(Busy Lizzy, Fiesta Ole™ Peach Impatiens, Impatiens)

The compact Fiesta Ole™ Peach is a lovely double-flowered busy lizzy with peachy pink blooms. It has a bushy, mounded habit and will flower continuously all season without deadheading as long as growing conditions remain favorable. The flowers of this Ball Horticultural Company introduction will not fade as they age.

Surprisingly, this common “annual” is actually a bushy tender perennial in its native East Africa and will survive winters in tropical and sub-tropical zones. It blooms continuously...

(Busy Lizzy, Fiesta Ole™ Peach Impatiens, Impatiens)

The compact Fiesta Ole™ Peach is a lovely double-flowered busy lizzy with peachy pink blooms. It has a bushy, mounded habit and will flower continuously all season without deadheading as long as growing conditions remain favorable. The flowers of this Ball Horticultural Company introduction will not fade as they age.

Surprisingly, this common “annual” is actually a bushy tender perennial in its native East Africa and will survive winters in tropical and sub-tropical zones. It blooms continuously...

(Busy Lizzy, Fiesta Ole™ Rose Impatiens, Impatiens)

The compact Fiesta Ole™ Purple is a lovely double-flowered busy lizzy with bright rosy blooms. It has a bushy, mounded habit and will flower continuously all season without deadheading, as long as growing conditions remain favorable. The flowers of this Ball Horticultural Company introduction will not fade as they age.

Almost every gardener has grown Impatiens walleriana. Surprisingly, this common “annual” is actually a bushy tender perennial in its native East Africa and will survive...

(Busy Lizzy, Fiesta Ole™ Rose Impatiens, Impatiens)

The compact Fiesta Ole™ Purple is a lovely double-flowered busy lizzy with bright rosy blooms. It has a bushy, mounded habit and will flower continuously all season without deadheading, as long as growing conditions remain favorable. The flowers of this Ball Horticultural Company introduction will not fade as they age.

Almost every gardener has grown Impatiens walleriana. Surprisingly, this common “annual” is actually a bushy tender perennial in its native East Africa and will survive...

(Downy Thornapple, Pricklyburr)

Downy thornapple is a large, bushy, herbaceous perennial (or annual) that looks best in early morning when its flowers stand open to the dawn sky. It has naturalized in dry washes, rocky hillsides and waste places from sea level to middle elevations in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States as well as regions in the northeast, though it is native to Central and South America.

This heat-lover relies on a deep tap root to reach moisture trapped beneath dry soil. Its downy, oval, dark...

(Harrington's Pink Aster, New England Aster)

This statuesque New England aster cultivar bears loads of light pink, yellow-centered daisies from late summer into fall. Its soft blossoms make excellent cut flowers and are beloved by bees and butterflies. For a breathtaking display, try combining 'Harrington's Pink' with perennial sunflower (Helianthus) ‘Lemon Queen’ and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) ‘Prairie Sky’, which will also help to conceal and support its arching stems.

New England aster is quite adaptable, but...

(Mexican Hat)

The common name "Mexican hat" aptly describes the sombrero-like blossoms of this perennial from prairies and meadows of central North America. It is often cultivated as an annual or biennial.

This hardy perennial forms dense mounds of lacy, finely lobed, gray-green leaves. Showy blossoms with drooping yellow rays and a long protruding central cone are borne on tall branching stems from early to late summer. The rays of variety pulcherimma are variously stained with purple. The thimble-shaped...

(Bear's Breeches, Summer Beauty Bear's Breeches)

The tall and stately Acanthus ‘Summer Beauty’ is a hybrid bear’s breeches that is tolerant of summer heat, if given regular moisture. Huge, glossy, semi-evergreen, lobed leaves with spines on the margins form a large, mounded rosette. Its tall flower stalks appear in late spring through midsummer with an abundance of widely-spaced, snapdragon-like blooms that are white with purple calyces (outer flower cover). The blooms are highly attractive to bees.

Acanthus prefers full to partial...

(Asiatic Lily, Sun Ray Lily)

The vigorous Asiatic lily 'Sun Ray' has big upward-facing, open flowers of bright lemon yellow. These lightly spotted flowers appear in early summer atop medium-sized plants.

Asiatic lilies are probably the most common and easily grown type of hybrid lily. They typically bear clusters of wide-flaring flowers atop strong stems. The upright stems are lined with glossy green, narrow, lance-shaped leaves. Once they have flowered they will not bloom again until the following year, so be sure...

(Hybrid Beardtongue, Hybrid Penstemon, Red Rocks® Penstemon)

Bearing spectacular magenta flowers on compact stems over a long season, this herbaceous perennial is also notable for its adaptability to a diversity of climates. One of a number of outstanding penstemon hybrids developed by renowned plant breeder Bruce Meyers, Red Rocks® bears spires of chubby bell-shaped flowers from summer to fall. The relatively short flower stems arise from a shrubby base furnished with glossy lance-shaped evergreen leaves.

A favorite of hummingbirds, this beautiful...