The list below shows all the plants (214 at latest count) that I've already potted up for this year's sale.
on May 3rd.
The list is not complete: there will be more added right up to the day
before the sale, so do check back. We list plants here regardless of
quantity for sale - for some, there is only one, so come early for the best
selection.
For a good many of the plants below, we'll have small information sheets
with a photo, so you can learn the basics about the plants. However, there
are way too many different plants to have such a sheet for each one, so you
may wish to read up on the offerings here before coming to the sale.
You can click on the botanical name of any plant to get some information
- pictures, links to web resources, etc. Click on the any of the first
three column headings to order the list according to that column.
| Botanical name |
Common name |
Category |
Flowers | Size |
Acanthus mollis |
bear's breeches | perennial (Z6-9) |
purple/white | 4' |
| Acer palmatum |
Japanese maple | tree |
| |
| Achillea sibirica var. camtschatica 'Love Parade' |
yarrow | perennial (Z3-9) |
pink (summer) | 2' |
| Adenophora pereskiifolia |
ladybells | perennial (Z5-8) |
blue | |
| Adenophora polyantha |
ladybells | perennial |
purple-blue | |
| Agastache scrophulariaefolia |
purple giant hyssop | perennial (Z4-9) |
purple spikes throughout summer | 2-4' tall |
| Alcea rosea |
hollyhock | biennial/perennial |
mixed pastels | to 6 ft |
| Alchemilla mollis |
lady's mantle | perennial |
yellow (late spring) | 18" |
| Allium aflatunense |
Persian onion | perennial bulb (Z5-9 |
purple clusters, early summer | 3' |
| Allium cernuum |
nodding onion | perennial (Z4-10) |
white-deep pink (summer) | 1-2' |
| Allium cristophii |
star of Persia | perennial bulb (Z5-9) |
purple (mid-spring) | 2-3' |
| Allium schoenoprasum |
chives | perennial |
pink (spring) | 2' |
| Allium senescens |
broadleaf chives | perennial (Z5) |
pink (mid-late summer) | 8" |
| Allium tuberosum |
garlic chives | perennial (Z4-8) |
white | 12-24" |
| Allium vineale 'Hair' |
| perennial |
| |
| Ampelopsis brevipedunculata var. elegans |
porcelain vine | perennial (Z4-8) |
greenish | vine |
| Amsonia illustris |
Ozark blue star; shining blue star | perennial |
blue (May) | |
| Amsonia tabernaemontana |
blue stars | perennial |
blue, late spring | 2-3' |
| Anemone tomentosa 'Robustissima' |
grape-leaf anemone | perennial (Z3-8) |
pink (summer) | 18" |
| Aquilegia vulgaris |
columbine | perennial |
mixed | 2-3 ft |
| Arabis androsacea |
rock cress | perennial (Z6-9) |
white (spring) | 2-3" |
| Arisaema triphyllum |
jack in the pulpit | perennial (Z4-9) |
purple/green (late spring) | 2' |
| Asphodeline lutea |
Jacob's rod | perennial (Z6-9) |
yellow | 4 ft |
| Astrantia major |
masterwort | perennial |
various colors | 12" (24" in bloom) |
| Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' |
false forget-me-not | perennial |
blue (April-May) | 12" |
| Calamagrostis brachytricha |
Korean feather grass | perennial (Z5-9) |
buff pink (september) | 3-4' |
| Calamintha nepeta |
nepitella | perennial |
lavender (summer-fall) | 2' |
| Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldi |
