Winner of the Royal Horticultural Society Garden of Merit Award, this glamorous Stonecrop is truly a Class Act. Its dense and upright habit commands respect in the landscape, and the full heads of striking rose pink blooms provide the glitz that only adds to the appeal. Enjoy this introduction with a glass of champagne and wait for the Butterflies to alight! Excellent drought resistance, so perfect for the xeriscaping and water wise gardening.

Tough and drought tolerant, you’ll find that this native loves the cool season and partial shade while providing unforgettable late spring and early summer color. Skullcap spreads by stolons and thrives in sandy, gritty, well-drained soil while forming a thick, mounding bush of a plant packed with a thicket of stems and loads of small, deep green, heart shaped leaves. Stems extend to 4 to 6″ long flower stalks in late May, with flowers opening in early June, boasting lavender-blue color, Snapdragon form and superb numbers, making this a very showy plant as the summer season begins. Skullcap loves the cool of a partially shaded location and naturally goes dormant in the worst heat of the summer after it puts on an unforgettable bloom show made even glitzier by the colorful moths and butterflies attracted to the flowers.

Named after the mountain range of its breeder Peter Heus, ‘Appalachian Blues’ will be a dainty, blue addition to almost any place in the garden since it loves the sun or the shade. A compact, clumping habit, with serrated leaves and bicolor flowers (blueish-purple and white) that will grow to just 2’ tall.

This outstanding native thrives in many landscape spots while providing food and shelter to some of our most beloved native birds. This sun lover forms clumps with loads of slender green foliage, producing a 2′ mound by mid-summer. Whether in moist or dry soils this plant looks great in groups especially when seed stalks emerge in August and produce purplish-bronze flowers that provide a stunning color contrast to the foliage followed by white, fluffy seed heads that attract a raft of birds. Want more color? Take a look at this plant’s bronze to orange fall foliage color that may be its most outstanding visual feature.

Strong, upright blades form a beefy, vertical clump featuring striking steel blue color with stunning purple highlights. Strong enough to stay upright despite rain and wind, each blade tops itself with an airy inflorescence in fall Spectacular fall color. Deer resistant. Very easy to grow. Tolerates drought once established. Spectacular when massed in any sunny area. Great landscape texture with foliage and bloom

Bluish-green, upright foliage gives a sizzling display of oranges, reds, yellows and purplish-browns in the autumn. ‘Standing Ovation’ thrives in poor, dry soils and its seed heads are prized by native songbirds. It provides winter landscape interest and cover for birds and other native critters.

This native ornamental grass selection is distinguished by its superior growth habit that is cleaner and more tidy than the species. Blue-green foliage becomes scarlet red in late summer and red-purple through fall. Strictly upright habit with superior stem strength supports pink shaded blooms well. Easy to grow. Drought resistant, deer resistant and perfect for massing in the landscape. Superior late season foliage color lights up the landscape. Birds love its flowers for seed and nesting

Cool gray-blue foliage and strong upright stems make ‘Prairie Blues’ an excellent choice for massing in sunny gardens. The stems and foliage are a songbird magnet because they are perfect for bird nesting and cover while their seeds are enjoyed by many local song birds in the fall and winter. In the fall, cool weather turns the cool blue foliage of ‘Prairie Blues’ a striking rosy-orange color that lights up the landscape, in fact, the foliage is so colorful, some even use it for dried flower arrangements! ‘Prairie Blues’ is easy to grow needing little or no maintenance to thrive and it’s an excellent choice for sunny, dry, well-drained soils since it is quite drought tolerant. Its deer resistant nature makes it even more valuable.

In a word, stunning! ‘Chameleon’ looks like no other Little Bluestem you’ve seen with brilliantly variegated foliage sporting bold, vertical stripes of white and green. This striking foliage forms a tight, compact, slightly vase-like form that stays in color throughout the growing season with added intensity in fall as cool weather causes pink and red shades to be added to its color palette. Perfect grouped in any sunny garden location! This drought-tolerant plant will also help with erosion control.

It typically matures to 2-4’ tall, and features upright clumps of slender, flat, linear green leaves, with each leaf having a tinge of blue at the base. Purplish-bronze flowers are followed by clusters of fluffy, silvery-white seed heads. Carousel is an ornamental grass which is good for borders, cottage gardens, wild gardens, wood margins, meadows or prairie-like settings. Group or mass. A good low-maintenance selection for sun-baked areas.