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Screamin\' Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False Indigo, Baptisia
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

TScreamin' Yellow Baptisia was selected for its flower power and compact habit. An excellent addition to the perennial border or cut-flower garden that is drought tolerant, deer resistant, durable, and easy.
  • Native To / Origin: US - South Central - selected by Larry Lowman, Ridgecrest Nursery, Wynne, AR
  • Container Size: Quart / 30 fl.oz. / 887 ml
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 6,7,8,9
Louisiana
Merryville
Purple Smoke Baptisia, Wild Indigo
Prices start at : 8.99 USD

An accidental hybrid of our native Baptisia alba and B. Australis this beauty seems to have garnered the best of both worlds. Baptisias are naturally durable, pest and disease resistant, long-lived perennials and could be considered the Lupine for the...
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Native To / Origin: US Gardens - North Carolina Botanic Gardens, introduced by Niche Gardens in 1996
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
Louisiana
Merryville
Midnighttm Prairieblues Baptisia, False Indigo
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

An excellent addition to the perennial border or cut-flower garden that is drought tolerant, deer resistant, durable, long-lived, and easy. Image courtesy of North Creek Nurseries.
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Native To / Origin: US - IL - Chicago Botanic Gardens - Dr. Jim Ault - 2003
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
Louisiana
Merryville
Red Plumeria, Frangipani
Prices start at : 24.99 USD

Checkout our new Plumeria Growing Guide for more detailed growing information. Excellent for containers. Clusters of flaring, fragrant, red flowers are held at the ends of the thick sturdy stems, above the large rich green wide tropical foliage.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 10,11
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Grows To: 6-10'H x 4-6'W in containers, 15-30'H and wide in tropical climates
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moisture when in growth, dryer in dormancy. Well-drained, moderately fertile soils.
  • Indoor Light: Direct sun, High
Louisiana
Merryville
Mezoo Variegated Ice Plant, Baby Sunrose, Aptenia, Variegated Red Apple Heartleaf Ice Plant
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Edged in broad bands of creamy white the medium green foliage of the Mezoo Variegated Ice Plant makes a wonderful low trailing plant to add to mixed container gardens, in hanging baskets, or in the ground.
  • pH Range: Mildy Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Soil & Moisture: Average to dry soils with good to excellent drainage. Do not overwater.
  • Native To / Origin: South Africa for the commonly cultivated Aptenia
  • Indoor Light: Direct sunlight to High
  • Deer Resistance: Not Normally Bothered
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch SQ / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
Louisiana
Merryville
Twilite Prairiebluestm Baptisia, False Indigo
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

Considered a must for the cutflower garden as the spikes have an excellent vase life. Image courtesy North Creek Nurseries. This is the first introduction from their Baptisia breeding program.
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Grows To: 3'H x 2-3'W
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Soil & Moisture: Moderate to dry, well-drained soils. Tolerant of poor soils.
Louisiana
Merryville
Carolina Moonlight Baptisia, Wild Indigo
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

Carolina Moonlight Baptisia produces loads of sturdy spikes filled with rich buttery yellow pea-like blossoms that emerge in mid to late spring. Images courtesy of AG 3, Inc. Purple Smoke is another NCBG Baptisia introduction.
  • Grows To: 3-4'H x 2-3'W
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral
Louisiana
Merryville
Yellow Heartleaf Ice Plant, Baby Sunrose, Aptenia
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Soft golden yellow, finely petaled flowers are borne throughout the growing season on this easy to grow succulent groundcover. Please plant responsibly as Delosperma is considered to be invasive in some regions, particularly California.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • pH Range: Mildy Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch SQ / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Indoor Light: Direct sunlight to High
  • Soil & Moisture: Average to dry soils with good to excellent drainage. Do not overwater.
Louisiana
Merryville
Purple Smoke Baptisia, Wild Indigo
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

