Acanthus hungaricus
HUNGARIAN BEAR'S BREECHES
- AKA Acanthus balcanus
- Hardier species than Acanthus mollis
- Dark green spiny leaves look similar to a thistle
HEIGHT: 75-100 cm · SPREAD: 50-75 cm
Acanthus mollis
BEAR'S BREECHES
- Pink to white blooms with purple hooded bracts
- Deeply cut glossy leaves
- Makes an excellent cut flower
HEIGHT: 75-125 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Achillea ageratum 'Moon Walker'
YARROW
- Flat-topped clusters
- Medium yellow flowers
- Mid-green, fern-like foliage
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Achillea filipendulina 'Cloth of Gold'
YARROW
- Clusters of yellow blooms on long stems
- Foliage is green and has a fern-like texture
- Excellent cut flower, fresh or dried
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Achillea millefolium
COMMON YARROW
- Flat-topped clusters of white flowers
- Seeds ripen July to September
- Foliage is mid-green and fine-textured
HEIGHT: 45-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Achillea millefolium Cerise Queen ('Kirschkonigin')
YARROW
- A cultivar with masses of flat-topped clusters of cherry-red flowers
- Drought and heat tolerant and likes a well-drained soil
- Good for cut flowers, dried or fresh
HEIGHT: 50-75 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Achillea millefolium 'Mary Anne'
YARROW
- Very hardy perennial that survives in both cold and heat
- Compact, silvery-gray, fern-like foliage
- Flowers are soft yellow and long-lasting
HEIGHT: 30-50 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Achillea millefolium 'Paprika'
YARROW
- Flat-topped clusters of red flowers, centred with yellow
- Flowers fade to light pink and creamy-yellow
- Drought and heat tolerant and likes a well-drained soil
HEIGHT: 50-70 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Achillea millefolium 'Saucy Seduction' (PP20782)
YARROW
- Fuchsia-pink clusters of flowers, centred with white eyes
- Flowers fade to a medium-pink tone
- Excellent cut flower, dried or fresh
HEIGHT: 45-50 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Achillea millefolium 'Strawberry Seduction' (PP18401, COPF)
YARROW
- Strawberry-red clusters of flowers, centred with yellow eyes
- Flowers dry to shades of yellow
- Excellent cut flower, dried or fresh
HEIGHT: 45-50 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Achillea millefolium 'Summer Pastels'
YARROW
- Each plant produces flat-topped clusters of flowers in a wide range of pastel shades
- Fragrant fern-like foliage
- Bloom Time: Early summer until frost
HEIGHT: 50-75 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Achillea millefolium 'Sunny Seduction' (PP20808, COPF)
YARROW
- Intense yellow flowers held in clusters
- Flowers lighten to pastel yellow with age
- Excellent cut flower, dried or fresh
HEIGHT: 45-50 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Achillea millefolium 'Terracotta'
YARROW
- Excellent perennial for dry, hot, sunny gardens
- Salmon-pink flowers turn terracotta-orange with age
- Fragrant silver-green fine foliage
HEIGHT: 75-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Achillea ptarmica 'Peter Cottontail' (PP31756)
SNEEZEWORT
- Low mounding habit
- Large ivory-white flowers
- Lance-shaped dark green leaves with fine-toothed margins
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Achillea ptarmica 'The Pearl'
SNEEZEWORT
- Quick spreading rhizomatous perennial
- Tight button-like double white flowers
- Lance-shaped dark green leaves with fine-toothed margins
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Achillea tomentosa 'Aurea'
YARROW
- Dwarf, carpet-forming cultivar of yarrow, suitable for rock gardens
- Compact fuzzy grey-green foliage
- Yellow flowers
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Achillea x 'Sassy Summer Sunset' (PP31412)
YARROW
- Large flower heads of dark orange blooms that mature to yellow
- Durable and sturdy stems on such a large cultivar
- Long blooming well into fall
HEIGHT: 80-90 cm · SPREAD: 75-80 cm
Acinos alpinus
ALPINE ROCK THYME
- Pink to purple flowers
- Low, trailing, dark green foliage
- Evergreen in mild winters
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Aconitum cammarum 'Eleanora'
MONKSHOOD
- A newer hybrid of monkshood
- White flowers edged with blue
- Dark green, deeply cut foliage
HEIGHT: 75-100 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Aconitum carmichaelii 'Pink Sensation'
MONKSHOOD
- Upright perennial with long, leathery leaves
- Dark green, glossy, deeply cut leaves on strong stems
- Light pink hooded flowers
HEIGHT: 100-120 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Aconitum lamarkii
MONKSHOOD
- Spikes of sulphur-yellow flowers midsummer
- Deeply lobed green leaves
- Easy care perennial
HEIGHT: 75-100 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Aconitum napellus 'Album'
WHITE MONKSHOOD
- Creamy-white, bold spikes of hooded blooms
- Finely divided, dark green foliage
- Upright, towering form for a vertical accent in the perennial garden
HEIGHT: 75-90 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Aconitum x 'Blue Lagoon'
MONKSHOOD
- Medium-sized violet-blue flowers
- Dense, compact branching habit with dark green foliage
- Upright plants with thick, leathery leaves
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Acorus americanus
SWEET FLAG
- Hardy perennial, swamp or bog plant
- Foliage and rhizomes have a sweet citrus scent when bruised or cut
- Wheat-like flowers
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 70-90 cm
Acorus gramineus 'Minimus Aureus'
DWARF GOLDEN SWEET FLAG
- AKA Acorus gramineus 'Pusillus'
- Flowers are green and insignificant
- Dwarf golden cultivar of sweet flag
HEIGHT: 5-10 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Acorus gramineus 'Oborozuki'
GRASSY-LEAVED SWEET FLAG
- Variegated green and golden-yellow grass-like foliage
- Insignificant green flowers
- Evergreen to semi-evergreen foliage
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 10-15 cm
Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'
GOLDEN VARIEGATED SWEET FLAG
- Variegated green and golden-yellow grass-like foliage
- Striking in a water feature or garden
- Insignificant green flowers
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 10-15 cm
Actinidia arguta 'Anna'
HARDY KIWI
- Female
- No peeling needed
- Golden Green fruit
HEIGHT: 4-6 m · SPREAD: 3 m
Actinidia arguta 'Fairchild'
HARDY KIWI
- Male
- No peeling needed
- 1 Male is needed to pollinate 6-8 Females in order to produce fruit
HEIGHT: 4-6 m · SPREAD: 3 m
Actinidia arguta 'Issai'
HARDY KIWI
- White flowers
- Self-fertile female plant
- Edible fruits, 3-4 cm long, in October
HEIGHT: 4-6 m · SPREAD: 6 m
Actinidia kolomikta (female)
HARDY KIWI
- Fragrant white flowers
- Edible fruits, 3 cm in size, in autumn
- Fruit has a smooth green skin, softening when ripe
HEIGHT: 4-6 m · SPREAD: 3 m
Actinidia kolomikta (male)
HARDY KIWI
- Fragrant white flowers
- Dark green ovate leaves, 15 cm long
- Leaves green in spring and change to variegated white and pink in the summer
HEIGHT: 4-6 m · SPREAD: 3 m
Aesculus parviflora
BOTTLEBRUSH BUCKEYE
- Bottlebrush-like spikes of white flowers
- Dark green compound palmate leaves are yellow in the fall
- Noted for being one of the best summer flowering shrubs for shady areas
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 8-9 m
Agapanthus africanus 'Albidus'
LILY OF THE NILE
- Pure white trumpet-like flowers held in clusters
- Clump-forming perennial with bright green foliage
- Strap-like leaves with erect flower stems
HEIGHT: 30-90 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Agapanthus africanus 'Blue Triumphator'
LILY OF THE NILE
- Medium-blue trumpet-like flowers
- Clump forming perennial with bright green foliage
- Strap-like leaves with erect flower stems
HEIGHT: 40-100 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Agapanthus africanus 'Peter Pan'
LILY OF THE NILE
- Light blue trumpet-like flowers in round-topped clusters
- Flowers less dense, but more plentiful than other cultivars
- Clump-forming perennial with bright green grass-like foliage
HEIGHT: 15-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Agapanthus x Twister ('AMBIC001') (PP25519, CPBRAF)
TWISTER LILY OF THE NILE
- Striking large bicoloured umbels
- Cream to white buds have a hint of violet-blue at their bases
- Flowers open to pure white with a dark violet-blue base
HEIGHT: 60-70 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Agapanthus x 'Back in Black' (PP16244)
LILY OF THE NILE
- Dark purple trumpet-like flowers
- Clump-forming perennial with bright green foliage
- Strap-like leaves with erect black stems
HEIGHT: 30-90 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Agapanthus x 'Galaxy Blue' (PP31421)
LILY OF THE NILE
- Big clusters of dark blue flowers rise on erect stems above strap-like leaves
- Clump-forming perennial with bright semi-evergreen foliage
- Attracts butterflies
HEIGHT: 40-100 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Agapanthus x 'Galaxy White' (PPAF)
LILY OF THE NILE
- Big clusters of white flowers rise on erect stems above strap-like leaves
- Clump-forming perennial with bright semi-evergreen foliage
- Attracts butterflies
HEIGHT: 40-100 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Agastache foeniculum
ANISE HYSSOP
- AKA Agastache anethiodora, Agastache anisata
- Tall upright clumping perennial
- Dense spikes of lavender-purple flowers with violet bracts
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 70-90 cm
Agastache foeniculum 'Blue Fortune'
ANISE HYSSOP
- Spikes of long-lasting (edible) blue flowers
- Licorice-scented (edible) green leaves
- Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Agastache rugosa 'Golden Jubilee'
GOLDEN JUBILEE HYSSOP
- Spikes of fragrant blue flowers
- Deadheading will prolong the flowering time
- Chartreuse coleus-like foliage
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Agastache scrophulariaefolia
PURPLE GIANT HYSSOP
- Strong, tall central stems
- Blooms are pale purple and open slowly over a period of weeks
- They are nectar-rich, which makes them highly attractive to pollinators
HEIGHT: 125-175 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Agastache x Beelicious® Pink ('Agapk') (PP35,957)
BEELICIOUS® PINK HYSSOP
- Loads of pink flowers with magenta calyxes
- Showy long after flowering, because of the calyxes
- Compact rounded habit
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 45-55 cm
Agastache x 'Black Adder'
HYSSOP
- Dark purple-black buds open to violet-blue flowers
- Upright, clump forming habit
- Licorice-scented foliage
HEIGHT: 90-120 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Agastache x 'Blue Boa' (PP24050, COPF)
HYSSOP
- Deep violet-blue spikes over green foliage
- Flowers are long, wide, and extremely showy
- Drought tolerant when established
HEIGHT: 45-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Agastache x 'Cotton Candy' (PP20991, COPF)
HUMMINGBIRD MINT
- Dense upright spikes of pink flowers
- Green foliage with a low branching habit
- Easy and vigorous grower
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Agastache x 'Rosie Posie' (PP25857, COPF)
ANISE HYSSOP
- Loads of hot pink flowers with magenta calyxes
- Showy long after flowering, because of the calyxes
- Compact rounded habit
HEIGHT: 45-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Alcea rosea 'Blacknight'
HOLLYHOCK
- Deep blackish-purple single flowers on tall sturdy stalks
- Vigorous upright perennial
- Rounded hairy light green foliage
HEIGHT: 150-170 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Alcea rosea 'Blush'
HOLLYHOCK
- Two-toned large single flowers
- White flowers with contrasting deep pink centre halos on tall, sturdy stalks
- Vigorous upright perennial
HEIGHT: 150-170 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Alcea rosea 'Cerise'
HOLLYHOCK
- Two-toned large single flowers
- Pink flowers with a contrasting deep purple centre halo on tall, sturdy stalks
- Vigorous upright perennial
HEIGHT: 150-170 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Alcea rosea 'Fiesta Time'
HOLLYHOCK
- Shorter and more compact selection
- Two-toned large double flowers
- Cerise-pink flowers with soft pink ruffled edges on sturdy stalks
HEIGHT: 80-90 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Alcea rosea 'Lavender'
HOLLYHOCK
- Bushy clump of downy green foliage
- Tall spikes holding large lavender flowers with pink halos
- Stunning flowers with contrasting halo in centre
HEIGHT: 150-190 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Alcea rosea 'Mars Magic'
MARS MAGIC HOLLYHOCK
- Single vibrant red flowers stand high above green foliage
- Juglone Tolerant
- Blooms from mid-late summer
HEIGHT: 150-180 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Alcea rosea 'Radiant Rose'
RADIANT ROSE HOLLYHOCK
- Single pink rose flowers stand high above green foliage
- Perennial not biennial
- Juglone tolerant
HEIGHT: 150-180 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Alcea rosea 'Sunshine'
SUNSHINE HOLLYHOCK
- Single bright yellow flowers on sturdy stalks
- Blooms Mid-Late Summer
- Juglone Tolerant
HEIGHT: 150-180 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Alchemilla erythropoda
DWARF LADY'S MANTLE
- Sharp-toothed downy gray-green leaves
- Yellow flowers
- Good replacement for the common lady's mantle (much more compact)
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Alchemilla mollis
LADY'S MANTLE
- Mound-shaped habit with scalloped gray-green leaves
- Lime-green starry flower clusters
- Can be used as a ground cover or border plant
HEIGHT: 30-45 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 m
Alisma plantago-aquatica
BROADLEAF WATER PLANTAIN
- Airy, white flowers
- Clump-forming perennial with hairless plantain-like foliage emerging in early spring
- Foliage stands 60 cm above the waterline
HEIGHT: 60-70 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Allium amplectens 'Graceful Beauty'
NARROW-LEAF ONION
- Little white florets form a sphere
- Fine-textured gray-green grass-like foliage
- Bloom Time: Late spring to summer
HEIGHT: 30-35 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Allium cernuum
NODDING ONION
- Best described as a dangling cyme of little florets
- Flowers are commonly pink and sometimes white
- Flowers mature into fruit opening to show glossy dark seeds
HEIGHT: 45-60 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Allium x 'Millenium'
ORNAMENTAL ONION
- Pink-purple, globe-shaped flowers of multiple florets
- Upright clump of glossy, grass-like foliage
- Compact habit
HEIGHT: 40-45 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Allium x 'sphaerocephalon'
ORNAMENTAL ONION
- Pink-purple, globe-shaped flowers of multiple florets
- Upright clump of glossy, grass-like foliage
- Compact habit
HEIGHT: 60 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Alstroemeria Inca Ice™ ('Koice')
INCA ICE™ PERUVIAN LILY
- Alternating petals of apricot pink and creamy yellow with brown speckling
- Small funnel-shaped exotic lily-like flowers
- Upright clump of green lance-shaped leaves
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 75-80 cm
Alstroemeria Inca Joli™ ('Koncajoli') (PP22267)
INCA JOLI™ PERUVIAN LILY
- Compact habit
- Vibrant orange-red flowers with a splash of gold and dark streaks in the centre
- Small funnel-shaped exotic lily-like flowers
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Alstroemeria 'Sweet Laura' (PP10030)
PERUVIAN LILY
- Fragrant yellow flowers tinged with reddish-orange tips and cinnamon specks
- Small funnel-shaped exotic lily-like flowers
- Low mound of green lance-shaped leaves
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Ammophila breviligulata
AMERICAN BEACH GRASS
- Long narrow soft-textured golden-tan flower spikes
- Gray-green leaf blades are narrow with extremely sharp tips
- This is a great low-maintenance grass for erosion control
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
PORCELAIN BERRY
- Dark green leaves with three to five varied lobes, some resembling the native grape leaf