Bodinier's beautyberry | shrub (Z6-8) |
small pink (summer) | 10' |
| Callicarpa japonica |
Japanese beautyberry | shrub (Z5-8) |
white/pink (summer) | 4-6' |
| Campanula alliariifolia |
ivory bellflower | perennial |
white | 1-2 ft |
| Campanula carpatica |
Carpatian harebell | perennial |
blue, late spring | 6" |
| Campanula persicifolia |
peach-leaf bellflower | perennial |
blue, white (June) | 2' |
| Campanula primulifolia |
Spanish bellflower | perennial (Z5-8) |
lavender blue (summer) | 24-36" |
| Campanula rotundifolia |
Scotch harebell | perennial (Z5-10) |
blue (spring-summer) | 6" |
| Campanula takesimana |
Korean bellflower | perennial (Z5-8) |
pink to white flowers, spotted maroon, all summer | 2' tall and wide |
| Carex albula 'Frosty Curls' |
curly sedge | perennial (Z6-9) |
inconspicuous | 12-24" |
| Carex buchananii |
leatherleaf sedge | perennial (Z6-9) |
insignificant | 24" |
| Carex caryophyllea 'The Beatles' |
mophead spring sedge | perennial (Z5-9) |
inconspicuous | 4" |
| Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance' |
variegated sedge | perennial (Z5-9) |
| 1-2' |
| Carex muskingumensis 'Wachtposten' |
palm sedge | perennial (Z5-8) |
| 2-3 ft |
| Carex pendula |
weeping sedge | perennial |
| 2', flower stalks to 4' |
| Caryopteris divaricata |
bluebeard | perennial (Z6-9) |
blue-purple (late summer-fall) | 4-6' |
| Caryopteris x clandonensis |
bluebeard, blue mist spirea | shrub |
blue (Aug-Sep) | 4 ft |
| Cassia marilandica |
American senna | shrubby perennial |
yellow | 3-5 ft |
| Centaurea montana |
mountain bluet | perennial (Z3-8) |
purple-blue (spring-summer) | 1-2' |
| Chasmanthium latifolium |
sea oats | perennial grass |
golden tan | 3-4 ft |
| Chelidonium majus |
great celandine | perennial |
yellow (summer) | 12-24" |
| Chrysanthemum koreanum 'Sheffield' |
pink daisy mum | perennial (Z5-9) |
pale pink/yellow (fall) | 2-3' |
| Clarkia pulchella |
| annual |
pink | 10-20" |
| Clematis integrifolia |
| shrub (Z3-7) |
blue (summer) | 18-36" |
| Clematis serratifolia |
| perennial vine |
yellow (July-Oct) | to 9' |
| Codonopsis lanceolata |
bonnet bellflower | perennial (Z6-8) |
purple (late summer) | climbs, 10-15' |
| Coix lacryma-jobi |
Job's tears | tender perennial |
| |
| Consolida ajacis |
rocket larkspur | annual |
blue, white, pink (June-July) | 4' |
| Convallaria majalis |
lily of the valley | perennial |
white (May) | 12" |
| Coreopsis tripteris |
tickseed | perennial |
yellow (July-September) | 6 ft |
| Cornus amomum |
silky dogwood | deciduous shrub (Z5-8) |
white (May-July) | 6-10 ft |
| Cotula hispida |
| perennial |
yellow (late spring) | 6" |
| Crocus sativus |
saffron crocus | perennial bulb |
lavender (October) | 4" |
| Cryptotaenia japonica 'Atropurpurea' |
Japanese parsley | perennial (Z4-9) |
white (summer) | 16" |
| Cymbalaria muralis |
Kenilworth ivy | perennial |
purple/white | 2" |
| Desmanthus illinoensis |
bundleflower; prairie mimosa | perennial |
white (summer) | 5' |
| Deutzia 'Peek-a-boo' |
| shrub (Z5) |
lilac (late spring) | to 8' |
| Dianthus armeria |
Deptford pink | biennial |
deep pink (summer) | 8-24" |
| Dianthus japonicus |
| biennial? |
pink (July) | 24" |
