Yew Dell The official not so complete, just about everything, might add some more stuff, and Botanical Gardens probably added a few things too many plant list. Spring Plant Sale 2020

Botanical Name Cultivar Common Name Description Annuals Alternanthera ficoidea Partytime Joseph's Coat Brilliantly colored annual with green, white and fuchsia foliage

Fine textured annual with deep red/burgundy leaves to about 6-12" tall for the Alternanthera ficoidea Red Threads Joseph's Coat front of the border. One of the best annuals for foliage available!

Alternanthera ficoidea Thin Gold Joseph's Coat A great dash of bright yellow color from a tough and reliable sun annual Brilliant silver/blue wormwood selection with fine foliage to about 15" tall for Artemisia mauiensis Makana™ Silver Wormwood sunny borders or containers Outstanding bold textured begonia with 8-9" diameter, leather looking leaves. Begonia Art Hodes Rhizomatous Begonia Small white flower in summer. This is an excellent container plant for shade.

Stunning new annual with scarlet red flowers and bright yellow foliage. Best Begonia Canary Wings Begonia Canary Wings protected from hot afternoon sun Stylish tropical begonia with deep green leaves and brilliant silver spots. Begonia Gryphon Pegasus™ Begonia Phenomenal in your shade containers! Deep burgundy/green background with stunning silver blotches on the leaves, Begonia Jolly Holly Holiday™ Begonia this is a great house plant or container filler The parlor maples are fun and easy to grow in the garden or as a house plant - Callianthe picta Thompsonii Variegated Parlor Maple full sun to part shade yields an upright plant with yellow flecked, maple-like leaves

Ornamental and edible! Wildly colored leaves in burgundy, green, cream and Capsicum annum Jigsaw Ornamental Pepper more, they produce smallish peppers that mature to almost black with a heat similar to jalapenos. Good for the veggie garden, mixed border or container. Tight little pepper with leaves that emerge touched with white but maturing to Capsicum annum Purple Flash Ornamental Pepper deep burgundy. Tiny, burgundy peppers are insanely hot. Great for ground beds and containers Plant it and stand back! This burgundy/deep purple colored annual grass will Graceful Grasses® Vertigo® grow to 6-7' tall and 3' wide in a single season. Great for a tall accent in a mixed Cenchrus purpureus Tift 8 Fountain Grass planting, screen, or beastly specimen in a very large container. One of our favorites Shorter (2') selection of this always dependable annual with uniform and fine Cleome Inncleosr Senorita Rosalita® Spider Flower textured rose colored blooms. One of Yew Dell's best annuals of 2019.

Fun annual, vining member of the pea family. Plant in full sun or part shade with Cochliasanthus caracalla Corkscrew Vine something for it to climb on and it will delight with white/purple blooms through the summer

While all the attention goes to the giant tropical elephant ears, we like this Colocasia Tea Party Dwarf elephant ear black, cupped form that only gets about 2-3' tall and wide. Great for large containers or to fill in a spot in the perennial garden.

Excellent 2' tall tropical with unique foliage texture and white/green variegated Cyperus alterniflorus Variegatus Umbrella Sedge leaves. Great for the water garden or mixed border

Nothing like it! Emerald green umbrellas of fine textured foliage to 5' or more in Cyperus papyrus Giant Egyptian Papyrus height. Great for the water garden or for some unique texture in the mixed border

Wickedly cool tropical climber with pink/purple flowers that look like big, colorful bowties. It takes a little while to get going but once it does, it is stunning Dalechampia dioscoreifolia Purple Wings/Bowtie Vine in bloom. A good one to overwinter inside as the second year's show is even better

Looking for something cool for the garden? This double flowering, pale purple Datura metel Purple Petticoats Devil's Trumpet bloomed angel's trumpet is sure to be a conversation starter. Excellent container plant for full sun

Great annual for containers or edging beds. Deep green mounds of foliage with a Euphorbia Balbrewite Breathless® White Euphorbia haze of pure white blooms above. Blooms all summer long. Fills all of the holes in a mixed container planting without taking over! Blue My Mind® Dwarf Morning Tight and compact selection of this outstanding sun annual for the container or Evolvulus USEVO1201 Glory front of the border. Sports an actual true blue flower. Outstanding little annual for beds or containers. 12" tall/wide mounds of deep Evolvulus glomeratus Blue Daze Brazilian Dwarf Morning Glory green foliage and royal blue flowers. Bust in full sun

This throw-back annual is an outstanding deep blue/purple and highly fragrant Heliotropium arborescens Marine Heliotrope annual for the sunny border or container Impatiens on steroids! Vigorous growing annual for full sun with electric pink Impatiens hawkeri SAKIMP052 Sunpatiens® Vigorous Rose Pink flowers all summer Solar Power™ Black Heart We love sweet potato vines but some seem to want to take over the world. This Ipomoea batatas Balsolabart Sweet Potato Vine dark burgundy variety has a tidier habit and great foliage color all season long

Delightful mounding annual with green/gold variegated leaves and bright yellow Lantana camara Samantha Variegated Lantana flowers all summer long. Incredibly heat and drought tolerant Excellent hummingbird attracting annual vine with red/orange tubular flowers Manettia luteorubra Candy Corn Vine and deep green leaves Passiflora caerulea Blue Passionflower Unique and stunning tropical climber with amazing blue flowers. Best in full sun Excellent container plant for sunny sites - fuzzy, lemon scented leaves are always Pelargonium Citriodorum Scented Geranium a hit in the garden This scented geranium not only has rose scented leaves, the foliage is variegated Pelargonium Snowflake Scented Geranium with flecks of creamy white Excellent container plant for sunny sites - fuzzy, rose scented leaves are always a Pelargonium graveolens Old Fashioned Rose Scented Geranium hit in the garden An absolute flower machine producing mounds of yellow blooms that fade to Petunia DCAS303 Cascadias™ Indian Summer terra cotta as they age all summer long. For full sun Stunning annual for containers or mixed borders in full sun or light shade. Plectranthus Velvet™ Idol Swedish Ivy Compact branching habit and brilliant light blue flowers all summer

Great tropical for containers or mixed plantings - silver/green mounds of foliage Plectranthus Nicoletta Swedish Ivy and excellent vigor. Sun or part shade

Excellent annual foliage plant for sun or part shade - leaves splashed with green Plectranthus scutellarioides Alabama Sunset Coleus and red and a pink look. One of our favorites Excellent selection with leaves showing magenta centers and a rim of Plectranthus scutellarioides Pink Poodle Terra Nova® Coleus green/burgundy. Excellent annual for full sun or part shade Unique tropical climber with small, brilliant orange daisy-like blooms in summer. Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides Mexican Flame Vine Easy to overwinter for an even more dramatic show the second season

Bold textured, silver foliaged biennial for a bright accent in the sun garden or Salvia argentea Silver Sage container. Probably the coolest leaf of any plant on this list, nothing but fuzzy awesomeness. Brilliant yellow, pineapple scented foliage and scarlet, late summer flowers make Salvia elegans Golden Delicious Rockin'® Pineapple Sage this an outstanding tender perennial for the full sun garden. Excellent hummingbird plant Stunning tender perennial with silver foliage and bright lavender flowers in late Salvia leucantha Mexican Bush Sage summer and fall. Best in full sun. Yew Dell favorite! Stunning silver foliaged perennial to about 16" tall and wide for full sun. Needs Senecio candicans Senaw Angel Wings Sea Cabbage good drainage Strobilanthes auriculata var. Incredibly cool annual with purple and silver leaves. Best for full sun. A better Persian Shield dyeriana plant than a coleus but Jacob would never tell coleus that.

Edibles Delightful tender plant growing primarily for its lemony scented and flavored Aloysia citrodora Lemon Verbena leaves that are used in teas, sachets and in cooking. Good for containers in full sun. Easy to overwinter indoors

Anethum graveolens Fernleaf Dill Great for pickles or for a host plant of the Black Swallowtail butterfly! Essential herb for any home cook. Grows well in full sun in either container or Artemisia dracunculus French Tarragon herb garden A succulent leaf that makes a great addition to salads and one of the most Basella rubra Red Malabar Spinach attractive annual vines for the garden!

One of the biggest bell peppers out there. Commonly grows 8-10" long yellow Capsicum annuum Yellow Monster Sweet Bell Pepper peppers that are thick walled and juicy.

Cerinthe major var. 2 - 3' tall annual with royal blue, edible flowers for the full sun garden. Great for Kiwi Blue Honeywort purpurascens a wide range of pollinators and is a great cut flower as well Taco Tuesday can't be complete without a great cilantro. Let it go to seed in the Coriandrum sativum Santo Cilantro summer and harvest some coriander too!

Essential for chefs but not easy to find. This annual/tropical grass will make a big Cymbopogon citratus Lemon Grass (4-5' tall) arching mass of fine texture in the garden.

FIcus carica Chicago Hardy Fig An old standard and one of the most winter hardy forms available on the market A tasty licorice treat in the garden for us and a host plant for swallowtail Foeniulum vulgare Purpereum Bronze Fennel butterflies Unique and easy to grow fruiting shrub that produces masses of deep blue, Yezberry Honey Bunch® Fly Lonicera Kaido sweet and juicy fruit. Great for fresh eating or baking. Best in full sun to part Honeysuckle shade This 2' tall herb is commonly grown for its lemon scented leaves. Light green Melissa officinalis Lemon Balm mounds of foliage produce small white flowers through much of the summer. Best in full sun and well drained soils.

This is THE one! Best growing in containers as in the ground it can get a little Mentha spicata Kentucky Colonel Spearmint proud of itself. The offical mint variety used by Churchill Downs in the mint juleps.

Mentha xpiperita Chocolate Chocolate Mint Vigorous creeping perennial with unique, chocolate/mint flavor and aroma A sweet basil for your pesto that is easy to grow and much more disease Ocimum basilicum Caesar Sweet Italian Basil resistant than others. Can be used as a sweet basil in the kitchen but best allowed to go to flower and Ocimum basilicum Cardinal Ornamental Basil be a absolute stunner with deep red/purple flowers in the fall garden. Excellent culinary oregano for the sunny border or container. Needs good Origanum vulgare subsp. Hirtum Greek Oregano drainage If you like potatoes you need a good parsley plant in the garden. This is a great Petroselinum crispum Giant of Italy Parsley one! A large growing and sweet flavored rhubarb with 2' long stalks that don't need Rheum Victoria Rhubarb to be peeled. Rubus idaeus NR7 Raspberry Shortcake® Raspberry A fabulous compact growing and thornless raspberry. Need we say more?! Essential herb for any home cook. Grows well in full sun in either container or Salvia officinalis Sage herb garden Unique, spicy aroma and taste to this favorite herb garden plant. Excellent in Salvia rosmarinus Barbeque Rosemary bright sunny sites in the ground or in containers. Needs good drainage. Excellent for containers or on a planter wall where its cascading branches can do Salvia rosmarinus Cascade Rosemary their thing An unusual type of tomato. A hollow core allows you to stuff your favorite Solanum lycopersicum Get Stuffed Tomato cheese and other favorites into it before grilling or baking in the oven.

There are so many thymes . . . This is a delightfully diminutive form that hugs the Thymus serpyllum Elfin Elfin Thyme ground. Best in well drained soils in full sun Thymus vulgaris English Thyme The classic! Full sun and good drainage The classic with a citrusy twist. Like all thymes, best in sun to part shade on a Thymus ×citriodorus Lemon Thyme well drained site. Excellent for containers Purple flowers that are nearly black also have the awesome taste of black Tropaeolum majus Alaska Red Shades Nasturtium pepper. Ornamental or edible!

Tropaeolum majus Orchid Cream Nasturtium A cream colored flower with bright red coloring in the throat of the flower! Vaccinium Corablue Blueberry Buckle® Blueberry A heavy fruiting blueberry variety selected for southern gardens.

