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Welcome to Gateway Garden Center's Plant Database. We are in the process of building our Database therefore it is far from complete. If you do not see a specific plant, please call us at 302-239-2727 to inquire about availability.
Plants are for sale at our Hockessin retail store only, based on availability. As you browse the Database, use the Garden Planner to create a printable list of plants that interest you. Bring your list to Gateway and we will help you with your plant selections.
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Common Name: Red Baneberry
Red Baneberry is a lovely woodland native with fine-textured foliage and a light and airy texture. Its lacy leaves resemble those of Astilbe and its similar needs make it a great native substitute. In late spring and early summer lightly scented, delicate white flowers appear above the foliage. Flowers give way to clusters of bright red berries in late summer that are attractive to mammals and many songbirds. Planted in groups, it is a lovely groundcover and it combines well with other woodland natives such as Wild Ginger and Wood Ferns. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Nodding Onion
Found on ledges, in dry meadows, gravel, rocky or wooded slopes, this delicate onion has gently nodding pink flowers in late spring. Beautiful in the garden or naturalized in a meadow. Easy, dependable and very drought tolerant once established.
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Common Name: Wild Columbine
Versatile and easy to grow, 'Corbett' is a charming selection of our native Columbine with delicate light yellow flowers. More compact than the species, 'Corbett' is about a foot tall and heavily branched, sporting many flowers on a single plant. Though native to rocky woods and slopes, wild columbine thrives in average or even moist garden conditions. Hummingbirds love it! Self sows readily where happy. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Wild Columbine
'Little Lanterns' is a compact columbine that only grows 10" tall. Deep red and yellow nodding flowers top blue-green foliage for many weeks in spring. This is a good choice for shade gardens, woodland gardens, rock gardens and naturalized areas. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Wild Columbine
A shorter version of the species, this pink-flowered form of Wild Columbine is delicate and lovely. The light pink color combines beautifully with other early and mid spring plants like Phlox divaricata and Iris cristata.
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Common Name: Wild Ginger
Wild ginger is a native spring wildflower that makes a lovely groundcover with its satiny, heart-shaped leaves. Pollinated by ants, its unique purplish brown flowers appear beneath the leaves in spring. Flowers are quite attractive on close inspection, but are usually hidden from view by the foliage. The leaves of Asarum have a spicy fragrance when crushed, but shouldn't be eaten. The roots are edible and can be used as a flavoring like ginger. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Swamp Milkweed
Swamp milkweed has big heads of rose pink, sweetly scented flowers. It's not unusual to see two or three butterflies on a single flower at the same time. Swamp milkweed grows naturally in wet soil but also grows well in regular garden soil. Benefits:
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Common Name: Butterfly Weed
Butterfly weed produces many bright orange, flat-topped flower clusters in early June. Flowering goes on for many weeks. Green pods full of seeds with silky white hairs follow the flowers. This is an essential plant if you want to attract a variety of butterflies to your property, especially monarchs. Benefits:
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Common Name: Butterfly Weed
Hello Yellow Butterfly Weed produces many golden yellow, flat-topped flower clusters in early June. Flowering goes on for many weeks. Green pods full of seeds with silky white hairs follow the flowers. This is an essential plant if you want to attract a variety of butterflies to your property, especially monarchs. Benefits:
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Common Name: Sky Blue Aster
This hardy native plant lights up the autumn garden with it's brilliant pale blue blooms. Found throughout the tallgrass prairie, Sky Blue Aster is found in a wide variety of locations from wet meadows to dry gravel outcrops. This is good news for the gardener because it will be happy in any sunny location! Attractive to butterflies and other nectar-loving insects. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: (Eurybia divaricata) Woodland Aster