| Digitalis ferruginea |
rusty foxglove | biennial/perennial (Z4-8) |
yellow/brown (summer) | 4' |
| Digitalis grandiflora |
yellow foxglove | perennial |
yellow (late spring) | 2-3' |
| Digitalis laevigata |
| perennial |
orange-yellow/purple-brown (summer) | 3-4' |
| Digitalis lamarckii |
foxglove | biennial/perennial |
white with orange-brown netting (late spring) | 2' |
| Digitalis lutea |
straw foxglove | perennial (Z3-10) |
creamy yellow, late spring-summer | 30-36" |
| Dracocephalum ruyschianum |
dragonhead | perennial (Z5-8) |
blue (spring-summer) | 12" |
| Echinacea pallida |
pale purple coneflower | perennial |
pink - pale purple | |
| Echinacea purpurea |
purple coneflower | perennial |
purple | 3-4 ft |
| Echinacea tennesseensis |
Tennessee coneflower | perennial (Z5-9) |
purple (summer) | 2' tall, 18" wide |
| Epilobium angustifolium |
willow orchid | perennial (Z4-10) |
pink-purple (late spring) | 3-4 ft |
| Epimedium x perralchicum 'Frohnleiten' |
fairy wings | perennial |
yellow (spring) | 18" |
| Eragrostis curvula |
weeping lovegrass | perennial (Z7-9) |
| 2-4' in bloom |
| Eryngium agavifolium |
agave-leaved sea holly | perennial |
white | 3 ft |
| Eryngium planum |
flat sea holly | perennial (Z5-9) |
steel blue | 3' |
| Eryngium tripartitum |
sea holly | perennial (Z5-8) |
blue (summer) | 3' |
| Eryngium yuccifolium |
rattlesnake master | perennial (Z3-8) |
white | 2-3 ft |
| Euonymus fortunei 'Moonshadow' |
wintercreeper | shrub (Z4-8) |
| 12" |
| Eupatorium maculatum 'Purple bush' |
spotted Joe-Pye weed | perennial (Z4-8) |
purple (mid-late summer) | 2-4' |
| Eupatorium purpureum |
joe pye weed | perennial (Z4-9) |
mauve (late summer) | 6' |
| Euphorbia cyparissoides 'Fens Ruby' |
cypress spurge | perennial |
yellow | 6-8" |
| Euphorbia dulcis 'Chameleon' |
chameleon spurge | perennial |
yellow | 12" |
| Euphorbia myrsinites |
myrtle spurge | perennial |
yellow | 12" |
| Fragaria 'Lipstick' |
Alpine strawberry | perennial |
deep pink, throughout summer | 4" |
| Galium odoratum |
sweet woodruff | perennial |
white (spring) | 6" |
| Genista tinctoria |
dyer's broom | perennial (Z4-7) |
yellow (summer) | 2-3' |
| Geranium clarkei 'Kashmir White' |
| perennial (Z5) |
white | 24" |
| Geranium endressii 'Wargrave's Pink' |
cranesbill | perennial (Z3) |
pink/purple (late Spring) | 18" |
| Geranium macrorrhizum |
bigroot cranesbill | perennial (Z4) |
cream/rose (late spring) | 16" |
| Geranium phaeum |
mourning widow geranium | perennial (Z5-9) |
purple (May) | 2' |
| Geranium sanguineum |
cranesbill | perennial |
magenta;white | 6-12 inches |
| Geranium wallichianum 'Buxtons Blue' |
cranesbill | perennial |
blue, summer into fall | 1 ft |
| Geranium x oxonianum 'Claridge Druce' |
cranesbill | perennial (Z4-8) |
pink (late spring) | 18-30" |
| Gillenia stipulata |
American ipecac | perennial (Z5) |
white (May-June) | to 4' |
| Glandularia canadensis 'Perfecta' |
rose vervain | perennial |
deep violet | |
| Globularia meridionalis |
globe daisy | perennial (Z5-7) |
blue (summer) | 6" (to 12" in bloom) |
| Helianthus maximilliani |
Maximillian sunflower | perennial |
yellow, late summer into fall | 7 ft |
| Heliopsis helianthoides |
