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Mixed Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 3.88 USD / each

We ship sturdy ready to grow plants. The Mixed Butterfly Bush is a strong, easy-to-grow plant. A fragrant friend of butterflies and hummingbirds. This keeps it manageable and promotes new bloom shoots.
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Spread: 4-8'
  • Zones: 5-9
  • Colors: Mixed
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
Illinois
Bloomington
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. In mid-summer it bursts into bloom when little else is blooming and continues to flower through fall.
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Genus: Hibiscus syriacus
  • Max Height (feet): 10
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Zones: 5-9
Illinois
Bloomington
Dwarf Josee Reblooming Lilac
Prices start at : 8.99 USD / each

Simply dead head old blooms to encourage reblooming. Shipped: potted. Its compact size of only 6' tall makes it perfect for a hedge or specimen planting. Prefers well-drained soil.
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Colors: Pink
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer
  • Spread: 4-5'
  • Genus: Syringa 'Josee'
Illinois
Bloomington
Red Royal Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

Deer resistant. 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. This spectacular cultivar of butterfly bush is valued for its intense, deeply colored wine-red...
  • Colors: Red
  • Genus: Buddleia davidii 'Royal Red'
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Zones: 5-9
  • Spread: 4-5'
Illinois
Bloomington
Rose of Sharon Hedge
Prices start at : 5.29 USD / each

Delightful red, white or purple hibiscus-shaped flowers blossom each summer in a lifetime of natural beauty. Mixed colors only. These hardy, erect-branching shrubs will grow 5-10' tall for an informal privacy screen or can be trimmed for a neat, colorful...
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Max Height (feet): 10
  • Zones: 5-9
  • Genus: Hibiscus syriacus
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
Illinois
Bloomington
Bi-Color Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 5.00 USD / each

Drought and deer resistant. Panicles grow up to 10'' and feature raspberry and butterscotch yellow florets beginning in summer and lasting into fall. Great cut flower. A breakthrough in color! Bi-color is the first Butterfly Bush to feature multiple colors...
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Colors: Orange, Purple, Yellow
  • Max Height (feet): 8
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
Illinois
Bloomington
3-N-1 Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 7.49 USD / each

Grows 4-8' tall. Great cut flower. Wonderful lightly scented clusters of white, red and purple flowers can measure one to two feet in length. Outstanding when planted in full sun. Aptly named, the butterfly bush attracts loads of butterflies and is also...
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Colors: Mixed, Purple, Red, White
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Spread: 4-6'
Illinois
Bloomington
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: 91%
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 73
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Crop Year: 2014
  • Genus: Syringa
  • Botanical Name: Syringa villosa
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.
  • Collection Locale: Minnesota
  • Quantity: 1.49 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Botanical Name: Syringa villosa
  • Purity: 98%
  • Common Name: Late Lilac, Villous Lilac
New York
Locke
Pendulous Lilac Syringa komarowii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The panicles often hang limply, which is how the plant got its common name; the clusters look as though they are nodding. It is a shrub growing to 3-6 m tall, with erect branches. * Lilac flowers in nodding terminal clusters to 6"; leaves to 6"; native...
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Purity: 96%
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • Seeds Per Pound: 30,000
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Botanical Name: Syringa komarowii
New York
Locke
Pendulous Lilac Syringa komarowii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The panicles often hang limply, which is how the plant got its common name; the clusters look as though they are nodding. It is a shrub growing to 3-6 m tall, with erect branches. * Lilac flowers in nodding terminal clusters to 6"; leaves to 6"; native...
  • Height: 15-20 feet
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 31
  • Crop Year: 1993
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Species: komarowii
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
New York
Locke
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. Is especially effective in mass plantings -- ground covers, borders, and bed plantings.
  • Genus: Asclepias tuberosa
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Spread: 2'
  • 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. Our seed mats contain the perfect blend of seed to create a beautiful garden and participate in recovering this important natual resource.
Illinois
Bloomington
Sweet William
Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

Grows 6'' tall. Sweet William blooms in early summer with flowers that have a sassy, spicy fragrance. 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.
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Zones: 3-9
  • Colors: Dark Red, Pink, Red, White
  • Spread: 12"
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
Illinois
Bloomington
Black-Eyed Susan
Prices start at : 6.99 USD / each

