Our inventory of perennials varies during the season, but there are always some for sun or shade.
ACANTHUS - Bear's Breeches
- ACANTHUS SPINOSUS - Bear's Breeches. Glossy dark green leaves with spiny tips. Tall spikes of flowers mid to late summer. Sun to light shade. Quite striking. $8.00 in gallons.
ACHILLEA - Yarrow
Flowers from summer to early fall, sometimes up till frost. Excellent fresh cut flowers or dried. Remove spent blossoms to promote continuous flowering. Tolerant of drought, wind and heat. Grows well in almost any soil type. Zones 3-9.
- ACHILLEA 'CORONATION GOLD' - Gray-green foliage with golden flower clusters from June till frost. Tolerates poor soil and drought conditions. Good as a cut or dried flower. 30" tall bloomscapes. Zones 3-9. $5.00 in quarts.
- ACHILLEA 'OERTEL'S ROSE' - Evergreen (at least in the southern part of its range) foliage. Blooms are deep rose pink and age to pale pink/white. Blooms spring through fall. Tolerates poor soil and drought. Good cut flower. Bloomscapes 24" - 30". Zones 3-9. $5.00 in quarts.
ADIANTUM
- ADIANTUM CAPILLUS-VENERIS - Southern Maiden Hair Fern. Grows about 12 inches tall here. Less lacy than our northern version. Light shade and sufficient moisture, though doesn't seem to like too much dampness. A very small number available. $8.00
- ADIANTUM PEDATUM - Northern Maiden Hair Fern. Fronds 12 - 30 inches long, erect-arching, deciduous. Zones 2 - 8. Spreads by short, creeping rhizomes so it forms small colonies. Likes light to medium shade. Lovely and delicate. Gallon pots. $8.00
AJUGA - Bugleweed
Shiny rounded evergreen leaves, some with shadings of red or bronze. Spreads fairly rapidly. Excellent groundcover for part-sun or shade and any soil, but most vigorous in moist conditions. Will grow under trees. Especially good where soil is acid and grass won't grow. Flowers in May and June. Zones 4-8
ANEMONE
- ANEMONE NEMEROSA 'VESTAL' - Double Wood Anemone. 6" tall. Zones 4-8 Produces masses of star-shaped double white flowers in spring and early summer above deeply cut green leaves. Likes woodland conditions. $5.00 in quarts.
AQUILEGIA - Columbine
ARISAEMA
- ARISAEMA CONSANGUINEUM - Himalayan Cobra Lily. An easy to grow Jack-in-the-Pulpit. Sort of looks like an umbrella frame that has lost its fabric. Spathe with a long pointed tip sits under the leaves. Zones 6-9 Woodsy conditions. Likes light shade. $5.00 in quart pots.
ASARUM - Ginger
- ASARUM CANADENSIS - our native Ginger. Shiny green round leaves and unusual brown/red flowers. $5.00 in quarts.
- ASARUM SHUTTLEWORTHII - Medium to large rounded leaves with with pointy tips and heavy silver markings. Low to the ground and slowly spreading to make a nice clump over time. $5.00 in quarts.
- I may have a number of other gingers if there is enough increase over the winter.
ASTILBE
A genus of summer flowering perennials, grown for their spikes of flowers that remain handsome even when dried brown in winter. Good for borders or rock gardens.
- ASTILBE 'DEUTSCHLAND' - Pure white plumes. Flowers in early and midsummer. 24" tall. $5.00
- ASTILBE 'OSTRICH PLUME' (Thunbergii) Zones 4-8. Rich pink. 30" tall. Blooms in early summer. $5.00
- ASSORTED COLORS, 3/$12.00
ATHYRIUM
- ATHYRIUM NIPONNICUM 'PICTUM' Zones 4-9, partial shade and humus rich, moist soil. Colorful fronds of grey-green blended with wine red. Fronds are wide and taper to a delicate point. 16 inches tall. $5.00 in quarts, $8.00 in gallons.
- ATHYRIUM 'LADY IN RED' - A tall, lovely fern, soft green in color, with distinctive red stems. Only a couple available this season. $8.00 in gallon pots.
BEGONIA
BRUNNERA
- BRUNNERA LANGTREES - Green heart shaped leaves with a border of silvery spots. Wonderful blue flowers in the spring. Shade preferred. $5.00 in quarts, $8.00 in gallons
CAMPANULA
A recent addition to the gardens and quite hardy here after a few years trials. Both kinds that we have available are free flowering from midsummer almost until frost.
