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Though not a member of the mint family, this plant has a distinct herbal scent that has hints of citrus. Because its leaves contain citronellol, the essential oil distilled from this plant has a repellent effect on insects. The lavender flowers are a favorite of butterflies and hummingbirds.

An improved ‘Goldsturm’ which blooms three weeks earlier. Gold flowers with dark green foliage; compact growth habit.

Finally, a Black Eyed Susan that's resistant to the Septoria leaf spot! Thanks to the thinner and hairier leaves, this hybrid Rudbeckia shows no signs of the fungus even in wet, humid conditions. A dome-like habit of golden yellow flowers with black centers are produced heavily from July to September here in Michigan, with some color until frost. Destined to be the new staple for landscapes! From Brent Horvath of Intrinsic Perennial Gardens.

This mid-sized strain produces large brown-eyed daisy flowers for months on end, in a range of bicolor shades from yellow through gold, orange and bronzy-red. An outstanding cut flower. Removing faded blossoms regularly will greatly increase the flowering time. Seed heads have good winter interest, and can be used in dried arrangements. Fairly drought tolerant, once established. Wonderful in mixed containers. Fleuroselect.

Long-lasting, 4" red and yellow bicolor blooms top very vigorous and floriferous, heat-tolerant plants.

This powerhouse of a plant is just 2 feet tall, but sends up dozens upon dozens of giant daisies over a long season, bringing butterflies and bees to pay their respects all summer long. The long-lasting blooms combine rich shades of red and maroon with that trademark big black eye, so you can imagine how terrific they look in the vase.

‘Chocolate Orange’ Rudbeckia boasts large chocolate-mahogany 4" flowers adorned with beautifully contrasting orange tips. They bloom profusely from mid-summer to frost, providing weeks of eye-catching color. An outstanding cut flower, the seed heads have good winter interest unless they are used in dried arrangements.

Denver Daisy sports enormous 6" to 8" blooms with outstretched petals of purest yellow. At the base of each petal is a dab or two of dark red, creating a halo around the chocolate-brown cone.

Flower heads are composed of bright yellow petals surrounding a green center. Suitable as a cut flower, or superb when massed in the border or wildflower garden. These cheery, easy-to-grow plants belong in every sunny garden.

A delightful mix of caramel and soft pink/red blooms. Flowers are semi double to fully double. Good heat tolerance and great for amateur cut flowers.

Densely packed narrow blue-green succulent leaves grow in a symmetrical fashion from sprawling fleshy stems. Striking texture and color, perfect for a sunny, low-water garden. Easy care and drought tolerant but will tolerate irrigation. Attractive in containers. Evergreen.

Self-fruitful. Fruit is very large, firm and has small, dry recessed scars. The berry is formed on tight clusters and it tends to be flatter than the other cultivars. Ripens early. Excellent flavor. Excellent landscape variety.

Wide, bright green leaves with contrasting deep burgundy veins and margins. The name says it all.

Bold red and green coloration provided striking contrast.

Wild twists and twirls of red, yellow, green and purple splash the foliage of this sun-loving coleus.

The leaves of ‘Black Dragon’ are spectacular, both for their red-to-midnight-purple color shading and their rippling edges, which give the plant much more presence than most Coleus. Breathe a little hot color into the shade border or sunny window this season with this unusually richly-textured, warmly-colored foliage plant. Compact, very showy, and easy to grow, it's a must-have for anyone with a patch of shade.

Intoxicatingly lovely, large leaves of burgundy red with lighter veins running nearly the entire length. The bright gold at the base of each leaf extends into the petiole. A strong grower.

‘El Brighto's’ leaves have a purple center surrounded by vibrant red with a beautifully scalloped, bright yellow edge. Give it bright light for best color! Sturdy and sun tolerant.

Vigorous and bred for extremej resistance to Downy Mildew, late-blooming El Brighto livews up to its name, adorned in rich eggplant foliage that is painted with chili-pepper red and lemon-yellow searrated edges.

Colorful chartreuse foliage with red veins. It performs well in both sun and shade, as long as there is reasonable humidity. In very low humidity environments, it will need afternoon shade.

Sun tolerant and bright chartreuse foliage is great in landscapes and containers.

This wonderful new Coleus for sun and shade features watermelon to coral foliage with golden chartruese accents, forming a very well-branched plant that works well in landscapes and containers. Like all ColorBlaze® Coleus, it is bred to take the heat and bloom very late in the season, if at all, extending its garden performance into the fall. This is a new type of ColorBlaze that is substantially smaller than the rest of the ColorBlaze coleus.

We tend to focus on flowers in our gardens, but plants with colorful foliage are great additions to gardens. Foliage is a constant presence and a great way to add consistent color to gardens. Newly Noir has deep purple to black foliage and is a wonderful plant for both sunny and shady spots. It grows up to three and a half feet tall, perfect for the middle to back of the bed and it makes a great thriller in combination recipes. I also love planting coleus in mono-crop pots.

Red foliage on well-branched plants. Sun to shade tolerant and great in both landscapes and containers.

