Sun / Partial Sun Perennials

Baptisia ‘Twilite Prairie Blues’

For a description of sun / shade conditions, see What is shade?

Be sure to look for the indicating Contrary Mary Favorites, and plants for this year! If you would like to print this complete list, our catalog is available in PDF format.

Just a reminder - not all varieties will be available at the same time and the size listed may not be available.

Special note - our baptisias are looking BIG and FABULOUS this year! These beautiful deer-resistant perennials are great for your soil (nitrogen fixers) and can tolerate light shade. Come take a look before they are gone!

Our complete selection of hostas and peonies are now available for mail order! However, because we sell larger, more mature plants, we are unable to ship plants on this page , so please come visit us our farm! Also, plant availability, sizes, and prices are subject to change, so check with us if you’re coming for something in particular.

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Sun Perennials J - Z

Plant Name	Size	Container	Price
Agastache ‘Apache Sunset’	18-24” ht	#1	$10.95
This cultivar of rupestris has the same silvery fragrant foliage but is much more compact; also has the incredible bi-color orange and lavender flowers that the Hummers and Contrary Mary so dearly love! Needs well-drained soil and some protection.
Agastache ‘Ava’	4’ ht	#1	$10.95
Now you just KNOW how enthralled I am with Agastaches (they belong in EVERYONE’S garden), and this one is a blooming machine on steroids! Deep rose-pink flowers with raspberry red calynxes put on an awesome show from July to October (just when the hummers REALLY need it!). Deer resistant too! As with all Agastaches, needs good drainage and do not cut back until spring!
Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’	24” ht	#1	$10.95
This one we had a few years ago, and we brought it back due to so much excitement generated by our on the berm! It has lime green foliage and lavender-blue bottle brush flowers starting mid-summer, and sometimes reseeds (freebies!). Forms a nice dense clump and is attractive all season!
Agastache ‘Purple Haze’	30-36”	#1	$10.95
We all know how Contrary Mary LOVES these butterfly (and people) magnets, and this one is no exception! Long racemes of smoky violet blue flowers waft above foliage and stems that turn a deep purple as cooler weather sets in. As with all Agastache, do not cut back until April, and well-drained soil is essential for survival!
Agastache Rupestris(Sunset Hyssop, Licorice Mint)	24-30”	#1	$10.95
This hyssop is nicknamed the licorice plant due to its wonderfully scented, silvery foliage. Its rosy-orange flowers bloom from June til frost and butterflies and hummers adore it. Good drainage is a must! A Contrary Mary Top 10!
Agave ‘Cornelius’	18”	Jumbo	$12.95
Although this is NOT perennial here (only to zones 9 and 10) this makes an AWESOME container and house plant. Was in the California collector’s market as ‘Quasimodo’, ‘Incurva Marginata’ and ‘Marginata Aurea Monstrasa’, and has gorgeous wide creamy margins on blue-green undulating spidery foliage. Nice!
Agave ‘Cream Spike’	12”	Jumbo	$12.95
Again, only hardy to zone 7 but great inside for the winter, this one has rounded foliage with black tips and wide cream margins on blue-green leaves.
Agave ‘Jaws’	20”	Jumbo	$12.95
Another tender perennial (cool name, huh!) with dark green, heavily “toothed” curved foliage!
Agave ‘ Kissho Kan’	12” ht	Jumbo	$12.95
This translates from the Japanese to “happy” or “lucky crown,” and has blue foliage edged with cream and spines that are burgundy with maturity.
Agave ‘Mr. Ripples’	?4’ ht	Jumbo	$12.95
Cool name, huh? Does what it says, with wide, blue, undulating foliage that is toothed at the margins and forms a snaky mound. If given enough room in a pot can eventually create quite a fantastic clump!
Agave ‘Porcupine’	15”	Jumbo	$12.95
Another tender perennial, this plant looks like an artichoke carved out of green stone!! Awesome container plant!
Agave attenuate ‘Kara’s Stripes’	?	Jumbo	$12.95
Boy, I’ve really gotten bit by the Agave bug! Although none are hardy to zone 5 (most just zones 8-10), they make AWESOME container plants that you can bring in and enjoy all year…a little taste of the tropics during our loooong winters! This one has smooth, wide yellow leaves painted with a green margin. This one likes light shade to partial sun (bright light).
Agave gem. ‘Spaghetti Strap’	20” ht	Jumbo	$12.95
This one doesn’t look like the typical Agave, as it has 100+ (when mature) long, flexible, very narrow arching leaves of medium green…GREAT contrast to the spiny guys!
Agave parryi ssp truncata	18” ht	Jumbo	$12.95
This collector’s favorite forms symmetrical rosettes of blue with dark, pointy spikes at each leaf tip. Would look smashing with some of our Echeverias, and if you’re lucky enough to live in zones 7-9, hardy too!
