Plant Selections of the Year

Plant Selections of the Year

Little Bluestem

Full Sun Grass

Including: ➢ Blue Heaven ➢ Carousel ➢ Chameleon ➢ Smoke Signal ➢ Standing Ovation ➢ The Blues ➢ Twilight Zone

Spring Symphony Foamflower

Full Shade Perennial

Island Breeze Hosta

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Part Shade Perennial

2022 Herb of the Year

VIOLA tricolor Miss Helen Mount

NATIVE, Naturally! ™

Bluejoint Grass

Full Sun Grass

Bluejoint grass is a mid-sized to tall native grass useful for wetland restoration and shoreline and streambank stabilization. Creeping underground shoots (rhizomes) improve the plants' ability to bind soil, especially along streams and waterways. This species provides forage for bison, elk, and

deer, as well as food and habitat for small mammals, waterfowl, birds, and bears.

Rosin Weed

Full Sun Perennial

Though not nearly as tall and stately as its cousin, Compass Plant, Rosin Weed is nonetheless a wonderful choice for a native garden, especially if you are concerned with drought. With its deep taproot, this species will keep its composure while other plants whither. Small rhizomes will extend from this taproot allowing it to form small colonies, albeit slowly. -Prairie Moon Nursery

Stout Blue-eyed Grass

Full Sun Perennial

Blue Eyed Grass forms dense clumps that resemble grass when they emerge in early spring. Delicate, blue-violet flowers develop at the end of thin stems that rise above the light blue-green leaf cluster. The flowers bear features of the Iris family, with their blue color and yellow centers. – Prairie Moon Nursery

Crested Surf

Japanese Painted Fern

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Full Shade Fern

The first perennial fern addition to the Proven Winners lineup, filling another of your shade needs. 'Crested Surf' looks similar in color to a traditional Japanese Painted Fern, but the tips of the fronds are double crested. A vigorous, taller variety that can fit the middle of the border. Perfect for moist, shady areas of the garden.

Vanilla Cream False Indigo

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Full Sun Perennial

Selected for its petite size and unique flowers, this perennial nativar fits easily into today’s suburban landscapes. Ten - inch-long spikes of pastel yellow buds open to creamy vanilla-colored flowers from late spring into early summer. Seed pods begin to develop immediately after the plant is finished flowering, deepening in color and persisting into fall. Easy care, drought tolerant and deer resistant

Spiked Punch Pinks

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Full Sun Perennial

Incredibly vibrant fuchsia pink, double flowers have deep red eyes and heavily serrated petals. The flowers are a little larger than most of the other members of the series at 1½-2" across. Steel blue foliage complements the bright flower color well and remains a focal point even when the plant is not in bloom..

Paint the Town Magenta Pinks

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Full Sun Perennial

Paint the Town Magenta’ is one of the earliest Dianthus to bloom, producing ¾- 1” wide, single vibrant magenta pink flowers and incredibly serrated petals. Flowers completely cover the plant when it’s in peak. Its glaucous blue foliage set it apart from other Dianthus of its type..

Nosferatu Daylily

Full Sun Perennial

Similar to the highly regarded daylily ‘Bela Lugosi’, this variety offers a shorter height, fragrant blossoms, and more prominent veining in the oval shaped petals. Large 6”, shimmering dark purple, very sunfast flowers with a chartreuse throat and pie crust ruffled petals are produced midseason. A high bud count on well- branched scapes ensures many weeks of bloom.

Diamond Lake Hosta

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Full Shade Perennial

Attractive, heart-shaped, thick and heavily corrugated blue leaves have wavy margins. The large size of this plant also translates to large leaves: they can get up to 9" wide by 11" long. Pale lavender flowers appear in early to midsummer. Use this blue hosta to add some color to your shade garden..

Wheee! Hosta

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Part Shade Perennial

Extremely ruffled, cream-colored margins extend from the tip of each green leaf all the way down the petiole to the crown. This ruffled margin is evident even in the juvenile stage of the plant before vernalization. The leaves of this medium sized hosta are of excellent substance, making them slug resistant in the landscape.

Pardon My Purple Bee Balm

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Full Sun Perennial

A petite monarda that’s easy to tuck into the front of your sunny border and combination containers. Reaching just a foot tall at maturity, this compact selection forms a well-branched clump of deep green, glossy foliage. From mid through late summer, fuchsia purple flowers sit just at the top of the foliage. Though the plant may be dwarf, the flowers are the same size as taller selections. They add a cool splash of color to the border in high summer.

