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For years we’ve griped about the industry’s relentless push to make plants smaller. Finally, someone pushed back. Renowned breeder Hans Hansen selected his Sassy Summer series for several desirable traits: Big flowers, and lots of ‘em; attractive silvery foliage with a dense, upright habit; and, drum roll please, sturdy stems that stand up to wind and rain. Mind you, these are nicely-proportioned plants, not skinny skyscrapers. Sassy Summer varieties hoist cheerful flowers up to three feet

Those who live in actual deserts know: Evening is that delightful time you wait for all day, biding your time until the heat of the day wanes and the colors of the sky grow deep and mellow.Desert Eve™ varieties are bred for excellent vigor, compact growth and big flower heads, up to 4” across. They’re perfect for landscape, container or vase. Foliage is ferny and fragrant.Achillea Desert Eve™  ‘Deep Rose’Big umbels of deep rose-pink florets.Achillea Desert Eve™ Red Im

Talk about intoxicating beauty! Flowers and spirits go together like, well, like wine and roses. Here’s a round of some of our favorite adult-beverage-inspired perennials.Achillea millefolium ‘Moonshine’ and Little MoonshinePP28179The Plants:‘Moonshine’ is a legacy plant from the famed English plantsman Alan Bloom, standing 18 – 24”. Little Moonshine is a Dutch-bred hybrid very much like its namesake and male parent, only less so: Similar bright yellow flowers and gray-green foliage, but in a sm