- Insignificant tiny green flowers
- Colourful berries, from white to pink to blue
HEIGHT: 200-600 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata 'Elegans'
VARIEGATED PORCELAIN BERRY
- Insignificant tiny green flowers
- Porcelain-blue berries follow
- Dark green leaves with three-five lobes are mottled with pink and white
HEIGHT: 6 m · SPREAD: 1 m
Anacyclus depressus
MOUNT ATLAS DAISY
- Little white daisies with a yellow eye and red underside
- Fern-like gray-green foliage from spring to fall
- Best used in the rock garden or in small cracks along walkways
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Anaphalis margaritacea
PEARLY EVERLASTING
- Small white button-like flowers with yellow centres
- Forms a bushy mound of hairy silver-gray foliage
- Often found along roadsides and in disturbed areas
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 30-60 cm
Anchusa azurea 'Loddon Royalist'
ITALIAN BUGLOSS
- Short stems of royal-blue bell-shaped flowers
- Upright stems of downy light green foliage
- Deer and rabbit resistant
HEIGHT: 80-90 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Anethum graveolens
DILL
- AKA Peucedanum graveolens
- Dill leaves are harvested just before flowers form and only the top half of the plant should be gathered
- Tall blue-green feathery stalks produce clusters of tiny yellow flowers
HEIGHT: 75-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Anthemis tinctoria 'Kelwayi'
GOLDEN MARGUERITE
- An abundance of yellow daisy-like flowers
- Deeply cut lacy foliage
- Good cut flower, fresh or dried
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Anthyllis vulneraria var. coccinea
RED LADY'S-FINGERS
- Easy to grow rock garden plant
- Low trailing, gray-green foliage
- Unique flowers in orange and red shades
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Woodside Strain'
COLUMBINE
- Dark green foliage has splashes of yellow throughout the leaf
- Comes in a variety of colours which include red, blue, pink and white
- Excellent cut flower
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Aquilegia x 'Green Apples'
CLEMATIS-FLOWERED COLUMBINE
- Cultivar of clematiflora
- Lime-green buds form mid-spring
- Clusters of double clematis-like creamy-white flowers
HEIGHT: 50-75 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Aralia cordata 'Sun King'
GOLDEN JAPANESE SPIKENARD
- Tiny white flowers
- Deep purplish-black inedible berries
- Bright gold leaves are held on contrasting reddish-brown stems
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Aralia racemosa
AMERICAN SPIKENARD
- Smooth purple-black stems each hold few leaves
- Huge compound leaves on this herbaceous perennial
- Thick spikes of small green-white flowers beginning in June lead to clusters of green berries turning
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Arctanthemum arcticum
ARCTIC DAISY
- AKA Chrysanthemum arcticum
- Florets are white, often tinged pink, with a yellow centre
- Suitable for rock gardens or borders
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Arrhenatherum elatius bulbosum 'Variegatum'
TUBER OAT GRASS
- Grass forms a low mound of soft narrow foliage
- Leaf blades are almost completely white with a central thin stripe of green
- Excellent contrasting plant in the garden with spring bulbs
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Artemisia schmidtiana Silvermound ('Nana')
SILVERMOUND WORMWOOD
- A mounding perennial grown for its all-season silvery-gray foliage
- Insignificant white flowers
- Great foliage plant, suitable for the front border, rock garden or massed as a ground cover
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Aruncus aethusifolius
DWARF GOAT'S BEARD
- A dwarf species of aruncus
- Low mound of fern-like foliage
- Short stems of creamy-white flowers
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'
CINDERELLA SWAMP MILKWEED
- Rose pink flowers
- Bloom time Midsummer-Fall
- Clumping perennial by small rhizomes
HEIGHT: 90-150 cm · SPREAD: 30-90 cm
Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet'
MILKWEED
- Vanilla-scented white flowers are followed by attractive seed pods
- Food source for Monarch butterflies
- Commonly found in swamps or wetland landscapes
HEIGHT: 90-120 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Asclepias syriaca
COMMON MILKWEED
- Pinkish-purple flowers
- Attractive seed pods remain when flowers finish
- Naturally found in open fields and along roadsides
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Asclepias tuberosa
BUTTERFLY MILKWEED
- Round clusters of orange flowers
- Attractive seed heads appear when flowers finish
- Food source for Monarch butterflies
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow'
BUTTERFLY MILKWEED
- Yellow flowers
- Attractive seed heads appear when flowers finish
- Cultivar of the native Asclepias tuberosa
HEIGHT: 45-70 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Asclepias verticillata
WHORLED MILKWEED
- Narrow whorled green foliage
- Sweet-scented greenish-white flowers
- Thin seed pods are left when flowers finish
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Aster alpinus Dunkle Shone ('Dark Beauty')
ALPINE ASTER
- Low-growing ground cover with green foliage
- Violet-blue flowers
- Short-lived perennial, sustaining itself through self-seeding
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Aster alpinus var. vierhapperi
ALPINE ASTER
- AKA Aster culminis
- Low-growing ground cover with green foliage
- Pale to dark purple flowers
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Aster laevis
SMOOTH ASTER
- AKA Symphyotrichum laeve
- Extremely hardy
- Lavender to light blue flowers appear on hairless stems
HEIGHT: 60-100 cm · SPREAD: 30-60 cm
Aster umbellatus
FLAT-TOPPED ASTER, PARASOL WHITETOP
- AKA Doellingeria umbellata
- Flat-topped cluster of small white flowers
- Flowers appear earlier than most aster
HEIGHT: 100-175 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Aster x frikartii 'Monch'
ASTER
- Masses of lavender-blue flowers
- Excellent resistance to powdery mildew
- Good cut flower
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 60-75 cm
Astilbe arendsii Color Flash® ('Beauty of Ernst') (PP17343)
COLOR FLASH® ASTILBE
- Feathery blush-pink plumes
- Brilliant electric-green foliage emerges in early spring
- Foliage turns burgundy through the summer
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Astilbe arendsii 'Bumalda'
FALSE SPIREA
- Full, white plumes age to soft pink as the flower matures
- Contrasting deep red stems
- Deep green glossy foliage with burgundy-tinged undertones
HEIGHT: 40-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Astilbe arendsii 'Chocolate Shogun' (PP26430)
FALSE SPIREA
- AKA Astilbe thunbergii 'Chocolate Shogun'
- Spikes of soft pink blooms
- Dark chocolate-purple foliage
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Astilbe arendsii 'Erica'
FALSE SPIREA
- 'Erica' has tall, narrow, upright, rose-pink plumes
- Fern-like leaves emerge red to bronze, maturing to a deep green
- Bloom Time: Midsummer
HEIGHT: 50-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Astilbe arendsii Glow ('Glut')
FALSE SPIREA
- Narrow spikes of dark red buds open to deep red flowers
- Foliage emerges bronzy-red and matures to deep green with burgundy highlights
- Excellent perennial when used in mass
HEIGHT: 50-80 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Astilbe arendsii 'Nikki'
FALSE SPIREA
- Two-toned plumes of both light and dark pink are held on sturdy stems
- Foliage is deep green and compact
- Bloom Time: June to July
HEIGHT: 60-70 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Astilbe chinensis 'Diamonds and Pearls' (PP19092, COPF)
FALSE SPIREA
- Vibrant green buds open to robust silvery-white plumes
- Plumes fade to a lime-green
- Deep green foliage
HEIGHT: 40-75 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Astilbe chinensis 'Little Vision in Pink' (PP21886, CPBR4611)
FALSE SPIREA
- Sturdy upright stems of dense intense pink flowers
- Compact, rich green foliage
- Excellent astilbe for the front border or container
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Astilbe chinensis 'Vision in Pink' (PP11860, CPBR1333)
FALSE SPIREA
- Long-lasting, pale pink
- Flowers fade to green rather than brown when finished, and remain attractive throughout the fall
- Lacy foliage is compact, dense, and dark green with a hint of blue
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Astilbe chinensis 'Vision in Red' (PP11965, CPBR1334)
FALSE SPIREA
- Deep red buds open to pinkish-red flowers on sturdy red stems
- Compact mound of fern-like, bronze-dark green foliage
- Chinese astilbe are generally more sun-tolerant and require less water
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Astilbe chinensis 'Vision Volcano'
FALSE SPIREA
- Deep red buds open to dark maroon flowers on sturdy red stems
- Compact mound of fern-like, bronze-dark green foliage
- Chinese astilbe are generally more sun-tolerant and require less water
HEIGHT: 65-70 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Astilbe chinensis 'Visions'
FALSE SPIREA
- Rose-mauve flowers
- Compact clumps of lacy dark green foliage
- Chinese astilbe are generally more sun-tolerant and require less water
HEIGHT: 25-45 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Astilbe crispa 'Perkeo'
FALSE SPIREA
- Shorts spikes of pink flowers
- Deep green, crispy foliage is very unique
- Remains tight and compact throughout the season
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 20-25 cm
Astilbe simplicifolia 'Hennie Graafland'
DWARF ASTILBE
- Taller version of Astilbe 'Sprite' but still quite dwarf
- Arching stems of delicate, shell-pink flowers
- Fine-textured, shiny, dark green foliage
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Astilbe simplicifolia 'Key West' (PPAF)
DWARF ASTILBE
- Red buds open to carmine-pink plumes on red stems may rebloom
- Foliage emerges red, then turns deep green with a red edge
- Produces twice as many blooms as others within the simplicifolia group
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Astilbe simplicifolia 'Sprite'
DWARF ASTILBE
- Foliage is glossy, dark green and finely textured over a dense mound
- Lovely, shell-pink flowers in open, drooping panicles
- Rust-colored seed heads are particularly outstanding
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Astilbe thunbergii Ostrich Plume ('Straussenfeder')
OSTRICH PLUME FALSE SPIREA
- Long, arching plumes of salmon-rose
- Sharply toothed, rich green foliage
- Taller selection than most astilbe
HEIGHT: 55-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Astilbe x 'Amber Moon' (PPAF)
FALSE SPIREA
- Long stems with pink plumes
- Lacy, chartreuse-coloured foliage with a tinge of red
- Foliage greens a little by late summer
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 55-70 cm
Astilbe x 'Bressingham Beauty'
FALSE SPIREA
- Tall, arching plumes of salmon-rose flowers
- Sharply toothed, rich green foliage
- Taller selection than most astilbe
HEIGHT: 65-70 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Astilbe x 'Dark Side of the Moon'
FALSE SPIREA DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
- Spikes of Purple blooms
- Dark chocolate-purple/brown foliage
- Bloom Time: June to July
HEIGHT: 50-55 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Astilbe x 'Delft Lace' (PP19839, COPF)
FALSE SPIREA
- Deep red buds open to plumes of apricot-pink flowers
- Flowers are held on deep red stems
- Lacy, blue-green foliage with red highlights
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Astilbe x 'Fireberry' (PP20658)
FALSE SPIREA
- Vibrant, triangular-shaped, raspberry-pink plumes
- Dwarf, compact, mid-green foliage
- Bloom Time: July to August
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Astilbe x 'Sugarberry' (PP20674)
FALSE SPIREA
- Triangular plumes of soft pink
- Compact dense clumps of dark green foliage
- Excellent for the front border
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Astilbe x Younique Carmine™ ('Verscarmine') (PP20324)
YOUNIQUE CARMINE™ ASTILBE
- Upright, fuchsia-pink plumes
- Very floriferous and fragrant
- A more compact and rounded habit than other astilbe
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Astilbe x Younique Lilac™ ('Verslilac') (PP19847)
YOUNIQUE LILAC™ ASTILBE
- Upright, mauve-lilac plumes
- Very floriferous and fragrant
- More compact and rounded habit than other astilbe
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Astilbe x Younique Silvery Pink™ ('Verssilverypink') (PP20656)
YOUNIQUE SILVERY PINK™ ASTILBE
- Upright, silvery-pink plumes
- Very floriferous and fragrant
- More compact and rounded habit than other astilbe
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Astilbe x Younique White™ ('Verswhite') (PP19845)
YOUNIQUE WHITE™ ASTILBE
- Upright, ivory-white plumes
- Very floriferous and fragrant
- Compact, mounding habit
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Astilboides tabularis
SHIELDLEAF RODGERSIA
- AKA Rodgersia tabularis
- Panicles of creamy-white flowers resemble astilbe
- Specimen-sized leaves, up to 90 cm across
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Astrantia major
MASTERWORT
- Flowers are a subtle combination of soft pink, green and white
- Excellent cut flower, fresh or dried
- Lobed leaves form a tight mound of bright green
HEIGHT: 50-70 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Astrantia major 'Roma' (PP11470, CPBR1332)
MASTERWORT
- Silvery-pink, pincushion-like flowers are surrounded by a ruff of greenish, wine-red bracts
- Excellent cut flower, fresh or dried
- Three to seven, lobed leaves form a tight mound of bright green
HEIGHT: 60-70 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Astrantia major 'Ruby Wedding'
HATTIE'S PINCUSHION
- Dark wine-red flowers
- Red tinted stems and leaves
- Excellent cut flower, fresh or dried
HEIGHT: 60-75 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Astrantia major 'Star of Billion' (PP20352)
MASTERWORT
- White-centered, pincushion-like flowers are surrounded by green-tipped, white bracts
- Vigorous grower in a woodland border
- Lobed leaves form a tight mound of bright green foliage
HEIGHT: 55-65 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Astrantia major 'Star of Fire' (PP20284)
MASTERWORT
- White-centered, pincushion-like flowers are surrounded by burgundy bracts
- Flowers rise on dark stems
- Lobed leaves form a tight mound of bright green foliage
HEIGHT: 60-70 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Astrantia x 'Moulin Rouge' (PP16549)
MASTERWORT
- Tall, wiry stems carry the dark red, star-like flowers with purple-red tips
- Excellent cut flower, fresh or dried
- Lobed leaves form a tight mound of bright green
HEIGHT: 40-45 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Aubrieta x 'Hendersonnii'
ROCK CRESS
- Mat-forming perennial with lilac-purple flowers
- Tiny four-petaled flowers above dull gray-green foliage
- Well suited for rock walls or rock gardens
HEIGHT: 8-15 cm · SPREAD: 20-50 cm
Azalea 'Weston's Popsicle'
WESTON'S POPSICLE AZALEA
- Clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers cover the plant
- Flowers are dainty in pink with an orange eye
- Medium green leaves turn coppery-yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Bellis perennis 'Pomponette'
ENGLISH DAISY
- A compact habit with small, button-like flowers in shades of pink, white, and red
- Flowers have quilled petals
- Plants are biennial, usually lasting one season
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Blackberry 'Triple Crown'
THORNLESS BLACKBERRY
- Rubus fruticosus 'Triple Crown'
- Large deep blue to black berries
- Juicy sweet flavour, firm texture
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Bouteloua curtipendula
SIDE OATS GRAMA
- AKA Bouteloua racemosa
- Dense with slightly arching light green blades maturing gold and sometimes red
- Purplish flowers
HEIGHT: 40-100 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Bouteloua gracilis