Asters are the backbone of many late summer and fall landscapes. The white woodland aster is a terrific ground cover and is especially valuable because it grows so well in dry shade. Thin, nearly black stems are topped with clouds of white flowers in early fall. Benefits: [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Smooth Aster
Smooth Aster, Symphyotrichum laeve, has big cone-shaped clusters of violet-blue flowers with golden yellow centers that appear on the top half of a vase shaped clump. Unlike many other asters, this one has perfectly clean foliage. Tolerates a variety of soil types and moisture levels, and it needs no staking in full sun. Benefits:
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Common Name: (Symphyotrichum n.a.) New England Aster
Selected many years ago in Germany, this New England Aster produces warm, deep pink blooms without interruption for 4-6 weeks, beginning in early September. A bright color for the fall garden, it provides nectar for butterflies and cover for birds and other small animals. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: (Symphyotrichum n.a.) New England Aster
'Purple Dome' is a compact bushy plant with a profusion of dark purple, semi-double flowers which cover the plant entirely from September thru October. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Wild Indigo
If Filipendula is the queen of the prairie, Baptisia australis is king. This tough and long-lived perennial is a regal addition to the garden with its elegant spikes of blue flowers in early summer. Benefits:
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Common Name: Marsh Marigold
One of the first plants to bloom in spring with bright yellow flowers held above mounds of glossy green leaves. Marsh marigold lights up moist areas and will grow as a water plant, in boggy areas, or in constantly moist garden soil. Plants may colonize where they are happy.
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Common Name: Turtlehead
Dense spikes of white flowers (which take their common name from their distinct shape) are a welcome sight in late summer and early fall. Deep green foliage is handsome all season long. This is the main larval food for the Baltimore checkerspot butterfly. Other butterflies and bumblebees go for the nectar, too.
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Common Name: Green and Gold
Chrysogonum is a native ground cover known for both it's foliage and flowers with toothed, light green, triangular leaves and dark yellow, slightly notched, star shaped flowers that bloom well above the foliage and have contrasting brown stamens. The flowers appear abundantly in the spring and fall, but tend to die down in the heat of the summer except in the cooler zones. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Bugbane
A stately plant with airy spikes of ivory-white flowers in summer. Though it can reach 4 to 7 feet tall, it does not need staking. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Bunchberry
The bunchberry dogwood is a low-growing perennial that spreads by rhizomes that creep just under the soil surface. It has one or two whorls of leaves at the top of each stem, topped in late Spring with showy white bracts surrounding a cluster of tiny flowers. The four white "petals" are actually not part of the flower at all, they are white bracts. There is a greenish cluster of flowers in the center of the four white bracts. In late summer clusters of vivid red berries replace the flowers for a second season of interest. Birds such as Spruce Grouse and Warbling Vireo eat these berries and help to distribute seeds to new locations. Moose are also fond of them, though most people find them bland. Bunchberry can be found growing throughout the northern half of North America, including most of Canada. It is often found in large colonies in areas of dappled shade or along the woods edge. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Fringed Bleeding Heart
Long-blooming, nodding, heart-shaped flowers and deeply cut, fern-like, gray-green, foliage make this an exceptionally handsome plant. It mixes well with other shade loving natives such as columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), Jacob's ladder (Polemonium reptans) and bugbane (Cimicifuga racemosa).
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Common Name: Pale Coneflower
Echinacea pallid is an adaptable plant that is tolerant of drought, heat, humidity and poor soils. Its long narrow petals drape elegantly around the cone and sway in gentle breezes. Plant in groups of 3 or more for best effect. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: 'Ruby Star' Coneflower
Large carmine red to purple petals and big, pincushion-like, dark bronze-brown central cones attract all types of butterflies. Flowers are 4" in diameter and bloom from June through August with some later blooms possible.
