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Widely grown as a commercial cut flower, this plant form a low clump of grassy leaves, bearing tall spikes of purple flowers beginning in midsummer.
Can be planted in sunny border or meadow garden, or in containers.
May need to be staked as growth continues.
Height: 18 - 24"
Spread: 18 -24"
Image courtesy of Jeffries Nursery
Prairie smoke (Geum triflorum) adds interest to a garden bed from early spring through to fall. This perennial is native to North American prairies. It gets its name from the long, wispy, feather-like achenes (seed heads) that develop during the summer. With their pinkish shades, they create an impression of puffs of smoke remaining on the plant for several weeks. The small, pink, bud-like flowers may not be as impressive as the achenes, but they still add a splash of color to the garden in the spring. And during the fall, the foliage takes on purplish, reddish, and orange hues and then turns to a burgundy shade during winter.
Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun
Mature Size:
- Height: 4 - 8"
- Width: 12 - 18"
Zone: 3
Chrysanthemums are a great choice for the garden, or in tubs and mixed containers. Garden Mums are extremely popular plants for a splash of colour in late summer right through the fall.
Morden strain produces naturally cushion-shaped, compact plants with double and semi-double flowers in a whole range of rich jewel tones. Best in a sunny area, with regular watering through the season.
Pinching plants in June will result in a much greater number of flowers.
Light Requirement: Full to Part Sun
Flowering Season: Early Summer
Mature Size:
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Height: 16"
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Spread: 18"
Zone: 3
Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery
Walkers Low is a British variety was selected as the 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year. Plants are mounded and bushy in habit, with small grey-green fragrant leaves. Masses of bright-blue flowers appear on short spikes in early summer, continuing on and off through the fall if the old flowers are regularly removed. Despite the name, this is best in the middle of a border because of its mid-sized stature. Drought tolerant, once established. Flowers are attractive to butterflies.
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Flowering Season: Summer
Mature Size:
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Height: 24"
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Spread: 30"
Zone: 3a
photo courtesy of Ball Seed
Maiden Pinks are easy-care perennials, ideal for the beginning gardener. Plants form a low, spreading mound of green and bronze leaves, studded with bright white & pink bi-colour flowers in late spring, and bloom on and off throughout the summer. Suitable in poor soils, and hot, sunny sites.
Excellent in tubs and mixed containers.
Trim back lightly after first flowering. Plants are easily divided in early spring or fall.
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Flowering Season: Summer
Mature Size:
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Height: 8"
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Spread: 12"
Zone: 3
It is an outstanding perennial with excellent cold hardiness, vigor, and tolerance of heavy clay soils. Blooming in late spring with a profusion of flower spikes, it re-blooms later in the summer when deadheaded. These plants attract butterflies and are deer/rabbit resistant.
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Mature Size:
- Height: 12 - 36"
- Width: 12 - 36"
Zone: 3
Hosta Dancing Darling is a beauty with its unique yellow-golden foliage with green edges. The foliage is curled and looks lovely in combination with the lilac flowers. Plant Dancing Darling in a moist, cool, humus-rich and well-drained soil. It can be planted in a sunny or shaded spot. This fast growing Hosta is excellent as a solitary on patio or balcony, for mixed containers, for mass planting and in border.
Light Requirement: Full Shade to Partial Shade
Mature Size:
- Height: 20"
- Width: 24"
Zone: 3
Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa
This selection, of 'Autumn Joy', boasts vibrant rosy flowers from late summer into fall. Developed in Quebec, it's a striking option. Tall sedums form substantial foliage clumps, serving as shrub alternatives. Their sturdy stems bear massive flower heads that bloom in fall, offering winter interest and bird food if left standing.
Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Mature Size:
- Height: 24 - 30"
- Width: 18 - 24"
Zone: 3
Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery
Brilliant flowers complement neat, attractive foliage. Wonderful as ground cover, in the rock garden, along walkways or cascading over stone walls. Easy to maintain. Thrives in hot, dry locations. .
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Flowering Season: Late Summer
Mature Size:
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Height: 6"
- Spread: 12"
Zone: 3A
Photos courtesy of Bellwyck Horticolor
'Matrona' Sedum, also called stonecrop, is a beautiful plant with pale pink flowers, gray-green leaves, and purple veins and stems. It loves full sun, blooms in late summer, and attracts many pollinators in the fall. It's also very showy and tolerates low rainfall well.
Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Mature Size:
- Height: 12 - 24"
- Width: 18 - 24"
Zone: 3
Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa.
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Unit price perCoreopsis also known as Tickseed, form a mound of leathery green leaves, bearing many upright stems of daisy type flowers for weeks starting in early summer. Removing faded flowers regularly will encourage blooming to continue into the fall.