false sunflower | perennial |
yellow | 5 ft |
| Helleborus foetidus |
stinking hellebore, bear's-paw hellebore | perennial (Z5-9) |
green-white | 2 ft |
| Helleborus x hybridus |
lenten rose | perennial |
different (multi-)colors | 2' |
| Hemerocallis hybrids |
daylily | perennial |
red/yellow (summer) | 2' |
| Heuchera hybrids |
alum root | perennial |
white (summer) | 12" |
| Hosta hybrids |
plantain lily | perennial |
blue, white (late spring-summer) | various |
| Hypericum frondosum 'Sunburst' |
golden St John's wort | deciduous shrub (Z5- |
yellow | 3 ft |
| Hypericum sp. |
shrubby St. John's wort | shrub |
yellow (summer) | |
| Iberis sempervirens |
candytuft | perennial (Z4-10) |
white (spring) | 10" |
| Impatiens glandulifera |
policeman's helmet; Himalayan balsam | annual |
pink | 4-6' |
| Indigofera heterantha |
indigo shrub | shrub |
purple | up to 6 ft |
| Iris (tall bearded hybrids) |
bearded iris | perennial |
purple-and-tan (late spring) | 3' |
| Iris sibirica |
Siberian iris | perennial |
blue | to 2 ft |
| Iris versicolor |
blue flag | perennial |
blue (spring-summer) | 2-3' |
| Kalimeris pinnatifida |
Japanese aster | perennial (Z6-9) |
white (mid-late summer) | 2-3' |
| Kalimeris yomena 'Geisha' |
Japanese aster | perennial (Z4-9) |
lavender daisies | 16" |
| Kitaibela vitifolia |
| perennial |
white | to 8' |
| Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Pink Cloud' |
beautybush | shrub (Z4-8) |
light pink (May) | 7' |
| Lamium galeobdolon 'Herman's Pride' |
yellow archangel | perennial (Z2-9) |
yellow (May) | 1' |
| Lathyrus latifolius |
perennial sweet pea | perennial (Z3-7) |
purple | climbs up to 8ft |
| Lavatera arborea |
Cornish tree mallow | annual/perennial |
pink (summer) | 6' |
| Legousia speculum-veneris |
Venus' looking glass | annual |
blue/violet | 6-12" |
| Lespedeza thunbergii |
bush clover | shrub (Z5-8) |
purple (late summer) | to 7 ft |
| Levisticum officinale |
lovage | perennial herb |
yellow | 4-6 ft |
| Liatris ligulistylis |
meadow blazing star | perennial |
purple (Aug-Sep) | 3-5' |
| Liatris spicata |
blazing star; gayfeather | perennial bulb |
purple, mid-late summer | 3 ft |
| Linum lewisii |
blue flax | perennial |
light blue | 3 ft |
| Lonicera tatarica |
Tatarian honeysuckle | shrub |
fuchsia (May) | 10' |
| Luzula nivea |
snowy wood rush | perennial |
white (May) | to 16" |
| Lychnis chalcedonica |
Maltese cross | perennial |
red (May-June) | 3' |
| Lychnis coronaria |
rose campion | perennial (Z3-8) |
magenta (summer) | 3' |
| Lychnis x arkwrightii 'Vesuvius' |
Arkwright's campion | perennial/biennial (Z3-10) |
orange-red (summer) | 24" |
| Lysimachia punctata |
yellow loosestrife; circle flower | perennial (Z4-8) |
yellow (June) | 2-3' |
| Melica altissima atropurpurea |
Siberian melic grass | perennial (Z4-9) |
deep purple (late spring) | 2' |
| Melissa officinalis |
Lemon balm | perennial herb |
white (summer) | 4 ft |
| Mentha spicata |
chocolate mint | perennial herb |
| 6" |
| Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning light' |
maiden grass; Chinese silver grass | perennial (Z4-10) |
pinkish (fall) | 4' |
| Morina longifolia |
whorlflower | perennial |
