Perennials

Achillea millefolium
Common Name: Yarrow

Yarrow has an abundance of small lacey leaves that are low growing. Blooms tower over the plant up to 2' tall. Flowers are tightly packed into a flat but broad flower head. Thrives in full sun with reasonable drainage and moderate summer water.


Agastache
Common Name: Agastache

Flowers tightly packed in rounded 4" long spikes. Flowers bloom freely all summer and are attractive to butterflies. Emits a pleasant minty-anise fragrance. Drought tolerant and tolerant of poor nutrient conditions. 

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Ajuga
Common Name: Ajuga

Groundcover with beautifully scalloped leaves.  It bears showy, upright spikes of blue to pale violet flowers that reach 8-10 inches in late spring. 

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Aquilegia vulgaris
Common Name: Columbine

Wonderful Perennial prefers morning sun or dappled lighting. Stunning and unique flowers. 

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Artemisia
Common Name: Wormwood

Artemesia is a compact perennial that is loved for its delicate silver foliage and nice habit.

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Astilbe arendsii
Common Name: False Spirea

A clump-forming perennial with attractive fern-like foliage. Feathery flower plumes extend above the foliage for a soft but vibrant summer look.

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Coreopsis
Common Name: Coreopsis

Coreopsis is the toughest, most durable perennial available! This neat, low-growing plant becomes a cheerful mass of yellow flowers from late spring to summer. Conmpact habit is perfect for rock gardens and border edges. Also makes a good small sc...


Delosperma
Common Name: Pink Ice Plant

Delosperma is a beautiful succulent ground cover that will fill your garden with cute and vibrant pink flowers.

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Dianthus grat. 'Firewitch'
Common Name: Firewitch Border Carnation
Low growing blue-green foliage with bright magenta single fragrant flowers....

Dicentra spectabilis
Common Name: Old Fashioned Bleeding Heart
This great old fashioned plant has interesting heart shaped flowers that 'bleed' white. Gorgeous addition to the spring garden. These plants will go dormant in summer....

Digitalis
Common Name: Foxglove

Blooms produce large, dangling bells.  These perform best in rich, most soil.  Allow to seed and they will often self-sow.

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Echinacea
Common Name: Coneflower

Great for back of a border, nice cut flowers and seed heads. Blooms summer through fall.

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Eucalyptus 'Silver Drop'
Common Name: Silver Drop Eucalyptus

Small silver-green leaves on dark stems work well in fresh or dried bouquets.  Easily preserved with glycerin.

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Eupatorium 'Little Joe'
Common Name: Little Joe Eupatorium

Tiny, mauve purple flowers will bloom from mid-summer to early fall.  Flowers are attractive to butterflies.  Prefers moist, fertile soils.

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Euryops 'Athena Sun'
Common Name: Euryops Athena Sun

Perfect for the daisy lover.  This plant produces cheerful yellow daisies over deeply cut, leathery folliage all summer, withstanding severe fall frosts, until November.

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Gaillardia 'Arizona Sun'
Common Name: Gaillardia Arizona Sun

Bright yellow and red blooms top bright green foliage.  Early-blooming plants have a very uniform, compact and mounded habit.  Excellent landscape performer. Blooms early summer to frost.

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Gaura lind.
Common Name: Indian Feather

Blooms all summer with lance-shaped flowers on tall open spikes. Very heat & drought tolerant, good for southern gardens.

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Hemerocallis
Common Name: Daylilly
Early summer, 40", 5.5" flowers, fragrant excellent for naturalizing, excellent landscape daylilly, rebloom, extended bloom...

Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple'
Common Name: Palace Purple Heuchera

Adds a beautiful clump of colorful foliage to your shade garden. They bloom late spring to mid summer and are nearly evergreen. Trim back any damaged foliage in the spring.

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Hosta
Common Name: Hosta

Hostas are very hardy and easy to grow. They are shallow rooted so do well planted around trees and along foundations. They also make great borders and make beautiful additions to any shade garden. There are many different sizes, shapes, textures ...