Agave sch. ‘Shira Ito No Ohi’	12” ht	Jumbo	$12.95
This one translates to “Queen of the White Thread,” and forms a dramatic and eye-catching mound of thick dark green foliage margined with a creamy white border and edged with curly wisps of filifers. VERY distinctive!
Agave schidigera ‘Black Widow’	?6” ht	Jumbo	$12.95
(Watch out Contrary Charlie!) This diminutive darling has rigid very dark green leaves with silver markings, and hair-like filaments at each leaf tip. Thus far, though, nothing deadly about this one but her name!
Alcea ‘Fiesta Time’	3’ ht	#1	$8.95
This SHORT Hollyhocks has double, fringed, cerise pink blossoms starting mid-summer and flowering for a long period. Adored by hummer and butterflies and makes a great cut flower!
Allium ‘Glaucium’	6-10”	Jumbo	$7.95
A great “cowlick” ornamental onion with swirly blue foliage and lovely rosy pink flowers in mid-summer. Great foliage plant!
Amorpha canescens	2-3’ ht	#1	$8.95
This NATIVE Leadplant is shrublike and produces 6” long spikes of purple flowers in summer. It is in the Legume family, so has attractive little leaflets as foliage and helps to fix nitrogen in the soil! Likes dry to medium moisture and yellow tea can be made from its foliage!
Amsonia hubrichtii	30” ht	#1	$8.95
This one’s back by popular demand….has willow-like, medium green foliage and steel blue flowers in May and June. Foliage turns a beautiful brilliant yellow in the fall. A tough-as-nails native good for full sun to part shade; slow to mature.
Amsonia Montana ‘Short Stack’	10-12” ht	jumbo	$8.95
This little guy is perfect as an edger! Has dark green, moundy foliage and sky blue flowers in spring. A cutie!
Anchusa ‘Lodden Royalist’	18-24”	#1	$8.95
A great new sun perennial with hairy texture and intense blue blooms from June to August…hard color to find! Great alternative to Delphinium and usually does not need staking!
Antennaria Dioica ‘Rubra’	4”	Jumbo	$7.95
This great little Pussytoes has white male and rose female flowers from May thru June atop woolly stems…makes an adorable groundcover!
Antirrhinum hisp. ‘Roseum’	8-12”	#1	$8.95
This perennial Snapdragon is ADORABLE in every way—it has cute-as-a-button bluish, fuzzy leaves that add great texture, and blooms pink flowers all summer. I think this one’s destined to make it to my next new top ten list…I LOVED its performance in our display bed! Afraid it’s another “gotta-have”!
Arabis ‘Spring Charm’	6-8” ht	Jumbo	$7.95
This lovely rock cress has compact EVERGREEN foliage with SPECTACULAR fragrant deep pink blooms in the spring. Does not like wet feet and butterflies love it! My Arabis ‘Variegata’ in the display bed looks awesome all year round (including in the winter!), so I expect this one to do the same!
Arabis ‘Variegata’	6”	Jumbo	$7.95
This new spreader features highly variegated foliage with irregular creamy white edges and fragrant white flowers in spring…needs good drainage! Great edger! Mine in the display bed looks awesome all year round, including in the winter!
Armeria maritime ‘Rubrifolia’	6-8” ht	jumbo	$7.95
I’ve had this one before and it’s a little cutie! Dark burgundy grass-like foliage gives rise to puffs of magenta pink flowers. Compact and attractive all season, and likes it on the dry side!
The following milkweeds are a must for any butterfly attracting garden—they break dormancy late and like sun.
Asclepias Incarnata	3-5’	#1 #2	$8.95 $12.95
This native Swamp Milkweed has willow-like leaves and upturned pink flowers in June and July….another butterfly favorite!
Asclepias Tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed)	24-30”	#1	$8.95
Native, MUST HAVE for butterflies, showy orange flower (BREAKS DORMANCY LATE). Come see ours in the display bed!
Aster alpinus ‘Blue’	8-12”	#1	$7.95
A lovely SPRING blooming aster for rock gardens with charming bright blue flowers.
Aster ericoides ‘First Snow’	20” ht	#1	$8.95
This Heath Aster has arching, finely textured foliage that produces dense sprays of tiny white flowers late summer thru fall. A VERY different aster!
Aster ‘Vibrant Dome’	18” ht	#1	$8.95
This relative of ‘Purple Dome’ has masses of vibrant hot pink flowers which smother the plant in the fall! Mildew resistant and tough…a real jaw-dropper in bloom and a butterfly fave!
Auberieta ‘Leichtlinii’	6-8”	Jumbo	$7.95
A purple Rockcress with carmine rose flowers in spring…has a great spreading habit and another butterfly attractor!
Ballota ‘Nana’	10”	Jumbo	$7.95
This Horehound is a charmer with silvery white foliage and small white flowers in late summer through fall. Needs good drainage; cut back in spring before new growth starts.
Baptisia ‘Twilite Prairie Blues’	3-4’ ht, 4-5’ w	#1	$16.95
This Baptisia was developed at the Chicago Botanic Garden as a cross between two native species…the result is AWESOME! It has deep purple blooms with lemon yellow flowers; flowers fade to violet-purple. All our Baptisias are large and looking great this year; come in quick to grab some of these choice beauties!
