Plant of the Year Selections 2020 - Northern Sunset Perennials

2020
Plant of the Year
   Selections

Sun King Spikenard
ARALIA
CORDATA SUN KING
Part Shade Perennial

2020 PPA
Perennial Plant of the Year

Prairie Smoke
GEUM
  TRIFLORUM
Full Sun Perennial

2020 WNLA
Perennial Plant of the Year

Dancing Queen Hosta
HOSTA X
 DANCING QUEEN

Part Shade Perennial

 2020 Hosta of the Year

BLACKBERRY & RASPBERRY

2020 Herb of the Year
                        Rubus ssp.

NATIVE, Naturally!™
Forbs & Grasses for 2020

Common Yarrow
ACHILLEA
  MILLEFOLIUM
Full Sun Perennial

American Beach Grass
AMMOPHILA
  BREVILIGULATA
Full Sun Grass

                  Beach grass thrives under conditions of
                  shifting sand, sand burial, and high winds;
                  it is a dune-building grass that builds the
                  first line of sand dunes along the coast of
                  the Great Lakes and Atlantic.

Shallow Sedge
CAREX
  LURIDA
Part Sun Grass

                 This bold sedge flourishes in sun or part
                 sun in damp or wet sites. Plants prosper in
                 difficult wet mucky soils and tolerate
                 seasonal flooding.

New
PROVEN WINNER
  PERENNIALS
   for 2020

Primal Scream Daylily
HEMEROCALLIS X
 RAINBOW RHYTHM®
 PRIMAL SCREAM

Full Sun Perennial

One of the most sought-after daylilies
available today; winner of the 2003 Stout
Medal (the highest honor a daylily can
receive).
If you’re looking for the WOW! factor in
daylilies, you’ve found it here with ‘Primal
Scream’. Nothing comes close to the
spectacular 7½-8½ inch, glimmering
tangerine orange, gold dusted blossoms
and green throat of this selection.

Eye Spy Coral Bells
 HEUCHERELLA X
 FUN AND GAMES®
   EYE SPY
 PP30532
Part Sun Perennial

Heucherella are traditionally grown for
their foliage; 'Eye Spy' bucks that trend by
also having spectacular flowering
performance. In the garden, bubblegum
pink flowers appear in spring and bloom
for many weeks.

Ballet Slippers Hardy Hibiscus

HIBISCUS X
 SUMMERIFIC®
 BALLET SLIPPERS
PP29816
Full Sun Perennial

Huge 7” wide, ruffled flowers are white
with a deep red eye. The edges of the
petals are edged with blush pink.
Combined with the heavily overlapping
petals, this creates a pinwheel effect on
the flowers. Attractive, healthy leaves are
bright green with slightly serrated edges.
‘Ballet Slippers’ is the perfect backdrop or
centerpiece for sunny borders.

Evening Rose Hardy Hibiscus

HIBISCUS X
 SUMMERIFIC®
 EVENING ROSE
PPAF
Full Sun Perennial

'Evening Rose' as an excellent
combination of hot pink flowers and near
black foliage. 8 inch puckered flowers
cover the round, dense habit top to
bottom. A must have statement piece for
the garden!

Holy Grail Hardy Hibiscus

HIBISCUS X
 SUMMERIFIC®
 HOLY GRAIL
PPAF
Full Sun Perennial

There's a whole lot to love about this
plant, beginning with its incredible dark,
near-black foliage of beautiful, oval
shaped leaves. Rich, deep-red flowers
are enormous at 8-9 inches across. The
red and black colors perfectly
complement each other. As an added
bonus, once the flowers are finished,
bright green calyxes starkly contrast the
dark foliage.

Perfect Storm Hardy Hibiscus

HIBISCUS X
 SUMMERIFIC®
PERFECT STORM
PP27880
Full Sun Perennial

This beauty demands a presence!
‘Perfect Storm’ has huge, 7-8” wide,
white flowers with a bright red eye that
radiates out the veins, with the petals
edged with pink. Enjoy its blooms from
late summer into early fall.

Waterslide Hosta
HOSTA X
    SHADOWLAND®
    WATERSLIDE
PP30303
Full Shade Perennial

Waterslide has wavy, ruffled leaves with
heavy substance. The blue, rippled leaves
look like water splashing in the shade
garden, and hold their blue color well into
the summer season.