Evergreens

One of the best yellow variegated forms of this evergreen shrub. Grows up to 4- Aucuba japonica Marmorata Japanese Laurel 5' tall. Benefits from a protected site if outside the city. Female selection that, if paired with an appropriate male, will produce bright red fruit in fall

Tight mound of evergreen foliage with deep green centers and bright gold Buxus microphylla Peergold GOLDEN DREAM Boxwood margins. Great as a specimen, hedge or in a container in full sun or part shade

In a sea of boxwoods, this is a must. Broad, low growing mass up to about 4' tall, it has larger than normal evergreen leaves and is the most cold tolerant form out Buxus sempervirens Vardar Valley Common Boxwood there on the market. Perfect for low hedges or a spot of evergreen foliage in the mixed border Very cool and uniquely shaped evergreen for use as a specimen in the garden. Callitropsis nootkatensis Green Arrow Alaska Cypress (Chamaecyparis) Swooping upright branches with drooping sprays of soft, deep green foliage make this a evergreen sculpture perfect for the sun or part shade garden

20' tall, sculptural evergreen for bright, sunny sites. Grows slowly but makes an Chamaecyparis obtusa Filicoides Fernspray False Cypress outstanding specimen all year long

Cool little specimen or container evergreen for the garden. Soft and fine- Chamaecyparis obtusa Spirited Dwarf False Cypress textured sprays of bright gold foliage on a slow growing plant to about 5-6' tall. Best for full sun

Slow growing specimen, accent or container evergreen with sculptural, green Chamaecyparis obtusa Tetragona Aurea Golden Fernspray Cypress and gold foliage. Excellent for full sun

Funky, weird and twisted . . . This 15' tall by 6' wide evergreen is for the gardener who has everything . . . Or wants everything. Unique texture and hard Cryptomeria japonica Cristata Crested Japanese Cedar to find, it's foliage and branches are twisted, contorted and constricted into wild shapes. Excellent specimen for garden bed or container in full sun

This billowy, dwarf selection forms a broad rounded, dense mass of evergreen Cryptomeria japonica Globosa Nana Dwarf Japanese Cedar foliage up to about 3-4' tall and wide

Excellent formal, conical evergreen with soft, billowy foliage. Vigorous grower Cryptomeria japonica Yoshino Japanese Cedar that makes an excellent specimen or screen planting. 'Yoshino' is the most cold tolerant form out there and our favorite

Extremely dense little native evergreen shrub for sun or part shade. Tops out at Ilex glabra Ilesfarrowtracey Strongbox® Inkberry about 2-3' tall and wide. Larger leaves than Gembox. Excellent replacement for boxwood if you're worried about boxwood blight Extremely dense little native evergreen shrub for sun or part shade. Tops out at Ilex glabra 'SMNIGAB17' Gembox™ Inkberry about 2-3' tall and wide. Excellent replacement for boxwood if you're worried about boxwood blight Stunning but slow growing pine to about 30' tall with soft, delicate needles and Pinus bungeana Lacebark Pine attractive, exfoliating bark in shades of gray, green and copper. Choice and hard to find Dwarfish selection with planar, upright sprays of bright chartreuse/gold foliage. Platycladus orientalis Morgan Oriental Arborvitae Best for full sun Fabulous, low-growing groundcover/sub-shrub for shade. Makes an 8-12" tall Sarcococca hookeriana SarSid2 Fragrant Mountain™ Sweet Box mass of evergreen foliage with fragrant but inconspicuous green flowers in early spring

One of the coolest conifers out there! Slow growing, conical evergreen to about Sciadopitys verticillata Japanese Umbrella Tree 40' eventually. But the real show is the needles. 4-6" long, lustrous green and uniquely textured give it the informal name of plastic pine. A gem of a plant

Weird and funky . . . This selection of the western arborvitae produces long Thuja plicata Whipcord Dwarf Western Red Cedar strands of foliage in all directions. Unique and fun plant for a container or as a specimen. Full sun to part shade

We have no idea why everyone isn't growing this plant. Broad spreading shrub to about 3' tall and 5' wide over time, the branches are clothed in glossy, bright Thujopsis dolabrata Nana Dwarf Hiba Arborvitae green scales with distinct white stripes beneath. It is durable, long lived and always looks great. Works well in beds or containers in full sun or light shade. Unique and impossible to find

Ferns Unique native fern with ethereal fronds held 12" above the ground. Delicate Adiatum Maidenhair Fern looking but tough as nails once established

One of our absolute favorite garden ferns. Tight clumps of gray-green, fine Athyrium Ghost Ghost Fern textured fronds on a clumping, well behaved plant to about 2' tall. One of our best shade ferns

Athyrium filix-femina Lady Fern Classic 2-3' tall, medium green, lacey fern for the shade garden Classic clumping fern to 18" tall with finely textured, medium green fronds and Athyrium filix-femina Lady in Red Lady Fern bright red stipes Unique and choice fern with upright arching fronds of medium green that are Athyrium filix-femina Victoriae Victoria Lady Fern twisted and crested at the tips. Nice specimen in the shade garden or shady container Cool little mounded fern to about 1' tall or less that works nicely in shade but Cheilanthes lanosa Hairy Lip Fern can actually take some sun and drought once established

One of our favorite tall ferns for the shade garden. Strong, upright fronds can Dryopteris australis Dixie Wood Fern reach 4' tall and look almost architectural in the garden

Excellent groundcover fern with upright fronds that emerge tinged in red, turn Dryopteris erythrosora Brilliance Autumn Fern to deep, glossy green for summer and can remain looking good through much of the winter

Dryopteris ludoviciana Southern Shield Fern Excellent vase shaped, semi-upright fern to about 2' tall for shade

Dryopteris tokyoensis Tokyo Wood Fern An Asian species that makes a nice, 3' tall green accent for the shade garden

Spreading fern with bold, broad fronds of bright green. Turns brilliant gold at the Onoclea sensibilis Sensitive Fern first hint of fall frost. Fertile fronds persist through the winter standing upright with a deep brown color. Awesome texture for the winter garden.

The classic Kentucky native - evergreen fern to about 2' tall and wide for the Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas Fern shade garden Polystichum polyblepharum Tassel Fern Stunning, glossy fronds of emerald green growing wider than tall

Perennial Grasses Upright arching spikes of foliage streaked with green and gold. Best in bright Acorus gramineus Ogon Japanese Sweet Flag light but a little protection from the hot afternoon sun.

Fun and interesting grass with wispy, fine textured foliage to about 2' tall and Bouteloua gracilis Blonde Ambition Blue Grama intriguing seed heads that dance above the leaves

The classic architectural grass - strongly upright to about 4-5' tall with late Calamagrostis Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass summer plumes of wispy flowers. Seed heads remain attractive all through the fall and winter. Full sun

Super little evergreen clumper with grass-like leaves edged in dark green and Carex oshimensis Everoro Evercolor® Variegated Sedge brilliant gold centers. Perfect for sun to part shade borders or containers Excellent Kentucky native groundcover sedge with broad, short blades with a Carex plantaginea Seersucker Sedge crinkled texture and bright green color. Extremely durable

Tidy little mound of fine textured foliage to about 12-15" tall for the full sun Cenchrus alopecuroides Hameln Fountain Grass garden. Dainty plumes of flowers/seeds in late summer

Cool texture plant! Upright rounded and leafless stems. Perfect for the water Equisetum hyemale Scouring Rush garden or container - without holes! Don't want this one sneaking out into the rest of your garden!

Stunning ornamental grass with brilliant yellow/gold foliage presented in arching Hakonechloa All Gold Japanese Forest Grass masses 18" tall and 3' wide. Best in light shade but surprisingly sun tolerant for a gold foliaged grass. One of our favorites

Cool and unique - 2' tall masses of glossy green stems twisted and contorted to Juncus effusus Big Twister Giant Corkscrew Rush give a fun look. Works well in the water garden or mixed containers Tough as nails, semi-evergreen perennial for full sun - forms stiff, erect masses of Juncus inflexus Blue Arrows Hard Rush bright blue/green foliage all year long Unique grass-like groundcover to about 8" tall with deep green foliage striped Ophiopogon japonicus Torafu Variegated Mondo Grass with cream. For sun or shade

Perennial Vines Tremendously vigorous vine with flamboyant green and pink foliage and small, Actinidia kolomikta Variegated Kiwi Vine edible fruit. Need both male and female to get fruit. Full sun

This classic KY native climbing vine typically has brick red to orange flowers. Bignonia capreolata WFHgofin Gold Finch™ Goldfinch has clear yellow flowers. While it is typically considered a woodland vine, all Bignonias do much better in full sun. Give it something to climb on Beautiful non-vining clematis with bluish flowers from late spring through Clematis Arabella Clematis summer. Full sun Clematis alpina Stolwijk Gold Alpine Clematis Super contrasting climber with bright yellow foliage and blue flowers for full sun This shrubby clematis (to about 3' tall) bears delightful golden, bell-shaped Clematis fruticosa Mongolian Gold Shrub Clematis flowers in late summer to fall. Best in full sun Fantastic clumping clematis to 12-18" tall and wide with spring/summer blooms Clematis integrifolia Psharlan Mongolian Bells® Clematis that are usually blue but can also be near white or pale pink. Excellent deer resistant plant with a tidy habit. Full sun Outstanding North American Native clematis for late season blooms. Vigorous Clematis virginiana Virgin's Bower climber with deep green foliage and brilliant, white flowers with strong fragrance. Full sun to part shade One of the best out there. Vigorous climbing clematis with double, violet/rose Purpurea Plena Clematis viticella Italian Clematis blooms in mid/late summer and fall. Give it some sun, something to climb on Elegans and stand back! A golden version of the common hop plant - this is a vigorous herbaceous Humulus lupulus Aureus Common Hop perennial vine with palmately lobed, chartreuse leaves. Needs some support to climb on. For full sun

A Theodore Klein Plant Award Winner, this Kentucky selection of our Lonicera sempervirens Blanche Sandman Trumpet Honeysuckle outstanding native honeysuckle vine has excellent red flowers in summer. Great for hummingbirds. Full sun

Our native passion flower. Vigorous vining plant that produces stunning blue Passiflora incarnata Maypop flowers in spring and summer.

Shade Perennials Sweet native woodland wildflower to about 28" tall with lacey green foliage, Actaea pachypoda White Baneberry delicate white flower spike in spring followed by stunning white fruits.

Compact little groundcover for sun or part shade with dark bronze/green, Ajuga reptans Blueberry Muffin Bugleweed ground hugging foliage and spring spikes of blue flowers. Vigorous and durable for container, rock garden or as an edger

Small leafed but vigorous growing groundcover with red/green leaves and short Ajuga reptans Min Crispa Red Bugleweed spring spikes of lavender/blue. Sun or shade

Glossy, bronze-leaf form of this vigorous growing groundcover with Ajuga reptans Bronze Beauty Bugleweed lavender/blue spring flower spikes. Larger than Min Crispa Red but not as tall as Caitlin's Giant This groundcover Bugleweed is medium in texture but with leaves flashed in Ajuga reptans Burgundy Glow Bugleweed pink, burgundy and white. With pale lavender spring flower spikes.

Thriller' is a larger (24") growing selection of the species. Mounds of rich green, Alchemilla mollis Thriller Lady's Mantle ruffled leaves support fresh yellow/green flowers in late spring. Nice cut flower as well as a well-behaved garden plant

It's hardy! Amaze your friends with this awesome plant. What looks like many leaves on one stalk is actually a single leaf that emerges from the underground Amorphophallus konjac Voodoo Lily corm. Once mature enough the corm will send up a flower that smells like rotting flesh. Both beautiful and foul this plant is just too fun not to have in the garden!

The classic white-flowered, fall-blooming anemone. Grows about 3' tall and is Anemone Honorine Jobert Windflower just a doer year after year This unique anemone hybrid produces delicate white blooms above 2-3' tall Anemone MACANE001 Wild Swan™ Japanese Anemone foliage - and it blooms from late spring through fall! Great cut as well

Choice new selection with double, deep pink flowers in mid and late summer on Anemone Pocahontas Fantasy™ Japanese Anemone a compact, 18" tall plant. Great for garden beds and containers

This 3' tall, classic fall blooming anemone produces clear pink blooms with Anemone September Charm Japanese Anemone yellow centers. Great for cutting as well as leaving in the garden.

The Songbird series selections are compact growers (about 2' tall and wide) with Aquilegia Cardinal Songbird Series Columbine dense foliage and large, extremely large bi-color flowers. Excellent in lightly shaded garden beds or containers. Cardinal has red/white blooms

The Songbird series selections are compact growers (about 2' tall and wide) with Aquilegia Dove Songbird Series Columbine dense foliage and large, extremely large bi-color flowers. Excellent in lightly shaded garden beds or containers. Dove has pure white blooms Not a Theodore Klein introduction but rather a pass-along plant given to him Aquilegia Faye's Blue Common Columbine many years ago by a gardening friend. This tall (3') double purple selection is completely consistent in form and color from seed. We wouldn't be without it!

The Songbird series selections are compact growers (about 2' tall and wide) with Aquilegia Goldfinch Songbird Series Columbine dense foliage and large, extremely large bi-color flowers. Excellent in lightly shaded garden beds or containers. Goldfinch has yellow/white blooms

The Songbird series selections are compact growers (about 2' tall and wide) with Aquilegia Nightingale Songbird Series Columbine dense foliage and large, extremely large bi-color flowers. Excellent in lightly shaded garden beds or containers. Nightingale has deep pink/white blooms

The Songbird series selections are compact growers (about 18" tall and wide) Aquilegia Robin Songbird Series Columbine with dense foliage and large, extremely large bi-color flowers. Excellent in lightly shaded garden beds or containers. Robin has pink/white blooms

Compact little shade clumper to about 6" tall and wide with gray green leaves Cameo Blue and Aquilegia flabellata Columbine and stunning, blue/white flowers in late spring/early summer. Excellent as a White crevice plant, in containers and small masses

Compact little shade clumper to about 6" tall and wide with gray green leaves Cameo Pink and Aquilegia flabellata Columbine and stunning, pink/white flowers in late spring/early summer. Excellent as a White crevice plant, in containers and small masses

Stunning spring bloomer to about 24" all with light, airy foliage and screaming Aquilegia vulgaris Clementine Red Clementine Series Columbine scarlet/white blooms.

