Updated May 11, 2010

All seeds freshly harvested in 2009 from plants grown from seed here in the area.
Dimensions are height by spacing.
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• Balloon Flower Platycodon grandiflorus Perennial with purple flowers all summer (2'x1') Good cut flower. Long-lived and seldom needs division.
• Balsam or Touch-Me-Nots Impatiens balsmina Annual with white, pink, and red flowers summer-fall. (2'x1')
• Beautyberry Bush Callicarpa dichotoma Bush with small white flowers in summer. Pink berries in fall. (4' x 4') Drought tolerant.
• Beefsteak Plant Perilla frutescens Annual with glossy, frilled purple foliage. (3'x12”) Great accent in flower beds.
• Blackberry Lily Belamcanda chinensis Perennial with orange flowers in summer. (30”x12”) Decorative pods in fall and winter.
• Blue False Indigo Baptisia australis Native perennial with blue flowers in spring. (4’x3’) Takes 2-3 years to bloom from seed. Do not divide established plants.
• Blue Mist Shrub Caryopteris x clandonensis Shrub with blue flowers in late summer. (3’x3’) Drought tolerant. Attracts butterflies.
• Brown-eyed susan Rudbeckia triloba Biennial/Perennial with gold flowers midsummer-fall (3x2’) Great cut flower. Attracts butterflies.
• Butterfly Bush Buddleia davidii Bush with pink or purple flowers in summer. (5’x5’) Blooms until frost if deadheaded.
• Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa Perennial with orange flowers in summer. (3’x12") Everyone's favorite! Guaranteed to sell out soon.
• Cardoon Cynara cardunculus Perennial with purple thistle-like flowers in summer and huge, silver leaves (6'x3') Requires winter protection here.
• Columbines Aquilegia vulgaris Spring blooming perennial (30"x24") Flowers are deep purple/white bicolor.
• Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus Annual with white, pink and red flowers all summer. (4’x12”) Self sows. Butterflies love it. Great cut flower.
• Cypress Vine Ipomoea quamoclit Annual vine with red flowers summer-fall. (12’x12”) Frothy foliage mingles nicely with other climbers. Hummingbirds love it.
• Dense blazing star Liatris spicata Native perennial with spikes of purple flowers in early summer. (30”x12”) Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Great cut flower.
• Dill Anethum graveolens Annual herb (30"x15") Put it close to the edge so you can smell it.
• Evening primrose Oenothera biennis Biennial with yellow flowers in summer. (4’x3’) Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
• Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium Short-lived perennial herb with white flowers June-Oct. (24”x12”) This is a cultivar packed with white petals and no visible yellow center. Feverfew tea is good for headaches.
• Floss Flower Ageratum houstonianum Annual with periwinkle flowers summer-frost. (12" x 12") Attracts butterflies;
• Foxgloves Digitalis purpurea Short-lived perennial with pale pink flowers May-June. (3’x18”) Low-maintenance and lovely.
• Garlic Chives Allium tuberosum  Perennial herb with white flowers in late summer (18"x12") Attractive foliage; looks good in flower bed! Good cut flower. Attracts butterflies.
• Helen's Flower Helenium autumnale  Native perennial with yellow flowers in summer (4'x1') Attracts butterflies; good cut flower
• Hardy Hibiscus Hibiscus moscheutos Perennial with magenta flowers in summer. (7’x5’) Thrives even in poorly drained soil. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies.
• Hollyhocks Alcea rosea   Annual blooming summer-fall. Mixed colors  (5'x2') Self sows nicely.
• Lanceleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata Native perennial with yellow/red flowers in summer. (12”x1’) Attracts butterflies.
• Love-in-a-Mist Nigella damascena Annual with blue flowers in spring (2'x1') Self sows nicely. Fills in area with frothy foliage. Pods are decorative dried.
• Malabar Spinach Basella rubra Annual vine with edible leaves and clusters of cute little pink flowers. (8'x2') Stem is purple and succulent. Very ornamental and useful! You can have spinach in the heat of summer!
• Maltese Cross Lychnis chalcedonica  Perennial with red flowers in late spring. (4’x18”) Attracts hummingbirds. Great cut flower.