Wu-la-la Hosta
HOSTA X
   SHADOWLAND®
   WU-LA-LA
PPAF
Part Shade Perennial

This sport of 'Empress Wu' takes the size
and presence of the massively popular
Hosta and takes it to the next level with
an attractive margin. Blue-green leaves
have striking apple-green margins, as
well as good substance. Like 'Empress
Wu', this Hosta will take about 5 years to
reach full maturity and size. Once you
get there, the size of this plant will
definitely be a conversation starter!

Cat’s Pajamas Catmint
NEPETA X
  CAT’S PAJAMAS
PPAF
Full Sun Perennial
A purr-fect Catmint for fans of 'Cat's Meow'
who love the look but want a smaller scale
version. In addition to being a little over half
the height, 'Cats Pajamas' also blooms
about 2-3 weeks earlier than 'Cat's Meow'.
The ball-shaped habit carries long, dark
flower stems that hold indigo blue flowers.
Unlike older varieties that only produce
flowers at the top of the stems, this
improved Catmint has blooms from the soil
to the tips of the stems.

Pink Dawn Sage
SALVIA NEMOROSA
    COLOR SPIRES®
    PINK DAWN
PP26343
Full Sun Perennial
‘Pink Dawn’ Salvia produces a cloud of
sizable, cotton candy pink blossoms
which pop open from fuchsia buds held
on purplish stems from late spring into
early summer. Compared to other pink
Salvias, it is a bit longer blooming due to
its well-branched flower stems.

New PERENNIALS for 2020

Red-purple Ornamental Onion

ALLIUM
  ATROPURPUREUM
Full Sun Perennial

An heirloom variety with dark,
burgundy-purple florets on tall, stiff
stems. This allium makes a dramatic
color statement and its bold, upright
stature adds structure to the garden.
Allium atropurpureum is also an
excellent cut flower with a long vase
life.

Blue Globe Onion
ALLIUM
CAERULEUM

Full Sun Perennial

True blue is hard to find among flowers, but
look no further! Allium caeruleum has a deep,
clear, stunning blue color. Plant behind or
among low growing perennials or annuals for
a distinctive touch in any garden. Alliums
could also be planted in large clusters for an
eye-catching focal point.

White Giant
                   Ornamental Onion
ALLIUM STIPITATUM
   WHITE GIANT
Full Sun Perennial

The tallest of the white Allium, White Giant
has densely compacted, 6"- to 8"-wide,
snow-white globes comprised of hundreds
of little florets with deep green eyes
(ovaries). The foliage is quite spectacular,
particularly for Allium: it stands upright and
stays green until the flower blooms and
begins to fade into its hauntingly beautiful
dried form.

Wild Swan™ Anemone
ANEMONE X
  WILD SWAN™
PP23132
Full Sun Perennial

Unlike the typical Japanese hybrids that
only bloom in fall, this Anemone rupicola
hybrid blooms from late spring until frost
with continuous prolific bloom. Huge 3-
3.½” white flowers will delight you with
their lilac-blue bands on the backside.
These bands will be a main feature as
the flowers close at night.

Gay Butterflies Butterfly Flower

ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA
GAY BUTTERFLIES
Full Sun Perennial
 Giant flowerheads, more than 5 inches across,
 in vivid shades of red, yellow, and orange
 blanket these strong plants from June right up
 through frost! So floriferous that you can pick
 all you want and still have more than enough
 for the butterflies to enjoy! This plant is a
 trouble-free wonder in the sunny garden,
 blooming unchecked through the most severe
 heat and drought. Winter-hardy as well, Gay
 Butterflies returns for years to repeat its
 glorious show!

Hello Yellow Butterfly Flower

ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA
 HELLO YELLOW
Full Sun Perennial

A virtually hassle-free, very long lived
perennial, this cultivar of our native
A. tuberosa offers three months of golden
yellow blooms from early through late
summer. Deadheading the flowers will
stimulate another bloom cycle about a month
after the first one.

American Goldfinch
                    False Indigo
 BAPTISIA X
   AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
 PP30478
 Full Sun Perennial

Nothing says American like this big, bold, and
beautiful native cultivar, which will make a
dramatic statement in your garden come late
spring. Gorgeous, golden yellow flower
spikes rise up above its wide habit. This is
one of the most floriferous Baptisia we offer,
producing loads of brightly colored spikes for
many weeks. After the blooming season,
'American Goldfinch' produces attractive
round seed pods in the fall.

