lawn. Great in containers too! Easy to grow. Happiest in the company of Oaks, but who isn't?
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Height: 8-10 Inches
Spread: 12-18 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
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Carex platyphylla
Common Name: Silver Sedge
A spectacular new clump-froming sedge with powder blue leaves up to an inch or more wide. Spreads slowly to form a wonderfully textured groundcover in moist or average soil. Tolerates dry shade once established. An early spring haircut makes room for clean new growth. Great for deciduous shade.
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Height: 8-12 Inches
Spread: 12-18 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
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Caryopteris x 'Dark Knight'
Common Name: Blue Mist
Blue Mist Shrub is aptly named as its gray-green foliage is shrouded in a cloud of blue from mid to late summer. It is a well-behaved garden plant that is very attractive to butterflies. Dark Knight has deep purple blue flowers closely spaced on long stems.
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Height: 2-3 Feet
Spread: 2-3 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9
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Chrysogonum virginianum 'Allen Bush'
Common Name: Golden Star
A native ground cover, this plant is known for both it's foliage and flowers with toothed, light green, triangular leaves and dark yellow, slightly notched, star shaped flowers that bloom well above the foliage and have contrasting brown stamens. The flowers bloom abundantly in the spring and fall, but tend to die down in the heat of the summer except in the cooler zones.
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Height: 8 Inches
Spread: 12 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9
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Chrysopsis mariana
Common Name: Maryland goldenaster
A wonderful new addition to the fall palette of pink and blue asters. Clusters of loose, single, 2", bright yellow daisy flowers cover the plant in the fall. Hairy Golden Aster truly is drought tolerant and easy to grow.
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Height: 18-24 Inches
Spread: 1-3 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-7
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Coreopsis 'Jethro Tull'
Common Name: Jethro Tull tickseed
New from Itsaul Plants, this stunning little guy seems to always be in bloom. A cross between 'Zamphir' and 'Early Sunrise', it has broader fluted petals, a compact habit and an extended flowering season. Responds beautifully to cutting back, but will rebloom without it.
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Height: 12-18 Inches
Spread: 18-24 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9
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Dicentra eximia
Common Name: Wild Bleeding Heart
A popular plant for the shade garden, Dicentra eximia is a tremendous performer. The leaves are deeply cut, grey green and fern like. The pink flowers are heart shaped with an inner petal that drips from the outter petals creating the appearance that the heart is bleeding. The flowers of Dicentra eximia are smaller and longer than the old-fashion bleeding heart, but in long branching inflorescences that encourage a more floriferous species.
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Height: 8-12 Inches
Spread: 12-18 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
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Dracocephalum ruyschianum 'Blue Dragon'
Common Name: Dragonhead
Our own selection of this species has dark blue snapdragon flowers covering a low, thick mound of rosemary-like foliage in early summer. Compact in a container and very easy to grow, just treat it as you would a Dianthus. It has been reliably hardy in Landenberg through rain and drought for 5 winters. Needs good drainage.
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Height: 12-15 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-7
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Echinacea Conefections™ 'Pink Double Delight'
Common Name: Coneflower
Pink Double Delight is a vegetatively propagated selection that is compact and free flowering. Flowers are consistently double and are double right away upon blooming. The stems are sturdy and numerous, for a full appearance in containers and in the garden. We've been very impressed with this double and think it is an easy sell at retail! Shorter than Razzmatazz and Double Decker, and blooms sooner with double flowers from the start.
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Height: 24-30 Inches
Spread: 18-24 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5
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Echinacea Conefections™ 'Coconut Lime'
Common Name: Coneflower
A new ConefectionTM! F
rom the same breeder as Pink Double Delight comes this white double selection with pale green at the center of the cone. A promising new selection that should be as vigorous and compact as its pink cousin.
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Height: 24-30 Inches
Spread: 24-30 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-10
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Echinacea Pixie Meadowbrite™
Common Name: Purple Coneflower
Pixie Meadowbrite is a floriferous Echinacea tennesseensis hybrid from Chicagoland Grows that is compact with upward facing flowers of soft pink. It presents beautifully in containers and with a long bloom season it has great shelf life potential - not that it will need it! It is tidy enough for the most formal garden, yet has that wildflower appeal as well and would be at home in any low meadow.
