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Festival Star Baby\'s Breath
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

The ice-white blooms provide a brilliant backdrop for other wildflower varieties. Cut the flowers for arrangements when half the blooms are open to extend vase life. * Deadheading is not necessary * Deer resistant * Attracts butterflies Pick your color…
  • Flower Color: White
  • Mature Height: 12 - 18 inches
  • Botanical Name: Gypsophila 'Festival Star'
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
  • Foliage: Green
Nebraska
Omaha
Miscanthus Morning Light Grass
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 5" Container

Its appearance is fine textured and it has a compact growth habit. Use this plant for cut flowers, in containers, for screening, for hedges, and of course, winter interest. Miscanthus Morning Light is very tolerant of dry conditions.
  • Mature Height: 4 - 5 feet
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Mature Spread: 2 - 3 feet
  • Botanical Name: Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'
  • Foliage: Silver Variegated
Nebraska
Omaha
The Blues Little Bluestem Grass
Prices start at : 33.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

The fall color is a burgundy red. Little Blues Bluestem grasses have delicate and inconspicuous inflorescence in late summer and become silvery when dried. Extra water and fertilization is not needed! The attractive foliage is upright and is open to spreading...
  • Soil Type: Well Drained
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Flower Color: Tan
  • Mature Spread: 24 - 30 inches
  • Botanical Name: Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues'
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Nebraska
Omaha
Northern Sea Oats Grass
Prices start at : 33.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

It self-sows freely so deadhead if you do not want volunteer seedlings next season. It is treasured for its showy, dropping flowers and slender, bamboo-like foliage that changes from green, to copper, to rich brown.
  • Botanical Name: Chasmanthium latifolium
  • Foliage: Green to Copper to Brown
  • Mature Height: 2 - 3 feet
  • Mature Spread: 24 - 36 inches
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
Nebraska
Omaha
Little Kitten Maiden Grass
Prices start at : 35.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

The long, slender leaves posses a sun-catching, silver tint and will present a gentle, cascading effect in your landscape. Even if you don't have a lot of space, this popular grass is able to fit into just about any little nook and cranny you have…or...
  • Flower Color: Brown, White Seed Head
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Mature Spread: 12 - 20 inches
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
Nebraska
Omaha
Pink Chablis Lamium
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

It is best to cut this plant back after the first bloom to promote compact growth. Use as a filler in containers for a wonderful foliage accent! This versatile plant has deer resistant foliage and will grow well in sun or shade.
  • Botanical Name: Lamium Pink Chablis
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Full Shade, Partial Sun
  • Foliage: Silver Green
  • Flower Color: Light Pink
  • Mature Spread: 10 - 14 inches
Nebraska
Omaha
Ice Dance Sedge Grass
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

This easily grown Sedge prefers wet soil and is low maintance, but does need regular waterings. With grass-like green leaves, the centers are pure white with triangular stems, as compared to rounded grass stems.

12 - 15 inches

    • Foliage: Green and White
    • Mature Spread: 12 - 15 inches
    • Mature Height: 12 - 15 inches
    • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
    • Flower Color: Brown, White Seed Head
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Little Bluestem Grass
    Prices start at : 35.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    A great plant for mass plantings. It will grow anywhere and will tolerate poor soils. Flowers are scattered along the upper parts of the stem branches, with long white hairs creating a feathery appearance.
    • Fall Color: Orange, Red
    • Mature Spread: 24 - 30 inches
    • Soil Type: Tolerates Poor Soil
    • Sun Exposure: Partial Sun
    • Foliage: Silver Green
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Brilliance Autumn Fern
    Prices start at : 29.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    It has a clumping nature with triangular, pinnate fronds. Easy to grow, adaptable to shade and offering 3-season color (4-season in warm climates), Brilliance Fern will be a lively addition to your yard this summer.
    • Foliage: Orange then Green
    • Mature Height: 16 - 24 inches
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
    • Sun Exposure: Full Shade, Partial Sun
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Dianthus Baths Pink
    Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 Gal.

    Best grown with regular and consistent moisture during the growing season. Plants may die out in the center, however, if drainage is not superior. This is an older variety which has stood up to the test of time and continues to be a superior garden-worthy...
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Dianthus Neon Star
    Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 Gal.

    Dianthus Neon Star is a hybrid dianthus that typically grows in an upright rounded mound to 8-12″ tall and to 6-12 inches wide. Very heat and humidity tolerant. This is a plant you will love for many years.
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Dianthus Kahori
    Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 Gal.

    It is noted for its long summer bloom of fragrant rosy pink flowers. This new outstanding variety from Japan forms a clump of grassy, grey-green foliage, with a long summer display of fragrant, lilac-pink blooms.
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Dianthus Firewitch
    Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 Gal.