Baptisia alba macrophylla	3’ ht	#1	$16.95
This NATIVE White Wild Indigo has beautiful flower leaflets and has a mounding shrub-like habit. Pure white, pea-shaped flowers are produced in late spring to mid-summer, which then produce black seed pods in fall. It is in the Legume family (fixes nitrogen!) and has a deep taproot so does not like to be moved. See ours in our display bed and you’ll want one for yourself! All Baptisia’s are reputedly deer-resistant and will tolerate light shade. All our Baptisias are large and looking great this year; come in quick to grab some of these choice beauties!
Baptisia minor	30”	#1	$16.95
This NATIVE is a dwarf wild Indigo that has full-sized spikes of blue flowers in May and June…perfect fit for smaller gardens! Not available until mid-summer. All our Baptisias are large and looking great this year; come in quick to grab some of these choice beauties!
Baptisia Starlite Prairieblues	2-3’ ht	#1	$16.95
Yet ANOTHER beautiful Baptisia from Chicagoland Grows, this one has bi-color flowers that are a soft blue with white at the base! Not available until mid-summer too! All our Baptisias are large and looking great this year; come in soon and grab some of these choice beauties!
Boltonia ‘Jim Crockett’	22” ht	#1	$8.95
This False Aster is covered with masses of small violet blue flowers with yellow centers from mid to late summer. Deer resistant and butterflies love it. Pinch in late spring for bushier growth!
Calamintha ‘Blue Cloud’	12-15”	#1	$8.95
We loved ‘Montrose White’ so much that we thought this one would be an AWESOME addition, as it has wispy soft blue flowers that waft above the foliage from July thru September. Can take partial shade and likes dryish soil. Heavenly!! A Contrary Mary Top 10 Pick!
Calamintha ‘Montrose White’	12-18” ht	#1	$8.95
This great Calamintha has pure white flowers all summer and stays in a neat little mound without getting floppy. Also is self-cleaning (no seed heads are held!) so it always looks great! A Contrary Mary Top 10 Pick!
Calamintha ‘Variegata’	18-24”	#1	$8.95
I have this darling plant by our display pond at the farm, and everyone remarked how great it looked all summer (even thru our 90+ degree drought summer of 2005!) Believe me, it got no special care, so you know this is one tough plant! It has brightly variegated foliage with yellow blotches, and rosy-pink flowers that bloom all summer and well into fall! Likes a well-drained soil and is a hummingbird and butterfly attractant (also reputedly deer resistant!)
Callirhoe Involucrata	6-8”	#1	$8.95
A Midwestern native also called Wine Cups and Poppy Mallow, this low-growing groundcover behaves like an Ivy. It has deeply dissected deep green foliage and vivid purple upright-facing flowers from July to September. It requires good drainage and full sun, and looks fabulous draping over a pond or a low wall. Come see our by the display pond at the farm; also attracts roving Shelties (my Mickey thinks the flowers are a delicacy!)
Campanula ‘Beautiful Trust’	24” (in flower)	#1	$8.95
A totally different campanula from South Korea with lacy white chinese lanterns that are recurved over distinctive cut foliage—my favorite campanula!
Campanula ‘Blue Clips’	6-8” ht	jumbo	$7.95
This great rock garden plant forms a neat, compact mound of dark green foliage and produces upward facing cup-shaped blue flowers. If deadheaded will bloom from late spring to fall; Deer resistant and a hummer magnet, needs well-drained soil and can grow in full sun to bright shade (actually appreciates some afternoon shade).
Campanula ‘White Clips’	6-8” ht	Jumbo	$7.95
This one has pure white flowers and has the same info as her blue brother!
Campanula poscharskyana ‘Blue Waterfall’	8-10” ht	#1	$8.95
This one produces masses of star shaped lavender blue flowers all summer; great cascading effect too!
Campanula puncata ‘Pink Octopus’	10-15”	#1	$12.95
This plant produces very unusual puffy pink flower buds that open to flowers that have narrow curving petals that are spotted pink…a definite wow-inducer that blooms from late spring thru most of the summer. Attracts hummers and is reputedly deer resistant! A Contrary Mary Top 10 Honorable Mention!
I know that Cannas are not perennial around here, but as they are wonderful, showy companions to your perennials, I thought I’d describe them here! I also sell these as emergent aquatics as they can grow in up to 6” of water and really look fabulous in ponds! They also attract hummingbirds! Tropics are the new rage in the decidedly NOT tropical mid-west and are no-care , old-fashioned plants so go ahead and try some!
Canna ‘Durban’	4-5’ ht	#1	$6.95
This tender perennial has amazing foliage that emerges with dark red stripes highlighted with pink, bronze and yellow and aging to bronze with yellow stripes. Now if that aint enough, it also produces a large orange-red flower…woo-hoo!