BLUE GRAMA
- AKA Bouteloua oligostachya
- Dense with slightly arching grey-green blades maturing purple, then light brown
- Purplish flowers
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition' (PP22048)
BLUE GRAMA
- Low tuft of fine-textured blue-green leaves
- Chartreuse flowers age to blonde
- Seed stems produce seeds late summer, at right angles to the stems
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Buchloe dactyloides
BUFFALO GRASS
- A.K.A. Bouteloua dactyloides
- Clumps of light green stems hold either arching leaves or seeds
- Plants are male and female
HEIGHT: 15-40 cm · SPREAD: 25-45 cm
Buddleia Flutterby Grande® Vanilla ('Podaras #1') (PP22080)
VANILLA
- Long upright panicles of fragrant creamy-white florets
- Arching branches display gray-green leaves
- Attractive to butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Buddleia Flutterby Petite® Dark Pink ('Podaras #10') (PP22066)
DARK PINK
- Panicles of fragrant, dark pink florets
- Small, deep green leaves
- Dense and well-branched, it blooms more uniformly and steadily than other cultivars
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Buddleia Flutterby Petite® Tutti Fruiti Pink ('Podaras #13') (PP22177)
BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Bright, fuchsia-pink blooms
- Scented, green foliage
- Heat and drought tolerant once established
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Buddleia Flutterby Grande® Blueberry Cobbler ('Podaras #4') (PP22109)
BLUEBERRY COBBLER BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Long, upright panicles of grey-blue florets fade to yellow-orange
- Arching branches display gray-green leaves
- Attractive to butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Buddleia Flutterby Grande® Peach Cobbler ('Podaras #5') (PP22144)
BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Long, drooping panicles of peach-pink florets fade to yellow-orange
- Arching branches display silvery-green leaves
- Attractive to butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Buddleia Flutterby® Peace ('Podaras #6') (PP22142)
BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Short, upright panicles of light purple florets
- Arching branches display green leaves
- Attractive to butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Buddleia Flutterby Petite® Blue Heaven ('Podaras #8') (PP22069)
BLUE HEAVEN BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Panicles of blue florets
- Gorgeous silver, fuzzy foliage
- Attractive to butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Buddleia Flutterby® Pink ('Podaras #9') (PP#22065)
BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Pink, sturdy flowers point upright on the plant for a unique display
- Arching branches display gray-green leaves
- Attractive to butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Buddleia davidii 'Black Knight'
BLACK KNIGHT BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Long, upright panicles of fragrant, deep purple florets
- Arching branches display gray-green leaves
- Attractive to butterflies
HEIGHT: 150-200 cm · SPREAD: 120-150 cm
Buddleia davidii 'Ellen's Blue'
ELLEN'S BLUE BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Long, upright panicles of fragrant, true blue florets
- Arching branches display gray-green leaves
- Attractive to butterflies
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 120-150 cm
Buddleia davidii 'Harlequin'
HARLEQUIN BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Long, upright panicles of fragrant, red-purple florets
- Arching branches display variegated cream and green leaves
- Attractive to butterflies
HEIGHT: 150-200 cm · SPREAD: 120-150 cm
Buddleia davidii 'Ile de France'
BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Long, upright panicles of fragrant, blue florets, change to pink
- Arching branches display gray-green leaves
- Attractive to butterflies
HEIGHT: 150-200 cm · SPREAD: 120-150 cm
Buddleia davidii 'Pink Delight'
PINK DELIGHT BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Long, upright panicles of fragrant, bright pink florets
- Arching branches display gray-green leaves
- Attractive to butterflies
HEIGHT: 150-200 cm · SPREAD: 120-150 cm
Buddleia davidii 'Royal Red'
ROYAL RED BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Long, upright panicles of fragrant, purple-red florets
- Arching branches display gray-green leaves
- Attractive to butterflies
HEIGHT: 150-200 cm · SPREAD: 120-150 cm
Buddleia davidii 'Santana' (PP12838)
SANTANA BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Long, upright panicles of fragrant, purple-red florets
- Arching branches display variegated yellow and green leaves
- Attractive to butterflies
HEIGHT: 150-200 cm · SPREAD: 120-150 cm
Buddleia davidii 'White Profusion'
WHITE PROFUSION BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Long, upright panicles of fragrant, white florets
- Arching branches display gray-green leaves
- Attractive to butterflies
HEIGHT: 150-200 cm · SPREAD: 120-150 cm
Buddleia x Lo & Behold®Blue Chip ('Blue Chip') (PP19991, CPBR3602)
BLUE CHIP BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- Panicles of fragrant, blue florets are smaller than the species
- Arching branches display silvery-green leaves
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Buddleia x Lo & Behold®Blue Chip Jr. ('Blue Chip Jr.') (PP26581)
BLUE CHIP JR. BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- More compact than Blue Chip
- Panicles of fragrant, purple-blue florets
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Buddleia x Lo & Behold® Ice Chip ('Ice Chip') (PP24025, CPBR4664)
ICE CHIP BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- Panicles of white blooms
- Arching branches display gray-green leaves
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Buddleia x Lo & Behold® Pink Micro Chip ('Pink Micro Chip') (PP26547, CPBRAF)
PINK MICRO CHIP BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- Panicles of pink blooms
- Arching branches display gray-green leaves
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Buddleia x Birthday Cake™ ('PODvb3-30') (USPPAF, CPBRAF)
BIRTHDAY CAKE™ BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Fragrant rich deep-pink flowers
- Upright branches display gray-green leaves
- Attractive to butterflies
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Buddleia x Blueberry Pie™ ('PODvb9-15') (USPPAF, CPBRAF)
BLUEBERRY PIE™ BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Compact, dwarf habit
- Fragrant blue purple flower spikes appear summer to fall
- Long blooming
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Buddleia x Pugster Pinker® ('SMNBDB') (USPP 33,565, Can PBRAF)
PUGSTER PINKER® BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Proven Winners®
- Compact selection
- Large panicles of rich pink flowers with a tiny orange eye in the centre
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Buddleia x Pugster Blue® ('SMNBDBT') (PP28794)
PUGSTER BLUE® BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- Compact selection
- Large panicles of true-blue flowers with a tiny orange eye in the centre
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Buddleia x Lo & Behold® Ruby Chip ('SMNBDD') (PPAF, CPBRAF)
RUBY CHIP BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- Panicles of red-pink blooms
- Arching branches display gray-green leaves
HEIGHT: 50-55 cm · SPREAD: 50-55 cm
Buddleia x Pugster Amethyst® ('SMNBDL') (USPP 30,236, Can PBRAF)
PUGSTER AMETHYST® BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Proven Winners®
- Compact selection
- Large panicles of amethyst toned flowers with a tiny orange eye in the centre
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Buddleia x weyeriana 'Bicolor'
BICOLOR BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Long, upright panicles of fragrant florets of yellow and raspberry
- Arching branches display gray-green leaves
- Attractive to butterflies
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 150-175 cm
Buddleia x weyeriana 'Honeycomb'
BUTTERFLY BUSH
- Long, upright panicles of fragrant, creamy-yellow florets
- Arching branches display gray-green leaves
- Attractive to butterflies
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Avalanche'
VARIEGATED FEATHER REED GRASS
- This grass has a slightly arching upright habit and forms a tight clump
- Leaf blades have a central white stripe, bordered by green
- Sterile flower plumes emerge light pink changing to a golden tan
HEIGHT: 90-125 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Eldorado' (PP16486, COPF)
FEATHER REED GRASS
- This grass has a slightly arching upright habit and forms a tight clump
- Narrow leaf blades have a central bright gold stripe, bordered by green
- Sterile flower plumes emerge light purple changing to a golden-tan
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Hello Spring™'
VARIEGATED FEATHER REED GRASS
- This grass has a mounding upright habit
- Narrow leaf blades have a defined white edge
- Sterile flower plumes emerge white changing to a golden-tan
HEIGHT: 90-120 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
FEATHER REED GRASS
- An upright habit, forming a tight clump of deep green foliage
- Sterile flower plumes emerge purple-red, changing to a golden-tan
- Foliage and flowers dry and persist through the fall and winter
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Lightning Strike™'
VARIEGATED FEATHER REED GRASS
- This grass has a mounding upright habit
- Leaf blades have a bold white central stripe and green edge
- Sterile flower plumes emerge green, changing to pink and purple, then maturing a golden-tan
HEIGHT: 90-100 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Overdam'
VARIEGATED FEATHER REED GRASS
- This grass has a slightly arching, upright habit and forms a tight clump
- Narrow leaf blades are variegated creamy-white and green
- Sterile flower plumes emerge light pink changing to a golden-tan
HEIGHT: 80-125 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Calamagrostis canadensis
CANADA BLUEJOINT
- This grass has a slightly arching upright habit
- Spreads more quickly than other calamagrostis species
- Leaves are rough with tiny hairs and bluish-green in colour
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 80-120 cm
Calamintha nepeta ssp. glandulosa 'White Cloud'
LESSER CALAMINT
- Airy racemes of tiny, white-lipped blooms
- Small, bushy perennial that is delicate looking but wiry
- An alternative to Baby's Breath
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-60 cm
Calamintha nepeta subs. nepeta
CALAMINT
- Forms a dense, rhizomatous carpet
- Tiny, lilac to white flowers
- Very fragrant, gray-green foliage
HEIGHT: 30-45 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Calceolaria biflora 'Goldcap'
SLIPPER FLOWER
- AKA Calceolaria plantaginea
- Yellow, "slipper" flowers with red freckles appear on slender stems
- Semi-evergreen, almost succulent, basal leaves remain attractive throughout the season
HEIGHT: 15-25 cm · SPREAD: 20-25 cm
Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii 'Profusion'
BEAUTYBERRY
- Clusters of lavender flowers
- Violet-purple fruit in the fall, persisting until just after leaf drop
- Green leaves emerge bronze in spring, turning purple in the fall
HEIGHT: 150-200 cm · SPREAD: 150-200 cm
Callicarpa dichotoma 'Early Amethyst'
BEAUTYBERRY
- Clusters of lavender-pink flowers
- Violet-purple fruit in the fall persists until just after leaf drop
- Green leaves emerge bronze in the spring, turning to purple in the fall
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Callirhoe involucrata
PURPLE POPPY MALLOW
- Five-petaled cup-shaped magenta flowers with white centres
- Lush green foliage forms a low ground cover
- Behaves like an ivy
HEIGHT: 15-25 cm · SPREAD: 50-80 cm
Campanula americana
TALL BELLFLOWER
- AKA Campanulastrum americanum
- Flat star-shaped five-lobed blue flowers with a white inner circle
- Heart-shaped dark green hairy scalloped leaves
HEIGHT: 90-150 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Campanula carpatica 'Blue Clips'
CARPATHIAN BELLFLOWER
- Blue cup-shaped flowers rise slightly above the foliage
- Upward-facing blooms
- Low compact mounds of sharply toothed bright green basal leaves
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Campanula carpatica 'Pearl Deep Blue'
CARPATHIAN BELLFLOWER
- Vivid blue flowers with lighter centres
- Upward-facing blooms
- Low, compact mounds of sharply toothed, bright green, basal leaves
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Campanula carpatica 'Pearl White'
CARPATHIAN BELLFLOWER
- An improved selection on the older Clips series
- Upward-facing, white blooms
- Low, compact mounds of sharply toothed, bright green, basal leaves
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Campanula carpatica 'White Clips'
CARPATHIAN BELLFLOWER
- White cup-shaped flowers rise slightly above the foliage
- Upward-facing blooms
- Low compact mounds of sharply-toothed bright green basal leaves
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Campanula garganica 'Dickson's Gold'
ADRIATIC BELLFLOWER
- AKA Campanula elatines var. garganica 'Dickson's Gold'
- Profuse clusters of star-shaped, bright blue-violet flowers
- Gold leaves are small and kidney-shaped with a very jagged edge
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 15-30 cm
Campanula glomerata 'Alba'
CLUSTERED BELLFLOWER
- Clusters of white trumpet-shaped flowers form loose globes
- Clusters can have up to 15 flowers each
- Low clumps of large forest-green leaves
HEIGHT: 60-70 cm · SPREAD: 50-70 cm
Campanula glomerata 'Joan Elliot'
CLUSTERED BELLFLOWER
- Clusters of blue trumpet-shaped flowers form loose globes
- Low clumps of large forest-green leaves
- A prolific bloomer
HEIGHT: 40-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-60 cm
Campanula glomerata 'Superba'
CLUSTERED BELLFLOWER
- Clusters of rich purple trumpet-shaped flowers form loose globes
- Clusters can have up to 15 flowers each
- Low clumps of large forest-green leaves
HEIGHT: 60-70 cm · SPREAD: 50-70 cm
Campanula lactiflora 'Loddon Anna'
MILKY BELLFLOWER
- Clusters of soft pink bell-shaped flowers form loose globes on strong stems
- Upright, strong, branching stems
- Toothed oval mid-green leaves, up to 10 cm long
HEIGHT: 90-100 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Campanula lactiflora 'Prichard's Variety'
MILKY BELLFLOWER
- Clusters of violet-blue bell-shaped flowers form loose globes on upright stems
- Upright, strong, branching stems
- Toothed oval mid-green leaves, up to 10 cm long
HEIGHT: 60-75 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Campanula persicifolia 'Blue-Eyed Blonde' (PP19883, COPF)
PEACH-LEAVED BELLFLOWER
- Blue-purple, bell-shaped flowers dangle from spikes rising above the foliage
- Golden foliage is a sharp contrast to the blue flowers
- Bloom Time: July to August
HEIGHT: 40-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Campanula persicifolia 'Takion Blue'
PEACH-LEAVED BELLFLOWER
- Large, open, outward-facing, violet-blue flowers
- Long, narrow, dark green, basal leaves
- Dwarf selection
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Campanula persicifolia 'Takion White'
PEACH-LEAVED BELLFLOWER
- Large, open, outward-facing, white flowers
- Long, narrow, dark green, basal leaves
- Dwarf selection
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Campanula portenschlagiana
DALMATIAN BELLFLOWER
- AKA Campanula muralis
- Deep blue star-shaped flowers rise above the mound of foliage
- Low-growing perennial suitable for front borders or rock gardens
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Campanula poscharskyana
SERBIAN BELLFLOWER
- Lavender-blue, dainty, star-like flowers
- Blooms rise slightly above the foliage
- Low, trailing, ground cover with rounded, toothed, mid-green leaves, up to 5 cm across
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Campanula punctata 'Cherry Bells'
SPOTTED BELLFLOWER
- AKA Campanula nobilis 'Cherry Bells'
