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Pink Honeysuckle
Prices start at : 4.29 USD / each

Reaches 8-10' and can be trimmed to 6-8'. In mid-May it bursts into a mass of dashing pink flowers with deep golden stamens. The flowers have same fragrance as honeysuckle vines. Quite hardy and disease resistant.
  • Spread: 6-8'
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer
  • Colors: Pink
  • Max Height (feet): 10
  • Genus: Lonicera tatarica
Illinois
Bloomington
Firefly Heather
Prices start at : 9.99 USD / each

Firefly Heather has been awarded a winner of Britains prestigious Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit. Grows in sunny warm areas where it will tolerate heat and drought very well.
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Colors: Pink, Yellow
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Max Height (feet): 2
  • Zones: 4-6
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. Rose of Sharon grows 5-10' tall. 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...
  • Max Height (feet): 10
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Zones: 5-9
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Colors: Purple, Red, White
Illinois
Bloomington
Perennial Collection
Prices start at : 9.99 USD / each

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

In fall, after flowering, prune back to within a few inches of ground. This keeps it manageable and promotes new bloom shoots. The long flower trusses provide a never-ending source of cut flowers.
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Colors: Mixed
  • Max Height (feet): 8
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
Illinois
Bloomington
Rose of Sharon Hedge
Prices start at : 5.49 USD / each

(Our choice of color.) Plants may have single or double blooms. These hardy, erect-branching shrubs will grow 5-10' tall for an informal privacy screen or can be trimmed for a neat, colorful hedge.
  • Colors: Lavender, Pink, Red, White
  • Max Height (feet): 10
  • Genus: Hibiscus syriacus
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Zones: 5-9
Illinois
Bloomington
Dwarf Josee Reblooming Lilac
Prices start at : 8.99 USD / each

Prefers well-drained soil. Simply dead head old blooms to encourage reblooming. Josee can rebloom up to four times in a season with the most spectacular show in late spring. Attracts butterflies, fragrant, deer resistant, good for cutting.
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer
  • Zones: 2-9
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Colors: Pink
  • Genus: Syringa 'Josee'
Illinois
Bloomington
Orange Glory Butterfly Plant
Prices start at : 6.99 USD / each

It is a strong field-grown plant. Will start blooming this summer and have plenty of brilliant flowers for cutting as well as outdoor decoration. Plant 2' apart. The Orange Glory Butterfly plant enjoys full sun and will withstand long periods of summer...
  • Colors: Orange
  • Spread: 2'
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
Illinois
Bloomington
Monarch Butterfly Garden
Prices start at : 8.99 USD / each

Our seed mats contain the perfect blend of seed to create a beautiful garden and participate in recovering this important natual resource. Each mat is generously preseeded on recycled paper that promotes germination.
Illinois
Bloomington
Sweet William
Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

Sweet William blooms in early summer with flowers that have a sassy, spicy fragrance. 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,...
  • Max Height (feet): 6-8"
  • Colors: Dark Red, Pink, Red, White
  • Spread: 12"
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
Illinois
Bloomington
Purple Coneflower
Prices start at : 4.49 USD / each

Charming 5'' purple daisy-like blooms with orange-brown raised centers. The Purple Coneflowers bloom from mid-summer to fall on 2-3 foot stems. Drought and deer resistant, attracts butterflies, great cut flower.
  • Max Height (feet): 3
  • Zones: 3-9
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Genus: Echinacea purpurea
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
Illinois
Bloomington
Shasta Daisy
Prices start at : 4.99 USD / each

Choice one-year-old field-grown plants. They grow well in sun or light shade. It is an easy to grow perennial that spreads fast. Will bloom again in late summer if spring blossoms are cut off.
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Colors: White
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Zones: 4-9
  • Genus: Leucanthemum superbum
Illinois
Bloomington
Arizona Sun Dwarf Gaillardia
Prices start at : 6.49 USD / each

Grow 12-16'' tall. Attracts butterflies. Plant 10'' apart in full to part sun. For a rain garden. Deer resistant. Ideal for cut-flowers. Winner of the prestigous 2005 Fleuroselect Gold Medal!
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Colors: Orange, Red, Yellow
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Spread: 10-12''
  • Max Height (feet): 12-16"
Illinois
Bloomington
Crownvetch
Prices start at : 7.49 USD / each

One plant covers four square feet. Sub-zero hardy to 40 degrees below, drought resistant, disease and insect free. Grows 12-24'' tall. Plant 2' apart. Grows so thick, it chokes out even persistent weeds and requires no mowing or care.
  • Zones: 3-9
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Colors: Pink
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer, Fall
Illinois
Bloomington
Arizona Red Shades Gaillardia
Prices start at : 5.99 USD / each

