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Sweet William Dianthus barbatus   Single Mix
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

The flowers have a strong clove-like scent. Although the Sweet William is a perennial species, it is quite short-lived and degenerates after its second year. * A very ornamental plant, its flowers are very attractive to butterflies and moths.
  • Quantity: 0.41 lb
  • Germination: 89%
  • Cultivar: Single Mix
  • Genus: Dianthus
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
  • Purity: 99%
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Cream Scabious, Cream Pincushions Scabiosa ochroleuca
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Scabiosa ochroleuca, commonly called cream scabious, is a species of scabiosa with creamy yellow flower heads. It is native to Europe and western Asia.
  • Species: ochroleuca
  • Quantity: 0.19 lb
  • Genus: Scabiosa
  • Lot#: 9401
  • Common Name: Cream Scabious, Cream Pincushions
  • Seeds Per Pound: 50,000
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Rose of Sharon Hedge
Prices start at : 5.49 USD / each

Order today and receive strong healthy 2 1/2 - 4' one year old shrubs. These hardy plants are welcome in any landscape. These hardy, erect-branching shrubs will grow 5-10' tall for an informal privacy screen or can be trimmed for a neat, colorful hedge.
  • Genus: Hibiscus syriacus
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Zones: 5-9
  • Max Height (feet): 10
  • Spread: 5-10'
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Bee Insect Garden
Prices start at : 8.99 USD / each

Our seed mats contain the perfect blend of seed to create a beautiful garden and participate in recovering this important natual resource. Our Conservation Garden Assortment attracts and helps protect nature's hardest workers.
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Globe Thistle, Southern Globethistle Echinops ritro
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Blooms late summer to early fall. * Unusual perennials with 2" spherical blue flowers in mid to late summer; the plant itself is rather rough and thistly with dark green leaves; good for middle or back of border; wants full sun and good drainage; can...
  • Height: 1-2 feet
  • Collection Locale: Holland
  • Common Name: Globe Thistle, Southern Globethistle
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Genus: Echinops
  • Crop Year: 2016
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Yellow Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Gray-head Coneflower, Gray-head Mexican-hat Ratibida pinnata     - Rudbeckia pinnata
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* This plant grows in prairies, on the margins of woods, and on roadsides. * It is attractive to butterflies and birds. * It is native to the central and eastern United States and Ontario in Canada.
  • Germination: 91%
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: Yellow Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Gray-head Coneflower, Gray-head Mexican-hat
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Seeds Per Pound: 463,080
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Maryland Senna, Wild Senna Senna marilandica     - Cassia marilandica
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

An infusion has been used in the treatment of fevers and heart problems. The leaves area safe and effective cathartic. * Senna marilandica , or Maryland Wild Senna , is a flowering plant in the United States .
  • Species: marilandica
  • Genus: Senna
  • Crop Year: 1999
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 24,062
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 52
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Crownvetch
Prices start at : 7.49 USD / each

Grows 12-24'' tall. Plant 2' apart. Sub-zero hardy to 40 degrees below, drought resistant, disease and insect free. Lacy, fern-like, deep green foliage compliments the beautiful pink and white blooms that start in June and bloom continually until September...
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Spread: 24''
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer, Fall
  • Max Height (feet): 12-24"
  • Colors: Pink
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Mixed Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 3.88 USD / each

One of the most prolific sources of massed color, blooms from July to frost. We send assorted colors: rich purples, orchid-pinks and lilacs, vibrant reds, and pure whites. The Mixed Butterfly Bush has fragrant 8-10'' flower spikes and grows 4-8' tall.
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Zones: 5-9
  • Colors: Mixed
  • Spread: 4-8'
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Sweet William
Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

Sweet William blooms in early summer with flowers that have a sassy, spicy fragrance. Sweet William is a popular favorite because this perennial has large clusters of small blooms that come in striking colors of red, pink, white, and bi-colors.
  • Spread: 12"
  • Max Height (feet): 6-8"
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Genus: Dianthus barbatus
  • Colors: Dark Red, Pink, Red, White
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3-N-1 Rose of Sharon Tree
Prices start at : 6.00 USD / each

An excellent source for cut flowers. You'll enjoy this old-fashioned favorite that bears an abundance of large, hibiscus blossoms in three different colors: red, white and blue. Profusion of blooms from June through September.
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Zones: 5-9
  • Spread: 6-8'
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Genus: Hibiscus syriacus
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Yellow Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Gray-head Coneflower, Gray-head Mexican-hat Ratibida pinnata     - Rudbeckia pinnata
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* This plant grows in prairies, on the margins of woods, and on roadsides. * It is attractive to butterflies and birds. * It is native to the central and eastern United States and Ontario in Canada.
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 91%
  • Height: 3-5 feet
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Collection Locale: Colorado
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Siberian Wallflower Erysimum x MARSHALLII     - Cheiranthus allionii
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* Its height of 10-18 inches makes it ideal for the front or closer portion of the meadow. * Siberian Wallflower makes a dramatic vibrant addition to a wildflower meadow. * It is fragarnt and attracts bees and butterflies! * It is a short lived perennial...
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 565
  • Species: x MARSHALLII
  • Family: Brassicaceae
  • Quantity: 0.99 lb
  • Seeds Per Pound: 315,860
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Black-Eyed Susan
Prices start at : 6.99 USD / each