This jazzy new Coleus for sun and shade features maroon red leaves with luminescent chartreuse to yellow margins, forming a very well-branched plant that works well in landscapes and containers. Like all ColorBlaze® Coleus, it is bred to take the heat and bloom very late in the season, if at all, extending its garden performance into the fall.

Coppery-orange foliage on well-branched plants. Sun to shade tolerant and great in both landscapes and containers.

Fuchsia, maroon and green foliage on well-branched plants. Sun to shade tolerant and great in both landscapes and containers.

There is drama written all over this gorgeous dark foliage beauty, its broad burgundy leaves with hot pink centers forming a densely branched, upright pillar perfect for thrilling combination containers and landscapes. Like all ColorBlaze® Coleus, it is bred to take the heat without losing its color and it blooms very late in the season, if at all, extending its garden performance into the fall. Try this alternative to impatiens for shade, as it is resistant to downy mildew.

Orange foliage and a ruffled edge on well-branched plants. Sun to shade tolerant and great in both landscapes and containers. Late to flower so foliage remains nice through the season.

Deep Burgundy to Chocolate foliage with a ruffled edge outlined in chartreuse with well-branched plants. Sun to shade tolerant and great in both landscapes and containers. It is late to bloom, which helps preserve the foliage presentation throughout the season.

Dense and uniform, ‘Henna’ needs little pinching and tops out at 24 inches tall. Beautiful serrated foliage is chartreuse and copper above and deep burgundy underneath.

This compact coleus features striking red/orange foliage with ruffled leaves edged in lime.

This exciting series of coleus features extremely large leaves and unique patterns on well-branched plants that grow tall in the garden. An eye-catching choice, Kong also makes a good indoor house plant in bright artificial light.

This exciting series of coleus features extremely large leaves and unique patterns on well-branched plants that grow tall in the garden. An eye-catching choice for large containers and landscapes, Kong also makes a good indoor house plant in bright artificial light.

This exciting series of coleus features extremely large leaves and unique patterns on well-branched plants that grow tall in the garden. An eye-catching choice for large containers and landscapes, Kong also makes a good indoor house plant in bright artifi

This coleus has leaves that are deep mahogany with a stripe of hot pink down the center. The wide edge is a bold, bright green. Like others in this series, it is bushy and compact and a great coleus for pots and edging a border. Very sturdy and a good grower.

This striking coleus sets containers ablaze with bright, colorful flair. Leaves have hot-pink centers that mellow into splashes of rich burgundy and cool lime-green tips. Low-maintenance and perfect for growing in smaller spaces.

Sun tolerant coleus. Unique and versatile tricolor pattern- iridescent chartreuse and deep burgundy hearts are splashed with chartreuse and green. The surprise?! - up to 3% of plants can show primarily darker green to burgundy bicolor instead of chartreuse. Very late-flowering for longer lasting performance and hold very well in extreme weather.

Compact plants have very colorful, medium-size leaves, making this an excellent choice for shade plantings. Separate colors – singularly or in combination with impatiens or other shade-loving varieties – make striking beds.

Rich, royal red leaves are elegantly broad with finely gilded edges, reminiscent of the finest royal velvet cloak.

Kiwi Fern has a unique leaf shape and eye-catching color. It is prized for its burgundy and purple ruffled leaves which are edged in gold. Kiwi Fern is well-branched and heat tolerant. It makes a bold accent for borders, beds, pots and window boxes. As a stand-alone in monoculture containers, the crocodile-like foliage of this distinctive Coleus will be exquisite.

 

Presidio exhibited excellent foliage stability and a strong upright habit. The chartreuse foliage with burgundy flecks was striking and nonfading. The low maintenance, texture and multicolored foliage offer a vibrant choice for beds and containers in partial shade.

 

Foliage is golden with a ruffled green edge.

Large copper leaves are outlined in golden yellow. Complementary varieties add height, texture and contrast to combination plantings in both sun and shade.

Compact plants have very colorful, medium-size leaves, making this an excellent choice for shade plantings. Separate colors – singly or in combination with impatiens or other shade-loving varieties – make striking beds,

Compact plants have very colorful, medium-size leaves, making this an excellent choice for shade plantings. Separate colors – singly or in combination with impatiens or other shade-loving varieties – make striking beds,

Mid sized foliage plant with upright habit great for mixed containers or landscape features.

Compact plants have very colorful, medium-size leaves, making this an excellent choice for shade plantings. Separate colors – singly or in combination with impatiens or other shade-loving varieties – make striking beds,

Lobed, rounded green leaves have a deep crimson center and crimson venation.

Very cold hardy flower buds burst open in early spring to masses of rose-red blossoms that mature to cherry red fruit in fall. The disease resistant foliage emerges reddish green and matures to a bronze-green. Upright when young, branches spread out as it ages. Deciduous.

