(Golden Fleece Wooly Yarrow, Wooly Yarrow)

This yarrow cultivar is a mat-forming, hardy, herbaceous perennial with distinctive toothy, hairy leaves that look as if a spider had covered them with silk. The tousled mat of leaves is very low and the flower stems rise only a little higher. The flower custers are tightly made of many gold-yellow flowers with blunt petals and a promiment gold center. Flowering is profuse from early summer to early fall. The parent is wooly yarrow, a species native to southern Europe and western Asia.

Wooly...

(Goldie Yarrow, Wooly Yarrow)

This Achillea species, also known as Wooly yarrow, is a small hardy perennial from southern Europe and western Asia with distinctive gray-green leaves that are lined with so many chubby leaflets that they look almost wooly. The leaves spread close to the ground in a thick, mussy mat from which flower stems rise, topped with a dense cluster of small yellow flowers. Bloom starts in early summer and continues to early fall.

Wooly yarrow has several uses:it can make a thick, flowering groundcover,...

(Dwarf Wooly Yarrow)

Silvery-leaved, low-growing and drought tolerant, this is the perfect small yarrow for rock gardens and sunny border edges. A hybrid of the species Achillea clavennae and Achillea tomentosa, it forms a mat of narrow, gray-green, minutely toothed leaves. Loose, flattened clusters of buttery, pale primrose flowers bloom on short stems from late spring to midsummer. These are attractive to butterflies and have a soft, pretty appearance. Regular deadheading may extend flowering.

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(Dwarf Wooly Yarrow, King Edward Yarrow)

Silvery-leaved, low-growing and drought tolerant, this is the perfect small yarrow for rock gardens and sunny border edges. A cross between the species Achillea clavennae and Achillea tomentosa, 'King Edward' forms a mat of narrow, gray-green, minutely toothed leaves. Loose, flattened clusters of buttery, pale primrose flowers bloom on short stems from late spring to midsummer. These are attractive to butterflies and have a soft, pretty appearance. Regular deadheading may extend...

(Giant Needlegrass, Giant Ricegrass, Giant Stipa)

Upright, graceful leaf blades of giant needlegrass create billowy tufts across the landscape. A cool-season perennial grass that often is short lived, it's native to the rocky and gravelly soils -- especially chaparral habitats -- from the Cascade Mountains of central California southward into Mexico's Baja peninsula. The root system is fibrous.

This bunching grass forms a V-shaped clump with airy, medium green leaves. Leaf blades are thin and held upright and occur in the moisture and cool...

(Agastache, Apricot Sprite Hyssop, Hummingbird Hyssop)

Apricot sprite hyssop is a strongly aromatic, highly drought tolerant, short-lived perennial. Throughout summer, this member of the mint family produces strongly scented leaves that subtend short stems topped with loose spikes of, fragrant, tubular flowers of apricot to orange. Everblooming and tolerant of poor soils, it requires little deadheading and is highly attractive to hummingbirds. Apricot sprite hyssop has a dwarf habit and is a superior perennial for containers, rock gardens and mixed beds...

(Agastache, Apricot Sunrise Hyssop, Hummingbird Hyssop)

Apricot sunrise hyssop is a strongly aromatic, highly drought tolerant, short-lived perennial. Throughout summer, this member of the mint family produces strongly scented leaves that subtend short stems topped with loose spikes of, fragrant, tubular flowers of orange-red that fade to golden apricot.

Everblooming and tolerant of poor soils, it requires little deadheading and is highly attractive to hummingbirds. Apricot sunrise hyssop is a superior perennial for southwestern gardens and looks great...

(Black Adder Giant Hyssop, Giant Hyssop)

The hybrid hyssop ‘Black Adder’ is a long-blooming plant that attracts plentiful butterflies and bees to the garden. The tall, bushy, herbaceous perennial produces long spikes of dark purple flower buds that open to a powdery violet-blue. It begins blooming in the heat of midsummer and will continue up until frost if regularly deadheaded. Like most members of the mint family, it has fragrant foliage, which smells of anise when crushed.

Full sun is required for best flowering and good performance....

(Anise Hyssop, Blue Fortune Giant Hyssop, Blue Hyssop)

Blue fortune hyssop is a popular hardy perennial that is easy to grow and moderately drought tolerant. This strongly aromatic member of the mint family has an upright habit and downy, medium green, licorice-scented leaves. From mid to late summer, tall stems topped with dense spikes of lavender-blue flowers appear. Highly attractive to bees and butterflies, this plant will continue blooming into fall if deadheaded. Blue fortune hyssop is tolerant of poor soils and an excellent choice for sunny mixed...

(Heather Queen Hyssop, Hybrid Hyssop)

Everblooming and richly colored, the fragrant hybrid hyssop ‘Heather Queen’ is a delight to hummingbirds and butterflies and will boost the color level in any sunny summer garden. This compact, clump-forming herbaceous perennial produces dense upright clusters of rose-pink tubular flowers. It begins blooming in early summer and will continue up until frost if regularly deadheaded. Like most Agastache, its small, soft green leaves are aromatic when crushed.

Full sun is required for...