Award winner! Black-eyed Susans have rich, golden yellow petals set off by bronze-black centers. Black-eyed Susans are ideal for sunny borders, along walls, by driveways or as a focal point in perennial bed.
  • Genus: Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'
  • Colors: Black, Yellow
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Season Color: Summer
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Chives, Wild Chives Allium schoenoprasum
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* This heirloom variety matures in about 80-90 days but some stems can be cut before maturity. * Chives ( Allium schoenoprasum ) are the smallest species of the onion family Alliaceae * Allium schoenoprasum is also the only species of Allium native to...
  • Quantity: 2.47 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Allium
  • Species: schoenoprasum
  • Family: Liliaceae
  • Height: 12 inches
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Hard Fescue, Sheep Fescue Festuca ovina  duriuscula
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is a perennial plant sometimes found in acidic bogs , for example in the Portlethen Moss , Scotland. * A drought resistant plant once established. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the...
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Species: ovina
  • Purity: 97%
  • Common Name: Hard Fescue, Sheep Fescue
  • Botanical Name: Festuca ovina duriuscula
  • Quantity: 3.18 lb
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American Senna Senna hebecarpa     - Cassia hebecarpa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Senna hebecarpa ( American Senna or Wild Senna ) is an ornamental plant native to North America , specially Canada and the United States . Two other species, Sicklepod (S. * Clusters of light yellow to orange flowers atop a sparsely branched perennial...
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Lot#: 110046
  • Height: 3-6 feet
  • Purity: 99%
  • Quantity: 0.27 lb
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Meadow Sweet, Siberian Meadowsweet, Meadowsweet Filipendula palmata
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Stipules semicordate, large, herbaceous, margin sharply doubly serrate; petiole pubescent or subglabrous; leaf blade pinnate, with 2 pairs of lateral leaflets, abaxially densely white tomentose, sparsely pubescent, or glabrous, adaxially sparsely pubescent...
  • Purity: 99%
  • Germination: 30%
  • Botanical Name: Filipendula palmata
  • Genus: Filipendula
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Seeds Per Pound: 998,800
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Shasta Daisy
Prices start at : 4.99 USD / each

It is an easy to grow perennial that spreads fast. They grow well in sun or light shade. Choice one-year-old field-grown plants. Will bloom again in late summer if spring blossoms are cut off.
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Colors: White
  • Spread: 18-24"
  • Max Height (feet): 30"
  • Genus: Leucanthemum superbum
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Common Yarrow, Plumajillo Achillea millefolium     - Achillea lanulosa    , Achillea millefolium occidentalis   , Achillea occidentalis
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita vulgaris (Peppermint) for treating colds and influenza. * The familiar yarrow from which many garden cultivars have been derived; grows in very poor soil in full sun.
  • Germination: 91%
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Botanical Name: Achillea millefolium
  • Genus: Achillea
  • Purity: 99%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 370
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Purpletop Tridens, Greasegrass, Tall Redtop, Sandgrass Tridens flavus
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

Tall perennial grass with drooping branches bearing widely spaced reddish-purple spikelets. * Tall redtop or Purple-top is a 2 1/2-7 ft. The seeds are also oily, leading to its other common name, "greasegrass".
  • Quantity: 3.57 lb
  • Collection Locale: North Carolina
  • Common Name: Purpletop Tridens, Greasegrass, Tall Redtop, Sandgrass
  • Height: 3-4 feet
  • Germination: 91%
  • Botanical Name: Tridens flavus
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Appalachian Mountainmint, Savanna Mountainmint
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries, all rights reserved. It is also on the long list of plants that are larval hosts to the Gray Hairstreak Butterfly. Deer resistant and somewhat drought resistant once well-established with few pest or disease problems.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Deer Resistance: Not Normally Bothered
  • Container Size: Quart / 30 fl.oz. / 887 ml
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 6,7,8
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Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Scented Goldenrod, Fragrant Goldenrod
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Anise Scented Goldenrod a.k.a. Anisescented Goldenrod. Wonderfully fragrant of licorice or anise when bruised or dried, Sweet Goldenrod produces medium to large pyramidal clusters of golden yellow flowers in summer that are excellent for attracting pollinators...
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch SQ / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Native To / Origin: US- throughout the eastern US from east Texas to New Hampshire
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate to High
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
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Rough Coneflower
Prices start at : 5.99 USD

A clump forming native that flowers from late spring through mid-summer and sometimes into fall. Plant Rough Coneflower as a specimen or in mass for a wonderful effect. 3-4" bright golden yellow daisies are held on sturdy stems atop the medium green foliage.
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic
  • Native To / Origin: US- South Central mainly E Texas and Louisiana
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
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Mexican Butterfly Weed (Orange) , Blood Flower, Indian Root, Swallow-wort
Prices start at : 5.99 USD

To learn more about the beneficial insects that Milkweeds support see our growing guide: Milkweed: Much More than Just a Monarch Host. Vibrant yellow, orange, and red flowers are borne from Spring to frost on an upright to spreading perennial.
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Native To / Origin: S America
  • pH Range: Acidic, Neutral, Slightly Alkaline
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8B,9,10,11
  • Salt Tolerance: Somewhat
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Dense Blazing Star Liatris spicata   Floristan White
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is the white flowering form. Excellent for attracting birds and butterflies. All spikes of purple flowers appear in July and August. Native to moist prairies and sedge meadows.
  • Germination: 63%
  • Cultivar: Floristan White
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Common Name: Dense Blazing Star
  • Purity: 75%
  • Genus: Liatris
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Peach Perfectiontm Abelia
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

Once established in the landscape they require very little care and maintenance. They are salt tolerant and deer resistant and can be pruned to shape if desired although their natural arching to mounding form will often produce the most flowers for pollinators.
  • Deer Resistance: Seldom Bothered
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, well-drained soils are optimal although adaptable to a wide range of soils. Moderately drought resistant once well-established.
  • Grows To: 3-4'H x 3-4'W
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 6,7,8,9
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Mostly sunny, Part sun, Part shade
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