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New England Aster

What a fall beauty in the garden and what a wildlife magnet!! ‘Alma Potschke’ is all this and more making this easy to grow American Beauties native a landscape must. […]

Bluebird Smooth Aster

Dense and rounded, this easy to grow fall bloomer is already a favorite of your local butterflies and it will become one of your favorites with its amazing color and […]

Understated yet indispensable in the American Beauties garden, this flowing, spreading, late summer blooming selection is one of the most tolerant plants available for performing well in dry, partial to […]

Common Blue Wood Aster

Larger growing and spreading, this easy to grow selection is at home in sun or shade. Masses of pale blue rayed, yellow centered daises injects an electrifying burst of color […]

KICKIN® Lilac Blue New York Aster

The new Kickin® series has superb habit, forming a full, dense mound of finely textured foliage. From late summer to mid fall every inch is completely covered with double lilac […]

Pawpaw

It’s amazing that this plant is so unknown! Pawpaw is an understory tree native to the eastern US whose other close relatives are native to the tropics. It’s a tree […]

Whorled Milkweed

Whorled milkweed grows almost anywhere and attracts pollinators in droves! In fact, it is one of the most widely distributed milkweed species in the United States. Bright white to light […]

Hello Yellow

‘Hello Yellow’ produces loads of bright yellow flower clusters from early summer into early autumn. Deadheading early in the season will encourage the plant to send up another round of […]

Gay Butterflies Butterfly Weed

Not only is ‘Gay Butterflies’ spectacular to look at, with its vivid orange flat-topped flowers with red overtones and yellow centers, but is highly nutritional and attractive to beneficial pollinators. […]

Butterfly Milkweed

Like its relative, Asclepias incarnata, this plant is essential to attracting Monarch butterflies to the landscape but, unlike incarnata, it likes a much drier spot and, since its profile is […]