Canna ‘Lucifer’	18-24”	#1	$6.95
This dwarf Canna has bright yellow and orange-red flowers and is great for the mid-border.
Canna ‘Orange Futurity’	24”	#1	$6.95
A dwarf rebloomer with green foliage and glowing orange flowers. Self-cleaning too!
Canna ‘Pink Futurity’	30”	#1	$6.95
A self-cleaning Canna (which means that the old blooms fall off themselves), this has striking bronze foliage and large pink flowers…it blooms and blooms and blooms!
Canna ‘Pretoria’	36-40”	#1	$6.95
This semi-dwarf has striking green cream and yellow striped foliage and fiery orange flowers…what a contrast!
Canna ‘Red Futurity’	30”	#1	$6.95
This has the darkest red foliage of any Canna, is self-cleaning, and has (you guessed it) red re-blooming flowers.
Caryopteris ‘Blue Myth’	2’ ht	#1	$13.95
This compact Blue Mist shrub has grayish foliage and vibrant blue flowers starting mid-summer. Flower clusters are VERY showy and attract butterflies by the score!
Caryopteris ‘First Choice’	2-3’ ht	#1	$13.95
This one starts blooming a few weeks earlier than the other cultivars, extending the awesome flower display (to the delight of butterflies!) Needs some winter protection.
Caryopteris ‘Grand Bleu’	24-30”	#1	$13.95
ANOTHER great Caryopteris (and ya know how Contrary Herself RAVES about all of them!) that’s, yup you guessed it a “GOTTA HAVE”! A compact variety that looks AWESOME all season with glossy green foliage and deep violet blue flowers mid summer to fall. At trial gardens it was a customer fave…let us know what you think!
Caryopteris ‘Petit Blue’	2-2½’	#1 #2	$13.95 $16.95
A NEW compact Bluebeard from Proven Winners, it boasts tight growth, deep blue flowers July thru September, and dark, glossy green foliage. Adored by butterflies everywhere AND it made the top ten Contrary Mary Favorites list! Available late summer.
Caryopteris ‘Snow Fairy’	3-4’ ht	#1	$13.95
Ah, be still my heart, we have a hardy VARIEGATED Caryopteris!! This magical plant has green foliage with irregular white margins and sky blue flowers late summer to fall! A Contary Mary Top 10 Pick!
Caryopteris ‘Sunshine Blue’	3’	#1 #2	$13.95 $16.95
ANOTHER new Bluebeard from Proven Winners, this one is like a compact ‘Worcester Gold’ with much darker, more vivid amethyst-blue flowers. Another Contrary Mary top ten! Available late summer.
Cassia Hebecarpa (Wild Senna)	4’	#1 #2	$9.95 $12.95
This NATIVE Wild Senna loves clay and will take medium to wet soil! Again, it is in the Legume family so it has attractive foliage in leaflets and blooms yellow in July and August, getting black seed pods in the fall.
Centaurea ‘Amethyst Dream’	14-16” ht	#1	$9.95
This Bachelor Button is a new cousin to a Contrary Mary fave, ‘Amethyst in Snow’! It has VERY deep purple flowers starting in late spring and continuing thru most of the summer; a butterfly favorite and deer resistant!
Centaurea ‘Amethyst in Snow’	15-20” ht	#1	$9.95
This new Bachelor’s Button has fuzzy foliage with a slight glaucous cast and flowers with pure white petals that radiate out from a deep purple center. Blooms in summer, and makes a great cut flower! A Contrary Mary Top 10 Honorable Mention!
Centaurea ‘Gold Bullion’	18-24”	#1	$8.95
This Bachelor’s Button has rich, glowing yellow foliage and 2” fringed true blue flowers from late spring to mid-summer—what contrast! A butterfly fave, and reputedly deer resistant!
Cerastium tomentosum ‘Yo Yo’	4-5” ht	#1	$8.95
This Snow in Summer is an easy groundcover of woolly grey foliage that forms a textured carpet. It blooms glowing white flowers in late spring and early summer. Reputedly deer and rabbit resistant! Likes good drainage.
Clematis heracleifolia ‘China Purple’	30-40”	#1	$14.95
Another nice shrub-form clematis with deep purple flowers from July thru September. Pruning group 3.
Coreopsis ‘Crème Brulee’	16”	#1	$8.95
A great new threadleaf Coreopsis that is similar to ‘Moonbeam’ but has larger flowers and better mildew resistance.
Coreopsis ‘Dream Catcher’	16” ht	#1	$8.95
This Threadleaf Coreopsis is a sport of ‘Sweet Dreams’ with VIBRANT magenta pink flowers with a dark purple eye. Blooms ALL summer; may be iffy about overwintering here, so mulch well or treat as an annual!
Coreopsis ‘Heaven’s Gate’	18-24”	#1	$8.95
This is a hardy new cross between ‘Limerock Ruby’ and ‘Sweet Dreams’ with large blush-pink flowers with a rose-red eye and gold center. It has nice, thread-leaf foliage and blooms from early summer until fall.
