Plants

Check out these new plants we have added to our 2013 catalog!

Herbaceous Grasses Ferns

Anemone canadense Carex albicans Dryopteris marginalis
Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet' Carex amphibola Matteuccia struthiopteris
Hibiscus connineus Carex laxiculmis
Viola walteri 'Silver Gem'

Calamagrostis canadensis

Common Name: Canada Bluejoint

Cool season, strong aggressive grower. Great for soil stabilization, quickly forms dense stands.

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Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'

Common Name: Feather reed grass

Non-naitve. Slow spreading, clump forming cool season ornamental grass. Produces purplish-green flowers.

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Callirhoe involucrata

Common Name: Wine cups

Mid-west native, good creeping habit, extremely drought tolerant, good filler plant.

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Caltha palustris

Common Name: Marsh marigold

A succulent early blooming species for wet spaces. Glossy heart-shaped leaves accompany shiny large buttercup-like flowers. Great addition to the water garden.

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Campanula rotundifolia

Common Name: Harebell

Circumboreal. One half to one inch wide, blue, bell-shaped flowers. Needs good drainage.

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Campsis radicans

Common Name: Trumpet creeper

Vigorous and fast growing, with clusters of red/orange trumpets, attracts hummingbirds.

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Upland sedge forms dense tufts of narrow, bright green foliage. Can be used as a groundcover, spreads slowly by rhizomes and will self-seed. Tolerant of dry soil conditions. Usually found in wooded areas.

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Carex amphibola

Common Name: Creek sedge

A compact and vigorous clump, with shiny semi-evergreen foliage. Excellent choice for the woodland or shade garden. Very adaptable. Host plant for some Skippers, and seeds are eaten by several reptiles.

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Carex appalachica

Common Name: Appalachian sedge

Forms a neat clump of fine foliage. Elegant texture. Limited supply.

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Carex cherokeensis

Common Name: Cherokee sedge

Evergreen, clumping sedge with wheat-like pendulous seed heads form in spring and mature in autumn. Marginally drought tolerant, may suffer in extended drought conditions. Valuable garden accent, or for low spots, pond and stream edge.

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Carex comosa

Common Name: Bristly sedge

Erect clumps of triangular stems form from short rhizomes. Drooping spikelets impart a bottlebrush effect. Found along ponds, lakes, in wetlands and wet meadows, providing food and cover for water fowl.

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Carex crinita

Common Name: Fringed sedge

This sedge is suited for shaded wetlands, it has blue/green foliage and drooping seed heads.

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Carex flaccosperma

Common Name: Blue wood sedge

Beautiful glaucus blue foliage, tolerates wide range of conditions, good liriope replacement.

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Carex grayi

Common Name: Bur sedge, Grays sedge

Carex grayi is a cool season grass with semi-evergreen light green, grass-like foliage. Interesting spiked seed heads develop and remain in the winter. This plant prefers full sun, will tolerate some shade, in moist to wet conditions. It thrive…

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Carex laxiculmis

Common Name: Creeping sedge

A perfect moist woodland groundcover, this carex forms a mat of wide blue green, semi-evergreen foliage. This straight species provides every bit of blue color many named selections are known for, yet maintains genetic diversity. A food source for …

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Carex lurida

Common Name: Lurid sedge

Excellent plant for wetland restoration, interesting seed heads make it a good choice for ornamental ponds.

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Carex muskingumensis

Common Name: Palm sedge

This distinctive sedge resembles a miniature palm. Slow, creeping.

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Carex muskingumensis 'Oehme'

Common Name: Palm sedge

Similar to the species, but with a clear gold border. Named for Wolfgang Oehme, famed landscape architect.

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Carex pennsylvanica

Common Name: Pennsylvania sedge

Stoloniferous sod forming species for dry shade, one of the first to green up in the spring.

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Carex plantaginea

Common Name: Seersucker sedge

Deep green foliage with a seersucker texture. Semi-evergreen. Limited supply.

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Carex platyphylla

Common Name: Silver sedge

Clump forming, wide powder-blue leaves. Choice! Limited supply.

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Carex stipata

Common Name: Awl-fruited sedge

Common and very adaptable sedge, good choice for use in wetlands restoration.

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Carex stricta

Common Name: Tussock sedge

This beautiful sedge deserves a spot in the ornamental water garden, great form.

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Carex vulpinoidea

Common Name: Fox sedge

Tough and adaptable, should be used in all wetlands restoration projects.

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Cassia marilandica

Common Name: American senna

Clear yellow blooms, accented with deep brown anthers are held above yellowish green, fine textured foliage. Prefers a rich, well-drained soil, but still performs well in clay. Excellent choice for open woods and moist meadows. Attractive, 4-in…

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Ceanothus americanus

Common Name: New Jersey tea

Multi-stemmed small shrub, with ornamental flowers, tolerates shade and dryness.

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Chasmanthium latifolium

Common Name: Northern seaoates

Makes great sounds in the wind, attractive oat-like seed heads, self-sows where happy.

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Chelone glabra

Common Name: Turtlehead

Used by the Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly, flowers resemble a turtle's head.

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Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'

Common Name: Pink turtlehead

Selected for its red stems, beautiful in wet meadows and at pond's edge.

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Chrysogonum virginianum

Common Name: Golden star

Good ground cover for well drained shade.

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Chrysogonum virginianum 'Allen Bush'

Common Name: Golden star

More compact and floriferous, good ground cover for well drained shade.

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Chrysogonum virginianum 'Australe'

Common Name: Golden star

Deep green shiny leaves, golden yellow flower, groundcover.

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Chrysogonum virginianum 'Norman Singer'

Common Name: Golden star

A fine selection of chrysogonum offering multitudes of golden yellow flowers in the spring, and strong reblooming throughout late summer. Drought tolerant, excellent ground cover.

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Clematis virginiana

Common Name: Virgin's bower

This vine produces numerous showy clusters of white blossoms, seed provides equal ornamental appeal.

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Coreopsis articulata 'Nana'

Common Name: Mouse-eared coreopsis

Dark green, shiny foliage, loaded with orange/yellow flowers. Stoloniferous and reblooming.

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Coreopsis lanceolata

Common Name: Lanceleaf tickseed

Thrives in poor, sandy, rocky soils. Tolerant of heat and drought. Hairy lance-shaped leaves remain low. One to two inch yellow ray flowers bloom atop slender, erect stems.

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