A firework display of vibrant yellow flowers on long arching stems really do a put on a show late in the season. Usually blooming in September Goldenrod adds not only beauty to the garden but late season pollinator food too!

Goldenrods often get a bad name since they get blamed for allergies but they are rarely the culprit, its usually ragweed that blooms at the same time. This variety is a nice compact plant that only grows to 10-12" tall. Bright lemon yellow flower spikes a

Say goodbye Miscantus! Here is a native cultivar that has olive green foliage and loads of golden bronze flowers. Growing with a very upright habit to about 4-6 feet.

From Proven Winners: An awesome plant for northern landscapes: a gold-leaf version of 'Tor'! Buds with hints of red in them open to white spring flowers. Sunny yellow foliage holds its color well, and the full, compact habit is very attractive. Also, it

From Proven Winners: Your search for truly colorful landscape plants ends here! Meet the newest and most colorful Proven Winners spirea, Double Play® Candy Corn®. The show starts in early spring when the new growth emerges bright candy apple red. As i

An improved version of the classic spring-blooming spirea. Every spring, landscapes everywhere are graced with romantic white-flowering spirea like this one.

From Proven Winners: This spirea is better than great - it's a doozie! Spirea is an old landscape staple, so what could one do that could possible earn it superlatives? Well, seedless and non-invasive would be a start; non-stop blooming would be ev

This native spirea is good for naturalistic landscaping, rain gardens, or as an informal hedge. Produces nice white spikes of flowers. This plant prefers moist soil. Grows to 4 feet tall and wide. The butterflies love it and the deer dont!

A native Spirea! Prefers moist to wet soil and can grow 2-4' tall and a little wider. Works great in rain gardens or as a hedge in moist spots. Butterflies love it and deer do not.

This native grass does great in hot dry conditions. Forms a nice mound of fine textured deep green foliage. Looks great in mass plantings! Produces seed heads that are enjoyed by birds. Really nice fall and winter color.

This lamb's ear has the biggest, wonderfully velvety soft silver foliage. The foliage adds a great different texture to a border. Deer and rabbit resistant. Only grows 8-10" tall.

Perennial Plant of the Year 2019 This Stachys was ranked the highest at the Chicago Botanical Gardens Plant Evaluation Trials. Great flower production, vigor, habit and winter hardiness. Nice puckered clean foliage all season. Grows to 18-24" tall in ful

A cute little ground cover with soft, fuzzy leaves. The soft hairs give the green foliage a silver hue. Summer brings spikes of light purple flowers. This is a great choice for sunny, dry gardens, where you don't want to do a lot of maintenance.   

This is a small understory tree that can be planted in the shade! Bladdernut produces clusters of white bell-shaped flowers in the spring, usually around April/May. After the spring bloom, it starts working on the seeds.

This is a native poppy that thrives in woodland settings. Grows to 12-18" tall. The ideal location has sun in the spring and then shaded through the rest of the summer.

A native shrub that produces white berries that often persist into winter, unless the birds get to them first!  

Coralberry is known for its pink berries that often persist into the winter, adding color and interest to the winter landscape. The blooms are small and insignificant but they are loved by pollinators.

Now officially know as Symphyotrichum novae-angliae but we are still calling it an aster, its so much easier to say. Great for naturalizing and for rain gardens. Grows to 3-6' tall in full sun.

Asters bring one final show to the garden before winter. These asters grow to a medium height with showy pink flowers. They excellent food for both pollinators and birds trying to stock up before winter!

Mt Cuba Center says: "one of our most reliable native perennial asters. It has a strikingly beautiful mounded appearance with masses of violet-blue, daisy-like flowers on 2-3’ tall multi-stemmed plants in mid to late autumn" Grows 24-36" Height

This indigenous plant appears naturally in a multitude of conditions from Roadsides, meadows, woodsides, and along streams. It's a great adaptable plant for many settings. Grows in Sun to shade and can handle dry or moist soil. This plants resolve to grow