Coreopsis ‘Jethro Tull’	18”	#1	$8.95
A new cross between ‘Early Sunrise’ and ‘Zamfir’ with golden yellow fluted flowers that is way more floriferous than either parent!
Coreopsis ‘Sienna Sunset’	16-20” ht	#1	$8.95
This is an awesome color breakthrough! A sport of ‘Crème Brulee’, has burnt sienna colored flowers atop the same neat threadleaf foliage as its parent. Butterflies adore this one too! Also deer resistant.
Coreopsis Verticillata ‘Moonbeam’	18”	#1	$8.95
Creamy yellow flowers all summer atop soft, needle-like foliage.
Dianthus ‘Black Cherry Wild’	6” ht	Jumbo	$8.95
This new intro has double, deep velvety red fragrant flowers with a very narrow picotee white edge. Blooms from late spring to early fall, and has very attractive grey grass-like foliage which often stays attractive thru most of the winter! Butterflies and hummers love it and deer don’t!
Dianthus ‘Coconut Punch’	12” ht	Jumbo	$8.95
This one really packs a visual wallop with large, double, very fragrant flowers that open a deep red with white blotches. As the flowers mature, the white expands and the red lightens…nice! Blooms late spring to early fall and foliage stays attractive practically all year, even in winter!
Dianthus ‘Double Starlett’	6-8” ht	Jumbo	$8.95
This beauty has bright double magenta flowers with dark red centers. VERY fragrant, it starts blooming in late spring and can be “sheared” off to promote blooming thru the summer. Forms a compact mound of bluish foliage and is great as an edger!
Dianthus ‘Dragon Fruit’	8” ht	Jumbo	$8.95
This double flowered form produces “fluffy” bright pink fragrant flowers with magenta markings around the flower center and edges. All the other great attributes of the ones above too!
Dianthus ‘Fire Star’	8” ht	Jumbo	$8.95
This one has flowers that looks like they’re on fire ‘cause they are such a bright, vivid red! Bloom all summer and have a spicy clove fragrance; very high flower count too!
Dianthus ‘Firecracker’	8” ht	Jumbo	$8.95
This hot new Pink has blue-green grassy foliage and large 1 ½” burgundy flowers with bright pink blotches and serrated picoteed edges. Blooms early summer to early fall,  VERY fragrant and looks darling all season! Deer resistant and attracts butterflies!
Dianthus ‘Frosty Fire’	6” ht	Jumbo	$8.95
This one has icy blue evergreen foliage and vivid double red blooms; blooms early to mid summer and then again in fall. Very fragrant too!
Dianthus ‘Nelli’	8”	Jumbo	$8.95
An outstanding rock garden plant that has petite dark red flowers with blood red circles all summer! Mat forming and may be evergreen too!
Dianthus ‘Tiny Rubies’	4-5” ht	Jumbo	$8.95
This spring to early summer bloomer is covered with tiny double rose-pink flowers over cute tufted, moundy foliage!
Dianthus barbatus ‘Heart Attack’	12”	#1	$8.95
A great new perennial Sweet William with deep crimson-red, carnation-like flowers in early summer. The lance-like foliage is a deep red when it emerges in the spring. Fragrant, great cut flower, and reputed to be deer-resistant.
Dracocephalum ‘Fuji Blue’	12”	#1	$8.95
A great Dragonhead with many spikes of brilliant blue flowers June to mid-August. It forms a nice clump and has needle-like, leathery foliage. A nice well-behaved dragon for your garden!
Dracocephalum ‘Fuji White’	12”	#1	$8.95
We all LOVE ‘Fuji Blue’, and when we saw there was a white variety available, we KNEW it was a “gotta-have”!!! Same AWESOME flowers and foliage except (duh) in white!!
Echeveria ‘The Rose’	6”	Jumbo	$7.95
Another non-hardy plant that I felt my Plantheads needed to be tempted by!! A true collector’s plant whose thick, rubbery foliage forms a purplish/pinkish/ghostly grayish ruffled “rose”…outstanding houseplant or in the rock garden! I will have many more varieties of these tender Echevarias, so come on out and see them before they find homes!
Echinacea ‘All That Jazz’	30” ht	#1	$12.95
This new hybrid has fragrant, lavender pink flower that have quilled ray petals…what a unique look! Strong stems; makes great cut flowers and bloom all summer!
Echinacea ‘Big Sky After Midnight’	12” ht	#1	$12.95
This dwarf coneflower produces magenta-purple fragrant flowers that have overlapping petals and black cones with hints of red. Their stems are black too, resulting in a dramatic floral display like no other coneflower out there! I’m VERY impressed with all the flowers in the ‘Big Sky’ series (unlike a lot of new coneflowers introduced in the last few years!) A Contrary Mary Top 10 Honorable Mention!
