Blue Star is a low growing, mounded juniper with bright steely blue foliage that contrasts beautifully with the typical greens of other garden plants as well as yellows and purples. The needles are radially arranged around the stems giving the appearance of stars. Great in the rock garden, as a low border plant or in a mass planting for the color effect.

A highly desirable and popular groundcover, forming a dense low mat completely covered in lavender-purple flowers throughout summer, attractive fine and fragrant foliage the rest of the season; needs a dry and sunny location, can take light foot traffic

Trio Berries Hens & Chicks brings the classic charm of sempervivum in a tidy, spreading form with rich red summer blooms that arrive in cheerful clusters above the evergreen rosettes. Perfectly scaled for containers, rock gardens, and border edges, it slowly expands as the mother rosette offsets into a spreading cluster of smaller chicks. Full sun, lean soil, and almost no water once established are all it needs—making it an ideal choice for hot, dry spots where more demanding plants struggle. The thick, succulent leaves carry it through drought and poor conditions with ease, and deer and rabbits reliably leave it alone. Plant it in a mix with other sedums and sempervivums for a tapestry of contrasting textures and colors that changes subtly through the seasons. A genuinely carefree accent that earns its keep wherever it’s planted.

Filipendula Rubra, commonly called the Queen of the Prairie, is a U.S. native perennial. Deeply cut, fragrant, bright green leaves have lance-shaped leaflets with an unusually large terminal leaflets. A good foliage plant that is valued for both its leaves and its flowers.

Little Spire Russian Sage features delicate spikes of lavender flowers rising above the foliage from early summer to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its attractive tiny fragrant narrow leaves emerge silver in spring, turning grayish green in color throughout the season.

Dragon's Blood Stonecrop is smothered in stunning rose star-shaped flowers at the ends of the stems from early to mid summer. Its attractive tiny succulent round leaves emerge burgundy in spring, turning dark green in color with distinctive dark red edges. As an added bonus, the foliage turns a gorgeous dark red in the fall.

• Mature Height: 4 inches
• Mature Width: 14 inches
• Sunlight: Sun, Part Shade
• Soil Conditions: Moderate to Dry

Plants are constantly growing, ever-changing, and therefore unique. The plant you receive may vary from the photo, but rest assured, holds the same glorious potential!

A fine groundcover great for rock gardens, forms a dense low mat which is completely covered in lilac-pink flowers throughout summer; attractive variegated foliage; needs a dry and sunny location, will take light foot traffic

Blackbeard Beard Tongue has masses of beautiful spikes of lilac purple tubular flowers with white throats rising above the foliage from early to mid summer, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its attractive glossy narrow leaves remain deep purple in color throughout the season. The deep purple stems can be quite attractive.

Hi Ho Silver Thyme is a perennial herb that is typically grown for its edible qualities, although it does have ornamental merits as well. The tiny fragrant oval grayish green leaves with distinctive creamy white edges and tinges of silver can be harvested at any time in the season. The leaves have a mild taste and a pleasant fragrance.

The leaves are most often used in the following ways:

Elfin Creeping Thyme is smothered in stunning lavender flowers at the ends of the stems from early to mid summer. Its attractive tiny fragrant round leaves remain grayish green in color throughout the year.

Splendid fluted petals with cheery, daisy-like yellow flowers and a central gold disk; tolerant of pests and drier soils; thriving in sandy and rocky soils; coreopsis needs good drainage

Whorled Milkweed is a delicate, fine-textured native that’s a quiet powerhouse for the pollinator garden. Its slender stems are dressed in airy whorls of needle-thin leaves, giving it a soft, almost feathery presence among bolder companions. Native across much of the eastern U.S., it serves as an essential host plant for Monarch caterpillars while its summer flower clusters draw butterflies and other beneficial pollinators. Happiest in full sun to light shade, it asks for little water and thrives in the lean, well-drained soils other plants snub. Deer tend to leave it alone, and it spreads gently to form colonies—perfect for naturalized borders and prairie-style plantings. Weave it through a meadow garden and watch the winged visitors arrive.

Trio Campfire Hens & Chicks smolders with year-round drama—its tight, architectural rosettes dressed in vivid red foliage that deepens and shifts through the seasons, from bright scarlet in summer to rich burgundy and copper-bronze in fall and winter. An evergreen succulent that thrives in containers, rock gardens, and hot, well-drained spots where little else survives, it is as close to indestructible as a garden plant gets. The mother rosette gradually produces clusters of smaller chicks around its base, slowly filling available space with a living mosaic of warm color. Full sun, lean soil, and minimal water are all it needs—in fact, it prefers to be left on the dry side. Tuck it into troughs, stone walls, or mixed containers where its bold, compact form can be appreciated up close. This is a plant for the gardener who wants reliable drama without the work.

