Perennial Plant of the Year 2014

This small to medium sized tree (20-40') is underused. The flowers are small but really cool if looked at. The leaves emerge reddish purple in the spring, fade t green and then shine in the fall with yellows, reds, and orange colors. Nice wither interest

The Calico Beardtongue is an herbaceous perennial that features snapdragon-like flowers, which range from violet to purple, that blooms from late spring to early summer. The fall foliage is purple or green.

Perennial Plant of the Year 1996. This 1996 winner boast beautiful deep maroon spring foliage and nice white flowers. Plants grow 2-3' tall in full sun.

This perennial has a large native range and is easy to grow in dry to average soil in full sun. White tubular flowers are attractive to not only us but to butterflies and hummingbirds as well!

The Perennial Plant Association declared this plant to be the Perennial plant of the Year in 1995. A well deserved accreditation for this low maintenance plant. Butterflies love it and you will too! Grows to 36" tall in full sun

Nice native groundcover for woodland or shade gardens. The lightly fragrant very pale, almost white, flowers are held above the foliage. This plant will spread but its not a garden thugs choking other plants out but rather like a close friend mixing well

This native phlox makes an excellent ground cover for shaded areas. Compact habit, frangrant and lavender blue flowers make it a winner. Grows to 10-12" tall in full to part shade.

The Wild Blue Phlox is a mat-forming herbaceous perennial that features rose/lavender or violet/blue flowers that bloom in the spring to early summer.

This native phlox cultivar is one of the best in terms of powdery mildew resistance. This cultivar is our favorite of all the garden phlox we grow, butterflies love it too. Grows to 2-4' tall and 3' wide in full to part sun.

Nice mat forming native perennial that produces masses of flowers in early spring. The foliage is moss like evergreen. Plants grow to about 6" high.

Nice mat forming native perennial that produces masses of flowers in early spring. The foliage is moss like evergreen. Plants grow to about 6" high.

From Proven winners: Spring to autumn color, without lifting a finger! Ginger Wine® ninebark expands the color palette for these easy care, native flowering shrubs. Spring foliage emerges a sunny orange color and matures to sparkling burgundy. Clust

Common ninebark is a great tough large shrub that can grow in harsh conditions. Works well to stabilize streambanks. Grows to 5-8 feet tall and 4-6 feet wide in full to part sun

A dark foliage ninebark that standout against the sea of green shrubs! 'Summer Wine' Holds its color throughout the growing season and in summer you will get clusters of white to light pink flowers clusters that will attract pollinators.

One of the darkest foliaged ninebarks out there. Add extreme contrast with white spring flowers. Graceful arching branches makes for a nice specimen or mass planting.

Spring brings golden emerging foliage and then changing to lime green in the summer. Summer also brings clusters of white flowers that will attract pollinators. This is a taller ninebark reaching up to 8 feet. 

From Proven Winners - Native. White flowers. Bronze-maroon foliage. Very hardy.

A spectacular reblooming ninebark! The first flush of flowers appears in spring and are followed by attractive red fruits then in summer you will get another show of the beautiful flowers.

A more compact ninebark that wows with its foliage that changes throughout the seasons. In the spring you will see the leaves emerge vibrant orange then maturing to shades of green and yellow, finally fall brings notes of deep red.