- AKA Campanula punctata f. rubriflora 'Cherry Bells'
- Fat, tubular bells of cherry-pink blooms, neatly edged in white, dangle from stems rising above the foliage
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 60-75 cm
Campanula rotundifolia
HAREBELL
- Dainty bell-like light blue flowers held on upright stems
- Buds are upright but flowers nod when open
- Heart-shaped fine-toothed basal green leaves form low clumps
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 20-45 cm
Campanula x 'Pink Octopus' (PP18885, COPF)
BELLFLOWER
- Japanese-lantern-like buds open to pink drooping flowers with narrow petals
- Very floriferous and long blooming
- Compact mounding ground cover with strong deeply-cut oval leaves
HEIGHT: 30-45 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Campsis radicans
TRUMPET VINE
- AKA Bignonia radicans
- Terminal clusters of waxy trumpet-shaped red-orange flowers
- Long bean-like seed pods, 15 cm long, open when ripe
HEIGHT: 7-12 m · SPREAD: 1-3 m
Campsis radicans 'Flamenco'
FLAMENCO TRUMPET VINE
- Terminal clusters of waxy trumpet-shaped red flowers
- Long bean-like seed pods, 15 cm long, open when ripe
- Compound pinnate green leaves, 40 cm long
HEIGHT: 7-12 m · SPREAD: 1-3 m
Campsis radicans 'Flava'
YELLOW TRUMPET VINE
- Terminal clusters of waxy trumpet-shaped butter-yellow flowers
- Long bean-like seed pods, 15 cm long, open when ripe
- Compound pinnate green leaves, 40 cm long
HEIGHT: 8-10 m · SPREAD: 1-3 m
Campsis x tagliabuana 'Mme. Galen'
MME GALEN TRUMPET VINE
- Terminal clusters of waxy trumpet-shaped salmon-red flowers
- Long bean-like seed pods, 15 cm long, open when ripe
- Compound pinnate deep green leaves, 30 cm long
HEIGHT: 4-7 meters · SPREAD: 1-3 m
Carex comosa
BRISTLY SEDGE
- Tuft-forming sedge with an upright cascading habit
- Leaves are green, about 6 mm wide, triangular in cross section
- Seed heads droop downward, in clumps of 2-6 spikelets, up to 8 cm long, May through July
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Carex elata 'Aurea'
BOWLES GOLDEN SEDGE
- AKA Carex stricta 'Aurea'
- Forms a clump of graceful arching fine foliage
- Fine leaf blades are bright golden-yellow with narrow green margins
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Carex lacustris
HAIRY SEDGE
- A.K.A Carex riparia
- Large upright grass with leaves and seeds growing off the same stem
- Stems are bluish-green, triangular in cross section
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Carex platyphylla
SILVER SEDGE
- Upright mounding sedge with inconspicuous seed heads
- Frosty blue semi-evergreen leaves are up to 25 mm wide
- Small green seed heads change to brown in the summer
HEIGHT: 20-50 cm · SPREAD: 40-40 cm
Carex pseudocyperus
CYPRESS SEDGE
- Tuft-forming grass with an upright, cascading habit
- Leaves are yellow-green, about 6 mm wide and triangular in cross section
- Spikes of tiny green or brown flowers
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Carex stipata
AWL FRUITED SEDGE
- Tuft-forming sedge with an upright, cascading habit
- Leaves are green, about 6 mm wide, triangular in cross section
- Brownish-green flower heads look like bushy foxtails
HEIGHT: 90-125 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Carex stricta
TUSSOCK SEDGE
- AKA Carex elata
- Slender upright sedge with leaves and seeds growing off the same stems
- Stems are bluish-green, triangular in cross section
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Carex vulpinoidea
FOX SEDGE
- Slender upright, slightly arching sedge common to Ontario's wetlands
- Stems are bluish-green, triangular in cross-section
- Seed heads, at same height as the leaves, resemble a fox's tail
HEIGHT: 50-90 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Caryopteris x clandonensis Beekeeper™ ('Minigold') (USPPAF, CPBRAF)
BEEKEEPER™ BLUEBEARD
- Dense compact habit
- Blue flower clusters atop vibrant chartreuse foliage
- Foliage fades more green in summer
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Catananche caerulea
CUPID'S DART
- Unique buds open to light blue cornflower-like flowers with dark centres
- Flowers appear on tall, thin stems
- Foliage is made up of linear, gray-green, grass-like leaves
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Ceanothus impressus 'Victoria'
VICTORIA CALIFORNIA LILAC
- Clusters of tiny fragrant light blue flowers
- Semi-evergreen dark green leaves
- Oval-rounded shrub
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Celastrus orbiculatus
ORIENTAL BITTERSWEET
- AKA Celastrus articulatus
- Insignificant small green flowers
- Spherical berries are green when young and ripen to yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 10-18 meters · SPREAD: 7-12 m
Centaurea dealbata
PERSIAN CORNFLOWER
- Unique rosy-pink flowers
- Clumps of deeply-lobed gray-green leaves
- Leaves have a silver underside
HEIGHT: 40-60 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Centaurea montana
BACHELOR'S BUTTON
- Other common names: Mountain Bluet
- Deep blue cornflowers up to 6 cm across, with reddish-blue centres and black-edged bracts
- Clump-forming perennial with gray-green strap-like leaves, up to 20 cm long
HEIGHT: 40-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Centaurea montana 'Amethyst in Snow' (PP18284, COPF)
PERENNIAL BACHELOR'S BUTTON
- Unique buds open to fluted white petals with a deep purple base
- Fuzzy silver-green lance-shaped leaves
- Flowers are good for fresh or dried arrangements
HEIGHT: 40-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Centaurea montana 'Gold Bullion' (PP10865, COPF)
BACHELOR'S BUTTON
- Other common names: Mountain Bluet, Basket flower
- Deep blue cornflowers have reddish-blue centres and black-edged bracts
- Clump-forming perennial with chartreuse-yellow strap-like leaves up to 20 cm long
HEIGHT: 30-45 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Centranthus ruber
RED VALERIAN
- Fragrant carmine-rose star-shaped flower clusters
- Well-branched clumping perennial
- Grayish-green oval to lance-shaped leaves up to 10 cm long
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 50-70 cm
Centranthus ruber 'Albus'
WHITE VALERIAN
- Fragrant star-shaped white flower clusters
- Well-branched clumping perennial
- Oval to lance-shaped grayish-green leaves up to 10 cm long
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
LEADWORT
- AKA Plumbago larpentiae
- Five-petaled blue flowers rise slightly above the foliage
- Glossy oval green leaves on wiry stems spread by underground rhizomes
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Chasmanthium latifolium
NORTHERN SEA OATS
- AKA Uniola latifolia
- Light green pendulous blades held on thin stems turn yellow in fall
- Stems produce delicate pendulous seeds in summer, persisting into the winter
HEIGHT: 75-90 cm · SPREAD: 30-60 cm
Chasmanthium latifolium 'River Mist' (PP20643)
VARIEGATED NORTHERN SEA OATS
- Loose upright clump of blade and seed stems
- Narrow bamboo-like leaves are variegated in bright green and creamy-white
- Stems produce delicate pendulous seeds in late summer, persisting into the winter
HEIGHT: 75-90 cm · SPREAD: 30-60 cm
Chelone lyonii Tiny Tortuga ('Armtipp02') (PP25350)
TINY TORTUGA TURTLEHEAD
- Compact, upright, bushy plant with dark green leaves
- Upright stems of deep pink blooms resemble those of the snapdragon
- Leaves emerge bronze changing to dark green
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Chionanthus virginicus
FRINGETREE
- Showy fringe-like fragrant white flowers
- Clusters of bright blue to purple drupes on female plants in August
- Late to emerge leathery glossy leaves turn golden-yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Chrysanthemum X rubellum 'Clara Curtis'
CHRYSANTHEMUM
- AKA Chrysanthemum zawadskii 'Clara Curtis'
- Large fragrant single pink daisies with a yellow centre
- Fragrant green compact plant
HEIGHT: 60-75 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Chrysopsis villosa
GOLDEN ASTER
- AKA Heterotheca villosa
- Yellow daisy-like flowers with 10-25 petals per flower
- Hairy gray leaves are oblong, occasionally toothed, usually smooth-edged
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Cimicifuga racemosa
BLACK SNAKEROOT
- AKA Actaea racemosa
- Fragrant white bottlebrush-like flowers
- Clump forming perennial with green sharp-toothed leaves
HEIGHT: 100-175 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Clematis Earthquake ('Bieszczady')
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Mid-pink with deeper pink central bars
- Flower Size: 5 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 2-3 m · SPREAD: 1-2 m
Clematis Blue Angel ('Blekinty Aniol')
BLUE ANGEL CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Sky-blue with lighter central bars and greenish-yellow stamens
- The edge of the petal is slightly ruffled
- Flower Size: 12.5 cm
HEIGHT: 2-4 m · SPREAD: 1-2 m
Clematis 'Blue Boy'
SOLITARY CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Steel-blue
- Nodding bell-shaped flowers with yellow stamens
- Flower Size: 6 cm
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Clematis 'Blue Explosion'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Mid-blue flowers with a slight pink hue on the outer petals
- Early flowers are semi-double, but rebloom flowers are single
- Flower Size: 13 cm
HEIGHT: 2-3 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Clematis 'Duchess of Albany'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Lilac-pink margins have a deep rose-pink central bar
- Thick tulip-like flowers point outwards
- Flower Size: 5 cm
HEIGHT: 2-3 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Clematis 'Duchess of Edinburgh'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: White
- Large double white blooms with green shading
- Flower Size: 10 cm
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Clematis My Angel® ('Engelina') (PPAF)
MY ANGEL® GOLDEN CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Bronze underside with a yellow centre
- Abundant solitary bell-shaped flowers leave attractive seedheads
- Flower Size: 3 cm
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Clematis 'Etoile Violette'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Single deep purple
- Short golden stamens in the centre of the flower
- Flower Size: 9 cm
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 1-2 m
Clematis Abilene™ ('Evipo027') (PPAF)
ABILENE™ CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Mid-pink with deeper pink sepal bars deepening
- Flower Size: 5 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 100-120 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Clematis 'Gravetye Beauty'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Deep pink
- Thick tulip-like flowers face outwards
- Flower Size: 5 cm
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Clematis 'Gypsy Queen'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Single rich plum-purple
- Flower Size: 15 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 1-2 m
Clematis 'Jackmanii'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Single deep purple
- Flower Size: 10 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 2-3 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Clematis 'Jackmanii Superba'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Single deep purple flowers
- Flower Size: 13 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 2-4 m · SPREAD: 2-4 m
Clematis 'Lady Betty Balfour'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Single rich purple flower
- Flower Size: 18 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 2-4 m · SPREAD: 1-2 m
Clematis 'Madame Baron Veillard'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Single mauve-lilac with a slightly darker central bar
- Flower Size: 15 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 2-3 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Clematis 'Madame Edouard Andre'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Single red flowers
- Flower Size: 13 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 2-4 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Clematis 'Madame Julia Correvon'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Single wine-red flowers
- Flower Size: 8 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Clematis Volcano ('Mazowsze')
VOLCANO CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Deep velvety-red
- Flower Size: 18 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer and into the fall
HEIGHT: 2-4 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Clematis 'Orchid Blue'
SOLITARY CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Violet-blue
- Nodding solitary terminal fragrant bell-shaped flowers lead to persisting silver seed heads
- Flower Size: 5 cm
HEIGHT: 45-60 cm · SPREAD: 70-80 cm
Clematis Summer Snow ('Paul Farges')
SUMMER SNOW CLEMATIS
- AKA Clematis fargesiodes 'Summer Snow'
- Flower Colour: Delicate white with pale yellow stamens
- Flower Size: 5 cm
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Clematis 'Perrin's Pride'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Rich purple with a different purple central bar
- Flower Size: 15 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 2-3 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Clematis 'Polish Spirit'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Single deep purple with a slightly lighter central bar
- Flower Size: 9 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Clematis 'Prince Charles'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Pale bluish-lavender
- Flower Size: 15 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 2-3 m · SPREAD: 1-2 m
Clematis 'Princess Diana'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Deep pink
- Flower Size: 5 cm
- Bloom Time: Midsummer to mid-fall
HEIGHT: 1-3 m · SPREAD: 1-2 m
Clematis 'Rhapsody'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Indigo-blue flowers intensify with age
- Flower Size: 18 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 2-3 m · SPREAD: 1-2 m
Clematis 'Romantika'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Begin almost black and age to a deep purple
- Flower Size: 18 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 2-3 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Clematis 'Rooguchi'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Plum purple with a lighter purple around the edge
- Flower Size: 8 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 1-2 m · SPREAD: 1-2 m
Clematis Red Cardinal ('Rouge Cardinal')
RED CARDINAL CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Deep raspberry-red
- Flower Size: 13 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer and into the fall
HEIGHT: 2-4 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Clematis 'Star of India'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Purple with a carmine central bar
- Flower Size: 13 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 2-3 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Clematis 'Sweet Summer Love' (PP24044, CPBR5303)
CLEMATIS
- Proven Winners®
- Flower Colour: Cranberry-purple; fragrant
- Flower Size: 3-4 cm
HEIGHT: 3 m · SPREAD: 3 m
Clematis 'Trikatrei'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Deep purple
- Flower Size: 10 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 2-3 m · SPREAD: 1-2 m
Clematis 'Venosa Violacea'
CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Deep purple with a white central bar
- Flower Size: 5 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 2-3 m · SPREAD: 1-2 m
Clematis Princess Kate ('Zoprika') (PP23850)
PRINCESS KATE CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: White blooms with red on the outer side of the petals
- Flower Size: 5 cm
- Bloom Time: Midsummer to mid-fall
HEIGHT: 1-3 m · SPREAD: 1-2 m
Clematis integrifolia
SOLITARY CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Steel-blue; fragrant
- Flower Size: 5 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 45-60 cm · SPREAD: 70-80 cm
