Garden phlox have come a long way! This newer cultivar is wonderfully mildew resistant, Branches well, does not need staking and blooms for a good long time. Large cream flowers with pink centers. Grows to 22-26" tall and wide. Best in full sun

Easy to grow native perennial that is great for naturalizing if you allow the seed heads to ripen and distribute. If planted in a border it is best to cut the plant back stems in late spring to encourage a fuller shorter plant. 4-6' height and 3-4' wide i

One of our favorite long blooming perennials. Very long blooming variety with loads of small light blue daisies. Grows to 12-18" tall in full to part sun

This perennial is a more compact version of its native parent, growing to approximately 2-3' tall. The flowers are single to double approximately 2-3" wide. Makes a nice cut flower since it has good stiff stems that also rarely need staking in the garden.

A tall native perennial that can get to 7 feet tall. Large domes of small pink lavender flowers sit atop strong stems with whorled leaves. A huge pollinators magnet! Its a great source of nectar for honeybees.

This is a smaller than the species Joe Pye weed. This cultivar grows 2-3' tall and only 1-2' wide. Great in rain gardens and deer resistant.

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.

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.

Shorter but more floriferous than the species 'Goatee' sports large cream flower panicles in early to midsummer. A great addition to shady locations and loved by pollinators!

A shorter coneflower with bold bright red blooms. Typically blooms a little early than other coneflowers and last all summer till fall.

One of the first to bloom in spring, sometimes even blooming in winter. A great evergreen groundcover that is deer resistant. Dark green foliage is adorn with various orange peachy colored blooms with burgundy accents.

A very uniform neatly mounded Shasta daisy perfect for boarders or in containers. Big white flowers with classic yellow centers all rise to about the same height of 8-10 inches tall and 10-12 inches wide.

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

This Joe Pye Weed flowers earlier than other cultivars and its best feature is that its more compact. This eupatorium is small enough to fit in almost any landscape since it only grows to 24-32" tall and wide. Loved by butterflies, not liked by deer!

Our favorite red blooming Honeysuckle! This is not the invasive Japanese variety. We have one in a planter near our check out shed at the nursery and we have a parade of hummingbirds on it all summer. Plant one and you will not be disappointed!

Perennial Plant of the Year 2014

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.

A late flowering deep purple semi double flowers that attract pollinators. 'Purple Dome' has a more compact habit compared to other Asters standing at 18-24 inches tall. It maintains a nice mounded habit to fit in any garden.

Bright yellow foliage to add a bit of sunshine to your shade garden! Attractive rippled edges as a nice texture to the wedge shaped leaves. Mid summer bring lavender flowers that rise high above the foliage and attracts hummingbirds!

A better way to enjoy the fragrant bell shaped flowers of this garden classic! Blooms are larger true white bell shaped flowers that are held above the foliage rather than better the leaves.