Perennials

'Moonshine' Yarrow offers some of the best of the achillea hybrids' characteristic blue-gray, aromatic, fern-like foliage enhanced with silver highlights. In summer, bright yellow flower heads combine effortlessly in formal or naturalized landsca...

'Paprika' Yarrow offers tight, flat clusters of intense red flowers with bright yellow centers. The fern-like, aromatic, medium-green foliage has a strong, spicy aroma which persists when used in dry arrangements. This achillea is a vigorous growe...

'Saucy Seduction' is part of the Seduction series of achillea. All Seduction achillea are known for their sturdy, compact growth habit, long bloom period, and interesting flowers. 'Saucy Seduction' blooms all summer, providing abundant, large rosy...

'Strawberry Seduction' Yarrow produces clusters of tiny, velvety red florets with bright gold centers. Like other 'Seduction' series achillea, 'Strawberry Seduction' offers sturdy, compact growth habit, long bloom period and fabulous bloom color. ...

'Sunny Seduction' is another winning selection from the achillea Seduction series, all of which are known for their sturdy, compact growth habit, disease-resistance, long bloom period, and interesting flowers. 'Sunny Seduction' produces large, bri...

Aconitum fischeri features thick leathery stems and glossy dark green foliage that is attractive even when the plant is not in bloom. Monkshood provides lavender blue hooded flowers late in the summer. Aconitum fischeri requires no staking for a s...

Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop', also known as Bugleweed, makes a nice semi-evergreen groundcover. Plants quickly form a low carpet of rounded, glossy leaves, purple-black in colour with a crinkly or scalloped texture. Short spikes of deep blue...

Burgundy Glow offers fantastic tricolored foliage in shades of creamy-white, rose-burgundy, and dark green. This variety of Ajuga continues to sparkle in the fall, with azure leaves turning a deep bronze while the newer growth takes on a rose tone...

'Chocolate Chip Ajuga is an attractive ground cover with a mix of light and dark foliage. The purplish-burgundy foliage forms a tight mat with nice subtle shades of brown throughout. Ajuga reptans 'Chocolate Chip' has thinner, smaller and more elo...

One North America's native wildflowers, this ornamental onion is an easy and reliable plant for edging the border, the rock garden or lightly ...

Anemone hupehensis 'September Charm' has beautiful rose-pink flowers that are suspended above the foliage and seem to dance in the wind, givin...

Aquilegia 'Songbird Goldfinch' has large, pale primrose yellow flowers lightly blushed with pink. The early blooms of Aquilegia 'Goldfinch' are skyward-facing, a Songbird series distinction. Lacy foliage and dancing, late-spring blooms cover these...

'Lime Frost' is an heirloom variety of Aquilegia with variegated blue-green and creme foliage. Producing mainly blue flowers in early summer, white or pink may appear occasionally on this delightful specimen. 'Lime Frost' columbine is beautiful in...

The tall and graceful Aquilegia in the McKana Group are heavy-flowering, large and brightly colored. By late spring to early summer they bear tall erect stems of upward facing or nodding large-spurred flowers that are strongly bicolored in a wide ...

Arabis variegata is a versatile, ground-covering, evergreen perennial which bears masses of beautiful, pure white flowers held in clusters high above the foliage. Grown for its stunning leaves, Rock Cress offers splashes of creamy-white in the cen...

Astilbes are a popular choice for shade and woodland gardens. They are clump-forming perennials which feature graceful, fern-like mo...

A 1994 Perennial Plant of the Year, and still a favorite! Astilbe 'Sprite' has tiny, shell-pink flowers on graceful, arching plumes that appear in mid-summer followed by rust-colored ornamental seed heads. 'Sprite' offers deep rich green foliage t...

An old-fashioned shade garden favorite, Astilble offers gorgeous color to shady spots! The variety 'Amethyst' offers vibrant, soft feathery lavender flowers on tall spikes in late spring. Amethyst Astilbe has a fernlike foliage and will grow in ma...

Astilbe 'Fanal' offers deep red feathery plumes in the summer for a graceful addition to the perennial garden. 'Fanal' is noted for having perhaps the darkest red flowers of any of the astilbes and for its unique foliage. A compact astilbe, Fanal'...

'Deutschland' offers fern-like foliage with tall stalks of pure white plumes that rise above the glossy foliage in early to mid-summer. Astilbe provides lush, deeply-cut foliage that is attractive for the entire growing season and is colored from ...

Astilbe 'Lollypop' boasts hot pink blooms, dark purple stems and dark green shiny foliage. Lollypop's beautiful flowers contrast beautifully with the dark green foliage. This compact astilbe blooms in early summer. Lollypop Astilbe is also an exce...

