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

An excellent addition to the perennial border or cut-flower garden that is drought tolerant, deer resistant, durable, and easy. Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. TScreamin' Yellow Baptisia was selected for its flower power and compact habit.
  • Native To / Origin: US - South Central - selected by Larry Lowman, Ridgecrest Nursery, Wynne, AR
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 6,7,8,9
  • Soil & Moisture: Moderate to dry, well-drained soils. Tolerant of poor soils.
  • Grows To: 2-3'H+ x 2-3'W
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
Louisiana
Merryville
Purple Smoke Baptisia, Wild Indigo
Prices start at : 8.99 USD

They make an excellent addition to the perennial or cut-flower garden that is drought resistant, deer resistant, adaptable, and easy. Images courtesy of AG 3, Inc. Baptisias resent being transplanted once established and eventually develop an extensive...
  • Soil & Moisture: Moderately moist to dry, well-drained soils. Tolerant of poor soils.
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Grows To: 3-4'H x 2-3'W
  • Native To / Origin: US Gardens - North Carolina Botanic Gardens, introduced by Niche Gardens in 1996
Louisiana
Merryville
Midnighttm Prairieblues Baptisia, False Indigo
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

Considered a must for the cutflower garden as the spikes have an excellent vase life. An excellent addition to the perennial border or cut-flower garden that is drought tolerant, deer resistant, durable, long-lived, and easy.
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Soil & Moisture: Moderate to dry, well-drained soils. Tolerant of poor soils.
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Native To / Origin: US - IL - Chicago Botanic Gardens - Dr. Jim Ault - 2003
  • 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. The Plumeria is an easily grown, summer flowering, heat and sun loving small tropical tree that makes a great addition to tropical gardens or containers.
  • Grows To: 6-10'H x 4-6'W in containers, 15-30'H and wide in tropical climates
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic
  • Indoor Light: Direct sun, High
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 10,11
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate to High
  • Container Size: Quart / 30 fl.oz. / 887 ml
Louisiana
Merryville
Mezoo Variegated Ice Plant, Baby Sunrose, Aptenia, Variegated Red Apple Heartleaf Ice Plant
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

There appears to be some confusion as to the proper botanical name for this plant in the nursery trade. 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...
  • pH Range: Mildy Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Indoor Light: Direct sunlight to High
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch SQ / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Native To / Origin: South Africa for the commonly cultivated Aptenia
Louisiana
Merryville
Twilite Prairiebluestm Baptisia, False Indigo
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

Twilite Prairiebluestm Baptisia is a hybrid of Baptisia australis and Baptisia sphaerocarpa and was developed at the Chicago Botanic Gardens by Dr. Jim Ault. Considered a must for the cutflower garden as the spikes have an excellent vase life.
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4,5,6,7,8
  • 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

Alba that was developed by the late Rob Gardner Curator of Native Plants at the North Carolina Botanical Garden and subsequently introduced by the NCBG in 2002. Carolina Moonlight Baptisia produces loads of sturdy spikes filled with rich buttery yellow...
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Soil & Moisture: Moderately moist to dry, well-drained soils. Tolerant of poor soils.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
Louisiana
Merryville
Yellow Heartleaf Ice Plant, Baby Sunrose, Aptenia
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Considered deer proof. Soft golden yellow, finely petaled flowers are borne throughout the growing season on this easy to grow succulent groundcover. A drought resistant perennial, the Baby Sunrose is also salt tolerant and deer resistant.
  • Soil & Moisture: Average to dry soils with good to excellent drainage. Do not overwater.
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 9B,10,11,(*9A?,*8B?)
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • pH Range: Mildy Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Indoor Light: Direct sunlight to High
Louisiana
Merryville
Purple Smoke Baptisia, Wild Indigo
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

They make an excellent addition to the perennial or cut-flower garden that is drought resistant, deer resistant, adaptable, and easy. Images courtesy of AG 3, Inc. Baptisias resent being transplanted once established and eventually develop an extensive...
  • Soil & Moisture: Moderately moist to dry, well-drained soils. Tolerant of poor soils.
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
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. This is one of our favorite Guara selections! Item # 9579. Flowering begins and spring and often lasts until fall.
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 6,7,8,9,10
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Native To / Origin: US - TX, LA
Louisiana
Merryville
Red Apple Heartleaf Ice Plant, Baby Sunrose, Aptenia
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Considered deer proof. Deep rosy red, finely petaled flowers are borne throughout the growing season on this easy to grow succulent groundcover. A drought resistant perennial, the Baby Sunrose is also salt tolerant and deer resistant.
  • Native To / Origin: South Africa
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate
  • Grows To: 2-6"H x 12-24"W
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch SQ / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 9B,10,11,(*9A?,*8B?)
  • Deer Resistance: Not Normally Bothered
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. Considered a must for the cutflower garden as the spikes have an excellent vase life.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 6,7,8,9
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Grows To: 3-4'H x 2-3'W
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral
Louisiana
Merryville
Achillea Paprika
Prices start at : 13.95 USD / 1 Gal

Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. It is one of the most floriferous of the Uses: Extremely attractive when used as a focal point in the mixed border, mass planting.
Maryland
Bowie
Achillea Moonshine (Yarrow)
Prices start at : 14.95 USD / 1 Gal

In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies. Apply an early spring fertilizer with a product such as at the recommended rate this will give the plant a boost of nitrogen and potash that will be needed...
Maryland
Bowie
Lavender Provence (Lavender x intermedia)
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 GAL

It gets its cultivar name from the area in southeastern France adjacent to the Mediterranean and Italy (Provence) where it is commercially grown in large plantings for the perfume industry.
Maryland
Bowie
Sedum Autumn Fire
Prices start at : 13.95 USD / 1 Gal

Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked. The sturdy stems of Sedum Autumn Fire keep it beautifully intact throughout its bloom period for an outstanding show! Uses: Extremely attractive when...
Maryland
Bowie
Achillea Strawberry Seduction
Prices start at : 14.95 USD / 1 Gal

In warmer climates, cut it back in the spring before it begins to bud. Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil.
Maryland
Bowie
Salvia May Night
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 Gal

, often commonly called wood sage, is a hybrid perennial salvia that primarily results from crosses between have uncertain parentage, however, and may actually be cultivars of one of the parents rather than being hybrids.
Maryland
Bowie
Lavender Hidcote (Lavendula)
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 GAL

This selection forms a bushy mound of silver foliage, with long spikes of purple-blue flowers. , commonly called English lavender, has been a mainstay of herb gardens for many years.
Maryland
Bowie
Nepeta Walkers Low
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 Gal

Shear off faded flowers in June to re-bloom. Yarrow tends to grow more and more stems on the outside, leaving the inner stems to die away, which is why its also recommended to divide Nepeta Walker's Low every few years to rejuvenate the plant.
Maryland
Bowie
Salvia East Friesland (S. ‘Ostfriesland\')
Prices start at : 15.95 USD / 1 GAL

In any event, cut plants back after flowering has concluded. Salvia East Friesland is an erect, clump-forming perennial salvia that is noted for its compact form, long bloom period, purple stems and violet-purple flowers.
Maryland
Bowie
Lavender Phenomenal (Lavendula)
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 GAL

The hybrid Lavenders are sometimes known as Lavandin. In regions with clay soils, a raised bed or rock garden will improve success greatly. Exceptional winter survival, as it does not have the winter die back that other varieties commonly demonstrate.
Maryland
Bowie
Me Tarzan, you Jane, that Talinum paniculatum
Opar may be based on an ancient African locale called Ophir. As you can see in this picture by mgarr. After each flower wilts, a perfectly round, 1/8 inch (3 mm) diameter, seed pod forms.
California
El Segundo
White Refined Beet Sugar
Price : CALL

10 radiation : normal (cs-137 at % bq per kg) crop: crop is 2010 or later Maximum hpn staph aureus : nil (1000 mc) substance : crystals solubility : 100% dry and free flowing sediments : none granulation : medium to fine magnetic particles : 4 mg/kg maximum...
Hertfordshire
Hertford
Rudbeckia Goldstrum Black-eyed Susan
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 Gal

Rudbeckia are a super easy way to add color to any sunny garden. Tolerates light shade, but best in full sun. Plants do not come true from seed (must be vegetatively propagated). Features large, daisy-like flowers (3-4″ across) with deep yellow rays...
Maryland
Bowie
Echinacea purpurea Magnus
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 Gal

For the most part, Echinacea ‘Magnus' can be planted year around, provided the ground isn't frozen. It has also shown promise in stimulating the growth of the new roots which means quicker establishment for your plant.
Maryland
Bowie
Geranium Biokovo
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 GAL

Remains neat all season with very little care. This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the geranium plant to produce new flowers and keeps your plant looking attractive throughout the season.
Maryland
Bowie