    The best mulch for the plant is pea stone or gravel, which helps keep the plant clean and suppresses weeds without holding extra water. If cut back, they often rebloom in early fall.
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Bonfire Euphorbia
    Prices start at : 8.99 USD / each

    In spring, Bonfire's emerging foliage is brilliant yellow, orange and lime; summer and fall colors are crimson and burgundy. Neat, mounded, low-growing plant lights up the front of a garden, walkway, or even containers.
    • Season Color: Spring, Summer
    • Deer Resistant: Yes
    • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
    • Spread: 18''
    • Genus: Euphorbia polychroma 'Bonfire' PP18,585
    Illinois
    Bloomington
    Pampas Grass Collection
    Prices start at : 6.39 USD / each

    The graceful blades grow thickly to an average height of about three feet, with the plumes soaring above them. Outstanding as a background or as an accent plant in corners or in rock gardens.
    • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
    • Max Height (feet): 10
    • Genus: Cortaderia selloana
    • Season Color: Summer, Fall, Winter
    Illinois
    Bloomington
    Improved Dragon\'s Blood Red Sedum
    Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

    'Fulda Glow' is an improved variety of Dragon's Blood sedum that sports attractive bronze-red foliage all season long! Place these hardy, northern, nursery-grown divisions about 1' apart.
    • Zones: 3-9
    • Deer Resistant: Yes
    • Season Color: Summer
    • Colors: Red
    • Genus: Sedum spurium 'Fulda Glow'
    Illinois
    Bloomington
    White Pampas Grass
    Prices start at : 2.99 USD / each

    Drought and deer resistant. Also available in the Pampas Grass Collection. The graceful blades grow thickly to an average height of about three feet, with a height of 6-10' tall with plumes.
    • Genus: Cortaderia selloana 'White Feather'
    • Max Height (feet): 10
    • Zones: 5-10
    • Colors: White
    • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
    Illinois
    Bloomington
    Mixed Carnations
    Prices start at : 4.49 USD / each

    Have a wonderfully spicy fragrance. Drought and deer resistant, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, great cut flower, fragrant. Blooms: summer to fall. Grow 15-20'' tall. Bloom at intervals all summer - even on into fall! Hardy, healthy plants bloom...
    • Spread: 12-20''
    • Season Color: Summer
    • Colors: Pink, Red, White, Yellow
    • Deer Resistant: Yes
    • Max Height (feet): 2
    Illinois
    Bloomington
    Giant Hardy Hibiscus
    Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

    Strong, field-grown plants shipped. Deer resistant. Blooms mid summer to frost with up to 50 flowers on a single plant. Sensational winter hardy variety of a tropical favorite. Full foliage shrub-like plants 4-8' tall.
    • Spread: 3-4'
    • Zones: 5-10
    • Max Height (feet): 8
    • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
    • Colors: Mixed, Pink, Red, White
    Illinois
    Bloomington
    Adam\'s Needle Yucca
    Prices start at : 4.00 USD / each

    It is one of the easiest perennials to grow and will thrive almost anyplace and is carefree when established. Deer and drought resistant, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Blooms: late summer.
    • Zones: 5-10
    • Genus: Yucca filamentosa
    • Spread: 3'
    • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
    • Season Color: Summer
    Illinois
    Bloomington
    Pink Pampas Grass
    Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

    Deer and drought resistant. Also available in the Pampas Grass Collection. The graceful blades grow thickly to an average height of about three feet, with a height of 6-10' tall with plumes.
    • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
    • Genus: Cortaderia selloana 'Rosea'
    • Zones: 5-10
    • Spread: 2-5'
    • Max Height (feet): 10
    Illinois
    Bloomington
    Red Painted Daisy
    Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

    Pyrethrum extract is used to make organic insecticides with almost instant knock-down. The Painted Red Daisy can't be beaten for cutting, with elegant, frond-type foliage that shows off the brilliant blooms in June and July.
    • Genus: Tanacetum coccineum (Pyrethrum) 'Robinson's Red'
    • Season Color: Summer
    • Spread: 18''
    • Colors: Red
    • Max Height (feet): 26"
    Illinois
    Bloomington
    Echinacea Pow Wow White (Coneflower)
    Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

    Best in full sun. Plants usually rebloom without deadheading, however prompt removal of spent flowers improves general appearance. It typically grows to 2-4′ tall. Divide clumps when they become overcrowded (about every 4 years).
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Iris Moonlight Waves (Japanese Iris)
    Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 GAL

    During the growing season, it thrives in standing water (up to 6” deep). Plant rhizomes approximately 2” deep in fall or spring. Cultivars come in single, double and peony flowered forms in a wide range of colors including shades of blue, lavender,...
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Tassel Fern
    Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 GAL

    Prefers a sun-dappled shade. This is a dependable and hardy fern, that lends elegance to the shade border and combines well with Carex, Heuchera and other ferns. Tassels disappear as fronds flatten with maturity.
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Iris Ensata Variegata
    Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 GAL

    Iris ensata variegata is slowly spreading clumps of variegated sword-shaped foliage prefer moist, even wet soil during the growing season but are unlikely to survive emersion in water during the winter.
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Rudbeckia Goldstrum Black-eyed Susan
    ★★★★★
    Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 Gal

    Features large, daisy-like flowers (3-4″ across) with deep yellow rays and dark brownish-black center disks. Deadhead to prolong bloom. Is garden classic with bold texture and upright habit.
    Maryland
    Bowie
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