Adiantum ×mairisii

hybrid maidenhair fern

No shade garden is complete without a maidenhair fern. The delicate, pale green fronds are held on thin black stems (rachis) and are completely deer resistant.

Aralia cordata 'Sun King'

golden Japanese spikenard

A great chartreuse foliage for use in dappled shade gardens. Blooming in mid to late summer it produces rounded clusters of white flowers. Can produce purple-black fruits that contrast with foliage. Often dies to the ground each year and re-emerges in spring.

Chrysanthemum 'Cathy's Rust'

garden chrysanthemum

Single-flowered chrysanthemum are superb pollinator supporters when they bloom in November.

Chrysanthemum 'Mrs. Robinson'

garden chrysanthemum

Tough, vigorous and easy-to-grow, perennial mums bloom in late fall after most other plants. 'Mrs. Robinson' features a bronze-red pompon type flower.

Cynara syriaca

wild artichoke

A relative of the cultivated artichoke, this plant has a wilder habit but the same brilliant and beautiful thistle-like flowers. Long silvery leaves on stems to 8' tall are topped in summer with thorny golf–ball or larger flower buds that open into a striking flower.

Hydrangea serrata 'Shichidanka Nishiki'

variegated phantom hydrangea

Rare lace cap hydrangea whose sterile florets are double with overlapping sword-shaped sepals. Quite distinct. Called 'phantom' because the original 'Shichidanka' was reported in the 1830s from Mt. Rokko, Japan, and not seen again until 1959. Yellow speckled new foliage.

Leptodermis oblonga

A wonderful low mounding, fragrant shrub. Violet-pink, lilac-like tubular blooms from late spring to frost. A veritable blooming machine.

Oenothera macrocarpa

Ozark sundrops

This fragrant, drought tolerant perennial offers lovely foliage and dramatic yellow blooms throughout the summer.

Rudbeckia maxima

great coneflower

A giant among coneflowers, this plant produces flower stalks that are 6'+ in height atop a tuft of large bluish leaves. The leaves themselves are an ornamental feature.

Salvia 'Newe Ya'ar'

silver sage

Newe Ya'ar' (Neh-veh Ya-ar) is an early and prolific bloomer in spring, and grows best in full sun and well-drained soil. Although not reliably winter hardy outdoors in areas colder than Zone 7b, it can be potted up. We've had no problems even in single digits with plants staying mostly evergreen.

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'Raydon's Favorite'

aromatic aster

Very showy and low-growing, this bushy plant has hundreds of daisy type blue-lavender flowers with yellow centers. Butterflies love it! It creates an interesting display throughout the summer followed by masses of flowers about 1.25 inches in diameter. Deer resistant!

Viola pedata

bird's foot violet

This is one violet that you will definitely welcome into the garden, our native bird's foot violet has fine, dissected leaves like it's name implies and perhaps the largest flower of any native violet in shades of lavender. It will not spread around your garden.