Bohn's Farm and Greenhouses, a WHOLESALE-TO-THE-TRADE ONLY grower of herbaceous plants, offers this Plant Information Resource Center for the benefit of the green industry professional and the home gardener/landscape enthusiast. This section of our website can also be accessed via www.PerennialPicks.com.
The Plant Information Resource Center is supported by an extensive plant database that we initially developed in 1997. Since its inception, the Bohn's Farm plant database has continuously been updated with the most relevant and timely plant information. The database has offered the foundation of information for publishing 4 editions of the Bohn's Farm Plant Reference Guide in the years 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2006. The information presented on our extensive and ever-expanding custom plant tags is also supported by this central database.
The Bohn's Farm plant database is quite dynamic. We encourage your comments for improving plant information content, accuracy and display format. This website updated frequently with new plant information.
Allium 'Lavender Bubbles'Allium
Lavender Bubbles has a darker purple flower and blooms even later than Millennium. This variety is not known to reseed. Highly resistant to deer and rabbits and mildew. Drought tolerant, long lived perennial that can grow in clay soil. Attracts butterflies.
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Anemone 'Fall in Love'Windflower
Semi-double pink flowers with yellow centers bring bright life to your fall garden. Slow, rhizomatous spreader.
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Aquilegia 'Swan Pink & Yellow'Columbine
The mid-size Swan series known for large bi-color blooms in rich colors on vigorous plants. This variety has pink outer spurs with yellow inner petals.
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Aquilegia caerulea 'KIRIGAMI light blue & white'Columbine
First year flowering, upright stems, and upward-facing flowers. Flowers are a mix of light blue and white shades. Aquilegia is especially lovely when allowed to naturalize in shady, woodland borders. Excellent potential as cut flowers, lasting up to 2 weeks in a vase.
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Aquilegia caerulea 'KIRIGAMI Red & White'Columbine
Upright, delicate foliage produces stunning red and white blooms, no cold treatment required.
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Aquilegia caerulea 'KIRIGAMI Yellow'Columbine
Sweet, large upward facing yellow blooms with pale yellow spurs, no cold treatment required
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Aquilegia hybrida 'Earlybird Purple Blue'Columbine
Unique color combination, upward facing flowers on compact short stems
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Brunnera macrophylla 'Sterling Silver'Bugloss, Siberian
Sterling Silver Brunnera emerges in spring with large heart-shaped, variegated leaves that provide much-desired brightness in the shade garden. Sprays of tiny baby blue, forget-me-not type flowers float above the sturdy, heat-tolerant foliage.
Brunneras are classic perennials that are treasured for their shade tolerance and lovely blooms. They make a fantastic groundcover, though the variegated forms may be slower to spread than the species. Try growing them in containers too so they will be close at hand when you want to snip a few blooms for a spring bouquet.
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Buddleia 'Grand Cascade'Bush, Butterfly
Enormous panicles full of lovely lilac flowers cascade downard, giving this shrubby perennial a distinct look while in bloom. Grand Cascade's panicles are 12'14" long and 4" thick, wow! Early fall blooms that persist a long time.
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Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Lightning Strike'Variegated foliage; white centers and green edges on 3 foot plants.
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Coreopsis verticillata 'Red Hot Vanilla'Coreopsis, Threadleaf
Cream petals with red eyes that get bigger as florescence ages. SIZZLE AND SPICE: compact, rounded habit; early to late summer blooms in bright tones.
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Coreopsis verticillata 'Sassy Saffron'Coreopsis, Threadleaf
Cheery yellow flowers with deep maroon, nearly black centers atop classic threadleaf foliage. SIZZLE AND SPICE: compact, rounded habit; early to late summer blooms in bright tones.
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Echinacea 'Coral Craze'Coneflower
Vibrant coral pink flowers fade into lavender tones over time. 5" flowers with wide petals. Bold colors on a compact, well-branched plant are the hallmarks of the EYE-CATCHER series.
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Echinacea hybrida 'Artisan Ombre Red'Coneflower
Uniform, highly branched habit with deep red flowers that soften to lighter red as they age
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Echinacea hybrida 'Artisan Soft Orange'Coneflower
Uniform, highly branched habit with dark orange flowers that soften to lighter orange. Drought tolerant.
