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This Athens Select choice has brilliant coppery red foliage that gets brighter all season long. A must for the discriminating gardener, copper colors are a hot trend here to stay! This more compact form has excellent heat tolerance. It's always Mardi Gras with Bourbon Street!

An aromatic evergreen, trailing groundcover with many red-violet flowers from June to October. Looks great in containers, rock gardens, and raised beds.

Large, semi-double, deep purple flowers, profuse bloomer with a compact habit, blooms late summer - mid fall, grows 15-18".

Lavender-blue flowers, profuse bloomer with compact, globe-shaped mounds, blooms late summer - mid fall, grows 12-15".

Tall stalks of striking long, white, feathery plumes rise above finely cut foliage. May be planted in sun if given plenty of moisture. Wonderful plants for the moist border, woodland edges, or planted en masse for a colorful display. Good cut flower.

A lovely fern with triangular reddish fronds that grow from a fuzzy brown root. Fronds are delicate and intricately divided, and are highly decorative in shady borders or woodland edges, or can be used as filler for cut arrangements.

Native prairie plant which produces long spikes of indigo-blue flowers, followed by ornamental chalky black seedpods, blue-green foliage, blooms mid to late spring.

Golden yellow flowers with unusual fluted, tubular petals are great for brightening the garden. Also adds a unique look to flower arrangements. Long-blooming and vigorous, these plants are ideal for rock gardens or edging.

Beautiful mahogany-red and yellow flowers adorn bright green foliage throughout the summer and into early fall. Makes an ideal cut flower and is great for adding color to borders or rock gardens.

PPA 2009 Perennial Plant of the Year. Showy variegated grass makes a bold statement with its bright gold and white markings. Foliage takes on a reddish tint as it ages, complementing the reddish flowers. Excellent for brightening the partially shaded border.

Eye-catching flowers make a dramatic and impressive statement in the garden. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, and is excellent in mixed perennial or shrub plantings. New growth begins late in spring.

Perennial Plant Association's Perennial Plant of the Year for 2007. A large catmint that produces fragrant, lavender-violet flowers over mounds of aromatic, cool silver foliage. Excellent when mass planted. Also good for edging and borders. Attracts butterflies.

Clumps of green foliage begin turning red in July and become an outstanding wine-red color by fall. Clouds of amber flowers bloom in late summer. Beautiful as a specimen or for naturalizing the landscape. Plumes are effective for winter interest.

Delicate stems bear a profusion of tiny, crimson flowers above a cushiony mat of extremely compact, mossy green foliage. A wonderful plant for rock gardens.

Striking evergreen foliage on vigorous plants. Excellent for strawberry jars or other containers, miniature gardens, rock gardens and walls. Attractive at garden's edge or as a small-scale ground cover.

This exquisite and delicate cultivar of a southeastern U.S. native has glimmering, 3-4" silver-blue flowers. Heat and drought tolerant. A wonderful choice for a summer cut flower arrangement.

2" lavender flowers on tall, coarse-haired stems, blooms early to mid summer, grows 48".

Rich purple flowers bloom over an exceptionally long season. A superb edging plant for butterfly gardens; also ideal in containers or trailing over stones and rock walls. Beautiful contrasted with yellow flowers or golden-leaved plants. Drought and heat tolerant.