Quick links to the shade-tolerant plants in our catalog
For the partly sunny, partly shady areas of your garden, there are many alternatives. Here are some plants which prefer mixed sun/shade conditions.
For gardeners who are fond of common names, we've included the most widely used common names for these plants.
Click on the name of any of the plants to view that plant's page.
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Perennials Grasses Shrubs Trees & Vines
| Plant Name | Common Name | Notes | Hardy Zone | Price | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acanthus caroli-alexandri 
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Blooms June–July. |
6 | $12.75 | OUT OF PRODUCTION AT THIS TIME | |
Acanthus mollis ‘Rue Ledan’ 
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(Latifolius Group) | Blooms June–July PREORDER FOR SPRING 2026 |
7 | $13.50 | |
| Acanthus ‘Morning′s Candle’
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Bear′s Breeches | Blooms June-July |
6 | $14.25 | |
Acanthus spinosus 
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Blooms June–July |
6 | $12.75 | ||
| Aconitum x cammarum ‘Bicolor’
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Blooms July–August PREORDER FOR SPRING 2026 |
3 | $14.00 | ||
| Aconitum x cammarum ‘Bressingham Spire’
|
Blooms June–August |
4 | $14.00 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Aconitum x cammarum ‘Eleonora’
|
Blooms June–August |
4 | $14.00 | OUT OF PRODUCTION AT THIS TIME | |
| Aconitum x cammarum ‘Stainless Steel’
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Blooms mid June–August |
4 | $14.00 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Aconitum carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’
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Blooms July–early October |
4 | $14.00 | ||
| Aconitum fischeri
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Blooms August–early October |
4 | $14.00 | ||
| Aconitum henryi ‘Sparks Variety’
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Blooms August-September |
3 | $14.00 | ||
| Aconitum napellus ‘Album’
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Blooms July–September PREORDER FOR SPRING 2026 |
3 | $14.00 | ||
| Aconitum ‘Newry Blue’
|
Blooms July–September |
3 | $14.00 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Plant Name | Common Name | Notes | Hardy Zone | Price | Order |
| Aconitum septentrionale ‘Ivorine’
|
Blooms May–June |
4 | $14.00 | OUT OF PRODUCTION AT THIS TIME | |
| Actaea cordifolia
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Appalachian Bugbane | Blooms July–September |
4 | $11.75 | OUT OF PRODUCTION AT THIS TIME |
| Actaea japonica ‘Cheju-Do’
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Japanese Bugbane | Blooms August–September |
4 | $14.75 | |
| Actaea pachypoda ‘Misty Blue’
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White Baneberry | Blooms |
4 | $11.75 | OUT OF PRODUCTION AT THIS TIME |
| Actaea ‘Queen of Sheba’
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Blooms August–October |
4 | $18.75 | ||
| Actaea racemosa
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Blooms July–August PREORDER FOR SPRING 2026 |
4 | $15.50 | ||
| Actaea simplex (Atropurpurea Group) ‘James Compton’
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Blooms August–September PREORDER FOR SPRING 2026 |
3 | $18.25 | ||
| Actaea simplex ‘Atropurpurea’
|
Blooms August–September |
4 | $14.75 | ||
| Actaea simplex ‘Brunette’
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Blooms August–September |
4 | $16.75 | ||
| Actaea simplex ‘Pink Spike’
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Blooms August–October |
4 | $18.25 | ||
| Actaea simplex var. matsumurae ‘White Pearl’
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Blooms September–October PREORDER FOR SPRING 2026 |
4 | $16.50 | ||
| Agapanthus ‘Back in Black’
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Blooms July–September PREORDER FOR SPRING 2026 |
6 | $16.25 | ||
| Agapanthus ‘Lilliput’
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Blooms July – September. |
8 | $14.00 | ||
| Agapanthus ‘Storm Cloud’
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Blooms July–September PREORDER FOR SPRING 2026 |
8 | $15.75 | ||
| Agastache ‘Blue Blazes’
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Blooms July–October |
5 | $11.25 | OUT OF PRODUCTION AT THIS TIME | |
| Plant Name | Common Name | Notes | Hardy Zone | Price | Order |
