(Great Leopard's Bane)

The bright lemon yellow daisies of great leopard’s bane stand on tall thin stems and bloom from late spring to midsummer. It is a hardy herbaceous perennial native to western and central Europe. Though uncommon in the garden, it offers height and bright color to the early border.

The slightly heart-shaped of this daisy are light to medium green and form basal clumps that spread over time and form a substantial mass. The cauline leaves that line the flower stems are lance-shaped. From late...

(Ice Plant, Livingstone Daisy)

Livingstone daisy is an easy-to-grow annual that becomes covered in neon-hued, daisy-like blooms all season long. It is native to South Africa and the genus is named in honor of plantsman Dr. Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes’s mother, Dorothea. Also called ice plant, this mat-forming beauty is a true rock garden plant adapted to sunny, open, rocky ares with sharply drained soil. It thrives were summers are not too hot or humid.

The flat, fleshy, succulent, spatula-shaped leaves of ice plant...

(Livingstone Daisy, Mezoo Trailing Red Livingstone Daisy)

Mezoo Livingstone daisy is a sprawling to mounding plant with succulent green leaves edged with white occasionally accented with button-sized red flowers in spring. This annual succulent is from South Africa’s Cape Provinces. The small, round, daisy-like flowers appear on the stems among the heavy, elliptical, pointed leaves. Bright flowers with many petite petals remain open during cloudy weather unlike other Livingstone daises which close if the sky darkens.

This selection of Livingstone...

(Leatherwood Fern, Narrow Buckler Fern, Toothed Wood Fern)

A delicate fern for woodland gardens and shaded dells, the toothed wood fern offers finely divided, light green to yellow-green fronds with distinctive stems covered with soft, brown scales. This deciduous perennial is native to the northernmost reaches of Europe and Asia. It is clump-forming and slowly spreads via creeping rhizomes (underground stems). In summer, its fertile fronds develop round, brown, spore-bearing “sori” that dot the undersides of the leaves in two rows along the pinnae, or leaflets....

(Common Male Fern)

Common male fern is a large deciduous fern native to many temperate regions of Europe, Asia and North America. Its large, glossy green fronds arise from an erect rhizome. With greater height, the fronds tend to become ever-so-slightly arching.

Like most ferns it excels in shade and moist soil, though once established it will tolerate some sun and drier conditions. Nearly any soil pH type is acceptable as long as there is organic matter incorporated. Common male fern performs well in woodland borders...

(Common Male Fern)

Common male fern is a large deciduous fern native to many temperate regions of Europe, Asia and North America. Its large, glossy green fronds arise from an erect rhizome. With greater height, the fronds tend to become ever-so-slightly arching.

Like most ferns it excels in shade and moist soil, though once established it will tolerate some sun and drier conditions. Nearly any soil pH type is acceptable as long as there is organic matter incorporated. Common male fern performs well in woodland borders...

(Common Male Fern)

Common male fern is a large deciduous fern native to many temperate regions of Europe, Asia and North America. The vigorous and attractive cultivar 'Undulata Robusta' has large, glossy green leaves that arise from an erect rhizome. The frond edges often have a slightly wavy appearance. With greater height, the fronds tend to become gracefully arching.

Like most ferns it excels in shade and moist soil, though once established it will tolerate some sun and drier conditions. Nearly any soil pH type...

(Mock Strawberry)

(Indian Mock Strawberry)

(Hybrid Coneflower)

Crazy Pink coneflower (cultivar 'Adam Saul') is a hardy, prolific perennial that often has dozens upon dozens of flowers open at one time. Its fragrant blooms have a large, orange central disk accentuated by true pink petals that point downward.

Big Sky coneflowers all attract bees and butterflies and provide seeds for hungry birds in the fall and winter months. Use these perennials in flower borders, en masse in landscape beds, in meadow or in a sunny container.

They grow best full to partial...