Echinacea ‘Big Sky Sundown’	32-40”	#1	$12.95
A strong growing orange coneflower (improvement over ‘Sunset’) with fragrant tangerine flowers that have brown cones and overlapping petals! A Contrary Mary Top 10 Honorable Mention!
Echinacea ‘Big Sky Sunrise’	30-36”	#1	$12.95
This great coneflower has single, daisy-like blooms that are citron yellow with cones that start out green and turn gold. Flowers are fragrant and it blooms all summer…of course the butterflies adore them too! A Contrary Mary Top 10 Honorable Mention!
Echinacea ‘Big Sky Twilight’	24-30”	#1	$12.95
A WOW plant with vibrant rose-red flowers with deep red cones. Very full flowers and great branching! A Contrary Mary Top 10 Honorable Mention!
Echinacea ‘Fatal Attraction’	26”	#1	$12.95
This vivid coneflower produces purple-pink flowers with a double row of petals atop strong dark red to near black stems…a real killer plant!
Echinacea ‘Green Jewel’	20” ht	#1	$15.95
This unusual gem has a compact growth habit and fragrant flowers that are green with a green cone! Bred out of the native Coneflower (purpurea) so she’s as tough as nails!Plant her with ‘Hot Papaya’, ‘Pink poodle’, and ‘Tomato Soup’ for awesome, jaw-dropping contrast!
Echinacea ‘Harvest Moon’	24-30” ht	#1	$12.95
This fragrant coneflower has golden flowers with an orange center cone. Very full and vigorous!
Echinacea ‘Hot Papaya’	32” ht	#1	$15.95
This smokin’ Coneflower has red-orange pom-pom flowers with papaya orange halo—has thick sturdy stems and great foliage too! A real winner!
Echinacea ‘Meringue’	18-20” ht	#1	$15.95
This new double pom-pom form has yellow centers with white outer rays and is compact and floriferous! Perfect with ‘Hot Papaya’!
Echinacea ‘Mac N Cheese’	26” ht	#1	$17.95
Another EXTREMELY LIMITED plant to be found in our Contrary Collector’s Corner (but not for long!), this one has bright yellow (think macaroni and cheese color) large flowers; vigorous and very free-flowering! Of COURSE you must pair it with ‘Tomato Soup’!!!
Echinacea ‘Pink Poodle’	30” ht	#1	$17.95
This EXTREMELY LIMITED COLLECTOR’S Coneflower is a fluffy double pink with great branching. It’s so nice we may start calling it “Pink Sheltie”!!!
Echinacea ‘Pixie Meadowbrite’	18-20” ht	#1	$12.95
This Coneflower was developed by the Chicago Botanic Garden, and is a true dwarf with vibrant pink flowers that bloom July thru September. A tough cookie and prolific bloomer!
Echinacea ‘Razzmatazz’	32” ht	#1	$15.95
This one was the FIRST fully double coneflower! It has fragrant, VERY full large purple-pink flowers; snazzy!
Echinacea ‘Summer Sky’	30-36” ht	#1	$12.95
The first BI-COLOR Coneflower! It has huge (5”) flowers that are light orange with a rose halo and orange cones. VERY fragrant and a heavy bloomer.
Echinacea ‘Tomato Soup’	32” ht	#1	$17.95
Yet another Contrary Collector’s Corner plant, this warm and yummy Coneflower has non-fading 6” tomato red flowers!
Echinacea purpurea	36” ht	#1	$8.95
This NATIVE Coneflower has showy purple flowers in July and August; butterfly and bird attracting. Leave seedheads up in winter for continued interest and bird attraction!
Echinacea purpurea ‘Doubledecker’	36”	#1	$8.95
A great, new, BIZARRE new coneflower which is TWO-TIERED! A small, “baby” flower is produced on top of the larger “momma” flower….Woo-Hoo! Occasionally, single flowers are produced the first year so be patient, it’s worth it!! A photo of ours at the farm last summer is at the top of this page!
Epilobium angustifolium	2-3’ ht	#1	$8.95
This NATIVE Fireweed (named because it often appears in recently burned areas) is very showy and produces medium pink blossoms from mid-summer to frost . Adored by hummers, it is a very slow creeper and likes medium soils (not heavy clay!).
Eryngium ‘Sunny Jackpot’	32” ht	#1	$19.95
This rare and limited Sea Holly has striking variegated green foliage with cream edges and blue flowers. Will not reseed and blooms most of the summer! To be found in our Contrary Collector’s Corner!
Eryngium yuccifolium	3-5’ ht	#1	$8.95
This NATIVE Rattlesnake Master has interesting yucca-like foliage and ball-shaped white flowers June thru August on long graceful stalks. Likes sand, loam or clay and dry to medium soil.
Eupatorium maculatum	5’ ht	#1	$8.95
This NATIVE Joe Pye Weed has masses of flat-topped bright pink flowers in late summer that butterflies find irresistible! Great rain garden plant and likes damp soil!
Euphorbia ‘Tiny Tim’	14-16” ht	#1	$8.95
This little guy has upright clumping stems of liner green foliage and is topped with chartreuse flowers with red eyes in spring. Looks great all season!
