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Our enthusiastic and extremely knowledgeable perennials team is here to answer your questions and help you choose the best perennials for your situation. There’s always something in bloom for sun, shade, butterflies, birds or deer resistance  as well as a variety of bulbs for your space.

Stroll through our time-tested favorites and introduce yourself to the newest varieties. We garden with perennials too; we love them and it shows!

Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Purple'

Lavender blooms on spires. Self-seeding biennial. Toxic. USDA 4-9

Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Rose'

Plant Height: 3 feet

Flower Height: 4 feet

Spacing: 14 inches

Sunlight: full sun, partial shade

Hardiness Zone: 4a

Group/Class: Dalmatian Series Description:
Exciting rose-purple tubular flowers with white interiors and dark purple spots; tall spikes rise above attractive green lance-shaped leaves; a biennial that's happiest in part shade with adequate moisture

Ornamental Features:
Dalmatian Rose Foxglove features bold spikes of rose tubular flowers with violet overtones and deep purple spots rising above the foliage from late spring to mid summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its pointy leaves remain green in color throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes:
Dalmatian Rose Foxglove is an herbaceous perennial with a rigidly upright and towering form. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It is a good choice for attracting hummingbirds to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration:
-Self-Seeding

Dalmatian Rose Foxglove is recommended for the following landscape applications:

- Vertical Accent
- Mass Planting
- General Garden Use
- Container Planting
- Planting & Growing

Dalmatian Rose Foxglove will grow to be about 3 feet tall at maturity extending to 4 feet tall with the flowers, with a spread of 18 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 14 inches apart. It tends to be leggy, with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and should be underplanted with lower-growing perennials. It grows at a fast rate, and tends to be biennial, meaning that it puts on vegetative growth the first year, flowers the second, and then dies. However, this species tends to self-seed and will thereby endure for years in the garden if allowed. As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!
This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America, and parts of it are known to be toxic to humans and animals, so care should be exercised in planting it around children and pets.

Dalmatian Rose Foxglove is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. With its upright habit of growth, it is best suited for use as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. It is even sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

Myosotis sylvatica ?Victoria Blue?

Small, blue flowers bloom in abundance. Dense, mounded habit. USDA 3-9

Digitalis grandiflora x purpurea' Mertonensis'

Deep pink blooms on spires. Perennial hybrid. Toxic. USDA 4-8

Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'

Height: 12 inches

Spread: 12 inches

Sunlight: full sun, partial shade

Hardiness Zone: 4b

Other Names: Sweet Flag Grass

Description:
Though it is commonly known as sweet flag, this is actually a grass, not an iris; iris-like foliage is fragrant and great for moist or boggy areas; it is gold and green-striped but appears mostly gold; doesn't like to dry out or the tips will burn

Ornamental Features:
Grassy-Leaved Sweet Flag is primarily valued in the garden for its ornamental upright and spreading habit of growth. Its attractive fragrant grassy leaves remain gold in color with prominent green stripes throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes:
Grassy-Leaved Sweet Flag is a dense herbaceous perennial grass with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Grassy-Leaved Sweet Flag is recommended for the following landscape applications:

- Mass Planting
- General Garden Use
- Groundcover
- Naturalizing And Woodland Gardens
- Container Planting
- Bog Gardens
- Planting & Growing

Grassy-Leaved Sweet Flag will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 12 inches. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It is quite adaptable, prefering to grow in average to wet conditions, and will even tolerate some standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Grassy-Leaved Sweet Flag is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a canvas of foliage against which the larger thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

Acorus gramineus 'Variegatus'

Variegated Grassy-Leaved Sweet Flag | White & Green Grass-Like Blades Arch Upward. Prefers Wet Soils. USDA 4-9

Hosta 'Wide Brim'

Purple blooms. Green corrugated leaves with lemony margins. USDA 3-8

Hosta 'Sum & Substance'

Large glossy gold foliage. Fragrant white blooms. USDA 3-8

Seneci aureus

Upright central flowering stalks covered with yellow daisy-like blooms that open from purple buds. Basal foliage forms neat mounds of green heart-shaped leaves with purple undersides. Height 1-2'.

Senecio attracts bees and butterflies to the garden. Prefers average, medium to wet soils. Do not allow to dry out. Tolerates wet soils. Will self seed in the garden. Spreads by rhizomes to make the perfect groundcover.

- USDA Hardiness Zone(s): 3-8
- Exposure: Part Shade, Full Shade
- Bloom Time(s): May

Sisyrinchium angustifolium 'Lucerne'

Violet blooms. Grass-like foliage. Self-seeding native. Clumping. USDA 4-8

Sisyrinchium angustifolium 'Lucerne'

Violet blooms. Grass-like foliage. Self-seeding native. Clumping. USDA 4-8

Chelone obliqua 'Tiny Tortuga'

Uniquely shaped, hot pink blooms atop dark green leaves with a bronzy sheen.Best of moist or wet shade. Showy and long lived. USDA 4-9

Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'

Height: 3 feet

Spread: 3 feet

Sunlight: full sun partial shade

Hardiness Zone: 4a

Other Names: Lyon's Turtlehead, Shellflower

Description:
Lush deep-green, shiny leaves topped with hot rosey-pink flowers which are shaped like little turtle heads; tolerant to moisture, this spreading plant is fantastic for stream edges and in bog gardens

Ornamental Features:

Hot Lips Turtlehead has masses of beautiful hot pink hooded flowers at the ends of the stems from late summer to mid fall, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its glossy pointy leaves remain dark green in color throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes:

Hot Lips Turtlehead is a dense herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration: Spreading

Hot Lips Turtlehead is recommended for the following landscape applications:

- Mass Planting
- General Garden Use
- Naturalizing And Woodland Gardens
- Bog Gardens

Planting & Growing:

Hot Lips Turtlehead will grow to be about 3 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 12 years. As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in moist to wet soil, and will even tolerate some standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone over the growing season to conserve soil moisture. This is a selection of a native North American species. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.