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\'Shrubby\' Penstemons
There is at least one group of Penstemon that thrive in wet-summer areas. They are dwarf, mostly evergreen and make wonderful additions to the front of the border or in the rockery.
California
El Segundo
Penstemon digitalis Seeds
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / Packet

Foxglove Beardtongue will spread each season, is deer resistant and makes for spectacular mid-season bouquets. Deer resistant and easy to naturalize. It thrives in clay or dry soil (wet or poorly-draining soil can cause root rot) but can grow in full...
  • ✓ Full Sun
  • ✓ Neonicotinoid-Free
  • ✓ Native
  • Native To: East of the Rocky Mountains.
  • Soil Moisture: Dry, Average, Well Draining
  • Flower Color: White
Vermont
Shelburne
Penstemon grandiflorus Seeds
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / Packet

It will truly grow almost anywhere! Add this native perennial to your perennial or wildflower garden to help attract a variety of pollinators to the garden and provide nourishment.
  • ✓ Half Sun / Half Shade
  • ✓ Neonicotinoid-Free
  • Seed Life Cycle: Perennials
  • Seeds Per Packet: 300
  • Mature Height: 24" tall
  • Botanical Name: Penstemon grandiflorus
Vermont
Shelburne
Penstemon Care And Maintenance – How To Grow Beard Tongue Plants
In my opinion, the remaining seed head has interest and appeal and I leave them until the rain smashes them down or cut them in late winter to make way for new growth., which will last for at least a week.
Ohio
Willoughby
Penstemon: An introduction to species and cultivars
It is particularly suited to deal with high humidity and less than perfect drainage.Shell Leaf Penstemon is a large flowering variety that has tubular pink-lavender blooms. From dwarf ground covers to tall shrubs, xeriscaping to consistent moisture, Penstemons...
California
El Segundo
Southwest Adventures: Tribute to Tohono Chul Park
I arrive early and have my own special spot where I patiently wait for the magic to begin. There are plenty of very reasonable hotels around. I promise you will not be disappointed.I hope I have inspired you today.
California
El Segundo
Northwind Switch Grass
Prices start at : 55.95 USD / #2 Container range: 1.2 - 1.8 gallons (5 - 8 liters)

'Northwind' grass was one of the many important tall-grasses that covered the U.S. prairies. 'Northwind' prefers full sun, and moist, fertile soil; however, the plant will tolerate sand, heavy clay, dry slopes and boggy areas.

Yellow

    • Mature Height: 5 - 6 feet
    • Fall Color: Yellow
    • Flower Color: Yellow
    • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Porcupine Grass
    Prices start at : 29.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    This grass has a rigid, upright habit and stiff, pointed leaf blades, some of which stick out at angles like porcupine quills. It will hold up to wind and snow. The 'Porcupine' tolerates a wide range of soil types and is moderately drought tolerant.
    • Mature Spread: 3 - 4 feet
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
    • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
    • Botanical Name: Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus'
    • Growth Rate: Fast
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    St John\'s Wort Pumpkin (Hypericum)
    Prices start at : 42.95 USD / 3 Gal

    St John's Wort Pumpkin produce bright yellow flowers in early spring and summer that produces bright orange-pink berries. Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots to spread through the loose, nutrient rich soil, much easier than if you...
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Maiden Grass
    Prices start at : 29.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    Planting too early in the spring may cause the roots to rot. The slender, weeping leaves are silvery-green and turn golden bronze in fall. Cut back the previous year's growth before growth starts to appear in early spring.
    • Mature Height: 4 - 6 feet
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
    • Foliage: Silvery Green
    • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Heuchera Autumn Bride
    Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 GAL

    Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in. Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil...
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Tradescantia Sweet Kate
    ★★★★★
    Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 Gal

    Sweet Kate has brilliant gold foliage that will brighten any shady spot. Sweet Kate is an easy-to-grow perennial that produces a profusion of unusual deep-blue flowers from summer to fall.
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Autumn Brilliance Fern (Dryopteris erythrosora)
    ★★★★★
    Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 Gal

    It is easy to grow and very adaptable to wet or dry soils. Reddish frond color often returns in autumn after first fall frost. In spring, the new leaves of this evergreen start out a coppery pink, then in summer turn green, and finally in fall, turn a...
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Heuchera Citronelle
    ★★★★★
    Prices start at : 18.95 USD / 1 Gal

    Let this lime green superstar make your shade garden shine. Mass as in a group as a ground cover . The chartreuse foliage will stand out in any shady garden, be it in a pot, garden bed, or as a mass planting.
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Heuchera Caramel
    ★★★★★
    Prices start at : 18.95 USD / 1 GAL

    This heuchera shade perennial is a robust grower with fuzzy leaves that range in color from apricot to amber with purple-red undersides. Heuchera Caramel has purplish-red leaf undersides that offers an attractive contrast, along with white flowers float...
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Heuchera Palace Purple
    ★★★★★
    Prices start at : 15.95 USD / 1 Gal