Euphorbia polychroma	12-16”	#1	$8.95
This old favorite has dome-shaped light green foliage that turns red in the fall and chrome-yellow bracts in spring. Very drought resistant!
Gaillardia ‘Fanfare’	18-24”	#1	$9.95
A great NEW introduction, this Blanket Flower is another fantastic bloomer, starting in June and continuing thru frost. The flowers are upward-facing, scarlet with bright yellow ends that flare out and announce themselves!
Gaillardia ‘Gallo Peach’	8-10” ht	#1	$9.95
This new Blanket Flower produces HUGE peach colored flowers with yellow tips and bright yellow cones on compact plants. Blooms all summer and does not like wet feet! Deer resistant, a butterfly magnet, and a great cut flower!
Gaillardia ‘Tizzy’	18” ht	#1	$9.95
This plant will cause quite a commotion in your garden with its riot of terra cotta to red ‘Fanfare’ type flowers! Blooms heavily all summer!
Geum Triflorum (Prairie Smoke)	12”	#1	$8.95
A great native groundcover that produces unmistakable feathery silver and pink seedheads in mid-spring. Spreads nicely, and likes a dry to medium dry soil.
Geum ‘Red Dragon’	18” ht	#1	$8.95
This one produces fully double bright scarlet flowers atop very attractive bright green serrated foliage. Blooms spring to early summer, has a mounding habit, is a hummingbird favorite, and does best in a partial sun exposure!
Glaucium Flavum ‘Extra’	18”	#1	$8.95
This yellow-horned poppy has stunning, silvery, undulating foliage rosettes and long branches of orange-yellow flowers in summer. It then produces 3-6” long narrow seedpods with “horns”—way cool!
Gypsophila ‘Pink Fairy’	18” ht	#1	$8.95
This compact Baby’s Breath produces clouds of double light pink flowers starting in early summer. Deadhead to prolong bloom and cut stems to rosette after done flowering to promote a flush of fall blooms; needs a well-drained soil. Excellent to help create a bouquet in your garden! Pair it with Echinacea, Kalimeris, and Salvia for an unbelievable effect!
Helenium ‘Double Trouble’	30” ht	#1	$9.95
This is the first DOUBLE flowered Helenium, and boy is she something! She has bright yellow flowers surrounded by frilly yellow skirts of petals; blooms all summer and is adored by butterflies! If you want to keep this plant more compact, pinch every two weeks from early May until early to mid-June; may delay flowering but you’ll have more compact plants with more flowers!
Helenium ‘Rubinzwerg’	30”	#1	$8.95
A very eye-catching flower that has burnt-red petals and a yellow and brown center, it is also a compact grower and great for cut flowers. Blooms very heavily from early summer to fall and is not picky about soil, although it likes full sun.
Helenium ‘Zimbelstern’	30-36”	#1	$8.95
This lovely has golden yellow very full flowers with orangey-red splotches/stripes. Plant with ‘Rubinzwerg’ for great contrast!
Helianthus occidentalis	30” ht	#1	$8.95
This NATIVE Sunflower has bright yellow flowers starting in late summer; birds love the seeds! Likes dry to medium soil (no heavy clay).
Heliopsis Helianthoides ‘Loraine Sunshine’ (False Sunflower)	30”	#1	$8.95
Great foliage that is white w/ green veining, beautiful golden-yellow blooms summer.
The following Daylilies are low-maintenance, adaptable, reliable perennials that come in astounding colors and forms. They are all reputedly rabbit resistant and are hummer and butterfly attractants. They can be grown in full sun to light shade (light colors do best in full sun, reds and purples benefit from morning sun and afternoon shade). Their seasons of bloom are early (June), mid-season (July), and late season (August), with many having extended bloom time and/or repeat blooming habits! Plant a number of varieties to have some blooming all season long! For more information, visit the American Hemerocallis Society at www.daylilies.org.
Hemerocallis ‘Bela Lugosi’	33” ht	#1	$12.95
This monster of a Daylily has 6” true purple blooms with a lime green throat. A tetraploid mid-season bloomer; winner of the Award of Merit; also a popularity poll winner in our region from the American Hemerocallis Society!
Hemerocallis ‘Big Smile’	22” ht	#1	$12.95
This bright Daylily boasts a HUGE flower that is light yellow with faint streaks of dark pink…very noticeable from far across the garden! Blooms mid-season.
Hemerocallis ‘Eenie Weenie’	10”	#1	$6.95
Repeat blooming daylily has lemon-yellow fragrant flowers with rippled edges and green throat.
Hemerocallis ‘Fragrant Returns’	18” ht	#1	$10.95
This repeat, extended bloomer has very fragrant clear lemon, lightly ruffled flowers; very compact and blooms its little heart out!
Hemerocallis ‘Ice Carnival’	28” ht	#1	$9.95
This multiple award winner has very large (5.5”), very fragrant near white flowers with pale yellow watermarks and lime green throats. A mid-season bloomer that has won the Hemerocallis Society Award of Merit so ya KNOW it’s awesome!