- CAMPANULA PUNCTATA 'HONDENSIS' - The smaller of the two, growing about a foot tall. Likes shade. Bell-shaped drooping flowers with a scalloped edge in shades of rose. $5.00 in quarts.
- CAMPANULA 'WEDDING BELLS' - 12-18" tall with pure white flowers. This one will grow in full sun. $5.00 in quarts, $8.00 in gallon pots.
CAREX
- CAREX 'ICE DANCE' - Green and light gold liriope-like foliage. Evergreen here. Great groundcover as it is moderately fast growing. Likes light shade. $8.00 in gallons.
CASSIA
A member of the legume family. These like full sun, ample water when in active growth and fertile, well-drained soil.
- CASSIA HEBECARPA - A native, shrubby perennial with strong 5 foot tall stalks covered with delicate fernlike oval leaflets. Bright masses of golden pea type flowers in late summer. Sometimes called Wild Senna. $10.00 in gallons.
CONVALLARIA - Lily of the Valley
- CONVALLARIA MAJALIS 'ALBOSTRIATA' - Striped lily of the valley. Green leaves with vertical gold to cream stripes. White flowers. $12.00 in quart pots. Very limited supply so order early.
- CONVALLARIA MAJALIS 'VARIEGATA' - Edged lily of the valley. Green leaves with a thin gold edge. The photo was taken late in the season when the edge had faded quite a bit. It is very pronounced in the spring and summer. White flowers. Both of these are grow just a the more common version and spread just as quickly if they are in a place where they are happy. $8.00 in quart pots.
CORYDALIS
These lacy foliaged plants have become quite popular in recent years. The open, airy leaves are a good contrast to hostas. Plant them in a rich well drained soil.
- CORYDALIS LUTEA 12-15" tall with delicate blue green ferny foliage. Flowers are bright yellow and tubular. Likes shade and good drainage. Multiplies nicely without being invasive. $5.00
- CORYDALIS OPHIOCARPA - 30" tall with blue-green to gray-green ferny foliage. The ivory flowers are tipped with dark red. This plant, from the Eastern Himalayan region, grows in sun to part shade and needs good drainage. Zones 6-8 $5.00
DIANTHUS - Pinks
- DIANTHUS 'FIRE STAR' - Mat forming with lovely dark rose flowers. Reblooms if dead-headed. Zones 5-9 Full to part sun. $5.00 in pots.
- DIANTHUS 'TINY RUBIES' - a mat forming type with tiny rose red flowers borne on thin stems above the foliage and which will bloom sporadically all season after its first major bloom. $5.00 in quarts.
DICENTRA - Bleeding Hearts
- DICENTRA SPECTABILIS Old fashioned pink/red flowered Bleeding Hearts. Spring blooming, dormant by mid summer most years, blue green leaves. Best in light shade in moist soil. Zones 4-6. $8.00 in gallon pots
- DICENTRA SPECTABILIS ALBA - Pure white heart shaped flowers and blue green leaves. White version of the one above. $8.00 in gallon pots.
DISPOROPSIS
DRYOPTERIS
- DRYOPTERIS CARTHUSIANA - (synonym Dryopteris spinulosa) Spinulose wood fern or toothed wood fern. Deciduous, yellow color in fall. Common in swamps and wet woods in northern North America, Europe and Asia. Easy to grow in rich woodland soil and can also succeed in swampy and boggy situations or along streams, either in full shade or partial sun. 1-3 feet tall, erect-arching. Zones 2-7. In gallon pots, $10.00
ECHINACEA
- ECHINACEA PURPUREA 'WHITE SWAN' A pure white blossomed cone flower. Were free flowering over most of the season, up until frost. Prefers full sun. $5.00 in quart pots.
EOMECON
A genus of one species. Needs sun to part shade and well-drained soil.
- EOMECON CHIONANTHUS (Snow Poppy) A vigorous, spreading perennial, 12-16" tall. Zones 6-9. Leaves are grey/green. Small, nodding white flowers in summer on stems held above the leaves. $5.00
EPIMEDIUM
EQUISETUM (Horsetail)
Provides vertical lines and soft, feathery textures not found in other plant groups. Spreads by rhizomes and can be aggressive. Erect, hollow, grooved and jointed stems. Leaves are nearly nonexistent. In the wild these are found in waste places in sandy, gravely soil. An interesting curiosity for the garden.
