2009 Hakonechloa 'Aureola'

2008 Geranium 'Rozanne'

2007 Nepeta 'Walker's Low'

2006 Dianthus 'Firewitch'

2005 Lenten rose (Helleborus)

2004 Japanese painted fern

2003 'Becky' shasta daisy

2002 'David' tall phlox

2000 Scabiosa 'Blue Butterfly'

1999 'Goldsturm' Rudbeckia (black-eyed susan)

1998 Echinacea 'Magnus' (coneflower)

We stock all of these award winners and many more reliable, interesting, and colorful perennials

Achillea ‘Pomegranate’ is a vigorous growing yarrow with red flowers that keep coming all summer long in shades of ruby and salmon rose. This easy-to-grow perennial is irresistible to butterflies and drought tolerant once established. Excellent cut or dried flowers.

Yarrows are valuable garden plants from the North Temperate Zone that are widely grown for the masses of flowers they bear throughout much of the summer. Their flattened flower heads introduce a fresh shape into the perennial border. Yarrows thrive in full sun and well-drained soil. They bloom from June to September.

Delphinium grandiflorum ‘Blue Mirror’

sports gentian blue flowers on 24” plants with finely cut, deep green leaves. Starts in June and flowers all summer if deadheaded. Cut flowers last a week in water. This is one of the best Delphiniums for our area. The tall hybrid Delphiniums are the outstanding elements of every well-bred garden. However, dwarf forms and the sturdy and graceful species are equally charming in their own way and a good deal more durable. The colors of the species are stunning, and the period of bloom is long, in part because well-tended plants produce secondary spikes in late summer and fall. Delphiniums are magnificent in a border, and we suggest you plant at least a few in the cutting garden, for the spikes, if cut when a quarter of the flowers are open, last a week in water. Delphiniums require full sun and rich soil amended with lime.

Echinacea Big Sky™ After Midnight  Just a foot high and wide, this new Big Sky™ Echinacea is packed with color that will draw the eye from across the garden. The strongly fragrant, brilliant magenta blooms are large, arising on long, stiff black stems that stand out in the vase as well as the garden. Even the central cone is showier than usual, sporting reddish-black hues.

This dwarf form reaches no more than 12 inches tall and nearly as wide. It is ideal for containers, as well as in the Echinacea garden in front of its taller cousins. Butterflies and bees adore its huge central brown cone in summer, while songbirds feast upon its dried seeds in fall and early winter. Deer tend to leave this plant alone, making it a fine choice for open gardens and meadows as well as the border. Plant in any moist, well-drained garden soil exposed to full sun, and keep it very well-watered and fed the first season or two. Once established, it is wonderfully tolerant of heat, humidity, poor soil, cold, and even drought.

Heuchera villosa ‘Georgia Peach’ displays peach colored leaves with a very showy white overlay and a large lush habit.

This plant makes a Hosta-like bold foliage statement, except, of course, it's evergreen.

Foliage color changes from peach orange tones in the spring to rose to rose purple in the fall through winter, and always with a decorative white veil. Creamy white flowers.

Leucanthemum superbum ‘Banana Cream’ is destined to be the workhorse of your cutting garden. 'Banana Cream' is a super-floriferous, long-blooming Shasta Daisy with flowers that begin bright lemon-yellow before maturing through all shades of pastel into ivory cream! A fully blooming plant is a breathtaking sight, and the flowers last 2 weeks or more in the vase assuring you of months of beautiful indoor arrangements!

Measuring 4 inches across, these blooms are technically semi-double, an extra layer of petals beneath the first adding depth and still more color to the display. The long, slender, very crowded petals surround a merry golden-orange center on thick, sturdy stems. Butterflies pay homage to 'Banana Cream' throughout, adding further bright color to the display.

Tall Phlox - Candy Store Series™  Candy Store series features the best mildew-resistant phlox to date. From Bubblegum to Lollipops, the Candy Store series of hardy phlox will bring months of color to the garden. Scented flowers start to bloom in early summer and fill the garden until fall. Available in four colors:

  ‘Bubblegum Pink’ - Pink with a dark eye

  ‘Coral Creme Drop’ - Coral with a rose eye

  ‘Cotton Candy’ - Lavender with a pink eye

  ‘Grape Lollipop’ - Purple with a red eye

All grow 24-30” tall and attract butterflies and hummingbirds.

Sedum ‘Mr Goodbud’  adds a burst of lively color to your fall landscape. It has 5-6" large clusters of purple-pink flowers that form on the purple-red stems. The compact, serrated foliage is a deep blue-green and the stems are very strong and able to resist flopping. It needs to be planted in full sun in well-drained soil. It will tolerate most soil types and is drought resistant. Plant with asters or coneflowers for a wonderful autumn display. ‘Mr. Goodbud’ is a great choice for beds and borders and excellent as cut flowers. It attracts butterflies and bees.