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A native Missouri prairie clover which occurs in glades, rocky open woods and prairies in much of the state. It features tiny purple flowers in dense, cone-like heads atop erect, wiry stems late June through September.

Vibrant tri-colored flowers cover the tight succulent foliage late June throught August. Bright green needle-like foliage spreads quickly to form a dense mat. Tolerates heat and drought.

Bright red flowers with a hot pink eye. Succulent, compact foliage. Very long blooming.

A succulent, semi-evergreen, mat-forming cultivar with bright fuchsia flowers from May to fall. Foliage is covered with transparent flakes that resemble pieces of ice, thus the common name.

Amber flowers with a white eye. Succulent, compact foliage. Very long blooming.

Radiant yellow, daisy-like flowers appear June through September. Succulent evergreen foliage turns maroon in autumn. Heat and drought tolerant. Excellent when massed. Tolerates light foot traffic.

A fast spreading ground cover that produces a thick mat of bright green fronds. Crushed fronds smell of hay.

This lovely cultivar of Deschampsia cespitosa shares many attributes with the species: clump growing, semi evergreen, fine textured leaves, and thin stems topped with sprays of airy delicate flowers. However, Deschampsia cespitosa ‘Goldtau’ has yellowish seeds heads that turn golden in the fall and provide wonderful winter interest. Deschampsia cespitosa performs best and flowers most in cooler climates. In warmer climates, Golden Dew Tufted Hair Grass needs semi-shade and moist conditions.

This improved variety replaces ‘Black Cherry Wild’ in the FRUIT PUNCH® Dianthus series. ‘Black Cherry Frost’ has more consistent, formal flowers than its predecessor, and fills the void of dark red flowers in the series. 1¼in, rich, semi-double velvety red flowers have a fine, serrated, near white edge. Flower stems are strong, and are produced above the silvery blue foliage. Members of the Dianthus FRUIT PUNCH® series all share the following traits: fully double, fragrant flowers, and good heat and humidity tolerance. Flowers appear in early summer, and a quick shearing after flowering will encourage them to rebloom in early fall. FRUIT PUNCH® Dianthus are just the right size to edge the front of the sunny border and use in combination containers.

Cherry Vanilla Dianthus, in the FRUIT PUNCH series, burst with beautiful color contrast. Deep red double flowers have light pink, almost white, edges for a beautiful and fascinating effect.

This beautiful coral rounds out the color palette for the FRUIT PUNCH series of semi-double to double, fragrant Dianthus with tolerance for heat and humidity.

The Scent First® series of pinks are known for their spicy fragrance, compact habit and long season of bloom. This tall selection forms a low cushion of grassy, grey-blue foliage topped with double flowers featuring frilly, white petals with a burgundy-red eye. An excellent addition to the sunny rock garden and for edging. Attractive to butterflies. Plants should be trimmed lightly after blooming to maintain their tight, compact mound. Evergreen. The flower petals of all types of Dianthus are edible.

Large frilly, fully double blossoms are a rich coral color with delicately fringed, light pink to white edges. Though the flower color lightens a bit as the flowers age, they remain an attractive shade of coral rose until they are fully spent. Blooms mid summer. The flowers are complemented by the glaucous grey-blue foliage that forms a uniform, rounded, densely compact clump and remains attractive all season. As the series name SCENT FIRST implies, the beautiful blossoms have a strong, spicy fragrance which is even more noticeable when you cut them for your fresh bouquets. Try adding a few to your combination planters this spring.

The large flowers of ‘Cranberry Cocktail’ look and smell like mini-carnations and you can enjoy them in your garden and in cut bouquets alike. Full, 2" double hot magenta pink flowers have serrated edges, rising above its grey-green, dense foliage. Deer resistant, low maintenance and drought tolerant, attracts butterflies, fragrant, cute cut flower—what more could one want in a perennial? The Dianthus FRUIT PUNCH® series delivers all that and more in your choice of four colors. Double flowers stand like mini carnations atop a short mound of evergreen foliage in early summer. A quick shearing after flowering will encourage them to rebloom in early fall. Dianthus is just the right size to edge the front of the sunny border and use in combination containers.