Grand Cascade
                         Butterfly Bush
 BUDDLEIA X
 CASCADE COLLECTION
  GRAND CASCADE
 PP30868
 Full Sun Perennial
Think all Buddleia look the same? Think
again! Unlike the typical Butterfly Bush, the
panicles on this flowering shrub cascade
downward, similar to the look of weeping
willow or a bridal-wreath spirea. Light
lavender purple flower panicles are enormous
at 12-14" long and 4" thick. They're nearly the
size of your head!

Little Angel
                          Butterfly Bush
 BUDDLEIA X
 HUMDINGER® COLLECTION
  LITTLE ANGEL
 PP28204
 Full Sun Perennial
Although this Buddleia has a shorter stature,
its extremely dense, compact habit demands
your attention in the garden. Very long 10-
12”, pure white flower panicles appear above
the gum drop-like habit a few weeks sooner
than you would expect for a Butterfly Bush.
Although the best blooming power is in its
initial bloom in mid to late summer, secondary
blooms will extend the flowering season.

Dark Dynasty
                            Butterfly Bush
 BUDDLEIA X
 MONARCH® COLLECTION
  DARK DYNASTY
 PP27834
 Full Sun Perennial
This compact new Buddleia fits easily into urban
gardens with its densely compact, rounded habit.
Unlike some other dwarf Buddleias that become
very wide spreading, ‘Dark Dynasty’ keeps its
composure as it ages, growing just 3’ tall and 3 ½’
wide in two years.
Rich royal purple, fragrant flowers are borne on
branched panicles from late summer into early
fall, just in time to feed the migrating Monarchs
passing through.

Glass Slippers
                           Butterfly Bush
 BUDDLEIA X
 MONARCH® COLLECTION
  GLASS SLIPPERS
 PP27832
 Full Sun Perennial
Like a cool drink of water on a hot summer
day, the silvery green foliage and icy toned
flowers of this new Buddleia from the Walters
Gardens, Inc. offers an oasis in sunny
landscapes.
‘Glass Slippers’ forms a relatively low, wide
spreading, tightly knit cushion topped with pale
periwinkle blue blossoms held on silvery,
branched stems from late summer into early
fall. Secondary flowers extend the show further
into fall.

Prince Charming
                      Butterfly Bush
 BUDDLEIA X
 MONARCH® COLLECTION
  PRINCE CHARMING
 PP28903
 Full Sun Perennial
The newest addition to the popular
MONARCH® Butterfly Bush collection! ‘Prince
Charming’ is truly a color break for the
Buddleia genus. 10” long flower spikes will
stun you with their bright cerise pink color.
Compared to ‘Queen of Hearts’, ‘Prince
Charming’ is closer to raspberry pink than
purple. In mid to late summer, its upright,
gumdrop shaped habit is covered with
intensely colored flowers and blooms for many
weeks.

Coreopsis x Goldilocks
 COREOPSIS X
 LI’L BANG™ SERIES
  GOLDILOCKS

 Full Sun Perennial

Cute, compact, mildew-resistant counterparts
to the famed Big Bang™ collection. Naturally
dwarf and branching -- perfect for smaller
borders or containers. Sweet buttery yellow
petals are cupped and crinkled.

Coreopsis x Red Elf
 COREOPSIS X
 LI’L BANG™ SERIES
  RED ELF
 PP27918
 Full Sun Perennial

Cute, compact, mildew-resistant counterparts to
the famed Big Bang™ collection. Naturally dwarf
and branching -- perfect for smaller borders or
containers. Deep red petal tips become frosted
with a touch of white during the hottest part of the
season, returning to a solid deep red when
temperatures moderate. Since the flowers are
sterile, they just keep on coming all season long
without the need for deadheading.

Georgia Peach Pie Pinks
DIANTHUS X
AMERICAN PIE™
 GEORGIA PEACH PIE
  (Wp15 Pie45)
PP29900
Full Sun Perennial

Beautiful garden pink from the
renowned Whetman’s Pinks in England,
Georgia Peach Pie has luscious peach
hued flowers with a ring of raspberry
surrounding an apricot eye. A modern
variety with all the spicy fragrance of
antique pinks, it has a long bloom
period and reblooms in fall.