| Agastache mexicana ‘Sangria’
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Mexican Giant Hyssop | Blooms July – October |
7 | $11.25 | |
| Ajuga ‘Chocolate Chip’
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Blooms March–mid-May |
4 | $10.50 | ||
| Ajuga pyramidalis ‘Metallica Crispa’
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Blooms March–early June |
4 | $10.50 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Ajuga reptans ‘Black Scallop’
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Black Scallop Bugleweed | Blooms April–June PREORDER FOR JANUARY 2026 |
4 | $10.75 | |
| Ajuga reptans ‘Catlin’s Giant’
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Blooms March–mid-May |
4 | $10.50 | ||
| Ajuga reptans ‘Purple Torch’
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Blooms March?mid-May |
4 | $10.50 | ||
| Ajuga tenorii ‘Emerald Chip’
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Blooms March–mid-May |
4 | $10.50 | ||
| Alchemilla alpina
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Alpine Ladys Mantle | Blooms June-August PREORDER FOR SPRING 2026 |
4 | $10.75 | |
Alchemilla ellenbeckii
 |
Blooms April–mid-August. |
6 | $10.75 | OUT OF PRODUCTION AT THIS TIME | |
| Alchemilla erythropoda
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Blooms April–August |
5 | $10.75 | ||
| Alchemilla glaucescens
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Blooms April–mid-August. |
5 | $10.75 | ||
| Alchemilla mollis ‘Auslese’
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Blooms April–mid-August. |
4 | $10.75 | ||
| Alchemilla mollis ‘Robusta’
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Blooms April–mid-July |
4 | $11.75 | ||
| Aloe ‘Johnson’s Hybrid’
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Blooms March–October. |
8 | $12.00 | ||
| Alstroemeria ‘Casablanca’
|
Blooms June–August |
8 | $17.25 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Plant Name | Common Name | Notes | Hardy Zone | Price | Order |
| Alstroemeria ‘Champagne’
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Blooms June–August |
8 | $17.25 | ||
| Alstroemeria ‘Compact Red’
|
Blooms June – August |
8 | $17.25 | ||
| Alstroemeria ‘Duchess d’Anjou Beatrice’
|
Blooms June–September |
7 | $17.25 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Alstroemeria ‘Dusty Rose’
|
Blooms June–August |
8 | $17.25 | ||
| Alstroemeria ‘Henry’s Violet’
|
Blooms June–August. |
8 | $17.25 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Alstroemeria ‘Inca Rio®’
|
(formerly sold as A. ‘Sweet Laura’) | Blooms June–August |
7 | $16.75 | |
Alstroemeria ‘Inticancha Kanika’
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Blooms June–September |
8 | $17.25 | ||
| Alstroemeria ‘Lavender Blush’
|
Blooms June – August |
8 | $17.25 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Alstroemeria majestic ‘Layon’
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Blooms June–September |
7 | $17.25 | ||
| Alstroemeria ‘Marjorie’s Hybrid’
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Blooms June–August |
8 | $17.25 | ||
| Alstroemeria ‘Meyer’s Rose’
|
Blooms June–August |
8 | $17.25 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Alstroemeria ‘Princess Victoria’
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Blooms June–August |
8 | $17.25 | ||
| Alstroemeria ‘Princess Fabiana’
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Blooms June–August |
8 | $17.25 | ||
| Alstroemeria ‘Princess Lilian’
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Blooms June–September |
8 | $17.25 | ||
| Alstroemeria ‘Rachel’
|
Blooms June – August |
8 | $17.25 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Plant Name | Common Name | Notes | Hardy Zone | Price | Order |
| Alstroemeria ‘Red Valley’
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Blooms June–August |
8 | $17.25 | ||
| Alstroemeria ‘Third Harmonic’
|
Blooms June–August |
8 | $17.25 | ||
| Alstroemeria violacea ‘Yellow Friendship’
|
Blooms June–August |
8 | $17.25 | ||
| Ammi visnaga
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Toothpick Chervil | Blooms July–September |
6 | $9.75 | OUT OF PRODUCTION AT THIS TIME |
| Androsace lanuginosa
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Wooly Rock Jasmine | Blooms June–September |
5 | $11.00 | |
| Anemone Fantasy ‘Snow Angel’
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Blooms August-mid October |
6 | $11.50 | ||
| Anemone hupehensis ‘Crispa’