Landmark Citrus Lantana features showy cymes of orange flowers with yellow centers at the ends of the branches from early summer to mid fall. Its tomentose pointy leaves remain green in color throughout the year.

• Mature Height: 14 inches
• Mature Width: 10 inches
• Sunlight: Sun to Part Sun
• Soil Conditions: Moist

Plants are constantly growing, ever-changing, and therefore unique. The plant you receive may vary from the photo, but rest assured, holds the same glorious potential!

Hello Yellow Butterfly Weed brightens the sunny summer border with clean, vivid yellow flower clusters that are irresistible to monarchs and other butterflies—making it one of the most rewarding milkweed choices for a pollinator planting. A Great Lakes native, it forms a tidy, clumping mound of narrow foliage reaching twelve to eighteen inches tall, fitting neatly into borders, rock gardens, or naturalistic mass plantings. Unlike some milkweeds, it is notably drought tolerant once established, thriving in lean soils and full sun without supplemental watering. Deer and rabbits reliably pass it by, and it handles the difficult root zone beneath black walnut trees with ease. The seedpods that follow the flowers are gracefully ornamental in their own right, eventually splitting to release silky-tailed seeds. It’s a genuinely no-fuss native that pays for itself all summer long in monarch sightings alone.

Angelina Stonecrop is smothered in stunning yellow star-shaped flowers at the ends of the stems from early to mid summer. Its attractive succulent needle-like leaves remain gold in color throughout the season.

Wesuwe Meadow Sage has masses of beautiful spikes of violet flowers with blue overtones and brick red calyces rising above the foliage from late spring to late summer, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its fragrant narrow leaves remain grayish green in color throughout the season.

A ground-hugging mound that is truly mop-like, with stringy leaves that color best in full sun. A superior accent to add contrast to dwarf green conifer plantings. Tailored to rock gardens and slope plantings as well as Asian garden schemes.

Gold Mine Giant Hen and Chicks earns its name with rosettes of warm golden-yellow foliage that glow in the sun and hold their distinctive color across all four seasons, making it one of the most cheerful and consistent sempervivums for the sunny garden. The Chick Charms Giant series features unusually large rosettes that have real presence in a rock garden, container, or border edge planting where the bold color and substantial size command attention at ground level. Red flowers rise above the foliage in summer for a contrasting pop of color before the parent rosette matures its offsets and the colony gradually fills in. Fall brings warm golden tones that shift through yellow-gold as temperatures cool, adding to the plant’s year-round appeal. Drought-tolerant, deer and rabbit resistant, and evergreen, it thrives in the conditions that discourage most other ornamentals and requires no care once established. A golden accent that earns its place in any well-drained, sunny spot.

Maroon Mountain Giant Hen and Chicks brings deep, smoldering drama to the sunny rock garden or container with oversized rosettes of rich red-maroon foliage that hold their dark, brooding color through the growing season and deepen into burgundy as temperatures fall. As part of the Chick Charms Giant series, the rosettes are noticeably larger than standard sempervivums, giving the planting a bold, architectural quality that reads well even from a distance. Red flowers emerge in summer above the foliage before the parent rosette matures offsets that steadily fill in as a dense, colorful groundcover over time. The foliage persists through winter in handsome evergreen form, extending the ornamental season through the coldest months when most of the garden has gone quiet. Virtually no care is required—drought, poor soils, and neglect are no obstacle, and deer and rabbit resistant status makes it genuinely trouble-free. A standout selection for anyone who wants powerful, year-round color at the garden’s edge.

Copper Canyon Giant Hen and Chicks brings the warm colors of its namesake landscape right into the garden—large rosettes that shift from green through amber and bronze tones as the season progresses, creating a rich, sun-warmed display that deepens beautifully into fall. The unusually large size of the Chick Charms Giant series sets these rosettes apart from standard sempervivums, making them more visible as a groundcover and more striking as individual specimen plants in a container or rock garden feature. Yellow flowers rise above the foliage in summer, and the parent rosette generates offsets steadily over time, gradually expanding to fill any space it’s given. Drought-tolerant, deer and rabbit resistant, and evergreen through all four seasons, it handles the most challenging planting conditions without complaint. Like all hens and chicks, it asks for almost nothing beyond a sunny position with reasonable drainage. An architectural, colorful, and completely carefree ground-level presence.

A dense and mounded selection that features narrow, ferny foliage throughout the season; soft blue, star shaped flowers bloom in clusters from late spring to early summer; foliage turns a lovely golden yellow in the fall; easy to grow and low maintenance

Prairie Coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) is a beautiful, long-blooming wildflower that is especially useful for establishing in difficult areas with poor soils and dry conditions. Native to the Midwest, the plant begins blooming in late spring with showy pale-yellow flowers that attract a variety of native bees and sulphur butterflies.