Flowers

Clematis Bush Proven Winner

Stand By Me Lavender: Riding on the coattails of the much-talked-about 'Stand by Me' comes a new color for the Bush Clematis type! This variety has the same performance as 'Stand by Me' but with a lavender shade of flowers to join the original's blue...

Clematis Bush Rain Dance

We've done it again with a beautiful bush clematis from Walters Gardens hybridizing, this time with flowers as large as what you'd see on a vine clematis. Incredibly large (2½-3"), outward facing indigo blue flowers with darker midribs and lighter...

Heuchera Coral Bells

Coral bells are easy to grow and blend easily with most other perennials in the landscape. Because of their low, mounding habit, they are often used as edging along paths or in containers. Try cutting a few of the tall flower scapes for fresh bouquets...

Geum Avens Flora Plena

Delightful fully double, scarlet red geum. Its flowers measure up to 50% larger than other varieties and they continue to bloom over a very long period from late spring into summer. Enjoy them as a cut flower in fresh bouquets. The fuzzy, green leaves...

Hydrangeas Panicle Proven Winner

Compared to its famous sibling ‘Limelight’, Little Lime hardy hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata) may seem like a pipsqueak. Don’t let this petite shrub fool you. While maintaining its short stature of 3-5’ tall and wide, it really packs a visual punch in...

Hydrangeas Smooth Leaf Proven Winner

Smooth hydrangea is a rounded, deciduous shrub in the hydrangea family (Hydrangeaceae). It is native to moist or rocky wooded slopes, ravines, streambanks, and bluff bases in the eastern United States.   

Hydrangeas Big Leaf Proven Winner

The reblooming hydrangea that really does! Let's Dance® Blue Jangles® is a big-leaf hydrangea that blooms on both old and new wood, with a tight, compact habit that is unusual among reblooming hydrangeas. Large, full flower heads will readily go heavenly...

Papaver Oriental Poppy Beauty of Livermere

In the center of a poppy's flower rests a very large, velvety-black seed capsule surrounded by prominent, dark purple stamens. Altogether, these flowers absolutely steal the show when they are in bloom. After the bloom cycle is completed however, these...

Penstemon Beards Tongue

Penstemons are very drought tolerant perennials that are easy to grow and are rarely bothered by insects or diseases. Plant them in full sun and watch as hummingbirds feast on their delicious nectar. Zones: 3,4,5,6,7,8

Pulmonaria Lungwort Spot On Proven Winner

Pulmonaria are the perfect choice to signal the end of winter with cheerful flowers appearing in late spring.  The flowers of 'Spot On' open a unique deep salmon pink that matures to a rich blue color. Silver speckling dusts the green leaves. This is one...

Phlox Creeping Phlox

Creeping phlox is a low-growing species which forms a carpet-like mat no taller than 6". This popular little perennial is best utilized in rocky areas, on slopes, and in flower borders. Zones: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

Japanese Anenome Curtain Call Pink

A staple item for late summer and fall borders, Japanese Anenomes are graceful plants with beautiful, satiny flowers borne on tall stems above a clump of shorter basal foliage. Watching them sway in the breeze brings a feeling of calm and peace to the...

Aralia Golden Japanese Spikenard Sun King

An excellent complement to hostas and woodland perennials, ‘Sun King’ emerges mid-spring with bright gold leaves held on nicely contrasting reddish brown stems.  If given at least a few hours of sun a day, the foliage will remain yellow all summer.  In...

Achillea Yarrow

Yarrow is one of the easiest perennials to grow and is a good choice for beginners. All it needs is full sun and well-drained soil. These plants are an excellent balance of finely textured foliage and bright flower colors. The wide, flat flower clusters...

Heuchera Coral Bells Proven Winner

Coral bells are easy to grow and blend easily with most other perennials in the landscape. Because of their low, mounding habit, they are often used as edging along paths or in containers. Try cutting a few of the tall flower scapes for fresh bouquets.

Heliopsis False Sunflower

Heliopsis have traditionally been an excellent tall perennial for the middle or back of the flower border. It has a bushy, well-branched form and glossy, deep green, triangular leaves – a real workhorse in the garden! Use this plant in combination...

Delphinium Stars Hybrid Bee Delphinium

Delphinium are a classic garden perennial. These plants are excellent for adding height to small spaces. Their tall flower spikes are easily recognizable when they come into flower in summer. Zones: 3,4,5,6,7

Dianthus "Pinks"

In the carnation family, Dianthus cultivars deliver gorgeous single, semi-double, and fully double flowers. Singles tend to deliver more flowers while doubles are significantly larger, sometimes more than twice the size. Singles also tend to grow quicker...