Bubble Gum Coneflower
ECHINACEA X
DOUBLE SCOOP™
 BUBBLE GUM
  (Balscblum)
PP23103
Full Sun Perennial

Where would we be if we didn’t add
at least one new one? Echinacea
DOUBLE SCOOP™ Bubble Gum
replaces Pink Double Delight. The
name says it all! Double,
Bubblegum Pink. What’s not to
love?

Amber Queen Barrenwort
EPIMEDIUM X
AMBER QUEEN
PP17197
Part Shade Perennial

A dazzling unique Epimedium that will
catch your eye! Epimedium's are in high
demand and uncommon in the market
due to virus issues. Amber Queen is
virus-free! The airy, delicate-looking
flowers have bright yellow spurs with
orange-red centers, looking light orange
from a distance.

Pink Champagne Barrenwort
EPIMEDIUM X
PINK CHAMPAGNE
Part Shade Perennial

Epimedium's are in high demand and
uncommon in the market due to virus
issues. Pink Champagne is virus-free!
This spring flowering perennial will
certainly add new texture and color
elements to your landscape. 'Pink
Champagne' produces flowers with white
spurs and raspberry centers. The
delicate-looking flowers have an airy feel,
making it the perfect contrast to other
shade items like Hosta.

Summer Nights Sunflower
HELIOPSIS HELIANTHOIDES
  SUMMER NIGHTS
Full Sun Perennial

An exceptional cultivar of heliopsis that
produces bright golden yellow, daisy-like
flowers with a mahogany eye atop dark
purple-red stems. The mature flowers are
all-yellow, contrasting nicely against the
green foliage with a purple-red tinge. This
selection flowers for up to 8 weeks
beginning in midsummer, especially if
deadheaded.

Bleeding Hearts Sunflower
HELIOPSIS HELIANTHOIDES SCABRA
  BLEEDING HEARTS
Full Sun Perennial

'Bleeding Hearts' stands 4' tall with dark
purple foliage and black stems providing a
perfect foil for the blooms beginning a fire
red then orange-red turning to bronze
colored as they fade. 'Bleeding Hearts'
begins blooming in its first year and blooms
from June to mid-October.

Burning Hearts Sunflower
HELIOPSIS HELIANTHOIDES SCABRA
  BURNING HEARTS
Full Sun Perennial

'Burning Hearts' is a beautiful, vibrant
cultivar, sure to draw the eye. A show-
stopper, this plant's dynamic yellow-orange
flowers are offset by its deep purple foliage.
As attractive to butterflies and bees as it is
to people, we've found this plant really
deserves a place in a beautiful border, a
cutting garden, or in massed swathes.

Honeymoon™ Mix
                     Lenten Rose
HELLEBORUS X
   HONEYMOON™ MIX

Full Shade Perennial

Honeymoon Mix contains selections of lovely,
single flowers from the HONEYMOON™ series
including apricot, black, mauve purple, white,
yellow, wine red, and pink.
Plants in this series have notable vigor, showy
floral displays with large numbers of blossoms
per plant, and rich flower colors.

Sandy Shores Lenten Rose

HELLEBORUS X
  HONEYMOON™ SERIES
SANDY SHORES

Full Shade Perennial

Helleborus 'Sandy Shores' bears 2½-3”,
single pale apricot flowers with a lovely rosy
pink color on the backs.
The HONEYMOON™ series contains
selections of lovely, single flowers with notable
vigor, showy floral displays with large numbers
of blossoms per plant, and rich flower colors.

Dark and Handsome
                   Lenten Rose
HELLEBORUS X
    WEDDING PARTY™
    DARK AND HANDSOME

Full Shade Perennial
The Lenten Rose is an easy spring
blooming perennial for the shady woodland
garden. This variety is part of the WEDDING
PARTY™ Series from Walters Gardens, Inc.
selected for vigor, showy floral displays with
a large number of blossoms per plant and
rich flower colors. Flower stalks appear in
early spring, bearing showy cup-shaped
blooms. H. ‘Dark and Handsome’ features
double, near black to black-purple flowers.

First Dance Lenten Rose
HELLEBORUS X
     WEDDING PARTY™
     FIRST DANCE

Full Shade Perennial

Helleborus 'First Dance' bears 2-2½" double
flowers that range from bright yellow to yellow
with a maroon picotee edge and veining.
The WEDDING PARTY™ series showcases
double flowered selections, available in
numerous, beautiful color shades. Plants in this
series have notable vigor, showy floral displays
with large numbers of blossoms per plant, and
rich flower colors.