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Common Name: Tennessee Coneflower
Many wonderful pastel pink, flat-topped flowers with green and burgundy cones track the sun like sunflowers. Tennessee Coneflower is a great choice for hot dry sites that are difficult for other species. Compact, easy-to-grow, vigorous, and very floriferous. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Rattlesnake Master
Rattlesnake Master is a unique and eye-catching plant for a dry, sunny site. Slightly spiny leaves are arranged in a rosette that resembles Yucca. Flower stems shoot skyward in summer and are topped with thistle-like bluish silver flowers. An architectural addition to the perennial border or meadow, Eryngium yuccifolium is most effective planted singly or in small groups. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Mist Flower
The fuzzy blue flowers of hardy ageratum top attractive red stems in late summer and early fall. Easy to grow, it naturalizes readily and works well as a filler or groundcover planting. It's brilliant blue flowers make a unique and long-lasting cut flower. In warmer zones and loose soils, plan for quite a bit of spreading. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: 'Little Joe' Dwarf Joe Pye Weed
Big clusters of mauve-pink flowers are almost always covered with butterflies. Keep your camera handy because it's common to see two or three different types of butterflies dining at one time. Whorled leaves on sturdy stems make this plant attractive even when it's not in bloom.
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Common Name: Bottle Gentian
Dark green leaves form an upright plant through most of the summer months, creating a great background for other spring and summer flowers. Come late summer, large buds form on the stem tips and deep blue-violet flowers bloom throughout September. Great massed to create cover for many critters. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Geranium 'Espresso' (Cranesbill)
Bold red-brown foliage keeps its color all season long. Pale pink flowers stand out against the handsome leaves in spring. This is a good ground cover in shaded areas with dry soil.
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Common Name: Prairie Smoke
Nodding, reddish-pink to purplish globular flowers bloom from April-June above a deep-green mound of basal foliage. As flowers pass, seeds mature with long styles resembling a beard for a songbird treat. This plant is very drought tolerant and great for grouping in dry areas in sun or shade. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: 'Summer Nights' Oxeye Daisy
Oxeye daisy seed is a prime source of food for songbirds in winter.
This mid-summer bloomer has deep golden yellow flowers with mahogany centers topping dark red stems and red-tinged foliage. This is a stunning native selection with outstanding wildlife benefits.
Where this plant grows and thrives: damp woods and thickets, wooded slopes, floodplains. Nova Scotia, southern Quebec and southern Ontario to eastern Minnesota south to eastern Texas and central Florida.
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" Nectar attracts butterflies and other pollinators
" Seed source for birds and other critters
" Old stems provide winter cover for beneficial insects
" Good cut flower
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Common Name: 'Dale's Strain' Coral Bells
'Dale's Strain' has unique silver-blue marbled foliage that grows in handsome mounds. It is an excellent drought tolerant ground cover for shady areas. Long wands of white flowers attract native bees and hummingbirds when they bloom in spring.
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Common Name: Hairy Alumroot
Heuchera villosa 'Bronze Wave' has shiny, almost lacquered looking bronze to red brown foliage. In early Fall small whitish flowers hover above the foliage on long stems. It makes a lovely shade groundcover that can happily compete with tree roots and come out looking good. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Rose Mallow
This shrub-like perennial is a vigorous grower with large leaves and 4-5" wide flowers ranging from pink to white. The flowers last only for one day, but there are many of them and they bloom consistently until the end of the season.
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Common Name: Dwarf Crested Iris
Charming blue flowers float above sword-shaped leaves in spring. Use this beautiful but tough plant to edge a shady garden or path. It is also an effective, slow moving ground cover that provides tremendous shelter for small animals.
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Common Name: White Crested Iris
An aggressive grower and groundcover, this plant sports masses of pure white, Iris flowers with yellow crests from mid April through May against the backdrop of flat, wide, sword-like foliage. Its considerable flower show provides an early nectar and critter protection and it thrives in shade. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Northern Blueflag
Very robust, dramatic display of boldly veined, sword-like leaves with large, violet-blue flowers. This is a great plant beside a pond in the transition area between water and land.
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Common Name: Cardinal Flower
Brilliant red spikes set against green and purple bronze colored foliage. Each individual spike of scarlet flowers opens from bottom to top and stays in bloom for several weeks. Hummingbirds and swallowtail butterflies love the nectar.
