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.

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.

American Spikenard features airy racemes of chartreuse star-shaped flowers with white overtones at the ends of the stems from mid to late spring. Its large serrated pointy bipinnately compound leaves are dark green in color. The foliage often turns yellow in fall. It produces red berries from early to late fall.

Bottlebrush Buckeye features showy spikes of white flowers with red anthers rising above the foliage in early summer. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The large palmate leaves turn yellow in fall. This is a dense spreading deciduous shrub with a ground-hugging habit of growth. Its strikingly bold and coarse texture can be very effective in a balanced landscape composition

Black Chokeberry features showy panicles of white flowers with brick red anthers at the ends of the branches in mid spring. It has forest green deciduous foliage. The glossy oval leaves turn an outstanding red in the fall. It produces black berries from late summer to late winter.

Henry's Garnet Virginia Sweetspire has racemes of fragrant white flowers at the ends of the branches in early summer. It has green deciduous foliage. The narrow leaves turn an outstanding burgundy in the fall. The smooth brown bark and purple branches add an interesting dimension to the landscape.

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.

This naturally compact upright mounded shrub is bathed in pale yellow double flowers all season long; fine textured rich green foliage, makes a good groundcover; hardy, tough and adaptable to all conditions, but dislikes wet soils

Lemon Meringueâ„¢ Potentilla is bathed in stunning buttery yellow flowers with gold eyes at the ends of the branches from late spring to early fall. It has green foliage throughout the season. The small ferny compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Lemon Meringueâ„¢ Potentilla is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a ground-hugging habit of growth. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage. This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Lemon Meringueâ„¢ Potentilla is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Rainbow's End Spruce is a dwarf conifer which is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its distinctively pyramidal habit of growth. It has attractive dark green foliage with hints of yellow which emerges yellow in spring. The needles are highly ornamental and remain dark green throughout the winter.

Common Witchhazel has fragrant yellow strap-like flowers along the branches in late fall before the leaves, which are interesting on close inspection. It has green deciduous foliage. The serrated round leaves turn an outstanding yellow in the fall.

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

Purpleleaf Royal Fern features bold spikes of brown flowers rising above the foliage in mid summer. Its attractive enormous oval bipinnately compound leaves emerge deep purple in spring, turning green in color with distinctive burgundy veins. As an added bonus, the foliage turns a gorgeous gold in the fall.

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.

A beautiful, adaptable and hardy shrub offering four-seasons of interest. Vibrant red twigs are stunning in the winter garden. Spring flowers yield small ornamental fruit that is attractive to birds. Colorful fall foliage. Spreading habit is helpful in controlling erosion. Tolerates clay, wet soil. Deciduous.

Mature Height: 6’ to 9’

Mature Width: 8’ to 12’

Sunlight: Full sun to part shade

Soil: Rich, consistently moist soil

Hardiness Zone: 3 - 8

An extremely vigorous vine, excellent for quick screening, almost invasive; highly interesting purple flowers and oddly shaped fruit, often lost in the foliage; large leaves provide good shade for pergolas or arbors. Dutchman's Pipe features unusual light green tubular flowers along the branches in mid spring. It has dark green foliage throughout the season.

An attractive garden shrub featuring showy flat-topped clusters of creamy white flowers in late spring followed by bluish-black berries, attractive to birds, excellent fall color; an upright spreading shrub, rugged and adaptable, ideal as a natural hedge.

Smooth Aster has masses of beautiful lavender 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.

White Big Leaf Aster has masses of beautiful white daisy flowers with yellow eyes at the ends of the stems from late summer to early fall, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its heart-shaped leaves are dark green in color. The foliage often turns burgundy in fall.

Venus Flowering Dogwood is smothered in stunning clusters of white flowers with white bracts held atop the branches in late spring. It has attractive dark green deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding red in the fall. It features an abundance of magnificent red berries in late fall. The peeling gray bark and antique red branches are extremely showy and add significant winter interest.

Agastache 'Pink Pearl' forms a compact, mid-sized mound crowned with tall flower spikes of delicate light pink blooms that flower prolifically throughout the season. This sturdy variety excels in garden borders and container plantings alike. Plant in fertile, well-drained soil and full sun for optimal growth and continuous flowering.

Slender Mountain Mint is a Great Lakes native perennial with a special talent for attracting native bees, butterflies, and other pollinators in extraordinary numbers. The small, purple-tinged white flowers are set against silvery-white bracts that give the plant a frosty, luminous quality in the summer and fall garden. Growing 24 to 36 inches in a tidy clumping habit, it fills borders and naturalized areas with both beauty and ecological value. The aromatic, narrow foliage releases a refreshing minty fragrance when brushed or crushed. Deer and rabbit resistant with excellent disease resistance.

Starlite Prairie False Indigo is a tough, native-bred perennial that offers a surprisingly long season of interest for such an undemanding plant. Its indigo-blue flower spikes rise above mounding blue-green foliage in late spring and early summer, drawing butterflies and small birds to the garden at a beautiful time of year. A Great Lakes native selection growing two to three feet tall, it settles into well-drained soil in full sun and quickly earns its reputation for drought tolerance and complete deer resistance. The foliage remains attractive all summer, and the decorative seedpods that follow the blooms rattle pleasantly in the breeze and provide late-season structure. Come fall, the foliage shifts to warm burgundy and copper-brown tones for a final flush of seasonal color. Mass it along a slope for erosion control, or group several plants in a sunny border for a bold, prairie-style planting that rewards minimal care.

Flat, matte leaves emerge light gray with a rosy blush before maturing to solid gray with dark gray veining. This striking foliage provides color, contrast, and texture to beds and borders, while delicate light rose flowers bloom on tall scapes. Performs exceptionally well in hot and humid conditions, making it an ideal choice for challenging garden spaces.