Perennial Plant Association plant of the year for 2020 and a Theodore Klein Award winner as well! This stout perennial will mature to a 4-5' tall and wide Aralia cordata Sun King Japanese Spikenard "shrub" in the garden with brilliant gold new growth fading to a soft chartreuse later in summer. More shade, more green - more sun, more gold - but not too much sun! Small white flowers in late summer yield glossy black fruit. Fabulous! Very cool plant alert! Our native jack-in-the-pulpit's cousin from Asia who Arisaema consanguineum Himilayan Jack-in-the-Pulpit stands about 30" tall at maturity. A huge leaf of 12 leaflets stands above the flower spathe (pulpit). Fantastic texture in the shade garden. Nice little compact perennial (24") for sun or part shade with delicately textured Aruncus Chantilly Lace Dwarf Goat's Beard foliage and lacey white blooms in late spring/early summer

A collector's special and conversation piece for the shade garden. Huge leaves (for an Asarum, anyway) to 8" across are dark, leathery green with prominent Asarum maximum Ling Ling Panda Face Ginger silver markings above. Flowers are typical "little brown jugs" held below the spring foliage but are huge.

Vigorous creeping groundcover with rounded to heart shaped, deep glossy green Asarum europaeum European Ginger leaves for the shade.

Clumping, semi-evergreen mound of bold, deep green leaves flecked in silver. Asarum splendens Chinese Wild Ginger Slow to grow but well behaved and unique in texture

Every garden needs a few . . . We love this 12" tall wanderer in the garden with its bold green and red-veined leaves and summer/fall pink blooms. It comes up here and there, always filling an open spot - but at the same time, not weedy. Begonia grandis subsp. evansiana Hardy Begonia Easy to propagate using the aerial bulbils found in the leaf axils in fall. A smaller selection than the straight species we acquired this plant from Gene Bush and have been propagating it!

One of the easiest terrestrial orchids to grow in the garden. Bold spikes of spring Beltilla striata Chinese Ground Orchid foliage are the perfect foil for electric magenta spring flowers. Excellent cut flower although we couldn't imagine removing them from the garden!

The easiest orchid on the planet to grow! This shade dweller produces masses of spikey foliage in spring and screaming magenta flowers. It will multiply slowly Beltilla striata Albostriata Chinese Ground Orchid but is always a conversation starter in the garden. This selection has white edged leaf margins for a little summer sizzle Great little crevice or massing plant for the shade garden. Low sprays of shiny Bergenia Pink Dragonfly Pigsqueak green foliage send up a stalk of bright pink spring flowers. Great texture plant if you find you're overloaded with fine-textured dainties

Bergenia makes a nice plant in any lightly shaded garden, with its glossy green basal leaves and erect shoots of bight pink flowers. This selection is a more Bergenia Sakura Dragonfly™ Pigsqueak robust grower with heavier flowering and a distinct burgundy cast to the winter foliage

Bombproof herbaceous perennial for full sun or shade. Low mounds of green Brunnera macrophylla Sterling Silver False Forget Me Not and white variegated foliage produce masses of tiny, pale blue blooms in spring.

Very cool collector's plant that's actually quite easy to grow. Summer dormant plant that puts up leathery and mottled, heart-shaped leaves in late Cyclamen hederifolium Persian Violet summer/early fall with pale pink blooms about 3-4" high. Foliage looks good all winter and dies down in late spring. Best for filtered light in a well-drained soil

Heat and humidity tolerant Delphiniums? Yup! The seed for this selection is the result of painstaking hand crossing by the breeder in New Zealand. Three to 6' Delphinium Dwarf Stars New Millenium™ Delphinium tall spikes of white to pink to purple. May need some staking if they reach maximum height

We honestly have no idea why everyone isn't growing this plant! 12" tall, glossy evergreen (down to about 10 degrees F) foliage with small spring bell-shaped Disporopsis pernyi Evergreen Solomon Seal flowers in white/green. Spreads slowly in the shade garden. Won't say deer- proof . . . but deer resistant!

Excellent spreading shade perennial with rose spring flowers and foliage that Epimedium Akebono Barrenwort emerges flushed with red. Deer resistant and easy to grow

Very vigorous selection from this group of excellent shade groundcovers. 12-15" Epimedium Domino Barrenwort masses of light green, red flecked spring foliage support airy clouds of white/burgundy flowers.

Diminutive selection of this indispensable shade groundcover with pale green Epimedium Fire Dragon Barrenwort leaves and white/red flowers in spring Always a favorite, 'Orange Queen' is one of the better of the orange flowered Epimedium Orange Queen Barrenwort eps. 12" tall light green spring foliage topped with clouds of yellow/orange spring blooms.

Diminutive selection of this indispensable shade groundcover with pale green Epimedium Pink Elf Barrenwort leaves and delightful pink spring flowers

Delightful shade groundcover plant with red-flushed spring leaves that fade to Epimedium Merlin Barrenwort all green and purplish spring blooms that fade to almost white

A classic and dependable epimedium to about 12" tall with deep green leaves Epimedium grandiflorum Lilafee Barrenwort and purple spring blooms

This Caucuses native shade groundcover selection offers light green spring leaves Epimedium pinnatum Barrenwort suffused with red, followed by bright, clear yellow flowers

Excellent shade groundcover to about 12" tall with delicate, medium green Epimedium xperralchicum Frohnleiten Barrenwort leaves and soft yellow flowers in spring. Highly resistant to deer browse

Robust shade groundcover with heart shaped, semi-evergreen leaves and Epimedium xwarleyense Barrenwort unique, orange spring blooms. Deer resistant

Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. Super tough shade groundcover with leathery and glossy deep green leaves and Wood Spurge robbiae bright green spring flower masses above.

Classic shade groundcover with ground-hugging, delicately dissected leaves Galium odoratum Sweet Woodruff topped by white flowers. Easy to grow

Rock solid evergreen shade perennial with winter blooms with deep burgundy Helleborus Romantic Getaway Hellebore centers and clear white edges. Deer Proof! Rock solid evergreen shade perennial with winter blooms of deep burgundy. Helleborus Vegas Nights Hellebore Deer Proof!

This excellent H. villosa hybrid has large, slightly fuzzy leaves that emerge Heuchera Lava Lamp Coral Bells coppery and quickly mature to a vivid maroon. Creamy flowers dance above on wiry stems in late spring. Excellent heat and humidity tolerance Like most modern Heucheras, grown for its foliage rather than its flowers - this is Heuchera Lime Marmalade Coral Bells no exception. A tight globe of foliage of brilliant green and chartreuse all summer long. Best in bright, filtered light

A big and beastly coral bells selection with spring leaves emerging yellow to Heuchera Mega Caramel Coral Bells caramel and darkening with time. Will grow up to 40" across.

This unique selection seems to have leaves with deep burgundy beneath a layer Heuchera Silver Scrolls Coral Bells of pewter. An interesting tone on a good, vigorous selection. Produces about an 18" mound. Great for containers

Stunning mounds of bright green foliage flecked with clear white variegation and Heuchera Snow Angel Coral Bells deep pink summer blooms. Best on a well drained soil

This hybrid has become one of our favorites over the years. Mounds of new foliage to about 18" tall emerge a vivid orangey color and mature to a bronzy Heuchera Southern Comfort Coral Bells color. Good as a container plant where the leaves may hold up longer into the winter. Seems to have excellent heat and humidity tolerance

Excellent selection of our native heuchera with low mounds of foliage in green, Heuchera americana Dale's Strain Coral Bells burgundy and silver. Best in filtered light and a well drained soil. Long lived and Deer Proof Bronze spring foliage and spring spikes of pale pink flowers make for a great little Heucherella Brass Lantern Foamy Bells shade groundcover

This intergeneric hybrid (Heuchera x Tiarella) uses H. villosa in its background giving it better staying power in Kentucky's heat and humidity. Foliage emerges Heucherella Pumpkin Spice foamy Bells in spring with stunning orange/copper color and darker centers. Late spring white flowers on 10-12" spikes

Counterpart to 'Golden Tiara', this is a delightful small (12-15") mound of Hosta Diamond Tiara Plantain Lily medium green leaves edged in pure white. Great edger, rock garden plant or for small containers

One of our favorite little edging hostas. A low, broad mound of medium green Hosta Golden Tiara Plantain Lily foliage with clear yellow margins. Looks good all summer long. Excellent little container plant as well. No idea how it tastes but this is a nice, medium sized mound of green foliage Hosta Ice Cream Plantain Lily edged in cream. A good, dependable hosta that looks good all summer long

Hosta Praying Hands Hosta Unique hosta selection with long, lanceolate leaves held in upright mounds.

Who needs flowers . . . This wildly variegated, medium sized hosta has brilliant Hosta Rainbow's End Hosta streaks of deep green and bright, golden yellow with a nice gloss. Holds up well all through the summer

Hosta Sweetheart Plantain Lily This 18" tall x 36" wide hosta is a robust grower with narrow, blue/green foliage.

A big and beastly hosta up to 4' tall and 6' wide (!) with blue green centers and Hosta Wu-La-La Plantain Lily pale green margins. Discovered in an Indiana garden as a sport from Empress Wu, the largest hosta on the market. Shade to part shade

A classic and much-loved Kentucky spring wildflower found in light woodlands Iris cristata Dwarf Crested Iris and rocky soils. Growing only 6" tall or so, the sword-like green foliage is topped with bluish iris blooms. Fleeting but that just makes it all the more precious!

This is a more robust selection of our much beloved native woodland wildflower. Iris cristata Eco Bluebird Dwarf Crested Iris Six - 8" masses of sword-like foliage and rich blue spring iris flowers on top. Grow in filtered light on well drained soil

Take the old fashioned bleeding heart - 2-3', delicate arching stems with classic Lamprocapnos spectabilis Gold Heart Bleeding Heart hear-shaped pink spring blooms - and make the foliage screaming yellow! Can go summer dormant but with that kind of spring show, who cares?!

Funky little container or rockery plant with segmented, zig-zag stems and green Leptinella squalida Platt's Black Brass Buttons to black scale-like foliage on a plant under 12" high.

Fun little perennial for light shade in beds or containers. Low, clover-like foliage Oxalis crassipes Rosea wood Sorrel is bright green and set off beautifully by rose pink blooms. If kept moist it will bloom all spring and summer. Leaves fold up at night and reopen in the morning. Our native Pachysandra! A great shade plant that flowers before the new foliage Pachysandra procumbens Allegheny Spurge emerges in the spring. Not nearly as aggressive as the Japanese species. A great addition to your shade garden!

First introduced to this plant by our friends at North Creek Nurseries, it quickly became a favorite at Yew Dell. Vigorous growing woodland creeper, it produces Phlox divaricata Blue Moon Woodland Phlox fine textured spring foliage and clouds of beautiful blue spring blooms. Excellent selection for the lightly shaded garden

We love all the divaricata type phlox selections . . . Creeping, understory plants Phlox divaricata Louisiana Blue Woodland Phlox with surprising sun tolerance produce spring carpets of blue to lavender blooms. Easy to grow

Stunning native shade perennial with fine textured foliage and delightful spring Phlox divaricata May Breeze Woodland Phlox blooms in pale blue. A gem! An excellent selection of a North American native woodland phlox. Forms a loose mat of semi-evergreen foliage about 4" tall that bears loads of loosely set, Phlox stolonifera Blue Ridge Creeping Phlox light blue/lavender blooms in spring. Does best on a moist but well drained soil in filtered light. This one is a bright pink flowered selection of our eastern North American native woodland phlox. Semi-evergreen foliage creeps along the grounds and is Phlox stolonifera Home Fires Creeping Phlox covered with flowers in late May and June. Does best in filtered light on a moist but well drained soil. The deepest purple bloom of all the Phlox stolonifera selections we offer. This North American native woodland creeper grows to 4" or so tall and creeps along Phlox stolonifera Sherwood Purple Creeping Phlox the ground to form semi-evergreen mats of foliage. In spring plants are covered with billowy masses of deep purple flowers. Best in filtered light on a moist, well drained soil

Classic Kentucky spring wildflower - 12" tall umbrellas of bold foliage with 1" Podophyllum peltatum Mayapple diameter white flowers beneath. Can go summer dormant in dry seasons.

While this little 6" tall creeper can get a little ragged in late summer, we still love it for filling small niches in the spring garden. Slowly spreading masses of upright Polygonatum humile Dwarf Solomon's Seal stems are bright green with tiny white bell flowers. Nice to thread between hostas and ferns that will cover it later in the season. A Yew Dell favorite We love this slow spreading shade clumper for the garden. Typical upright, arching stems like most Solomon Seal types but with bright red stems. Spring Polygonatum odoratum Jinguji Solomon Seal flowers are typical white bells that hang below the foliage. Choice and hard to find. Deer Proof!