True Love Lenten Rose
HELLEBORUS X
    WEDDING PARTY™
    TRUE LOVE

Full Shade Perennial

Helleborus ‘True Love’ bears rich maroon
red, 3-3½” double flowers. The WEDDING
PARTY™ series showcases double
flowered selections, available in numerous,
beautiful color shades. Plants in this series
have notable vigor, showy floral displays
with large numbers of blossoms per plant,
and rich flower colors.

Blackthorne Daylily

HEMEROCALLIS X
   BLACKTHORNE

Full Sun Perennial
Very light creamy yellow blossoms with a hint of
peach and a prominent wine purple eye with
matching picotee edge half way up the
attractively ruffled petals. The broad, rounded,
recurved petals, glowing chartreuse throat, and
diamond dusting make this flower even more
beautiful.
Branched stems carry the 4½-5 in. blossoms
first in midsummer and then again shortly after
the first round of bloom (though it is not officially
registered as a rebloomer).

Cocomint Coral Bells
  HEUCHERA X
   CARNIVAL COCOMINT
PP24927
Part Sun Perennial

Coral Bells are a versatile perennial. This
villosa hybrid, part of the Carnival series,
known for their tidy mounding habit and
excellent heat and humidity tolerance, has
large, rounded, lobed mint green leaves,
splashed with silver and burgundy. Sprays of
small flowers in summer.

Rose Granita Coral Bells
  HEUCHERA X
   CARNIVAL ROSE GRANITA
PP24927
Part Sun Perennial
Coral Bells are a versatile perennial. This
villosa hybrid, part of the Carnival series,
known for their tidy mounding habit and
excellent heat and humidity tolerance, is a
terrific choice for adding a touch of color
towards the front of a border. The large, plum-
colored leaves have darker plum veining and
a silver overlay. Sprays of small flowers
appear in summer.

Glitter Coral Bells
  HEUCHERA X
   GLITTER
PP25019
Part Sun Perennial

One can spot H. 'Glitter' a mile away; there truly is nothing else like it.
Not only does it have mirror-bright silver foliage, but it has contrasting
black veins that really sparkle. The soft violet leaf back is as pretty as
the top, but is rarely seen due to the ultra-neat habit of the plant. To top
off this introduction, it has fantastic bouquet-type flowers of exotic
fuchsia-pink. Yes, it is garden bling! AND our replacement for Rave On.

Silver Scrolls Coral Bells
  HEUCHERA X
   SILVER SCROLLS
PP12066
Part Sun Perennial

Rounded, metallic silver leaves are
bordered and veined with deep wine red.
Flowers are tiny, white, tinged with pink,
blooming profusely in the spring. Very trim
and tidy habit, forming a neat mound.
Remains vigorous and attractive even
through the fall and winter.

FOREVER® Purple Coral Bells

  HEUCHERA X
   FOREVER® PURPLE
 (TNHEUFP)
PP26358
Part Sun Perennial

 FOREVER® Purple is a knockout with ultra-purple glossy leaves
with fluted edges and great vigor. Very short spikes of purple-pink
flowers in summer and four seasons of purple. A real show stopper.
Destined to become the new standard for purple foliage perennials.

Starry Starry Night
                    Hardy Hibiscus
HIBISCUS X
 STARRY STARRY NIGHT

PP27901
Full Sun Perennial

Incredibly dark, near-black, broad, maple-like
leaves form an upright clump in the
landscape. Interesting 7-8” flowers are pale
pink with darker pink speckling and veining.
The flowers are held on bright green carpels,
which contrast nicely with the dark foliage.
Flowers are produced from the top to the
bottom of the plant.

Loyalist Hosta
 HOSTA X
   LOYALIST

 Part Shade Perennial

This selection is a reverse variegation sport of
the ever-popular H. ‘Patriot’ featuring dark
green margins and white centers. Leaves
have heavy substance. Pale lavender flowers
in mid summer. Suitable also for planting in
mixed containers or tubs.

