(Drumstick Red Sea Thrift, Sea Pink, Sea Thrift)

Grown for its cheerful flowers and attractive foliage, 'Drumstick Red' is a cultivar of Armeria pseudarmeria, a low, clump-forming perennial from west-central Portugal. Compact clumps of lance-shaped green leaves give rise in late spring to spherical clusters of red flowers on erect leafless stems. Plants rebloom sporadically through summer if plants are deadheaded.

Sea thrift prospers in full sun and well-drained soil, and fails in damp sites. It tolerates drought and heat but prefers...

(Joystick Lilac Sea Thrift, Sea Pink, Sea Thrift)

This long-blooming perennial, ‘Joystick Lilac.’ is a bluish-pink flowered selection of a woody or semi-woody species native to the coast of Portugal. The plant is a much-branched clump with lance-shaped green leaves. It blooms in summer with round clusters of small flowers atop leafless upright stems. It is a charming, extravagant show for a small plant and can be prolonged into autumn by deadheading.

In its native region, sea thrift is often found in full sun on very well-drained soil. In wet...

(Joystick Mix Sea Thrift, Sea Pink, Sea Thrift)

The members of this series are long-blooming perennials chosen for their flower colors, which range from white through lavender and bright pink to ruby red. All are descended from a woody or semi-woody perennial sea thrift native to the coast of Portugal. These selections are much-branched clumps of lance-shaped green leaves. They bloom in summer with quite large, round clusters of small flowers atop leafless upright stems. It is a charming, extravagant show for a smallish plant and can be prolonged...

(Joystick Red Sea Thrift, Sea Pink, Sea Thrift)

Joystick red ball thrift is a compact, clump forming herbaceous perennial that originates from the coasts of Portugal. In early to mid summer, upright, leafless stems topped with large clusters of ruby-red flowers spring up from dense clumps of medium green foliage. Spent blossoms should be removed to encourage more flowers. This sun-loving ornamental requires well drained average to poor soil. Ball thrift makes a fine addition to rock gardens, border edges, or trough and container gardens. These...

(Joystick White Sea Thrift, Sea Pink, Sea Thrift)

This long-blooming perennial, ‘Joystick White’ is a white-flowered selection of a small woody or semi-woody sea thrift native to the coast of Portugal. The plant is a much-branched low clump with lance-shaped green leaves. It blooms in summer with large, round clusters of small flowers atop a forest of leafless upright stems. It is a charming, extravagant show for a small plant and can be prolonged into autumn by deadheading.

In its native region, sea thrift is often found in full sun on very...

(Ballerina Sea Thrift, Sea Pink, Sea Thrift)

Flowering within 110 days of sowing, plants in the Ballerina Series are early-blooming selections of Armeria pseudarmeria, a low clump-forming perennial from west-central Portugal. They are available as plants or seed.

Dense rosettes of lance-shaped evergreen leaves give rise in late spring to spherical heads of red, white, or lilac flowers on compact leafless stems. Deadheaded plants rebloom sporadically through summer.

Sea thrift prospers in full sun and well-drained soil, and...

(Ball Trift, Joystick Ball Thrift, Plantain Thrift, Sea Pink)

Joystick ball thrift is a compact, clump forming herbaceous perennial that originates from the coasts of Portugal. In early to mid summer, upright, leafless stems topped with large clusters of white, ruby-red, bright pink or lilac flowers spring up from dense clumps of medium green foliage. Spent blossoms should be removed to encourage more flowers. This sun-loving ornamental requires well drained average to poor soil. Ball thrift makes a fine addition to rock gardens, border edges, or trough and...

(Horseradish)

This hardy, coarse, deep-rooted perennial is the source of horseradish, the familiar, fiery condiment. It grows as a clump of large, toothed, puckered, dark-green leaves on long stems arising from a fleshy root that divides vigorously into offshoots and sends out tunneling stems to start new plants with such vigor that one plant soon becomes many. Unless dug out regularly, the new plants can become invasive pests. Even a tiny fragment of root left in the ground will grow a new plant.

From late...

(Chokeberry)

(Black Chokeberry, Black Chokecherry, Viking Chokeberry)

Small, pretty white blossoms in spring, orangey fall color and dark purplish-black berries make black chokeberry a great shrub for naturalistic massed plantings. An upright deciduous shrub that suckers to form a thicket of twigs and leaves, it is native to the moist soils of the eastern United States and a thin sliver of southeastern Canada. Individual plants have a cluster of many, thin, dark brown stems that have a white, waxy, semi-flaky film on the smaller, reddish-brown twigs. It is slightly...