An essential for any shade garden . . . 18-24" arching masses of erect stems Polygonatum odoratum var. produce clean, medium green leaves edged in white. Spring blooms are small Variegatum Solomon's Seal pluriflorum white bells that hang from each leaf axil. Spreads slowly but is long lived, dependable and deer resistant

Unique and hard to find evergreen perennial clumper for the shade garden. Grows to about 12-18" tall, looking almost like a broad leafed evergreen daylily. Rohdea japonica Sacred Lily Small spring flowers in white yield bright red/orange fruit that persist through the winter. Easy to grow and long lived

Thoroughly underutilized Kentucky native woodland plant. Under cultivation it can form large colonies of bright green foliage up to about 2' tall with stunning, Spigelia marilandica Indian Pinks yellow tipped, scarlet flowers in late spring. Excellent hummingbird plant. Easy to grow. And while it is a woodland plant, it is actually quite happy and much more vigorous in more sun

A compact and heavily branched selection of our excellent native woodland wildflower. Grown in light shade or full sun it will form 12-15" tall masses of Spigelia marilandica Little Redhead Indian Pink bright green foliage and screaming red flowers in early summer. Excellent cut and hummingbird plant

Wickedly cool shade plant with large, incredibly lacey leaves held like useless Syneilesis palmata Shredded Umbrella umbrellas. Grows 1-2.5' tall with small, pink/white aster flowers in mid summer. A choice and hard to find but easy to grow plant

A nice little native herbaceous groundcover for the shade garden. Star shaped Tiarella Spring Symphony foamy Bells leaves with dark streaks along the midrib produce spring spikes of white blooms Excellent, vigorous selection of this indispensable shade garden plant. Three foot tall masses of upright stems produce lanceolate green leaves edged in bright Tricyrtis formosana Gilt Edge Toad Lily gold. In late summer/fall, each shoot produces ethereal masses of white/burgundy spotted flowers

Excellent shade perennial to about 3' tall with leaves that emerge chartreuse in Tricyrtis hirta Moonlight Toad Lily spring and fade to green. Late summer/fall flowers are white, flecked with burgundy. A nice and tidy selection. Deer resistant!

Excellent Kentucky native for the woodland/shade garden. Broadly ovate leaves are mottled green and burgundy with a single flower at the center of each 8-10" Trillium cuneatum Wood Lily/Sweet Betsy tall stem. Flower color typically maroon but can show shades of yellow as well. One of the easier Trilliums to grow in the garden

One of the most common of the native Trilliums, this one forms nice colonies of Trillium erectum Red Trillium erect stems, uniform green leaves and deep red/mahogany, 3 petaled flowers.

Excellent Kentucky native for the woodland garden growing up to 12" tall with a Trillium grandiflorum Great White Trillium single clear white flower. Slow to multiply but stunning in bloom.

Trillium luteum Yellow Trillium Tall trillium with broad, green leaves and classic 3-petaled flowers in pale yellow.

Nice little shade groundcover with glossy green leaves, small yellow spring Waldsteinia ternata Barren Strawberry flowers and little (inedible) red fruit

Stunning and unusual herbaceous perennial for the lightly shaded garden. 3' tall masses of spikey foliage streaked in white and green produce unusual Zingiber mioga Variegata Myoga Ginger yellow/pink flowers at ground level. Great to mix with hostas, ferns and solomon seal. Both the flowers and foliage are edible. Best in moist but not wet soil. Shrubs

This 8' tall, upright shrub is about as bombproof as they come. Add to that a massive spring crop of sweetly scented flowers and killer red/orange/yellow fall Abelia mosanensis Bridal Bouquet Fragrant Abelia color and you have a real winner. Full sun for best flowering and fall color but it will take a fair amount of shade as well.

Nice, variegated green and gold foliage, bright red stems and pale pink trumpet Abelia xgrandiflora Kaleidoscope Glossy Abelia flowers through summer and early fall, all on a compact, mounded shrub to 2.5- 3' tall and wide. Add full sun and shade tolerance and you have quite a package.

If you have any interest in the fall garden, the beautyberries are essential. This one tops out at about 3-4' tall with a rounded arching growth habit, Callicarpa dichotoma Issai Beautyberry unremarkable summer green foliage and then stunning amethyst fruit along each stem in fall. Not overly drought tolerant. For sun or light shade

Big beast of a shrub to 15' tall and wide with large, platter sized leaves and waxy Calycanthus chinensis Chinese Sweetshrub white flowers in late summer. This is a fun one for the back of the border. Best in light shade

Button Bush is a quality garden plant native to Kentucky and much of the eastern U.S. It is known for being both incredibly drought and wet site tolerant, long lived and free from most pest and disease problems. In early summer the Cephalanthus occidentalis Moonlight Magical™ Button Bush plant is covered by golf ball sized white inflorescences that are honey scented and attract scores of pollinators. Magical Moonlight is an excellent, compact selection that matures at around 4-5' tall with quality foliage.

From the breeding program of Dr. Tom Ranney at NCSU, this thornless, double flowered quince is a great garden plant and a great one for forcing cut stems in Chaenomeles NCCS4 Double Take Peach™ Quince late winter. Large, peach colored blooms are born along the stems in April. Heavy blooming and no thorns! Full sun for best performance. This is one tough and wildly cool orange! A true citrus that we can grow in Kentucky. Grows to 8' or more in height with olive green stems that are essentially a big pile of gigantic thorns. In April, the stems are covered with Citrus trifoliata Flying Dragon Hardy Orange white, fragrant blooms that eventually yield golf ball sized oranges that start out fuzzy green and ripen to yellow/orange. Unique and fun plant to grow. Full sun or part shade.

Nice, compact and heavy flowering selection of the North American native Clethra alnifolia Novacleein Einstein™ Summersweet summersweet. Deep green foliage and large white, fragrant flower spikes make this a great pollinator plant for the mixed border. Full sun to part shade.

A seedling selection of our native North American summersweet introduced by UGA's Dr. Mike Dirr. Selected for compact growth to 3-4' with dark green foliage Clethra alnifolia Sixteen Candles Summersweet and copious masses of white, fragrant flower spikes in early summer. Golden yellow fall foliage color. Best in full sun or part shade. Not good for dry sites.

Discovered by Kris Bachtel of the Morton Arboretum as a chance seedling in his garden, this beautiful selection offers soft yellow/chartreuse leaves through the Cornus alternifolia Gold Bullion Alternate Leaf Dogwood entire growing season. The wonderful tiered branching of this species makes it a great understory tree for filtered light situations. Will grow up to about 12-15' tall

Large shrub to 6-8' tall or more with twisted and contorted stems clothed in burgundy red leaves. Foliage color is best in full sun and early in the year. Fades Corylus avellana Red Dragon Contorted Hazelnut a bit as the summer heats up but is still a stunning conversation piece in the garden. Full sun or part shade.

All deutzia species are tough, durable and long lived shrubs. This one is a diminutive offering that grows to about 24" tall and 36" wide. Its low, arching Deutzia NCDX1 Yuki Snowflake™ Deutzia habit is the perfect shape for showing off its late spring, double white flowers. Mahogany fall foliage color. Great for massing or edging in full sun or light shade. A collector's favorite! Large, open and sculptural shrub to 6-8' tall and wide with large, bold green summer foliage and stunning golden flowers in early spring. Edgeworthia chrysantha Paperbush The floral fragrance alone is worth growing this one. Likes a little TLC in the garden. Flower buds can sometimes desiccate in winter but it's worth the chance. This thing in bloom fills the whole neighborhood with its sweet perfume.

This 4-6' tall colonizing shrub is great for brightening up a dark corner of the garden. Palmately compound leaves are splashed with creamy white. Flowers Eleutherococcus sieboldianus Variegata Five-leaf Aralia are insignificant. Tough, durable but can get a little proud of itself from time to time. Shade or sun

A new introduction from South Korea, this one will grow up to 8' tall and wide Forsythia Sunny Flying Machine™ Forsythia and while the flower color and timing is similar to many forsythias, this one has double sized flowers. Full sun on any reasonable soil

This 5-6' forsythia has large crops of the expected early spring yellow flowers but Forsythia ×intermedia Golden Times Variegated Forsythia adds another dimension - yellow leaf variegation - to extend the interest season

Mike Dirr selection of this medium/large witchhazel relative with upright, honey scented, white bottle brush spring flowers followed by a mix of yellow, orange Fothergilla xgrandiflora Mt Airy Fothergilla and red fall color. Excellent shrub for full sun or part shade. Original plant from Mt Airy Arboretum in Cincinnati, OH. Medium/large shrub to 6'+ tall and wide with anise scented, white bottle brush flowers about 2.5" long in spring. Fall color is fire engine red. This witchhazel Fothergilla xgrandiflora Red Licorice Forthergilla relative is an excellent full sun or part shade shrub. Selected and introduced by Paul Cappiello.

The fall blooming witchhazels are a favorite last blast of flowering from the autumn garden. Usually growing to 12-15' tall or more, they roll into fall with Hamamelis virginiana Little Prospect American Witch Hazel bright yellow fall color and unique, strap-like petaled flowers in soft yellow. Little Prospect adds a nice yellow variegation to the leaf edges. Choice new introduction for full sun or light shade. One of the winter/early spring blooming witchhazel hybrids that is perfect for getting the season moving. Upright grower to 15-18' tall with bright golden Hamamelis xintermedia Arnold Promise Witch Hazel yellow flowers in March and excellent fall foliage color of yellow, orange and red. Great plant for full sun or part shade.

A broad spreading witchhazel to 8-10' tall and wide with open branching and Hamamelis xintermedia Jelena Witch Hazel stunning coppery blooms in March. Fall color is golden and orange. Grows best in full sun or part shade. An excellent selection of our native smooth hydrangea with uber stiff stems and large, dome shaped, white flower heads 10" in diameter. Great for full sun to Hydrangea arborescens Abetwo Incrediball® Smooth Hydrangea part shade. Blooms on new wood so it can be pruned in winter and will still bloom This selection of our native smooth hydrangea has mostly fertile flowers giving more of a powder puff look than the large flower heads of 'Annabelle' and Hydrangea arborescens Eco Pink Puff Smooth Hydrangea 'White Dome' but this one is more subtle and has a pink cast to the fertile flowers. Nice in a wooded garden or mixed with perennials. Full sun to part shade. Flowers on new growth. An attractive pink flowered form of our native smooth hydrangea with large Hydrangea arborescens Kolpinbel Pinkerella™ Smooth Hydrangea flower heads of pink, mostly sterile flowers. Excellent for sun or part shade. Blooms on new growth can be pruned in winter and will still bloom From the brilliant Dr. Tom Ranney at NCSU comes this compact grower (to about Invincibelle Mini Mauvette® Hydrangea arborescens NCHA7 3' tall) deep rose/pink selection of our native smooth hydrangea. Good color and Hydrangea stout stems. Blooms on new growth. This mountain variant of our native smooth hydrangea bears modestly showy Hydrangea arborescens radiata Silverleaf Hydrangea white flowers (mostly fertile) and leaves with brilliant silver backs. A fun novelty for the garden. Best in part shade. Blooms on new growth.

One of the earliest to bloom and smallest in size of all the panicle hydrangeas. Maxing out at around 5' tall, this shrub loads up with white terminal Hydrangea paniculata Dharuma Panicle Hydrangea inflorescences in mid summer. Great pollinator plant, great cut flower. Nice and compact for smaller gardens. For full sun or part shade Sturdy and robust panicle hydrangea that grows to about 8' tall with mid Hydrangea paniculata SMHPZIND Pillow Talk™ Panicle Hydrangea summer blooms that start out lime green before they go through white and finally, a rich pink. Good for full sun or light shade One of the latest of the panicle hydrangeas to bloom, making it a great season extender. Large shrub to 8-10' tall with an upright oval shape and mid to late Hydrangea paniculata Tardiva Panicle Hydrangea summer terminal inflorescences in white. Excellent pollinator plant. Flowers on new growth so can handle heavy pruning and still bloom. Great cut flower. For full sun or light shade Every garden needs a Little Honey! A compact selection of the North American native oakleaf hydrangea, this one tops out at about 5'x5' with screaming yellow Hydrangea quercifolia Little Honey Oakleaf Hydrangea leaves. White summer blooms are a little small compared to others but who cares? In full sun it might burn a bit if not kept irrigated. The more sun the more gold though. In shade it greens up a bit as summer progresses