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Height: 24-30 Inches
Spread: 24-30 Inches
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Eragrostis spectabilis
Common Name: Purple Love Grass
Fluffy clouds of bronze-red inflorescenses are soft and subtle in the sunlight. Light green foliage in summer turning to a bronzy-red in fall. Irresistable texture plant for the late summer garden.
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Height: 18-24 Inches
Spread: 2-3 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-8
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Eupatorium maculatum 'Bartered Bride'
Common Name: Joe Pye Weed
Stands of these pure white flowers in an open garden leaves one with a free
spirited and wild feeling as these tall prairie flowers come alive with butter-
flies. The flowers, blooming from July to September, are supported by bold
stems. Overall, striking and different.
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Height: 6-8 Feet
Spread: 2-3 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
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Eupatorium maculatum 'Carin'
Common Name: Joe Pye Weed
A great new color for Joe Pye Weed... Gateway has a light pink sister! We almost named this 'Pinksilver' for its unique silvery pink flowers and deep purple stems. A North Creek introduction, named for friend and former propagator, Carin Bonafacino.
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Height: 5-7 Feet
Spread: 2-4 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9
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Eupatorium purpureum subsp. maculatum 'Gateway'
Common Name: Joe Pye Weed
Like others in this genus, 'Gateway' is no exception in it's power to attract butterflies with its huge bright mauve pink flowers clusters atop deep wine red stems. More compact and shorter than others in this species. July to September bloom makes 'Gateway' a bold and dramatic display when planted with Rudbeckia 'Autumn Sun' or tall ornamental grasses. Outrageous!
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Height: 4-6 Feet
Spread: 3-5 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
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Helenium x 'Mardi Gras'
Common Name: Helen's Flower
Helenium 'Mardi Gras' produces a festival of multicolored blooms jazzes up the garden for six to eight weeks in mid to late summer. Yellow petals are lavishly edged with bright orange red, aging to clear red edged in gold, all surrounding deep chestnut cones. Gorgeous in a pot! Great as a cut flower, its long stems are sturdy and vase life is long. Heleniums are naturally resistant, even toxic, to deer and rabbits. An early pinch back helps promote branching. Blooms of Bressingham variety.
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Height: 36-40 Inches
Spread: 24-36 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
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Heuchera x villosa 'Mocha'
Common Name: 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 the garden.
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Height: 12-18 Inches
Spread: 18-24 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9
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Iris cristata 'Tennessee White'
Common Name: Crested Iris
This delightful selection of Crested Iris came to us from Don Shadow in Winchester, TN. Tennessee White is a vigorous spreader and prolific bloomer, covering the fan-like foliage with brilliant white flowers in spring, each accented with delicate yellow crests. Its late spring show starts earlier and lasts longer than the other selections we've tried.
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Height: 6-10 Inches
Spread: 12-24 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-9
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Liatris squarrosa
Common Name: Button Blazing Star
Deep green, shiny, leathery foliage with unique button flowers in late summer, outrageous texture! A real hit at our open house in the end of July. Differs from others in the foliage being thinner and flower stalks are shorter, usually 4-5 flower heads. A typical plant yields an upright, robust, multibranched form. Typical bright purple Liatris color. Our plants come from our friend Mary Painter of Virginia Natives Nursery, where it is from a local population. Spectacular and inviting plant especially to our nectar loving friends butterflies, bees and hummingbirds.
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Height: 24-30 Inches
Spread: 12-15 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-8
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Lonicera sempervirens 'Major Wheeler'
Common Name: 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 benefit. Even in periods of drought or in overgrown production, we've never seen a speck of mildew on this one. But its real asset is FLOWER POWER! This selection is COVERED in red trumpet flowers in late spring and keeps churning them out all summer long, especially with a post-bloom trim. The hummingbirds will find it from miles around.
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Height: 3-8 Feet
Spread: 1-10 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
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Meehania cordata
Common Name: Meehan's Mint
Looking for a native substitute for Ajuga or Lamium? This could be it. Long trailing stems run across the ground and root along the way. In late spring the green carpet gives way to hundreds of blue flowers opening to reveal spotted throats. Beautiful from a distance and under close scrutiny. Irresistible in a pot!
