A fine-textured native sedge with delicate, arching foliage that brings movement and elegance to garden beds and borders. Indigenous to Illinois and the Midwest, James sedge thrives in moist, well-drained soil and partial shade, making it ideal for woodland gardens, rain gardens, and shaded perennial combinations. Its compact, clumping habit and year-round interest provide structure without overwhelming neighboring plants. Perfect for adding softness and visual flow to native plant landscapes and restoration projects.

Midwinter Fire Dogwood has clusters of creamy white flowers at the ends of the branches in late spring. It has green deciduous foliage. The glossy oval leaves turn an outstanding gold in the fall. It produces deep purple berries in late summer. The red bark and harvest gold branches are extremely showy and add significant winter interest.

River Birch features subtle chartreuse catkins in early spring. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves turn an outstanding yellow in the fall. The peeling brown bark is extremely showy and adds significant winter interest.

Wildfire Winterberry is primarily grown for its highly ornamental fruit. It features an abundance of magnificent red berries from mid fall to late winter. It has forest green deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves turn gold in fall.

Bright yellow flowers emerge along winter-bare branches of this vigorous, symmetrical, columnar Cornelian Cherry. Dark green foliage follows, remaining clean and dark green through the summer months before turning deep crimson in autumn. Tart and tasty bright red fruit ripens in late summer to early fall. Attractive dark brown bark exfoliates with age.

Slender Silhouette Sweetgum is primarily valued in the landscape for its rigidly columnar form. It has forest green deciduous foliage. The lobed palmate leaves turn an outstanding orange in the fall.

Berry Heavy® Gold Winterberry is primarily grown for its highly ornamental fruit. It features an abundance of magnificent gold berries from mid fall to late winter. It has forest green deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

Trembling Aspen has rich green deciduous foliage on a tree with an oval habit of growth. The round leaves turn an outstanding gold in the fall. However, the fruit can be messy in the landscape and may require occasional clean-up. The smooth white bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.

This new sport of the well known 'Green Giant' is noted for its upright, more compact habit. Lively green foliage is fine to the touch and maintains a tight shape. Use this handsome, easy-care shrub to create an evergreen screen, define the back of a border, or feature as an accent specimen in landscape or container.

An exotic yet hardy shrub with stout, pithy stems and fronds of tropical-looking leaves, can be rather leggy; very interesting upright spikes of red-purple fruit lasting into winter and brilliant fall colors; suckers vigorously, ideal for naturalizing

This smaller shrub features attractive sulfur yellow flower clusters in early summer, contrasting the dark reddish-purple foliage that turns a more vivid red in fall; a drought and shade tolerant plant that is great for challenging sites

Renaissance Oasis® Paper Birch has dark green deciduous foliage on a tree with an oval habit of growth. The serrated pointy leaves turn outstanding shades of yellow and in the fall. The peeling white bark is extremely showy and adds significant winter interest.

Prairie Flame Shining Sumac is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its ornamental upright and spreading habit of growth. It features bold spikes of creamy white flowers rising above the foliage from mid to late summer. It has green deciduous foliage. The large glossy narrow pinnately compound leaves turn an outstanding scarlet in the fall.

A sturdy and beautiful evergreen with a dense, columnar habit; rich, dark green foliage turns russet red in fall; takes pruning exceptionally well; perfect as a trimmed hedge, vertical accent, or dense screen; adaptable to different soil conditions

Apache Rose Switchgrass is a standout native prairie grass with upright, dark green blades that flush with rosy-red tones as the season advances toward fall. Fine-textured pink flower panicles appear in summer, catching the light and adding a hazy, ornamental quality to the planting. By autumn, the foliage transitions to warm gold and copper-bronze, extending visual interest deep into the season. Growing 3 to 5 feet tall, it’s ideal for mass plantings where its movement and color can make a real statement. As a Great Lakes native, it offers exceptional wildlife value, providing habitat and seed for birds throughout the year.

Honeycomb^® Ninebark makes a statement with large, vibrant, chartreuse leaves that hold their color all season long, even in full sun. In the spring, white flowers provide lovely contrast to the leaves, and in the fall, gold leaves provide stunning fall interest. Maturing at 4-6 feet tall and 5-7 feet wide, Honeycomb^® makes for a beautiful hedge or color block along a fence line.

Juniperus communis ‘Effusa’ is a low, spreading form that adapts to any garden, even in shady locations. Its small needles grow close to the flexible, reddish brown stems, which show off soft, cinnamon brown tips when new, and mature to bright green as the season progresses.