Clematis recta Serious Black™ ('Lime Close')
SERIOUS BLACK™ CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Fragrant white flowers in large airy clusters
- Flower Size: 3 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 6 m · SPREAD: 1 m
Clematis recta 'Purpurea'
GROUND CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Fragrant white flowers in large airy clusters
- Flower Size: 3 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 100-115 cm · SPREAD: 70-90 cm
Clematis tangutica
GOLDEN CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Yellow
- Flower Size: 4 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Clematis virginiana
VIRGIN'S BOWER
- Flower Colour: Small white
- Flower Size: 3 cm
- Bloom Time: Late summer to fall
HEIGHT: 4-6 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird'
SUMMERSWEET
- Fragrant white panicles of perfect florets
- Seed heads persist through the winter into the next season
- Late to emerge in spring, lustrous green leaves turn yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Clethra alnifolia Summer Sparkler™ , Einstein™ ('Novacleein') (PP27590)
SUMMER SPARKLER™ SUMMERSWEET
- Formerly named Einstein™
- Long white fragrant panicles of perfect florets
- Stems holding flowers are often twisted and curled from the weight of the blooms
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles'
SUMMERSWEET
- Fragrant white panicles of perfect florets
- Seed heads persist through the winter into the next season
- Late to emerge in spring, lustrous green leaves turn yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Coreopsis auriculata 'Nana'
DWARF TICKSEED
- Golden-yellow flowers
- Slow spreading clumps of lobed, oblong, mid-green leaves, up to 13 cm long
- Bloom Time: Late spring to midsummer
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Coreopsis grandiflora 'Early Sunrise'
TICKSEED
- Semi-double and fully double, orange-yellow flowers
- Lance-shaped, dark-green lower leaves form a compact mound
- Bloom Time: Summer
HEIGHT: 45-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Coreopsis grandiflora 'Heliot'
LARGEFLOWER TICKSEED
- Yellow, daisy-like flowers with red markings at the base of each petal
- A compact plant with mid-green foliage
- Uniform, growth habit
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Coreopsis lanceolata
LANCE-LEAVED TICKSEED
- Daisy-like yellow flowers
- Eight petals with toothed edges surround a central yellow eye
- Narrow lance-shaped leaves, 25 cm long x 5 cm wide
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Coreopsis lanceolata Baby Sun ('Sonnenkind') (COPF)
LANCE-LEAVED TICKSEED
- Single, daisy-like flowers with a golden centre, surrounded by a maroon halo
- Narrow, lance-shaped leaves, up to 25 cm long and 5 cm wide
- Bloom Time: Summer
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Coreopsis lanceolata 'Sterntaler'
LANCE-LEAVED TICKSEED
- Single, daisy-like flowers with a golden centre, surrounded by a maroon halo
- Narrow, lance-shaped leaves, up to 25 cm long and 5 cm wide
- Bloom Time: Early to late summer
HEIGHT: 40-45 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Coreopsis rosea 'American Dream'
TICKSEED
- Flowers are pink-purple daisies with yellow centres
- Low, airy mounds of thin, green leaves
- Great for borders or edging gardens
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Coreopsis rosea 'Heaven's Gate' (PP16016)
TICKSEED
- Pink, daisy-like flowers with a darker ruby-red eye
- Low, airy mounds of thin, green leaves
- Great for borders or edging gardens
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Coreopsis tripteris
TALL COREOPSIS
- Eight, yellow, ray petals surround a brown, central eye
- Thin, hairless, lance-shaped leaves are distributed along the stem
- One of the tallest species of coreopsis
HEIGHT: 125-200 cm · SPREAD: 60-100 cm
Coreopsis verticillata 'Crazy Cayenne' (PPAF)
THREADLEAF TICKSEED
- Vibrant sunset-orange flowers sport a darker yellow centre
- The undersides of the petals are golden-yellow
- Compact green, fine-textured, thread-leaf foliage
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Coreopsis verticillata 'Hot Paprika' (PP28522)
THREADLEAF TICKSEED
- Deep red flowers
- Compact, green, fine-textured, thread-leaf foliage
- Bloom Time: Early to late summer
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam'
THREADLEAF TICKSEED
- Soft yellow flowers with a darker yellow centre
- Fine-textured thread-leaf foliage with an open, airy appearance
- Bloom Time: June to August
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb'
THREADLEAF TICKSEED
- Bright yellow star-shaped flowers with a darker yellow centre, 4 cm wide
- Flowers are abundant
- Delicate thread-like green foliage
HEIGHT: 30-45 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Coreopsis x 'Berry Chiffon' (PPAF)
TICKSEED
- White flowers with a raspberry-red eye
- The raspberry-red eye expands to cover most of the white petals in cooler temperatures
- Narrow, thread-like foliage forms compact mounds
HEIGHT: 30-45 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Coreopsis x 'Daybreak' (PPAF)
TICKSEED
- Compact, dwarf, mounding habit
- Red flowers with yellow-orange tipped petals
- Narrow, threadleaf, dark green foliage
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 30-35 cm
Coreopsis x 'Jethro Tull' (PP18789)
TICKSEED
- Fluted, gold petals with a yellow centre
- Will rebloom in the fall especially if sheared in late August
- Compact mound of green, oblong leaves
HEIGHT: 30-50 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Coreopsis x 'Mercury Rising' (PP24689)
TICKSEED
- Deep velvety red flowers have yellow centres
- Narrow, thread-like foliage forms compact mounds
- Proven to be hardy for Zone 5
HEIGHT: 30-50 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Coreopsis x 'Polaris' (PPAF)
TICKSEED
- Long-lasting, white petals surround honey-coloured eye
- Narrow, thread-like foliage forms compact mounds
- Bloom Time: Midsummer to fall
HEIGHT: 30-50 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Coreopsis x 'Red Elf' (PPAF)
TICKSEED
- Dwarf selection of tickseed
- Similar flowers to 'Mercury Rising'
- Deep velvety-red flowers with yellow centres
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Coreopsis x 'Sienna Sunset' (PP20470)
TICKSEED
- Uniquely coloured flower in tones of salmon, peach and orange
- Flowers lighten as they mature
- Fine, thread-like foliage
HEIGHT: 30-50 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Coreopsis x 'Star Cluster' (PP23035)
TICKSEED
- White petals surround a honey-coloured eye
- During cooler months, purple markings will form at the base of each petal
- Narrow, thread-like foliage forms compact mounds
HEIGHT: 30-50 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Coreopsis x 'Starlight' (PPAF)
TICKSEED
- Dwarf selection
- Especially large flowers
- White blooms with a burgundy, star-shaped eye
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Coreopsis x 'Starstruck' (PP28006)
- Large, red-pink to lavender-pink blooms with white tips and yellow centres
- Dense, deep green, lance-like foliage
- Compact plant
HEIGHT: 30-50 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Cornus alba 'Sibirica Pearls'
REDBARK DOGWOOD
- AKA Swida alba 'Siberica Pearls'
- Tiny yellowish-white flowers in flat-topped clusters
- Abundant clusters of pure white berries in the summer
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Coronilla varia
CROWN VETCH
- AKA Securigera varia
- Perennial herb with sprawling stems along the ground that may reach up to 2 meters
- Pink or pinkish-white flower clusters
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 60-150 cm
Corydalis cheilanthifolia
FERN-LEAF CORYDALIS
- Down-facing yellow tubular flowers on short spikes
- Dusty-purple fern-like foliage matures to blue-green
- Semi-evergreen foliage
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Corydalis flexuosa 'Blue Panda'
BLUE CORYDALIS
- Down-facing sky-blue tubular flowers on short stems
- Dusty-purple fern-like foliage matures to bright green
- Bloom Time: Late spring to midsummer
HEIGHT: 30-35 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Corydalis flexuosa 'Purple Leaf'
PURPLE LEAF CORYDALIS
- Electric-blue down-facing tubular flowers on short stems are infused with purple hues
- Fern-like foliage emerges purple with red markings at the base of the leaf
- Foliage matures to a purplish-green
HEIGHT: 30-35 cm · SPREAD: 20-25 cm
Corydalis lutea
YELLOW CORYDALIS
- AKA Pseudofumaria lutea
- One of the longest-blooming shade plants available
- Yellow tubular flowers
HEIGHT: 30-45 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Cotinus coggygria Golden Spirit ('Ancot') (PP13082, COPF)
GOLDEN SPIRIT SMOKEBUSH
- Small cloud-like pinkish flowers appear above the leaves
- Lime-green leaves emerge late in the spring
- Leaves turn gold then coral, to orange and red in the fall
HEIGHT: 250-300 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'
ROYAL PURPLE SMOKEBUSH
- Long lasting, small, cloud-like, pinkish flowers appear above the leaves
- Rich maroon leaves emerge late in the spring
- Leaves turn a rich red-purple in the fall
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Cotinus coggygria 'Young Lady'
YOUNG LADY SMOKEBUSH
- Even when the plant is young, small, cloud-like clusters of purplish-pink "smoke" appear above the leaves
- Pale green leaves emerge late in the spring
- Leaves turn gold in colour, then orange and red in the fall
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 150-175 cm
Crambe maritima
BLUE SEA KALE
- Although this plant is edible, it is primarily grown for its aesthetic appeal
- Clusters of white flowers are held on sturdy stems
- Leathery, ruffled, blue foliage
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Crataegus crus-galli var. inermis
THORNLESS COCKSPUR HAWTHORN
- Clustered, small, white flowers
- Red fruits in late summer, sometimes persist into the winter
- Glossy, green leaves turn bronze-red-purple in autumn
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Crocosmia x 'Buttercup'
MONBRETIA
- Attractive sprays of open-faced, golden-yellow flowers
- Clumps of upright, mid-green, sword-shaped leaves
- Attracts hummingbirds
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Crocosmia x 'Emberglow'
MONBRETIA
- Exotic, orange-red flowers on arching stems
- Upright, clump forming perennial with sword-shaped leaves
- Attracts hummingbirds
HEIGHT: 80-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Crocosmia x 'Emily McKenzie'
MONBRETIA
- AKA Crocosmia x 'Lady McKenzie'
- Has larger, more open-faced flowers than other cultivars of crocosmia
- Flaming-orange flowers with red centres and yellow throats
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Crocosmia x 'Lucifer'
MONBRETIA
- Robust, bright red flowers on arching stems
- Unique buds look like a snake's head as they emerge
- Clumping, mid-green, sword-like foliage resembles the traditional gladiola
HEIGHT: 90-100 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens
LARGE YELLOW LADY'S SLIPPER
- AKA Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens
- Flowers have showy maroon to dark green petals and a deep yellow, pouch-like lip
- Each plant generally produces only one flower, rarely two
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-35 cm
Cypripedium reginae
SHOWY LADY'S SLIPPER
- AKA Cypripedium album, Cypripedium spectabile
- Flowers are showy, white petals with a rose-pink, pouch-like lip
- Upright foliage of soft, folded, ovate to fan-shaped leaves
HEIGHT: 50-75 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Cyrtanthus elatus
GEORGE LILY, FIRE LILY
- AKA Vallota speciosa, Cyrtanthus purpureus
- Open, trumpet-shaped flowers of scarlet-red, rise 30 cm above the foliage
- Produces up to nine blooms per stem
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Dalea candida
WHITE PRAIRIE CLOVER
- White flowers on clover foliage
- Boomtime: June-September
HEIGHT: 50-70 cm · SPREAD: 30-60 cm
Dalea purpurea
PURPLE PRAIRIE CLOVER
- Purple cone-like flowers
- Attractive seed heads after bloom
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Delosperma cooperi
HARDY ICE PLANT
- Single bright magenta flowers with a white central eye
- Succulent, spreading, green foliage
- Low-maintenance and drought-tolerant
HEIGHT: 5-6 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Delosperma cooperi Jewel of the Desert Grenade ('DSAA13-1') (PP27014)
JEWEL OF THE DESERT GRENADE ICE PLANT
- Starry flowers with orange petals surrounding a bright red centre
- Compact and horizontal habit
- Succulent, spreading, green foliage
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Delosperma cooperi Jewel of the Desert Opal ('DSAB13-1')
JEWEL OF THE DESERT OPAL ICE PLANT
- Star-shaped pink flowers with a yellow centre
- Succulent, spreading, green foliage
- Low maintenance and drought tolerant
HEIGHT: 5-6 cm · SPREAD: 15-20 cm
Delosperma cooperi Jewel of the Desert Amethyst ('DSAM13-1') (PP27013)
JEWEL OF THE DESERT AMETHYST ICE PLANT
- Starry flowers have deep pink petals surrounding a purple eye
- Succulent, spreading, green foliage
- Low maintenance and drought tolerant
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Delosperma cooperi 'Jewel of the Desert Garnet' (PP23471)
HARDY ICE PLANT
- Starry flowers are tipped in garnet-red surrounding pink and white inner halos
- Succulent, spreading, green foliage
- Low-maintenance and drought-tolerant
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 15-20 cm
Delosperma cooperi 'Jewel of the Desert Moon Stone' (PP23491)
HARDY ICE PLANT
- Starry flowers of pure white surrounding yellow centres
- Succulent, spreading, green foliage
- Low-maintenance and drought-tolerant
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 15-20 cm
Delosperma cooperi 'Jewel of the Desert Peridot' (PP23566)
HARDY ICE PLANT
- The bright yellow petals of each bloom surround a white inner halo and yellow centre
- Succulent, spreading, green foliage
- Low-maintenance and drought-tolerant
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 15-20 cm
Delosperma cooperi 'Jewel of the Desert Ruby' (PP23453)
HARDY ICE PLANT
- Starry petals are tipped in a rose-pink colour around a yellow and white halo
- Succulent, spreading, green foliage
- Low maintenance and drought tolerant
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 15-20 cm
Delosperma dyeri
HARDY ICE PLANT
- Large star-shaped flowers of orange and coral shades, with a white central eye
- Succulent, spreading, green foliage
- Foliage turns a salmon-orange colour during the winter
HEIGHT: 5-10 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Delosperma nubigenum 'Basutoland'
YELLOW ICE PLANT
- Hardiest of all the delosperma
- Masses of yellow daisy-like flowers
- Tight rosettes of bright green, succulent, spreading foliage
HEIGHT: 5-10 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Delosperma x 'Osberg'
WHITE ICE PLANT
- Star-shaped white flowers with a yellow centre
- Succulent, spreading, green foliage
- Low maintenance and drought tolerant
HEIGHT: 5-6 cm · SPREAD: 15-20 cm
Delosperma x Fire Spinner® ('P001S')
FIRE SPINNER® ICE PLANT
- Bright pink centres are surrounded by single, orange petals
- Succulent foliage forms a dense carpet
- Low maintenance and drought tolerant
HEIGHT: 5-6 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Delphinium elatum 'Blue Buccaneers'
HYBRID BEE DELPHINIUM
- Dark blue flower on strong flower stalks
- Flowers should be staked to avoid breaking in rough weather
HEIGHT: 90-150 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Delphinium elatum 'Blue Lace'
LARKSPUR
- Sky-blue flowers with a lavender-pink flush and light eye
- Sturdy upright stems with large, deeply divided, mid-green leaves
- Bred for their improved vigour and heat tolerance
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Delphinium elatum 'Cobalt Dreams'
HYBRID BEE DELPHINIUM
- Bright true electric blue flowers on sturdy flower stalks.
- Flowers need to be staked to avoid breaking in harsh weather.