Hemerocallis ‘My Sweet Rose’	26”	#1	$9.95
This award-winning daylily has 5” highly fragrant, true rose-pink ruffled flowers with white midribs and yellow green throats. A mid-season bloomer with extended bloom time (flowers stay open 16+ hours!).
Hemerocallis ‘Night Embers’	24” ht	#1	$13.95
This deep red daylily has DOUBLE fragrant flowers and is a great rebloomer! She would look STUNNING paired with ‘Ice Carnival’ and ‘Yellow Submarine’!
Hemerocallis ‘Numinous Moments’	26”	#1	$8.95
A diploid, mid-season, heavy bloomer with lavender-rose 4½” flowers.
Hemerocallis ‘Pandora’s Box’	19”	#1	$9.95
Repeat-blooming daylily has fragrant, small, creamy flowers with maroon throats.  A must have!
Hemerocallis ‘Purple D’Oro’	14-16” ht	#1	$12.95
This sister of the famous ‘Stella’ has reddish purple petals with darker purple veins and ruffled edges; a great re-bloomer in a vivid color!
Hemerocallis ‘Pygmy Plum’	18” ht	#1	$10.95
This Daylily has 4” flowers of deep plum purple with lime throats; a strong tetraploid grower and a fantastic re-bloomer!
Hemerocallis ‘Ruffled Apricot’	28”	#1	$9.95
A multi award winner, including winning the Silver Stout Medal which is the highest award given by the American Hemerocallis Society! This tetraploid has 7” ruffled apricot orange petals with paler midribs and golden orange throats. Highly fragrant flowers, it blooms mid-season with extended bloom time!
Hemerocallis ‘Siloam Double Classic’	26”	#1	$9.95
Another multiple award winner (including the Silver Stout Medal!), this diploid has very sweetly scented 4½” flowers that are double and look to be diamond dusted with soft peachy pink piecrusted petals and yellow halos surrounding green throats. An early to mid season bloomer with extended bloom time!
Hemerocallis ‘Siloam Peony Display’	18” ht	#1	$13.95
This multiple award winner has DOUBLE fragrant 6” ruffled peach flowers that are diamond dusted with a rose blush—is a rebloomer and has extended bloom time!
Hemerocallis ‘Vanilla Fluff’	30” ht	#1	$10.95
This has HUGE (6”) DOUBLE very fragrant creamy yellow flowers; won the award in 1996 for best double! AWESOME with contrasting color like ‘Pygmy Plum’.
Hemerocallis ‘Yellow Submarine’	24” ht	#1	$13.95
This incredible new Daylily has HUGE 6 ½” double bright clear yellow blooms; is a great repeat bloomer and a bright vibrant color!
Hernaria glabra ‘Sea Foam’	1-2”	Jumbo	$7.95
A NEW NEW NEW groundcover that is also being dubbed “foot-friendly,” this Rupturewort can take full sun to light shade and works great as a ground cover or filler between stepping stones. Its attractive green-centered, cream edged foliage looks great all season! A Contary Top 10 Honorable Mention!
Hibiscus ‘Cranberry Crush’	2 ½-3’ ht.	#1	$11.95
This is a new DWARF perennial hibiscus that will easily fit in most gardens! It has maple-like foliage that is deep green with purple overtones that forms a compact rounded clump. The flowers start as deep almost black buds and open to 7-8” flowers glossy deep scarlet –vivid and unusual! Don’t forget that Hibiscus are late risers and may not show themselves until June!
Hibiscus ‘Jazzberry Jam’	4-5’ ht.	#1	$11.95
This one has huge 9” flowers that are magenta with red eyes and heavily ruffled—forms an upright, vigorous mound that makes a great focal point plant!
Hibiscus ‘Robert Fleming’	18” ht	#1	$10.95
This very compact perennial Hibiscus has deep red (almost black!) flower buds that open to 10” dark red puckered flowers. A Fleming Brother hybrid so ya know how fantastic it performs!
Hibiscus ‘Summer Storm’	4’ ht	#1	$10.95
This more compact grower has 8” flowers that are pink with rose veining above intensely deep wine purple foliage…wowzers!
Iberis ‘Alexander’s White’	8” ht	Jumbo	$7.95
This Candytuft has narrow evergreen foliage and bright white clusters of flowers in late spring…often reblooms in the fall! Great as an edger or filler between stepping stones. Drought tolerant and a butterfly attractor. A Contrary Mary Top 10 pick!
Iberis ‘Purity’	6-8” ht	Jumbo	$7.95
This Candytuft forms a compact mound of dark green foliage with clusters of pure white flowers that bloom mid spring to early summer. An evergreen that look fantastic all year ‘round!
Iberis ‘Tahoe’	8-10” ht	Jumbo	$7.95
This one starts blooming a couple of weeks earlier than most Candytuft; has tons of blooms!

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