Dancing Queen Hosta
HOSTA X
 DANCING QUEEN
Part Shade Perennial

Unlike other yellow Hostas which
emerge or turn chartreuse, ‘Dancing
Queen’ emerges bright yellow and
remains yellow all season long. The
large leaves have a prominent pie crust
edge, adding even more pizzazz to this
colorful Hosta.
In mid to late summer, the foliage
lightens to soft yellow and the clump is
topped with pale lavender
flowers. This one is a must-have!
                                           2020 Hosta of the Year

Red Pearl Sweet Pea
LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS
 RED PEARL
Full Sun Perennial

 Furled clusters of pristine crimson-
 rose flowers bloom at the top of
 arching winged stems. This
 perennial relative of the annual
 sweet pea is justifiably popular; it will
 bloom throughout the summer
 months. Despite its lack of scent, it
 has one of the finest cut flowers and
 is always a colorful addition to the
 garden.

Imperial Gem Lavender
LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA
IMPERIAL GEM
Full Sun Perennial

One of the top 7 performers in the
Chicago Botanic Garden trials. A
compact, bushy lavender, bearing dense
spikes of rich purple, fragrant flowers in
contrast with silvery green leaves. Its
size and habit make it a great choice for
using as an informal low-growing hedge,
but it works just as well at the front of
borders or in pots.

Royal Velvet Lavender
LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA
ROYAL VELVET
Full Sun Perennial

One of the top 7 performers in the
Chicago Botanic Garden trials. Long-
blooming ‘Royal Velvet’ features dark
lavender flowers with dark purple
calyces from late June to late
September. Gray-green leaves form neat
mounds to 14 inches tall and 40 inches
wide—tall floral stems rise nearly a foot
above the foliage.

Black Truffle Cardinal Flower

  LOBELIA CARDINALIS
   BLACK TRUFFLE
PP25687
Part Sun Perennial

Wonderful in the perennial border and perfect for rain gardens, this
cardinal flower is sure to stand out with its dramatic, dark
chocolatey-purple foliage and bold red flowers. Superior to other
dark-foliaged Lobelias on the market, 'Black Truffle' holds this deep
color throughout the growing season. A magnet for hummingbirds
and butterflies all summer, but deer tend to leave it alone.

Magnifica Honeysuckle Vine

  LONICERA X
   SEMPERVIRENS
  MAGNIFICA
Part Sun Perennial

 The sweetly scented tubular orange flowers of this native
honeysuckle selection often attract hummingbirds to the garden
throughout the summer. Flowers are followed by bright red fruit,
attractive to birds. Unlike its Japanese cousin, it is a well-behaved
member of the border. A twining vine, it needs a trellis or fence for
support.

STAIRCASE™ Assorted Lupine

LUPINUS X
  STAIRCASE™
ASSORTED COLORS
Part Shade Perennial

Lupine Staircase™ is cold hardy to zone 4 and
will perform into zone 8 regions. The
Staircase® series is Day-length neutral, it does
not require vernalization and will bloom
continuously through the season.

We don’t know which color we will get, but they
will be beautiful!!!

Blue Moon Bee Balm
MONARDA X SUGAR BUZZ®
  BLUE MOON
 PP29549
Full Sun Perennial
SUGAR BUZZ® Monardas are perfectly
suited to the middle of the flower border.
In midsummer, Lavender blue flowers
are held by attractive purple bracts, on
strong, well-branched stems. It forms an
upright clump that will fill out containers
nicely but won’t run all over the garden.
It displays above average resistance to
powdery mildew. A breakthrough, shorter
height for this color.

Pink Frosting Bee Balm
MONARDA X SUGAR BUZZ®
 PINK FROSTING
PP29548
Full Sun Perennial

  SUGAR BUZZ® Monardas are perfectly
  suited to the middle of the flower border.
  In midsummer, pastel pink flowers form a
  carpet of blossoms that completely cover
  the foliage. It forms an upright clump that
  will fill out containers nicely but won’t run
  all over the garden. It displays above
  average resistance to powdery mildew.

Buckeye Belle Peony
PAEONIA X
  BUCKEYE BELLE
(Herbaceous Hybrid Group)
Full Sun Perennial
A gorgeous semi-double peony with
maroon-red petals that cup a ruffled
center. Sparkling golden stamens add
sparkle. Buckeye Belle flowers early in
the peony season and its compact
growth habit is ideal for perennial
borders.