Iris
Common Name: Iris

Numerous flowers, narrow petals. Very popular in the landscape. Very cold tolerant.

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Juncus 'Spiralis'
Common Name: Juncus Spiralis

Spiralis is a diverting and pleasing ground cover used in wetlands and water retention areas. The spiraling green foliage is also a nice accent to combination planters.

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Kniphofia
Common Name: Red Hot Poker
A beautifully vibrant mixture of yellow, oranges, and reds. 32" stems with 8" flowers, vigorous growth....

Lantana 'New Gold, yellow'
Common Name: New Gold Lantana
The most popular lantana we grow. Grows more prostrate than the other varieties. Is a perennial but most use as an annual. Will give an awesome color splash in the landscape and will continue to bloom throughout the fall until frost. A landscaper's d...

Lavendula
Common Name: Lavender
Highly fragrant flowers and foliage attract an assortment of butterflies. Does best in light, well-drained soil....

Leucanthemum
Common Name: Shasta Daisy

Beautiful addition to any perennial garden. They mix well with and compliment all other perennials. Perfect for a border, producing a wall of blooms.

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Lobelia Cardinalis
Common Name: Queen Victoria Lobelia

Easily grown in rich, medium to wet soils and part shade. Needs constant moisture. Tolerates brief flooding. Soils should never be allowed to dry out. Likes part afternoon shade in hot summer climate of the South. Blooms midsummer to early f...


Monarda
Common Name: Bee Balm

Bee Balm has a beautiful and unique flower. This perennial is very easy to grow and will spread by producing seed as well. The flower draws in pollinators and even hummingbirds. The leaves of Bee balm can be used to make Tea and the flowers are be...


Nepeta Catmint
Common Name: Catmint

Catmint is used as a groundcover and also for borders and edging. Also makes a nice stand alone plant or does well planted in groupings. Fragrant foliage and produces tall upright flower spires with lavender colored flowers. Pollinators love it. C...


Paeonia
Common Name: Peony
A white peony. One of the first to bloom in mid-spring. Large fragrant flowers....

Phlox paniculata
Common Name: Summer Garden Phlox
The most attractive variety of summer phlox. Beautiful shade of soft pink with a darker pink center....

Rudbeckia
Common Name: Black-eyed Susan

WOW!! You couldn't ask for better summer color from a plant. Huge flower heads and will bloom all summer into fall. You will get tremendous color from this selection if old blooms are cut off. A great addition to the container garden too.

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Ruellia 'Purple Showers'
Common Name: Ruellia Purple Showers

Narrow, very dark green foliage holds purple petunia-like flowers.  Blooms from early summer through fall.  Makes a beautiful ground cover or border.

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Salvia
Common Name: Perennial Salvia

Very floriferous with long bloom time. Tall spire blooms. Fragrant foliage and pollinators love it. Deer resistant. 

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Scabiosa 'Butterfly Blue'
Common Name: Butterfly Blue Scabiosa

This pincushion flower features an outer ring of frilly, flat, lavender-blue petals and a paler center cushion.  Flowers bloom singly on stiff stems.  Tolerates part shade and will bloom from April to fost.

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Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
Common Name: Autumn Joy Sedum

Light pink flowers above striking variegated foliage.  Lovely!

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Sedum rupestre
Common Name: Sedum Angelina

Sedum Angelina is a beautiful perennial sedum. It is a great groundcover plant, drought resistant, and is also beautiful as a spiller/filler in container combinations. It has bright green foliage that turns copper colored in cooler weather.

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Stachys 'Big Ears'
Common Name: Lambs Ear
Huge wooly silver foliage that's hard to resist touching. Feels just like a lambs ear. Great to include into a child's garden....

Verbena 'Homestead Purple'
Common Name: Homestead Purple Verbena
Another plant that we list as annuals but is a perennial. Wonderful bright purple flowers grow on this exceptional plant. Has great vigor and staying power. Blooms all summer long. Loves the heat....
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