Aquilegia Caerulea Columbine

especially lovely when allowed to naturalize in shady, woodland borders. They also have excellent potential as cut flowers, lasting up to 2 weeks in a vase. Zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9

Lupinus Lupine Mini Gallery Mixed

Lupines really come into their own during warm, sunny days and cool nights and look especially lovely when grown in masses with similar varieties. A memorable sight for any garden lover, these beautiful plants grow into well-established clumps, with...

Coreopsis Perennial

Coreopsis is easy to grow, making it a good choice for beginners. One plant will provide you with long-lasting cut flower bouquets all summer long. Zones 4,5,6,7,8,9

Hemerocallis Daylily

Daylilies can survive many harsh conditions that other plants cannot including: polluted city environments, slopes, poor and dry soils, near pavement that is salted in winter, and under Black Walnut trees (not affected by juglone). Zones: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9

Monarda Bee Balm

Monarda is native to eastern North America, so it is easy to grow and it multiplies quickly. The flowers' sweet nectar attracts scores of hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees to the garden. The aromatic foliage smells like mint when crushed and is often...

Lavandula Lavender

Lavender has been grown for centuries for its intensely fragrant flowers and beautiful appearance. It is a staple item of every sunny garden, and its dried flowers are widely used in potpourris and arrangements. Zones: 5,6,7,8,9

Aruncus Goats Beard

Though Aruncus tends to be a slow-grower the first couple of seasons, once it is established it puts on a fabulous show year after year. Make sure it has plenty of room to grow when you first plant it; transplanting this species is a very difficult task...

Alcea Hollyhock

Feel free to grow hollyhocks under Black Walnut trees; they are tolerant of the toxic juglone that is emitted through the trees' roots. Hollyhocks are best treated as a biennial or short-lived perennial. Zones: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9

Hosta

Hostas are exceedingly popular perennials in today's gardens due to their versatility in the landscape. Their subtle colors, tall flower scapes, and broad, coarse leaves fill a niche in garden designs that few other plants can achieve. Their large leaves...

Leucanthemum Shasta Daisy

Shasta Daisies are all-time favorites for the perennial border. The cheery flowers begin to appear in early summer and continue on for several months if faithfully deadheaded. Shastas mix so effortlessly with other perennials that no garden should be...

Dicentra Old Fashioned Bleeding Heart

After putting on this fantastic display, Old-Fashioned Bleeding Hearts usually go dormant until the following spring. However, if plants are kept well-watered during the spring, dormancy may be delayed until late summer or early fall. Other bushy...

Digitalis Foxglove

Digitalis forms large rosettes of downy, green, oblong leaves from which numerous flower spikes emerge. It looks especially nice when planted along fences, at the wood's edge, or in large containers. Zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9

Aster New England & Stokesia

The New England variety: Rose pink flowers are produced above dark green foliage in early fall to midfall. This variety is shorter than 'Grape Crush'. A perfect finale to the growing season! Stokes' Aster variety: Stokesia is a native North American...

Baptisia False Indigo

Baptisia is easy to grow and will thrive with little maintenance. There are many potential applications in the landscape including meadow plantings, as a backdrop in borders, or as a specimen. Plants are very long-lived once established. Zones:...

Gaillardia Blanket Flower Arizona Sun

These perennials require little care once established. They are heat tolerant and actually prefer to be grown in poorer soils. They get their name from the manner in which they used to blanket North American prairies with their blooms. They can still be...

Asclepias Tuberosa Butterfly Weed

Following the fabulous flowers, green fruits develop which rupture to reveal seeds with long, silvery-white, silky hairs reminiscent of its cousin, common milkweed. These are great to use in dried flower arrangements. Zones: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9

Astilbe

Dwarf Chinese variety: A later blooming species useful for extending the bloom season into late summer. Foliage is deeply incised, coarsely textured, and often bronze-green in color. Flowers are borne on narrow, branched panicles. Though garden...

Allium Ornamental Onion Millenium

Alliums are charming plants for the rock or herb garden. When the foliage is bruised, it smells like onions since they are in the onion family. Butterflies and honeybees adore the flowers' sweet nectar but deer and rabbits steer clear of this perennial...

Liatris Prairie Blazing Star

Seed strain of the North American native perennial Liatris pycnostachya. This is a durable prairie plant, capable of thriving in tough clay soils and the heat of the summer. 'Lavender Glowsticks' was selected for exceptionally tall flower stalks - making...

Agastache Anise Hyssop

Blue Fortune variety: One of the easiest and most rewarding perennials to grow! The award winning 'Blue Fortune' is a tremendously long bloomer that produces lavender blue, bottlebrush-like flowers on strong, upright stems from midsummer to early fall...