Buckeye Belle won the APS Award of
Landscape Merit in 2009 and the Gold
Medal in 2010

Do Tell Peony
PAEONIA X
  DO TELL
(Lactiflora Group)
Full Sun Perennial
A Japanese-style favorite, this 1946
Auten award-winner has anemone-
shaped flowers with a flouncy layer of
large, 7”, pale orchid-pink guard petals
filled with an explosion of rose, shell-
pink and ivory petaloid segments with a
bit of a yellow center glow.

Do Tell won the APS Gold Medal in
2004 and Award of Landscape Merit in
2009.

Flame Peony
PAEONIA X
 FLAME
(Lactiflora Group)
Full Sun Perennial

 Early season Japanese type opens to
 glowing rose-red flower with full round
 form and sunny yellow stamen center.
 Offset by dark green foliage, this variety
 adds vibrant color to the garden.

Paula Fay Peony
PAEONIA X
  PAULA FAY
(Herbaceous Hybrid Group)
Full Sun Perennial
Gorgeous glowing hot pink, large, semi-
double flowers with a central boss of
bright gold stamens are produced on
strong stems early in the peony season.
With flowers this gorgeous, it’s hard to
resist!

Paula Fay won the APS Gold Medal in
1988.

Scarlet O’Hara Peony
PAEONIA X
  SCARLET O’HARA
(Herbaceous Hybrid Group)
Full Sun Perennial
Single scarlet flowers, like a big red
poppy, with silky petals that as they age
get bigger and fade to pink. Yellow
stamens.

Scarlet O’Hara won the APS Award of
Landscape Merit in 2009.

Clouds of Color Peony
PAEONIA X
 CLOUDS OF COLOR
(ITOH Group)
Full Sun Perennial

 Lovely, double form intersectional peony
 has large salmon pink blooms with
 creamy, blush pink centers. Stunning!
 Sweetly scented, great cut flowers, long
 bloom season.

Cliff Green
 PAXISTIMA
     CANBYI

 Part Shade Perennial
Cliff Green is a rare US native plant
from the central Appalachian
Mountains. This low-growing
evergreen shrub useful as a
groundcover in shade and partial
shade. The glossy green foliage is a
delight. Keeps it’s good looks all
season.

We offered this many years ago. It
deserves more attention as a
groundcover for shade.

Prairie Fire Beardtongue
PENSTEMON X
 PRAIRIE FIRE
Full Sun Perennial

Difficult to find in the trade, we’ve been
building stock on this glorious, red penstemon.
A re-introduction to the catalog for 2020.

Glamour Girl Tall Phlox
PHLOX X GARDEN GIRLS™
   COLLECTION
  GLAMOUR GIRL
PP25778

Full Sun Perennial

This long-legged beauty stands tall, proudly
showing off her large panicles of hot coral pink
flowers held on dark purple stems. Even the
oldest flowers in her panicles are a beautiful
shade of light coral pink. Were you missing
that gorgeous shade of pink? Yeah, us too!

Shrimps on the Barbie
                   Bethlehem-sage
  PULMONARIA X
      SHRIMPS ON THE
      BARBIE
 Part Shade Perennial

A WOW plant! This large,
spreading Pulmonaria has an amazing
number of large, deep shrimp pink
flowers in the spring. Foliage is green
with prominent white spots.

Glitters Like Gold
                       Showy Coneflower
RUDBECKIA X
  GLITTERS LIKE GOLD
PPAF

Full Sun Perennial
From our friends at Intrinsic
Perennials….’Glitters Like Gold’ is a
hybrid Rudbeckia cultivar with 3” wide golden
blooms. It will tolerate most soil conditions,
with the exception of wet, saturated soil.
'Glitters Like Gold' is an improved selection of
the Rudbeckia cultivar 'Goldstrum', and is
resistant to septoria leaf spot disease.

Rose Marvel Sage
SALVIA NEMOROSA
  ROSE MARVEL
PP30118

Full Sun Perennial
Marvel at this salvia’s ability to re-bloom
without being cut back or deadheaded! Spikes
of deep rose flowers cluster on burgundy
calyxes creating a beautiful multi-toned effect.
'Rose Marvel' has the largest flowers of all
rose-colored salvia and a long bloom time.

Wildfire Stonecrop
SEDUM X SUNSPARKLER®
  WILDFIRE
PP28601
Full Sun Perennial
Wildfire forms a low, compact mound of shiny,
cherry-red thumbnail-sized foliage with pink
variegated edges. Large rose-pink
flowerheads appear in late summer, lasting for
weeks. Great mass planted on slopes, green
roof systems or as a groundcover in other
sunny areas. Excellent in containers.

