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Aster novae-angliae 'Vibrant Dome'
Aster novae-angliae 'Vibrant Dome'
Common Name: New England aster

Vibrant, hot-pink, star-shaped flowers with yellow center accents adorn lance-shaped green foliage through autumn. The compact, mounding habit of this sport of Aster 'Purple Dome' has proven mildew resistance. Reaching between 18 and 20 inches, 'Vibrant Dome' performs best in fertile, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. A beautiful performer for late season color.

Height: 18-20 Inches
Spread: 30 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8

Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'
Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'
Common Name: purple coneflower

Named by Klaus Jelitto of Jelitto Staudensamen (Perennial Seeds) in Germany, for Swedish nurseryman Magnus Nilsson, who carefully selected for ten years, looking for fine form, dark hue, and very horizontal petals. A tall, coarse plant with large, dark green leaves and a large, 3-4" flower with broad hot pink to purple petals that surround a brown/bronze cone. Plants are tough and heat and drought tolerant once established. Their roots have famous medicinal qualities, they make great, long lasting cut flowers and attract numerous butterflies and small birds.

Height: 2-3 Feet
Spread: 12-18 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8

Helenium 'Mardi Gras'
Helenium 'Mardi Gras'
Common Name: sneezeweed

Helenium 'Mardi Gras' produces a festival of multicolored blooms to jazz 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.

Height: 36-40 Inches
Spread: 24-36 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8

Helenium autumnale
Helenium autumnale
Common Name: common sneezeweed

Our local native with yellow or bronze single daisy-like flowers on stout branched stems in late summer. Petals have distinct tooth-like indentations; hence the common name, dog-toothed daisy. All sneezeweeds have three-lobed petals which distiguish them from Rudbeckia and other yellow coneflowers. Brown, rust colored fruit appear in fall. Great for cut flowers and the avid butterfly gardener.

Height: 3-5 Feet
Spread: 3 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8

Silene caroliniana var. wherryi 'Short and Sweet'
Silene caroliniana var. wherryi 'Short and Sweet'
Common Name: wild pinks

Delightful, compact and easy to grow, Silene 'Short and Sweet' 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, and in a cool spring it seems to bloom foreverone 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.

Height: 6-8 Inches
Spread: 10-15 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-7