(Italian Bugloss)

A lovely perennial for sunny, well-drained gardens, Italian bugloss has branched stems covered with numerous rich royal blue flowers that will attract bees. Its green to gray-green leaves are covered with coarse hairs and are long and linear.

These plants are adapted to dry climates and require little to no water once established, so they thrive where summers are long and hot. Place in moist, well-draining soils in full sun and avoid excessive winter moisture to prevent the basal plants from...

(Italian Bugloss)

A lovely perennial for sunny, well-drained gardens, Italian bugloss has branched stems covered with numerous rich royal blue flowers that will attract bees. Its green to gray-green leaves are covered with coarse hairs and are long and linear.

These plants are adapted to dry climates and require little to no water once established, so they thrive where summers are long and hot. Place in moist, well-draining soils in full sun and avoid excessive winter moisture to prevent the basal plants from...

(Bog Rosemary)

Bog rosemary is a low, narrow-leaved, evergreen shrub inhabiting peat bogs throughout the upper Northern Hemisphere. Its dainty, white or pink, lantern-shaped flowers occur in clusters in late spring and early summer.

Several cultivars of bog rosemary are available. All require acid, moist soil and shelter from hot sun. They are splendid in a bog garden, rock garden, or combined with heaths, dwarf rhododendrons, and other acid-loving plants.

(Blue Ice Bog Rosemary, Bog Rosemary)

Bog rosemary is a low, narrow-leaved, evergreen shrub inhabiting peat bogs throughout the upper Northern Hemisphere. Its cultivar 'Blue Ice' has striking silvery blue-green leaves, and bears pale dainty, pale-pink, lantern-shaped flowers in late spring and early summer.

This shrub requires acidic, moist, but not waterlogged, soil and shelter from hot sun. It is splendid in a bog garden, rock garden, or combined with heaths, dwarf rhododendrons, and other acid-loving plants.

(Bog Rosemary, Dwarf Bog Rosemary)

Bog rosemary is a low, narrow-leaved, evergreen shrub inhabiting peat bogs throughout the upper Northern Hemisphere. Selected for its relatively compact habit, the cultivar 'Nana' also features a late-spring and early-summer display of dainty, pale-pink, lantern-shaped flowers. It requires acid, moist, but not waterlogged soil, and shelter from hot sun. It is splendid in a bog garden, rock garden, or combined with heaths, dwarf rhododendrons, and other acid-loving plants.

(Big Bluestem, Turkey Foot)

Big bluestem is an rugged, clump-forming perennial grass that makes a dense clump of leaves and tall flower stalks topped with distinctive seedheads in autumn. Native to a vast range across North America, from southern Canada to northern Mexico, it has become quite rare in the western United States.

The blue-green stems and green leaves are relatively short throughout the summer, but with the onset of fall, the stems lengthen as the flowers emerge. Silvery-red or red-purple in color, the tiny...

(Blue Greek Thimbleweed, Grecian Windflower, Greek Thimbleweed)

A selection of Grecian windflower, ‘Blue Shades’ is a ground-hugging hardy perennial that blooms showily in early spring with upward-facing daisy-like blue flowers that have gold centers. Descended from a native of Turkey and southeastern Europe, it is a spring ephemeral that grows and flowers quickly and goes dormant quickly, living on in its small black tubers. The soft, ferny, slightly hair leaves emerge in early spring and are soon followed by the short flower stems.

Grow this perennial in...

(Hadspen Anemone, Japanese Anemone)

This late-blooming herbaceous perennial is native to China. The Hadspen Abundance anemone bears five-petaled, violet-rose to light pink flowers on tall, wiry stems from late summer into fall. The petals -a lighter shade of pink at their edges - surround a central tuft of yellow stamens. The large, hairy, deeply lobed leaves are concentrated toward the plant's base. This cultivar received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

The beautiful 'Hadspen Abundance' grows best in well-drained...

(Japanese Anemone, Little Princess Japanese Anemone)

Delicate light pink flowers occur on the Little Princess anemone. This late-blooming herbaceous perennial is native to China. Selection 'Little Princess' resulted as a mutation off of 'Praecox' in The Netherlands in 2002. The Little Princess anemone bears mainly five-petaled, pale pink flowers on tall, wiry stems from late summer into fall. The petals - often with smears of deep rose - surround a central tuft of yellow stamens. The large, hairy, deeply lobed leaves are concentrated toward the plant's...

(Annabella Deep Rose Anemone, Pacific Anemone)

This cultivar of Windflower, a native of the U.S., blooms from late spring to early summer with a profusion of deep-rose, long-stemmed open flowers with a pale-yellow center. A hardy perennial, ‘Annabella Deep Rose’ branches from its base to make a low mound of airy leaves that are cut into narrow, linear leaflets. The flower stems, which are tall and stout, rise above the plant and end in an umbel of two or three flowers that give way to fluffy, globe-shaped seed heads. It grows and flowers best...