Our native late season collection includes five unusual plants suitable for a variety of conditions.. All plants are 2.25" x 5" plugs: from left to right:
1. Coral Bells 'Autumn Bride' (Heuchera) Scalloped lime green leaves, white flowers Sept-frost. Bright shade.
2. Rudbeckia 'Henry Eilers' (Rudbeckia) To 5', quilled yellow blossoms w. brown cones Aug-Sept. Sun/pt shade.
3. Joe Pye Weed 'Carin' (Eupatorium) New color for Joe Pye Weed, silvery pink flowers, 5'-6'. Sun/pt shade.
4. Sunflower 'Lemon Queen' (Helianthus) Perennial sunflower, tons of 2" yellow flowers, 5'. Sun.
5. Boltonia 'Snowbank' (Boltonia) Masses of starry white flowers Sept - Oct, 4. Sun.
(The five plants above are part of the late season garden pack and are not sold separately)
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Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) N/S/PS
Native wildflower, easiest penstemon for the northeast, white flower spikes midsummer, 24”-30”.
2.25” x 5” plug $4
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Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor) N/S/PS
Beautiful native iris, yellow throated blue-violet flowers May-June. Native to marshes and wet meadows, will do well in average garden soil that does not dry out. 2’-3’.
2.25” x 5” plug $4 |
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Bellflower ‘Dickson’s Gold’ (C. garganica) S/PS
Neat little variety, yellow-green foliage with deep blue
flowers, only 4”-6” tall. Great for edgings, rock walls,
etc.
3” plug $5 |
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Columbine ‘Dove’ (Aquilegia) S/PS
Compact floriferous variety, pure white blossoms in
spring, 24” tall.
2.5” pot $5 |
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Coral Bells ‘Silver Scrolls’ (Heuchera) PS
One of the most attractive and vigorous heucheras, beautiful silver-purple striated foliage, small pinkish flowers.
3” plug $6
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Dragonhead ‘Blue Dragon’ (Dracocephalum) N/S/PS
Dense mound of foliage with deep blue snapdragon like
flowers in early summer, 12”-15”. Requires good drainage.
3” plug $5 |
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Dumbo’s Ears (Rudbeckia maxima) N/S
Unusual native rudbeckia, basal rosette of huge leaves (the “ears”); flower spikes to 7’, large yellow flowers with prominent cones July-September.
2.5” plug $4 |
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False Indigo ‘Midnight Prairieblues’ (Baptisia) N/S/PS
Large native wildflower, hybrid of two species, has spikes of midnight blue-violet pea like flowers in spring. Forms a large clump, to 4'.
2.25” x 5” plug $7 |
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Feather Reed Grass ‘Karl Forster’ S/PS
(Calamagrostis) Vertical growth habit, 3’-6’ tall, light pink
flowers turn tan as the season progresses. Tall and graceful,
one of the earliest grasses to flower.
3.5” pot $7 |
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Ferns: PS/Sh
Autumn Fern ‘Brilliance’ – pink fiddleheads, new growth is coppery orange, 2’ tall and wide.
3.5” pot $7 |
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Ferns: PS/Sh
Athyrium ‘Ghost’ – silvery white finely textured foliage, 18” tall.
3.5” pot $7 |
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Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) N/PS/Sh
Native of eastern US woodlands, low growing burgundy-
tinged leaves, small fuzzy white to pink flowers eary spring. 8”-12”. Spreads when happy.
2.5” plug $6 |
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Geranium ‘Patricia’ (Geranium) S
Magenta pink flowers on a spilling mound of foliage 2’ tall and 3’ wide, likes to trail through its neighbors. Very floriferous, long summer bloom period.
3” plug $6 |
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Heart Leaved Alexander (Zizia aptera) N/S/PS
Native wildflower of meadows and woodland edges, yellowf
flowers May/June, reaches 1’-2’ tall, heart shaped
basal leaves.
2.5” pot $5 |
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Hostas PS/Sh
Durable low maintenance foliage plants for part to full
shade, moist soil. Bare root.
‘Wide Brim’ – Green leaves, cream edging. 2.5’ tall $4 |
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Hostas PS/Sh
Durable low maintenance foliage plants for part to full
shade, moist soil. Bare root.
‘Elegans’ – Deep powder blue leaves, 3’ x 3’. $4 |
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Hostas PS/Sh
Durable low maintenance foliage plants for part to full
shade, moist soil. Bare root.
‘August Moon’ –yellow-green leaves, 2.5’ x 3’. $4 |
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Hostas PS/Sh
Durable low maintenance foliage plants for part to full
shade, moist soil.
Bare root.
‘Jurassic Park’ – one of the largest hostas to date, dark green leaves, 4’ tall and 6’- 7’ wide $8 |
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Iris ‘Smart’ S
‘Smart’ is a dwarf bearded iris, reaching only 12”;
flowers are reddish violet with dark purple spots. Blooms
in May, sun only, plant with rhizomes barely covered.
3” plug $6 |
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Meadowsweet ‘Kahome’ (Filipendula) S/PS
Shiny fern like foliage, flat clusterss of fuzzy pink flowers in July-August. 12”-18”, dislikes dry soil.
Bare root division $5 |
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Oriental Poppy ‘Princess Victoria Louise’ S
Huge 8” crepe-papery flowers, salmon with black centers on 3’ stems in early summer. Will go dormant in late summer, best planted in the back of the border. Deer resistant.
2.5” pot $4 |
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Phlox ‘Laura’ (Phlox paniculata) N/S/PS
Mildew resistant, shorter variety (2’-3’) of native garden phlox, purple flower with a white eye, late summer bloom period.
3” plug $5 |
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Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium) N/S
Eye catching native for a dry sunny site, spiny leaves in a
rosette similar to yucca, thistle like bluish silver flowers.
2.25” x 5” plug $4
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Sedum ‘Xenox’ (Sedum) S
Succulent foliage emerges greenish purple, turns dark burgundy in summer, flowers are rosy pink, 15” tall, upright forum. Late summer to fall bloom.
3” plug $6 |
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Siberian Bugloss (Brunnera macrophylla) PS
Heart shaped green leaves, sprays of sky blue flowers
early spring, long bloom period. Dislikes dry soil, moist
woodland conditions best. Resembles a giant forget me not.
Bare root division $5 |
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Tickseed (Coreopsis verticillata) N/S
Hardy, tough native with massed yellow flowers on
needle like foliage May – August. 24”, sun. Very drought
tolerant once established.
2.25” x 5” plug $4 |
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Toad Lily ‘Moonlight’ (Tricyrtis) PS/Sh
Bright chartreuse foliage, purple/white flecked flowers on
arching stems Sept-Oct, 20” tall.
2.25 x 5” plug $6 |
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Trout Lily/Dogtooth Violet (E. americanum) N/PS
Yellow flowers, mottled foliage: native of moist
woodlands. 6” tall, flowers early spring, will go dormant after flowering. Bright shade.
2.5” plug $5 |