Tolerant of hot, humid summer climates and attractive to butterflies.
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Flowering Season: Summer
Mature Size:
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Height: 24"
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Spread: 16"
Zone: 3b
photo courtesy of Ball Seed
Moss Phlox forms a low mound or cushion smothered by tiny flowers in late spring. Clip plants immediately after blooming to encourage a dense habit. Wonderful in the sunny rock garden, for edging, or in mixed containers. Requires good drainage. Drought tolerant, once established.
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Mature Size:
- Height: 4 -6"
- Width: 12 - 24"
Zone: 2
Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery
This improved Beard-tongue forms low mounds of glossy burgundy leaves, bearing medium-tall stalks of tubular deep pink flowers arranged around the strong stems. Vigorous and easy to grow. Remove faded flowers to encourage continued blooming. Attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. Stems are nice for cutting. Clumps may be easily divided in early spring. Unlike many of the taller selections, this one is ruggedly hardy in colder regions. Drought tolerant once established.
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Mature Size:
- Height: 24"
- Width: 18-24"
Zone: 3
Images courtesy of vanstone Nurseries & Terra Nova Nursereies
Developed in 1906, this pink peony is still a favorite. Double flowers of soft seashell pink with petals edged a trifle lighter with a few crimson flecks.
Caring for Peonies:
May/June: Keep your peony watered if there is little rainfall. Use compost or aged manure to your soil. If your peony is newly planted it can take up to two seasons for it to get its first bloom. Be patient, it's worth it.
Late June: Blooming season, like many garden plants you will need to deadhead peony flowers often.
Summer: Herbaceous Peonies do best with an inch of water per week if they are newly planted. If they are established they can handle a drought season more than newly planted roots. Enjoy green peony bush once blooms are gone.
Fall: Cut stems of Herbaceous Peonies back to soil level and remove from the area. If you have new plantings mulch.
Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa.
This is one of several Hybrid Goldenrods that have been developed as commercial cut flowers in Europe. Plants form a bushy upright mound of deep-green leaves, bearing large heads of golden-yellow flowers in late summer. Stems are strong and should not need staking. This is a well-behaved garden plant, worthy of growing in any sunny border. Flowers do not cause allergies. Moist soil will help to prevent powdery mildew. Clumps may be easily divided in early spring. Attractive to butterflies.
Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun
Mature Size:
- Height: 18 - 24"
- Width: 12 - 18"
Zone: 3
Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery
Jenny aster plants are characterized by their delicate, lace-like foliage and clusters of bright pink, star-shaped flowers. They add a graceful and vibrant touch to any garden, particularly in the fall season.
Light Requirement: Full sun
Flowering Season: Late Summer
Mature Size:
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Height: 12 - 18"
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Spread: 12 - 18"
Zone: 3a
Photos and Data Courtesy of Ball Seed
From $9.95
Unit price perMcKana's Giant aquilegia is particularly good for cut flowers as it features a fully double, upward-facing bloom, rising above a ferny foliage of gray-green divided leaves. Plants typically produce 3-5 stems in the first year and 5-10 stems in the second and following years.
Remove faded flowering stems to promote additional blooming.
Light Requirement: Part Sun
Flowering Season: Early Summer
Mature Size:
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Height: 30"
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Spread: 24"
Zone: 3
Photos courtesy of Ball Seed Company & Bodger
Creeping types are low-growing with a vine-like habit and make a great ground cover or in between stepping stones
Once established flowers bloom in late spring and early summer. They are also deer and rabbit resistant.
*Susceptible to root rot in wet, soggy soil.
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Mature Size:
- Height: 3"
- Width: 12"
- Zone 3
Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery
The purple falls are reason enough to incorporate these brilliant blooms in your landscape. Then you bring in the strong color contrast between the standards and falls and it's simply mesmerizing—the color really pops wherever you want to put this Siberian iris. Enjoy a little patch of it in among your other perennials, or plant it in mass drifts for a radiant display. We suggest growing it near a stream or in a marshy, waterlogged spot. While most iris absolutely need well-drained soil, Siberian iris are actually at the top of their game in really moist soils. Iris sibirica 'On Mulberry Street'
Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun
Mature Size:
- Height: 18 - 24"
- Width: 18 - 24"
Zone: 3
Delphiniums are the stars of the early summer border. Plants form a low mound of deeply-cut green leaves, bearing tall spikes of satiny flowers. Removing faded spikes at the base will encourage repeat blooming in fall.
Cut back hard to encourage fresh foliage. Use a high phosphorous fertilizer each year, in early spring.
Hot, humid summers can bring on potential mildew.
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Flowering Season: Summer
Mature Size:
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Height: 60"
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Spread: 24"
Zone: 3
Photos and Data Courtesy of Ball Seed