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Parsley Leaf Windflower | Blooms mid-August–September |
4 | $11.50 | SOLD OUT! |
| Anemone x hybrida ‘Alice’
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Blooms late August–October |
4 | $11.50 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Anemone x hybrida ‘Andrea Atkinson’
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Blooms August–late October |
5 | $11.50 | ||
| Anemone x lesseri
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Blooms June |
5 | $11.50 | OUT OF PRODUCTION AT THIS TIME | |
| Anemone leveillei
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Woodland Anemone | Blooms April–early June PREORDER FOR SPRING 2026 |
5 | $11.50 | |
| Anemone magellanica
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Blooms July–October |
7 | $11.50 | ||
| Anemone multifida ‘Annabella White’
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Cut-leaf Wind Flower | Blooms May–June |
3 | $11.50 | |
| Anemone nemorosa ‘Robinsoniana’ |
Blooms March–May |
4 | $11.50 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Anemone nemorosa ‘Vestal’
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Wood Anemone | Blooms late March–early May. |
4 | $11.50 | OUT OF PRODUCTION AT THIS TIME |
| Plant Name | Common Name | Notes | Hardy Zone | Price | Order |
| Anemone palmata
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Yellow Anemone | Blooms May–June. |
6 | $11.50 | OUT OF PRODUCTION AT THIS TIME |
| Anemone rivularis ‘Glacier’
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Blooms June–August. |
4 | $11.50 | ||
| Anemone ‘Ruffled Swan’
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Blooms July–mid-October |
6 | $11.50 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Anemone sylvestris
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Snowdrop Anemone | Blooms April–June & September |
4 | $11.50 | |
| Anemone ‘Wild Swan’
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Blooms June–September |
6 | $11.50 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Angelica archangelica
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Archangel Angelica | Blooms August–September. |
4 | $10.25 | |
| Angelica gigas
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Blooms August–September PREORDER FOR SPRING 2026 |
5 | $10.50 | ||
| Angelica pachycarpa
|
Blooms April–June |
5 | $10.25 | ||
| Angelica sylvestris ‘Vicars Mead’
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Purple Holy Ghost | Blooms June–July |
4 | $11.00 | |
| Anthriscus sylvestris ‘Ravenswing’
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Cow Parsley | Blooms July |
8 | $11.25 | |
| Aquilegia atrata
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Blooms April–early June |
3 | $11.25 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Aquilegia buergeriana ‘Calimero’
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Blooms May–mid-June. |
6 | $11.25 | ||
| Aquilegia canadensis ‘Corbett’
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Blooms April–May |
3 | $11.25 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Aquilegia canadensis ‘Pink Lanterns’
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Pink Eastern Columbine | Blooms May–July |
3 | $11.25 | SOLD OUT! |
| Aquilegia chrysantha ‘Denver Gold’
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Blooms April–May |
4 | $11.25 | ||
| Plant Name | Common Name | Notes | Hardy Zone | Price | Order |
| Aquilegia chrysantha ‘Yellow Queen’
|
Blooms April–May. |
4 | $11.25 | ||
| Aquilegia flabellata ‘Blue Angel’
|
Blooms April–early June |
4 | $11.25 | ||
| Aquilegia flabellata ssp. f alba ‘White Angel’
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Blooms April–June |
4 | $11.25 | ||
| Aquilegia ‘Heavenly Blue’
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Blooms May–July |
3 | $11.25 | ||
| Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Heidi’
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Blooms May–July |
3 | $11.25 | ||
| Aquilegia ‘Kristall’
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Blooms April–May |
4 | $11.25 | ||
| Aquilegia olympica
|
Blooms May–early July |
3 | $11.25 | ||
| Aquilegia oxysepala
|
Oriental Columbine | Blooms May–July |
5 | $11.25 | |
| Aquilegia rockii
|
Blooms May–June |
6 | $11.25 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Aquilegia sibirica
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Siberian Columbine | Blooms May–June |
3 | $11.25 | |
| Aquilegia viridiflora
|
Blooms April–June |