From the USDA breeding program in Tennessee comes this excellent compact selection of our native oakleaf hydrangea. Topping out at about 4-5' tall, its Hydrangea quercifolia Ruby Slippers Oakleaf Hydrangea upright held blooms start out white and quickly turn rich pink. Happiest with a little afternoon shade but will take full sun if given adequate moisture A nice compact growing oakleaf hydrangea with double flowers, this one will top out at about 5-6' tall and wide. The early to mid summer flowers are white, Hydrangea quercifolia Snowflake Oakleaf Hydrangea fading to pink with up to 20+ sepals per flower rather than the typical 4. Excellent selection for full sun or part shade Compact growing lace cap type hydrangea up to about 3' tall and wide with summer flowers of pink to blue depending on soil conditions. Needs ample Hydrangea serrata MAKD Tiny Tuff Stuff™ Hydrangea moisture through the summer to keep from wilting. Blooms on both old and new wood so a late spring frost/freeze doesn't mean no flowers for that year. Excellent medium shrub to about 4' tall with bright blue/green, fine textured Hypericum CCFLPC-1 Blue Velvet™ St. John's Wort leaves all summer long and late spring/early summer yellow flowers. For full sun. Selected and introduced by Paul Cappiello The original and still hard to beat! Simpson Nurseries (Vincennes, IN) introduction of this native shrub that grows 8' tall and wide and in fall and Ilex verticillata Winter Red Winterberry Holly winter is entirely covered with bright red fruit. Requires an appropriate male for pollination. For full sun. Tough, reliable and a great addition to any garden. 5-6' tall arching shrub with Kerria japonica Japanese Marigold Bush bright greens stems (that look great in winter) and late spring flowers of brilliant yellow-gold. Great for full sun or partial shade. Native understory shrub with bright green leaves, chartreuse spring blooms and Lindera benzoin Spicebush bright red fall fruit that are favored by many bird species. Host plant for the spicebush swallowtail butterfly. This compact mockorange (3-4') offers tremendous masses of clear white, lemon Philadelphus Snowbelle Mockorange scented, double flowers in April. It is a tough and long lived selection that is tolerant of light shade but does best in full sun Looking for a tough, durable, compact shrub with screaming yellow foliage color? This is it. Topping out at about 4' tall and wide, foliage emerges in spring Physocarpus opulifolius Bert Darts G Festivus Gold® Ninebark in an electric yellow color and hold fairly well through the summer. Summer flowers are white but don't contrast much with the bright foliage. Best in full sun but tolerant of shade - foliage color will green up though. Ninebarks are all tough as nails; sun, shade, wet, dry, run over by a delivery truck . . . Center Glow has a mahogany/bronze leaf with bright yellow/chartreuse Physocarpus opulifolius Center Glow Ninebark center. Will grow to about 6' tall. Shade tolerant but best foliage color comes from full sun. From the famed Weston Nurseries outside of Boston comes this excellent hybrid of several native deciduous azaleas. Forming an upright oval plant to about 4' Weston's Rhododendron Azalea tall, its delicate frame is covered with sweetly fragrant yellow trumpet blooms in Innocence early summer. Nice reddish fall color winds up the season. Best in full sun or filtered light with ample moisture through the driest part of the season

From the famed Weston Nurseries outside of Boston comes this excellent hybrid of several native deciduous azaleas. Forming and upright oval up to about 4' tall, Rhododendron Weston's Parade Azalea in early summer it is covered with pink, fragrant blooms. Best in full sun or light shade with adequate moisture through the driest part of the season This is our favorite pussy willow. A large shrub to 6-8' tall, it is covered in February or March with 1.5" long catkins that turn a rich, rosy red/pink. Great Salix chaenomeloides Mt. Asama Pussy Willow for cutting and forcing or enjoying out in the garden. Great for sunny sites on about any soil This is one big shrub - up to 12' tall and wide - with brilliantly colored foliage of white, pink ad green. Foliage matures to mostly green but as long as it is putting Salix integra Hakuro-Nishiki Dappled Willow out new growth it puts on a show. Can be cut back to the ground in winter if it gets out of hand and will sprout back quite well. For full sun and moist soils

Almost completely unknown but a winner of a shrub. This is a low spreader toping out at about 3' tall with dainty, bright silver blue leaves all summer long. Salix repens Argentea Creeping Willow Catkins are insignificant. Great for full sun. Incredibly drought tolerant once established. Also tolerant of heavy pruning. Fine foliage texture and deep, almost black spring growth make this elderberry a Sambucus Eva Black Lace® Elderberry great foliage contrast in full sun garden or container plantings. Cut back annually or every other year for most vigorous growth and best foliage color. One of the most useful sun shrubs out there. 5' tall and a bit more in width, it has delicate, fine textured foliage with a bright yellow to chartreuse color. It is Spirea thunbergii Ogon Baby's Breath Spirea quite shade tolerant but best foliage color comes in full sun. Early white flowers cover all the arching branches in March and early April. Tough, drought tolerant and long lived. A Theodore Klein introduction. This large shrub will grow up to 8' tall and wide with slightly tomentose, light green leaves. In spring it is completely covered Viburnum West Fragrant Viburnum with large masses of white/pink balls of flowers with an intensely sweet and spicy aroma. Best in full sun but will grow and flower reasonably well in part shade. Large shrub to 8'+ with dark green foliage and white to pink snowball blooms in Viburnum plicatum Kern's Pink Doublefile Viburnum two ranks along the stems in spring. Wine red fall color. Works well in full sun or part shade. Durable and long lived. A delicate textured doublefile viburnum to about 8' tall and wide with distinct horizontal branching. Blooms are a mix of showy sterile and small fertile flowers Viburnum plicatum Molly Schroeder Doublefile Viburnum for a delicate pink lace cap presentation. Durable, pest resistant and easy to grow in full sun or part shade. Choice selection Chaste Tree is known for its summer spikes of blue to lavender flowers but it's also known to be a large, best of a plant to more than 20' tall. This selection tops out at 7-8' tall and wide with gray/green, fine textured leaves and a broad Vitex agnus-castus SMVACBD Blue Diddley® Chaste Tree spreading habit. Can be cut to the ground each winter as it blooms entirely on new wood. Great drought tolerant plant for full sun. A pollinator magnet in mid summer. While most weigelas flower in late spring/early summer, this one is an early riser. Pure white flowers cover this 4' mounding shrub in late March through Weigela praecox April Snow White Flowering Weigela April. Tough as nails and a fresh bit of color to go with your bulbs. Hard to find but worth the hunt. A unique color in the Weigela world, this Korean selection offers late spring Weigela subsessilis Canary Yellow Flowering Weigela blooms in light sulphur yellow on a plant reaching up to about 4' in height. Best in full sun but will flower reasonably in light shade as well. Easy to grow. Succulents This mound shaped succulent has thick, gray/green leaves with a scalloped Andromischus cristatus Crinkle Leaf Plant margin. Very sensitive to water so be sure to let this one dry out between waterings. Upright main stems covered with wedge-shaped leaves in yellow green. The 5 Astroloba spiralis (syn. Haworthia pentagona) rows of leaves make a gentle spiral up the stem While the botanical name is a mouthful, this is an easy cactus to grow in a container. Relative of the prickly pear cactus but without all the prickly, this one Austrocylindropuntia subulata Eve's Needle is more upright with narrow growth and when it flowers, stunning orange/red blooms. It looks like a pickle with colorful arms!

Fun little Madagascar native with broad green leaves that form tiny plantlets at Bryophyllum daigremontianum Mother of Thousands the margins that can be used to make . . . well . . . thousands more! Fun house plant for kids and anyone just starting their hand on propagation of succulents The classic! Easy to grow succulent that can live for generations if brought inside Crassula ovata Common Jade each winter. Deep, glossy green leaves on a stiff plant. Great container specimen. Fun tropical succulent with multi-colored leaves in cream, burgundy and pink. Crassula pellucida Variegata Calico Kitten Crassula Excellent for containers or even hanging baskets. Easy to grow in full sun and a well drained potting medium. Succulent with green leaves covered in white hairs and occasional yellow, daisy Delosperma echinatum Pickle Plant like flowers. Like most succulents, needs lots of sun, little water and good drainage. This unusual hybrid makes stems covered with gray/green leaves that look like Dendrophorbium peregrinum String of Dolphins leaping dolphins! Uncommon and hard to find. The classic - Thorny stems and medium green leaves with screaming scarlet Euphorbia milii Crown of Thorns blooms. Given enough light it literally blooms ALL the time. Not much to say about this one . . . It looks like a shrub made of bright green Euphorbia tirucalli Pencil Cactus pencils! This small cactus has unique, green, segmented leaves and is easy to grow in any Hatiora salicornioides Dancing Bones well drained mix. Needs a nice, bright sunny spot for best growth. Nutty little corkscrew succulent that is great for hanging baskets. Pink, waxy Hoya carnosa Krinkle Kurl Wax Flower flower balls are fragrant and long lasting A low mounding succulent with green leaves suffused with purple. Tall flower Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi Lavender Scallops stalks shoot up with orange/pink/lavender flowers. Cool hummingbird plant when in bloom. Easy to grow. Unique succulent with large paddle shaped leaves covered in coppery hairs. Can Kalanchoe orygalis Copperspoons grow up to about 6' tall but easy to cut back and maintain smaller in a container.

Unique blue green foliage in unusual, triangular shapes. It produces bright Kleinia ×kleiniiformis Spear Head yellow flowers late in the season. Great texture plant even when not in bloom Tight little bunch of perfectly smooth, elliptical leaves that look like polished Pachyphytum bracteosum Silver Bracts stones. Tidy little green succulent that is easy to grow indoors or outside in summer. Peperomia columella Colunar Peperomia Likes a little more water than most succulents but doesn't like it wet by any means. Great succulent/cactus for hanging baskets where the long. Leathery, and Selenicereus anthonyanus ZigZag Cactus zigzag'd leaves can strut their stuff. Fun one for kids. Multi-branched succulent with gray/purple stems and leaves and bright yellow Senecio crassissimus Vertical Leaf Senecio blooms. Aster family member. Senecio haworthii Wooly Sencio Fun South African species with heavily wooly silver succulent foliage. Stunning tropical succulent with 3" long, screaming silver blue succulent leaves. Senecio mandraliscaea Blue Chalk Sticks Great container accent for the summer garden. We wouldn't be without this one. Crazy little tropical with gray/green succulent leaves bent in a "J" shape. Great Senecio radicans Fish Hook Plant for small hanging baskets or in a pot on a pedestal where it can ramble over the sides.

Sun Perennials We love this tough and durable perennial for its deep, glossy green foliage and white veins and the Victorian purple/pink/white flower spikes in late spring. It Acanthus spinosus Bear's Breeches will grow in full sun or part shade in any reasonable soil. Most likely what's in the country under this name is a hybrid but we really don't care. It's a great plant. Deer proof, great cut, lives forever.

Dense mass of deep green foliage edged with a thin silver liner, it produces large crops of bright yellow flowers in fall on a plant that grows about 1' tall and about Ajania pacifica Silver and Gold Gold and Silver Chrysanthemum 2' wide. Not terribly long lived but adds a nice bit of unique foliage in summer and a splash of flower power in fall. Full sun to light shade Quite the rage when it was named the Perennial Plant Association's 2018 Perennial Plant of the Year. Forms a mass of fine textured, tubular foliage to Allium Millenium Ornamental Onion about 18" tall and dense masses of pink/purple flowers in spring. Great pollinator plant. Deer proof. Easy to grow in just about any sunny site. Super little edger or rockery plant with flat, somewhat twisted linear leaves with Allium senescens subsp. a blue/gray coloration. The whole plant in foliage only gets about 4-5" tall. Pink Mountain Garlic glaucum spring blooms dance just above the foliage. Full sun to light shade - and we even grow it on our green roof! Three foot tall and wide North American native plant known for drought Amorpha canescens Lead Plant tolerance and unique, purple/gray flowers in summer. Takes full sun and dry soils. We LOVE this selection. Forms extremely vigorous masses of fine textured foliage up to about 4' tall and wide that are topped by sky blue flowers in spring. Amsonia tabernaemontana var. Threadleaf Bluestar Good spring pollinator plant, deer resistant and makes a good cut flower too. salicifolia Best in full sun on well drained soils. Similar to A. hubrichtii but more robust in growth. Outstanding native that grows to about 4-5' tall and produces summer to fall blooms of pink with an unusual cinnamon/vanilla scent. One of the very best Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed plants for attracting and supporting not only monarchs but a long list of native butterflies. Likes sunny moist settings. Deadhead for repeat blooms. Makes a great cut flower too. Outstanding native that grows to about 4-5' tall and produces summer to fall blooms of pink (richer pink than typical for Cinderella) with an unusual Asclepias incarnata Cinderella Swamp Milkweed cinnamon/vanilla scent. One of the very best plants for attracting and supporting not only monarchs but a long list of native butterflies. Likes sunny moist settings. Deadhead for repeat blooms. Makes a great cut flower too.

Outstanding native that grows to about 4-5' tall and rather than the typical pink flowers, this one is a clear white, with an unusual cinnamon/vanilla scent. One of Asclepias incarnata Ice Ballet Swamp Milkweed the very best plants for attracting and supporting not only monarchs but a long list of native butterflies. Likes sunny moist settings. Deadhead for repeat blooms. Makes a great cut flower too. Outstanding native that grows to about 4-5' tall and produces summer to fall blooms in white with an unusual cinnamon/vanilla scent. One of the very best Asclepias incarnata Milkmaid Swamp Milkweed plants for attracting and supporting not only monarchs but a long list of native butterflies. Likes sunny moist settings. Deadhead for repeat blooms. Makes a great cut flower too. Outstanding native that grows to about 4-5' tall and produces summer to fall blooms of deep, vivid pink with white centers and an unusual cinnamon/vanilla Asclepias incarnata Soulmate Swamp Milkweed scent. One of the very best plants for attracting and supporting not only monarchs but a long list of native butterflies. Likes sunny moist settings. Deadhead for repeat blooms. Makes a great cut flower too.

Cool, western North American species of milkweed to about 3' tall with summer Asclepias speciosa Showy Milkweed blooms featuring pink, star shaped individual flowers. A showy native that's perfect for those monarch waystation gardens. Full sun

A favorite native for sunny sites. Loose masses of green foliage grow to about 2' tall and produce late summer sprays of vivid orange flowers. Attracts monarch Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Weed butterflies (and lots of others) and loads of other pollinators as well. Good cut flower. Deer proof. Loves hot, sunny and dry conditions.