white flowers in spikes, early summer | 2-3' tall by 1' wide |
| Nepeta mussinii |
catmint | perennial |
lavender | 6" |
| Oenothera fruticosa |
sundrops | perennial (Z4-8) |
yellow (June) | 18" |
| Opuntia compressa |
eastern prickly-pear | perennial (Z3-9) |
yellow (June) | 12" |
| Papaver atlanticum semiplenum |
poppy | perennial |
orange (spring-summer) | 3-4' tall, 2' wide |
| Papaver orientale |
oriental poppy | perennial |
red (late spring) | 3' |
| Penstemon canescens |
gray beard-tongue | perennial |
lavender (May) | 18" |
| Penstemon hirsutus 'Pygmaeus' |
dwarf hairy penstemon | perennial (Z3-9) |
lavender with white tips | 4" |
| Petrorhagia saxifraga |
tunic flower | perennial |
light pink to white | 6" |
| Phalaris arundinacea 'Strawberries&Cream' |
ribbon grass | perennial grass |
| 3 ft |
| Phlomis russeliana |
Jerusalem sage | perennial |
yellow (May-June) | 3 ft |
| Phlox paniculata |
garden phlox | perennial |
various colors (mid-late summer) | 2' |
| Phlox subulata |
creeping phlox | perennial (Z2-8) |
pink | 4" |
| Physocarpus opulifolius |
ninebark | shrub |
white (summer) | 4 ft |
| Platycodon grandiflorus |
balloonflower | perennial |
blue/pink/white (summer) | see below |
| Polygonatum biflorum |
Solomon's seal | perennial (Z3-9) |
greenish white (late spring) | 2' |
| Polygonum virginianum 'Painter's palette' |
painter's palette | perennial (Z4-8) |
tiny red beads (late summer) | 18-24" |
| Potentilla neumanniana |
spring cinquefoil | perennial |
yellow (April-May) | 3" |
| Primula veris 'Sunset shades' |
English cowslip | perennial (Z4) |
yellow-red | 8" |
| Pulmonaria officinalis |
lungwort | perennial |
blue and pink (early spring) | 12" |
| Pulsatilla vulgaris |
pasque flower | perennial (Z4-8) |
violet | 12" |
| Pycnanthemum incanum |
hoary mountain mint | perennial |
purple-speckled white (summer) | 2' |
| Pycnanthemum tenuifolium |
slender mountain mint | perennial (Z4-10) |
white clusters (summer) | 2-3' |
| Pycnanthemum virginianum |
Virginia mountain mint | perennial (Z3-7) |
mostly white (summer) | 2-3' |
| Rodgersia aesculifolia |
| perennial (Z3) |
pink-white (May-June) | 3' |
| Rosa x rehderiana |
polyantha rose | shrub |
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| Rudbeckia triloba |
brown-eyed susan | biennial |
yellow/brown (late summer-fall) | 3-4' |
| Ruta graveolens |
rue | perennial herb |
yellow | 3 ft |
| Salix matsudana 'Tortuosa' |
corkscrew willow | tree (Z4-8) |
| 20' |
| Salvia glutinosa |
Jupiter's distaff | perennial |
yellow | 3 ft |
| Salvia lyrata |
lyre-leaf sage | perennial |
light blue (May) | 1 ft |
| Salvia napifolia |
| perennial (Z6-10) |
lavender (spring) | 12-24" |
| Salvia nemorosa? |
meadow sage | perennial (Z4-9) |
blue (May-June) | 2' |
| Salvia regeliana |
hardy ornamental sage | perennial |
mauve/purple | 2-3' |
| Sanguisorba menziesii |
Menzies' burnet | perennial (Z4) |
red (summer) | 30" |
| Sanguisorba tenuifolia var. purpurea |
purple burnet | perennial (Z4-7) |
burgundy (summer) | 4' |
| Saponaria officinalis |
soapwort, bouncing bet | perennial |
pink or white (early summer) | 2-3' |
| Sasaella masamuneana f. albostriata |
white-striped dwarf bamboo | perennial |