This tree's small stature make it perfect for the home landscape. Use it as a specimen or plant several as a backdrop to the formal garden in low lying, moist areas. Add color to mixed beds with this tree, but plant clear of structures and walkways. This tree will spread somewhat at maturity and drop fruit. Can be easily trained as a fruit bearing espalier.

Boasting a delicate, licoricelike flavor and aroma, gardeners will harvest Orion’s leaves for salads, for use in eggs, fish and sauces. The thick, rounded bulbs grow above ground and can be steamed, grilled or eaten raw like celery. Can withstand light frosts. Plants grow to 30 in. (75 cm) tall.

Attracts Butterflies & Hummingbirds to the garden! This variety of Fuchsia is a compact, more petite variety with an upright habit. Rio Grande is quick to flower, producing a nice bloom of a light pink with purple "skirt" petals and pink stamens. Grows in part shade.

Spreading tree with 5- to 7- palmate, dark green glossy leaves composed of stalkless or short-stalked, often slightly twisted, leaflets 10" long. Bears dark rose-red flowers with yellow centers from late spring to early summer, followe by spiny fruit.

The striking appearance of Orion's Belt hosta will be on full display in a shady border. Light and bright with large, blue-green leaves that show off white margins and light waves from tip to stem, it perks up darkened spaces and ho-hum places with style and flair. Try it in partly to fully shaded garden spaces, such as wooded sites, shadowy borders, or covered porches and patios. Upon maturity, the rounded leaves present a slight cupping and increased waviness, and the margins turn creamy yellow. Orion's Belt exhibits good slug resistance, too. Midsummer brings pale lavender flowers to the party.

Medium-sized, ‘Reversed Patriot’ is just that - the reverse color of ‘Patriot’! Leaves have pure white centers and dark green margins with lavender flowers; more vigorous than other white-centered hostas.

Ovate leaves have dark green centers and outstanding, crisp white, streaked margins (margins are creamy-yellow in spring). Leaves are of better than average substance, are slightly wavy, and display good sun tolerance.

‘Rio Carnival’ bears 2½-3”, single light yellow flowers with heavy burgundy red speckling.

Lirope is a unique, evergreen groundcover with wide, dark green, strappy leaves and a fountain-like habit. Delightful, lilac-purple flowers resembling grape hyacinths are displayed above the foliage in late summer.

A popular variety of liriope valued for its relatively wide, strappy, green and white (sometimes yellow) variegated, grass-like foliage. From midsummer into fall, lilac purple flowers similar to grape hyacinths are produced.

Show your spirit! Fragrant flowers ideal for hummingbird gardens or containers. As grandifloras with 3 -1/2" blooms, the Dreams are also noted for their holding ability under hot, humid and rainy conditions.

This vigorous, upright rose makes a very good climber in both beauty and performance. It bears pleasingly cupped, pale lemon buds which gradually open to medium sized, creamy white flowers, the outer petals perfectly arranged in concentric circles. They have a strong myrrh fragrance with dashes of meadowsweet, vanilla and heliotrope. The growth is strong and particularly healthy, and it is clothed in attractive matt green foliage.

An eye-catcher of a trailing variety with pudgy, bean-shaped leaves that hang on stems up to 2’ long. The whole plant can flush a striking shade of magenta when moderately stressed by direct sun, drought, or cool temperatures. It grows fine, white tufts of fuzz in the crevices between stems and leaves. It produces small, yellow, daisy-like blooms and re-roots easily from stem cuttings.

‘Violet Riot’ produces a riot of vivid violet blue flowers with deep purple calyxes from late spring into early summer. Compared to the industry standard ‘May Night’, it has a much denser habit, a more concentrated show of color, and a neater habit in containers, increasing its impulse appeal at retail.

A fun succulent with blue-green foliage resembling bananas on strings! Its long, trailing habit is best used in baskets or pots.

A rare trailing hybrid succulent that is a cross of String of Pearls and Candle Plant. The leaves lining its string-like stems really look like dolphins leaping off the plant, making it a true novelty in the natural world. If properly cared for, it can send up bloom stalks with pompom-like clusters of tiny white flowers that smell of cinnamon.

Thymus citriodorus ‘Archers Gold’ is a low-growing, mat-forming lemon-scented thyme, bearing golden-yellow-green leaves and pink flowers in summer. It’s perfect for use in culinary dishes, particularly chicken and fish recipes.

Tiny, light green leaves with lemon scent on spreading plant. Use for ground cover, rock gardens, edging.

Tiny silver-gray leaves with a clean white edge form semi-upright plants and sport white flowers. Excellent for edging, culinary and medicinal uses.

Green and gold variegated leaves with strong lemon scent. Medium size leaves. Pink fl owers in summer. Use for meat, fi sh, cheese fl avoring, pasta, pizza, and oils.

A refined cultivar of our familiar native tulip tree, this uniform growing selection is straighter and more upright, with a dominant central leader and deeper green, slightly glossy foliage. Flowers in May and early June with attractive greenish-yellow blossoms that have a tangerine tint at the base of the petals. Attractive yellow fall color. Prefers moist, well-drained soil and slightly acidic soil.