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.

Wow! This sedum is bright and tough. Terrific option for sunny dry spots like near your mailbox or driveway. Bright chartreuse all summer and then red tinges in the fall and into the winter. Only grows a few inches tall and forms a nice mat.

'Appalachian Blues' is a shade adaptable deciduous perennial that has purple and white colored flowers that bloom between May and June. This plant will bloom for several weeks, and is attractive to several bee species.

This is improved variety of the very popular May Night salvia. It blooms a month earlier. Gorgeous violet-blue flowers on tough dense plants. Grows to 12-14" tall.

Rudbeckias, Black eyed Susans come in many shapes and size. This native variety will naturally self sow and spread somewhat freely through the landscape adding nice color. Grows up to 3' tall. Best in full sun but can handle some shade.

This native mountain mint is really a pollinator magnet! Our planting at the nursery is truly covered in countless pollinators during the summer. It is in the mint family but not as aggressive as other mints. It will spread but can be controlled but cutti

This native fern is evergreen! Unlike many other ferns, this one does not spread much, it will form a nice clump. Deer resistant too! Grows to 12-24" tall and wide in full to part shade.

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.

Perennial Plant of the Year 2014

The Sensitive Fern is a large deciduous fern native to Eastern North America and provides shelter for both amphibians and reptiles. Features bright green fronds and great for rain gardens, groundcover, and to naturalize an area.

This native beebalm produces pink to white purple spotted flowers over grey green foliage. The leaves can be used to make tea. This variety of beebalm is thankfully fairly powdery mildew resistant but still a good idea to plant in spots that have good air

This native perennial is a hummingbird magnet with its scarlet red flowers. Thrives in oist soil and can grow 2-4' tall and 1-2' wide. tolerant of occasional flooding.

Very popular garden classic perennial. This is a clump forming evergreen perennial that produces blue/purple flower spikes. Very adaptable to many conditions. Can grow in dry shade to full sun. Reaches 12-18" tall and wide

A really good dwarf cultivar Shasta! Large (2 in) classic white flowers with yellow centers on nice mounded foliage. An easy to grow perennial for full sun areas with dry to average soils.

A medium sized hosta with green centers and creamy white margins on pointed leaves. Lavender tubular flowers emerge in midsummer on scapes that rise above the foliage. Flowers attracts all sorts of pollinators, especially hummingbirds!

Pointed wavy edged leaves with green centers and creamy white margins on this classic looking hosta. Perfect for shade gardens! Midsummer brings almost pure white tubular flowers that will attracts all sorts of pollinators, especially hummingbirds

Pointed wavy edged leaves with green centers and creamy white margins on this classic looking hosta. Perfect for shade gardens! Midsummer brings almost pure white tubular flowers that will attracts all sorts of pollinators, especially hummingbirds.

Large glossy leaves that are colored true to the name! Light green inside dark green outside, just like an avocado! 'Guacamole' has good sun tolerance and the leaf centers will be more gold in summer if planted in more sun.