(Baby's Breath)

Baby’s breath is the traditional florist’s favorite filler flower; the Festival Series is the new, improved form. Festival White Baby’s breath is an herbaceous perennial plant bearing airy panicles covered with hundreds of semi-double white flowers from mid spring to mid summer. When Festival White blooms, the effect is cloud-like; off-season it maintains an inconspicuous existence as a dense rosette of lance-shaped, blue-green basal foliage.

Baby’s breath is native to central and Eastern Europe,...

(Baby's Breath)

Baby’s breath is the traditional florist’s favorite filler flower. Members of the Festival series have a pleasing compact, erect form and vigorous growth. These herbaceous perennial plants bear tall, airy panicles covered with hundreds of tiny double white flowers, often blushed with pink. Flowers appear from late spring to late summer, When in bloom the effect is cloud-like. Off-season plants maintain an inconspicuous existence as a dense rosette of lance-shaped, blue-green basal foliage.

Baby’s...

(Common Witchhazel)

The spreading branches of the common witchhazel become covered with fine, ribbony blossoms of bright yellow in autumn as its yellow fall foliage is dropping. This large, multi-stemmed deciduous shrub exists in the moist understory of forests across the eastern United States and southern Canada. It is tough, hardy and adds delicate beauty to the fall garden.

The broad, oval leaves of common witchhazel are medium to dark green with irregular, wavy toothed edges. In autumn, the foliage turns warm...

(Dazzler Sun-rose, Dazzler Sunrose, Sunrose)

The ruby red flowers of 'Dazzler' glow like jewels in the summer sun. This tough and beautiful shrubby perennial can stand up to considerable heat and drought. It has a low, spreading habit and fine stems lined with small, fuzzy, gray-green leaves that resist water loss.

Rockrose blooms from late spring to midsummer. Its numerous, brightly colored, five-petaled flowers have a fluffy cluster of bright yellow stamens in the center of each. They are highly attractive to bees and followed by inconspicuous...

(Double Red Sun-rose, Double Red Sunrose, Sunrose)

The fiery double red flowers of 'Double Red' shine in the hot summer sun. This tough and beautiful shrubby perennial can stand up to considerable heat and drought. It has a low, spreading habit and fine stems lined with small, fuzzy, gray-green leaves that resist water loss.

Rockrose blooms from late spring to midsummer. Its numerous, brightly colored, five-petaled flowers have a fluffy cluster of bright yellow stamens in the center of each. They are highly attractive to bees and followed by...

(Sunrose, Wisley Pink Sun-rose, Wisley Pink Sunrose)

Named for the Royal Horticultural Society's Wisley Gardens in Woking, England, this gorgeous rockrose is among the most beautiful of its kind. 'Wisley Pink' has cool pink flowers that shine in the hot summer sun. This tough and beautiful shrubby perennial can stand up to considerable heat and drought and has a low, spreading habit and fine stems lined with small, fuzzy, gray-green leaves that resist water loss.

Rockrose blooms from late spring to midsummer. Its numerous, brightly colored, five-petaled...

(Sunrose, Wisley Primrose Sun-rose, Wisley Primrose Sunrose)

Named for the Royal Horticultural Society's Wisley Gardens in Woking, England, this gorgeous compact rockrose is one of the best yellow-flowered cultivars available. 'Wisley Primrose' has soft primrose flowers that shine in the hot summer sun. This tough shrubby perennial can stand up to considerable heat and drought and has a low, spreading habit and fine stems lined with small, fuzzy, gray-green leaves that resist water loss.

Rockrose blooms from late spring to midsummer. Its numerous, brightly...

(Annual Sunflower)

This is one of the prettier, more unusual sunflowers for cutting. The striking, small to medium-sized blooms of ‘Italian White’ have dark brown centers surrounded by creamy white petals with hints of bright yellow. It is well-branched, bushy and relatively compact. This cultivar may be listed as an annual sunflower (Helianthus annuus) or a beach sunflower (Helianthus debilis ssp. cucumerifolius) cultivar but bears characteristics of both, so it is better listed as a hybrid....

(Annual Sunflower)

The sunflower is one of the best known garden flowers. Its big bold daisies track the sun, hence the common name. This warm season annual is uncommonly easy to grow and economically important for the production of sunflower seeds, for human consumption, cooking oil and birdseed, as well as cutflowers for the florist’s industry. It is a New World native that exists throughout the whole of North America down to Central America. Natural populations can vary widely in height but most are tall, upright...

(Annual Sunflower)

The big, bold blooms of sunflowers makes them one of the most cheerful and fun annuals for the garden. Sun loving and easy to grow, they are native throughout the whole of North America down to Central America. Sunflower ‘Ballad’ is a dwarf selection. The plants are branched with large, heart-shaped leaves that are rough and slightly hairy. The summer, daisy-like flowers are small and yellow with brown centers. Flowers may be forced through out the year in warm, frost-free zones. Ballad does not...