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Late Lilac, Villous Lilac Syringa villosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* White or rosy-lilac flowers in 3-7" clusters, often several to each branch tip, in May; flower fragrance, not intense, resembles privet; very hardy; forms a dense, arching shrub with substantial branches; does well in the U.S. Midwest; native to China.
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Germination: 91%
  • Quantity: 1.49 lb
  • Species: villosa
  • Height: 6-10ft
New York
Locke
Late Lilac, Villous Lilac Syringa villosa
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

* White or rosy-lilac flowers in 3-7" clusters, often several to each branch tip, in May; flower fragrance, not intense, resembles privet; very hardy; forms a dense, arching shrub with substantial branches; does well in the U.S. Midwest; native to China.
  • Botanical Name: Syringa villosa
  • Genus: Syringa
  • Germination: 91%
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Collection Locale: Minnesota
New York
Locke
Nodding Lilac Syringa komarowii reflexa    - Syringa reflexa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Syringa komarowii is a species of lilac native to central China, commonly called Nodding Lilac. The leaves are oval-oblong, 5-19 cm long and 2-7 cm broad. The flowers are fragrant and range in colour from pink to mauve, sometimes with a white base;...
  • Collection Locale: Germany
  • Purity: 96%
  • Lot#: 9502
  • Crop Year: 1995
  • Seeds Per Pound: 51,756
  • Species: komarowii
New York
Locke
Hungarian Lilac Syringa josikaea
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Syringa josikaea ( Hungarian Lilac ) is a species of Lilac , native to central and eastern Europe , in the Carpathian Mountains in Hungary , Romania , and western Ukraine . * A good hedging plant, it is very tolerant of trimming.
  • Species: josikaea
  • Germination: 91%
  • Genus: Syringa
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Quantity: 4.06 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
New York
Locke
Hungarian Lilac Syringa josikaea
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 packet

* Syringa josikaea ( Hungarian Lilac ) is a species of Lilac , native to central and eastern Europe , in the Carpathian Mountains in Hungary , Romania , and western Ukraine . * A good hedging plant, it is very tolerant of trimming.
  • Crop Year: 2017
  • Genus: Syringa
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Germination: 91%
  • Purity: 99%
New York
Locke
Wolf\'s Lilac Syringa wolfii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Corolla pale purple to purple-red, 1.2-1.8 cm; tube funnel-form, 1-1.4 cm; lobes oblong-ovate to ovate, upright or spreading. * Flora of China states: Shrubs to 6 m. Young branchlets green, becoming gray, glabrous or pubescent.
  • Genus: Syringa
  • Quantity: 1.15 lb
  • Height: 15ft
  • Lot#: 9301
  • Seeds Per Pound: 35,000
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
New York
Locke
Wolf\'s Lilac Syringa wolfii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Corolla pale purple to purple-red, 1.2-1.8 cm; tube funnel-form, 1-1.4 cm; lobes oblong-ovate to ovate, upright or spreading. * Flora of China states: Shrubs to 6 m. Young branchlets green, becoming gray, glabrous or pubescent.
  • Species: wolfii
  • Purity: 97%
  • Germination: 99%
  • Height: 15ft
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 37
  • Genus: Syringa
New York
Locke
Rose of Sharon Hedge
Prices start at : 5.49 USD / each

These hardy, erect-branching shrubs will grow 5-10' tall for an informal privacy screen or can be trimmed for a neat, colorful hedge. Rose of Sharon is lovely all through the growing season.
  • Max Height (feet): 10
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Genus: Hibiscus syriacus
Illinois
Bloomington
Dwarf Josee Reblooming Lilac
Prices start at : 8.99 USD / each

Enjoy the beauty and fragrance of Josee's lavender-pink flowers from May until frost! This highly unusual and desirable reblooming lilac is low maintenance and extremely mildew resistant.
  • Max Height (feet): 6
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Colors: Pink
  • Zones: 2-9
Illinois
Bloomington
Orange Glory Butterfly Plant
Prices start at : 6.99 USD / each

Will start blooming this summer and have plenty of brilliant flowers for cutting as well as outdoor decoration. The Orange Glory Butterfly plant enjoys full sun and will withstand long periods of summer drought.
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Spread: 2'
  • Colors: Orange
  • Genus: Asclepias tuberosa
  • Max Height (feet): 2
Illinois
Bloomington
Monarch Butterfly Garden
Prices start at : 8.99 USD / each

Each mat is generously preseeded on recycled paper that promotes germination. Mats are 20"x5'.Attracts Monarchs and all other butterflies to the garden. Our Conservation Garden Assortment attracts and helps protect nature's hardest workers.
Illinois
Bloomington
Sweet William
Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

Grows 6'' tall. Mixed colors only. 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.
  • Max Height (feet): 6-8"
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Genus: Dianthus barbatus
  • Zones: 3-9
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer
Illinois
Bloomington
Black-Eyed Susan
Prices start at : 6.99 USD / each

