Offerings

Plants for sun

Achillea ‘Terracotta’

• Light: Full sun

• Moisture: Dry to medium

• Height: 2.5-3’

• Bloom: Summer; yellow flowers fading to orange

• Wildlife: Attracts a wide variety of pollinators

  Quarts — $15

Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’

• Light:Full sun to part shade

• Moisture:Prefers moist, well-drained soil; tolerates drought once established

• Size:2-3’

• Bloom:Lavender spikes, blooms consistently all summer

• Wildlife:Pollinator magnet

  Gallon — $20

Andropogon ternarius (Split Beard Bluestem)

• Light:Full sun

• Moisture:Dry

• Size:2-3’

• Bloom:Blooms unremarkable. Fluffy seedheads persist into winter

• Wildlife:Excellent seed source for overwintering birds

  Gallon — $20

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Arnoglossum atriciplifolium (Pale Indian Plantain)

• Light:Full sun to part shade

• Moisture:Prefers moist soil, does not like to dry out

• Size:3-6’

• Bloom:July-August, white

• Wildlife:High wildlife value! Supports a wide variety of pollinators and is a host plant for the larva of several species of butterfly and beetle

  Gallon — $15

Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)

• Light: Full sun

• Moisture: Dry to medium
  Height: 1–2.5’

• Bloom: Summer; bright orange flowers

• Wildlife: Critical host plant for Monarch butterfly larvae; abundant nectar source for a variety of pollinators.

  Landscape plug — $4.32

  Gallon — $20

Aster ‘Little Carlow’ (Blue Wood Aster)

• Light: Full sun to part shade

• Moisture: Medium

• Height: 2–3’

• Bloom: Late summer to fall; masses of violet-blue daisy-like flowers

• Wildlife: Vital late-season nectar for butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.

  Landscape plug — $4.32

Bouteloua gracilis (Blue Grama)

• Light: Full sun

• Moisture: Dry to medium

• Height: 12–18"

• Bloom: Summer; soft purplish flowers with distinctive eyebrow-shaped seed heads

• Wildlife: Supports native pollinators; seeds feed birds like finches. A tough, drought-tolerant grass ideal for low-input landscapes.

  Landscape plug — $4.68

Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hair Grass)

• Light:Full sun to part shade

• Moisture:Average to moist

• Size:1.5’

• Bloom:showy, textural inflorescence

• Wildlife:larval host for several species of butterfly, good seed source for birds

  Landscape plug — $4.68

Deschampsia cespitosa ‘Goldtau’ (Goldtau Tufted Hair Grass)

• Light:Part shade to full shade

• Moisture:Moist, well-drained, humus-rich soil

• Size:2’

• Bloom:showy, textural inflorescence; showier than the straight species

• Wildlife:larval host for several species of butterfly, good seed source for birds

  Gallon — $20

Echinacea tennesseensis ‘Rocky Top’ (Rocky Top Coneflower)

• Light: Full sun

• Moisture: Dry to medium

• Height: 2-3’

• Bloom: Vibrant pink blooms in early summer

• Wildlife: Seeds attract small birds; good nectar resource

  Quart — $15

Eragrostis spectabilis (Purple Love Grass)

• Light: Full sun

• Moisture: Dry to medium

• Height: 1–2’

• Bloom: Late summer; fine, cloud-like reddish-purple seed heads

• Wildlife: Seeds attract small birds; great for erosion control and soft texture in plantings.

  Landscape plug — $5.29

Geum triflorum (Prairie Smoke)

• Light: Full sun

• Moisture: Dry to medium

• Height: 1–1.5’

• Bloom: Pink blooms in spring; showy seedheads persist

• Wildlife: Seeds attract birds

  Quart — $15

Pycnanthemum flexuosum (Appalachian Mountain Mint)

• Light:Full sun to part shade

• Moisture:Prefers moist, well-drained soil; tolerates drought once established

• Size:to 3’

• Bloom:summer; white puffball flowers

• Wildlife:All mountain mint species are top tier pollinator plants

  Quarts — $15

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Narrowleaf Mountain Mint)

• Light: Full sun to part shade

• Moisture: Medium to dry

• Height: 2–3’

• Bloom: Summer; small white flowers in dense clusters

• Wildlife: One of the top pollinator plants—supports a wide array of native bees, butterflies, and beneficial wasps.

  Landscape plug — $5.29

Ruellia humilis (Wild Petunia)

• Light: Full sun to part shade

• Moisture: Dry to medium

• Height: 12–18"

• Bloom: Summer; trumpet-shaped lavender flowers

• Wildlife: Attracts bees and butterflies; larval host for several Lepidoptera species.

  Landscape plug — $4.32

Salvia azurea (Blue Sage)

• Light: Full sun

• Moisture: Dry to average

• Height: 3–5 ft (can be floppy—pinch early for bushier growth)

• Bloom time: Late summer to frost

• Bloom color: Clear sky blue

• Wildlife value: Loved by long-tongued native bees and hummingbirds. A nectar powerhouse that keeps blooming well into fall.

• Notes: An airy, architectural wildflower that brings vibrant late color and thrives in poor, dry soils.

  Landscape plug — $4.68

Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem)

• Light: Full sun

• Moisture: Dry to average

• Height: 2–4 ft

• Bloom time: Late summer; foliage turns striking red-orange in fall

• Bloom color: Silvery seedheads

• Wildlife value: A host plant for many skipper butterfly species and a seed source for birds in winter. Provides important overwintering habitat for insects.

• Notes: One of the best native grasses for tough urban sites—low maintenance and highly ornamental year-round.

  Landscape plug — $4.68

Sisyrinchium nashii ‘Suwannee’ (Blue Eyed Grass)

• Not actually a grass! More closely related to irises

• Light: Full sun to part shade

• Moisture: Average to moist; tolerates some drought

• Height: 12”

• Bloom time: Spring into early summer

• Bloom color: Pale blue with a yellow eye

• Wildlife value: Good pollinator resource, seeds eaten by birds

  Gallon — $20

Sporobolus heterolepis (Prairie Dropseed)

• Light: Full sun

• Moisture: Dry to medium

• Height: 2–3’

• Bloom: Late summer; fragrant flower panicles

• Wildlife: Seeds eaten by birds; excellent structural grass and matrix plant.

  Landscape plug — $4.02

Stipa tenuissima (Mexican Feather Grass)

• Light: Full sun

• Moisture: Dry to medium

• Height: 18–24"

• Bloom: Summer; airy, wispy golden seed heads

• Wildlife: Offers nesting material for birds; visually softens garden edges.

  Landscape plug — $4.68

Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Cupid’ (Culver’s Root)

• Light: Full sun to part shade

• Moisture: Average to moist

• Height: 3-4’

• Bloom: Deep lavender blooms in late summer

• Wildlife: Food source for many pollinators, larval host for some species of insect

  Gallon — $20

  
  

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