Kitten Around Catmint has masses of beautiful spikes of lightly-scented powder blue flowers with rose calyces rising above the foliage from early summer to early fall, which are most effective when planted in groupings. Its small fragrant pointy leaves remain bluish-green in color throughout the season.

Blue By You Meadow Sage has masses of beautiful spikes of blue flowers with violet overtones and burgundy calyces rising above the foliage from mid spring to early fall, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its fragrant narrow leaves remain green in color throughout the season.

Bright, sunshine-yellow flat-topped blooms hover over a tidy clump of fine, aromatic foliage from early through late summer, bringing cheerful, long-lasting color to the front of a sunny border. Little Moonshine is wonderfully easygoing — it loves full sun, asks for very little water once settled in, and shrugs off heat, lean soils, and even the juglone beneath black walnut trees. Butterflies flock to the nectar-rich flower heads and finches nibble the seedheads come fall, yet deer and rabbits consistently leave it untouched. Snip the spent blooms and you’ll coax a second flush of flowers, lovely for fresh-cut bouquets. Its compact, clumping shape suits borders, containers, and pollinator gardens alike, while its dense roots make it a smart pick for stabilizing a sunny slope. With the tough, prairie-born resilience of classic yarrow, it’s a true plant-it-and-enjoy-it perennial.

Giant Lamb's Ears's attractive large tomentose oval leaves emerge silver in spring, turning grayish green in color throughout the season on a plant with a mounded habit of growth. It has masses of beautiful spikes of pink flowers rising above the foliage in early summer, which are most effective when planted in groupings.

Feathers Peacock Salvia has masses of beautiful spikes of purple flowers with blue overtones and burgundy calyces rising above the foliage from late spring to mid fall, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its fragrant lobed leaves remain dark green in color throughout the season.

A good durable utility shrub with bronze tinged foliage and small yellow flowers. Tolerant of adverse conditions. Bush Honeysuckle has attractive dark green foliage which emerges burgundy in spring. It has lemon yellow trumpet-shaped flowers along the branches in early summer.

Big Blackhawk Bluestem brings the bold, sweeping drama of the prairie into the home garden. This stately native grass forms tall, upright clumps that climb to three to five feet, adding vertical structure and graceful movement wherever it’s planted. Native to the central and eastern United States, it thrives in full sun and lean, dry soil, growing tougher and more drought-tolerant with each passing season. As autumn arrives, its green blades take on warm coppery-bronze tones that catch the late-season light and persist into winter. Songbirds feed on its seed heads through the cold months, and it’s seldom browsed by deer. Plant it in sweeping masses on a sunny slope or as a living screen—it’s prairie grandeur at its finest.

Little Bluestem Sandhill grows tall, up to four feet, with powder blue leaves that widen as they rise. It thrives in full sun and dry to average soil, showing beautiful fall colors from creamy orange to purple.

Shortbeak Sedge is primarily valued in the garden for its interestingly mounded form. It features airy spikes of chartreuse flowers rising above the foliage in mid spring. Its attractive grassy leaves remain forest green in color throughout the season.

A low, spreading cactus that creates stunning visual impact with papery bright yellow or fuchsia flowers. This hardy groundcover naturally forms colonies several feet across, making it ideal for xeriscaping and large-scale plantings. The distinctive reddish-purple fruit is covered with protective spines, adding year-round interest. Perfect for containers or as a dramatic landscape accent, this prickly pear thrives in full sun and well-draining soil with minimal water requirements once established.

Kodiak Fresh® Diervilla features showy panicles of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers at the ends of the branches from early to mid summer. It has lime green-variegated yellow foliage with hints of chartreuse which emerges red in spring. The pointy leaves turn outstanding shades of orange and in the fall. The brick red stems can be quite attractive.

Common Yarrow is covered in stunning white flat-top flowers at the ends of the stems from early to late summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its attractive tomentose ferny leaves remain grayish green in color throughout the season.

Snowflake Candytuft is one of the great reliable pleasures of the early spring garden, smothering its low evergreen mound in a solid blanket of crisp white flowers that emerge even as the season is still finding its footing. The display is brief but glorious, creating a clean, bright carpet that works beautifully as a groundcover, edging plant, or tucked into a rock garden wall. After bloom, the tidy evergreen foliage takes over and holds the garden floor through every season with quiet, unpretentious presence. It asks very little once established—just full sun and excellent drainage—and handles drought, deer, black walnut, and poor soil with equal ease. The compact habit, under 12 inches tall, makes it a natural fit at the front of a border where you want early color without fuss. A foundational spring perennial that rewards its place year after year.

Whiteout Candytuft is smothered in stunning white flowers at the ends of the stems from mid to late spring. Its narrow leaves remain green in color throughout the year.

Hetz Columnar Juniper is a dwarf conifer which is primarily valued in the landscape for its distinctively pyramidal habit of growth. It has emerald green evergreen foliage. The scale-like sprays of foliage remain emerald green throughout the winter.

Spectacular purple with yellow centre spikes of pea-flowers rise from blue-green foliage in early summer; use this plant for its outstanding display of vertical flowers as an accent in the garden

Flowers are lovely, but its foliage that anchors most plants through the season, and its foliage that makes Sunjoy Sequins barberry so unique. New growth emerges in a shimmering palette of white, pink, and mint green before maturing to emerald. This large shrub is a nice choice for a colorful hedge or eye-catching specimen, and its variegation makes it more shade tolerant than other barberries.

An arching, sprawling evergreen shrub with very pointy needles streaked with interesting silvery blue lines and abundant showy powdery blue berries; extremely adaptable to poor soils and dry locations, very hardy Blueberry Delight Juniper is primarily grown for its highly ornamental fruit. It features an abundance of magnificent blue berries from late spring to late winter. It has attractive powder blue foliage with silver stripes. The needles are highly ornamental and turn coppery-bronze in fall. The flowers are not ornamentally significant. Blueberry Delight Juniper is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a ground-hugging habit of growth. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone. This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It has no significant negative characteristics. Blueberry Delight Juniper is recommended for the following landscape applications; Mass Planting General Garden Use Groundcover This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist growing conditions, but will not tolerate any standing water. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for xeriscaping or the moisture-conserving landscape. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selection of a native North American species.

Cool Splash Bush Honeysuckle is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its cascading habit of growth. It features subtle panicles of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers along the branches in early summer. It has attractive white-variegated, dark-green foliage. The oval leaves are highly ornamental but do not develop any appreciable fall color.

Early Birdâ„¢ Frosty Pinks is draped in stunning fragrant white frilly flowers at the ends of the stems from early spring to late summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its attractive grassy leaves remain grayish green in color with hints of silvery blue throughout the year.

Hillside Creeper Scotch Pine is a dwarf conifer which is primarily valued in the garden for its broadly spreading habit of growth. It has rich green evergreen foliage. The needles remain green throughout the winter.