Brilliant yellow flower spikes in spring top 24-36" gray/green foliage. Black/gray American Baptisia False Indigo seed pods persist through the fall and into winter. Good pollinator plant. Good Goldfinch cut flower. Deer proof. Easy to grow and long lived on sunny sites This selection forms 36" tall masses of gray/green foliage and pale yellow flower Baptisia Carolina Moonlight False Indigo spikes in spring. Great cut flower and pollinator plant. Tough, long lived, deer proof and a joy to grow. Full sun. A very nice selection of our native Baptisia with rich, butter yellow flowers on Baptisia Lemon Meringue False Indigo strong, upright stems. Excellent for the sunny garden. Good pollinator plant, cut flower and long lived performer. Tough, durable and attractive sun perennial to 24-30" tall topped with Betonica officinalis Hummelo Betony rose/purple mid summer blooms. The highest rated selection in a Chicago Botanic Garden multi-year trial. This stunning campanula forms mounded mass of fine textured foliage about 10" Campanula Pink Octopus Spreading Bellflower tall and 2' wide. In mid summer it sends up erect stems covered with rosy pink flowers with long, string-like petals. Heat tolerant perennial for the sun garden.

This selection just plain gets it done, year after year. Dense mass of glossy, deep green foliage to about 8" tall spreads to form an excellent groundcover with Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Plumbago intense blue blooms in spring and sporadically through the summer and fall. Easy to grow in any reasonable soil in sun or part shade. An outstanding species in its own right, this native will grow to 5-6' tall in a sunny spot with ample moisture. In fall it is topped with clear white flowers. Chelone glabra Black Ace Turtlehead Black Ace adds foliage that starts out the season almost black and fades gradually to very dark green. Great cut flower. Good late season pollinator plant.

Excellent garden mum with mounded foliage to about 2' tall and 3' wide topped Chrysanthemum Clara Curtis Hardy Chrysanthemum in fall with clear pink flowers. Fantastic late season pollinator plant and way better than those silly pot mums from the grocery store!

Excellent garden mum with mounded foliage to about 2' tall and 3' wide topped Chrysanthemum Mary Stoker Hardy Chrysanthemum in fall with peach to yellow flowers. Fantastic late season pollinator plant and way better than those silly pot mums from the grocery store!

One of the outstanding garden mums that makes a great garden plant, comes back year after year and is just so much better than those silly grocery store pot mums. Low mounds of gray/green foliage to about2' tall and 3' wide cover in fall Chrysanthemum weyrichii Pink Bomb Hardy Chrysanthemum with cheerful pink flowers. Nice fragrance and excellent late season pollinator plant. Best in full sun or light shade and any reasonable soy. One pinch in late spring helps keep the plant nice and tidy.

Super little, fine textured plant with gray/green, minty scented foliage and white Clinopodium nepeta White Cloud Lesser Calaminth flowers from spring to frost. Excellent for the dry garden, front of the border or pretty much anywhere else you have sun and well drained soil.

Clinopodium nepeta subsp. Fantastic, incredibly drought tolerant sun perennial to about 2-2.5' tall with fine, Lesser Calaminth nepeta gray/green minty scented foliage and dainty pale purple flowers summer to fall. Excellent selection of tickseed to about 2' tall with fine textured foliage and cheerful yellow flowers with unusual tubular ray flowers. Best in full sun and well Coreopsis Jethro Tull Tickseed drained soil - quite adaptable. Good cut, pollinator and all around great bloomer for the summer garden One of our favorite late season composites. A North American native that will grow to 6-8' tall and 4-6' wide that starts to show its bright yellow blooms in late May or early June and doesn't stop until some time in fall. Drought tolerant, Coreopsis tripteris Gold Standard Tall Coreopsis deer proof, good cut and pollinator plant, this one does it all. Loves full sun and dry-ish soil. Actually, too much irrigation can lead to flop. A Mt Cuba introduction Cold hardy, semi-succulent creeper with vivid red to red/orange blooms in Delosperma P001S Fire Spinner™ Ice Plant spring. Great for the rock garden or container in full, screaming sun. A yellow to orange flowering seed strain of this amazing group of sun plants. Foliage up to about 2' tall with cheerful flowers above, this one is great for Echinacea Cheyenne Spirit Coneflower attracting butterflies and other pollinators during the summer season. Full sun and well drained soil A purple coneflower on steroids! Larger than normal summer flowers of rich, rosy purple, oversized leaves and a plant that reaches a bit more than 3' tall. Echinacea Prairie Giant Coneflower Wonderful native for the sun garden, as a cut flower and, of course, a great pollinator plant. Fun coneflower selection with petals that are vivid rose purple in the center and Echinacea purpurea Green Twister Coneflower bright green at the edges. Large flowered form of the classic native coneflower with rich and vivid Echinacea purpurea Magnus Purple Coneflower purple/magenta petals in mid summer. Great pollinator plant. Sun, sun sun. Clear white petaled selection of the classic cone flower with strong upright Echinacea purpurea Pow Wow White Coneflower stems. Good fragrance. Pow Wow Wild Classic coneflower architecture with screaming purple/pink/red (we really don’t Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Berry know what to call the color) flowers. A slightly shorter grower and longer bloomer than typical for the species. Like all Echinacea purpurea Prairie Splendor Coneflower Echinaceas, outstanding pollinator plant and cut flower. Full sun and well drained soil. One that's been around a long time and is still an excellent performer. Brilliant Echinacea purpurea Ruby Star Coneflower rose/magenta petals and orange/brown centers on a 30" tall plant that blooms mid summer. Great pollinator and cut flower for full sun. Durable and long flowering masses of spiny looking foliage to about 3-4' tall produce mid and late summer globes of sky blue flowers. Excellent cut flower. Echinops ritro Globe Thistle Super pollinator plant for the summer border. Deer proof. Sun and well drained soil. What a cool plant for the hot, sunny, dry garden! 3' tall masses of spiny-looking foliage produces mid summer masses of bright blue flowers. It is a great cut Eryngium planum Blue Sea Holly flower, excellent pollinator plant, deer proof . . . Even great as a dried flower. Oh, and it's great if just left to bloom in the garden too. What a cool plant for the hot, sunny, dry garden! 3' tall masses of spiny-looking foliage produces mid summer masses of bright blue flowers with 'Blue Glitter' Eryngium planum Blue Glitter Sea Holly being brighter blue than normal. It is a great cut flower, excellent pollinator plant, deer proof . . . Even great as a dried flower. Oh, and it's great if just left to bloom in the garden too. A more compact (2' tall) version of an outstanding plant. 24" tall masses of spiny- looking foliage produces mid summer masses of bright blue flowers. It is a great Eryngium planum Blue Hobbit Sea Holly cut flower, excellent pollinator plant, deer proof . . . Even great as a dried flower. Oh, and it's great if just left to bloom in the garden too.

This 4'-tall sun plant offers creamy yellow edge variegation around gray green Eupatorium fortunei Pink Frost Variegated Joe Pye Weed centers. It produces late summer/fall masses of medium pink flowers that are excellent for late season pollinators. Fun sun on well drained soils. The original and still hard to beat! This native perennial grows to about 6' tall with deep green foliage that is topped with dusty pink flower heads in late Eutrochium maculatum Gateway Joe Pye Weed summer. Outstanding pollinator plant. Excellent cut flower. Deer proof. Just give it sun and stand back! One of the better alpine strawberries for the garden. Runnerless plants form clumps of foliage to about 8" tall and small, deep red, sweet fruit throughout the Fragaria vesca Alexandra Ornamental Strawberry season. Don't crowd these plants and you'll get way more fruit. Full sun and any reasonable soil. Bright little yellow to white strawberries (oh so sweet!) make this a nice wild Fragaria vesca Golden Alexandra Ornamental Strawberry strawberry for containers, rock gardens or as a bed edger. Likes full sun and a rich soil but easy to grow. Does not produce runners so stays in place.

Can't beat blue in the garden! This 18' tall perennial produces vivid, royal blue flowers late summer and fall. It grows best in sun or light shade - especially a Gentiana PP20433 True Blue™ Gentian little shade from the hottest part of the afternoon summer sun. Moist, well drained soil. One of our favorites for the late season garden. Deer resistant too!

So many perennial geraniums out there . . . This one forms 18" tall masses of fine Geranium pratense Dark Reiter Cranesbill textured foliage suffused with dark burgundy and topped by bright pink flowers in May and sporadically through the summer. Great for full sun or part shade.

This Theodore Klein Award Winner forms tight, dense masses of dark green foliage with cheerful, deep purple flowers in late spring. Growing to about 10" tall, it makes a great edger, crevice plant and is outstanding in containers (we've Geranium ×cantabrigiense Biokovo Cranesbill had one in the same container for about 10 years!) Easy to grow anywhere in full sun or part shade. Creates a great groundcover in the shade but few flowers. Deer resistant.

Mat forming foliage topped with bright pink flowers. Great groundcover Geranium ×cantabrigiense Karmina Cranesbill perennial with a floral display to knock your eyes out. Deer resistant This compact grower will reach about 18" tall with masses of upright stems that Helenium autumnale Balsalulow Salud Yellow™ Sneeze Weed produce a mass of bright, clear yellow blooms in late summer and fall. Great for full sun on just about any middle of the road soil. Good cut flower.

Outstanding 2' sun perennial with super fine textured foliage and dense masses Helianthus salicifolius Autumn Gold Willowleaf Sunflower of cheerful yellow flowers that start opening in late summer and bloom though the fall. Great pollinator plant for the late season. Deer resistant. Easy to grow.

Outstanding 2-3' sun perennial that produces masses of clear yellow, double Heliopsis helianthoides Summer Sun False Sunflower flowers in late summer and fall. Great pollinator plant, cut flower and tremendously adaptable to dry sites. Theodore Klein Plant Award Winner.

Excellent selection of this late summer and fall blooming sun perennial. Grows to Bressingham Doubloon™ False Heliopsis helianthoides USPP 11270 4-5' tall with an upright growth habit and is covered with vivid yellow/gold Sunflower double blooms to close out the season. Tough and durable plant. We simply love this daylily. Given to us by one of our Sunken Rock Garden volunteers, we love the 6' tall, wiry stems with golden yellow flowers that don't Hemerocallis Autumn Minaret Day Lily bloom until late summer. It's a great multiplier and looks great in large masses. Full sun and any soil Everybody wants the white daylily . . . and this is almost it . . . Creamy white, Hemerocallis Marque Moon Day Lily highly reflexed and ruffled flowers with yellow rims grace this 24" sun perennial. A delightful addition to the sun garden. There are so many . . . How do you pick one? This daylily is as tough as typical Hemerocallis Monterrey Jack Day Lily and produces June flowers of a chiffon yellow and deep red/burgundy center. Low, mat forming succulent with rounded, blue/gray leaves and bright pink Hylotelephium sieboldii Siebold's Stonecrop blooms in fall. Works well in the sunny rock garden, containers or even in hanging baskets. The classic! 2-3' mounds of thick, succulent, gray/green foliage offer up stout masses of pink blooms late in the season. Deer proof and long lived. Works best Hylotelephium telephium Autumn Joy Stonecrop in full sun and good drainage. Good cut. Great paired with fall asters and autumn sunflowers. If I say "Sedum" will you know what I mean? This one grows less than 12" tall Hylotelephium telephium Vera Jameson Stonecrop with dusty gray/purple foliage and bright pink blooms in fall. Good for full sun on well drained sites. Fantastic summer blooming shrub! Growing up to about 4' tall and wide with fine, gray/green foliage, this one starts blooming (on new wood) in late May and Indigofera heterantha Himalayan Indigo continues right up until fall with rose/pink blooms. Deer proof. Disease resistant. Tolerant of full sun to part shade. Can be grown as a cut back shrub as well. One of our favorites! A fun one to grow in the sunny garden. Architectural, upright and sword-like Dwarf Blackberry Lily Iris domestica Hello Yellow leaves are topped in mid summer with clear yellow flowers. The black seeds can (Belamcanda) be harvested to grow more next year. Excellent iris for moist conditions and even at pond's edge. 24" tall, sword-like Iris ensata Variegata Variegated Japanese Iris foliage with bold cream streaks offers up bright blue/purple blooms in late spring through mid summer. Good cut flower. Loves the sun. One of our favorite iris varieties, hands down! 2.5-3' tall, sword-like foliage is excellent quality in its own right. In mid spring plants are covered with the most Iris sibirica Lady Vanessa Siberian Iris electric rosy pink/purple color on the planet. A strong grower and strong multiplier means you'll have plenty to divide and share. Full sun and well drained soil. 20-30" tall masses of arching green foliage bear summer spikes of screaming orange and yellow flowers. Great plant for hummingbirds, butterflies and other Kniphofia Flamenco Torch Lily pollinators, an excellent cut flower and deer resistant to boot! Plant in full sun and well drained soil Several years ago we trialed about 15 different lavenders in our nursery. After 3 years of growth, Blue Cushion was one of only 2 that not only survived but Blue Cushion Dwarf English thrived. Low masses of fragrant, gray foliage with spring bloom spikes colored . . Lavandula angustifolia Schola Lavender . well . . . lavender! Like all lavenders, needs good drainage. We like to lay the root ball on the surface of the soil and mound up around it to insure good drainage around the crown.

