Paeonia 'Sarah Bernhardt'

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Garden Peony

Peonies form a rounded mass of attractive foliage. Beautiful, large flowers are frequently fragrant and appear in early to midsummer. These are excellent long lasting cut flowers. Foliage on plants will die back completely in the fall.

Exposure: Full Sun
Size: 36" tall x 28" wide
Bloom: Late Summer
Color: Pink
Hardiness: Zone 2
Characteristics: Deer Resistant

#2 - $17.85 (1-9); $16.55 (10-24); $16.30 (25+)

Panicum virgatum 'Gunsmoke'

Switch Grass

Blue green foliage with smoky-purple seedheads. A great native for the late summer landscape. Densely packed foliage with an upright habit holds up well in the rain. Bred in Michigan by Walters Gardens to best suit our climate.

Exposure: Full Sun
Size: 48-52" tall x 36" wide
Bloom: Late Summer
Color: Smoky-purple
Hardiness: Zone 4
Patent: PP#32373
Characteristics: Deer Resistant, Cut Flower, Nativar

#2 - $13.80 (1-9); $12.50 (10-24); $12.25 (25+)

Panicum virgatum 'Hot Rod'

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Switch Grass

One of the earliest Panicum to change color. The foliage emerges a blue green, but quickly turns a deep red. In the fall, the color changes to a deep purple with red-purple seed heads. Nice upright habit.

Exposure: Full Sun
Size: 36-40" tall x 36" wide
Bloom: Late Summer - Fall
Color: Red/Purple
Hardiness: Zone 4
Patent: PP#26074
Characteristics: Deer Resistant, Cut Flower, Nativar

#2 - $13.80 (1-9); $12.50 (10-24); $12.25 (25+)

Panicum virgatum 'Northwind'

Switch Grass

This olive-green, rigidly upright, fast growing grass holds up well against strong winds. It is drought tolerant and has lovely plumes in late summer and early fall. Perennial Plant of the Year for 2014. Native.

Exposure: Full Sun
Size: 72" tall x 36" wide
Bloom: Late Summer - Early Fall
Hardiness: Zone 4
Characteristics: Deer Resistant, Nativar

#3 - $16.15 (1-9); $14.85 (10-24); $14.60 (25+)

Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Dog'

Switch Grass

Upright growth habit and sturdy stems that are a clean blue. Tons of delicate rosy color plumes. Very Nice shorter Panicum

Exposure: Full Sun
Size: 36-48" tall x 24-36" wide
Bloom: Summer - Early Fall
Color: Rosy
Hardiness: Zone 4
Patent: PP#32736
Characteristics: Deer Resistant, Cut Flower, Nativar

#3 - 16.15 (1-9); $14.85 (10-24); $14.60 (25+)

Panicum virgatum 'Purple Tears'

Switch Grass

The purple seed heads are very showy on top of gray tipped flowering spikes. Nice light green foliage. Narrow upright habit.

Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Size: 48" tall x 24-30" wide
Bloom: Late Summer - Fall
Color: Purple
Hardiness: Zone 4
Patent: PP#258515
Characteristics: Deer Resistant, Cut Flower, Navitar

#3 - 16.15 (1-9); $14.85 (10-24); $14.60 (25+)

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'

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Dwarf Fountain Grass

Very popular and widely used in groups, mass plantings or even as a specimen in a smaller garden. Finely textured, grass-green foliage is topped by fluffy, wheat-like flowers in July. Stays attractive all winter when foliage fades to a straw color.

Exposure: Full Sun
Size: 30" tall x 24" wide
Bloom: Fall
Color: Cream/Tan
Hardiness: Zone 5
Characteristics: Deer Resistant

#3 - $16.15 (1-9); $14.85 (10-24); $14.60 (25+)

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head'

Fountain Grass

An earlier flowering Pennisetum that has huge, 3” wide and 8-10” long bottlebrush plumes. The plumes start off deep purple and mature to a smokey purple. Nice green clump foliage.

Exposure: Full Sun
Size: 48-60" tall x 24" wide
Bloom: Mid Summer -Early Fall
Color: Smokey Purple
Hardiness: Zone 5
Characteristics: Deer Resistant

#3 - $16.15 (1-9); $14.85 (10-24); $14.60 (25+)

Penstemon 'Blackbeard'

Beardtongue

Incredibly dark eggplant purple foliage has lilac-purple flowers with white flaring tubes that sit on upright dark purple stems.

Exposure: Full Sun
Size: 28-34" tall x 24" wide
Bloom:  Summer
Color: Lilac/purple
Hardiness: Zone 3
Patent: PP#30052
Characteristics: Cut Flower, Butterfly/Hummingbird Attracting, Nativar

#1 - $7.65 (1-9); $6.35 (10-24); $6.10 (25+)

Penstemon 'Dark Towers'

Beard-Tongue

Big improvement of 'Husker Red', the foliage starts off deep wine purple and keeps its color all summer. Lovely lavender pink flowers on strong, upright stems.

