• The Hardy Rubber tree is a shade trees with attractive glossy green foliage. It is resistant to disease and pests. The sap of the tree can be used to produce rubber. When the glossy dark green leaves are torn, a stringy latex can be seen.
    HEIGHT: 40′ WIDTH: 30′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Stachys ‘Helene Von Stein’

    Helene Von Stein Lamb’s Ear is a perennial plant. The foliage is velvety to the touch and bluish-green in color. It forms a nice groundcover. This cultivar rarely produces flowers.
    HEIGHT: 6″ EXPOSURE: Full sun
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Rudbeckia subtomentosa ‘Henry Eilers’

    Henry Eilers Black-eyed Susan is a native perennial plant, native to North America. It has thin-petaled, gold-yellow flowers with dark brown centers that bloom from late summer to fall. It also attracts pollinators.
    HEIGHT: 3′ EXPOSURE: Full sun FLOWER COLOR: Yellow BLOOM TIME: July-September
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Heritage River Birch is a native shade tree. It grows to become a large tree with tan, brown, and cream colored, peeling bark. The leaves turn yellow in the fall. It is resistant to Bronze Birch Borer.
    HEIGHT: 40′ WIDTH: 40′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FALL COLOR: Yellow
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Cimicifuga ‘Hillside Black Beauty’

    Hillside Black Beauty Snakeroot is a shade perennial plant with foliage that is dark purple, almost black. It has white clusters of flowers that form on tall spikes in the fall. The flowers are said to be an insect repellent due to their fragrance.
    HEIGHT: 4′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FLOWER COLOR: White BLOOM TIME: September-October
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Chelone ‘Hot Lips’

    Native. A clump forming shade perennial with dark green leaves. Snapdragon-like white flowers bloom in the late summer early fall. HEIGHT: 2′ EXPOSURE: Part shade FLOWER COLOR: White BLOOM TIME: August-October
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Penstemon ‘Husker Red’

    Husker Red Beardtongue is a native perennial plant. It has white, bell-shaped flowers bloom on spikes above dark purple-green foliage in the late spring. It also attracts pollinators and birds.
    HEIGHT: 2′ EXPOSURE: Full sun FLOWER COLOR: White BLOOM TIME: April-June
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Vernonia lettermannii ‘Iron Butterfly’

    Iron Butterfly Ironweed is a native perennial plant. It is a dense, compact cultivar with fine textured foliage. The purple flowers bloom in the late summer. It attracts hummingbirds, butterflies and other pollinators.
    HEIGHT: 2′ EXPOSURE: Full sun FLOWER COLOR: Purple BLOOM TIME: July-August
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Arum italicum

    Italian Arum is a shade perennial with yellow flowers surrounded by a green sheath that is followed by extremely showy green fruits that mature to red and orange in the summer. Its attractive arrow-shaped foliage appears after the fruit in the fall, sometimes remaining evergreen.
    HEIGHT: 1′ EXPOSURE: Partial shade to full shade FRUIT COLOR: Red-orange
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Syringa ‘Ivory Silk’

    Ivory Silk Lilac is a ornamental tree. it has large, fragrant white flowers that bloom in early summer.
    HEIGHT: 20′ WIDTH: 15′ EXPOSURE: Full sun FLOWER COLOR: White BLOOM TIME: May-June
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Polemonium reptans

    Jacob’s Ladder is a native perennial plant. It’s foliage is made up of small leaflets that resemble ladders. The blue flowers are bell shaped and bloom in the late spring.
    HEIGHT: 1′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade FLOWER COLOR: Blue BLOOM TIME: April-June
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
  • Athgyrium niponicum var. pictum

    Japanese Painted Fern is a a fern with silver, blue, and purple coloration in the fronds.
    HEIGHT: 1′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade
    Photos by Scott Beuerlein
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