Forbs

A.k.a. alumroot and coral bells. A low growing plant with attractive foliage, flower stalks make up the majority of its height. Fall color is widel...

A.k.a. Western Indian physic. A distinctive, generally adaptable plant with gracile stems and flowers. N does not runner and reseeds sparingly, may...

This fragrant, wild member of the mint family tolerates drought better than most mints and supports a wide variety of bees, wasps, flies, moths, an...

This fragrant, wild member of the mint family tolerates drought better than most mints and supports a wide variety of bees, wasps, flies, moths, an...

A lovely, short aster with delicate leaves that blooms densely in the fall! Has a sprawling/mounding habit what results in lovely small pillows of ...

A cheery, deer resistant late season bloomer. Petals have distinctive lobed ends. An excellent late summer-early fall bloomer often used in rain ga...

A shade tolerant, late summer-fall blooming aster with distinctive large basal leaves! Excellent and oft used to fill in empty understory as it for...

A.k.a. brewer’s cap and twoleaf miterwort. A smaller, delicately blooming woodland plant that prefers dappled shade in the spring and fuller shade ...

The wildtype of the classic showy rudbeckia! A hardy, fast growing biennial or short lived perennial. Seeds support goldfinches and flowers are use...

A showy, blue blooming plant that tolerates dry, rocky soil, and hosts a number of caterpillars! Large, showy seed pods are valuable for winter in...

A showy, blue blooming plant that tolerates dry, rocky soil, and hosts a number of caterpillars! Large, showy seed pods are valuable for winter int...

A deer resistant species with delicate flowers that will readily reseed in rich, moist soils. Excellent late summer/early fall blooms to feed polli...

A wild salvia drought tolerant sage with pale blue/purple flowers and a long bloom time! Prefers dry, well drained soil. Plants grown in rich soil...

A moisture loving vervain that tolerates seasonal flooding. Flowers are small, but bloom in succession for a long period of time and appeal to many...

An elegant goldenrod with an excellent arching form at home on wooded edges. As is typical of goldenrods, it supports a wide variety of pollinators...

A moisture loving plant that flowers with handsome crowns of white. Attracts a variety of pollinators, and tolerates seasonal flooding. Leaves have...

A unique plant with striking blue, closed flowers whose shape give this gentian its common name. Because the flowers are closed and difficult to ac...

A.k.a. Bradbury’s monarda. The little sibling of the better known wild bee balm! A short monarda that prefers poor, dryer soils, but adapts well t...

A.k.a. winecups or wine cups. A showy bloomer with large, magenta flowers that needs dryer, well drained soil. Grows up to two feet tall but its lo...

A star member of the milkweed family with a short stature and lovely orange blooms that attract a variety of pollinators! Does not tolerate wet soi...

A star member of the milkweed family with a short stature and lovely orange blooms that attract a variety of pollinators! Does not tolerate wet soi...

A.k.a. side-flowering aster. A somewhat lanky aster with small flowers that bloom down the length of the upper branches. Generally considered bette...

A.k.a. long-sepal penstemon. A lovely penstemon slightly shorter than the better known foxglove penstemon, with similar flowers in varying shades b...

  An adaptable legume rarely seen in cultivated plantings! Flowers are large and prominent, discreetly colored off-white. Plants require protection...