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Carex laxiculmus Bunny Blue® 'HOBB'
Carex laxiculmus Bunny Blue® 'HOBB'
Common Name: Bunny Blue sedge

Bunny Blue® is a low growing, evergreen, native sedge with silver-blue foliage. Use as a ground cover or specimen plant for moist to average shady areas. 

Height: 8-12 Inches
Spread: 12-16 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9

Echinacea purpurea
Echinacea purpurea
Common Name: coneflower

Lend a classic look to your garden with Pow Wow® White’s graceful, downward arching and bright white ray petals surrounded by bright yellow cones. This spectacular variety is extremely well-branched for profuse blooms and summer to frost flower power! Amazing in a sunny perennial border or wildlife garden. Easy to grow and very adaptable to heat, humidity, drought and poor soils.

Height: 20-24 Inches
Spread: 12-16 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8

Iris cristata 'Tennessee White'
Iris cristata 'Tennessee White'
Common Name: dwarf crested iris

This delightful selection of our native 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.

Height: 6-10 Inches
Spread: 12-15 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-8

Juncus effusus
Juncus effusus
Common Name: soft rush

Juncus effusus is a clump forming wetland plant that is a striking vertical addition to any garden or container planting. Upright, fanning, deep green, rounded stems make a great accent in a container or water garden. Soft rush can be planted at the edge of a pond or in up to 6" of standing water. Inconspicuous golden flowers appear atop the stems in summer. Native to most of North America, soft rush provides food and shelter for birds and other wildlife. Distribution Map

Height: 3 Feet
Spread: 1-2 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 2-9

Liatris spicata
Liatris spicata
Common Name: blazing star

We are pleased to increase the availability of Pennsylvania provenance populations of our native gayfeathers. Tallest of the genus with upright spikes bearing pinkish-purple tassels in July and August. One of the best garden performers! An excellent cut flower and a magnet for butterflies, bees, rare moths and hummingbirds. Deer resistant!

Height: 3-5 Feet
Spread: 2 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-9

Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Blue Steel'
Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Blue Steel'
Common Name: Russian sage

A seed cultivar with upright silver stems covered in a mist of lavender-blue flowers. The perfect plant to intermingle textures in flower borders, it is tough as steel and adds cool color through the late summer. A favorite of butterflies and bumblebees, avoided by deer, and able to withstand the baking and sweltering temperatures of summerwhat’s not to like?

Height: 28-34 Inches
Spread: 36 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9