• Mexican Firebush Kochia scoparia Annual with red foliage in fall. (24”x18”) Very tidy and shapely.
• Money Plant Lunaria annua Biennial with purple flowers in April when only daffodils are blooming. (2'x2') Pods great in dried arrangements.
• Morning Glories Ipomoea Annual vine with purple flowers summer-fall (to 10') These have big purple flowers--some red-purple, some dark purple.
• Narrowleaf Bluestar Amsonia hubrechtii Perennial with steel blue flowers in spring. (30"x24") Gold foliage in fall. Elegant vase shape. Never needs to be divided.
• New England Aster Aster nova-angliae Native perennial with purple flowers in fall. (4’x3’) Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
• Northern Sea Oats Chasmanthium latifolium Native perennial with attractive drooping seed heads summer-winter. (3’x2’) Low maintenance. Good cut flower.
• Ornamental Hot Peppers Capsicum annuumAnnual with white flowers. Two varieties available. One has yellow->red peppers and is  (8"x8"). The other has yellow->red->purple peppers and is (18"x12"). Flowers and peppers borne  throughout summer and fall. Very cute!
• Painter's Palette Tovara virginianaPerennial with sprays of small white flowers in fall. (18"x12") Grown for variegated foliage.
• Purple Coneflowers Echinacea purpurea Native perennial with purple flowers summer-fall. (30”x18”) Great cut flower. Butterflies love it. Very long-blooming. Birds love the seeds.
• Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea Perennial with spikes of pink flowers in summer. (3’x12”) Attractive gray-green foliage. Great cut flower.
• Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium  Native perennial with white globular flowers in summer. (5'x2') in bloom.
• Red Amaranth Amaranthus cruentus Annual with red flowers summer-fall. (6’x15”) Self-sows. Birds love the seeds. Stem, leaves, and seeds edible.
• Scarlet Sage Salvia coccinea Annual with red flowers in fall. (2'x1') Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Self-seeds.
• Sunflowers, mixed Helianthus annuus   Annual with yellow/orange/burgundy flowers all summer. (6’x24”) Branched plants bear multiple small to medium sized flowers in many bright shades.
• Sunflowers, Teddy Bear Helianthus annuus Annual with yellow flowers all summer. (2’x9”) Very cute! Great cut flower.
• White Woodland Tobacco Nicotiana sylvestris Annual with white, tubular flowers (5'x18") I have seen a sphinx moth come to the flowers!
• Yellow Foxgloves Digitalis grandiflora Perennial with yellow flowers June-July. (3’x15”) Attracts butterflies. Good cut flower.

• Alpine Strawberries Fragaria vesca White flowers with red berries as long as there is sufficient moisture.(10"x12") Berries are small but sweet. Excellent for edging. Very cute. Will grow under a black walnut tree!
• Asiatic Lilies Lilium Red and yellow flowers in midsummer. (3'x1') Great for bouquets. Very low-maintenance.
• Bath's Pink Dianthus gratianopolitanus Groundcover with pink flowers in late spring stand 12" tall. (6"x24") Foliage looks like blue needles. Always attractive.
• Bear's Breeches Acanthus hungaricusVery structural. Flower stalks 3-4' tall, plant 12" tall, with 2' spread.
• Bee Balm "Cambridge Scarlet" Monarda didyma (40"x24") Attracts hummingbirds. Good cut flower.
• Beech Fern Phegopteris hexagonoptera  Native fern with triangular fronds. (18"x24") Spread slowly.
• Blue Spruce Sedum Sedum reflexum  Groundcover. 6" tall. Yellow flowers in early summer.
• Bugleweed 'Bronze Beauty' Ajuga reptans   8" tall blue flower stalks in early spring. (3"x8" more each year).
• Ornamental Catmint  Nepeta x faassenii Sprays of blue flowers late spring-summer (24"x24") Attracts pollinators. Good cut flower. Whole plant is fragrant.
• Celandine Poppy Stylophorum diphyllum   Native woodland wildflower with yellow blooms May-June if deadheaded. Self-seeds. (12-20"x12") Thrives in the dense shade of a pine tree, the toxicity of a walnut tree, and the dryness under a maple tree! May go dormant in the heat of summer.