Totem Pole Switch Grass

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Full Sun Grass

A mental image of a totem pole brings to mind a tall, narrow, majestic structure – the exact imagery to apply to this new ornamental grass! 'Totem Pole' forms a very upright column of steel blue foliage and powdery blue stems. In early fall, the top of the clump explodes with golden seed panicles. The narrow base of the plant makes it an ideal candidate for small spaces in the garden that need height and vertical structure.

Ultraviolet Garden Phlox

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Full Sun Perennial

Very dark, magenta violet flower panicles are held above a full, bushy habit of bright green foliage. An improvement on the industry standard 'Nicky', with darker stems and buds, bronzed leaves, more floriferous performance, and better resistance to powdery mildew.

Boogie Woogie Stonecrop

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Full Sun Perennial

Folks love variegation in perennials. Enter 'Boogie Woogie', a stable summer- flowering groundcover type sedum that

will surely make your garden feel ‘groovy’. This sport of 'Little Miss

Sunshine' has cream margins that make the plant look bright and yellow all over and are sprinkled with yellow flowers during early to midsummer. A fantastic variegated option for a groundcover in the landscape. Perfect for rock gardens!

Little Moonshine Yarrow

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Full Sun Perennial

’Little Moonshine’ is best described as a compact version of the popular cultivar, ‘Moonshine’. It has finely cut green-gray foliage and only reaches 9 to 12 inches tall when blooming. Although its plant size is compact, the bright yellow flowers are just as large as those of ‘Moonshine’. In addition, it flowers at least two weeks earlier than Moonshine, blooming in late spring and summer. With its compact size, this petite beauty will not flop and maintains a tidy appearance throughout the seasons.

Sassy Summer Lemon Yarrow

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Full Sun Perennial

You'll love the Sassy Summer collection of Yarrow as they all have a taller, more substantial presence than other Achillea on the market. They also have sturdy flower stems that will look great throughout the season of its bloom. With a range of beautiful colors, such as yellow, red, pink, and orange, you’ll surely find something that fits your needs. Sassy Summer Lemon has huge flower heads of bright, sunny yellow blooms, and is the first of the collection to bloom.

Princess Nadia Bugleweed

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Part Sun Perennial

Princess Nadia is the first multi-colored version of Ajuga tenorii which is a sport of Chocolate Chip. In spring, cream-purple foliage with glowing pink edges appear. In late spring, the striking royal blue flower spikes emerge. Not just one, but a lot of them! It may rebloom in late summer and has a controlled creeping habit. Where reptans is open, Ajuga tenorii Princess Nadia is tight like a cushion. It never becomes invasive like other varieties of Ajuga. Ideal for mass plantings, mixed containers or as a specimen.

Windy City Globe Lily

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Full Sun Perennial

‘ Windy City’ Globe Lily is a showy introduction by Brent Horvath and Intrinsic Perennial Gardens. The globe shaped, dark purple flowers are held above the green flat leaves on 18” sturdy green stems in mid summer. The seed heads turn tan in the fall and persist well into winter. They make an attractive addition to dried arrangements. Allium x ‘Windy City’ is a good addition to green roofs, containers and well drained sunny perennial gardens.

Butterscotch ™ Bluestar

Full Sun Perennial

Similar to other Amsonia but with an improved form. Abundant clusters of small, powdery blue flowers bloom on reddish stems above a mound of willowy, narrow, green foliage. The bright green leaves of spring and summer change to dramatic hues of yellow, deep gold and butterscotch in fall. Easy to grow and relatively low maintenance.

Hot Pearls Astilbe

Part Shade Perennial

A dashing display of rosy-red, feathery plumes create a bold pop of color. Blooming in summer, this hardy perennial makes an appealing cut flower that adds a frothy feel to a vase or bouquet. The bright green foliage forms a dense clump which contrasts well with its showy summer display. Astilbe chinensis 'Hot Pearls' is ideal for planting in lightly shaded spots with a reliably damp soil, where it creates a spectacular focal point.

Hardy Plumbago

Part Shade Perennial

Hardy Plumbago (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides) is one of the most versatile groundcovers for cold climates growing in both sun and shade and most soil types. Plumbago blooms in late summer with deep blue flowers followed by the foliage that turns burgundy red in fall. The foliage should be cut back in spring, rather than fall, for better overwintering.

SunKiss Tickseed

Full Sun Perennial

This new Tickseed from PanAmerican Seed is phenomenal due to its huge, nearly 3" wide, golden yellow flowers with burgundy red centers. According to the breeder, this is the brightest yellow flower with a large blotch available as a seed strain. This beautiful, heat- tolerant plant finishes quickly to form a well- branched and floriferous habit.