    1991 Perennial Plant of the Year. Heuchera Palace Purple is best grown in organically rich, humusy, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Known for it's foliage and flowers, Heuchera Palace Purple is one of the coral bells that...
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Purple Fountain Grass
    Prices start at : 29.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    Purple Fountain Grass is an easy to care for ornamental grass that really delivers. One would look outstanding in your rock garden, and they're particularly spectacular in groups. You could even put a couple in pots for a stately welcome to your front...
    • Soil Type: Well Drained
    • Flower Color: Red, Burgundy
    • Foliage: Purple
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
    • Mature Spread: 2 - 3 feet
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Bonfire Euphorbia
    Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 5" Container

    Divide every two to three years or as needed. The leaves emerge green but quickly turn a deeper red. Late-summer cutback can be beneficial if plants start to "birdnest." Use gloves since sap may irritate skin of susceptible individuals.
    • Foliage: Red
    • Flower Color: Yellow
    • Soil Type: Widely adaptable
    • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
    • Botanical Name: Euphorbia polychroma 'Bonfire'
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Lucifer Crocosmia
    Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 5" Container

    Crocosmias are clump forming and bloom best in crowded conditions. The flowers are very showy, and they make great cut flowers. Even when not in bloom, Crocosmia Lucifer has attractive, tropical looking foliage.
    • Flower Color: Red
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
    • Botanical Name: Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
    • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
    • Mature Height: 24 - 36 inches
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Ladys Mantle
    Prices start at : 35.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    The blossoms can be used as dried flower arrangements. The flower color ranges from yellow to green and blooms in late spring to early summer with a height of 18” and a plant spread of 18-24”.
    • Sun Exposure: Partial Sun
    • Soil Type: Normal, Sandy, Clay
    • Botanical Name: Alchemilla mollis
    • Mature Height: 18 - 24 inches
    • Fall Color: Yellow
    • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Tuscan Sun Sunflower
    Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

    But you don't have to cut the flowers. * Continuous bright yellow flowers all season * American Native * Low-maintenance and drought tolerant Not only does it command attention in your garden, the little stems are stiff enough to bring armloads of flowers...

    Average

      • Mature Height: 2 - 3 feet
      • Brand: Proven Winners
      • Moisture: Average
      • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
      • Soil Type: Average
      • Botanical Name: Heliopsis 'Tuscan Sun'
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass
      Prices start at : 29.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

      Your Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass will grow up to 5 feet tall with an 18-inch spread. The affect is stunning in any landscape! As the seed heads mature, they transition to shades of tan that persist through fall and can even provide delimitation into...
      • Flower Color: Reddish Bronze
      • Soil Type: Moist, Well Draining
      • Mature Spread: 18 - 24 inches
      • Mature Height: 5 - 7 feet
      • Sun Exposure: Partial Sun
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Stachys Big Ears (Stachys Helene Von Stein)
      Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 GAL

      Drought tolerant. Versatile and vigorous, with many possible uses, as edging, groundcover, and most especially in tubs or mixed containers. Tolerates heat and humidity. If mid-summer foliage decline occurs, pick off damaged leaves as needed.
      Maryland
      Bowie
      Climbing Hydrangea
      Prices start at : 63.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

      The exfoliating, reddish brown bark of mature plants is attractive in winter. The Climbing Hydrangea vine is an extremely versatile vine with year-round interest. It can be particularly effective when grown against building walls where it can easily attach...
      • Mature Spread: 5 - 6 feet
      • Foliage: Green
      • Sun Exposure: Full Shade, Partial Sun
      • Growth Rate: Slow
      • Botanical Name: Hydrangea anomala petiolaris
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Prairie Dropseed Grass
      Prices start at : 35.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

      A favorite of the prairie grasses, Prairie Dropseed will soon be a favorite of yours as well. * Attractive foliage * Fragrant * Winter interest * Wildlife interest * Drought tolerant * Deer resistant * Urban tolerant * Adaptive to a variety of soils
      • Botanical Name: Sporobolus heterolepis
      • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
      • Flower Color: Tan
      • Foliage: Green
      • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
      • Growth Rate: Slow
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Bleeding Heart Spectabilis
      Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #2 Container range: 1.2 - 1.8 gallons (5 - 8 liters)

      Bleeding Hearts have a plant height of 3 feet and a width of 3 feet. Since it has been an old fashioned garden favorite for many years, it is a must in any landscape! * Disease resistant * Fast growing * Heart-shaped flowers
      • Mature Spread: 20 inches
      • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Full Shade, Partial Sun
      • Mature Height: 24 - 30 inches
      • Growth Rate: Medium
      • Foliage: Green
      • Flower Color: Rosy, Pink
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Autumn Fern
      Prices start at : 59.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

      It is one of the few perennials that will grow happily beneath large shade trees or in dry soils. It then turns to dark green for summer, and back to bronze again in the fall. Order yours today! * Thrives in part to full shade * Drought tolerant * Looks...
      • Soil Type: Well drained
      • Growth Rate: Medium
      • Mature Spread: 12 - 18 inches
      • Fall Color: Evergreen
      • Botanical Name: Dryopteris erythrosora
      Nebraska
      Omaha
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