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Common Name: Sundial Wild Lupine
Fat, tall, showstopping somewhat open spikes of bluish-purple flowers open in late May and continue into early July on this dense, spreading, deer resistant plant. Unique, palmate foliage provides cover and thrives in sunny areas with extremely gravelly, well-drained soil. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Meehan's Mint
Small, deep green, heavily veined foliage forms a tight spreading mat that is topped by two-lipped lavender-blue flowers that open in early June attracting butterflies, moths and native bees. Loves moist areas as well as deep shade while providing a quick spreading, low maintenance groundcover. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Virginia Bluebells
Blue-green foliage on upright stems emerges in March followed quickly by multitudes of long trumpet shaped flowers held above the foliage on spikes starting in early April. Blooms change from pink to blue and offer a much needed early nectar source for bees and butterflies. Thrives in shade. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Purple Monkey Flower
This clump forming perennial will amaze you with large purplish-pink flowers blooms starting in late June and continuing into September. Its flowers are a butterfly and hummingbird magnet and the plant will thrive in a variety of moist or dry soil conditions. Perfect for grouping in partial shade! [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Partridge Berry
Partridgeberry is a ground hugging vine that forms a shiny mat of tiny evergreen leaves under the shade of shrubs and trees. Its foliage is stiking and shiny and provides a stunning backdrop to long, tubular, white, fragrant flowers in spring and striking red berries in fall. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: 'Jacob Cline' Bee balm
'Jacob Cline' is a tall, vigorous, long blooming bee balm with enormous red blooms and fragrant foliage. Perfect for the back of any planting, it provides nectar for butterflies and hummingbirds, seed for birds and cover for wildlife. Removing old flowers extends the July through August bloom time.
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Common Name: Wild Bergamot
Large heads of rosy purple flowers attract butterflies and bloom for many weeks in summer. The foliage is very fragrant. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Fireworks Evening Primrose
Deep bronze foliage and stems form a rounded bush that covers itself in June with a continuous wave of yellow flowers that continue blooming well into July while attracting loads of native insects. 'Fireworks' is vigorous and deer resistant thriving in sunny areas with well-drained, sandy soils. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: 'Husker Red' Tall White Beardtongue
Beautiful, lettuce-like, deep red leaves give rise to thick spikes of white flowers. Butterflies visit the flowers for nectar and songbirds such as cardinals and goldfinch eat ripe seed from the flower stems in fall and winter.
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Common Name: 'London Grove Blue' Woodland Phlox
Loose clusters violet-blue, sweetly fragrant flowers appear on compact plants in spring, providing nectar for butterflies early in the season. Plants will spread and can form large colonies over time. Mingles well with other shade plants such as foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) and wild geranium (Geranium maculatum).
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Common Name: Woodland Phlox
Green, lance shaped leaves form a spreading, flowing plant that fills with brilliant magenta streaked purple flowers April through June . Perfect for massing in semi-shade or sun, its fragrant flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies for it copious nectar. Fragrant bloom and very easy to grow. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Woodland Phlox
Starting in April, purple-pink blossoms can completely hide the foliage on this woodland phlox for weeks! 'Parksville Beach' is stunning planted in groups to punch-up darker, semi-shaded areas and to create a wave of color and nectar in those early spring months! [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Rosalind Meadow Phlox
Dark pink flower heads top of sturdy stems with thick, glossy leaves. Meadow phlox blooms earlier than tall phlox (Phlox paniculata), has darker green leaves and better mildew resistance. Fragrant flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: 'Shortwood' Summer Phlox
'Shortwood' is a wonderful Phlox with big heads of pink flowers accented by darker pink centers. The individual flowers are packed into 6-12" long pyramidal clusters atop stiff, upright stems that seldom need staking. Long mid- to late summer bloom sometimes extends into early fall.