They are insect and disease free and resistant to drought and deer. Drought tolerant, attracts butterflies and hummbingbirds, for a rain garden. Black-eyed Susans are ideal for sunny borders, along walls, by driveways or as a focal point in perennial...
  • Zones: 3-9
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Spread: 18-24"
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Max Height (feet): 3
Illinois
Bloomington
Pink Honeysuckle
Prices start at : 4.29 USD / each

In mid-May it bursts into a mass of dashing pink flowers with deep golden stamens. Later, brilliant red berries appear that last all summer and throughout the winter. Quite hardy and disease resistant.
  • Spread: 6-8'
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Zones: 4-9
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer
  • Max Height (feet): 10
Illinois
Bloomington
Firefly Heather
Prices start at : 9.99 USD / each

Firefly's intensely colored tiny evergreen leaves that cover the stems of the plant are a brilliant combination of yellow and chartreuse in the summer. In the fall and winter, the foliage is bright red.
  • Zones: 4-6
  • Max Height (feet): 2
  • Genus: Calluna vulgaris 'Firefly'
  • Colors: Pink, Yellow
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
Illinois
Bloomington
3-N-1 Rose of Sharon Tree
Prices start at : 6.00 USD / each

Extremely hardy, they thrive in any garden with little care. Profusion of blooms from June through September. You'll enjoy this old-fashioned favorite that bears an abundance of large, hibiscus blossoms in three different colors: red, white and blue.
  • Zones: 5-9
  • Colors: Purple, Red, White
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Spread: 6-8'
Illinois
Bloomington
Perennial Collection
Prices start at : 9.99 USD / each

Includes: 3 each of Black-Eyed Susans and Purple Coneflower.
  • Zones: 3-9
  • Max Height (feet): 3
  • Colors: Black, Pink, Yellow
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
Illinois
Bloomington
Mixed Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 3.88 USD / each

One of the most prolific sources of massed color, blooms from July to frost. This keeps it manageable and promotes new bloom shoots. In fall, after flowering, prune back to within a few inches of ground.
  • Max Height (feet): 8
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Colors: Mixed
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Zones: 5-9
Illinois
Bloomington
Purple Coneflower
Prices start at : 4.49 USD / each

The Purple Coneflowers bloom from mid-summer to fall on 2-3 foot stems. Drought and deer resistant, attracts butterflies, great cut flower. Purple Coneflowers are practically indestructible because they are sub-zero hardy and withstand heat, grow in dry...
  • Zones: 3-9
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Max Height (feet): 3
  • Spread: 18-24''
  • Colors: Purple
Illinois
Bloomington
Shasta Daisy
Prices start at : 4.99 USD / each

Enjoy astonishing numbers of snowy, gold-centered blooms every June and July. Giant Alaska Shasta Daisies make excellent cut flowers. Choice one-year-old field-grown plants. It is an easy to grow perennial that spreads fast.
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Colors: White
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Max Height (feet): 30"
  • Season Color: Summer
Illinois
Bloomington
Arizona Sun Dwarf Gaillardia
Prices start at : 6.49 USD / each

Attracts butterflies. Ideal for cut-flowers. For a rain garden. Highly drought tolerant. Winner of the prestigous 2005 Fleuroselect Gold Medal! Deer resistant. Blooms from early summer into fall! Enjoy masses of 3'' orange-red blooms tipped with yellow.
  • Spread: 10-12''
  • Genus: Gaillardia aristata 'Arizona Sun'
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Max Height (feet): 12-16"
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
Illinois
Bloomington
Crownvetch
Prices start at : 7.49 USD / each

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 each year without replanting.
  • Colors: Pink
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer, Fall
  • Genus: Coronilla varia
  • Spread: 24''
Illinois
Bloomington
Victorian Gardens of Cape May
This National historic landmark attracts travelers from around the world. All rights reserved. It featured two bands of lookout windows circling the top, from which wethe Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area and Cape May Point State ParkOur pleasant...
California
El Segundo
Got Milkweed? - Attracting Monarch Butterflies to Your Garden
Host plants are those on which the female butterfly lays her eggs and on which the caterpillars will feed. They cite day length, temperatures and host plant quality as factors in creating the physiological differences in late season Monarchs.
California
El Segundo
Arizona Red Shades Gaillardia
Prices start at : 5.99 USD / each

Masses of large, crimson-red, flowers from summer to fall! This exciting new variety has the same wonderfully compact, uniform growth habit as Arizona Sun Gaillardia, but in the exciting color of crimson red.
  • Max Height (feet): 9-12"
  • Colors: Red
  • Zones: 3-10
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Season Color: Summer
Illinois
Bloomington
Catmint
Prices start at : 5.00 USD / each

Plant in full sun. Attract both butterflies and hummingbirds with their delightful scent. Aromatic gray-green foliage. Pretty lavender-blue flowers bloom all the way through summer.
  • Max Height (feet): 3
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Genus: Nepeta faassenii 'Walker's Low'
Illinois
Bloomington
Red Royal Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

This spectacular cultivar of butterfly bush is valued for its intense, deeply colored wine-red flowers. The fragrant, long panicles are showy from June to September and attracts loads of butterflies and hummingbirds.Grows 4-8' tall and 4-5' wide.
  • Max Height (feet): 8
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Spread: 4-5'
Illinois
Bloomington