An accidental hybrid of our native Baptisia alba and B. Australis this beauty seems to have garnered the best of both worlds. Baptisias are naturally durable, pest and disease resistant, long-lived perennials and could be considered the Lupine for the...
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Soil & Moisture: Moderately moist to dry, well-drained soils. Tolerant of poor soils.
Louisiana
Merryville
Whirling Butterflies Gaura, Apple Blossom Grass, Wand Flower, Lindheimer\'s Bee Blossom
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Gaura's drought tolerance makes it a suitable perennial for xeriscaping. Gauras are hardy and reliable drought tolerant native perennials. Pink buds open to pure white butterfly-shaped flowers on tall wispy but sturdy stems on this fairly compact and...
  • pH Range: Mildy Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline, Alkaline
  • Native To / Origin: US - TX, LA
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Grows To: 2-3'H x 18-30''W
Louisiana
Merryville
Red Apple Heartleaf Ice Plant, Baby Sunrose, Aptenia
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Deep rosy red, finely petaled flowers are borne throughout the growing season on this easy to grow succulent groundcover. Please plant responsibly as Delosperma is considered to be invasive in some regions, particularly California.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Grows To: 2-6"H x 12-24"W
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate
  • Indoor Light: Direct sunlight to High
  • Soil & Moisture: Average to dry soils with good to excellent drainage. Do not overwater.
  • Native To / Origin: South Africa
Louisiana
Merryville
Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False Indigo, Baptisia
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Baptisia's only get better with age producing more and more spikes of flowers successively each year that they are allowed to share our gardens. An excellent addition to the perennial border or cut-flower garden that is drought tolerant, deer resistant,...
  • Native To / Origin: US - South Central
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Grows To: 3-4'H x 2-3'W
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 6,7,8,9
Louisiana
Merryville
Me Tarzan, you Jane, that Talinum paniculatum
For everlasting display, cut the stems when most flowers have matured to seed pods. 'Variegatum' presents you with variegated green and white leaves. It is a place born in the imagination of Edgar Rice Burroughs, author of the Tarzan novels written in...
California
El Segundo
When In Drought: How To Help Your Crops During Dry Conditions
“By the end of that time, you could have a more drought-tolerant variety.” Besides tomatoes, almost all bean varieties and the majority of grapes are suited to dry conditions, as well as some melons, squash, cucumbers, peppers, okra, corn, herbs and...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Geranium Biokovo
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 GAL

Attracts pollinators and hummingbirds. Dwarf, ground-hugging form spreads gently by underground stems making this a perfect groundcover. Geranium Biokovo was voted the 2015 Perennial Plant of the Year.
Maryland
Bowie
Iris Caesars Brother
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 GAL

Continue irrigation after bloom, however, to keep foliage clumps attractive. Each flower features upright standards and flaring to drooping falls. Flowering stems rise above the foliage to 3' tall in May-June, each stem bearing 2-5 flowers in colors which...
Maryland
Bowie
Sedum fuldaglut
Prices start at : 13.95 USD / 1 Gal

Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants. Cut back Sedum fuldaglut to within 6 inches of the ground after it has finished flowering.
Maryland
Bowie
Gold Lace Juniper
Prices start at : 21.95 USD / 1 GAL

Many gardeners apply a pruning sealant or paint to all cut surfaces after pruning, but that practice is generally not necessary. Can be used to help aid in this process and also provide plants with a good soaking due to the slow release of the water into...
Maryland
Bowie
Rudbeckia Goldstrum Black-eyed Susan
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 Gal

Each flower may last up to two weeks! Makes a wonderful and long lasting cut flower. Oblong to lanceolate, dark green foliage. It is an excellent perennial for providing color in late summer and is especially showy in mass plantings.
Maryland
Bowie
Lo and Behold Blue Chip Buddleia
Prices start at : 47.95 USD / 3 GAL

Its general purpose is to maintain or restore vigor to the plant. Pruning a specific plant to look a specific way, involves art in creating a unique definition for a specific plant, and it involves science in understanding the physical growing habits...
Maryland
Bowie
Petite Tutti Frutti Buddleia
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

When roots are burned, the first sign is often scorched looking leaves. In general gardening terms, pruning is probably the most misunderstood gardening chore, and certainly, the chore that is most likely neglected.
Maryland
Bowie
Thuja Whipcord
Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 GAL

When fertilizing plants grown in containers, be careful to apply a fertilizer that will not burn the roots (such as a slow release or a liquid fertilizer). Don't fertilize Thuja Whipcord after August in the North.
Maryland
Bowie
Buddleia Pugster Blue
Prices start at : 47.95 USD / 3 GAL

Screenings and hedges of butterfly bushes would need to be pruned for their specific purpose within the landscape. Excellent results have been reported by visitors to this site after using composted manure.
Maryland
Bowie
Caryopteris Beyond Midnight
Prices start at : 32.95 USD / 2 Gal

Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in. The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep.
Maryland
Bowie
Lo and Behold Ice Chip Buddleia
Prices start at : 39.95 USD / 2 GAL

In general gardening terms, pruning is probably the most misunderstood gardening chore, and certainly, the chore that is most likely neglected. Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after.
Maryland
Bowie
Lo and Behold Pink Micro Chip Buddleia
Prices start at : 47.95 USD / 3 GAL

After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the Lo and Behold Pink Micro Chip Buddleia a good deep watering. That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in...
Maryland
Bowie
Caryopteris Dark Knight
Prices start at : 34.95 USD / 3 Gal

Use en masse to create a wonderful border for perennial beds, or along walks and entryways We suggest when planting your newly purchased Caryopteris Dark Knight plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper.
Maryland
Bowie