• Buddleia ‘Black Knight’ Black Knight Butterflybush is a perennial plant. It has dark purple fragrant flower clusters form on spikes in the summer. The flowers attracts butterflies.
    HEIGHT: 6′ EXPOSURE: Full sun FLOWER COLOR: Purple BLOOM TIME: June-September
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Sambucus ‘Black Lace’

    Black Lace Elderberry is a deciduous shrub. It has pink flowers that are very showy in the spring against the lacey purple foliage. The flowers are followed by dark purple berries. The berries on this shrub do not taste as good as those of our native Elderberry.

    HEIGHT: 6′ WIDTH: 6′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Purple FLOWER COLOR: Pink BLOOM TIME: June-July
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Black Maple is a native shade tree. It is similar to a Sugar Maple. It has droopy, three-lobed leaves that turn yellow in the fall. It has dark gray and deeply furrowed bark. HEIGHT: 60′ WIDTH: 40′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Yellow Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Viburnum prunifolium

    A good flowering shrub for full sun or part shade. Fragrant white snowball-like flower clusters bloom in the spring. Fall color can be an attractive burgundy.

    HEIGHT: 12′ WIDTH: 6′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Red-purple FLOWER COLOR: White BLOOM TIME: May-July
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Dicentra eximia

    Native. A shade perennial with bluish-green fern-like foliage. Flowers are pink and heart-shaped with a drop-like petal on the bottom in the spring. HEIGHT: 1′ EXPOSURE: Part shade FLOWER COLOR: Pink BLOOM: April-July
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Bouteloua ‘Blonde Ambition’

    Blonde Ambition Blue Grama is a warm season grass grown for its attractive seed heads. The tan seed heads contrast well with the bluish-green foliage.

    HEIGHT: 2′ EXPOSURE: Full sun
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Acer plam. ‘Bloodgood’ Bloodgood Japanese Maple is a small ornamental tree. It has five or seven pointed, spiny maroon leaves. In the fall, the leaves turn yellow, red-purple, and bronze.
    HEIGHT: 15′ WIDTH: 15′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Yellow, red-purple, and bronze
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Lobelia siphilitica Blue Cardinal Flower is a native perennial plant. It has showy blue tubular flowers that bloom on dark green stalks in the summer.
    HEIGHT: 2′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FLOWER COLOR: Blue BLOOM TIME: July-September
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Baptisia australis Blue False Indigo is a native perennial plant. It has blue, pea-like flowers bloom on tall spikes in saying. The leaves are bluish-green and seed pods are showy throughout the rest of the season.
    HEIGHT: 3′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FLOWER COLOR: Blue BLOOM TIME: May-June
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’ Blue Fortune Hyssop is a Perennial plant. It has spikes of blue flowers that bloom throughout the summer. The foliage has a minty fragrance. It is excellent pollinator.
    HEIGHT: 2′ EXPOSURE: Full sun FLOWER COLOR: Blue BLOOM TIME: June-September
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Salvia nemorosa ‘Blue Hill’ Blue Hill Salvia is a perennial plant. It has reblooming blue flowers that bloom on spikes in the summer. It will rebloom if spent flowers are removed. It also attracts pollinators.
    HEIGHT: 2′ EXPOSURE: Full sun FLOWER COLOR: Blue BLOOM TIME: May-June
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Amsonia ‘Blue Ice’ Blue Ice Bluestar is a perennial plant. It is a compact, broadleaf Bluestar with blue flowers emerging in May. It has yellow fall color.
    HEIGHT: 12-18″ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FLOWER COLOR: Pale Blue BLOOM TIME: May
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
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