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Common Name: Creeping Phlox
Evergreen foliage hugs the ground all winter to come alive in early May with deep purple flowers. 'Sherwood Purple' is slow growing, blooms later than many Creeping Phlox and is perfect for grouping in partial or full shade. Superb nectar source for native insects while virtually pest free. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Creeping Phlox
'Drummond Pink' has deeper green needle-like foliage, tighter form and larger flowers than other subulatas. Intense dark pink flowers with red eyes cover it from late April to late May attracting loads of native insects. Easy to grow, lightly fragrant and perfect for massing in sandy soils. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Moss Phlox
Shiny green, needle-like foliage forms an evergreen mat that flows over anything in its path and serves as the backdrop for masses of bright pink flowers starting in late April. Perfect for massing in sun or part shade, it's a magnet for butterflies and native insects seeking its rich nectar. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: 'Miss Manners' Obedient Plant
'Miss Manners' is aptly named because, unlike many other kinds of obedient plant, this one is clump forming and doesn't spread throughout the garden. Stiff, square stems end in dense spikes of pure white, snapdragon-like flowers, which bloom throughout the summer.
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Common Name: 'Stairway to Heaven' Jacob's Ladder
'Stairway to Heaven' is a colorful new cultivar of the native form, featuring green leaves with white leaf margins that are tinged with pink in spring. Pale lavender blue, bell-shaped flowers bloom for many weeks in late spring. Foliage provides good contrast to other shade plants and combines well with purple Heucheras and deep green ferns. This Jacob's Ladder was selected by Bill Cullina of the New England Wildflower Society after observing its longevity in their garden and nursery. A portion of sale of this plant benefits NEWFS. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Solomon's Seal
Bell-shaped green-white flowers dangle down from knee-high arching stems in May. The flowers give way to blue-black berries later in summer and the foliage turns gold in fall. Plants spread slowly by creeping rhizomes, forming handsome stands.
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Common Name: Three-toothed Cinquefoil
A compact ground cover for dry, soil with loose clusters of dainty white flowers and glossy evergreen leaves. The leaves have two notches in the tips that form three rounded teeth. Leaves turn wine red in autumn.
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Common Name: Short Toothed Mountain Mint
Silvery bracts highlight dense clusters of small pinkish flowers from summer to early fall. The flowers are an extraordinarily good source of nectar for smaller types of butterflies. The leaves smell strongly of spearmint when they are crushed and, like many members of the mint family, the leaves may be used in teas.
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Common Name: Three-lobed Coneflower
Hundreds of small deep gold flowers with brown centers bloom for almost three months. This plant is very resistant to drought, heat and pests. Butterflies and other pollinators like the nectar and songbirds eat the seed, which forms as flowers age.
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Common Name: Wild Petunia
Thick, deep-green, hairy foliage forms a dense spreading mound that comes alive with petunia-like lavender to lilac-blue flowers from July through Sept. This plant puts on quite a show weaving throughout the garden while providing outstanding cover, ample nectar and a great rain garden presence. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: 'Purple Knockout' Lyre-leaved Sage
Showy flowers grow 1224" tall and bloom with lavender blue, nectar-rich flowers in spring. The American Goldfinch and other songbirds go for the seed in summer and early fall. 'Purple Knockout' has shiny deep burgundy leaves tinged with violet.
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Common Name: Heart-leaved Skullcap
Soft, heart shaped, deep green leaves with a purple tinge form a spreading mound in the shaded landscape topped by profuse spikes of violet-blue, lipped, tubular flowers in mid June continuing through mid summer. Native insects love its nectar and critters love its thick cover. Drought resistant. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Nevius Stonecrop
Evergreen, blue-green succulent leaves create a carpet that creeps along the ground's contours and comes alive in July with tiny spikes of white flowers and contrasting purple anthers. Native insects and butterflies love the nectar rich bloom. A perfect plant for grouping in shaded, dry areas. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: 'Larinem Park' Whorled Stonecrop
Pure white, starry flowers smother this little sedum for a few weeks every spring. The small fleshy green leaves are arranged in whorls of three around the stem. The foliage is often evergreen. Makes a nice little ground cover at the foot of shrubs or taller plants.