HEIGHT: 120-180 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Delphinium elatum 'Double Innocence'
LARKSPUR
- Semi-double white flowers
- Flowers are sometimes tinged green
- Sturdy upright stems with large, deeply divided, mid-green leaves
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Delphinium elatum 'Million Dollar Blue'
LARKSPUR
- Spikes of semi-double true blue flowers with a dark centre
- Sturdy upright stems with large, deeply divided, mid-green leaves
- Bred for their improved vigour, heat tolerance and shorter habit
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Delphinium elatum 'Million Dollar Blush'
LARKSPUR
- Large spikes of semi-double to double light rose flowers with white central bees
- Deeply dissected dark-green foliage on strong stems
- Heat-tolerant and cold-hardy cultivar
HEIGHT: 75-90 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Delphinium elatum 'Mini Stars'
LARKSPUR
- Dwarf, compact selection
- Mixed colours of purple, blue, mauve, pink, and cream-coloured blooms
- Flowers may have contrasting central bees
HEIGHT: 75-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Delphinium elatum 'Pagan Purples'
LARKSPUR
- Single or double blooms in shades of dark blue, deep purple and mauve
- Sturdy, upright stems with large, deeply divided, mid-green leaves
- Bred for their improved vigour and heat tolerance
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Delphinium elatum 'Pink Punch'
LARKSPUR
- Rich mulberry-pink flowers are often "frilled" with a white, brown or pink centres
- One of the deepest pink delphiniums available
- Sturdy, upright stems have large, deeply divided, mid-green leaves
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Delphinium elatum 'Purple Passion'
LARKSPUR
- Purple flowers with a white centre
- Sturdy, upright stems with large, deeply divided, mid-green leaves
- Bred for their improved vigour and heat tolerance
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Delphinium elatum 'Royal Aspirations'
LARKSPUR
- Mixed shades of blue with a white centre
- Sturdy, upright stems with large, deeply divided, mid-green leaves
- Bred for their improved vigour and heat tolerance
HEIGHT: 120-175 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Delphinium x Laser Beam™ ('Holtlabea812') (PPAF)
LASER BEAM™ DELPHINIUM
- Dark blue flower on strong flower stalks for impressive summer show
- Flowers should be staked to avoid breaking in rough weather
- Rebloomer
HEIGHT: 60-75 cm · SPREAD: 35-40 cm
Deschampsia cespitosa
TUFTED HAIR GRASS
- Dense mounding semi-evergreen clump of green blades turning light brown in the fall
- Flowers feature green, purple, silver, and gold tones
- Bloom Time: Early to late summer
HEIGHT: 60-100 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Deschampsia cespitosa Bronze Veil ('Bronzeschleier')
BRONZE TUFTED HAIR GRASS
- Dense mounding semi-evergreen clump of green blades turning light brown in the fall
- Flowers feature green and bronze tones
- Bloom Time: Early to late summer
HEIGHT: 60-100 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Deschampsia cespitosa Gold Shower ('Goldgehaenge')
GOLD SHOWER HAIR GRASS
- Dense mounding semi-evergreen clump of green blades turning light brown in the fall
- Flowers feature gold tones
- Bloom Time: Early to late summer
HEIGHT: 90-125 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Deschampsia cespitosa Gold Veil ('Goldschleier')
GOLD VEIL TUFTED HAIR GRASS
- Dense mounding semi-evergreen clump of green blades turning light brown in the fall
- Loose flower panicles feature gold tones
- Bloom Time: Early to late summer
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Deschampsia cespitosa Gold Dust ('Goldstaub')
TUFTED HAIR GRASS
- Dense mounding semi-evergreen clump of green blades turning light brown in the fall
- Loose flower panicles feature yellow and gold tones
- Bloom Time: Early to late summer
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Deschampsia cespitosa Gold Dew ('Goldtau')
GOLD DEW TUFTED HAIR GRASS
- Dense mounding semi-evergreen clump of green blades turning light brown in the fall
- Loose flower panicles feature yellow and gold tones
- Resistant to the rust that afflicts other Deschampsia
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Deschampsia cespitosa 'Pixie Fountain'
PIXIE FOUNTAIN TUFTED HAIR GRASS
- Dense mounding semi-evergreen clump of green blades with slight variegation, turning light brown in the fall
- Flowers feature green-silver and gold tones
- Resistant to the rust that afflicts other Deschampsia
HEIGHT: 40-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Deschampsia cespitosa Scotland ('Schottland')
SCOTTISH TUFTED HAIR GRASS
- Dense mounding semi-evergreen clump of green blades, turning light brown in the fall
- Loose flower panicles feature yellow and gold tones
- Bloom Time: Early to late summer
HEIGHT: 60-100 cm · SPREAD: 60-75 cm
Deschampsia cespitosa 'Tardiflora'
TUFTED HAIR GRASS
- Dense mounding semi-evergreen clump of green blades, turning light brown in the fall
- Loose flower panicles feature gold, silver, purple and green tones
- Bloom Time: Summer
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Deschampsia cespitosa 'Tautrager'
TUFTED HAIR GRASS
- Dense mounding semi-evergreen clump of green blades, turning light brown in the fall
- Loose flower panicles feature green, silver and blue tones
- Plumes will turn wheat-coloured for the fall
HEIGHT: 45-90 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Deschampsia flexuosa
WAVY HAIR GRASS
- Dense mounding semi-evergreen clump with very thin green blades, up to 50 cm long
- Numerous loose flower panicles feature purple to bronze tones
- Flowers change to gold and yellow as they mature
HEIGHT: 40-100 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Desmodium canadense
SHOWY TICK TREFOIL
- Spikes of pink to lavender sweet-pea-like flower clusters
- Velvety hairs cover the stems and the tri-lobed compound leaves
- This drought-tolerant plant can be grown on rooftops with as little as 15 cm of growing medium
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Dianthus alpinus
ALPINE PINK
- AKA Dianthus allwoodii 'Alpinus'
- Semi-double flowers in shades of white, pink, and red
- Blue-gray, evergreen, grass-like foliage
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Dianthus barbatus 'Heart Attack'
SWEET WILLIAM
- Deep velvety red flower clusters
- Lance-shaped, medium green leaves that are somewhat glossy
- Dianthus barbatus cultivars are usually considered biennial, although 'Heart Attack' has some perennial tendencies
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Dianthus barbatus 'Midget Mix'
SWEET WILLIAM
- Dense clusters of mixed colours of red, white and pink flowers top short stems
- Semi-evergreen, mounding biennial with narrow foliage
- Biennial that self-seeds freely
HEIGHT: 20-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Dianthus barbatus 'Rockin'™ Red'
ROCKIN'™ RED SWEET WILLIAM
- Lacy red flower clusters bloom late spring to fall.
HEIGHT: 45-60 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Dianthus barbatus 'Scarlet Fever' (PP30454)
SWEET WILLIAM
- Bright, red-orange flowers
- Lance-shaped, medium green leaves that are somewhat glossy
- Dianthus barbatus cultivars are usually considered biennial, although 'Scarlet Fever' has some perennial tendencies
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Dianthus deltoides 'Brilliant'
MAIDEN PINKS
- Small, cherry-red flowers with a central, deep red ring
- Mat-forming perennial with narrow, green leaves
- Foliage has a tinge of purple in cooler weather
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Dianthus deltoides Flashing Light ('Leuchtfunk')
FLASHING LIGHT MAIDEN PINKS
- Small crimson-red flowers with a central deep red ring
- Mat-forming perennial with narrow green leaves
- Foliage has a tinge of purple in cooler weather
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Bath's Pink'
CHEDDAR PINKS
- Single pink flower with a magenta inner ring
- Petals are delicately frilled at the tips
- Very prolific and fragrant flowers
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Glamour Time'
GLAMOUR TIME PINKS
- Single, vibrant pink flowers with incredibly serrated petals
- Bloom Time: Late Spring to early fall
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 20-25 cm
Dianthus plumarius nanus 'Pink Tones'
COTTAGE PINKS
- Fragrant, double, toothed flowers of light to mid-pink flowers
- Loose, evergreen foliage of silvery-blue
- Bloom Time: Early to midsummer
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Dianthus x 'Classic Coral' (PP30048, CPBRAF)
CLASSIC CORAL DIANTHUS
- Double-blooming coral flowers
- Compact border plant
- Blue-grey grass-like evergreen foliage
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 30-35 cm
Dianthus x Fire Star™ ('Devon Xera') (PP14895, CPBR3111)
FIRE STAR™ DIANTHUS
- Buds open to deep fire-red flowers with crimson eyes
- Very fragrant and a vigorous grower
- Mounding evergreen blue-grey foliage stays compact
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Dianthus x 'Electric Red' (PP29591)
DIANTHUS ELECTRIC RED
- Rich red flowers held on strong stems
- Blue-green leaves
- Bloom Time: early summer, early fall
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 40 cm
Dianthus x 'Neon Star' (PP14549, COPF, CPBR2751)
PINKS
- Buds open to magenta-pink flowers
- Very fragrant and vigorous grower
- Evergreen, mounding, blue-grey foliage stays compact
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Dianthus x 'Paint the Town Magenta' (PP29222, CPBR5816)
PINKS
- Proven Winners®
- One of the earliest blooming Dianthus
- Single, vibrant magenta pink flowers with incredibly serrated petals
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 30-35 cm
Dianthus x 'Pomegranate Kiss' (PP21895)
CHEDDAR PINKS
- Proven Winners™ Color Choice®
- Velvety-red double flowers splashed and edged with rose-pink markings
- Blue-gray grass-like foliage
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 15-30 cm
Dianthus x Coconut Surprise ('WP05 Yves') (PP18828, COPF)
COCONUT SURPRISE DIANTHUS
- Fully double white blooms with burgundy-red eye
- Bred for its spicy fragrance and bloom time
- Compact, mounding habit
HEIGHT: 15-25 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Dianthus x Early Bird™ Frosty ('WP10 VEN06') (PP23894)
FROSTY DIANTHUS
- Large, double, white blooms on sturdy stems
- Bred for its long flowering, fragrant flowers
- Forms a low, grassy, blue-green cushion
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 10-15 cm
Dianthus x Sugar Plum ('WP80 IAN04') (PP21398)
SUGAR PLUM DIANTHUS
- Semi-double wavy plum-pink petals edged in white, with a raspberry eye
- Buds are also an attractive plum colour
- Bred for its spicy fragrance and long bloom time
HEIGHT: 15-25 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Dianthus x Pink Fizz ('Xavia') (PP24018)
PINK FIZZ DIANTHUS
- Fully double deep pink flowers on sturdy stems
- Bred for its spicy fragrance and bloom time
- Compact mounding habit
HEIGHT: 15-25 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Dicentra formosa 'Luxuriant'
FERN-LEAVED BLEEDINGHEART
- AKA Dicentra eximia 'Luxuriant'
- Everblooming deep pink heart-shaped flowers on arching stems
- Fern-like bluish-green foliage has a tidy, compact habit
HEIGHT: 25-35 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Dicentra x 'Amore™ Titanium' (PP15599)
FERN-LEAVED BLEEDINGHEART
- Large white flowers on arching stems
- Mounding foliage of silvery-blue has a delicate fern-like texture
- Fragrant flowers
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Dicentra x 'Burning Hearts' (PP20797)
FERN-LEAVED BLEEDINGHEART
- Incredibly detailed red flowers with a slight white fringe on arching stems
- Silvery-blue mounding foliage has a delicate fern-like texture
- Known for its amazing contrast of texture and colour
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Dicentra x 'Ivory Hearts' (PP15599)
FERN-LEAVED BLEEDINGHEART
- Large white flowers on arching stems
- Mounding foliage of silvery-blue has a delicate fern-like texture
- Fragrant flowers
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Dicentra x 'King of Hearts'
FERN-LEAVED BLEEDINGHEART
- Intense deep pink heart-shaped flowers on leafless stems
- Lacy silvery-blue foliage has a tidy compact habit
- Bloom Time: Spring until fall
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Dictamnus albus 'Albiflorus'
GAS PLANT
- AKA Dictamnus fraxinella 'Alba'
- White star-shaped flowers with dark veining
- Flowers form spiked clusters on sturdy stems
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Dictamnus albus 'Rosea'
GAS PLANT
- AKA Dictamnus fraxinella 'Rosea', Dictamnus purpureus
- Star-shaped light pink to mid-pink flowers with burgundy veining
- Blooms form spiked clusters on sturdy stems
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Diervilla lonicera
BUSH HONEYSUCKLE
- Small fragrant yellow flowers
- Medium green leaves with bronze overtones turn burgundy in the fall
- Mounding, spreading habit re-roots to provide an effective ground cover
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Diervilla rivularis Summer Stars™ ('Morton')
SUMMER STARS™ HONEYSUCKLE
- Fragrant small yellow flowers
- Medium green leaves with bronze overtones turn yellow-red in the fall
- Mounding, spreading habit re-roots to provide an effective ground cover
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Diervilla sessilifolia
SOUTHERN BUSH HONEYSUCKLE
- Small, fragrant, yellow flowers
- Dark green leaves emerge bronze, sometimes turning yellow-red in the fall
- Reddish stems provide contrast
HEIGHT: 125-125 cm · SPREAD: 125-125 cm
Diervilla sessilifolia Cool Splash® ('LPDC Podaras') (PP19391, CPBR4924)
COOL SPLASH® BUSH HONEYSUCKLE
- Small, fragrant, yellow flowers in summer
- Variegated green on cream leaves emerge bronzish in spring
- Reddish stems provide contrast
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Diervilla x Kodiak® Orange ('G2X88544') (PP27548, CPBRAF)
KODIAK® ORANGE BUSH HONEYSUCKLE
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- Bright yellow blooms
- New growth is orange in colour, maturing green with orange hues
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Diervilla x Kodiak® Black ('SMNDRSF') (PP27550, CPBRAF)
KODIAK® BLACK BUSH HONEYSUCKLE
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- Intense burgundy-black leaves
- Full-shade tolerant, but leaf colour is more intense in sun or partial shade
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Diervilla x Kodiak® Jet Black ('SMNDSN') (PPAF, CPBRAF)
KODIAK JET® BLACK BUSH HONEYSUCKLE
- Proven Winners
- Intense burgundy-black leaves
- Full-shade tolerant, but leaf colour is more intense in sun or partial shade
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Diervilla x Kodiak® Fresh ('SMNDSS') (PP 34,138, Can PBRAF)
KODIAK® FRESH BUSH HONEYSUCKLE
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- Orange-red new growth in spring
- Bright lime-yellow foliage in summer with intense orange fall colours
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Digitalis grandiflora