Shades of Rose Tickseed

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Full Sun Perennial

Another great addition to the Permathread series. Cheerful yellow centered flowers that turn pink to rose, at the tips; bloom all summer and will rebloom until frost with deadheading. Fine thread-leaf foliage is dark green and forms clumps. Flowers are sterile and will not self-seed.

Blue Lace Larkspur

Full Sun Perennial

Densely packed spires of true sky-blue flowers with a touch of lavender pink are presented on very strong stems in early summer. Removing spent flower spikes will result in another round of blooms on secondary spikes in late summer and fall. Its large, deeply incised leaves make this plant attractive even when it's not in bloom.

White Gold Bleeding Heart

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Part Shade Perennial

We are delighted to bring you this white flowered Dicentra! The brilliant-white, heart-shaped flowers and golden leaves on a plant that has great vigor. This Dicentra is so clean and fresh looking it will brighten any shade garden. Its beauty and reliability will amaze you..

Arctic Fox Rose Foxglove

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Part Sun Perennial

A superior selection of Foxglove ( Digitalis) , Arctic Fox Rose brings magnificent tall spikes of velvety rose bells from May through September . We’ve been amazed at how long Arctic Fox Rose Foxglove blooms. Arctic Rose Foxglove is ideal for cottage gardens, cutting gardens, beds and pollinator gardens. Try it in the center of your mixed containers for a super thriller. Its wonderful flowers stay upright and don’t flop like other varieties. Arctic Fox Rose is a true perennial hybrid foxglove that comes back year after year instead of biennially, like other foxgloves.

Golden Skipper Coneflower

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Full Sun Perennial

Golden Skipper is a strong plant that supports single, Meyer lemon-colored blooms. A compact, yet sturdy plant, this new selection will make the perfect container plant or middle border mass. Named after a common butterfly of the same color, this new selection will brighten borders, add color to mixed planters and attract hundreds of beautiful butterflies to your garden.

Postman Coneflower

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Full Sun Perennial

Fiery red flowers and a contrasting brown cone make for a lovely combination in this compact, long-blooming addition to the Butterfly series. A true red with slightly dropping petals, Postman stands out in any planting like a red-lighted beacon. Named after a common butterfly of the same color, this new selection will brighten borders, add color to mixed planters and attract hundreds of beautiful butterflies to your garden.

Rigoletto Barrenwort

Part Shade Perennial

If you're looking for a plant for dry shade, this spring-blooming variety is definitely the right choice for you! Flowers have deep rose red sepals, orange centers, and creamy white spurs. Bright green, lance-shaped leaves are lightly spotted with coppery red, but is not as heavily flecked as other varieties, such as 'Pretty in Pink'. A naturally occurring cross between E. acuminatum and E. fangii discovered by Mikinori Ogisu. TRV tested!

California Dreaming Lenten Rose

Full Shade Perennial

Try this lovely single-flowered selection of the HONEYMOON® Series is from Walters Gardens hybridizer Hans Hansen. In his breeding work, he selects for plants with notable vigor, showy floral displays with large numbers of blossoms per plant, and rich flower colors.

'California Dreaming' has 3", single clear yellow, unspotted flowers.

Dashing Groomsmen Lenten Rose

Full Shade Perennial

Walters Gardens hybridizer Hans Hansen has a passion for hellebores. In his breeding work, he selects for plants with notable vigor, showy floral displays with large numbers of blossoms per plant, and rich flower colors. The WEDDING PARTY® series showcases his double flowered selections, available in numerous, beautiful color shades.

'Dashing Groomsmen' has 3", double slate gray to dark purple flowers.

Stephanie Returns Daylily

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Full Sun Perennial

Named for the Perennial Diva Stephanie Cohen, this little daylily really packs a punch! Like its parent, ‘Rosy Returns’, this is a short daylily with smaller but extremely plentiful blossoms produced for about 90 days. The 4” bicolor blossoms display a unique blend of light peachy pink, ruffled petals with a narrow, purple eye, radiant yellow throat, purple midribs, and reddish veining. The recurved sepals are a deeper rose purple.

Double Pardon Me Daylily

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Full Sun Perennial

A twist on the old classic! 'Double Pardon Me' has the same color as its namesake but with dramatically more tepals. Instead of the standard amount of 6 tepals, according to the breeder, these flowers can have as many as 18 tepals. The unique look of this daylily will get you talking-it certainly did for us.