Bloom: July-September. Great cut flower. Grow 2-3' tall. Black-eyed Susans are ideal for sunny borders, along walls, by driveways or as a focal point in perennial bed. Award winner! Black-eyed Susans have rich, golden yellow petals set off by bronze-black...
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Colors: Black, Yellow
  • Genus: Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Zones: 3-9
Illinois
Bloomington
Perennial Collection
Prices start at : 9.99 USD / each

Includes: 3 each of Black-Eyed Susans and Purple Coneflower.
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Colors: Black, Pink, Yellow
  • Max Height (feet): 3
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. Charming 5'' purple daisy-like blooms with orange-brown raised centers. Purple Coneflowers are practically indestructible because they are sub-zero hardy and withstand heat, grow...
  • Max Height (feet): 3
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Spread: 18-24''
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
Illinois
Bloomington
Shasta Daisy
Prices start at : 4.99 USD / each

They grow well in sun or light shade. Giant Alaska Shasta Daisies make excellent cut flowers. It is an easy to grow perennial that spreads fast. Enjoy astonishing numbers of snowy, gold-centered blooms every June and July.
  • Colors: White
  • Max Height (feet): 30"
  • Genus: Leucanthemum superbum
  • Zones: 4-9
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
Illinois
Bloomington
Arizona Sun Dwarf Gaillardia
Prices start at : 6.49 USD / each

Attracts butterflies. Deer resistant. For a rain garden. Highly drought tolerant. Winner of the prestigous 2005 Fleuroselect Gold Medal! Grow 12-16'' tall. Blooms from early summer into fall! Enjoy masses of 3'' orange-red blooms tipped with yellow.
  • Zones: 3-9
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Spread: 10-12''
  • Max Height (feet): 12-16"
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
Illinois
Bloomington
Crownvetch
Prices start at : 7.49 USD / each

Sub-zero hardy to 40 degrees below, drought resistant, disease and insect free. Grows so thick, it chokes out even persistent weeds and requires no mowing or care. Plant 2' apart. To cover steep slopes, poor soil trouble areas, stream or pond banks where...
  • Zones: 3-9
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer, Fall
  • Max Height (feet): 12-24"
  • Colors: Pink
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
Illinois
Bloomington
Arizona Red Shades Gaillardia
Prices start at : 5.99 USD / each

Grows 9-12” tall even in poor soils and is heat tolerant. Plant 10-12” apart in full sun. Perfect for container planting with its full, well-branched, green foliage. Deer resistant.
  • Colors: Red
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Zones: 3-10
  • Max Height (feet): 9-12"
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
  • Spread: 24"
  • Colors: Blue, Lavender
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
Illinois
Bloomington
Bee Insect Garden
Prices start at : 8.99 USD / each

Each mat is generously preseeded on recycled paper that promotes germination. Our seed mats contain the perfect blend of seed to create a beautiful garden and participate in recovering this important natual resource.
Illinois
Bloomington
Nodding Lilac Syringa komarowii reflexa    - Syringa reflexa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

The flowers are fragrant and range in colour from pink to mauve, sometimes with a white base; they are produced in early summer on panicles 4-25 cm long and are attractive to bees, butterflies, and birds.
  • Height: 12 feet
  • Family: OLEACEAE
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Subspecies: reflexa
  • Species: komarowii
  • 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.
  • Quantity: 4.06 lb
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Genus: Syringa
  • Height: 6-12 feet
  • Common Name: Hungarian Lilac
  • Crop Year: 2017
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
  • Botanical Name: Syringa josikaea
  • Genus: Syringa
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Seeds Per Pound: 44,078
  • Quantity: 4.06 lb
New York
Locke
Wolf\'s Lilac Syringa wolfii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Panicles erect, terminal, 5-30 × 3-18 cm; rachis, pedicel, and calyx villous or pubescent, occasionally subglabrous. 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.
  • Lot#: 9301
  • Common Name: Wolf's Lilac
  • Seeds Per Pound: 35,000
  • Height: 15ft
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 37
  • Collection Locale: Russia
New York
Locke