YELLOW FOXGLOVE
- AKA Digitalis ambigua
- Well-spaced pale yellow bell-shaped flowers with brown freckles
- Fine-toothed oval glossy leaves are usually hairless with deep veining
HEIGHT: 50-90 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Digitalis mertonensis
PINK FOXGLOVE
- Best treated as a biennial
- Tight clusters of bell-shaped pink flowers with darker throats appear in the second year
- Velvety dark green leaves with deep veining in the first season
HEIGHT: 80-90 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Digitalis purpurea 'Candy Mountain'
FOXGLOVE
- Tall spikes of brilliant candy-pink bell-shaped flowers with darker throats
- Flowers are upward facing
- Mid-green oval leaves have deep veining
HEIGHT: 90-125 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Cream'
FOXGLOVE
- Outward-facing creamy flowers with darker throats
- Mid-green oval leaves have deep veining
- First-year-flowering perennial foxglove
HEIGHT: 90-120 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Peach'
FOXGLOVE
- Shades of pinkish-peach flowers with orange-speckled throats
- Mid-green oval leaves have deep veining
- First-year-flowering perennial foxglove
HEIGHT: 60-100 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Purple'
FOXGLOVE
- Tall spikes of rose-purple bell-shaped flowers with speckled dark purple throats
- Mid-green oval leaves have deep veining
- First-year-flowering perennial foxglove
HEIGHT: 60-100 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian White'
FOXGLOVE
- Tall spikes of white bell-shaped flowers with purple-speckled throats
- Mid-green oval leaves have deep veining
- First-year-flowering perennial foxglove
HEIGHT: 90-120 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Digitalis purpurea 'Excelsior Hybrids'
FOXGLOVE
- Enormous spikes of large bell-shaped flowers
- Flower colours range in shades of white, pink, and lavender with variously coloured markings
- Mid-green oval leaves have deep veining
HEIGHT: 120-150 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Digitalis purpurea 'Monstrosa'
FOXGLOVE
- The usual spikes offer the usual tubular flowers except the top of each spike carries one very unusual open flower
- Mixed shades of white, cream, pink, and salmon
- Mid-green oval leaves have deep veining
HEIGHT: 100-120 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Digitalis purpurea 'Snowy Mountain'
FOXGLOVE
- Sister to Digitalis purpurea 'Candy Mountain'
- Tall spikes of white upward-facing bell-shaped flowers
- Dark-coloured freckles in the throat of each flower
HEIGHT: 90-125 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Digitalis purpurea 'Sugar Plum'
FOXGLOVE
- Tall spikes of pink bell-shaped flowers with speckled dark purple throats
- Mid-green oblong leaves have deep veining
- Strong colour impact
HEIGHT: 90-125 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Dracocephalum argunense 'Fuji Blue'
DRAGONHEAD
- AKA Dracocephalum ruyschiana 'Fuji Blue'
- Snapdragon-like deep blue flowers with a light blue lip
- Needle-like leathery green leaves in compact mounds
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Dracocephalum argunense 'Fuji White'
DRAGONHEAD
- AKA Dracocephalum ruyschiana 'Fuji White'
- Dragon-head-like white flowers
- Needle-like leathery green foliage forms compact mounds
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Echinacea angustifolia
NARROW-LEAF CONEFLOWER
- Showy perennial for dry upland sites
- Light purple petals dropping down around a brownish-orange eye
- Long narrow green basal leaves are hairy to the touch
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea pallida
PALE PURPLE CONEFLOWER
- Narrow, pale purple-pink petals droop from a spiny dark cone
- Flowers up to 10 cm
- Lance-shaped hairy basal leaves
HEIGHT: 75-90 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Echinacea paradoxa
YELLOW CONEFLOWER
- Rare flower found only in Arkansas and Missouri but will grow well in Ontario
- Brown seed pods atop bright yellow petals
- Yellow Flowers
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Echinacea purpurea
PURPLE CONEFLOWER
- AKA Rudbeckia purpurea
- Drooping petals of purple-pink flowers with a spiky orange central cone
- Lance-shaped and coarse-toothed leaves on sturdy stems
HEIGHT: 90-120 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea purpurea 'Fatal Attraction' (PP18429, )
FATAL ATTRACTION CONEFLOWER
- Intense magenta-coloured flowers held on strong black stems
- Flowers bear two rows of horizontal petals that never droop
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 50-70 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Echinacea purpurea 'Green Jewel' (PP18678, CPBR3985)
GREEN JEWEL CONEFLOWER
- Unique bright green petals with a central large darker green cone
- Compact foliage with strong stems
- Sweet fragrance
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Echinacea purpurea Vanilla Drip™ ('Holtvadri831') (USPP18617)
VANILLA DRIP™ CONEFLOWER
- Fluffy white pom-pom blooms with a golden-yellow centre
- Well-branched habit
- Bloom Time: Summer
HEIGHT: 60-75 cm · SPREAD: 35-40 cm
Echinacea purpurea 'Kim's Knee High' (PP12242)
KIM'S KNEE HIGH CONEFLOWER
- Striking vivid clear pink drooping petals with a brilliant orange central cone
- Short, compact habit
- Bloom Time: Midsummer to mid-fall
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Echinacea purpurea 'Kim's Mophead' (PP13560)
KIM'S MOPHEAD CONEFLOWER
- White flowering version of 'Kim's Knee High'
- White petals with a golden-green cone
- Short, compact, sturdy habit
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'
MAGNUS CONEFLOWER
- Daisy-like rose-pink petals with a coppery-brown cone
- Large flat flower heads
- Blooms appear on strong stems up to 90 cm tall
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea purpurea 'Merlot' (PP18814, COPF)
MERLOT CONEFLOWER
- Deep pink to purple flowers centred with orange cones
- Tall, sturdy, black flower stems up to 75 cm tall
- Huge, fragrant flowers
HEIGHT: 60-75 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea purpurea 'Milkshake' (PP20594)
MILKSHAKE CONEFLOWER
- Fluffy white pom-pom blooms with a golden-yellow centre
- Well-branched habit
- Bloom Time: Summer
HEIGHT: 60-75 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea purpurea PowWow® Wild Berry ('Pas702917')
WILD BERRY CONEFLOWER
- Purple-pink overlapping petals surround a central golden cone
- Very floriferous
- Flowers hold their colour as they mature
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Echinacea purpurea PowWow® White ('Pas702918')
POWWOW® WHITE CONEFLOWER
- Pure white overlapping petals surround a central golden cone
- Very floriferous
- Upright clump on sturdy, well-branched stems
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Echinacea purpurea 'Pica Bella'
PICA BELLA CONEFLOWER
- Watermelon-pink flowers with large orange cones
- Petals are narrower and more outward-facing than other cultivars
- Very vigorous and one of the heaviest bloomers
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea purpurea 'Pink Double Delight' (PP18803)
PINK DOUBLE DELIGHT CONEFLOWER
- Double bubblegum-pink flowers lighten to lavender-pink in colour as they mature
- Well-branched with a short, compact habit
- Bloom Time: Summer
HEIGHT: 45-60 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Echinacea purpurea Ruby Star ('Rubinstern')
RUBY STAR CONEFLOWER
- An improved 'Magnus' with deeper pink petals and a chocolate-brown cone
- Petals are more horizontal than 'Magnus'
- Medium-sized blooms
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'
WHITE SWAN CONEFLOWER
- Clean, white flower with downward-facing petals and a large, coppery cone
- Fragrant blooms
- Medium-sized flowers
HEIGHT: 70-80 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Echinacea x 'Amazing Dream' (PP23019, COPF)
AMAZING DREAM CONEFLOWER
- Numerous deep fuchsia-pink flowers
- Flowers rise on strong, sturdy stems
- Compact, dark green foliage
HEIGHT: 40-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Echinacea x Double Scoop™ Mandarin ('Balscandin') (PPAF)
MANDARIN CONEFLOWER
- Well-branched, sturdy, compact heap of dark green foliage
- Double orange flowers
- Bloom Time: Midsummer until early fall
HEIGHT: 60-65 cm · SPREAD: 40-55 cm
Echinacea x Double Scoop™ Cranberry ('Balscanery') (PP24769, US7,982,110)
CRANBERRY CONEFLOWER
- Well-branched, sturdy, compact heap of dark green foliage
- Double cranberry-red pom-pom flowers
- Bloom Time: Midsummer until early fall
HEIGHT: 60-65 cm · SPREAD: 40-55 cm
Echinacea x Double Scoop™ Bubble Gum ('Balscblum') (PP23103, CPBR4667)
BUBBLE GUM CONEFLOWER
- Well-branched, sturdy, compact heap of dark green foliage
- Double bubble gum-pink flowers
- Bloom Time: Midsummer until early fall
HEIGHT: 60-65 cm · SPREAD: 40-55 cm
Echinacea x Double Scoop™ Raspberry ('Balsceras') (PP23117)
RASPBERRY CONEFLOWER
- Well-branched, sturdy, compact heap of dark green foliage
- Double raspberry-red flowers
- Bloom Time: Midsummer until early fall
HEIGHT: 60-65 cm · SPREAD: 40-55 cm
Echinacea x Double Scoop™ Orangeberry ('Balscoberr') (PP23145, CPBR4669)
ORANGEBERRY CONEFLOWER
- Well-branched, sturdy, compact heap of dark green foliage
- Double orange-red flowers
- Raspberry-coloured centres
HEIGHT: 60-65 cm · SPREAD: 40-55 cm
Echinacea x Sombrero® Blanco ('Balsomblanc') (PPAF)
BLANCO CONEFLOWER
- Upright, well-branched and compact habit
- Numerous white flowers
- Bloom Time: Early summer to early fall
HEIGHT: 45-50 cm · SPREAD: 55-60 cm
Echinacea x Sombrero® Hot Coral ('Balsomcor') (PP23097, CPBR4670)
HOT CORAL CONEFLOWER
- Upright, well-branched and compact habit
- Numerous coral-orange flowers
- Bloom Time: Summer
HEIGHT: 55-60 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Echinacea x Sombrero® Lemon Yellow ('Balsomemy') (PP24768)
LEMON YELLOW CONEFLOWER
- Upright, well-branched and compact habit
- Numerous bright yellow flowers
- Bloom Time: Early summer to early fall
HEIGHT: 55-60 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Echinacea x Sombrero® Flamenco Orange ('Balsomenco') (PP25523)
FLAMENCO ORANGE CONEFLOWER
- Upright, well-branched habit
- Numerous flowers with rich deep orange-red petals
- Petals surround a brown cone
HEIGHT: 55-60 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Echinacea x Sombrero® Salsa Red ('Balsomsed') (PP23105, CPBR4671)
SALSA RED CONEFLOWER
- Upright, well-branched habit
- Numerous flowers with lightly fragrant, salsa-red-coloured petals
- Petals surround orange-brown cones
HEIGHT: 55-60 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Echinacea x Sombrero® Sandy Yellow ('Balsomselo') (PP23104, CPBR4672)
SANDY YELLOW CONEFLOWER
- Upright, well-branched and compact habit
- Numerous soft yellow flowers
- Vigorous growing echinacea
HEIGHT: 60-65 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Echinacea x 'Burgundy Fireworks' (PPAF)
BURGUNDY FIREWORKS CONEFLOWER
- Deep beet-red quilled petals surround a burgundy-orange cone
- Flowers form on top of deep burgundy stems
- Semi-glossy leaves are an attractive dark green, with red midveins in colder weather
HEIGHT: 45-55 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea x 'Cheyenne Spirit'
CHEYENNE SPIRIT CONEFLOWER
- Upright, well-branched, compact habit
- Mixed shades of yellow, red, orange, purple and pink
- Bloom Time: Midsummer to early fall
HEIGHT: 55-60 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Echinacea x 'Delicious Candy' (PPAF )
DELICIOUS CANDY CONEFLOWER
- Glowing fuchsia-pink flowers
- Attractive dark-green foliage
- Excellent cut flower
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Echinacea x Doppelganger ('Doubledecker')
DOUBLEDECKER CONEFLOWER
- Flowers form in the second year
- Rare single flowers may bloom the first year
- Two-tiered sets of petals, deep pink in colour
HEIGHT: 70-75 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea x Sundown™ ('Evan Saul') (PP17659, COPF)
SUNDOWN™ CONEFLOWER
- Russet-orange petals and reddish-brown central cones
- Strong growing and floriferous
- Fragrant blooms
HEIGHT: 75-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea x 'Firebird' (PP22775, COPF)
FIREBIRD CONEFLOWER
- Fragrant red flowers with orange hues at the petal-tips, and central orange-red cones
- Well-branched selection with sturdy stems
- Bloom Time: Summer
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea x 'Gemini Pink' (PP22102)
GEMINI PINK CONEFLOWER
- Hot pink petals with radiant, orange-coned flowers, up to 10 cm wide
- Double rows of horizontal, pointed petals
- Compact habit
HEIGHT: 50-70 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea x 'Glowing Dream' (PP18933, COPF)
GLOWING DREAM CONEFLOWER
- Numerous deep watermelon-coral flowers
- Flowers rise on strong, sturdy stems
- Compact, dark green foliage
HEIGHT: 40-45 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Echinacea x 'Hope' (PP17194, COPF)
HOPE CONEFLOWER
- Fragrant, large, soft pink flowers with an orange, central cone
- Strong, sturdy flower stems to 75 cm tall
- Foliage remains bushy to a height of 50 cm
HEIGHT: 50-75 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea x 'Hot Papaya' (PP21022, COPF, CPBR392)
HOT PAPAYA CONEFLOWER
- Intense spicy red-orange pompom flowers with downward-facing petals
- It exhibits a papaya-orange halo in the pompom centre
- Very fragrant and a great cut flower
HEIGHT: 75-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea x 'Julia' (PP24629)
CONEFLOWER
- Single tangerine-orange flowers with a deeper copper cone
- Compact, sturdy, well-branched stems
- Dark green foliage
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Echinacea x 'Kismet Intense Orange'
INTENSE ORANGE CONEFLOWER
- Upright, well-branched and compact habit
- Numerous intense orange flowers
- Bloom Time: Early summer to frost
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 55-65 cm
Echinacea x 'Kismet Raspberry'
RASPBERRY CONEFLOWER
- Upright, well-branched and compact habit
- Numerous Raspberry flowers
- Bloom Time: Early summer to frost
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 55-65 cm
Echinacea x 'Kismet Red'
RED CONEFLOWER
- Upright, well-branched and compact habit
- Numerous intense red flowers
- Bloom Time: Early summer to frost
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 55-65 cm
Echinacea x 'Kismet Yellow'
YELLOW CONEFLOWER
- Upright, well-branched and compact habit
- Numerous bright yellow flowers
- Bloom Time: Early summer to frost
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 55-65 cm
Echinacea x 'Marmalade' (PP22602)
MARMALADE CONEFLOWER
- Tangerine, pom-pom flowers with downward-facing, lower petals
- Flowers fade to yellow-orange when they mature
- Strong, well-branched stems
HEIGHT: 60-75 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea x Harvest Moon™ ('Matthew Saul') (PP17652, COPF)
HARVEST MOON™ CONEFLOWER
- Bright yellow flowers with an orange-green cone
- Colour holds well during a long flowering period
- Well-branched and sturdy habit
HEIGHT: 60-75 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea x 'Maui Sunshine' (PP22808, COPF)
MAUI SUNSHINE CONEFLOWER
- Deep yellow petals fade to a soft yellow as they mature