3 | $11.25 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Aquilegia vulgaris plena ‘Ruby Port’
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Blooms May–June |
4 | $11.25 | ||
| Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Blue Barlow’
|
Blooms May–July |
3 | $11.25 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata ‘Green Apples’
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Double-Flowered Grannys Bonnet | Blooms May–July |
3 | $11.25 | |
| Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Leprechaun Gold’
|
Blooms April–May. |
4 | $11.25 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Plant Name | Common Name | Notes | Hardy Zone | Price | Order |
| Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Mellow Yellow’
|
Blooms May–July |
3 | $11.25 | ||
| Aquilegia vulgaris ‘William Guiness’
|
Blooms May–June |
4 | $11.25 | ||
| Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Woodside Gold’
|
Blooms April–May. |
4 | $11.25 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Aralia cordata ‘Sun King’
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Sun King Spikenard | Blooms July–September |
4 | $13.00 | |
| Aralia racemosa
|
Life-of-Man | Blooms August–September. |
3 | $10.25 | SOLD OUT! |
| Arisaema candidissimum
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Pink flowered white striped Cobra Lily | Blooms June–July. |
6 | $11.50 | OUT OF PRODUCTION AT THIS TIME |
| Arisaema consanguineum |
Himalayan Cobra Lily | Blooms June. |
6 | $11.50 | OUT OF PRODUCTION AT THIS TIME |
| Artemisia absinthium ‘Huntington Gardens’
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Blooms July–August. |
7 | $11.25 | ||
| Artemisia lactiflora ‘Guizhou’
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White Mugwort | Blooms August–September |
4 | $11.25 | |
| Artemisia ‘Rosenschleier’
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Blooms August – September. |
5 | $11.25 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Artemisia versicolor ‘Sea Foam’
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Blooms August. |
5 | $11.25 | ||
| Aruncus aethusifolius
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Blooms late May–mid-June |
5 | $10.25 | ||
| Aruncus diocus
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Bride′s Feathers | Blooms May–June |
3 | $12.00 | |
| Aruncus dioicus ‘Kneiffii’
|
Blooms June–July |
$12.50 | |||
| Aruncus dioicus ‘Zweiweltenkind’
|
Blooms June–July |
5 | $10.75 | ||
| Plant Name | Common Name | Notes | Hardy Zone | Price | Order |
| Aruncus x ‘Guinea-Fowl’
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Blooms June–July |
5 | $12.50 | ||
| Aruncus ‘Horatio’
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Blooms June–July PREORDER FOR SPRING 2026 |
4 | $12.50 | ||
| Asarina procumbens
|
Trailing Snapdragon | Blooms May–September |
6 | $11.25 | |
| Asarum caudatum
|
Western Wild Ginger | Blooms April–June |
7 | $12.75 | SOLD OUT! |
| Asarum caudatum f. album
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Wild Ginger | Blooms April–June. |
7 | $13.50 | |
| Asarum splendens
|
Chinese Wild Ginger | Blooms April–May |
6 | $13.50 | SOLD OUT! |
| Asplenium scolopendrium
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Hart’s Tongue Fern | Blooms PREORDER FOR SPRING 2026 |
5 | $12.25 | |
| Asplenium scolopendrium ‘Cristatum’ |
Blooms |
5 | $13.00 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Astelia chathamica ‘Silver Spear’
|
Blooms |
8 | $13.00 | ||
| Astelia nivicola ‘Red Gem’
|
Blooms |
8 | $13.00 | ||
| Astelia ‘Silver Shadow’
|
Blooms |
8 | $13.00 | SOLD OUT! | |
| Aster cordifolius ‘Avondale’
|
Blue wood Aster | Blooms mid-August–early October |
4 | $11.50 | |
| Aster divaricatus
|
White Wood Aster | Blooms mid-July–September. |
4 | $11.50 | |
| Aster divaricatus ‘Beth Chatto’
|
Blooms mid-July–September |
4 | $11.50 | ||
| Aster ericoides ‘Monte Cassino’
|
Blooms late August–September PREORDER FOR SPRING 2026 |
5 | $11.50 | ||
| Plant Name | Common Name | Notes | Hardy Zone | Price | Order |
| Aster x frikartii ‘Wunder von Stäfa’
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Blooms July–October PREORDER FOR SPRING 2026 |
5 | $11.50 | ||
| Aster lateriflorus var. horizontalis ‘Prince’
|
Blooms September–October |
4 | $11.50 | ||
| Aster macrophyllus ‘Albus’
|
Largeleaf Aster | Blooms August–October |
3 | $11.50 | |
| Aster macrophyllus ‘Twilight’
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Blooms August–September PREORDER FOR SPRING 2026 |
4 | $11.50 |