Prelude to Love Daylily

Full Sun Perennial

Hemerocallis 'Prelude to Love' is a showy, deciduous perennial offering early to midsummer interest. A dramatic, reblooming variety with a long bloom period, Hemerocallis 'Prelude to Love' produces 4- inch, trumpet-shaped, dark velvety black-red flowers with a pale yellow-green throat. It blooms for weeks, attracting butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds.

Champagne Coral Bells

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Part Shade Perennial

This hybrid Coral Bell selection is a terrific choice for adding a touch of color towards the front of a border. The leaves are medium-sized and change from peach to gold to champagne-gold over the season and feature a strong white veil overlay. Free-flowering maroon stems with light peach flowers most of the season. Protect from hot afternoon sun to prevent leaf scorch.

Fire Alarm Coral Bells

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Part Sun Perennial

Bigger and brighter than 'Fire Chief' or 'Autumn Leaves', 'Fire Alarm' is bright red in spring and fall and darkens to a brown-red during the summer. This hybrid of H. villosa has thick, leathery red, red leaves that make a delightful medium size mound. 'Fire Alarm' complements almost every section of the color palette, but it can stand on its own without question. It won the Silver medal at Planetarium 2014 and Best Heuchera in the Shade in Ohio State trials 2012..

Forever® Red Coral Bells

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Part Sun Perennial

This lovely, fast growing Heuchera has the reddest leaves ever, a great crown, and is a vigorous grower. The leaves are cut and somewhat ruffled and reddest in the spring and fall when the temperatures are cooler. The 14″ spikes of white flowers in mid summer complement and contrast with the foliage.

Sienna Coral Bells

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Part Sun Perennial

The foliage emerges yellow with orange middles, transitions to solid yellow-green in summer and then gets some orange color again in the fall. This showy garden plant was bred from hardy H. richardsonii and looks good longer in the season than other Heuchera. Long lived, hardy, and rust resistant, this plant is perfect for maintaining clear lines in the landscape.

Pink Revolution Foamy Bells

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Part Shade Perennial

There have been a few pink- flowered Heucherellas introduced, but none with THIS MANY FLOWERS and none with such attractive foliage. It is truly a blooming machine of magenta pink and will not disappoint once the blooms are gone because the deeply cut foliage develops silver and purple markings as they mature each season, giving the plant multiple seasons of interest. Bees love Heucherellas. Gardeners do too!

Bulletproof Hosta

Full Shade Perennial

Hosta 'Bulletproof’ is a tetraploid of Hosta 'Halcyon’. It features super thick, leathery foliage. Slugs have little chance of penetrating the deep blue-green leaves of this newer Hosta. Mature leaves measure 7" long by 5" wide, tips come to a nice point.

High Society Hosta

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Part Shade Perennial

This stunning sport of Hosta 'June' adds another beautiful plant to the line of great mutations from a great Hosta. Despite its small stature, Hosta 'High Society' makes a WOW specimen in the garden. The 8" tall x 15" wide, slow-growing clump of powder-blue leaves is highlighted by a narrow central pattern that emerges gold and then morphs to white. The small clumps are topped with pale lavender flowers in late spring.

Snake Eyes Hosta

Part Shade Perennial

One of the best sports of 'Striptease’, ‘Snake Eyes’ has a much wider white line, adding a lot of appeal to this selection. Hosta 'Snake Eyes' was discovered in 2000 by Andy Torvinen while sorting through some plugs of Hosta 'Striptease’. He registered the plant in 2005 and named it 'Snake Eyes' because if you put two leaves together and look at the light green and white flash patterns, they look like two eyes of a reptile, just like ... snake eyes!

Swans in Flight Siberian Iris

Full Sun Perennial

This later blooming white variety will certainly turn your head when it blooms in early summer. Extremely large, 5" ivory white flowers are wider and fuller than the classic 'White Swirl'. Lemon yellow signals put the finishing touches on this elegant plant. When planted in mass, it looks like a blanket of white flowers.

Sensational!® Lavender

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Full Sun Perennial

This lavender has broad, thick, bright silver leaves. The flowers are sensationally large (4") and intense purple on densely flowered spikes. Sensational! flowers and reblooms abundantly from Summer to Autumn. Sensational! has a compact, upright habit and forms a well- branched plant of about 24” high and wide with a high tolerance to leaf spotting and root disease. On top of this all, it has a very nice floral fragrance. Lavandula Sensational! is a great addition to the perennial border, the rock garden or container. It is also great for landscaping and mass planting. Because of the strong flower stems it can also be used for fresh or dry cut flowers. Whew!