Exposure: Full Sun
Size: 36" tall x 24" wide
Bloom: Early Summer - Summer
Color: Lavender/Pink
Hardiness: Zone 3
Patent: PP#20013
Characteristics: Cut Flower, Butterfly/Hummingbird Attracting, Nativar

#1 - $7.65 (1-9); $6.35 (10-24); $6.10 (25+)

Perovskia atriplicifolia

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Russian Sage

The upright gray finely cut foliage has a loose, open habit. Airy spikes of lavender-blue flowers top the long strong stems. Likes a well drained soil.

Exposure: Full Sun
Size: 36" tall x 24" wide
Bloom: Summer - Fall
Color: Lavender/Blue
Hardiness: Zone 4
Characteristics: Deer Resistant, Cut Flower, Butterfly/Hummingbird Attracting

#1 - $7.10 (1-9); $5.80 (10-24); $5.55 (25+)

Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Little Spire'

Russian Sage

This perovskia has aromatic, gray-green foliage like the species, but in a more compact form with a nice short habit. It is drought tolerant and does not flop in the summer heat.

Exposure: Full Sun
Size: 30" tall x 24" wide
Bloom: Late Summer - Fall
Color: Lavender/Blue
Hardiness: Zone 5
Patent: PP#11643
Characteristics: Deer Resistant, Cut Flower, Butterfly/Hummingbird Attracting

#1 - $7.65 (1-9); $6.35 (10-24); $6.10 (25+)

Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Longin'

Russian Sage

Aromatic, gray leaves are finely cut on this narrow, upright cultivar. Blooms late summer into fall with small, purple-blue flowers that make a wonderful combination with gray foliage.

Exposure: Full Sun
Size: 48" tall x 36" wide
Bloom: Late Summer - Early Fall
Color: Purple/Blue
Hardiness: Zone 5
Characteristics: Deer Resistant, Cut Flower, Butterfly/Hummingbird Attracting

#1 - $7.10 (1-9); $5.80 (10-24); $5.55 (25+)

Phlox 'Opening Act Blush'

Hybrid Phlox

Similar habit to Phlox paniculata, but are shorter in height, bloom 2-3 weeks earlier, and have a long bloom time.

Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Size: 18-20" tall x 18-20" wide
Bloom:  Summer
Color: Blush
Hardiness: Zone 4
Patent: PP#27462
Characteristics: Cut Flower, Butterfly/Hummingbird Attracting

#1 - $8.65 (1-9); $7.35 (10-24); $7.10 (25+)

Phlox 'Opening Act Pink-A-Dot'

Hybrid Phlox

Similar habit to Phlox paniculata, but are shorter in height, bloom 2-3 weeks earlier, and have a long bloom time.

Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Size: 22-26" tall x 30-36" wide
Bloom:  Summer
Color: Pink
Hardiness: Zone 4
Patent: PP#31732
Characteristics: Cut Flower, Butterfly/Hummingbird Attracting

#1 - $8.65 (1-9); $7.35 (10-24); $7.10 (25+)

Phlox 'Opening Act Ultrapink'

Hybrid Phlox

Similar habit to Phlox paniculata, but are shorter in height, bloom 2-3 weeks earlier, and have a long bloom time.

Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Size: 22-28" tall x 32-36" wide
Bloom:  Summer
Color: Dark Pink
Hardiness: Zone 4
Patent: PP#32093
Characteristics: Cut Flower, Butterfly/Hummingbird Attracting

#1 - $8.65 (1-9); $7.35 (10-24); $7.10 (25+)

Phlox 'Opening Act White'

Hybrid Phlox

Similar habit to Phlox paniculata, but are shorter in height, bloom 2-3 weeks earlier, and have a long bloom time.

Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Size: 18-20" tall x 18-20" wide
Bloom:  Summer
Color: White
Hardiness: Zone 4
Patent: PP#27461
Characteristics: Cut Flower, Butterfly/Hummingbird Attracting

#1 - $8.65 (1-9); $7.35 (10-24); $7.10 (25+)

Phlox 'Pink MInuet'

Hybrid Spring Phlox

Cool new hybrid that blooms after Phlox subulata but before Phlox paniculata. Forms a low mound with dark green covered with rosy-pink flowers.

Exposure: Full Sun
Size: 8-10" tall x 16-18" wide
Bloom: Spring
Color: Rosy pink
Hardiness: Zone 3
Patent: PP#31170
Characteristics: Butterfly/Hummingbird Attracting, Nativar

#1 - $7.10 (1-9); $5.80 (10-24); $5.55 (25+)