Several years ago we trialed about 15 different lavenders in our nursery. After 3 years of growth, Thumbelina Leigh was one of only 2 that not only survived but thrived. Low masses of fragrant, gray foliage with spring bloom spikes colored . . Lavandula angustifolia Thumbelina Leigh Dwarf English Lavender . well . . . lavender! Like all lavenders, needs good drainage. We like to lay the root ball on the surface of the soil and mound up around it to insure good drainage around the crown. This plant needs a serious common name upgrade. Typically growing to a large shrub to about 8' tall, its claims to fame are: 1) absolute bombproof constitution - It will grow about anywhere it gets at least half a day of sun, and 2) it blooms and blooms and blooms. Starting in late spring and continuing through a good Leptodermis oblonga Leptodermis chunk of the summer it forms delicate masses of pale purple/lilac flowers that attract loads of pollinators. We grow it as a cut back shrub, wicking it to the ground in winter, and it grows back to form about a 3-4' shrub in a single season. Deer proof. Adaptable. A small version of the related L. thunbergii, this one only grows 1-2' tall with fine Lespedeza bicolor Yakushima Bush Clover textured foliage and rosy/lilac terminal flowers in late summer. Excellent for sun or light shade. Non invasive Great, fountain-like woody shrub to about 6' tall known for its dramatic growth habit and late summer/early fall flowers. Gempei has both white and rosy pink Lespedeza thunbergii Gempei Bush Clover blooms at the same time! We grow this as a cutback shrub, cutting it to the ground each winter. Quite drought tolerant but is happier with ample moisture in the heat of the summer. Best for full sun or light shade. Non invasive.

The most common of the Lespedezas, this one grows to 6' tall with broad, arching growth that can reach 10' in spread. Deep, gray green foliage produces Lespedeza thunbergii Gibraltar Bush Clover vivid purple/rose blooms in late summer. A good cut back shrub and incredibly durable. Full sun to light shade. Quite drought tolerant but happier with ample moisture in the heat of the summer. Non invasive. Classic shasta daisy growing to about 3' tall with pure white flower petals and Leucanthemum Becky Daisy bright yellow centers. Deadhead for extended bloom. Good cut flower. Sun and any reasonable soil. Compact growing, clear white flowered lily up to about 24" all. Great for the sun Lilium Tiny Crystal Lily Looks™ Dwarf Asiatic Lily or lightly shaded garden. Super little Asiatic lily with clear white centered, vivid pink flowers on 24" stems. Lilium Tiny Diamond Lily Looks™ Dwarf Asiatic Lily Best for full sun. Fragrant and great for cutting but we don’t know why anyone would take them out of the garden! Stunning selection of our native cardinal flower with screaming red summer Lobelia cardinalis Queen Victoria Cardinal Flower flowers and dark, burgundy foliage. Works best in full sun with plenty of moisture. Outstanding pollinator plant. This hybrid cardinal flower grows to 24" tall with deep burgundy foliage and late summer masses of screaming fuchsia/red flowers. Strong upright shape. Lobelia ×speciosa Starship Deep Rose Cardinal Flower Excellent hummingbird plant for the late season border. Sun and ample moisture. The classic! Spring sprays of long, strap-like upright foliage melts away by early to mid summer when the bare, naked lady stems shoot up from the ground to Lycoris squamigera Naked Lady offer their huge pink trumpets. Will grow just about anywhere you can get a spade in the ground! Vigorous growing spreader that grows to about 2-3' tall with intense burgundy foliage and gleaming yellow flowers. Loves full sun. Can get a little proud of itself Lysmachia cilata Firecracker Loosestrife so give it some room and keep an eye on it! Holds excellent foliage color all through the season. Interesting Kentucky native that can't decide if it's a herbaceous perennial, hardy succulent or . . . According to some, actually an Agave! Low rosette of thick green and sometimes deep red spotted foliage gives rise to 4' summer flowering Manfreda virginiana Rattlesnake Master stalks topped with yellow to pink flowers. Pollinated by sphynx moths, bumble bees and hummingbirds. Great for the rock garden in full sun. We've even grown some in containers/troughs. Fun plant

Dainty little mat forming spreader that's great for threading through stepping Mazus reptans Creeping Mazus stones, rock gardens or among taller plants. Ground hugging green foliage yields yellow/purple flowers in spring. Great for sun or light shade

This big, robust growing catmint will form a mound of fine textured foliage to about 3' tall and wide with spring-early summer bloom spikes in deep blue. Nepeta Balneplud' Blue Prelude™ Catmint Great pollinator plant, cut flower and all around sun performer. Shear back after blooming for possible rebloom later in the summer.

This classic garden plant is one of those pass-along plants that pops up everywhere, and for good reason. Low mats of semi-evergreen foliage send up Oenothera fruticosa Sundrops 18-24" vertical blooming stalks topped with glowing yellow flowers in late spring. Grows just about anywhere you have bright sun and reasonable soil. The only cactus native to Kentucky! Low spreading mass of oval succulent pads covered with long spines. Produces stunning orange to yellow flowers in early Opuntia humifusa Prickly Pear summer. Great for hot, sunny sites on well drained soil. A real conversation piece! A North American native cactus that ranges from deserts of Texas all the way to the Pacific Northwest and western Canada! Cold hardy cactus with thick, Opuntia polycantha Plains Prickly Pear succulent pads of foliage that creep along the ground and produce yellow (occasionally purple) flowers in early summer. Good for bright sunny spots and well drained soil A delightful creeping and cascading ornamental oregano for containers, rockeries or the sunny mixed border. In spring, the 10" foliage is covered with Origanum Amethyst Falls Ornamental Oregano masses of pink/purple blooms set off by bright lemon/lime bracts. Loves full sun and well drained soils. This hybrid oregano forms a low mass of spicy, aromatic, gray foliage and beautiful rosy pink floral bracts about 6-8" high and up to 3' wide. It is excellent Origanum Kent Beauty Ornamental Oregano in containers and well drained soils in full sun. Short lived perennial that can be grown as an annual for color and texture. Can be used for cooking but the flavor is not as intense as culinary oreganos.

Nice strong-stemmed herbaceous peony with rich pink outer petals and a mass Paeonia Butter Bowl Herbaceous Peony of strong yellow/gold ruffly petaloids in the center. Great cut for the sun garden.

This excellent Roy Klehm selection has vivid red petals and a bright yellow Paeonia Cherry Charm Herbaceous Peony center. Strong stems and high flower production. Great cut flower for bright sun Strong stemmed selection with brilliant coral petals and a cheerful yellow Paeonia Coral and Gold Herbaceous Peony center. Great cut flower for bright sun An excellent and very fragrant selection from famed breeder Roy Klehm, this one Paeonia Honey and Cream Herbaceous Peony has clear white petals and a bright golden center. Strong stems and mid season bloom time. Great cut flower for full sun An anemone type herbaceous peony with a pale pink, ruffled center and rich, Paeonia Miss Congeniality Herbaceous Peony dark pink outer petals. Great cut flower for bright sun There are thousands of Penstemons out there but this one is outstanding. Deep burgundy stems and leaves topped with white summer blooms. It is a strong Penstemon digitalis PPAF Onyx and Pearls Beardtongue grower, heavy bloomer and as reliable as they come. Full sun and well drained soil. Russian Sage is a useful, tremendously drought tolerant sun perennial with silvery stems and purple blooms in summer. The knock on it is that it can get Perovskia atriplicifolia PP27526 Rocketman™ Russian Sage floppy and disorganized looking. Rocketman was selected to be a tad shorter (2.5-3' tall) with stronger, upright stems and heavy crops of flowers.

The classic, white flowered and mildew resistant tall phlox for the sunny, Phlox paniculata David Garden Phlox summer garden. Fragrant. Great pollinator plant. Excellent cut flower.

This is a rare find in the garden world . . . A tall garden phlox with gold Goldmine Variegated Garden variegated leaves and bright magenta flowers that isn't a complete mildew trap! Phlox paniculata USPP 12070 Phlox Good heat and humidity tolerance and excellent disease resistance make this eye-catching plant worthy of a spot in any sunny or lightly shaded garden. Outstanding hybrid phlox from our friend Dr. Jim Ault at the Chicago Botanic Phlox xprocumbens Pink Profusion Creeping Phlox Garden. This spreading sun perennial forms an evergreen mat 3-4" tall with brilliant pink spring blooms. Vigorous grower and heavy flowerer.

Three foot tall sun perennial (can take a touch of shade too) that offers white/green variegated foliage that looks good all summer long. In summer the Physostegia virginiana Variegata Obedient Plant stems are topped with 3" spikes of rosy pink flowers. Good summer pollinator plant and cut flower. It is obedient in that when in flower, the flower stems can be bent over and they will stay that way . . . sort of . . . A classic for the minded border or vase - 24" tall masses of loose, deep green Platycodon grandiflorus Sentimental Blue Balloon Flower foliage produce deep purple "balloon" buds bursting open in late spring. Full sun or light shade. This North American native grows to 2-3' tall and produces summer/fall masses of yellow to yellow/orange flowers with elongated brown central discs. Works Ratibida columnifera Yellow Prairie Coneflower great in full sun and it tremendously drought tolerant, deer resistant and adaptable. One of the better black eyed Susan's on the market today. Growing up to 24-30" American Gold Rudbeckia Black-Eyed Susan tall, it explodes in mid summer with huge masses of classic black eyed Susan Rush flowers in mid summer. Good cut flower and pollinator plant for full sun.

This is one big honkin' coneflower! A basal mass of bright, blue/green foliage yields an 8-9' tall stalk with multiple yellow flowers with dark brown centers in Rudbeckia maxima Giant Coneflower mid to late summer. Makes a huge statement in the summer garden. Loves hot, sunny sites with dervish soil once established Grown primarily for its fine textured, bright blue/green foliage and gleaming yellow spring flowers, this selection is great for the sunny border. Deer resistant, Ruta graveolens Blue Mound Rue butterfly attracting and easy to grow. Makes a good cut flower also. Butterfly host plant! We still can't figure out how to pronounce the name but we love the plant! Low mounds of bright green, leathery leaves produce 8"-12" tall masses of sky blue Salvia forsskaolei Balkan Sage flowers off and on through the late spring and summer. Not like anything else we've ever grown. Full sun. A stunner! 12-15" mounds of deep green foliage support spring masses of rich blue/purple pincushion flowers. Loves the sun and good drainage, it a great cut Scabiosa superba Mongolian Mist Pincushion Plant flower, deer proof and, heck, how many plants do you already have from the haunts of inner Mongolia?! From the Sedum man himself, Chris Hansen, comes this fun little creeping Sedum with glossy, succulent green leaves edged in bright chartreuse. Forms a Sedum Lime Zinger Sunsparkler® Sedum dense mound to a mat to about 8" tall. Sun and well drained soil. Great for rock gardens, troughs or as an edger. A good, all green foliaged groundcover sedum for full sun or part shade. Glossy Sedum kamtschaticum Kamchatka Sedum green carpet to about 6" tall with bright yellow flowers. Easy to grow. Vigorous, creeping cold hardy succulent foliage that is screaming gold in spring Sedum rupestre Angelina Stonecrop and brilliant orange in winter. Great in green roofs, containers, troughs and the sunny border. Well drained soil. Low growing and super fine textured cold hardy succulent for troughs, rock Sedum sexangulare Tasteless Stonecrop garden or containers. Best in full sun and well drained soil. Never too sure about the "tasteless" thing . . . Never actually tried it! Low growing mat of tight, spiral rosettes with deep burgundy leaves tipped in Sempervivum Commander Hay Hen and Chicks green. For the sunny trough, container or rock garden. Full sun and well drained soil. The classic! This cold hardy succulent forms low mats of silver/green foliage rosettes. Can be grown in ground beds, rock gardens, containers, troughs, green Sempervivum Silverine Hen and Chicks roofs and just about anywhere else you can provide good drainage and lots of sun. Fun little hardy succulent from the mountains of Austria. Tight, almost spherical Sempervivum globiferum Rollers masses of overlapping succulent scale-like leaves on a low mass to about 2" tall. subsp.arenarium Loves sun and well drained soils This large, shrub-like sun perennial grows up to 5' tall and wide with bold, gray/green foliage topped by bright yellow flowers in summer. It is a great Senna hebecarpa Wild Senna pollinator plant, attracting honeybees and a wide list of butterflies. Black seed pods in fall are favored by turkeys. This is a tough and durable native for the sun garden For those of us who like big, honkin' plants! This tallgrass prairie native forms a mass of highly dissected, deep green leaves and a 6-9' flowering stalk topped Silphium lacinatium Compass Plant with small, sunflower like blooms in late summer. Loves sun and dry soils and has a massive tap root - so put it where you want it! A big beast of a plant for the sun garden. Starting with a low mound of coarse foliage, this North American native sends up a huge stalk up to 8-9' tall that produces several bright, cheerful, small sunflower-like flowers in mid to late Silphium perfoliatum Cup Plant summer. Its seeds are favored by a wide range of birds in late fall and early winter. Makes quite a statement in the garden but make sure you put it where you want it. Cup plant has a huge tap root system and is difficult to move once established. Excellent goldenrod for the sun garden. It grows to 2-3' tall and produces large, Solidago Crown of Rays Goldenrod yellow inflorescences in mid summer and into early fall. Great pollinator plant. Excellent cut flower. Deer proof. Selected by our good friend Steve Foltz of the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens, this cascading goldenrod as a great summer/fall bloomer to plant Solidago shortii Solar Cascade Goldenrod above a wall or on a slope. Brilliant yellow flowers and deep green foliage. Full sun and well drained soil. Great selection that forms a 1-2' tall mound of strong and ferny foliage topped in late spring by vivid purple flowers. Attracts scads of butterflies and other Stokesia laevis Honeysong Purple Stoke's Aster pollinators. Great cut flower. Long bloom time and just a great overall performer for the sun garden. Improved selection of this incredibly useful sun perennial. Growing 12-18" all, it produces vivid lavender/blue pin cushion flowers in mid spring and then Stokesia laevis Mel's Blue Stokes' Aster continuing off and on through the summer. Great cut flower and butterfly plant. Needs good drainage. Stoke's aster is known as a great, low mounding perennial with excellent spring to early summer purple flowers. 'Peachie's Pick' blooms later and longer than Stokesia laevis Peachie's Pick Stoke's Aster normal making it a great season extender. Excellent pollinator plant, cut flower and deer proof winner. This Mt Cuba Center introduction makes an outstanding garden plant. Strong upright growth to about 3' tall, the dark green foliage is covered with Symphyotrichum laeve Bluebird Smooth Aster blue/lavender flowers in late summer and fall. Foliage remains good looking all summer and doesn’t get hammered by disease as happens to so many asters out there. Great pollinator plant for the end of the season.

