All Plants

Perennial Herb: Evergreen. Deer, drought, clay, bog & coast tolerant. In addition, Elsa is also strong, heat tolerant & low maintenance. Use in borders, pots, between stones, rock gardens and as a ground cover. Spreads quickly by runners. Attracts bees, butterflies & hummingbirds. Blooms: spring-summer. Color: blue-purple. Foliage: variegated, metallic silvery-green. Ht: 6 in. Width: 10 in. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate/moist. USDA Z4. PPAF

Biennial or short lived perennial: A great old-fashioned garden favorite! Makes an attractive backdrop to any garden. Use in borders, cottage gardens or as a focal plant. Excellent cut flower. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Bloom time: summer. Bloom color: ruffled double and semi-double mix of black currant and white. Height: 5-6 feet. Width: 18-24 inches. Exposure: sun. Water: moderate/moist. USDA Z3-9.

Perennial: Should be treated like a biennial or short-lived perennial. Fast growing. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Can be planted under Black Walnut trees. Rust resistant. Bloom time: summer-fall. Bloom color: single apricot with cherry-red eye. Height: 4-6 feet. Spread: 12-18 inches. Exposure: full sun. Water: moderate. USDA Z3.

Biennial or Short Lived Perennial: Hollyhocks are a great old-fashioned garden favorite! Lemon Light is a strong growing cultivar. The flowers grow in rigid, towering spikes and it makes an attractive backdrop to any garden. Excellent cut flower. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Bloom time: spring-fall. Bloom color: pale yellow. Height: 5-6. Exposure: sun. Water: moderate/moist. USDA Z3.

Biennial or short lived perennial: A great old-fashioned garden favorite! 1988 Flower of the Year award. Makes an attractive backdrop to any garden. Use in borders, cottage gardens or as a focal plant. Excellent cut flower. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Bloom time: summer. Bloom color: double blooms in shades of apricot with raspberry veining. Height: 5-7 feet. Width: 2 feet. Exposure: sun. Water: moderate/moist. USDA Z3-9.

Biennial or short lived perennial: This is an heirloom variety. Drought tolerant. Deer resistant. Makes an attractive backdrop to any garden. Nice cut flower. Attracts hummingbirds. Bloom time: summer. Bloom color: deep maroon, almost black with yellow throat. Height: 5-6 feet. Exposure: sun. Water: moderate/moist. Drought tolerant. USDA Z3.

Perennial: Drought, deer & clay tolerant. Good cut flower, border, edging & pot plant. Forms large clumps & seeds freely. More compact, better behaved & brighter flowers than A. mollis. The dew is held in the center of the leaves & is quite striking. Attracts butterflies. Blooms: spring-summer. Color: greenish yellow. Ht: 12-18". Ssun/part shade. Water: moderate. USDA Z3.

Tree: Evergreen. Drought, heat, and deer resistant. South Africa native. Africa's largest aloe that is a large succulent that quickly grows into a tree. Is an excellent focal plant. Smooth, grey bark with green recurved leaves. Good bed, border, rock garden, xeriscape, and Mediterranean plant. Bloom time: fall-winter. Bloom color: rose pink. Height: 20-30 feet. Width: 10-20 feet. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z9.

Succulent: Evergreen. Drought & deer tolerant. Native to South Africa. Received the Royal Horticulture Society's Award of Merit in 2002. Rosettes of gray triangular leaves build on each other to form a clump about 1 foot tall. Each rosette grows to about 3 inches wide & has white spines along the margins. Bloom time: spring & fall. Bloom color: orange. Height: 1-2 feet. Spread: 1-2 feet. Exposure: full sun. Water: dry. USDA Z9.

Perennial: Evergreen. Drought & deer tolerant. Native to Madagascar. Attracts hummingbirds. Showy flowers. Great xeriscape plant. Use in borders and containers. Bloom time: summer. Color: pink. Height: 10 inches. Width: 10 inches. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z9-10.

Perennial: It may grow as a large multistemmed succulent shrub or as a small tree. Gray colored stems with a fan-like cluster arrangement of flat blue-gray 12 inch long leaves. Clusters of tubular orange- red flowers in late winter to early spring. Exposure: sun. Water: moderate. Height: 4-8'. Width: 4-6'. Hardy to about 23 degrees.

Perennial: Evergreen. Tolerates deer and drought. It has a unique spiraling growth habit where the leaves create the perfect spiral either clockwise or anti-clockwise. The gray-green leaves have white to pale-green spines along the edges. Border, bed, rock garden and container plant. Sporadic flowers in spring-summer. Bloom color: salmon-pink. Height: 12 inches. Width: 24 inches. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z9-11.

Perennial: Evergreen. Tolerates drought, deer, heat, pots, rooftops, neglect, & wind. Native to Yemen & Saudi Arabia. One of the most ornamental aloes & is fast growing. Forms a single rosette w/flower stalks that hold unique, fuzzy blooms. Good bed, pot, border, rock garden, xeriscape, & Mediterranean plant. Attracts bees & hummingbirds. Blooms: summer. Color: white. Ht: 1-2 ft. Width: 3-4 ft. Exposure: sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z9.

Succulent: Evergreen. Drought & deer tolerant. Native to South Africa. Foliage is a mixture of light and dark green speckles, rigid salmon pink trim. Bloom time: spring & fall. Bloom color: peachy orange. Height: 1-2 feet. Spread: 8-12". Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: dry. USDA Z9-11.