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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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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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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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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™ '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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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