Pardon My Purple Bee Balm

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Full Sun Perennial

No room for the tall, bushy, traditional Bee Balm in the garden? Here is a petite selection that’s easy to tuck into the front of your sunny border and combination containers. Reaching just a foot tall at maturity, this compact selection forms a well- branched clump of deep green, glossy foliage with good resistance to powdery mildew. From mid through late summer, fuchsia purple flowers sit just at the top of the foliage. Though the plant may be dwarf, the flowers are the same size as taller selections, measuring a full 2½-3" across.

André Chaudron Siberian Catmint

Full Sun Perennial

Nepeta sibirica 'Souvenir d'André Chaudron' is a compact cultivar with aromatic, lance-shaped leaves and loose spikes of lavender-blue flowers over a long period in summer and early autumn. Sometimes sold as 'Blue Beauty'. A 1948 introduction from Dr Frank Skinner (1882-1967) of Rosehearty, Scotland then Manitoba, Canada. So don't be surprised that it is tough.

Shirley Temple Peony

Full Sun Perennial

This DOUBLE-FLOWERED type was introduced in Europe sometime before 1953. A beautiful variety, the result of a crossing between Festiva Maxima and Mme. Edouard Doriat , many years ago. It flowers a week before it’s parent the early flowering variety, Festiva Maxima. The color is a beautiful light rose which changes into white. It is exceptionally large flowered with 8″ blooms. An outstanding variety as a cut flower with firm stems and early flowering period.

Strawberries & Cream Spring Phlox

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Full Sun Perennial

Phlox 'Strawberries and Cream' takes moss phlox breeding in a completely new direction. It produces novel flowers colors not found in Phlox subulata , as well as flowers that deepen in color as they age, unlike P. subulata whose flowers can fade over time. Reliably lower-growing and possessing possibly higher pH and salt tolerance than P. subulata add to their novelty.

Drummond’s Pink Creeping Phlox

Full Sun Perennial

A replacement for 'Emerald Pink', this creeping phlox has a richer rose color and larger flowers. Creeping phlox is a low-growing species which forms a carpet-like mat no taller than 6". This popular little perennial is best utilized in rocky areas, on slopes, and in flower borders.

Lyrical ™ White Sage

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Full Sun Perennial

Salvia is an invaluable perennial for its rich display in the border. Plants form a bushy clump of grey-green leaves, with upright

spikes appearing in early summer, attractive to both butterflies and

hummingbirds. This selection from the ‘Lyrical’ Series has a nice compact habit and flowers of pure white over a long period. Remove faded flowers to encourage repeat blooming, or simply cut back hard after flowering is finished.

Evening Attire Meadow Sage

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Full Sun Perennial

'Evening Attire' is the darkest, most vibrant blue Salvia of the FASHIONISTA® collection. Huge, vivid violet blue flowers are packed tightly into a refined habit. Flowers are held on dark calyxes above dark green foliage.

Blue By You Sage

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Full Sun Perennial

Blue by You features deep, violet-blue flowers over a long season. Enjoy repeat blooming several times during the growing season by removing spent flowers. Nice compact habit. Plants are reasonably drought tolerant, once established. Excellent for cutting. Clumps may be easily divided in early spring, every 3 to 4 years. Hybrid between S. nemorosa and S. pratensis offering excellent winter hardiness and heat tolerance.

Angelina's Teacup Stonecrop

Full Sun Perennial

If you love the look and color of Sedum ‘Angelina’ but want something shorter and tighter in stature, check out Sedum SUNSPARKLER ® Angelina’s Teacup. Standing only 3 inches tall and creating a tight mounding clump up to 18 inches wide, SUNSPARKLER ® Angelina’s Teacup is going to ‘wow’ in your garden. The very fine, needle like foliage holds it bright chartreuse yellow green color all summer long. In the cooler weather this plant puts on a spectacular show of bright orange and reds.

Cherries Jubilee ™ Hens-and-Chicks

Full Sun Perennial

A cherry red treat fit for a queen! Chick Charms® Cherries Jubilee ™ has the electric, cherry red foliage that’s the perfect topping for any garden. This year-round red wakes up bright red in the Spring and intensifies to a deeper red in the hotter months. Just like it’s namesake dessert, you’ll want more than one helping of Cherries Jubilee ™ !