• Chinese Astilbe Astilbe chinensis 'Pumila' Dwarf groundcover astilbe with pinkish lavender flowers in summer (8"x8") Spreads nicely, not invasively. Long bloom time.
• Clustered Bellflower Campanula glomerata Purple flowers in late spring. (2'x2') Good cut flower.
• Columbines Aquilegia vulgaris Spring blooming perennial (30"x24") Pink and purple. Will grow under a black walnut tree!
• Coral Bells 'Palace Purple' Heuchera micrantha Perennial grown more for its foliage, but its sprays of white flowers in spring are lovely too. (12"x12") Other cultivars available too.
• Crested Iris Iris cristata  Native perennial groundcover for shade. Purple flowers in spring. (8"x 2") Forms a weed-smothering mat.
• Crocosmia Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora Perennial with orange flowers in summer (3'x18") Attracts hummingbirds. Great cut flower. Very showy.
• Daylily Hemerocallis
  "Red Magic" Red flowers with yellow eye in summer (3'x3')
  "Strawberry Candy" Pink flowers with red ring and yellow eye. (3'x3') Reblooming.
  "Stella Supreme" Light yellow flowers summer-fall. (18"x18") Nice fragrance!
• Dense blazing star Liatris spicata Native perennial with spikes of purple flowers in early summer. (30”x12”) Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Great cut flower.
• Fairy Bells, variegated Disporum pullum ;Variegatum'  Nice groundcover for shade. White flowers dangle like bells from the arching stems in spring. (8"x 2") Spreads 12" a year by underground rhizomes.
Will come up in the middle of surrounding plants. Thrives in the dry shade of maple trees.
• Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia Native. Grows best in dappled shade. White flowers in spring. 2' tall with flower stalks. (8"x12") Excellent cut flower. Will grow under a black walnut tree!
• Foxgloves Digitalis purpurea Provide shelter from afternoon sun. Light pink flowers in spring. 30" tall with flower stalks. (8"x18") Rosette of basal leaves is attractive even when plant is not blooming. Will grow under a black walnut tree! The site above states that these are biennials, but they come back year after year for me.
• Gold Moss Sedum sarmentosum Groundcover. 3" tall. Yellow flowers in summer. Excellent draping over the edges of containers.
• Hardy Begonia Begonia grandis   Pink flowers in fall. (2'x2') Makes attractive colonies.
• Hens and Chicks-Sempervivums Some are green with purple tip. Some are pinkish. (2"x3")
• Hollyhock Mallow Malva alcea Perennial with shell pink flowers in summer, (4'x3') As big as a shrub!
• Hostas Perennial with white or lavender flowers in summer. Many sizes, colors, and variegation available.
• Bearded Iris 30"x12" Tubers labeled by color. Very hardy and drought tolerant. Great cut flowers.
• Japanese Anemone Anemone tomentosa  White flowers in late summer-fall. (4'x2')
• Japanese Aster  Kalimeris mongolica  White flowers all summer. Good cut flower. (28"x18") Fills in its area very nicely.
• Ladybells Adenophora latifolia  Perennial with purple flowers in early summer. (2' x 18")
• Lamb's Ear Stachys byzantina   Spikes of lavender flowers and white wooly leaves (18"x12") Great for edging. Excellent cut flower. Attracts pollinators.
• Lanceleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata Native perennial with yellow/red flowers in summer. (12”x1’) Attracts butterflies.
• Lenten Rose Helleborus orientalis Perennial with whitish, pinkish flowers in late winter. (18"x18") Foliage attractive all winter. Very low maintenance.
• Maltese Cross Lychnis chalcedonica Perennial with orange/red flowers all summer (3'x18") Very long-blooming when dead-headed.
• Narrowleaf Bluestar Amsonia hubrechtii Perennial with steel blue flowers in spring. (30"x24") Gold foliage in fall. Elegant vase shape. Never needs to be divided.
• New York Ironweed Vernonia noveboracensis Native (5'x2') Purple flowers in late summer/early fall. Attracts butterflies. Very low maintenance.
