Landscape Plugs™
Our best low maintenance landscape perennials and grasses are available in flats of deep plugs designed to be planted directly in the ground. We offer a wide selection of Eastern US natives and their cultivars selected for beauty and durability.
Acorus americanusSweetflag
Acorus americanus is a hardy perennial swamp or bog plant with sweet, spicy-scented leaves. Spadix like flowers appear in June and July, followed by dark berries. Found at water's edge from Nova Scotia to Virginia to Washington to Alaska. Great for ...
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Actaea pachypoda 'Misty Blue'Misty Blue white baneberry
White baneberry is a striking, multi-stemmed woodland perennial selected for soft, bluish-green, finely cut foliage. Flowers appear in spring, followed by vivid, reddish pedicels which produce large, white ‘doll’s eyes&... [ More Info ]
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Adiantum pedatumNorthern maidenhair fern
Dainty bright green fronds are held aloft on shiny black stems creating a light, airy texture in the woodland garden. In rich soil and bright shade it will spread by shallow rhizomes to form a dense groundcover. Found in the humus-... [ More Info ]
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Agastache foeniculumAnise hyssop, blue giant hyssop
An upright, clump-forming perennial native to parts of the upper Midwest and Great Plains region. Lavender to purple flowers are densely packed along showy, cylindrical, terminal spikes mid to late summer. Medium green, lanceolate foliage ... [ More Info ]
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Allium cernuumNodding onion
Found on ledges, in dry meadows, gravel, rocky or wooded slopes, this delicate onion has gently nodding pink flowers in late spring. Beautiful in the garden or naturalized in a meadow. Easy, dependable and very drought tolerant once established....
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Amsonia 'Blue Ice'Blue Ice bluestar
This long-blooming, compact Amsonia selected from A. tabernaemontana seedlings at White Flower Farm is possibly a hybrid with the taxonomically challenged A. montana or perhaps with the Asian Rhazya orientale. Whatever its parentage, Blue Ice blooms ...
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Amsonia hubrichtiiThreadleaf bluestar
A graceful and long lived native plant with very fine foliage, clusters of steel blue flowers in May and June on an upright, bushy plant. Excellent golden fall color. Thrives in full sun or part shade. No insect or pest problems with these babies. Fo...
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Andropogon gerardiiBig bluestem
The king of native grasses, Big Bluestem has handsome gray to blue-green stems in spring turning to green alternating with deep red in summer then to coppery red in fall. Three fingered seed heads top tall stems in August. Clump forming with excellen...
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Andropogon glomeratusBushy beardgrass
Flowers emerge in September, enclosed in densely clustered bushy bracts atop stiffly upright stems. Green summer foliage transitions to an attractive copper-orange in ... [ More Info ]
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Andropogon virginicusBroomsedge
An easy-to-grow clump forming native warm season grass with incredible golden copper fall color. A pioneer soil stabilizing plant that does well in poor, infertile areas and surprisingly in floodplains. It's wonderful for xeriscaping, in coastal a... [ More Info ]
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Aquilegia canadensis 'Little Lanterns'Little Lanterns Canadian columbine
Replacing Canyon Vista as our compact red-stemmed selection, Little Lanterns is short in stature, but free with flowers. Numerous pendant flowers in shades of red and yellow cover the plant in late spring. This selection resolves a few grievances tha...
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Asarum canadenseWild ginger
An attractive native groundcover for moist shade, wild ginger spreads slowly via underground rhizomes. Lustrous dark green, kidney-shaped foliage usually obscure the unique brown jug-like flowers. Will naturalize, incorporate into a na... [ More Info ]
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Asclepias incarnataSwamp milkweed
One of the most beautiful of native perennials with clusters of upturned pink flowers in June and July. Much underused in average garden conditions! Attracts butterflies of all kinds. Willow-like leaves are 4-5" long. Occurs in flo... [ More Info ]
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Asclepias purpurascensPurple milkweed
An exceptionally lovely native that is all too rare in cultivation, purple milkweed has intense rose pink flowers for several weeks in early to mid summer, followed by the attractive pods of silky seeds typical of the genus. Very t... [ More Info ]
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Asclepias syriacaCommon milkweed
This native classic is best known as a food of larval monarch butterflies (along with its siblings A. incarnata and A. tuberosa). Robust and stoloniferous with deep pink clusters of fragrant flowers in June and July, followed by lo... [ More Info ]
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Asclepias tuberosaButterfly weed
A tough, drought-tolerant native with intense orange flowers in mid to late summer. Attracts many varieties of butterfly and is especially attractive to Monarchs. A beautiful solution for a dry sunny slope! Occurs in dry fields and roadsides in most ...