Astilbe 'Peach Blossom' boasts airy plumes of bright salmon pink in the summer. The lush, deeply cut green lacy foliage of 'Peach Blossom' is attractive for the entire season. Astilbes lend a refined grace to shady perennial borders, gracefully mo...

'Rheinland' astilbe boasts large feathery blooms of luxuriant clear pink that sway in the summer breeze. A wonderful addition to any perennial border, 'Rheinland', like many other varieties of Astilbe, has deeply cut, glossy green fern-like foliag...

Baptisia australis, or Blue False Indigo, is an upright perennial which features violet blue, lupine-like flowers in erect spikes extending well above a foliage mound of clover-like, bluish-green leaves. The flowers are like m...

Callirhoe involucrata, or Purple Poppy Mallow, is a Missouri native perennial which most frequently occurs in dryish, rocky soils in prairies, fields and along roadsides scattered in several counties mostly northeast of the Mi...

Campanula 'Pearl Deep Blue' boasts deep blue bowl-shaped flowers that densely cover the compact mounds of foliage. As with many other varieties of campanula, or bell flower, 'Pearl Deep Blue' has a very long blooming period and looks great in rock...

Campanula 'Blue Waterfall' also known as Serbian bellflower, creates a stream of lavender blue, 1-inch diameter star-shaped blossoms from late spring to early fall. 'Blue Waterfall' flows beautifully along perennial bed edges and through rock gard...

'Zamphir' offers unique quilled petals that resemble tiny trumpets flaring out from the daisy-like center. It forms a low mound of small, rounded green leaves, bearing upright stems of golden-orange flowers beginning in early summer. Blooming cont...

Coreopsis Big Bang™ 'Full Moon' is an exciting variety that exhibits disease resistant foliage topped with hundreds of huge 3-inch canary-yellow flowers. Full Moon's foliage is thin and delicate on well-branched stems. Place in middle of the...

Coreopsis 'Early Sunrise' is a compact cultivar which features solitary, yellow, daisy-like, semi-double flowers with yellow rays and darker yellow center disks atop slender, erect stems rising to 18 inches tall. Flowers ...

Each yellow bloom of 'Presto' Coreopsis measures 2 to 2 1/2 inches wide, with a small golden-red center and frizzled, serrated petals that stand out beautifully. The eye-catching blooms of this variety of Coreopsis, also known as Tickseed, appear ...

Coreopsis 'Little Sundial' is a shorter variety, measuring only 12 inches tall in bloom, but it makes up for its short stature with a profusion of blooms! 'Little Sundial' is covered in golden yellow flowers with eye catching maroon centers from e...

American Dream Coreopsis, also known as Tickseed, stands erect showing bright pink starry flowers with a beady yellow center in early spring. The foliage is thin and delicate, offering finely branching whorls that create an airy appearance. This E...

Each flower of Coreopsis 'Sweet Dreams' offers stunning bicolored flowers that are white-tipped with a dark raspberry center and a golden middle. The unique flowers of this variety of Coreopsis, also known as Tickseed, cover the finely cut needle-...

Coreopsis 'Creme Brulee' is a vigorous version of the popular Moonbeam Coreopsis. 'Creme Brulee' fills in faster and has larger, darker yellow flowers that bloom all along the stems rather than just above the foliage. Plants will flower best in a ...

Coreopsis 'Golden Gain' is variety of threadleaf coreopsis that has an upright vase-like habit. This sturdy, vertical habit is quite unique to 'Golden Gain' and offers many uses in the landscape. 'Golden Gain' is very long-blooming with large star...

Coreopsis 'Zagreb', also known as tickseed and Threadleaf Coreopsis, is just a little bit shorter than 'Moonbeam' coreopsis. 'Zagreb' has bright yellow abundant flowers and blooms continuously throughout the entire summer. The tall, erect, somewha...

Dianthus 'Zing Rose' offers showy, deep rose-red blooms with serrated edges that cover the dark green, evergreen foliage all summer long. This variety of Dianthus, also known as Maiden Pinks, will partially close its petals at dusk. In cooler weat...

Named Perennial Plant of the Year in 2006, Dianthus 'Firewitch' or 'Feuerhexe' forms a low dense mound of grassy blue-grey foliage, with a long summer display of fragrant bright magenta-pink blooms. These offer a spicy sweet fragrance that scents ...

Dianthus 'Tiny Rubies' forms rounded mounds of evergreen foliage that produce masses of double, deep rose-pink blooms that are very fragrant with serrated, or pinked edges. Cousins to the carnation, Cheddar Pinks have been grown in gardens for cen...

Dianthus 'Spangled Star' boasts wonderfully fragrant red flowers with two pale pink blotches (or white) on each petal. Enjoys a lengthy late spring to early summer bloom time and may bloom intermittantly throughout the summer. The red and pink flo...

A steady and reliable performer, Dicentra 'King of Hearts', has everything you could want in a fern-leaved bleeding heart. King of Hearts offers sun and heat tolerance, bright rose heart-shaped flowers that appear from late spring into fall, and l...

Dicentra spectabilis has been a popular, old-fashioned garden favorite for many years. It features graceful, soft green foliage that...

A double-flowered Coneflower, 'Hot Papaya' has drooping ray petals of papaya-orange, surrounding a pompom center of red-orange that do...

Echinacea 'After Midnight' or 'Emily Saul' coneflower offers fragrant, dark magenta-purple flowers paired with a black-red cone. The wide, downward flower petals of 'After Midnight' overlap, giving the blossoms a full, substantial presence on stur...

'Harvest Moon' is a beautiful Echinacea from the Big Sky^TM series. 'Harvest Moon' or 'Matthew Saul' boasts unique soft orange petals that surround brilliant deep russet-orange cones held upright on sturdy stems. This variety of coneflow...

Large overlapping true yellow petals on top of tall, strong stems make this coneflower solid. Part of the Big Sky™ Series, this plant rightfully deserves its name for its strong yellow color and outstanding performance. Echinacea 'Sunrise' s...

‘Green Jewel’ is a coneflower that features bright light green rays surrounding a center cone of dark green. Echinacea is an uprig...

Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus' is a classic purple coneflower with very fragrant rose-pink ray petals surrounding a coppery-brown, spiky central cone forming flat horizontal flower heads. This coneflower's newer blooms are more intense in color and f...

In late spring to early summer, numerous flowers arise from the compact stems of this delightful coneflower. 'Pink Double Delight' boasts showy flowers with frilly double centers of deep rose-pink, surrounded by...

The 2004 Perennial Plant of the year, Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum' is a must-have for any shade garden. This variety of Japanese Painted Fern is low-maintenance and is one of the showiest ferns for shade gardens. 'Pictum' produces 12- to 18-inch fr...

Autumn Fern is a colorful fern with fronds that emerge coppery-green maturing to deep green by summer and to russet in the fall. Evergreen in mild winter regions, Autumn Fern is one of the easiest ferns to establish....

Autumn Fern is a colorful groundcover with pink fiddleheads that turn an especially bright coppery orange as they unfurl. The fronds of 'Brilliance' age to a lustrous dark green and remain well into winter. New growth continues through the season,...

Ostrich Fern is one of the largest and most popular ferns available. The dark green, pinnate fronds of Matteuccia struthiopteris are wide at the top and tapering down to a bare strip. This deciduous fern typically grows 2-3 feet tall in cultivatio...

Osmunda cinnamomea, or Cinnamon fern, is a Missouri native fern which occurs in moist, boggy ground along streams and on shaded ledges and bluffs, primarily in the eastern Ozark region of the State. Typically grows in clumps to 2-3...

The wine-red blooms of Gaillardia 'Burgundy' measure a whopping 3 inches across. This blanket flower continues to provide interest as the middle of these striking red petals is a button-like center which emerges bright yellow and then slowly chang...

Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Fanfare' features unique tubular petals that flare from brilliant scarlet to bright yellow at the tips. The upward-facing, daisy-like flowers are almost lacy in appearance and attractive to butterflies. Extremely free-flo...

Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Goblin' is a dwarf selection of blanket flower with a neat mounding habit and colorful daisy-like maroon flowers with ragged yellow edges that appear June–August. The flowers are perched on short stems above mounds of lig...

Gaillardia 'Oranges and Lemons' is a variety of blanket flower that boasts daisy style blooms about 2 inches wide, with bright tangerine petals tipped in yellow and surrounding a saucy orange-and-yellow central cone. The brightest and most cheerfu...

Geranium sanguineum 'Album', or 'Alba', features 5-petaled, clear white flowers and small, dark green leaves. Primarily blooms in May and June with a sparser rebloom occurring throughout the summer. One of the best choices for massed plantings, fi...

Geranium sanguineum 'Brookside' displays its deep violet-blue flowers all summer long against a backdrop of finely divided foliage. Also known as cranesbill, this pretty hybrid is distinguished by its neat mounded habit and long blooming period. T...

Geranium sanguineum 'Rozanne' offers a low, rambling habit and medium green leaves that are deeply divided. From late spring to fall, this hardy cranesbill produces lovely violet-blue cup-shaped flowers with white centers and purple veins. Foliage...

This clump-forming, upright, ornamental grass is a Missouri native plant and is perhaps most distinguished by the flat, drooping seed heads wh...

Versatile and pretty, festuca glauca 'Boulder Blue' or blue fescue is a semi-evergreen ornamental grass that is similar to the 'Elijah Blue' variety, but is shorter in height with taller flower stalks. 'Boulder Blue' is known ...

A grass for shade! Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’ is a golden-striped form of Hakone grass. Few grasses have the elegant beauty of golden Japanese forest grass and even fewer are well adapted to shade. This clump-forming, variegated grass...

Give this grass plenty of room! The tall, variegated Japanese silvergrass, ‘Silver Feather, originates from eastern Asia and has a graceful arching habit. Its long slender blades are dark green with razor thin white midribs a...

Dwarf Fountain Grass offers arching, deep green foliage in a compact growth habit. One of the most versatile of all ornamental grasses, it is also one of the most popular Pennisetum cultivars. The 'Hameln' variety has leaves that are deep green in...

A wonderful variety of Ivy, Baltic is a delightful evergreen groundcover that has smaller leaves then English Ivy but boasts the same deep green color and interesting white veins. A variety of Hedera that is most ideal for the northern zones for i...

Hedera helix, or English Ivy, ‘Gold Child’ has variegated leaves with a lobed, ivy shape and heart-shaped base. The leaf color is gray-green with irre...

Hedera helix 'Golden Ripple' or 'Gold Ripple' ivy boasts attractive, evergreen foliage that provides year-round interest. The yellow and green veriagated leaves almost glow! Great for erosion control on steep banks and rough slopes. Lovely in con...

An award winning variety, 'Teardrop' has dark green leaves that are a unique teardrop shape. This ivy is easy to grow and was awarded Ivy of the Year for 2002. Especially lovely when planted in hanging baskets or along rock walls where it can casc...

Compared to Baltic Ivy, 'Thorndale' ivy boasts attractive dark green leaves that are a bit smaller, have a more prominent central lobe, and display creamy white veins. Slow growing until rooted, it later spreads at a moderate pace and makes a thic...

A classic daylily since the 1940's, 'Autumn red ' features 5 inch diameter, deep red flowers with yellow midribs and yellow throats. Star-shaped flowers appear on naked stems (scapes) which rise tall above a clump of arching, grass ...

An extremely popular and widely-used reblooming daylily, Hemerocallis 'Happy Returns' boasts ruffled, lemon yellow flowers on naked stems rising above a clump of arching, linear, blade-like leaves. Individual flowers open for one day. Mildly fragr...

The canary yellow flowers of Hemerocallis 'Hyperion' are carried in profusion above vigorous clumps of arching grasslike foliage. This variety of Daylily has been around since 1925, but Hyperion remains unsurpassed in its color class. It's one of ...

A delightful dwarf daylily, Hemerocallis 'Little Business' will reward you by blooming twice a year! This outstanding variety produces mounds of tall foliage and boasts raspberry-red flowers with a green eye. Individual flowers open for one day. '...

A miniature daylily variety, Hemerocallis 'Pardon Me' offers beautiful, fragrant, cranberry red flowers with a narrow yellow-green throat. The petals of 'Pardon Me' have pie-crust edges, sepals are smooth, both are slightly recurved and appear in ...

Hemerocallis 'Ruby Stella' is a red-flowered variety of the ever-popular compact rebloomer ‘Stella de Oro.’ The flowers of ‘Ruby Stella’ are slightly fragrant and deep ruby to wine-red with yellow-green...

'Ginger Ale’ heuchera is a vigorous, clump-forming coral bells cultivar that is best noted for the un...

Heuchera 'Marmalade' boasts dazzling leaf color in shades of peach and honey with beautiful contrasting purple undersides. The shiny leaves of this Heuchera variety are of heavy substance and hold up well in inclement weather. Heuchera 'Marmalade'...

‘Melting Fire’ is a seed variety of Heuchera, or coral bells. Ruffled leaves emerge bright crimson in spring and mature to a dark maroon red by summer. Leaves acquire tinges of purple in fall that last throughout winter. In late s...

'Sparkling Burgundy’ heuchera is a vigorous, clump-forming coral bells cultivar that is best noted for its glowing burgundy foliage. Foliage consist...

The large, cocoa-colored leaves of Heuchera ‘Chocolate Veil’ are overlaid with a delicate, silvery purple making this perennial a striking addition to the garden. Its grown for its low, wide mounds of ric...

Heuchera 'Green Spice' has marvelous green leaves which are decorated with heavy silvering and are beautifully accented with rust red to purple veins. Green Spice, also known as coral bells, has tall spikes of flowers but they are insignificant as...

Caramel Heuchera has grayish-red new growth fading to soft apricot-caramel by summer. This variety of Coral Bells has fall color that is an intense salmon red. Caramel's lobed fuzzy foliage has a very sturdy habit, an excellent choice for hot, hum...

Heuchera 'Encore' is an exciting variety, also known as coral bells, which displays beautiful mounds of colorful season-changing foliage. In the spring, Encore's foliage is deep rose-purple colored with a light silvering on top and reddish-purple ...

This spectacular variety of Heuchera emerges with spring boasting near black foliage speckled with hot pink flecks. As the summer heat intensifies, Midnight Rose's dark foliage lightens to a maroon-purple and the spots take on a lighter hue. Spray...

A wonderful variety of Heuchera, 'Obsidian' has wonderful deep purplish-black foliage with a polished glassy luster. The dark color of Obsidian is very unique and is closer to true black than any other Heuchera, also known as coral bells. Undersid...

With its glowing exotic-looking foliage, Heuchera 'Pistache' is a must have for the shade garden. Plant Heuchera 'Pistache' in full shade for lovely lime green foliage or plant it in partial shade for electrifying chartreuse-yellow leaves that wil...

Heuchera 'Raspberry Ice' is a variety of coral bells that has wonderfully intriguing foliage of dark purple veins over a background of raspberry and frosty silver leaves with burgundy undersides. 'Raspberry Ice' also boasts rich, showy, dark pink ...

'Silver Scrolls' Heuchera, or coral bells, has nice foliage that emerges silver flushed with burgundy, but its wonderful atribute is how the foliage progresses through the season. Throughout summer, the leaves become silver and black with veins re...

A wonderful variety of Coral Bells, 'Tiramisu' is a wonderfully exotic Heuchera that boasts a rainbow of colors that change with the seasons. In the earliest days of spring, the young leaves emerge bright yellow combined with brick red centers tha...

Hosta 'Pacific Blue Edger' is a dwarf selection has heart-shaped blue-green leaves, and a good vigorous habit. Pale lavender flowers appear on tall stems above the foliage in July. Hostas, also known as Plantain Lily or Funkia, are...

One of the largest growing and popular hostas of the day, 'Sum and Substance' is widely prized for its size and its huge, heavy leaves that are chartreuse-gold and have a waxy sheen. 'Sum and Substance' is a massive plant, with the leaves rising h...

‘Sundance,' is a medium-sized hosta, or plantain lily, with broad leaves that are dark green outlined by wide margins of creamy-white when grown in the...

Hosta 'ventricosa' has gorgeous dark green leaves with a twisted tip that are especially attractive when grown in a mass planting. This variety grows quickly and blooms medium purple flowers with distinctive striping on tall stems above the foliag...

This variety of hosta may be one of the most common, but 'Albomarginata' continues to sparkle and perform like a champion in the shade or semi-shade garden. 'Albomarginata', boasts simple dark green, heart-shaped leaves with creamy white edges. Th...

The dark green leaves of Hosta 'Albopicta' have bright creme centers that eventually fade to soft green with the coming of early summer. A wonderfully growing Hosta, also known as Plantain Lily or Funkia, with white to pale lavender bell-shaped fl...

In spring, Hosta 'Aureomarginata' produces a large clump of heart-shaped leaves of dark olive-green with wavy, variegated margins of pale yellow. In midsummer, upright, sturdy stems of trumpet-shaped, lavender-pink flowers appear 30 or more inche...

'Francee' is another popular variety of hosta that Green Gate Farms offers and this one's variegation holds up very well in sun. Francee's medium to dark green heart-shaped leaves have narrow, clean white margins. This variety forms a wide low mou...

Hosta 'Gold Standard' is an absolute standard for any shade garden or perennial border. This popular classic has large oval, seersuckered, heart-shaped yellow leaves with irregular dark green margins. Gold Standard's leaf emerges with a light gree...

'Minuteman' Hosta is a stunning variety with dark green leaves that are surrounded by a pure white margin. Minuteman's foliage has good substance and is usually cupped and slightly wavy. This variety of Hosta, also known as Funkia or Plantain Lily...

'Night Before Christmas' is a stunningly beautiful variety of Hosta with its thick, wavy, heart-shaped leaves that have a clear white center surrounded by a dark green border. In early summer, upright, sturdy stems of bell-shaped lavender flowers ...

The oval leaves of 'Patriot' Hosta is exceptionally popular among medium sized, green-and-white hostas. Why 'Patriot' is so exceptional is the result of the extreme width of the white edge surrounding the intense green center of its leaf. The marg...

'Queen Josephine' hosta, also known as Plantain Lily or Funkia, has very glossy heart-shaped leaves with dark green centers and wide yellow margins that mature white. In mid to late summer, upright stems of funnel-shaped flowers of light purple ap...

Hosta 'Whirlwind' lives up to its name with foliage color that continuously changes throughout the season. Dark green, streaked margins encompass an ever-changing center on this variety of hosta, also known as Plantain Lily or Funkia. With the com...

Golden Tiara's small heart-shaped verigated leaves of medium green change from chartreuse-colored margins to gold when planted in sun. This compact grower, also known as Funkia or Plantain Lily, exhibits good form and persistent color throughout t...

This hosta boasts awesome flower power! Guacamole has incredible fragrant blossoms of snow white in mid-summer which contrast beautifully with its light green foliage that has a darker green margin. This variety of hosta, also known as Funkia or P...

'Royal Standard' hosta forms a very large mound of glossy, corrugated, heart-shaped bright green leaves. The white trumpet-shaped flowers are highly fragrant with the scent more pronounced in the evening. Divide in spring or fall if plants become ...

'Bressingham Blue' Hosta, or Plantain Lily, offers huge, cupped, powdery blue leaves with a puckered appearance and heavy substance. Near-white bell-shaped flowers appear on tall stems above the foliage in July. More shade retains the blue leaves ...

'Big Daddy' is a hosta that lives up to its name with huge 15-inch very blue-grey foliage that exhibits deep texturing and is a wonderful selection for developing a background for bright colors in the landscape. Also known as Funkia, or Plantain L...

Blue Angel Hosta is a wonderful selection with gigantic, heart-shaped, blue-grey leaves that are of heavy substance and are very slug resistant. White trumpet-shaped flowers appear in mid-summer above the foliage. Also known as Funkia or Plantain ...

An old-timed favorite, 'Elegans' has large, heart-shaped, thick-textured, heavily corrugated, surface-cupped, blue-green leaves. In early summer, it produces strong, upright stems lined with white bell-shaped flowers tinged with lavender, tucked a...

The giant blue-green leaves of the 'Frances Williams' hosta have very wide, chartreuse to yellow margins. With maturity, the margins of this variety of Hosta, also known as Funkia or Plantain Lily, become wider. Its leaves are leathery, bold, rugg...

Boasting foliage of heavily ribbed, frosty blue-green, 'Halcyon' is a surperb grower whose thick leaves are pointed and offer good slug resistance. One of the best and most popular of the blue hosta cultivars. This variety of Hosta, also known as ...

Hosta 'June' has pointed leaves that boast a distinct and beautiful variegation. This variety of Hosta, also known as Funkia or Plantain Lily, exhibits leaves of heavy substance that are wide and streaked with blue-green margins with chartreuse ce...

This terrific sport of 'Sun Glow' was introduced by Inniswood Gardens of Ohio where it gets its name. 'Inniswood' produces bright gold heart-shaped leaves bordered with a wide deep green margin, heavy texture and corrugation. As it matures, the le...

'Caesar's Brother' has rich deep violet-purple flowers, blooming profusely in early to mid spring. This Siberian Iris variety has beardless flowers with narrow grassy upright foliage that remains beautiful until frost. 'Caesar's Brother' prefers s...

The 'Sky Wings' variety of Siberian Iris blooms dainty light-blue flowers that enhance the spring garden. The sword-like dark green foliage remains attractive throughout the growing season. Preforms best in moist boggy conditions, however will gro...

'Snow Queen' is aptly named as it boasts outstanding sparkling white blooms in early spring. The linear, almost grass-like, green foliage remains fresh and attractive throughout the growing season. As with many other varieties of Siberian Iris, Sn...

Lavandula angustifolia's rich lavender flower spikes fill the air with a sweet, intoxicating fragrance all summer long and 'Munstead' is one of the most popular varieties of Lavender today. A nice, compact habit and relatively short stature makes ...

Leucanthemum 'Becky' is a very tall selection that exhibits excellent tolerance to summer heat and humidity. This Shasta daisy cultivar is larger than most others, growing 3-4 feet tall on rigid stems which do not require...

'Snowcap' shasta daisy is a compact, yet large-flowered selection of this classic garden perennial. In early to midsummer, very big white daisies with yellow centers appear atop upright, rigid stems lined with course dark green fol...

This short form of Liatris spicata, also known as Blazing Star or Gayfeather, is a small, compact, upright perennial which typically grows about two feet tall. 'Kobold' features spikes of rounded, fluffy, deep purple flower heads appearing atop ri...

A wonderful variety of Asiatic Lily, the deep red upward-facing blooms of 'Black Bird' lilium are spotted and shaded with satiny black highlights and appear on strong, compact plants and stems. The rich color of the flowers is intensified by dark ...