• Northern Sea Oats Chasmanthium latifolium (Seedlings) Native ornamental grass (3'x2') Seed heads dry nicely; very ornamental in fall and winter.
Will grow under a black walnut tree!
• Obedient plant Physostegia pulchella (3'x2') Spikes of white/light pink flowers in late summer. Great cut flower.
• Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris Native (3'x3') Spreads by rhizomes. Great for filling in an area.
Will grow under a black walnut tree!
• Painter's Palette Tovara virginianaPerennial with sprays of small white flowers in fall. (18"x12") Grown for variegated foliage. Will grow under a black walnut tree!
• Passionflower Vine Passiflora incarnata Native perennial vine with exotic purple flowers in summer. (15' vines) Suckers come up from roots up to 3' away from parent plant.
• Pigsqueak Bergenia cordifolia Perennial with pink flowers in early spring. (12"x12") Large, glossy leaves make a great groundcover. Drought tolerant. Thrives in clay!
• Prairie Sundrops Oenothera pilosella   Native perennials with brilliant yellow flowers in June (18"x12") Great groundcover.
• PurpleToadflax Linaria purpurea (Seedlings) Perennial with spikes of pink flowers spring and summer, (3'x1') Good cut flower.
• Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium  Native perennial with white globular flowers in summer. (5'x2') in bloom.
• Russian Stone Crop Sedum kamtschaticum Groundcover with yellow flowers in summer (8"x8")
• Sedum spectabile  (30"x36") Blooms late summer through fall. Great cut flower. Very low maintenance. Leave dried stems for winter interest.
  "Autumn Joy" Brick red flowers. Robust plant.
  "Frosty Morn" Foliage edged in creamy white. Flowers are pinkish white.
  "Purple Emperor" Purple foliage. Reddish purple flowers.
• Siberian Bugloss Brunnera macrophylla Blue flowers just like forget-me-nots in spring. (12"x12") Attractive foliage throughout the season.
• Siberian Iris (Iris siberica) Purple flowers in June. (2'x1') Great cut flower. Very low-maintenance. Will grow under a black walnut tree!
• Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis) Native. Nicely fills in shady nooks. (2'x1') Very low-maintenance. Goes dormant in drought. Will grow under a black walnut tree!
• Stoke's Aster Stokesia laevis Periwinkle flowers in summer. (2'x18") Attracts butterflies and other pollinators.
• Strawberry Begonia Saxifraga stolonifera   Groundcover with sprays of white flowers in spring. (6"x12") Nice in a strawberry container.
Will grow under a black walnut tree!
• Sugarcane Plume Grass Saccharum giganteum   Large ornamental grass with creamy white plumes late summer-fall. (6'x5') Grass arches down to touch the ground. Grass itself is 4' tall. Plumes reach up 8' or higher. Can plant spring bulbs right around the roots. Then grass sprouts and arches down to hide ripening foliage!
• Turtle Head Chelone obliqua   Spikes of pink  flowers in late summer/early fall (3'x2') Needs moist soil. Will grow under a black walnut tree!
• Veronica 'Red Fox' Veronica spicata 'Red Fox'    Red/purple flowers in spring and summer (12"x18") Attracts butterflies. Always attractive. Long blooming time.
• Western Bleeding Heart Dicentra formosa    Native to the western half of the U.S. White flowers in spring and summer (12"x18") Always attractive. Long blooming time. Very low maintenance.
• Wild Ginger Asarum canadense  Native groundcover with hidden brown flowers in spring. Settlers used the roots as a substitute for ginger and in herbal remedies.  (8"x8") A larval food for the pipevine swallowtail butterfly. Will grow under a black walnut tree!
• Wormwood Artemisia  Shrubby plant with silver foliage. 24" tall. Very drought tolerant and low maintenance.
• Yellow Loosestrife Lysimachia punctata  Yellow flowers in late spring/early summer (2-3'x2-3') Excellent cut flower. Tolerates walnut trees! Though the species tends to be invasive, this plant in shade and clay soil has proved to be strongly clumping, with no spreading. Easily deadheaded to prevent self-seeding.