- EQUISETUM HYEMALE Scouring Rush, here called Horsetail. 2 - 4 feet tall, unbranched, erect, evergreen. Zones 2 - 10. Native to North America, Europ and Asia. $5.00 in quart pots.
- EQUISETUM TRISENIALES (Miniature Scouring Rush) Zones 4-7 Half to full sun. Works well with hostas, Japanese maple,sedums, or in a rockery. 6" tall, very fine, wirey texture, evergreen. Well drained but moist soil. Prolific if it likes where you plant it. Dreadfully cute. $5.00
EUPATORIUM
- EUPATORIUM 'JOCIUIS' VARIETY' - Wonderful cream and green splashed variegated foliate. White flowers. In quart pots for $5.00 A limited number this season.
EUPHORBIA
- EUPHORBIA CYPARISSIAS - A blue green euphorbia with very narrow foliage. Full sun. Tolerates dry areas. $5.00 in quarts.
- EUPHORBIA DULCIS 'CHAMELEON' - Purple foliage topped with yellow/orange flowers. About 18" tall. Makes a nice clump. Comes true from seed. Likes sun. but will grow in light shade. $5.00
FERNS
- See ferns under the following headings: Adiantum, Asplenium, Athyrium, Dryopteris, Matteuccia, Onoclea, Osmunda, Polystichum
FILIPENDULA
A genus of spring and summer-flowering perennials. Full sun in moisture retentive soils, best in part shade otherwise.
- FILIPENDULA KAMTSCHATICA Zones 3-8 Green foliage and baby pink fluffy blooms on scapes that are over my head. I know I'm short, but these really are tall. Blooms early summer. Full sun to light shade. $5.00 in quarts.
- FILIPENDULA ULMARIA 'AUREA' Zone 3-8 Bright gold foliage. 45" bloom scape with creamy white flowers in late summer. Not particular about soil, but likes a moist, well drained location in light shade. $5.00
- FILIPENDULA ULMARIA 'VARIEGATA' Zone 3-8 Similar in leaf shape and flowering as the one above, but with green and cream variegated foliage. Likes more sun but will also take part shade. $5.00
FRAGARIA (Strawberry)
- FRAGARIA VESCA 'VARIEGATA' (variegated strawberry) Green and white leaves. Good ground cover. Stoloniferous and quickly spreading. White flowers. Somewhat limited supply. $5.00
GALEOBDOLON
- GALEOBDOLON ARGENTATUM - silver and green variegated foliage. Great groundcover for shade. Under a foot tall. Yellow blooms. This seems to stop other weeds from germinating, so it is a great ground cover for difficult shady spots, but I have found it may also kill off established things like hostas, so beware where you use it. Wonderful in the right place, a disaster in the wrong one. $5.00 in quarts.
GERANIUM
- GERANIUM MACULATUM - A hardy geranium. Green cut edges leaves, purple flowers. A big flower show in late spring or early summer and continuing off and on until frost. $5 in quarts.
- GERAMIUM × OXONIAMUM 'KATHERINE ADELE' - A hardy geranium with a patterned leaf, blue/purple flowers. $5 in quarts.
HEDERA
The Ivies. Great groundcovers and climbers, maybe a bit too much at times, but easily controlled. All green forms are very shade tolerant, while those with white or yellow markings need a bit more sun.
- HEDERA HELIX 'GOLDHEART' - An English Ivy with a prominent splash of gold in the center of each deep green leaf. Red stems are showy through the winter. Slow to establish, but then grows rapidly. Zones 7-9, but in sun and with immaculate drainage and protection from winter wind will grow successfully in zone 6. We have a large colony growing along the edge of Lake Amanda which is definitely robust. $5.00 in quarts
- HEDERA HELIX 'GOLDEN CHILD' - A lovely variegated ivy. Doesn't seem as invasive as the species, but then it hasn't been here as long. $5.00 in quart pots.
HELLEBORE
- HELLEBORE FOETIDUS - An extremely winter hardy hellebore with green flowers very early in the spring. $5.00 in quarts, $8.00 in gallons.
- HELLEBORE 'PINE KNOTT STRAIN' - assorted colors in these wonderful, super-early bloomers. $5.00 in quarts, $8.00 each in gallons.