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Common Name: 'Lucerne' Blue-eyed Grass
Bright blue, star-shaped flowers with gold centers rise above fine, semi-evergreen, iris-like foliage from May to June. Use it at the front of a border, in rock gardens, to line pathways or at the woodland's edge. Excellent for edging.
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Common Name: Idaho Blue-Eyed Grass
Bright blue, star-shaped flowers with gold centers rise above fine, iris-like foliage from March until June. Easy to grow, it's perfect for massing at the front of any border, along a stream or in any moist areas. Clump forming perennial creates cover for many small critters. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: 'Fireworks' Goldenrod
At 3-4' tall, 'Fireworks' is more compact than most of the species and flowers more heavily. A lacy dome of golden flowers looks like exploding fireworks providing nectar and pollen for bees and butterflies in early fall.
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Common Name: Indian Pink
Indian pink is an excellent source of nectar for hummingbirds when it blooms in June. Plants form clumps with glossy green foliage topped by crimson red, trumpet-shaped flowers tipped in yellow. When a large colony is in bloom, it is a spectacular site.
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Common Name: Prairie Dropseed
This North American native grass displays fine texture with very thin, deep green grass blades that arch to form a dense, flowing clump. The open flower panicles are shades of pink and brown with a coriander scent and provide a bountiful food source for many birds. Great for landscape grouping! [ More Information ]
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Common Name: 'Running Tapestry' Foamflower
This dainty but tough groundcover performs well amongst tree roots in shaded areas. Masses of tiny white flowers appear in airy racemes in spring for 6 weeks. The flowers seem to float above the foliage and blend beautifully with other native species such as crested iris (Iris cristata) and woodland phlox (Phlox divaricata).
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Common Name: Spiderwort
Easy to grow, Spiderwort forms a loose mound of deep, blue-green, wide, grass-like foliage that is folded lengthwise and gives rise to a profusion of blue, 3 petaled flowers from mid-May through mid-July. It's a perfect plant for rain gardens, borders, roadsides or open woodland gardens! [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Large white trillium
This low growing shade loving perennial is a welcome sight in the spring. Early blooming single flower with 3 clear white petals held above 3 large leaf-like bracts on a single stem are perfect for moist areas. Trillium can naturalize to create a patch of unique groundcover in wooded locations. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Iron Butterfly Narrow Leaf Ironweed
A butterfly magnet in late summer, this vigorous perennial shows off masses of tiny, true purple flowers that attract other beneficial insects for a nectar feast. Delicate green foliage gives it a fine texture that is enhanced by grouping. Very tolerant of rough, sandy, infertile, dry soils. [ More Information ]
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Common Name: New York Ironweed
A fluffy haze of deep purple flowers is often covered by a parade of butterflies in late summer. Other beneficial insects feed on the nectar and the pollen. This lovely clumping native adapts well to any moist to normal soil.
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Common Name: Culver's Root
Culver's root is a graceful perennial typically reaching 4-6' tall when in bloom. Slender flower spikes are densely packed with small white flowers that open from the top down in mid-summer. Butterflies and other pollinators visit the flowers for nectar. The tall stems provide good winter cover for all kinds of hibernating insect wildlife.
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Common Name: Labrador Violet
This little viola is a fantastic ground cover for shady sites. It has rich dark purple foliage during the cool weather of spring and fall; as temperatures rise the color fades to a unique bronze-green. In mid-spring, small purple flowers appear just above the leaves. Plants flower sporadically all season long in regions with cool summers then re-bloom in the fall regardless of zone.
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Common Name: Golden Alexanders
Flat 3" diameter clusters of tiny, bright yellow flowers stand above pleasing green foliage with continual color in May and June. Zizia loves moist, even wet soil and performs well in full to partial sun. It's a good nectar source and essential larval food for native butterflies. Showy in groups! [ More Information ]
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