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Husker Red Beard Tongue

Perennial plant of the year in 1996, this easy to grow, easy care American Beauties winner performs in the garden despite you! Distinctive with its deep red to purple-red foliage, […]

Elfin Pink Beardtongue

Dense and compact, the slection is a blooming powerhouse with spikes of pinkish-red flowers topping each branch in May and June. Perfect for grouping in the front of a garden, […]

Bright red, tubular flowers on long stems attract hummingbirds and compliments. Great in rock gardens, has long lasting blooms cut or uncut.Drought tolerant once established. Shear mid- to late summer […]

Purple Riding Hood Beardstongue

Beardstongue is a native North American wildflower and so it’s used to a care-free life, but don’t let the word ‘Native’ scare you away for a lack of a flower […]

Delft Blue Riding Hood Beard Tongue

Hybrid selection with a low clump of thick, glossy green foliage and upright flower spikes festooned with powder-blue trumpet-shaped flowers. Excellent low-maintenance perennial, especially for hot, dry sites. Deer and […]

Red Head Fountain Grass

This selection forms a large mound of arching green leaves. Soft smoky-pink coloured bottlebrush flower spikes appear in mid to late summer, turning to buff as they dry. Flowers are […]

Lumen Gold™ Fountain Grass

This selection forms a compact mound of arching gold leaves in early spring and age to a glowing lemon and finally a light green. Bottlebrush plumes are soft and float […]

Cherry Sparkler Variegated Pink Fountain Grass

Stripes of pink, burgundy, green and white explode in graceful arches in this sister to ‘Fireworks’ and ‘Skyrocket’. For the best colors, plant it in full sun. ‘Cherry Sparkler’ features […]

Persian Spire™ Upright Ironwood

Upright and narrow, this small tree is perfect for filling small spaces and it does that oh so well with outstanding branching, brilliant red edged foliage when it emerges in […]

Switch Grass

Notably wide for a Panicum, ‘Niagara Falls’ is excellent for filling space in the landscape. This native ornamental grass that appears like a Miscanthus in the landscape with arching foliage, […]