Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Biokovo’
This versatile and easy-to-grow hardy geranium is a great choice for an evergreen perennial that is deer resistant, drought tolerant in part shade, and even gets fall color.
When looking for deer re…
Baptisia australis
Blue False Indigo
Baptisia or Blue False Indigo may not be all that familiar but it should be for it’s striking purple flower stalks and refreshing blue-green foliage. It has what we always lo…
Daphne transatlantica
‘Summer Ice’ and ‘Eternal Fragrance’ Daphne
By far, one of our most asked about plants!
This species of Daphne blooms throughout the spring, summer and fall, and is less fussy than some of the other…
Pulsatilla vulgaris
Pasque Flower
Of all the flushes of new growth and bright flowers of spring, Pulsatillas are my favorite harbinger of this vibrant season. Among the earlier of perennials to bloom, Pasque flow…
Spirea thunbergii ‘Ogon’
Ogon (Gold Leaf) Bridal Wreath Spirea
A colorful and textural addition to the tough and easy to grow Spireas. Changing from bright yellow, to lime green, to vibrant orange in the fall, t…
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Pink Muhly Grass
Pink Muhly grass is the fairy dust of ornamental grasses. You have to wait until the end of summer for the haze of pink blooms to emerge, but it is so worth it. If you have spot th…
Cistus spp.
If your only exposure to Rockroses has been the Orchid Rockrose (Cistus purpurea), which can get a bit rangy and raggedy after a few years, you are in for a real treat!
There are some spectacular va…
Pinus densiflora ‘Oculus-draconis’
Dragon’s Eye Pine
A cultivar of the Japanese Red Pine, this irregularly structured tree makes a wonderful specimen, especially when grown against a darker backdrop of conifers or a large blank wall…
Creeping Thymes
Creeping Thyme
Creeping Thyme may seem too simple or common of a plant to feature but it is so useful and tough that we find ourselves using it all the time! What other plant has evergre…