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Baptisia lactea

White False Indigo

Baptisia lactea
White False Indigo (Baptisia lactea) is an excellent specimen plant. Resembling an asparagus plant when it first appears, this amazing plant...
Carex sprengelii*

Long Beaked Sedge

Carex sprengelii*
This is one of the showiest and most important sedges of both upland and moist woodlands in the Upper Midwest and New England. Numerous pendulant...
Caulophyllum thalictroides

Blue Cohosh

Caulophyllum thalictroides
Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides), also known as Squaw Root, is a choice woodland wildflower treasured for its lacy, blue-green foliage and...
Clematis virginiana

Virgin's Bower

Clematis virginiana
Virgin's Bower is a native Clematis that lights up the fall landscape with its silky, feather-like silvery seedheads. The small white flowers of...
Echinacea pallida

Pale Purple Coneflower

Echinacea pallida
The large showy flowers of Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida) are a favorite summer nectar source for butterflies. In fall, birds love it for...
Echinacea paradoxa

Ozark Coneflower

Echinacea paradoxa
This rare beauty looks like Pale Purple Coneflower draped in gold. Butterflies flock to the flowers of Ozark Coneflower, and birds love the seeds!...
Echinacea purpurea

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea
Attract butterflies, songbirds, and hummingbirds to your garden with Purple Coneflower! Blooms profusely for up to two months in mid to late summer....
Eryngium yuccifolium

Rattlesnake Master

Eryngium yuccifolium
Rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium) is a unique wildflower with leaves like a yucca, and unique 'golf ball' flowers like no other plant. Makes...
Eupatorium coelestinum

Mistflower

Eupatorium coelestinum
Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum) is an eastern U.S. native. Covered with blue-violet flowers from late summer until frost, it is low growing,...
Eupatorium fistulosum

Tall Joe Pye Weed

Eupatorium fistulosum
King of the Joe Pye Realm! Tall Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium fistulosum) is a statuesque plant growing up to 8' and more. Butterflies flock to the...