Deer resistant. Grows 9-12” tall even in poor soils and is heat tolerant. Once established requires little care. Great for cut flowers. Perfect for container planting with its full, well-branched, green foliage.
  • Zones: 3-10
  • Colors: Red
  • Max Height (feet): 9-12"
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Spread: 10-12''
Illinois
Bloomington
Catmint
Prices start at : 5.00 USD / each

Plant in full sun. Pretty lavender-blue flowers bloom all the way through summer. Attract both butterflies and hummingbirds with their delightful scent. Aromatic gray-green foliage.
  • Genus: Nepeta faassenii 'Walker's Low'
  • Zones: 3-8
  • Spread: 24"
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Max Height (feet): 3
Illinois
Bloomington
Red Royal Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

Drought tolerant. Deer resistant. Plant in full to partial sun. 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.
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Zones: 5-9
  • Max Height (feet): 8
  • Season Color: Summer
Illinois
Bloomington
Rose of Sharon Hedge
Prices start at : 5.29 USD / each

Rose of Sharon Hedge is a practical, lovely frame for your landscape. Mixed colors only. Delightful red, white or purple hibiscus-shaped flowers blossom each summer in a lifetime of natural beauty.
  • Zones: 5-9
  • Genus: Hibiscus syriacus
  • Max Height (feet): 10
  • Colors: Mixed, Pink, Red, White
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
Illinois
Bloomington
Bi-Color Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 5.00 USD / each

Grows 6-8' tall. Drought and deer resistant. Great cut flower. It is an excellent attractant for butterflies and hummingbirds. Panicles grow up to 10'' and feature raspberry and butterscotch yellow florets beginning in summer and lasting into fall.
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Max Height (feet): 8
  • Spread: 4-6'
  • Colors: Orange, Purple, Yellow
Illinois
Bloomington
3-N-1 Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 7.49 USD / each

Outstanding when planted in full sun. Grows 4-8' tall. Aptly named, the butterfly bush attracts loads of butterflies and is also a favorite of hummingbirds. Drought and deer resistant.
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Genus: Buddleia davidii
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Max Height (feet): 8
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
Illinois
Bloomington
Bee Insect Garden
Prices start at : 8.99 USD / each

Our seed mats contain the perfect blend of seed to create a beautiful garden and participate in recovering this important natual resource. Each mat is generously preseeded on recycled paper that promotes germination.
Illinois
Bloomington
Mosquito Fern Plant Information – What Is A Mosquito Fern Plant
It tends to cover the surface of a pond, much like. To prevent it from spreading farther than you want or from covering the entire surface of a pond, simply rake it out and dispose of it.
Ohio
Willoughby
What Is A Mosquito Fern: Mosquito Fern Habitat Info And More
If you can figure out a way to mitigate the amount of runoff to lessen the nutrients entering the pond, you can slow down mosquito fern's growth somewhat.. When there is an excess of nutrients introduced into the pond or irrigation water, either due to...
Ohio
Willoughby
Great Globethistle, Giant Globe Thistle, Great Globe Thistle, Common Globe Thistle Echinops sphaerocephalus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two metres.Its erect, branching gray stems bear the occasional sharply toothed, sharp-lobed pointed green leaf.
  • Genus: Echinops
  • Common Name: Great Globethistle, Giant Globe Thistle, Great Globe Thistle, Common Globe Thistle
  • Species: sphaerocephalus
  • Lot#: 9401
  • Quantity: 1 lb
  • Crop Year: 1994
New York
Locke
Great Globethistle, Giant Globe Thistle, Great Globe Thistle, Common Globe Thistle Echinops sphaerocephalus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two metres.Its erect, branching gray stems bear the occasional sharply toothed, sharp-lobed pointed green leaf.
  • Quantity: 1 lb
  • Common Name: Great Globethistle, Giant Globe Thistle, Great Globe Thistle, Common Globe Thistle
  • Crop Year: 1994
  • Collection Locale: Hungary
  • Seeds Per Pound: 36,320
  • Species: sphaerocephalus
New York
Locke
Virginia Snake Root, Virginia Snakeroot Aristolochia serpentaria
Prices start at : 20.95 USD / 1 packet

* The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and as a result is becoming uncommon in the wild. It merits consideration for cultivation in forest areas.
  • Common Name: Virginia Snake Root, Virginia Snakeroot
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Seeds Per Pound: 63,560
  • Germination: 23%
  • Botanical Name: Aristolochia serpentaria
New York
Locke
Cream Scabious, Cream Pincushions Scabiosa ochroleuca
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

* Scabiosa ochroleuca, commonly called cream scabious, is a species of scabiosa with creamy yellow flower heads. It is native to Europe and western Asia.
  • Common Name: Cream Scabious, Cream Pincushions
  • Germination: 96%
  • Seeds Per Pound: 50,000
  • Quantity: 0.19 lb
  • Genus: Scabiosa
  • Height: 2-3 feet
New York
Locke