Great big bubble gum pink color in a teeny-tiny package. Loads of classic pink double blooms cover cover these low growers!

Early blooming crimson, double flowers appear April through October on compact blue-green foliage. Fragrant blooms have enticing clove-like scent. Will repeat bloom if deadheaded.

Eye-catching rich red blooms cover these low growers. A little flower with a big impact!

Large fire-red blossoms with crimson eyes rise above glaucous grey-green foliage. PP14895

Wide cherry red flowers have dark burgundy eye. Fluffy, double flowers with deeply fringed petals have a sweet fragrance and silvery blue, spiky leaves. The foliage looks great all season, and won’t get tired in the heat of summer. Deer resistant, low maintenance and drought tolerant, attracts butterflies, fragrant, cute cut flower.

Large, fully double, fragrant flowers with smooth-edged petals open above the foliage like a bouquet of little roses. The blue-green to grey-green leaves are a bit longer than shorter varieties of Dianthus, forming a spiky clump of evergreen foliage in the landscape. blossoms have a strong, spicy fragrance which is even more noticeable when you cut a few for your fresh bouquets. Some have reported that this variety tends to bloom 2-3 weeks earlier than others in the SCENT FIRST series.

Fully double raspberry-pink blooms hold their color with tenacity, making it a lovely addition to the FRUIT PUNCH series of semi-double to double, fragrant Dianthus with tolerance for heat and humidity.Will rebloom in the fall if spent blooms are sheared back.

The true pink, semi-double flowers are1.5" wide with a subtle darker pink eye. Incredibly floriferous: the flowers totally cover the silvery blue-green foliage when it’s in bloom.

Shocking magenta-pink flowers shimmer over a dense mat of semi-evergreen blue-green foliage. Blooms heavily in May and June. Tolerates heat, humidity and some drought. 2006 Perennial Plant of the Year.

Cherry red flowers over fernlike, blue-green foliage. Flowers bloom from spring through early summer and will continue through fall with adequate moisture. Foliage lasts through the whole season.

This is the old-fashioned favorite with nodding pink and white heart-shaped flowers. It is a lovely compliment to Hosta but foliage dies down in summer if temperatures are high and adequate moisture is not maintained.

Similar to D. spectabilis but with white flowers.

A new spin on an old favorite! If you love the classic look of Old Fashioned Bleeding Hearts but are looking for an updated color palette, try this new red flowering selection. Much like the species, this variety also grows quickly to form a robust clump of deep green foliage topped with arching flower stems in late spring. When the foliage is emerging in spring, it has a tinge of pretty purple color to it. The flower stems on this variety are deep red and the large, puffy heart-shaped flowers are bright red with a white tip. They dangle romantically from the leafless stems over a period of many weeks. The plant remains attractive after it is finished blooming until it goes summer dormant.

A tough perennial form of foxglove with upright spikes of tubular creamy-yellow flowers May through June. Compact growth habit. Deadhead to extend bloom. Tolerates clay soils.

Large white flowers with lavender shading and burgundy spotting inside appear all the way around the stems for a showy display. Will rebloom if deadheaded.

Large, deep rose-pink flowers with burgundy spotting inside appear all the way around the stems for a showy display. Will rebloom if deadheaded.

"Autumn Fern" refers to the coppery-orange color of the emerging fronds. Foliage matures to shiny dark green. A deciduous fern with an erect habit. A durable perennial fern for the Midwest.

Tough, adaptable evergreen fern with olive green arching fronds that grow in a vase shape. Established plants are reasonably drought tolerant. The leathery leaves of Dryopteris marginalis are a beautiful addition to the woodland garden and can form a lovely an easy to maintain groundcover. A sturdy east coast native, it forms a tidy clump that will not spread and is very tolerant of dry shade conditions once it has established. Marginal wood fern is often found in shaded crevices of rocky ledges and bluffs from Newfoundland to Georgia, west to Oklahoma and Minnesota.