Perennials

Deepest blue-black flowers. Butterfly bush is an excellent perennial for months of color from early summer into fall. Buddleia carries dense, arching cones of fragrant flowers over deciduous, sometimes semi-evergreen foliage. Common Name: Butterfly bush USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 - 10 Mature Height: 84 inches Color: Purple Exposure: Full Sun

Super-sized, vibrant orange and yellow blooms to enjoy all summer and into fall. Succulent foliage spreads to form a dense mat, making a tough, drought tolerant groundcover or rock garden accent Common Name: Ice Plant USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 - 10 Mature Height: 2 inches Color: Orange Exposure: Full Sun

Athyrium filix-femina, commonly called lady fern, is a deciduous fern that features lacy-cut, erect or ascending, 2 to 3-pinnate or pinnatifid, finely-divided, lanceolate, light green fronds which grow in a dense circular shuttlecock-like clump to 2-3' tall. Each frond (leaf) has twenty to thirty pairs of elliptic non-opposite pinna (leaflets) with narrow pointed tips.

One of the most striking golden Japanese Sedge, award-winning Carex oshimensis 'Evergold' is a very distinctive ornamental grass with narrow arching creamy yellow leaves with fine dark green edges. 10-12'' high. Grows in sun to part sun

Aptly named, 'Silver Mound' has soft, feathery foliage and forms a compact, silky, cushion-like mound. It has many applications in the garden including: edging, rock gardens, pots, or a filler plant for hot, dry areas. It has long been one of the most popular silver foliage plants. 8-10'' high by 12-15'' wide. Grows in full sun

This new Coreopsis forms a broad yet compact mound of attractive, medium green foliage that stays nice all season. A shower of butter yellow blossoms with a soft red eye appear from early summer through early fall, with the red eye expanding to cover more of the petal surface in cooler temperatures. Since the flowers are sterile, they just keep on coming all season long without the need for deadheading. A midseason shearing will keep this plant looking its best all season. Grows in full sun 8-12'' high by 18'' wide

Electric orange with white centers and pink transition zone. Expect flowers from late spring straight through to fall. Common Name: Ice plant USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 - 10 Mature Height: 6 inches Color: Orange Exposure: Full Sun

Almost ever-blooming, Delosperma 'Jewel of Desert Grenade' (Ice Plant) is a vigorous, mat-forming, evergreen succulent with a profusion of fiery red and magenta, daisy-like flowers, 2 in. wide (5 cm) Common Name: Ice plant USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 - 10 Mature Height: 6 inches Color: Orange Exposure: Full Sun

Lamium is one of the best choices for a tough yet showy perennial groundcover. This classic selection forms a spreading patch of small silver leaves with a narrow green edge. Clusters of bright-pink flowers appear in spring, then continue off and on until fall. Fairly tolerant of dry shade, once established. Trim back in late winter. Stems will root into the ground where they touch, and any new plants that form can be easily moved in spring or fall. Also easily divided. Evergreen.

Rich lavender flower spikes fill the air with their sweet, intoxicating fragrance all summer long. Though this cultivar was introduced to the trade in 1916, it remains one of the most popular today. Its compact habit and relatively short stature makes it a good choice for edging. This is often said to be the hardiest variety of all Lavender. It is very similar to 'Hidcote'. Grow 12-15'' high by 12'' wide

Common Name: Sweet Woodruff A vigorous ground cover for partially shaded, moist areas with slightly acidic soil. Tiny, white, star-shaped flowers appear in late spring above a carpet of green foliage. The bright green leaves are fragrant when crushed and are finely cut, making this plant beautiful even when not in bloom. Use it to edge pathways, as an underplanting for large shrubs, to hide dying bulb foliage, or in naturalized areas.

Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum' is a poor soil-tolerant, variegated deciduous groundcover which performs best in partial shade in evenly moist soils, and is vigorous in its establishment when given a large shady area to cover.

