Spring 2025 Plant List - Subject to Change
Featured Plants
Hostas - Easily grown in average,
medium moisture, well-drained soils in
part shade to full shade. Tolerates full
sun in cool summer climates. Elsewhere
it is best in part shade (some morning
sun). Plants are tolerant of a wide range
of soil conditions. Over 6 cultivars
available. Priced so reasonably you’ll
buy 3 or 4.
Caladium
Grown for their foliage with leaves shaped like hearts, in combinations of red, pink, rose, white, chartreuse, and green. This plant will light up your garden. Great fall color for shady area in the pot. Bulbs are not frost hardy. Tubers can be stored indoors over the winter and replanted in spring.
Mexican Petunia - (Ruellia simplex) Perennial. Blooms best in full. Grows 3 to 4 feet tall with attractive purplish stems and narrow, lanced-shaped leaves late summer through frost. Beloved by butterflies, hummingbirs, bees, and other pollinators. Can become aggressive grower.
Milkweeds
Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa, (Perennial), a tuberous rooted, native perennial. It typically grows in a clump to 1-2.5' tall and features clusters (umbels) of bright orange to yellow-orange flowers atop upright to reclining, hairy stems with narrow, lance-shaped leaves.
Balloon Gomphocarpus physocarpus, (Annual) called balloon plant, is native to southeast Africa. It is an upright shrubby perennial that typically grows to 4-6' tall on stems clad with lanceolate green leaves (to 4" long).
Common Asclepias syriaca, (Perennial) called common milkweed, is a rough, weedy native perennial which commonly occurs in fields, open woods, waste areas, roadsides and along railroad tracks.. It typically grows 3-4' (less frequently to 6') tall on stout, upright stems with thick, broad-oblong, reddish-veined, light green leaves (to 8" long). ).