(Purple Lovegrass)

Purple lovegrass, above its classy green leaves, displays pretty reddish to purpled sprays of flowers and seeds in late summer and fall. This lovely perennial, bunching, warm-season grass is native to the eastern two-thirds of the United States, and parts of northern Mexico. The relatively low, clump-forming mass of light green leaves is highlighted with stems of many small flowers in late summer. The red-purple flowers are lovely en masse on the plant, and will yield burgundy-red seeds. The flower...

(Sand Lovegrass)

Sand lovegrass is a tall bunching grass with a pleasing weeping foliage habit, and tall stems of seedheads that often flop in late summer. A perennial native to a large portion of the central United States, it is usually found in sandy, open woodlands or meadows. The green leaves are graceful and slightly arching to upright, and in late spring, tall stems arise and are topped with panicles, or branched clusters of tiny yellow flowers that turn purplish, eventually red-purple when seeds are ripe....

(Winter Aconite)

Dappling the ground with sunny blooms very early in the year, this little perennial from southern Europe and Asia Minor is a delightful garden presence in winter and early spring. Arising on short stems from a knobbly tuber, the yellow, saucer-shaped blooms perch atop a ruff-like whorl of three deeply dissected leaves. They bloom with the first hints of spring, opening their flowers wide in sunlight, and attracting bees with their honeyed scent. The tubers also give rise to palmately lobed basal...

(Winter Aconite)

Dappling the ground with sunny blooms very early in the year, this little perennial from Asia Minor is a delightful garden presence in winter and early spring. Arising on short stems from a knobbly tuber, the yellow, saucer-shaped blooms perch atop a ruff-like whorl of three deeply dissected, bronze-tinged leaves. They bloom with the first hints of spring, opening their flowers wide in sunlight, and attracting bees with their honeyed scent. The tubers also give rise to palmately lobed basal leaves....

(Narrow-leaved Foxtail Lily)

When in bloom, foxtail lily is a tall, regal perennial that produces feathery spikes of golden yellow flowers in summer. It is native to Central Asia, in countries such as Pakistan and Iran. In the wild, it inhabits dry, rocky slopes in open, sunny areas. Purchased plants are usually sold as dormant rhizomes with fleshy, slightly brittle, tuberous roots. These should be handled with care and planted upon arrival.

A modest fountain of narrow, gray-green leaves is produced in spring, and the...

(Foxtail Lily)

The tall, upright flower scapes of these exceptional ornamentals come in shades of apricot, yellow and bright orange. These foxtail lily hybrids were first bred in Great Shelford, Cambridge, England by Sir Michael Foster. They are crosses between Eremurus olgae and E. stenophyllus created in the late nineteenth century. Foster's are the most common of all Eremurus x isabellinus and commonly called the Shelford hybrids. Two other hybrid groups in the trade include...

(Foxtail Lily)

The tall, upright flower scapes of this exceptional ornamental are Spanish orange. 'Cleopatra' was bred by the Dutch Breeder N.C. Ruiter and first registered in 1956. It is a cross between Eremurus olgae and E. stenophyllus. The parent species are native to Central Asia where they inhabit dry, rocky or sandy slopes in open, sunny areas, and garden grown specimens grow best under similar conditions. Sharply drained soil is particularly key.

A modest fountain of narrow, green...

(Foxtail Lily, Shelford Mix Foxtail Lily)

The tall, upright flower scapes of these exceptional ornamentals come in shades of apricot, yellow and bright orange. The Shelford hybrids were first bred in Great Shelford, Cambridge, England by Sir Michael Foster. They are crosses between Eremurus olgae and E. stenophyllus created in the late nineteenth century. These are the most common of all Eremurus x isabellinus hybrids. The parent species are native to Central Asia where they inhabit dry, rocky or sandy...

(Foxtail Lily)

The tall, upright flower scapes of this exceptional ornamental are bright, glowing yellow. The Shelford hybrids were first bred in Great Shelford, Cambridge, England by Sir Michael Foster. They are crosses between Eremurus olgae and E. stenophyllus created in the late nineteenth century. These are the most common of all Eremurus x isabellinus hybrids. The parent species are native to Central Asia where they inhabit dry, rocky or sandy slopes in open, sunny areas,...

(Foxtail Lily, Shelford Foxtail Lily)

The tall, upright flower scapes of these exceptional ornamentals come in shades of apricot, yellow and bright orange. The Shelford hybrids were first bred in Great Shelford, Cambridge, England by Sir Michael Foster. They are crosses between Eremurus olgae and E. stenophyllus created in the late nineteenth century. These are the most common of all Eremurus x isabellinus hybrids. The parent species are native to Central Asia where they inhabit dry, rocky or sandy...