Citrus Sunrise
                Hens-and-Chicks
SEMPERVIVUM X
CHICK CHARMS®
CITRUS SUNRISE
PPAF
Full Sun Perennial

The dramatic foliage is everchanging, in early
spring the leaves are striped with cream, red
and green, then after a few weeks it will
transform to mostly red with cream edges, very
unusual variegation for a Sempervivum.

Cosmic Candy™
                 Hens-and-Chicks
SEMPERVIVUM X
CHICK CHARMS®
COSMIC CANDY™
Full Sun Perennial

We’re excited to offer Cosmic Candy™, a rare
red cobweb sempervivum. The cobwebs look
very similar to the legs of a tarantula! Keeps
red coloration all 12 months of the year and is
hardy in zones 3-8. Plant these in retaining
walls, rock gardens or even in garden planters.

Mint Marvel™
                 Hens-and-Chicks
SEMPERVIVUM X
CHICK CHARMS®
MINT MARVEL™
Full Sun Perennial

These lovely little charmers were selected by
breeder Chris Hansen for vigor, longevity of
color, uniqueness of color, resistance to
summer root-rot, and heavy baby-chick
production. Red-black tipped, glossy green,
succulent foliage looks great in the garden or
on the patio, and are NEVER boring!

Pure Silver Speedwell
VERONICA INCANA
  PURE SILVER
Full Sun Perennial

An Intrinsic Introduction! Selected for vigor and
longevity in the garden. Typically this species
requires sharp drainage but this selection is
more adaptable to heavy soil and moist
conditions. Silvered foliage on 12" + clumps
topped by numerous 15" spikes on vivid sky
blue flowers in July. Full sun; well drained soil
is ideal.

New FERNS
 for 2020

Godzilla
         Japanese Painted Fern
ATHYRIUM X
GODZILLA
Full Shade Fern

Like Athyrium n. ‘Pictum’ on steroids, this
giant painted fern was discovered at Plant
Delights Nursery in the mid-90s and is
thought to be a sporeling of ‘Pictum’ and the
Lady Fern.
It forms a massive, arching clump of silvery
fronds with green highlights and dark purple
stems. Like the Lady Fern, ‘Godzilla’
spreads slowly where it is happiest in moist,
loamy soils.

New GRASSES
  for 2019

Red October Big Bluestem

ANDROPOGON GERARDII
RED OCTOBER
PP26283
Full Sun Grass

 This year-round showstopper emerges blue-
 gray in the spring. As it grows taller through
 the summer it changes to a deep blue-green.
 Late summer brings burgundy red wheat-like
 flower heads floating over foliage that has
 turned a purple-red hue. Then, when the first
 frost of fall hits the color ratchets up a notch
 to the vivid scarlet red that gives this big
 grass its name.

Prairie Fire Switch Grass
PANICUM VIRGATUM
PRAIRIE FIRE
PP19367
Full Sun Grass                           PP26892

 A spectacular switch grass with sturdy,
 upright, blue-green stems and wine-red
 leaves. In the spring, the foliage is blue-
 green, but by early summer the leaves begin
 to turn a stunning shade of deep red. Most
 red switch grasses do not begin to turn color
 until late summer, so this grass is quite
 remarkable in that it changes color so early
 in the season.

New

       HERBS
for 2020

Pesto Perpetuo’ is a non-
flowering, columnar basil
that features aromatic, lime green
leaves variegated with thin white
margins. It was discovered in 2004
as a sport
of Ocimum x citriodorum 'Lesbos'.    OCIMIUM X PESTO PERPETUO

Small Fruits
 for 2020

BERRY BLUE Honeyberry

                    A Super Fruit with high anti-
                    oxident, vitamin C and
                    selenium content. Early
                    blooming type Honeyberry.
                    Needs a pollinator such as
                    Indigo Gem or Indigo Treat
                    to produce fruit. Harvest
                    the elongated fruits 1-2
                    years after planting.

                  LONICERA caerulea edulis Berry Blue

Herb of the Year 2004

CANADIAN RED Rhubarb

                Canadian Red Rhubarb has
                deep red, sweet-tasting, edible
                stems. Harvest second year from
                transplant and cut seed stalks to
                prolong harvest.

                RHEUM rabarbareum Canadian Red