Gold Rush Hens-and-Chicks

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Full Sun Perennial

Bring on the gold fever with the new for 2022 Chick Charms® Gold Rush ppaf ! A product of 4+ years of breeding, this brilliantly colored beauty combines ruby red and bright gold and is sure to be the crown jewel of your garden.

Pineapple Paradise ™

Hens-and-Chicks

Full Sun Perennial

A color show for every season, Chick Charms® Pineapple Paradise ™ is ready no matter the occasion. Celebrate your Winter holidays with deep forest green and wine-red edges and get tropical in the Spring with bright pineapple yellow paired with a ripe cherry red. Pineapple Paradise ™ is the perfect companion for soaking up that Summer sun!

Pink Skyrocket Foamflower

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Full Shade Perennial

One of the wild outcrosses from TERRA NOVA® Nurseries shot up with this sparkling salute. Explosive heads of shrimp pink are held above the marvelously cut and marked foliage. Fall foliage color in full sun is burnished bronze and in shade is deep shiny black.

First Kiss Speedwell

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Full Sun Perennial

The FIRST series of Veronica features a compact habit with sturdy stems that hold spikes of flowers above deep green lance shaped foliage from spring into fall. 'First Kiss' has lovely soft pink colored flowers. No vernalization required for flowering. Deer and rabbit resistant. Attracts butterflies, bees and hummingbirds to the garden. Drought and salt tolerant.

Crested Surf

Japanese Painted Fern

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Full Shade Fern

The first perennial fern addition to the Proven Winners lineup, filling another of your shade needs. 'Crested Surf' looks similar in color to a traditional Japanese Painted Fern, but the tips of the fronds are double crested. A vigorous, taller variety that can fit the middle of the border. Perfect for moist, shady areas of the garden.

Blonde Ambition Blue Grama

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Full Sun Grass

She’s BACK! The natural beauty of the native Blue Grama grass is taken to another level with Blonde Ambition. The horizontal seed heads resemble elegant, small flags, and they have colors that range from chartreuse to blonde. The delicate blooms hover over the two-foot blue-green stems. The Blonde Ambition has won awards for its low water conditions, long-lasting attractiveness, and resistance to pests.

Honeycomb Blue Grama

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Full Sun Grass

From our friend Brent Horvath at Intrinsic Perennial Gardens comes his new blue grama grass; Bouteloua gracilis ‘Honeycomb’. This variety is an adaptable and showy form of native grass. Its honey gold inflorescence has yellow pollen hanging down on the eyelashes. Flowering begins in July and holds on into winter. The plant prefers a well- drained, to dry soil in full sun and is hardy in Zones 4-9.

Bluejoint Grass

Full Sun Grass

Bluejoint is a mid-sized to tall native grass useful for wetland restoration and shoreline and streambank stabilization. Creeping underground shoots (rhizomes) improve the plants' ability to bind soil, especially along streams and waterways. This species provides forage for bison, elk, and

deer, as well as food and habitat for small mammals, waterfowl, birds, and bears.

Bandwidth Porcupine Grass

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Full Sun Grass

Bandwidth is an infertile variety from the University of Georgia. It has mature seed heads of fluffy, pinkish tan, bright green foliage and golden horizontal banding. It would make a great sub for Miscanthus s. Gold Bar. Let’s try to use these infertile varieties to keep this beautiful genera in the landscape.

Scout ™ Maiden Grass

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Full Sun Grass

Another infertile variety from the University of Georgia. Scout ™ Maiden Grass features bold plumes of shell pink flowers rising above the foliage in late summer. It has slender , rich green foliage with a white mid-rib. As a bonus, the foliage turns gorgeous shades of yellow, orange and red in the fall. It would make a great sub for Gracillimus or Graziella.

Totem Pole Switch Grass

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Full Sun Grass

A mental image of a totem pole brings to mind a tall, narrow, majestic structure – the exact imagery to apply to this new ornamental grass! 'Totem Pole' forms a very upright column of steel blue foliage and powdery blue stems. In early fall, the top of the clump explodes with golden seed panicles. The narrow base of the plant makes it an ideal candidate for small spaces in the garden that need height and vertical structure.

Chameleon Little Bluestem

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Full Sun Grass

Schizachyrium ‘Chameleon’ has multi -colored, showy foliage during the season: green-white striped variegated foliage in spring and early summer that changes to pink and purple (that explains the name!) in late summer and autumn. ‘Chameleon’ flowers in autumn with burgundy-red flowers. The habit is compact, upright and dense. A colorful plant for borders, prairie gardens or mixed plantings that demands hardly any maintenance.