- HELLEBORE VARIEGATED FOLIAGE - wonderful splashed foliage, either white, yellow, or cream. Blooms just as early and happily as it's more plain cousins. $25.00
HEUCHERA (Coral Bells)
Evergreen, summer flowering perennials. Makes a neat clump which is good for borders. Bright flowers are held aloft on airy stems May thru July. Prefers semi shade and moisture retentive but well drained soils. Zones 3-9
HOUTTEYNIA
- HOUTTEYNIA CORDATA 'CHAMELEON' Groundcover from Korea. 6-9" tall. Heart shaped leaves variegated yellow, green, bronze and scarlet. Sun or part shade. Insignificant creamy white flowers in summer. Does well at the pond edge. Extremely invasive but attractive enough for you to put up with its one bad habit. Zone 5 $5.00
HUMULUS - Hops
- HUMULUS LUPULUS 'AUREA' - Gold leaf Hops. A vigorous vine to hold up an old building for you. Sun to light shade. $8.00 in gallons.
IBERIS
- IBERIS SEMPERVIRENS - Spreading, mostly evergreen groundcover with white flowers, mostly in the spring. Early bloomer. $5.00 in quart pots.
IMPATIENS
- IMPATIENS OMEIANA This is a hardy impatients here in zone 6, though not farther north. It doesn't bloom until September and then is covered with orange/yellow flowers that look like goldfish hanging from the top of the plants. Limited quantities. $5.00 in quarts. Sold out for 2010
IRIS
ISOTOMA
- ISOTOMA FLUVIATILIS - Not sure if this has a common name, but is a lovely thing anyway. Evergreen in a mild winter. Very hard in any case. Low growing ground-cover with beautiful tiny blue flowers. $5.00 in quarts.
KALIMERIS
- KALIMERIS YOMENA FUJI - A lovely smallish plant (12-15" tall) with green and white variegated leaves and lavender aster-like flowers in fall. $5.00 in quarts.
KIRENGESHOMA
- KIRENGESHOMA PALMATA - Large leaves, silvery when they first emerge in spring. Up to 4 feet tall (ours rarely gets above 3). Like ample moisture, but not boggy conditions. Protect from afternoon sun. Pale yellow flowers early to mid-summer. Zones 5-9 $8.00 in gallon pots.
LAMIASTRUM
LIATRIS
- LIATRIS SPICATA - Blazing Star or Gayfeather. Tall spikes of purple flowers mid-summer. Very attractive to butterflies. Native to moist prairies and sedge meadows. Full sun. Zones 3-9 $5.00 in quart pots.
LIGULARIA
- LIGULARIA 'BRITT-MARIE CRAWFORD' (PP #16,113) Hardy ligularia with very dark chocolate/maroon leaves with purple undersides. Golden yellow daisy-like flowers top the clump in late summer. Forms a clump 3 feet tall x 2 to 3 feet wide. Zones 4-9. $12.00 in gallons, $7.50 in quarts.
- LIGULARIA 'OSIRIS FANTAISIE' - Wedge shaped green leaves with purple undersides. Ruffled and fringed leaf edges. Burgundy leaf petioles. Yellow, daisy-like flowers on 2 foot tall stems in midsummer. Zones 4-9. $7.50
- LIGULARIA 'THE ROCKET' - The impressive yellow/gold spikes of this ligularia bloom in mid-summer and grow to 4 feet tall. Large, neatly lobed leaves make this an excellent background plant. Zones 4-9. Shade lover. Quarts $7.50
LIRIOPE
LONICERA - Honeysuckle
Vines or shrubs, all which need to be controlled to some degree.
- LONICERA HARLEQUIN - Our lovliest honeysuckle with it's variegated leaves and rather tame habit (for a honeysuckle). Sun or light shade. Cream/pink flowers in early summer. $8.00 in a gallon pot.
LYCHNIS
A group with different colored flowers, different growth habits
- LYCHNIS FLOS-CUCULI - Also called Ragged Robin. A lovely pink blossom. Blooms from late spring through frost. Self seeds. $5.00 in quarts.
LYSIMACHIA
A huge family of very diverse plants, some groundcovers, some upright, some evergreen, some ....
- LYSIMACHIA CLETHROIDES 'GEISHA' - Lovely variegated creamy light green and cream leaves. Grows best in light shade. Fall blooming with spikes of flowers. $5.00 in quarts. Sold Out
- LYSIMACHIA MINUTISSIMA - The tiniest of dark green leaves with tiny bright yellow flowers in early summer. Seems to light light shade. $5.00 in quarts.
- LYSIMACHIA NUMULARIA AUREA - Bright gold groundcover. Evergreen in milder climates or in mild winters. Part sun/light shade. $5.00 in quarts.
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