Short and compact version to about 24" with a tight mounded shape and almost Symphyotrichum novae-angliae Purple Dome New England Aster iridescent purple flowers in fall. Good late season pollinator plant.

A very nice and compact selection of New York aster growing to 1' tall with good Symphyotrichum novi-belgii Alert New York Aster branching and deep red flowers in late summer and fall. Good late season pollinator plant. Deer resistant. Loves sun and well drained sites.

The fragrant asters are about as tough as they come. Locally native, it can be found growing out of rocky crevices in gravel and clay. Forms a dense mound of fine textured foliage about 2' tall and 3' wide. Leaves have a minty aroma when Symphyotrichum oblongifolium Raydon's Favorite Fragrant Aster crushed. Lavender/blue flowers cover every inch of the plant in fall. While this is a dense grower and really doesn't need pinching, one pinch back in May makes it even more dense and compact. The fragrant asters are about as tough as they come. Locally native, if can be found growing out of rocky crevices in gravel and clay. Forms a dense mound of fine textured foliage about 2' tall and 3' wide. Leaves have a minty aroma when Symphyotrichum oblongifolium October Skies Fragrant Aster crushed. Purple/blue flowers cover every inch of the plant in fall. While this is a dense grower and really doesn't need pinching, one pinch back in May makes it even more dense and compact.

Forming a spreading mass of 24" tall, deep, leathery green foliage, it sends out Symphytum grandiflorum Comfrey delicate masses of creamy yellow to white flowers in early to mid spring. Makes an impenetrable groundcover in sun or filtered light.

We have no idea why everyone isn't growing this plant. A small sunflower relative, it grows to only about 8" tall with fine textured foliage and delightful, Tetraneuris scaposa Prairie Sunshine clear yellow flowers in spring and summer. It's a great plant for the rock garden, or the front of a mixed border. Loves full sun and well drained soil. A compact growing mass of fine, ferny foliage topped with large clouds of Thalictrum TNTNP Nimbus™ Pink Meadow Rue lavender/pink blooms from May to July. Grows up to about 2.5' tall and works well in full sun or light shade Useful little sun perennial to about 2' tall with fine textured foliage and terminal Valeriana rubra Coccineus Red Valerian masses of rich pink/red flowers in late spring/early summer. Sometimes you just stumble on a plant that turns out to be a favorite. We received this one by mistake a number of years ago and it turned out to be one Vernonia lettermannii Narrowleaf Ironweed of our favorites. Low dense masses of thread-fine dark green foliage to about 18" tall produces deep and vivid violet summer blooms. Excellent pollinator plant. Loves hot and dry sun. Deer proof. Easy to grow.

A tall and somewhat ethereal and airy large perennial to about 5' or so tall with Veronicastrum virginicum Alboroseum Culver's Root upright stems topped by summer spikes of white to pale pink flowers. Great for full sun or part shade on average soils. Good cut flower and pollinator plant.

Trees Very cool and uncommon maple that looks like anything but a maple. A medium tree to about 35' tall or so with an upright rounded growth habit, it has opposite Acer carpinifolium Hornbeam Maple leaves like a maple but unlike typical maple leaves these are long, narrow ovals. Gun metal gray bark and rusty red fall color. This is a strong grower, highly disease resistant and quite drought tolerant once established. Very finely dissected leaves of vivid burgundy color in spring, fading a bit in the Acer palmatum Hubb's Red Willow Japanese Maple heat of the summer, this is a great texture tree to about 20' tall. Brilliant red/burgundy fall color. For full sun or light shade and adequate moisture.

A loosely columnar selection that will grow 18' tall and half that in width over Acer palmatum Tsukasa Silhouette Columnar Japanese Maple time with bright green early foliage changing to scarlet in fall. A dwarf and cutleaf selection with intense burgundy/red foliage that holds its Laceleaf Weeping Japanese color quite well through the summer. Mature height of 4-6' with a bit more Acer palmatum var. dissectum Red Dragon Maple width. Bright light with a little protection from the hot afternoon summer sun works best. An outstanding striped maple for the lightly shaded garden. Upright oval to about 25' tall over time, it has fairly bold textured, light green leaves that turn Acer tegmentosum Joe Witt Snakebark Maple bright yellow in fall. Bark, particularly on branches under about 5" in diameter, is striped with white, green and gray. Likes a little shade and even moisture. Large, suckering shrub for light shade, it will reach 10-18' tall and wide over Aesculus parviflora Bottlebrush Buckeye time. Deep green foliage and early summer spikes of white are great for attracting butterflies and bumble bees. Easy to grow Large, suckering shrub for light shade, it will reach 10-18' tall and wide over time. Deep green foliage and early summer spikes of white are great for Aesculus parviflora Rogers Bottlebrush Buckeye attracting butterflies and bumble bees. 'Rogers' is a later blooming form with flower spikes that can reach a full 3' in length! This burgundy foliaged mimosa makes quite a statement in the summer garden. Vigorous and retaining its color all through the summer, we cut it back to the Albizia julibrissin Summer Chocolate Mimosa ground each winter to keep if from flowering (and then producing tons of seedlings!) Full sun This nice, upright selection will produce a 12-15' tall, multi-trunked tree with fresh green leaves and cheerful white spring blooms. Small, blueberry-like fruit Amelanchier alnifolia Obelisk Serviceberry form in summer and are edible - good for eating or attracting birds. Nice orange/yellow fall color. Good for full sun or light shade in a reasonably moist soil. Unique Kentucky native understory tree with long, somewhat drooping deep green leaves that turn bright golden yellow in fall. Unusual mahogany flowers in Asimina triloba Pawpaw April produce large lumpy green fruits that have a great flavor that falls somewhere between a mango and a banana. Grows and fruits best in full sun but is quite shade tolerant. Discovered by Louisville's own Allen Bush as a chance seedling in the alley behind his Louisville garden, this variant of our native redbud produces Cercis canadensis Alley Cat Variegated Eastern Redbud substantial leaves of dark green, splashed with white. A good, stable variegation and strong growth with the typical rosy/pink spring blooms. Great selection for the sunny garden. A weeping version of our native flowering redbud, this one will form an informal Cercis canadensis Pink Heartbreaker Eastern Redbud weeping mass to about 12' tall and wide. Nice specimen plant for the sunny garden. Excellent broad columnar selection of this outstanding medium sized tree. Chionanthus retusus Tokyo Tower Chinese Fringe Tree Glossy, bright green leaves are the perfect foil for gleaming white and fragrant flowers in May/June. Tough and adaptable tree for the sun garden. This white variegated form is an open grower that will reach about 18' tall and wide with time. It produces early summer blooms of white and red, raspberry Cornus kousa Samzam Chinese Dogwood like fruit in autumn. Excellent choice for brightening up a dark corner of the garden. More tree like than 'Wolf Eyes' This 3-4' tall version of the red stemmed dogwood is more compact than typical for the species. It is primarily grown for its bright red stems in winter. June Cornus alba Regnzam Red Gnome™ Dogwood flower heads are white and produce white fruit in late summer and fall that are great for attracting birds. Best to prune to the ground every year or so to keep the young stems brightly colored. Full sun

This weeping version of the Chinese dogwood makes quite a conversation piece. Lustgarten Maturing at about 8-10' tall, it is a stiff weeper that is useful as a specimen or Cornus kousa Weeping Chinese Dogwood Weeping focal point in the garden. Best in full sun or part shade with ample moisture. White blooms in late spring produce raspberry like fruit in fall.

Delicate and somewhat ethereal spring bloomer to about 8' tall and wide. Corylopsis spicata Golden Spring Spike Winterhazel Chartreuse colored flowers cover the branches in April followed by similarly colored leaves. Excellent for the lightly shaded garden. Difficult to find!

Smoketree forms a large shrub or small tree to about 15' tall or a bit more. It is a full sun/part shade plant that is amazingly drought tolerant and known for its "smoke" like clouds of summer flowers. This selection has incredibly dark Cotinus coggygria NCCO1 Winecraft Black® Smoketree burgundy/black leaves that hold their color better than most. We like to grow the Cotinus varieties as cut back specimens. You get a smaller plant and don't get the flowers but you get much more intense foliage color through the season. A columnar/upright form of this durable and attractive tree. Bright green, fan Ginkgo biloba Blagon Gold Spire™ Maiden Hair Tree shaped leaves turn brilliant gold all at once in fall. Will grow in any reasonable soil to form a narrow, columnar specimen. Slow growing, dwarf selection of the venerable ginkgo. Will reach about 12-15' after many years of growth. Upright oval and densely branched. Makes an Ginkgo biloba Jade Butterflies Maiden Hair Tree excellent container specimen or highlight in a small garden. Can take lots of pruning so you can almost treat it as an in-ground bonsai. Bright golden fall color. Funky and informal small weeping selection of ginkgo. We're not entirely sure Ginkgo biloba Weeping Wonder Dwarf Weeping Ginkgo how tall this one will grow but you can prune and train it about any way you want. For full sun. Fun container or specimen tree. One of our best and most adaptable Kentucky native shade trees. Growing to about 80' tall and 35' wide with an open branching habit, Coffee Tree has clean, Gymnocladus dioicus Kentucky Coffee Tree blue/green summer foliage that turns a beautiful yellow in fall. Extremely drought tolerant and pest free. This tough as nails, large shrub/small tree forms a mass of green in summer with stringy, exfoliating bark. In late summer and early fall it is covered with lightly Heptacodium miconioides Seven Son Flower fragrant white blooms and, if the season cooperates, brilling red sepals that persist for several weeks. Excellent bee plant for full sun or part shade. This yellow flowering hybrid flowers later than many of the deciduous spring bloomers, helping it to avoid late spring frosts. Rich yellow flower color and Magnolia Lois Yellow Magnolia about a 40' upright oval frame make this an amazingly useful garden tree for full sun. Stunner of a Kentucky native tree with gigantic leaves to 3' long with silver Magnolia macrophylla Big Leaf Magnolia undersides. Late May flowers of creamy white can reach 12" in diameter! Grows into a medium tree to about 25' tall or so. Outstanding and hard to find.

As fun as the name implies . . . This black tupelo selection has branches that are twisted and twirled to give the plant a unique texture. Will grow 40' tall in an Nyssa sylvatica Zydeco Twist Tupelo upright oval shape with deep green summer leaves and red/burgundy fall color. Tolerant of clay and damp soils.

Outstanding Chinese native only recently discovered in the wild. It will form a medium tree up to about 35' tall with a somewhat open habit, deep green Parrotia subaequalis Chinese Ironwood foliage and intense burgundy fall foliage color. Drought and clay tolerant and quite disease resistant. Choice and extremely hard to find. One of the most serviceable and attractive cherry selections on the market. Blooms in March and April with clear pink flowers that are amazingly freeze Prunus Okame Hybrid Ornamental Cherry tolerant down to the low 20s! Upright in growth habit it will reach 25-30' tall. One of our favorites. Impossible to find North American native member of the styrax family, this will Styrax americanus American Snowbell grow to form a 12' tall shrub/tree for understory conditions. Fresh green foliage and dainty white flowers in late spring. Likes a little TLC in the soil department. Delightful small tree to about 12' tall and wide with fine textured, dark green leaves and pendant white blooms. Likes a little protection from hot afternoon Styrax japonicus Japanese Snowbell summer sun and a good supply of moisture through the driest part of the season.