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Height: 6-10 Inches
Spread: 12-15 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-8
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Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline'
Common Name: Bee Balm
Named for the son of Georgia plantsman and garden designer Jean Cline. This is the ticket as far as mildew resistant monardas. Wonderfully aromatic foliage and stems with enormous red tubular flowers from June to August. A Saul Nursery introduction. Cherished by butterflies and hummingbirds. Also makes an excellent cut flower!
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Height: 3-5 Feet
Spread: 2 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8
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Nepeta x faassenii 'Walker's Low'
Common Name: Walker's Low Catmint
Soft, fragrant, gray-green foliage with sprays of large, distict bluish purple flowers from April to October. Compact, prolific and beautiful! Named for English garden Walker's Low.
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Height: 18 Inches
Spread: 12-18 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9
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Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Filigran'
Common Name: Filigran Russian Sage
With finely cut silvery foliage, Filigran has received high praise for its upright habit and long flowering period. Airy spikes of fuzzy blue flowers cover the plant in late summer. Easy to grow and very tolerant of drought, heat and humidity, but not of wet soil. Butterflies love it!
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Height: 3-4 Feet
Spread: 2-3 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9
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Phlox carolina var. angusta 'Gypsy Love'
Common Name: 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 with true pink flowers that often laste into August. It combines beautifully with other low perennials and is ideal for containers or smaller gardens. A naturalized mass is a sight to behold!! Its light and lovely fragrance is pleasant for patio plantings.
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Height: 18-24 Inches
Spread: 18 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8
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Phlox divaricata 'Manita'
Common Name: 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 mornings the violet spreads further into the petals giving the drifts of white a smoky purple look. An easy pot crop for spring, plant this native in the fall for best results with bloom timing. It overwinters in pots well.
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Height: 10-12 Inches
Spread: 18-24 Inches
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Phlox divaricata 'Parksville Beach'
Common Name: 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 4-6", but it makes up for it with a horizontal of two feet or more. In late spring it is covered with bright purple pink flowers, then reaching a height of 8-10". An easy to grow native plant for the shade garden, this woodland phlox is a fantastic groundcover and combines well with other spring blooming natives such as Iris cristata, Aquilegia 'Corbett' and Tiarella cordifolia.
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Height: 4-8 Inches
Spread: 18-24 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
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Phlox divaricata 'Mary Helen'
Common Name: 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 foliage holds up beautifully throughout the season.
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Height: 12-15 Inches
Spread: 12-20 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
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Porteranthus trifoliatus
Common Name: (syn. Gillenia trifoliata)
Also known as Indian Physic or American Ipecac, Bowman's Root is an easy-to-grow native for bright shade or partial sun and it tolerates tree root competition well as long at it has a nice layer organic mulch. Bowman's Root is lovely in a mass planting where its lacy white flowers can shimmer in a light breeze. It makes a nice filler - think Gaura for shade! A compact rounded plant is topped in late spring with ethereal white flowers growing in a few loose terminal panicles, with red petioles and mahogany stems. Clean, disease-free foliage often turns deep bronzy red in fall and contrasts beautifully with the more typical oranges and yellows in the perennial border. Interesting form and unique seed heads persist into winter. Great for cut flowers! |
Height: 2-3 Feet
Spread: 3 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
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Porteranthus trifoliatus 'Pink Profusion'
Common Name: (syn. Gillenia trifoliata)
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' has clear pink flowers that are held daintily above reddish leaves on deep red stems. The best part is the way the flowers shimmer in a light breeze, as though they will take flight at any moment.
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Height: 24-30 Inches
Spread: 24-30 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
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Rubus calycinoides
Common Name: Ornamental Raspberry
An irresistable quilt textured creeping groundcover. Turns deep, vivid red in the fall. Small ( 1-1.5" ) deep green, maple shaped leaves, with smooth light tan undersides. Nearly evergreen, insect and pest free. White flowers with amber fruits in late spring. Very durable!
