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Achillea millefolium 'Cassis' (red yarrow)
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4.5" pot available for only: $5.00
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Masses of attractive, intense cherry red flowers from June through September. Excellent border filler, mass planting sun-loving ground cover and cut flower. Hardy and low-maintenance, plants grow to 24" tall. Zone 4
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Achillea 'Moonshine' (yellow yarrow)
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4.5" pot available for only: $5.00
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One of the most popular yarrows throughout the country, this plant has fern-like foliage of silvery-green, and sports sulfur-yellow blooms June through September. Grows 24" tall and wide. Full sun. Zone 3
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Agastache rupestris (sunset hyssop)
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4.5" deep pot available for only: $10.00
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Fantastic perennial with spicy fragrant foliage and tubular, bicolor blooms that fade from bright orange to cool purple. Heat and drought tolerant, this plant grows to about 24" and blooms all summer. We use it in color bowls with annuals, we llike it so much!.
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Aquilegia canadensis (columbine)
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4.5" pot available for only: $5.00
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Nodding yellow and red blooms April through early June. Grows 12-24" in height, and will self seed somewhat in the garden.
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Asclepias speciosa (butterfly milkweed)
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4.5" pot available for only: $5.00
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Dusty pink flower clusters bloom in mid-summer atop large, glossy leaves that resemble a rubber tree plant. Flowers are followed by large, decorative seed pods. Preferred plant of the Monarch butterfly. Grows 3-5' tall in full sun to partial shade. Drought tolerant.
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Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed)
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4.5" pot available for only: $5.00
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Showy orange flower heads bloom in early summer and continue for a long period on 24-30" plants. Very tough plants tolerate heat and drought in horrible clay soil. Fantastic inter-planted with native grasses, Rudbeckias and other native flowers. Butterflies love it, too.
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Asclepias verticillata (whorled milkweed)
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#1 gal. pot available for only: $12.95
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Needle-like, fine foliage is covered with sweetly scented white flower clusters in summer. Individual flowers have a deep purple throat. Foliage ages to yellow-orange in fall, and the long strands of seed pods give a decorative texture. Plants spread by runners, but can be easy controlled by pulling unwanted plants. Great butterfly nectar and important larval host plant of the monarch butterfly. Plants grow 1-2' tall.
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Callirhoe involucrate (purple wine cups)
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4.5" pot available for only: $5.00
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Low-growing mounds of cut-leaves are covered with large, purple, cup-shaped flowers all summer. Can self-seed and spread once established. Grows in hideous clay soil, and heat and drought only slow its growth slightly! An excellent border plant and groundcover.
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Coreopsis lanceolata (lanceleaf coreopsis)
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4.5" pot available for only: $5.00
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Bright yellow, daisy-like flowers in summer over glossy green foliage. Plants self-seed and spread freely. Great for naturalizing with native grasses and other self-seeders. Grows 1-2' tall in full sun.
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Echinacea pallida (pale purple coneflower)
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4.5" pot available for only: $5.00
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Flowers in early summer with large 3" blooms of pale pink that last for weeks. Black cones last well into autumn. Grows to 3' and makes a wonderful interplanting among native grasses. Like its cousins, flowers make great cuts, butterflies are attracted to the flowers and birds appreciate the seed when cones are left to dry.
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