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Our currently available Aquilegia are offered as vernalized plugs, ready for planting, so growers can move straight into production. Modern breeding means these improved series require less vernalization than traditional columbines while staying highly programmable and dependable. Despite their dainty, nodding blooms and intricate spurs, Aquilegia are impressively tough perennials—reliable in production and eye-catching at retail. Easy to grow, efficient

An essential offering for landscapers, Deschampsia is a durable, easy-culture, native grass. One of the earliest blooming grasses, its tidy, clump-forming foliage is topped with a profusion of airy panicles through summer. Its common name, Hair grass, can be attributed to the fine texture of these luminous blooms and its slender, hair-thin blades. Very shade tolerant, Deschampsia is easy to grow in moist, low-light spaces. Often planted in masses, or as a shady woodland

This North American native brings a light, graceful presence to gardens and containers, beautifully revealing a surprisingly resilient nature.  Pollinators and gardeners alike are drawn to Gaura’s delicate looking blooms, which appear in shades of red, pink, white and beguiling bicolor flowers from early summer through frost. Held on slender, wand like stems, the flowers magically float and sway with every passing breeze. Fine, lance shaped foliage provides a subtle bac

Ornamental Napier Grass From breeder Dr. Wayne Hanna, University of Georgia A Royal Flush is the rarest hand in poker — you could play a lifetime and never see one. But in ornamental grasses, the odds are in your favor. Ante up for our Royal Collection of bold, dark Pennisetum hybrids. Big presence. Strong performance. A sure bet every time. Pennisetum hybrid First Knight™ ('Tift 10') PP25515 The broadest, darkest blades, with gleaming rub

‘Rubrum’ hardly needs introduction. You know it. Customers rave about it. It's a chart-topper year after year. Fast-growing and bloom-heavy, purple fountain grass thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, delivering reliable performance all season long. Reaching three to five feet tall, 'Rubrum' creates dramatic sweeps in the landscape and stands strong as a bold seasonal focal point. Its upright, gracefully arching habit makes it equally at home in large c