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Height: 6-12 Inches
Spread: 18-24 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-9
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Rudbeckia subtomentosa 'Henry Eilers'
Common Name: 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 retired nurseryman. Basal leaves appear in early spring and flowering stalks begin their ascent in June, reaching five to six feet and full flower by August, often staying in bloom into September. 'Henry Eilers' has finely quilled flowers of true yellow, not gold, and is stunning in a mass planting. It has captivated many visitors who have seen it here and motivated them to ask us to grow it. The leaves of Rudbeckia subtomentosa are sweetly scented with a subtle vanilla fragrance. It is lovely with Joe-Pyes and grasses, and it blooms with the Hibiscus hybrids and makes a great companion for them as well. 'Henry Eilers' has undeniable potential as a cut flower with its unique appearance, sturdy straight stems and long vase life.
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Height: 4-5 Feet
Spread: 2-3 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-7
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Salvia nemorosa 'Blue Hill'
Common Name: (Blauhugel) Blue Hill Sage
A long hoped for color break in garden Salvia. Ernst Pagels selected it for |
Height: 18-30 Inches
Spread: 12-15 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9
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Scabiosa x 'Butterfly Blue'
Common Name: Pincushion Flower
A profusion of sky-blue pincushion flowers. A fantastic performer, butterfly magnet, flowers continuously from May to killing frost. Top ten container and sunny border plant and cut flower.
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Height: 12-15 Inches
Spread: 10-12 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-8
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Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues'
Common Name: The Blues Little Bluestem
A true blue grass that loves the heat and humidity. In the fall the glowing blue becomes burgundy red and mingles throught the entire clump. Soft seed heads appear, adding a silvery winter effect. Selected by Dr. Richard Lighty, introduced by Tony Avent, and blessed by Kurt Bluemel.
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Height: 3 Feet
Spread: 2-3 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9
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Schizachyrium scoparium 'Prairie Blues'
Common Name: Prairie Blues Little Bluestem
From Jelitto Perennial Seeds, Schizachyrium 'Prairie Blues' is an improved selection of one of the most prevalent native grasses in the eastern United States. Consistent grey-blue, ribbon-like foliage takes on hues of orange and red as the season transitions to autumn. This warm season grass has sturdy, narrow stems with an upright habit. 'Prairie Blues' thrives in hot, dry areas.
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Height: 36-40 Inches
Spread: 15-24 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
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Sedum cauticolum 'Lidakense'
Common Name: Stonecrop
Delightful round blue foliage on low spreading plants with gracefully arching stems. In late summer the foliage is completely hidden behind tiny brilliant pink star flowers.Tough and easy to grow, it loves a hot dry location and thrives in containers and rock walls.
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Height: 10-12 Inches
Spread: 12 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-9
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Sedum rupestre 'Angelina'
Common Name: Stonecrop
A nice, easy plant that pleases everyone. A quick spreading ground cover with needle-like foliage, it emerges chartreuse, then turns golden yellow in the sun. In fall it turns to rich shades of orange and red. Yellow flowers appear in mid-summer. Great for containers and hanging baskets, or as an underplanting in the full sun or bright shade garden. Reported to be zone 6 hardy with good drainage.
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Height: 6-10 Inches
Spread: 8-12 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-10
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Silene caroliniana var. wherryi 'Short and Sweet'
Common Name: 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 it seems to bloom forever - one year we tracked 8 weeks of full bloom! A great native substitute for Dianthus, this Silene has similar appearance and bloom time, but tolerates a wider variety of garden situations. Silene 'Short and Sweet' is a fantastic plant for naturalizing, yet it can hold its own as a specimen in a container or patio garden as well.
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Height: 6-8 Inches
Spread: 10-15 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-7
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Sporobolus heterolepis
Common Name: Prarie Dropseed
According to wild Niel Dibol, of Prairie Nursery, Westfield, WI, it is "often considered to be the most handsome of the prairie grasses. It makes a well defined and very distinctive border when planted 18-24" apart." Fine textured, deep green foliage with lovely, light and airy flowers to 2 1/2" in September and October. Flowers have a slight fragrance similar to coriander. Often has glowing pumpkin orange fall color. Good drought tolerance.
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Height: 2-3 Feet
Spread: 2-3 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8
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