Loads of semi-double hot pink starry flowers cover the dark green foliage well into fall. Great for adding a burst of late season color and butterflies love the nectar! The compact form looks neat and tidy with high resistance to mildew and disease. Grows best in full sun, evenly moist, fertile, well-drained soils. Deer resistant. Remove faded flowers to prolong bloom season. Divide every 3 years. Plant propagation prohibited.
This spectacular large, round, mounded perennial is covered with masses of pink flowers. Ideal for rain gardens, borders, containers, and mass planting. ‘Pink Crush’ will show its color later in the summer than most Aster’s and will attract butterflies and support bees. They are also salt tolerant, thrive in the sun, and look just as good in your house as cut flowers as they do in the garden.
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. Deep green, small, narrow foliage tightly packs multiple stems producing a dense mound that is coated with button-like flower buds by early August. These buds open to reveal 1-2″ diameter rose colored petaled, yellow centered daisies that completely obscure the foliage by late August and persist into late September. Butterflies can’t resist the allure of its bloom and later in the fall, birds can’t get enough of the seed left from the past bloom. ‘Alma Potschke’ loves full sun, tolerates some light shade, and is stunning with planted in groups in the landscape.
Truly unique in so many ways, Pink Alpine Aster will thrill you with its striking qualities. Spring blooming, with large double pink flowers and a dense, compact habit, this selection will thrive singly or in groups in any sunny landscape! Ideal for wildflower gardens, borders, container gardens or butterfly gardens. Spectacular in groups. Long blooming and easy to grow. Bloom is perfect for cutting. Attracts butterflies and is deer resistant!
Neat mounding habit, this plant has pink flowers with radiant yellow centers. A very tough and durable cultivar selected for its six-week bloom period and its incredible resistance to mildew.
Deep green foliage forms a pleasing tight mound in the garden. In August, flower buds develop on branch ends opening in late August to reveal masses of lilac-blue daisies that last into fall. Brilliant late summer/fall color. Perfect for massing in the garden. Attracts butterflies. Disease resistant compared to other Asters and very easy to grow.
Dense, mound-shaped perennial with finely textured foliage covered by a profusion of daisy-like flowers in a range of colors from late summer to fall. Compact well-shaped form. Long flowering with delicate foliage adds great autumn color to the mixed perennial bed. Attracts butterflies!
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 silvery pink flowers with a yellow center, creating a splash of color for the late summer garden. Dense, well shaped form that requires no pinching to get a compact plant. Long flowering with delicate foliage adds great autumn color to the mixed perennial bed. Attracts butterflies!
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 light pink flowers with a yellow center, creating a splash of color for the late summer garden. Dense, well shaped form that requires no pinching to get a compact plant. Long flowering with delicate foliage adds great autumn color to the mixed perennial bed. Attracts butterflies!
When most people think of milkweed, this is the one that comes to mind. Fragrant flowers bloom on tall, sturdy stems in mid-summer. Monarch butterflies need milkweed to because it is the only plant their caterpillars can eat. This is an easy perennial to grow in full sun. Best planted in an area where it has room to spread. Lovely planted with ornamental grasses. They also attract native bees and a wide variety of other butterflies including; buckeyes, eastern tiger swallowtails, fritillaries, hairstreaks, painted lady butterflies, red admirals, spicebush swallowtails and queens. They also attract humming birds and hummingbird moths.