The Oriental lily 'Stargazer' is widely grown for its highly fragrant, up-facing, crimson flowers that are strikingly splashed with maroon spots and pale pink to white edges. The late-summer blooms are held very tall on sturdy stems. Plant where i...

Lilium 'Tiny Bee' is a compact, early blooming Asiatic Lily variety that features unusually large, upward-facing bright yellow blooms with slightly recurved, black-freckled petals. The upright stems are lined with glossy green, narrow, lance-shape...

Tiny Ghost is a wonderful Asiatic Lily with large red-purple upfacing star-shaped blooms. The upright stems are lined with glossy green, narrow, lance-shaped leaves. Once they have flowered they will not bloom again until the following year, so be...

Liriope 'Big Blue' is a wonderful way to edge a path or bed. A clumping, grass-like evergreen with dark leaves, 'Big Blue' produces erect, showy flower spikes with tiered whorls of dense, lavender flowers in late summer. These are followed by blac...

One of our best-known native wildflowers, Lobelia cardinalis, or Cardinal Flower, adapts well to g...

Lysimachia nummelaria 'Aurea', also known most commonly as Creeping Jenny, is a vigorous groundcover that can be used in the garden or container and is known for its dense mat of bright chartreuse-colored, circular-leaved foliage. Best yellow colo...

'Jacob Cline' is a variety of Bee Balm that exhibits vigorous growth and blooms enormous red frilly starburst heads that perch atop tall square stems of highly fragrant foliage. Great when used as a backdrop to a perennial border or landscape desi...

'Walker's Low' Catmint has soft, fragrant, gray-green foliage. In April, sprays of large, trumpet-shaped, distinct bluish purple flowers appear on upright arching stems and continue until October. Despite the name, 'Walker's Low' is best in the mi...

A native to North America, 'Husker Red' Penstemon makes a great landscape display with its brilliant white tubular flowers against the backdrop of its foliage of rich red leaves intermixed with green leaves. Tough in any condition and fairly easy ...

Penstemon tubaeflorus, or Beard Tongue, is a clump-forming, Missouri native perennial which occurs in dryish soils on prairies, limestone glades, open woods and along railroad tracks. Loose clusters of white, trumpet-shap...

Garden Phlox's most clear bright white variety, 'David' is wonderfully fragrant as well. Combined with its large blossoms of clustered petals that bloom all summer long and its mildew resistant foliage, 'David' garden phlox is a must-have for sunn...

A lovely variety of garden phlox, Flamingo's flowers are five-petaled, tubular and solid pink with dark magenta eyes. This strong-stemmed, vigorous tall garden phlox also has a wonderful fragrance, attracting butterflies and hummingbirds all summe...

Phlox subulata 'Pink' is a variety of creeping phlox, or moss phlox, that boasts flashy pink flowers with dark green glossy foliage and a wonderful compact growth habit. Phlox subulata is a vigorous, spreading, mat-forming, sun-loving phlox that i...

'Stairway to Heaven' is a colorful cultivar of the native form of Polemonium also known as Jacob's Ladder. 'Stairway to Heaven' forms a low mound of medium-green ferny leaves, arranged like the rungs of a ladder, with each leaflet strongly edged i...

Ratibida pinnata, or grey-head coneflower, is a Missouri native plant which typically occurs in dry woods, prairies and along railroad tracks and roads. Tall and thinly foliaged, prairie coneflower shines in the meadow from summer ...

Rudbeckia 'Viette's Little Suzy' is a compact, upright, free-blooming coneflower featuring daisy-like flowers with yellow rays and dark brownish-purple center disks. Prolific flower production over a long mid-summer-to-fall bloom period. The bloom...

The bright gold daisy-like petals of 'Goldsturm' rudbeckia have a distinct brown cone that highlight any summer garden from July into September. In the wild, black-eyed Susan inhabits grasslands and prairies, so it grows best in sites with rich so...

Rudbeckia missouriensis, or Missouri coneflower, features pretty green leaves and stems covered in conspicuous silvery white hairs, and displays golden yello...

Salvia 'East Friesland' brings vivid violet-purple spikes starting in early June and continuing all summer long. The heavy flower power of 'East Friesland' tops a compact mound of wrinkled, lance-shaped, aromatic light-green leaves. Attracts birds...

Violet blue flowers and glowing purple stems make 'Caradonna' sage stand out in the perennial border. Boasting a nice compact habit, Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' is a must-have for any lover of color. From summer to fall, erect flower spikes of dee...

Salvia nemorosa 'Pink Friesland' offers a new look for an old time favorite with its pinkish-red flower spikes all summer long. This vigorous but tame, compact perennial bears upright spikes of dark pink flowers that appear in early summer and wil...

