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Agastache rupestris

Hummingbird Mint

*Highly fragrant foliage        and flowers

*Hummingbird magnet!

*Silvery foliage, great          with grasses

*Drought resistant,               lean soil a must

 

Geum triflorum

Prairie Smoke

*Very unique seed head which resembles smoke

*Spring blooming NATIVE

*Attractive, low growing deeply cut foliage-looks nice all season

*Thrives in any well drained soil in full sun or part shade

 

Calamintha  nepeta

Calamint

*Blooms all summer with delicate light blue flowers

*Mint scented foliage

*Neat habit & appearance

*Trouble free - no deadheading

*18” mound, nice filler

 

Kalimeris incisa

‘Blue Star’

False Aster

*Everblooming compact mounds of lavender daisy flowers.

*Well behaved, neat, dainty

*18” for Pt Shade or sun

 

Centranthus ruber

Jupiter’s Beard

*Old fashioned,

cottage garden plant

*Long blooming, attracts hummingbirds, bees, butterflies

*Easy to grow

*full sun, well drained soil

 

Monarda didyma

‘Raspberry Wine’  

Bee Balm

*This cultivar selected for long bloom time, rich red color

*One of the most mildew resistant varieties

*Vigorously clumping & upright habit

*Butterflies, bees, hummers love it

 

Echinacea                          ‘Pink Double Delight’

Coneflower

*True pink, 3” pom-pom flowers on well branched stems

*Long blooming - striking!

*18”-24” compact mounds

*full sun preferred

 

Nepeta sibirica

‘Souvenir D’Andre Chaudron

Catmint

*Long bloom time

*Can be sheared to encourage new flush of flowers

*Highly deer resistant!

*Very adaptable & tough

*Will seed or spread depending species

 

Fillipendula rubra ‘Venusta’  

Queen of the Prairie

*The “cotton candy” plant

*Great in moist soils

*Tall, erect stems and large serrated leaves support huge pink flowers in mid-summer

 

Stachys monieri                        ‘Hummelo’

Common Betony

*Neat clumps of glossy, textured foliage

*Spikes of purple flowers in summer

*tough in any soil

These sun perennials continue to perform beautifully year-after year in our display gardens.

 We’d have to say that they are 10 of our absolute favorites for a sunny place but there are many,many more we love too!                                                          

Check out our perennial gallery, shade perennial favorites, ornamental grasses too!   

For a great perennial encyclopedia of many of the plants we sell go to www.perennialresource.com