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Geranium pratense 'Boom Chocolatta'Cranesbill
Dark bronzy purple leaves and blue purple flowers on an upright habit. Hardy geraniums are wonderful filler plants for any landscape, either residential or commercial. They blend nicely with most other perennials and offer continuous color throughout the summer months.
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Heliopsis helianthoides 'Tuscan Gold'Sunflower, False
Heliopsis Tuscan Gold is a companion to the very popular Tuscan Sun, offering flowers that a little more saturated with color and a little larger. This selection blooms mid to late summer and has a compact, upright habit with dark green leaves that resist powdery mildew.
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Helleborus 'Blushing Bridesmaid'Rose, Lenten
Helleborus ‘Blushing Bridesmaid’ bears 2-2½"double white flowers with raspberry pink edges and veining.The WEDDING PARTY series offers numerous double flowers, in beautiful hues.
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Helleborus 'Romantic Getaway'Lenten Rose
The HONEYMOON series brings gorgeous single flowers on very vigorous plants.Romantic Getaway sports 3" flowers with a dramatic red patterned center.
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Helleborus 'Tropical Sunset'Lenten Rose
The HONEYMOON series brings vigorous plants with lovely single flowers. Tropical Sunset provides cheerful warmth during late winter/early spring with its butter yellow blooms streaked with bright burgundy .
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Hemerocallis 'Fragrant Returns'Daylily
Visually, almost identical to Happy Returns, but with a more intense, lovely fragrance!
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Heuchera 'Silver Gumdrop'Coral Bells
Silver leaves topped with bright pink flowers. A short yet robust plant, perfect for containers.A Heuchera villosa hybrid, so displays a good tolerance for heat and humidity.
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Heucherella villosa 'Hopscotch'Foamy Bells
Lobed leaves emerge dark red, lighten to bronze, then change to a deep green in summer.
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Heucherella villosa 'Red Rover'Foamy Bells
Deep red, incredibly lobed foliage, 5" wide. Turns to an olive green foliage in the heat of summer.
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Hibiscus 'Bleu Brulee'Hibiscus, Hardy
With the SUMMER SPICE series, we have compact, long-blooming hardy-hibiscus in a wider array of colors than previously seen, including the blue tones.This series should be hardy in zones 5 to 9, and prefers acidid well-drained soil. Bleu Brulee's flower is sky blue with a red eye.
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Hibiscus 'Cordon Bleu'Hibiscus, Hardy
With the SUMMER SPICE series, we have compact, long-blooming hardy-hibiscus in a wider array of colors than previously seen, including the blue tones.This series should be hardy in zones 5 to 9, and prefers acidid well-drained soil. Cordon Bleu has a blue flower reminiscent of the classic Rose of Sharon, with a red eye that extends towards the margins in the veining of the petals.
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Hibiscus 'Crème de la Crème'Hibiscus, Hardy
With the SUMMER SPICE series, we have compact, long-blooming hardy-hibiscus in a wider array of colors than previously seen, including the blue tones.This series should be hardy in zones 5 to 9, and prefers acidid well-drained soil.Creme de la Crème has a fuchsia eye that bleeds into a white flower with serrated edges.
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Limonium 'Blue Diamond'Statice, Sea Lavender
Brillant blue, long-flowering with compact deep green foliage.
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Panicum virgatum 'Bad Hair Day'Switchgrass
Upright grass with arching yellow-tinged stems and pendulous inflorescences. Doesn't flop. Rust resistant.
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Papaver orientale 'Crimson Red'Poppy, Oriental
Crimson-red flowers reminiscent of crepe paper. Poppies require full sun and well-drained soil. Do not over water.
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Scabiosa columbaria 'Blue Note'Pincushion
A lovely dwarf pincushion flower, with lavender-blue blooms on grey-green foliage. Likes sandy, dry soil and needs good drainage, especially in winter. Deadhead occasionally to maintain a neat appearance.
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Veronica 'Pink Potion'Speedwell
Pink flowers atop a rounded, low habit. Quick grower.Great for containers.
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