A very popular perennial, salvia 'May Night' is compact and produces beautiful flowers through much of the growing season. From summer to fall, flower spikes of bright violet-blue appear over the slightly aromatic, upright bushy plants of meadow s...

'Viola Klose' Salvia is a favorite with its spikey violet-blue flowers which are much deeper and more intense in color than any other perennial salvia. The compact foliage of this meadow sage is aromatic when crushed and is a selection that has pr...

'Butterfly Blue' Pincushion Flower produces a profusion of feathery, lavender-blue, pincushion-like flowers that last from early summer into fall with regular deadheading. As with other varieties of Scabiosa columbaria, Butterfly Blue's blooms sit...

A popular perennial that changes with the seasons, 'Autumn Joy' sedum is valued for its late season of bloom and waxy, succulent, attractive green leaves. In late summer to fall, strong, upright stems support enormous rounded clusters of numerous,...

Sedum 'Rosy Glow' is a low, clumping stonecrop that has blue-green succulent-like foliage and in late summer boasts rich ruby-red flower clusters until fall. The small stature of 'Rosy Glow' makes it perfect for edging the garden or border, and is...

Sedum 'kamtschaticum' makes a fine dense groundcover where soils are poor and winters dry and cold. Its spoon-shaped, fleshy, dark green leaves are toothed at their tips and densely borne on low stems. In the summer, starry orange-yellow flowers a...

'Weihenstephaner Gold' Sedum is among the most popular groundcover sedums with its covering of tiny canary yellow star-shaped flower clusters in late spring.

‘Weihenstephaner Gold’ is a low-growing stonecrop that spreads by trailing stems t...

A very popular groundcover, 'Blue Spruce' sedum is great for rock gardens and ledges with its creeping blue foliage, highlighted by clusters of bright yellow star flowers in summer. Changing with the seasons, 'Blue Spruce' stonecrop has narrow, fl...

Angelina Sedum is a low, spreading sedum that will form a solid mat of foliage and is excellent for covering slopes or can be planted as a groundcover in sunny, dry areas. 'Angelina' stonecrop shines with brilliant golden-yellow, evergreen, needle...

Sexangulare or 'Sexangular' Sedum forms a low carpet of tiny, spiraling green leaves that spread to form a thick mat of foliage. A bronzy-green color provides late season interest and tiny, yellow, star-shaped flowers appear in June. On elevated l...

Sedum spectabile 'Brilliant' is popular due to its upright habit and generous flowering. 'Brilliant' boasts awesome late summer color as it is covered in large domed clusters of hot pink star flowers on succulent pale green gray-dusted leaves. A t...

'Dragon's Blood' sedum is a fast-growing ground cover that emerges with red succulent leaves, then turns to dark green with a purplish tinge and continues into late summer in a shade of red! Bright pink, star shaped clusters of flowers are a wonde...

Sedum ‘Red Carpet’ is a low-growing, sprawling, red-leaved sedum or stonecrop (also commonly called two-row stonecrop) that is commonly grown as a ground cover. It is an evergreen plant with thick, succulent red leaves that are to...

The brightly colored green, pink and white foliage of 'Tricolor' works beautifully as a contrasting groundcover for rock gardens and containers. Though mainly grown for its colorful leaves, sedum spurium 'Tri-color' blooms small, pink, starry flow...

Mixed sedum flats are created here at Green Gate Farms using sedum favorites including 'Dragon's Blood', 'Blue Spruce', 'Tri Color' and more. Plant in a mass and create a sea of beautiful color! Drought-tolerant and very easy to gr...

Sisyrinchium angustifolium, or Blue-Eyed Grass, is noted for its profuse bloom of large, star-like, intense blue flowers with yellow centers over a long May-June bloom period. This is a low clump-forming perennial that features a fan-like tuft of ...

Stachys monieri 'Hummelo' is a cousin to the familiar Lamb's-Ears, but not at all similar. This is a cl...

This spiderwort hybrid is a compact, clump-forming perennial which produces clusters of purple-blue, three-petaled flowers accented by contrasting yellow stamens atop stiff stems. Numerous flower buds form in each cluster, but...

'Red Fox' Veronica has delightful upright spikes of reddish pink flowers that cover its low growing, dense foliage of glossy green in early summer continuing until fall. These are lightly fragrant, highly attractive to bees and butterflies and wil...

Offering a compact habit and two or more months of deep blue-purple flower spikes in late spring and summer, 'Royal Candles' is considered one of the best upright forms of Veronica. Appearing in candelabra-like clusters above mats of dark green le...

An excellent ground cover with dark green glossy foliage, vinca minor 'Bowles' variety is excellent for shady areas. In addition, 'Bowles' periwinkle, also known as Myrtle, has large purple-blue pinwheel flowers that appear late spring and continu...