This new introduction from Tony Avent of Plant Delight’s Baptisia breeding program, ‘Ivory Towers’ is a spectacle to behold. Beginning the season with unique dark grey-purple flowering stems, the flowers unfurl into a beautiful ivory white, held high and erect above the foliage. A vigorous plant with an upright and dense canopy, it is believed to be a spontaneous seedling between B. alba and perhaps B. albescens.

Easily flowing through the landscape, this grass softens the garden with its gracefully arching blades as they drift between plantings. The soft vibrant green of this species indigenous to the mountains of Japan lends tranquility to your plantings – especially impactful in large masses under limbed-up deciduous trees.

Helleborus ViV 'Victoria' is part of the Joie de Vivre Collection, or ViV Collection, from noted breeder Belgian Helleborus specialist Het Wilgenbroek. A very durable and long-blooming cultivar with masses of purple flowers blooming from September till spring. 

Helleborus 'Emma' is an early flowering hellebore with beautiful large white flowers that age to a greyish-pink. Very floriferous from December to May on a neat habit of dark green foliage with a lighter green veining. -Ashwood Nurseries

A mix of the Helleborus HONEYMOON® Series from Walter's Gardens. Colors in the mix include apricot, black, mauve purple, white, yellow, wine red, and pink.

Helleborus 'New York Night' is a part of the HONEYMOON® Series from Walter's Gardens. Helleborus 'New York Night' bears 2½-3”, single flowers with shades of black that include deep grey-purple, jet black, and black-purple. Dramatic, breath-taking, and exciting - a bit like an evening in the Big Apple itself. 

Helleborus 'Paris in Pink' is a part of the HONEYMOON® Series from Walter's Gardens. 'Paris in Pink' bears 3½-4”, single light to medium pink flowers - romantic, simple, and memorable. 

Helleborus 'Rome in Red' is a part of the HONEYMOON® Series from Walter's Gardens. 'Rome in Red' bears 3-4”, single rich maroon to wine red flowers - a dashingly enticing Hellebore, perfect for the shade garden. 

Helleborus 'Sandy Shores' is a part of the HONEYMOON® Series from Walter's Gardens. 'Sandy Shores' bears 2½-3”, single pale apricot flowers with a lovely rosy pink color on the backs - soft, golden, and lovely like a sunset on the beach in Hawaii. 

Helleborus 'Vegas Nights' is a part of the HONEYMOON® Series from Walter's Gardens. 'Vegas Nights' bears 3", single slate gray to dark purple flowers. Dark, mysterious, and up to some mischief - reminds us of Sin City. 

Helleborus 'Black Tie Affair' is a part of the WEDDING PARTY® Series from Walter's Gardens. 3" double black flowers with a lighter center make this a dramatic Hellebore for the garden. 

Helleborus 'Blushing Bridesmaid' is a part of the WEDDING PARTY® Series from Walter's Gardens. 'Blushing Bridesmaid' bears 2-2½” double white flowers with raspberry pink veining and picotee edge, a lovely addition to the shade garden. 

Helleborus 'Maid of Honor' is a part of the WEDDING PARTY® Series from Walter's Gardens. 'Maid of Honor' ranges in color from light to dark pink, bearing 2-3” double flowers.

Helleborus 'Wedding Bells' is a part of the WEDDING PARTY® Series from Walter's Gardens. ‘Wedding Bells’ bears clear white, 2-2½” double flowers, with the singing blooms brightening up the shade garden. 

Helleborus 'Wedding Crasher' is a part of the WEDDING PARTY® Series from Walter's Gardens. ‘Wedding Crasher' is a bold party-starter with 3", soft pink flowers are liberally covered with darker pink spots.

Plainly stated, it’s a show stopper. Beyond other Iris selections on the market, ‘Purple Flame’ has a richer, more intense cast to stems and flowers, yes. However, the true beauty lies in the irresistible foliage. Emerging in March, the purple flame-like foliage provides an unparalleled performance of vivid and intense eggplant purple foliage followed by an encore of rich and abundant flowers. 

'Snowcap' is a short daisy variety with an abundance of large, single, long-lasting, pure white flowers that cover the compact, green foliage. An excellent addition in containers or in your garden bed! 

A free-blooming Nepeta that lives up to its namesake—it is summer magic! Blooming all season long on upright stems that never flop, even in the worst of storms, this plant was on RHS Chelsea Flower show’s Short List in 2013. Great for layering in the garden, placed in a container, or along a flower border. We admire its ability to ‘keep it fresh’ even in the heat and humidity of summer as other Nepeta varieties tend to fade.

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 summer - what’s not to like?

Let's talk flower power. This Phlox grabbed our attention with its long-lasting bloom in vibrant magenta paired with excellent disease and pest resistance. A naturally-occurring Phlox hybrid seedling found in a garden, Phlox 'Wanda' was brought to plantsman Dr. Allan Armitage where it caught the eye of each passing visitor. Phlox 'Wanda' forms a solid low-growing mat of bloom over time and what really makes growers excited is how easy this plant is to grow and how it starts flowering even while its actively growing new roots. No wonder Phlox 'Wanda' is a cult-status item in horticultural circles! 

A new introduction from Brent Horvath of Intrinsic Perennials, this Rudbeckia is covered in blooms on a domed and shorter version of a black-eyed Susan. It is perfect planted in masses or in the perennial border and it hides spent blooms to provide uniform color as it blooms for weeks on end. Due to its thinner, hairier leaves, it is found to be resistant to septoria leaf spot.

The most diminutive of hybrid ironweeds available on the market, ‘Summer’s Swan Song’ is a selection from our friend Jim Ault at Chicago Botanic Garden. The foliage is olive green with a purple tinge on wine red stems and covered in deep purple flowers from early to mid-autumn. Attention-grabbing at CBG’s Vernonia trials, the long flowering branches interlock to hold the stems upright on the blusteriest of days.