Lewisia are native to western North America, and one of the most treasured rock garden plants. They form low, fleshy rosettes of tough evergreen leaves, bearing large star-shaped flowers in late spring and early summer. This selection features flowers of cotton-candy pink, touched with salmon when they first open. Inclined to repeat flower in the autumn. Best in a cool rock garden setting, with excellent drainage. Excellent in rock walls, gravel screes or alpine troughs. In hot summer climates these do best with partial shade. Sure death is to try and grow Lewisia in average border conditions. Drought tolerant once established.

This compact, cold hardy dwarf shrub provides a show of plentiful white flowers followed by delicious, pea-sized light blue fruit. Foliage becomes bright red and orange before dropping in fall. Excellent for containers

Hybridized for their compact habit and large, long spurred flowers, members of the "Songbird Series" are among the most showy of all columbines. The most unique feature of the plants in this series is the way in which the flowers face skyward, not nodding like many other varieties, maximizing their full visual potential. This selection produces clusters of large 3", red and white bicolor blossoms. Aquilegia is 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.

Members of the Songbird series from PanAmerican Seed share a compact habit and large, long-spurred, showy upward-facing flowers measuring 3” in length on average. ‘Blue Jay’ produces large, violet blue and white flowers. The shade of blue is a little more intense than ‘Bluebird’, another member of the series. Use in shady, woodland borders or as a cut flower. Aquilegia is 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.

Common Name: Threadleaf Coreopsis, Tickseed Making its debut as the first member of a new series of threadleaf Coreopsis is this brand new red flowered selection from master hybridizer Darrell Probst. Deep wine red to ruby red flowers with an orange center measure about 1 ½” across and completely cover the deep green, threadleaf foliage. Since the flowers are sterile, they appear over a long period from early through late summer and if cut back, the plants can be encouraged to rebloom until frost. Compared to other threadleaf types, this plant has darker green foliage and is more clump forming, producing fewer rhizomes. Compared to ‘Mercury Rising’, this plant has finer threadleaf foliage, solid red flowers that do not become “frosted” in the heat, and a tighter mounding habit. 'Red Satin' has proven to be hardy to zone 5, a permanent threadleaf form as its series name suggests. 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.

Common Name: Daylily Named for our friend, the Perennial Diva Stephanie Cohen, this little daylily really packs a punch! Like its parent, ‘Rosy Returns’, this is a short daylily with smaller but extremely plentiful blossoms produced for about 90 days in zone 6. The 4” bicolor blossoms display a unique blend of light peachy pink, ruffled petals with a narrow, purple eye, radiant yellow throat, purple midribs, and reddish veining. The recurved sepals are a deeper rose purple. They are presented atop slender, well-branched and very heavily budded scapes in early summer followed by nearly continuous bloom for the rest of the summer. Several flower scapes are produced from each fan, and this vigorous daylily can form up to six fans per year. If you’ve had enough of Stella and are ready to try something with a softer color palette, try Stephanie! Dormant diploid. 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).

Common Name: Daylily One of only a handful of truly everblooming daylilies, this little charmer blooms non-stop for about 3 ½ months straight beginning in mid-June in zone 7 or early July in zone 5. Each 4", soft peachy yellow blossom with a large, rose pink eye, lemon throat, and romantically ruffled petals is of perfect form. You’ll be impressed with how quickly this daylily bulks up and unlike most daylilies that produce a single flower scape per fan, this one often produces several scapes per fan, making it extremely floriferous in the landscape. Its short stature and continuous flower show makes this the perfect daylily for growing at the front of the border and in containers. Dormant diploid. Extended bloom: each flower remains open for at least 16hrs. 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).

Common Name: Lavender, English Lavender Deep violet-purple flower spikes fill the air with their sweet, intoxicating fragrance all summer long. Though this cultivar has been grown for over 50 years, it remains one of the most popular today. Its compact habit and relatively short stature makes it a good choice for edging. It is very similar to 'Munstead.' 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.