| see below |
| Scilla autumnalis |
autumn squill | perennial |
blue (late summer-fall) | 18" |
| Scutellaria serrata |
skullcap | perennial |
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| Sedum 'Autumn Joy' |
showy stonecrop | perennial |
mauve (autumn) | 18" |
| Sedum kamtschaticum |
Kamtschat sedum | perennial |
yellow (May-June) | 4" |
| Sedum rupestre |
reflexed evergreen stonecrop | perennial |
yellow (summer) | 6" |
| Sedum ternatum |
woodland stonecrop; wild stonecrop | perennial |
white (spring) | 8" |
| Sempervivum |
hens and chicks; houseleek | perennial |
purple (summer) | 2" (to 6" in bloom) |
| Sisymbrium luteum |
| perennial (Z4-8) |
yellow (late spring) | 2-4' |
| Solanum surratense |
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| Solidago canadensis |
Canada goldenrod | perennial |
yellow July-Sept | 4-5' |
| Sophora affinis |
Eve's necklace; Texas sophora | shrub/tree |
pink (spring) | |
| Sorghastrum nutans |
Indian grass | perennial (Z3-9) |
| 3-7' |
| Sporobolus heterolepis |
prairie dropseed | |
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| Stachys byzantina |
lamb's ear | perennial |
purple | 6" (18" in flower) |
| Succisa pratensis |
devilsbit scabious | perennial |
blue (summer-fall) | 4' |
| Symphyandra pendula |
| perennial (Z6-9) |
white (July-Oct) | 20" |
| Tanacetum balsamita |
costmary | perennial |
yellow (summer) | 18" |
| Tanacetum coccineum |
painted daisy | perennial |
pink-red with yellow eye (May-June) | 24" |
| Tanacetum parthenium 'Aureum' |
golden feverfew | perennial |
yellow/white | 1 ft |
| Teucrium hircanicum |
germander | perennial (Z6-9) |
bungundy (summer) | 24" |
| Thalictrum aquilegiifolium |
meadow rue | perennial (Z5-9) |
lavender (May-June) | 2-3' |
| Thalictrum dasycarpum |
purple meadow rue | perennial (Z4-7) |
white (June) | 3-5' |
| Thalictrum flavum ssp. glaucum |
yellow meadow rue | perennial |
yellow (June) | 6' |
| Thalictrum polygamum |
tall meadow rue | perennial |
white (early summer) | 6' |
| Thalictrum rochebrunianum |
lavender mist meadow rue | perennial (Z4-7) |
lavender | 4 ft |
| Thermopsis montana? |
golden pea, golden banner | perennial (Z3-9) |
yellow (mid-spring) | 3-4' |
| Tradescantia virginiana |
spiderwort | perennial |
light blue-lilac | 2 ft |
| Tricyrtis hirta |
toad lily | perennial (Z5-9) |
white/purple (Sept-Oct) | 3-4' |
| Trollius 'Golden Queen' |
globeflower | perennial |
orange-yellow | 3-4' tall |
| Verbascum chaixii 'Album' |
nettle-leaved mullein | perennial (Z5-8) |
white/mauve | 3 ft |
| Vernonia angustifolia |
tall ironweed | perennial |
purple (late summer-fall) | |
| Veronica longifolia 'Blauriesin' |
long-leaf speedwell | perennial (Z4-8) |
blue spikes (summer) | 3-4' |
| Viburnum trilobum |
American cranberry bush | shrub (Z2) |
white/green (May) | 10' |
| Viburnum x pragense |
Prague viburnum | evergreen shrub (Z5-8) |
white (spring) | 6-10' |
| Viola jooi |
| perennial (Z5-10) |
purple | 3" |
| Viola labradorica |
Labrador violet | perennial |
blue (mid-spring) | 4" |
| Vitex negundo |
chastetree | shrub (Z6-10) |
blue (summer) | see comments |
| Zizia aurea |
golden alexanders | perennial (Z3-8) |
yellow (May-June) | 2' |
