(Lady's Mantle)

(Auslese Lady's Mantle, Lady's Mantle)

The vigorous lady's mantle 'Auslese' is a wide-spreading European selection with large scalloped and pleated leaves of gray-green and bold sprays of bright yellow-green blooms that stand above the foliage.

Old-fashioned and delicate, lady's mantle is the ideal perennial for partial sun to shade. This clump-forming ornamental has lovely scalloped seagreen leaves and effervescent plumes of chartreuse flowers that appear in late spring to early summer.

Though able to tolerate short periods of...

(Lady's Mantle, Senior Lady's Mantle)

The vigorous lady's mantle 'Senior' is a high performer. It forms dense broad mounds of beautiful gray-green palm-shaped leaves and puts forth showy clusters of chartreuse flowers early in the season.

This hardy perennial originates from Europe and is grown for its subtly colorful foliage and flowers. It is an old-fashioned ornamental that grows best in partial sun to shade. In early summer it offers effervescent plumes of chartreuse flowers that contrast nicely with its scalloped gray-green leaves....

(Lady's Mantle, Thriller Lady's Mantle)

Old-fashioned and delicate, thriller lady's mantle is the ideal perennial for partial sun to shade. This compact and vigorous selection has scalloped sea-green leaves and effervescent plumes of chartreuse flowers that appear in early summer. Though able to tolerate short periods of drought, this plant does best when provided with evenly moist, rich, well drained soil. Contrast this subdued clumping perennial with purple or bronze heuchera and pink, white or yellow columbine.

(Common Lady's Mantle)

(Colicroot, Unicorn Root, White Colicroot)

A white flower spike that looks like a unicorn's horn jutting up from the ground is a highlight of the white colicroot. This herbaceous perennial is native to the eastern United States and Ontario, Canada. It grows in moist peaty, gravelly or sandy habitats around the southern Great Lakes or from eastern Texas up to New England on the eastern side of the Appalachians. It naturally grows in pinelands, bogs, ditches and wet grasslands. Up until the 19th century, roots of colicroot plants were dug up...

(Beau Regard Ornamental Onion, Ornamental Onion)

This excellent allium hybrid displays enormous, rosy-purple flower clusters on tall, sturdy stems in late spring to early summer. Its starry, individual florets are packed densely in rounded globes that can be as large as 8 inches (20 centimeters) in diameter, adding instant drama to mixed beds and borders. They rise from low rosettes of bold, strappy, deep green leaves that remain attractive while the plants are in flower, unlike those of many other alliums.

In autumn, plant the bulbs of ‘Beau...

(Mont Blanc Ornamental Onion, Ornamental Onion)

This refined hybrid ornamental onion graces the late spring perennial border with globes of starry, shimmering white blossoms displayed on tall, slender stems. The baseball-sized flower clusters rise above strappy, deep green basal leaves that appear in spring and fade as the flowers emerge.

In autumn, plant the bulbs of ‘Mont Blanc’ in fertile, well-drained soil at a depth of two to three times their diameter. Full sun is essential for best flowering, and drier summer soil conditions are...

(Ornamental Onion, Pink Feathers Ornamental Onion)

A summer-blooming ornamental onion, 'Pink Feathers' bears wispy clusters of pale pink-lavender blossoms. This hybrid perennial grows from bulbs that slowly reproduce to create a clump. Each bulb produces slender, light green leaves that may slightly twist. The leaves look resemble a wispy rosette. The rounded flower clusters comprise hundreds of tiny six-petaled flowers that are visited by bees and butterflies. No or few seeds result from pollination, making 'Pink Feathers' less of a spreading weed...

(Blue Ornamental Onion)

Blue ornamental onion is a perennial bulb grown for its small clusters of azure blue, star-shaped flowers. In late spring to early summer, each plant puts forth multiple leafless stems topped with one flower cluster. The green strap-like foliage appears before plants bloom and often dies back before flowers the appear. This onion has a lightly oniony fragrance when its leaves or stems are crushed.

Blue ornamental onion is originates from the mountains of northern and Central Asia where it grows...