A pollinator favorite! Butteflies, bees, and hummingbirds all love Agastache. Small lavender flowers pop out from spikes above the aromatic foliage.

Beautiful lavender spikes of flowers that are loved by many pollinators! Hence he common name the anise scented foliage keeps deer and rabbits away.

Perennial Plant of the Year 2011 This native perennial offers two seasons of beauty. The spring brings clusters of light blue flowers on top of the feathery foliage. In the fall the foliage turns a beautiful bright gold.

An improvement over the species with longer lasting flowers and more golden fall color. Steele blue flowers emerge in spring against green foliage. Fall brings golden yellow color accented by the red hued stems.

Have a dry, rocky, poor soil, sunny area that nothing wants to grow in? Pussytoes make a great ground cover for that kind of area! Short stems arise from the basal foliage in spring while the rest of the year the foliage is a nice soft silvery green.

A truly unique woodland flowers that almost looks like it belongs somewhere tropical. A single spike of green purplish flowers with a hooded sheath that cover the flowers. Bright red seeds are produced in summer while the rest of the plant goes dormant.

A native deciduous ground cover that has a strong spreading habit. Large heart shaped leaves that hide the maroon flower underneath them. Prefers shady areas. Deer and rabbit resistant. Grows 6-12 inches tall and 12inches wide.

A white flowering native milkweed that has thin needle-like leaves. Most know the pink and orange milkweeds, while this is a lesser known species it is still a Monarch larval host! Add it to your other milkweeds for a mix of color!

Perennial Plant of the Year 2010! Spring brings a flush of blue spikes of flowers that resemble lupines. Blooms will usually last into early summer then they start to form seed pods. These seed pods are a unique feature.

A nice smaller option for hard to plant dry sunny areas. Attractive blue green foliage that turns a golden brown in the fall. Distinctive flower and seed heads add a little extra interest in summer.

Blooming in early spring this native bulb produces light to dark blue violet star shaped flowers. Blooming from about April to June and then going dormant in the summer heat.

This native sedge is easy to grow and forms a ground cover in full to part shade, unlike many other sedges that prefer moist to wet soils Carex pensylvanica like dry to average moisture soils.

A nice low growing sedge that produces narrow light green foliage. Common name comes from the star shaped inflorescence that are quite attractive. 

A fantastic sedge for rain gardens, stream bank restoration, or wet meadows. This species loves water, even shallow standing water. The bright green foliage is narrow and forms clumps (hence the common name tussocks).

This native grass is probably the most tolerant of some shade. Produces handsome drooping seed heads that move in the slightest breeze. Grows 2-5' tall

loads of blue airy flowers late summer till frost! An easy to grow late bloomer the pollinators love! This is a fast spreading plant making it great for naturalized areas. A gorgeous show of light blue adds a different color for late season plants. Prefer

Great tall native perennial that can handle all sorts of conditions.

Perennial Plant of the Year 1992 An easy to grow compact perennial standing at 18-24 inches tall. Muted yellow daisy like flowers sit atop airy foliage. Has a nice long bloom time from late June to October.

Goldies wood fern is a native fern that thrives in moist shady areas.

A coneflower like no other! Blooms of many different colors pop up around June giving your garden an eye catching appeal. Flowering colors include purple, pink, red, orange, yellow, and white.

A striking coneflower that produces many shades of yellow all on one plant! Colors vary from orange-yellow to lemon-yellow to a yellow so pale its almost white. Attractive to pollinators, especially butterflies.

A tall perennial with unique perfectly round flower clusters that are greenish white. Flowers rise on sturdy stalks from foliage that looks somewhat like a Yucca plant. Can grow up to 6 feet tall.

This native plant is a butterfly magnet. Historically used in medical herb gardens since the foliage has medicinal properties. Grows to 4-6' tall and 3-4' wide in full to part sun.