Fast-growing and hardy, Dark Green Arborvitae is a large pyramidal tree excellent for hedging, screening and accent use. The medium green foliage retains its good color over the winter. Allow this plant plenty of room to spread because it gets wide, even if trimmed! While tolerant of partial shade, it will look and perform its best with at least 6 hours of sun daily. May need protection from deer.

Also called Prairie Alumroot. Airy spikes of green to cream bells rise from a compact, dense mound of cupped, ruffled green foliage, great versatility; give some afternoon shade in hot southern areas; drought tolerant

Big Bluestem, a native grass of the Midwestern prairie, has been rediscovered as a useful and beautiful landscape plant. Drought tolerant and easy to maintain, it is a natural choice for prairie, meadow and naturalistic plantings. But, Andropogon gerardii is also great as a background or accent in mixed plantings. Big Bluestem is especially interesting when in bloom - its curiously shaped seed heads resemble upside-down turkey feet.

Firefly Peach Sky Yarrow features showy peach flat-top flowers with orange overtones at the ends of the stems from early to late summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its attractive tomentose ferny leaves remain green in color throughout the season.

Pale yellow buds open to creamy vanilla pea-flowers, that rise from a compact clump of gray-green foliage in late spring to early summer; use this plant for its outstanding display of vertical flowers as an accent in the garden or borders

Lovely rose flowers with good color retention, and no gap between flowers and foliage; an attractive container plant; excellent for xeriscaping and hot, sunny, dry locations in the garden; performs well on hot sites

Sombrero® Salsa Red Coneflower has masses of beautiful lightly-scented red daisy flowers with dark red eyes at the ends of the stems from mid summer to early 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.

Chameleon Little Bluestem features airy plumes of burgundy flowers with red overtones rising above the foliage from early to late fall. Its attractive grassy leaves are green in color with prominent white stripes and tinges of rose. As an added bonus, the foliage turns gorgeous shades of burgundy and in the fall. The dark red seed heads are carried on showy plumes displayed in abundance from mid fall to early winter.

Hetz Midget Arborvitae is a dwarf conifer which is primarily valued in the garden for its ornamental globe-shaped form. It has forest green evergreen foliage. The scale-like sprays of foliage remain forest green throughout the winter.

Coral Creme Drop™ Garden Phlox features bold fragrant conical coral-pink star-shaped flowers with rose eyes at the ends of the stems from early summer to early fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its narrow leaves remain emerald green in color throughout the season.

Blue Point Juniper is a dwarf conifer which is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its distinctively pyramidal habit of growth. It has attractive bluish-green evergreen foliage. The scale-like sprays of foliage are highly ornamental and remain bluish-green throughout the winter. It produces powder blue berries from late spring to late winter.

Purple Dome Aster has masses of beautiful purple daisy flowers with yellow eyes at the ends of the stems from late summer to late fall, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its narrow leaves remain dark green in color throughout the season.

Pink Revolution Foamy Bells has masses of beautiful spikes of pink bell-shaped flowers rising above the foliage from late spring to mid summer, which emerge from distinctive rose flower buds, and which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its attractive crinkled lobed leaves remain light green in color with distinctive deep purple veins and tinges of silver throughout the year. The dark red stems can be quite attractive.

Catching Fire Foamy Bells lives up to its name with foliage that seems to smolder—vibrant tones of orange, red-burgundy, and copper-bronze intensify through the season and reach their peak in summer and fall for a display that rivals the most dramatic autumn trees. The mounded clumps spread generously to three to five feet, making this an excellent groundcover or mass planting option where season-long color is the goal. Lacy, deeply cut leaves with the frothy texture characteristic of foamy bells add fine-grained detail that reads beautifully in both close-up and from a distance. Bees, butterflies, and other beneficial pollinators visit the slender flower stems when they emerge, and birds will forage around the plant, giving this workhorse genuine wildlife value. It holds its own in a sunny to lightly shaded spot and shrugs off deer, rabbits, and most garden pests without complaint. Use it as a bold accent in a mixed border, or let it spill across a sunny slope for effortless seasonal drama.

Ruby Bells Coral Bells features dainty spikes of red bell-shaped flowers rising above the foliage from late spring to mid summer. Its crinkled lobed leaves remain green in color throughout the year.

Royal Fern is an herbaceous perennial with a shapely form and gracefully arching foliage. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other garden plants with finer foliage.

This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

Dwarf Alberta Spruce is a dwarf conifer which is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its distinctively pyramidal habit of growth. It has rich green evergreen foliage which emerges light green in spring. The needles remain green throughout the winter.

Angel Eyes Hibiscus features bold white round flowers with dark red eyes and a hot pink flare along the stems from mid summer to early fall. Its large serrated lobed leaves remain green in color throughout the season.

Kodiak ^® Red diervilla is a native flowering shrub that looks great while shrugging off shade and problem soils. New growth emerges in spring with a deep burgundy tone, and turns vivid red in fall. During summer, leaves have a red edge and clusters of small yellow flowers appear all season. It's a simple but beautiful way to add low-maintenance color to parts of your yard that have been difficult to landscape.

Huron Gray Dogwood is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its ornamental globe-shaped form. It is smothered in stunning clusters of creamy white flowers at the ends of the branches from late spring to early summer. It has grayish green deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves turn an outstanding burgundy in the fall.

Blue Shag White Pine is a dwarf conifer which is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its ornamental globe-shaped form. It has attractive bluish-green evergreen foliage. The needles are highly ornamental and remain bluish-green throughout the winter.