The number of different types of perennials available has increased more than any other type of plants in the last twenty-five years.  Our offerings of perennials for sun and shade have grown to over 150 varieties, with new perennials available each year.

NEW PERENNIALS FOR 2011. . . .

Add these to your garden this year!

Walk through our gardens and enjoy the many perennials and shrubs in their full glory

Achillea millefolium  ‘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. It produces large, bright yellow flower heads that enhance companion plantings, or make a dramatic statement as a mass planting. 'Sunny Seduction' is a prolific bloomer form June-August. Like other Achillea hybrids, it flowers from summer to early fall. The flat flower clusters are irresistible to butterflies. Excellent fresh cut flowers or dried. Tolerant of drought and heat. Height 24”-30”  Spread 28”

 

Agastache ‘Acapulco Red’ has fantastic red spiked flowers that bloom all season long. It has excellent heat and drought tolerance once established. It is a great plant to use as a focal point in combination pots or to use as an accent in the landscape.

Deadheading should not be necessary; trim back old flower stems. AKA: Mexican Giant Hyssop

Height 14”-20”  Spread 6”-8”

 

Echinacea  ‘PowWow Wild Berry ‘   Beautiful and prolific, this ruby-toned beauty produces a floriferous flurry of rose-purple 3-4" flowers with dark rose centers. This outstanding new variety, an AAS Award Winner for 2010, produces a continuous flower show through the summer. Full-bodied and well-branched, it requires little dead-heading or upkeep.

AAS Award Winner for 2010.

Height 20”-24”  Spread 12”-16”

 

Echinacea  ‘Little Annie’  Grown in southern Illinois, ‘Little Annie’ coneflower is one of our own!  Developed and introduced by Eric Stahlheber of Southernwood Gardens in Jonesboro, IL, this is an exclusive dwarf coneflower that has been introduced by Walters Gardens Perennials throughout the world.  At the present time it's the shortest coneflower on the market. At only 6-9 inches, there is finally a coneflower that can sit at the front of the border. An all summer bloomer, it would make a nice addition to a container planter. This could be the start of the next phase of genetics in the coneflower market. Named after Eric’s wife, Anne.

Height 10”-12”  Spread 8”-12”

 

PERENNIALS
Plants that come back year after year

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2011
PERENNIAL OF THE YEAR

Each year the Perennial Plant Association chooses a plant of the year.  

This year's choice is

Amsonia hubrichtii, a North American herbaceous shrub native to Arkansas and Oklahoma. It is a member of the Apocynceae family. Also known by the names Arkansas Blue Star and Thread Leaf Blue Star, the species was named after Leslie Hubricht, who discovered it in 1942. As is characteristic of many native plants, Amsonia exhibits a tolerance for drought and resistance to insects and disease. It is widely adapted to growing in its native habitat in soils that are very lean. The delicate flowers bloom in late spring and provide migrating birds and insects with a source of nectar. Even better, the foliage and stems of the plant contain a milky sap that deer find unpleasant.

 

Amsonia grows well in Zones 4-9 and requires very little in the way of maintenance. Although it will grow in partial shade, it stands tallest and blooms best in full sun; too much shade results in floppy stems. Bright sun also serves to enhance the color of its hazy blue flowers and light green leaves in the spring and summer and amplifies its marvelous golden foliage in the fall. At maturity, its feathery, fern-like foliage forms a mound 36 inches tall and wide, making it the ideal plant to add an understory of texture to taller perennial flowers and shrubs. Clumps can be easily divided in early spring, and cutting the stems back to within 6-8 inches of the ground after flowering encourages fuller growth. Amsonia looks best when planted in masses. Space plants 36 inches apart in straight or slightly staggered rows. Plants develop slowly, so don't worry if yours doesn't look like it's amounting to much for the first couple of years. Like many perennials, it won't reach its full potential for at least 3 to 4 years. The foliage looks wonderful when grown with ornamental grasses and flowers that have attractive seed heads like Echinacea. The real show though comes in fall, when the golden-yellow foliage provides a traffic-stopping backdrop to fall flowers like sedums and mums.

Amsonia hubrichtii (Arkansas Blue Star ) joins the following past winners of Perennial Plants of the Year:

2010 False Blue Indigo (Baptisa australis)

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

Echinacea tennesseensis ‘Rocky Top Hybrid’ is a delightful new hybrid native wildflower that brings a distinctively cheerful personality into your garden. Blooming in summer, the flower’s thin, deep-pink petals curve forward from the center cone like an old-fashioned sunbonnet. A tap-rooted species, this hybrid is a floriferous, rugged performer in soils that are alkaline, well drained and of lean-to-moderate fertility. ‘Rocky Top’ is a good choice for drier growing conditions and rocky, poor soil sites.

 

Height 24”-28”  Spread 15”-18”

 

Decentra spectabilis ‘Valentine’ features graceful, powdery grey-green foliage with a somewhat fern-like appearance. Striking cherry-red, heart-shaped flowers with protruding white inner petals hang in a row from long, arching, burgundy stems in mid to late spring.

Performs best in a rich, moist soil with partial shade, or at least protection from hot afternoon sun. After flowering, Bleeding Heart should be cut back to rejuvenate the foliage. Even still, these often go completely dormant by midsummer to return again the following spring.

 

Height 24”-30”  Spread 18”-24”

 

Iris ensata  ‘Pink Lady’  features 6" flowers with gentle rippling petals in soft pink with tiny splashes of yellow.  Blooms appear in June with wide falls and short standards. Bright green leaves. Acidic and moist to wet soils a must. Deer resistant. Divide in spring.

 

Height 24”-30”.

Rudbeckia ‘Early Bird Gold’ is a genetic breakthrough in Rudbeckia! This new variety has the incredible advantage of being day length neutral (not dependent on day length to induce flowering) which means that it starts blooming much earlier and continues to bloom later into the season.As a container plant, it can be produced to bloom any time whether that's in time for Memorial Day or Labor Day.

 

Height 24” Spread 18”-24”

 

Cimicifuga ‘Chocoholic’ -features 2-3 ft stems with burgundy-purple foliage and fragrant bottlebrushes that lighten from pink to white. Locate where some morning sun will bring out the rich color. The genus Cimicifuga is a useful source of tall border plants that grow in evenly moist soil and filtered sun to partial shade. They have large, divided leaves and flower spikes that resemble bottlebrushes. Another common name, Bugbane, comes from the scent of the flowers, which is said to repel insects.

 

Height 24”-36” Spread 15”-18”

 

Salvia nemorosa Sensation® Deep Blue

is a very floriferous genus for the sunny border. Flowers are long-lasting and plants readily rebloom if deadheaded or if sheared back after flowering. Somewhat drought tolerant.

Height 11”-13”

 

Heuchera ‘Autumn Leaves’  puts on a spectacular show all year long with red leaves in the spring, warm reddish-gray in the summer and brilliant ruby red in the fall and winter. 'Autumn Leaves' has villosa and americana parentage which helps it stand up to heat and humidity. It has a moderate growth rate.

 

Height 8” Spread 15”

 

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and all the other great perennials we have to offer!

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