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Asclepias verticillataHorsetail 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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Aster cordifoliusBlue wood aster
Clouds of blue flowers in early fall in shade! A great nuturalizer under trees, at the edge of woods, or as a filler among Hostas and Astilbes, which look pretty rough by September. Found in woods and dry meadows....
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Aster divaricatusWhite wood aster
Produces a fairtland of glistening of small white daisies in September and October. Lovley naturalized in shade, average, and dry soil. Found in deciduous woods and along roadsieds of the Eastern US....
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Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurry'Snow Flurry heath aster
A very low dense carpeting groundcover that is smothered with 1/2" single white flowers with gold centers in September. A good strong grower and a totally new look and use for Asters! Makes an excellent container plant....
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Aster laevis 'Bluebird'Bluebird smooth aster
'Bluebird' is a superlative selection of the native Smooth Aster introduced by Dr. Richard Lighty of the Mt.Cuba Center. This tall vased-shaped wildflower has large 1" diameter blue flowers h...
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Aster novae-angliaeNew England aster
Tall and majestic, New England Aster rules the prairie in autumn. The deep blue to purple, and sometimes pink flowers are highlights of the late season wildflower garden. Blooms late into the fall, well after the first frosts. This is a critical late...
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Aster novi-belgiiNew York aster
Local midatlantic native of moist to wet meadows. Flowers in shades of blue and purple in early fall, which is late August and early September here in PA....
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Aster oblongifolius 'Raydon's Favorite'Raydon's Favorite aromatic aster
Medium blue, fine textured single ray flowers in September and October,
aromatic foliage. Irresistable, a really tremendous plant. Introduced by
Holbrook Farm....
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Aster tataricus 'Jindai'Jindai Tatarian daisy
Large leaves (to 2') emerge in the spring and provide a bold backdrop for earlier blooming perennials. In the fall numerous flower stalks rise to 4 or 5 feet and each is covered with 1" sky blue daisy-like flowers. Flowering i... [ More Info ]
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Athyrium 'Branford Rambler'Branford Rambler running lady fern
This is a good, frisky new fern from John Mickel of Bradford, CT. It has been billed as a running painted fern, but we have found it to be mostly green with red tones along the stem. Even so, it is a lovely and vigorous plant with delicate bright gre...
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Athyrium 'Ghost'Ghost fern
From the garden of Virginia's Nancy Swell comes this stunning Lady Fern with silver-white fronds and a decidedly upright habit. Leaves age to light green with new fronds appearing throughout the season. Upright with a beautiful formal appearance that...
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Athyrium filix-feminaLady fern
Handsome crowns of feathery fronds are typical of this genus. Delicate and lacy with arching fronds and dark red stems at maturity. Strong-growing and dependable, the Lady Ferns are great garden plants. Tough and easy to grow, this beauty is the righ...
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Athyrium filix-femina 'Lady in Red'Lady in Red lady fern
Strong-growing and dependable, the Lady Ferns are great garden plants. This selection from the New England Wildflower Society features red stems, making it a great choice to combine with purple-leaved plants. Tough and easy to grow, this sultry beaut...
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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". ...
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Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum'Pictum Japanese painted fern
The most colorful fern around with subtle shades of green, purple and red on a grey-blue background. The color is more intense with some direct sun, preferably morning or late afternoon. Strong-growing and dependable, the Lady Ferns are great garden ...
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Athyrium niponicum 'Regal Red'Regal Red Japanese painted fern
Handsome and ruffled, this high-color selection has been a much requested Japanese Painted Fern. The dark violet red interior of each 'Regal Red' frond is contrasted by bright silver edges making each leaflet distinct and creating an overall tapestry...
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