Tiny Cosmic Asiatic lilies bring bold, jewel-toned blooms to garden beds and containers with minimal fuss. These compact perennials produce star-shaped flowers in rich purples and deep magentas, often with contrasting stamens that add visual depth. Perfect for smaller spaces, borders, and mixed plantings, they thrive in well-draining soil and full sun. Expect reliable summer blooms and excellent cut-flower potential. Hardy and low-maintenance once established, these lilies return year after year with proper drainage and minimal deadheading required.

Summerific® French Vanilla Hibiscus features bold buttery yellow round flowers with white overtones and crimson eyes at the ends of the stems from mid summer to early fall. Its large pointy leaves remain dark green in color throughout the season.

White Turtlehead has masses of beautiful white hooded flowers at the ends of the stems from late summer to mid fall, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its serrated pointy leaves remain dark green in color throughout the season.

This easy perennial is grown mainly for its attractive, coppery red, heavily lobed foliage. Each finger-like leaf has a burgundy red center. Olive green summer leaf color. Creamy white, bottlebrush-like flowers.

Sonic Bloom® Punch Weigela brings big energy to the garden with a spectacular spring flush of rich punch-pink trumpet flowers that completely cover the foliage, followed by a generous rebloom in late summer through fall. Growing 3–5 feet tall and wide in a compact mounding form, it’s ideal for borders and mixed plantings in full sun where its bold color can shine. Hummingbirds, butterflies, and birds are drawn to the flowers through both the spring and rebloom periods. The foliage carries a handsome bronze tint that complements the vivid blooms, then transitions to copper-bronze tones in autumn. Resistant to deer, rabbits, insects, and disease, it’s a reliable, low-maintenance performer. A high-impact, reblooming choice for gardeners who want maximum color and wildlife activity throughout the season.

Peachberry Ice Coral Bells features dainty spikes of creamy white bell-shaped flowers rising above the foliage in mid summer. Its attractive crinkled lobed leaves emerge peach in spring, turning orange in color with curious shell pink undersides and tinges of silver the rest of the year.

Czechmark Trilogy® Weigela features showy clusters of white trumpet-shaped flowers with pink overtones and red throats along the branches from late spring to early summer. It has attractive dark green deciduous foliage. The glossy pointy leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding brick red in the fall.

This especially compact selection with bright violet-blue blooms is a stunning addition to borders. The vivid flower spikes top upright stems of gray-green, deer and rabbit resistant foliage on a dense shrub-like habit. A wonderful bedding or container plant. An herbaceous perennial.

Cloudburst Phlox is a compact perennial with a naturally dense habit and rich green foliage. It produces abundant clusters of white flowers beginning in late spring and continuing through summer. Its restrained growth makes it ideal for foundation plantings, borders, and smaller garden spaces where you need reliable color without excessive spread.

A stunning compact hybrid lupine that produces thick spikes of eye-catching two-tone yellow and white flowers. Creates tremendous visual impact when massed in garden beds, border plantings, or container displays. Perfect for adding bold color and architectural interest to any landscape.

Summersong™ Firefinch™ Coneflower has masses of beautiful lightly-scented orange daisy flowers with red overtones and coppery-bronze eyes at the ends of the stems from mid summer to mid fall, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its pointy leaves remain green in color throughout the season.

Luna White Hardy Hibiscus makes an unforgettable statement in the summer garden with enormous, saucer-like white blooms that can span ten inches or more across—each one a stunning, tropical-feeling display on a plant that is thoroughly winter-hardy in our climate. The pure white flowers open in succession from midsummer through fall, with fresh blooms replacing spent ones to maintain a continuous show for weeks on end. Growing three to five feet tall and wide, it earns a spot as a strong focal accent in the sunny border or near a water feature where its bold form and generous bloom make maximum impact. Butterflies and hummingbirds visit regularly throughout the season, adding movement and wildlife value to whatever space it anchors. Despite its exotic appearance, it is a remarkably undemanding perennial—give it full sun, adequate moisture, and well-drained soil, and it handles the rest on its own. The only patience required is in spring, when it emerges quite late; mark its location and resist the urge to dig it up before it wakes.

Madame Galen Trumpet Vine is one of the most spectacular flowering climbers you can grow, producing vivid clusters of large trumpet-shaped orange blooms that hummingbirds simply can’t resist. A vigorous native-region vine that reaches 20–30 feet with proper support, it’s ideal for covering arbors, fences, walls, or trellises in full sun. Deep green foliage creates a lush backdrop for the brilliant summer and fall flower display, then turns a clean yellow-gold before dropping. It’s tough, adaptable, and highly resistant to deer, rabbits, insects, and disease. Tolerates Black Walnut and cold conditions, making it a reliable performer across a wide range of garden situations. Train it upward and give it room to run — the reward is a cascade of color that lasts from midsummer into autumn. A showstopper that earns every bit of the space it takes.

Meant To Beeâ„¢ Queen Nectarine Anise Hyssop features airy spikes of lightly-scented peach tubular flowers with lilac purple calyces rising above the foliage from mid summer to early fall, which emerge from distinctive orange flower buds. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its fragrant narrow leaves remain green in color throughout the season.

This relatively compact columbine fits in tight spots, perfect for rock gardens; lacy foliage and unique spurred red flowers brighten shady areas

Joe Pye Weed has masses of beautiful plumes of lightly-scented rose flowers at the ends of the stems from late summer to late fall, which emerge from distinctive fuchsia flower buds, and which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its large serrated narrow leaves emerge dark green in spring, turning forest green in color throughout the season. The burgundy stems can be quite attractive.

This relatively compact columbine fits in tight spots, perfect for rock gardens; lacy foliage and unique spurred red flowers brighten shady areas

Sugar Shack® Button Bush features unusual racemes of fragrant creamy white ball-shaped flowers along the branches from early to late summer, which emerge from distinctive buttery yellow flower buds. It has green foliage throughout the season. The glossy pointy leaves turn coppery-bronze in fall. The red fruits are held in clusters in mid fall. Sugar Shack is a smaller, more compact version of the native Buttonbush. Buttonbush is common and widely distributed in Illinois, often found in wet areas like swamps, bogs, and along water corridors.

Stunning, sturdy spikes of volumptuous, deep-purple flowers rise over a frilly mound of green foliage from May to July. Better genetics from plant breeder Bart Noordhuis produces Bee Delphiniums with excellent disease resistance, increased hardiness, and multiple branching stems - which means it is great for cutting gardens.

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.

Kintzley's Ghost Honeysuckle features showy clusters of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers with silver bracts at the ends of the branches from late spring to mid summer. It has bluish-green deciduous foliage. The oval leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.