- Large fragrant petals surround an orange button-shaped cone
- Foliage height: 60 cm
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Echinacea x 'Meringue' (PP20537, CPBR3930)
MERINGUE CONEFLOWER
- White petals surround a creamy-yellow pompom with an apple-green centre
- The pompom will expand with maturity and turn a lighter shade of yellow
- Has consistent bloom on sturdy stems
HEIGHT: 45-50 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Echinacea x 'Now Cheesier' (PP22808)
NOW CHEESIER CONEFLOWER
- Deep yellow-orange blooms lighten to yellow as they mature
- Well-branched habit with fairly large blooms
- Bloom Time: Summer
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea x 'Pink Poodle' (PP19428, COPF)
PINK POODLE CONEFLOWER
- Rose-pink dahlia-like flowers
- Fully double with a yellow centre
- Fragrant, large blooms
HEIGHT: 60-75 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea x 'Pink Sorbet' (PPAF)
PINK SORBET CONEFLOWER
- Bright pink, pom-pom flowers with downward-facing petals
- Very fragrant and a great cut flower
- Dark green foliage with maroon markings on the stems
HEIGHT: 75-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea x 'Raspberry Tart' (PP18933, COPF)
RASPBERRY TART CONEFLOWER
- Medium-sized, magenta blooms on short, stocky stems
- Compact, well-branched foliage
- Up to 30 flowers per plant
HEIGHT: 45-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Echinacea x 'Secret Passion' (PPAF, PVR)
SECRET PASSION CONEFLOWER
- Bright, flamingo-pink, double cones and contrasting lighter pink, ray florets
- Well-branching, compact foliage
- Bloom Time: Summer
HEIGHT: 45-70 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Echinacea x 'Solar Flare' (PP22133)
SOLAR FLARE CONEFLOWER
- Huge flowers of magenta-red with a chocolate cone
- Horizontal petals make the flower appear larger
- Sturdy, black stems
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea x 'Sunrise' (PP16235, COPF)
SUNRISE CONEFLOWER
- Elegant, butter-yellow flowers
- Overlapping petals surround a golden-orange cone
- Strong growing and floriferous
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea x 'Tiki Torch' (PP18839, COPF)
TIKI TORCH CONEFLOWER
- This intense orange flower holds its colour throughout the season
- Large, fragrant flowers
- Long, narrow, dark green foliage makes a tidy clump
HEIGHT: 75-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Echinacea x 'Tomato Soup' (PP19427, COPF)
TOMATO SOUP CONEFLOWER
- Tomato-red flowers with a dark contrasting eye
- Fragrant flowers
- Upright, clumping, dark green foliage
HEIGHT: 55-80 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Echinacea x 'Vintage Wine' (PP13893)
VINTAGE WINE CONEFLOWER
- Non-drooping petals of deep purple-red surround a large orange cone
- Fragrant flowers
- Dark green lightly toothed leaves on dark stems
HEIGHT: 75-85 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Echinops bannaticus 'Star Frost'
STAR FROST GLOBE THISTLE
- Larger silver white globes spiky flowers on sturdy stems
- Gray-green foliage is covered in cobweb-like hair
- Bloom Time: July to September
HEIGHT: 90-100 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Echinops ritro
GLOBE THISTLE
- Steel-blue spiky sphere of florets
- Flowers rise above the foliage on sturdy stems
- Gray-green foliage is covered in cobweb-like hair
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue'
GLOBE THISTLE
- Larger globes and a more intense blue than the species
- Deep metallic-blue, spiky flowers on sturdy stems
- Gray-green foliage is covered in cobweb-like hair
HEIGHT: 80-90 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Echium amoenum
RED FEATHERS
- Flower spikes of russet-red florets
- As the flowers mature they fade to lighter hues of pinks and purples
- Low, growing mound, with up to 15 cm of medium-green, hairy, lance-shaped leaves
HEIGHT: 15-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Edraianthus graminifolius
GRASSY BELLS
- AKA Wahlenbergia graminifolia
- Clusters of violet-blue, upward-facing bells on short stems
- Low mounds of narrow, grass-like foliage
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 10-15 cm
Elaeagnus commutata
SILVERBERRY
- AKA Elaeagnus argentea
- Inconspicuous fragrant yellow flowers
- Silvery fruits in late summer
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Eleocharis obtusa
BLUNT SPIKERUSH
- A clumping rush with slender dark green cylindrical stems
- Each stem is topped with a small dark brown oblong flower spike
- Small narrow leaves are sometimes present near the base of the plant
HEIGHT: 20-40 cm · SPREAD: 20-25 cm
Eleocharis palustris
COMMON SPIKERUSH
- Narrow dark green round stems spread by rhizomatous roots
- A dark reddish-purple sheath surrounds the base of the stems
- Each stem features a small dark brown oblong flower spike
HEIGHT: 25-100 cm · SPREAD: 50-150 cm
Elodea canadensis
CANADA PONDWEED
- AKA Anacharis canadensis, Philotria canadensis, Philotria linearis
- Numerous, overlapping, dark green, fine-toothed leaves which curl slightly downward
- Inconspicuous, white to pale pink flowers appear on the surface
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Elymus arenarius 'Blue Dune'
BLUE DUNE LYME GRASS
- AKA Leymus arenarius 'Blue Dune'
- Forms a slightly arching upright clump
- Coarse silver-blue leaves are 1 cm wide at the base and grow to a narrow point.
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Elymus canadensis
CANADA WILD RYE
- Grass has a slightly arching upright habit and forms a loose clump
- Leaf blades can range in colour from green to bluish-green, depending on growing conditions
- Nodding seed heads emerge green, changing to a light tan in the summer
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Elymus glaucus
BLUE WILD RYE GRASS
- Forms a slightly arching upright clump.
- Coarse blue-green leaves are 1 cm wide at the base and grow to a narrow point
- Flower spikes emerge green, changing to a light tan
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Elymus virginicus
VIRGINIA WILD RYE
- Grass has a slightly arching upright habit and forms a loose clump
- Coarse leaf blades are grayish-green
- Flower spikes emerge green, change to brown and are a bit thicker than E. canadensis
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Epilobium angustifolium
FIREWEED
- AKA Chamerion angustifolium
- Tall branchless flower stems with purple flowers
- Blooms from June to September
HEIGHT: 60-150 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Eragrostis elliottii
BLUE LOVE GRASS
- Grass has a mounding, upright habit and forms a dense clump
- Narrow fine-textured leaf blades are powder-blue above, green beneath
- Hazy puffs of bluish flowers change to a tan colour in the fall
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Eragrostis spectabilis
PURPLE LOVE GRASS
- This grass has a mounding habit and forms a disorganized clump
- Leaf blades are light green with a hint of red
- Foliage turns bronze-red in the fall
HEIGHT: 25-60 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Eragrostis trichodes
SAND LOVE GRASS
- Grass has an upright cascading habit and forms a disorganized clump
- Leaf blades are light green to gray, changing to reddish in the fall
- Hazy puffs of reddish-pink airy seed heads rise above foliage on stiff stems
HEIGHT: 80-120 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Eremurus stenophyllus
FOXTAIL LILY
- Impressive tall spikes with numerous small star-shaped yellow flowers
- Blooms fade to a coppery-orange as they age
- Buds open in sequence from bottom to top, for a long-lasting show
HEIGHT: 100-120 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Eremurus x isabellinus 'Cleopatra'
FOXTAIL LILY
- Impressive tall spikes with numerous small orange lily-like flowers
- Flower buds open in sequence from bottom to top, for a long-lasting show
- Strap-like blue-green foliage goes dormant after the flowers finish
HEIGHT: 100-120 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Eremurus x isabellinus 'Oase'
FOXTAIL LILY
- Tall spikes of pale pink flowers fade to a soft yellow
- Fragrant flower buds open in sequence from bottom to top, for a long-lasting show
- Foliage is blue-green and spotted like an octopus
HEIGHT: 120-150 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Eremurus x isabellinus 'Tropical Dream'
FOXTAIL LILY
- Tall spikes have numerous small star-shaped white flowers with bright orange stamens
- Flower buds open in sequence from bottom to top, for a long-lasting show
- Strap-like blue-green foliage goes dormant after the flowers finish
HEIGHT: 100-120 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Erigeron compositus var. discoideus
CUTLEAF ALPINE FLEABANE
- Solitary stems of white, pink, or lavender flowers sporting a bright yellow centre
- Low tufted cushion of deeply-cut hairy gray-green leaves, up to 6 cm long
- Drought tolerant
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 10-20 cm
Erigeron glaucus
SEASIDE DAISY
- Semi-double dainty mauve flowers with yellow centres on single stems
- Succulent-looking broad spoon-shaped deep green leaves
- Salt tolerant
HEIGHT: 15-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Erigeron x 'Azure Beauty'
FLEABANE DAISY
- Double to semi-double flowers of deep lavender-blue with a bright yellow centre
- Resembles fall blooming asters
- Oval green leaves on upright stems curl inward to make a small cup
HEIGHT: 45-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Erigeron x Pink Jewel ('Rosa Juwel')
FLEABANE DAISY
- Semi-double bright rose-pink flowers
- Flowers will form just above the foliage
- Flowers have a bright yellow centre and resemble fall asters
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Erinus alpinus
FAIRY FOXGLOVE
- Small starry flowers are commonly purple, but sometimes white or pink
- Compact stems have fine-toothed leaves, 2-3 cm long
- Ideal for rock gardens, walls or paving crevices
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 10-15 cm
Erodium manescavii
CRANE'S BILL
- Other common names: Stork's Bill
- Bright magenta geranium-like flowers with five petals
- Known for its long bloom time
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Eryngium planum 'Blue Hobbit'
BLUE SEA HOLLY
- Strong stems with numerous prickly steel-blue flowers clustered on one branch
- Flowers are much smaller than the common sea holly
- Smooth leaves are dark green, deeply toothed, and stay very low and compact
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Eryngium planum 'Jade Frost' (PP17370)
FLAT SEA HOLLY
- Deep blue pincushion-like flowers
- Flowers fade to white as they age
- Smooth blue-green leaves are edged in cream; a bright addition to the garden
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Eryngium x 'Sapphire Blue' (PP11088)
SEA HOLLY
- Blooms of Bressingham®
- Thistle-like steel-blue flowers have large cone-like centres
- Upright stems are also blue
HEIGHT: 60-75 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Eryngium x zabelii 'Neptune's Gold' (PP27092)
SEA HOLLY
- Bright golden leaves contrast well with the soft blue prickly flowers
- Foliage emerges bright yellow fade to chartreuse and then to a gold and green combination
- Blooms are surrounded by silver to gold bracts that fade to soft lavender
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Eryngium yuccifolium
RATTLESNAKE MASTER
- Creamy-green spherical flowers
- Strap-like blue-green basal leaves with bristled edges
- Semi-evergreen foliage
HEIGHT: 90-150 cm · SPREAD: 60-75 cm
Eryngium zabelii 'Big Blue' ( PP20636, COPF)
SEA HOLLY
- Electric-blue flowers on sturdy blue stems
- Bloom Time: Summer
- Flower Size: 10 cm
HEIGHT: 50-75 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Eupatorium dubium 'Baby Joe' (PP20320, CPBR4612)
DWARF JOE PYE WEED
- A compact, bushy, upright mound
- Dome-shaped heads of showy magenta-pink flowers
- Coarse dark green leaves on rigid stems
HEIGHT: 70-75 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Eupatorium dubium 'Little Joe' (PP16122, COPF)
JOE PYE WEED
- A compact cultivar
- Dome-shaped heads of showy rose-purple flowers
- Coarse dark green leaves on rigid stems
HEIGHT: 90-120 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Eupatorium fistulosum
HOLLOW JOE PYE WEED
- AKA Eupatoriadelphus fistulosus, Eutrochium fistulosum
- Large rounded-topped clusters of pink or purplish-mauve flowers
- Lance-shaped sharp-toothed dark green leaves on wine-coloured stems
HEIGHT: 150-200 cm · SPREAD: 60-75 cm
Eupatorium maculatum
JOE PYE WEED
- AKA Eupatoriadelphus maculatus, Eupatorium purpureum ssp. maculatum
- Round-topped heads of purple-pink flowers
- Sharp-toothed coarse dark green leaves on rigid spotted purple stems
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 60-120 cm
Eupatorium maculatum 'Atropurpureum'
JOE PYE WEED
- AKA Eupatoriadelphus maculatus, Eupatorium purpureum ssp. maculatum
- Round-topped heads of deep purple-pink flowers
- Sharp-toothed coarse dark green leaves on rigid spotted purple stems
HEIGHT: 150-200 cm · SPREAD: 90-120 cm
Eupatorium maculatum 'Gateway'
JOE PYE WEED
- AKA Eutrochium purpureum subsp. maculatum 'Gateway'
- More compact selection than the species
- Bright mauve-pink flower clusters atop deep wine-red stems
HEIGHT: 120-150 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Eupatorium maculatum 'Phantom' (PP18354)
PHANTOM JOE PYE WEED
- Shorter and more compact habit
- Dome-shaped heads of showy rose-purple flowers
- Coarse dark green leaves on rigid stems
HEIGHT: 90-120 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate'
BONESET
- AKA Eupatorium ageratoides 'Chocolate', Eupatorium urticifolium 'Chocolate', Ageratina altissima 'Chocolate'
- Long-lasting pure white fluffy flowers in tight clusters
- Flowers appear on glossy upright purple stems
HEIGHT: 120-150 cm · SPREAD: 60-75 cm
Evodia danielli
BEE BEE TREE
- AKA Tetradium danielli
- Rounded, spreading, umbrella-like crown with broad ascending branches
- Serrated, elliptic to ovate, glossy dark green leaves
HEIGHT: 10-12 m · SPREAD: 10-12 m
Fallopia baldschuanica Summer Sunshine ('Acofal')
SUMMER SUNSHINE RUSSIAN VINE
- AKA Bilderdykia baldschuanica 'Summer Sunshine', Polygonum baldschuanica 'Summer Sunshine'
- Broad, drooping panicles of tiny white flowers
- Red stems may make the flower appear a pale pink
HEIGHT: 6-8 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Fallopia japonica 'Variegata'
VARIEGATED JAPANESE KNOTWEED
- Unless tended regularly, invasive by rhizome
- Large clusters of tiny white fragrant flowers
- New spring growth emerges a deep coral-pink, fading by midsummer
HEIGHT: 150-180 cm · SPREAD: 90-120 cm
Fallopia japonica var. compacta
DWARF JAPANESE KNOTWEED
- Unless tended regularly, invasive by rhizome
- AKA Polygonum 'Reynoutria', Polygonum compactum, Polygonum pictum 'Compacta'
- Clusters of small white to pale pink flowers
HEIGHT: 40-60 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Festuca amethystina
TUFTED FESCUE
- Mounding habit forming a semi-evergreen uniform tuft
- Very narrow hair-like leaf blades are greenish-blue, sometimes iridescent
- Airy panicles hold purple flowers
HEIGHT: 30-45 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm