Perennials - All

This award winning Agastache produces spikes of sunny yellow tubular flowers throughout the growing season with the nectar rich flowers attracting hummingbirds and other pollinators. Summerlong™ Lemon Hummingbird Mint was selected for its well-branched mounded habit, growing to about 16-24" high and wide, as well as for its long flowering season that begins earlier and lasts longer than many similar cultivars making it a great choice for containers, whether as a specimen or in mixed company. The flowers are set against a backdrop of deer-resistant, deep green, fragrant foliage. For optimum vigor and flowering provide a full to mostly sunny site, in a fertile, average moist soil, with good to excellent drainage. Summerlong™ Lemon Agastache was selected as a Colorado State University Outstanding Plant in 2024 Trials. Images courtesy of Ball Horticulture, all rights reserved. Item# 13496

A 2024 UGA Classic City Award winner! The spikes of pink tinged lilac tubular flowers are produced throughout the growing season with the nectar rich flowers attracting hummingbirds and other pollinators. Summerlong™ Lilac Hummingbird Mint was selected for its well-branched mounded habit, growing to about 16-24" high and wide, as well as for its long flowering season that begins earlier and lasts longer than many similar cultivars making it a great choice for containers, whether as a specimen or in mixed company. The flowers are set against a backdrop of deer-resistant, deep green, fragrant foliage. For optimum vigor and flowering provide a full to mostly sunny site, in a fertile, average moist soil, with good to excellent drainage. Item# 13498

The spikes of magenta tubular flowers are produced throughout the growing season with the nectar rich flowers attracting hummingbirds and other pollinators. Summerlong™ Magenta Hummingbird Mint was selected for its well-branched mounded habit, growing to about 16-24" high and wide, as well as for its long flowering season that begins earlier and lasts longer than many similar cultivars making it a great choice for containers, whether as a specimen or in mixed company. The flowers are set against a backdrop of deer-resistant, deep green, fragrant foliage. For optimum vigor and flowering provide a full to mostly sunny site, in a fertile, average moist soil, with good to excellent drainage. Images courtesy of Ball Horticulture, all rights reserved.Item# 13598

Clusters of airy rich dark purple flowers seemingly cover up the deep green narrow foliage of this tough and disease resistant selection of Ironweed attracting myriads of bees, butterflies, and other garden beneficials. Summer's Surrender Ironweed, a hybrid of Vernonia lettermannii x V. arkansana, was bred and selected by Dr. Jim Ault of the Chicago Botanic Gardens for its broad spreading dense and bushy habit, exceptionally disease resistant foliage, as well as for its long season of flowering. As the name implies, Ironweeds are tough as nails clump forming native perennials that provide much needed late summer and fall nectar for pollinators. Adaptable to a wide variety of soil types from clay to loam and are somewhat drought resistant once well-established. Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries, all rights reserved. Item# 12250

An Almost Eden Exclusive introduction! 'Sunset Scentsation' Night Blooming Jasmine has proven to be a vigorous repeat blooming selection, producing waves of the famously fragrant blooms about every 6 weeks during the growing season. The tubular white to greenish-white blooms begin to release their wonderful perfume at sunset and continues through early morning. This is a vigorous growing tropical shrub in warmer regions, or grow as a perennial in zone 8B. Item # 528.

A profusion of sky-blue, 3/4" wide miniature iris-like flowers seemingly cover the clumps of blue-green narrow foliage in spring attracting a variety of smaller pollinators, especially bees and smaller butterflies. Suwannee Blue-Eyed Grass, a selection of Sisyrhinchium nashii, is considered to be one of the best Blue-Eyed Grasses for garden and landscape settings due to its long flowering season, mannerly clump forming habit, as well as for its adaptability. Blue-Eyed Grass is generally rabbit and deer resistant, disease and pest free, and is resistant to short term drought once fully established. Provide a full sun to partially shaded site in average moist, fertile, average to well-drained soil for optimum vigor and flowering. Item# 10589

Medium to large pyramidal clusters of golden yellow flowers are produced in summer and fall attracting a myriad of mainly smaller pollinators with special importance to native bees. Sweet Goldenrod, Solidago odora, is an upright growing, clump-forming, herbaceous, native perennial adorned in anise-scented, deep green, glossy, narrow foliage and the single to multistemmed plants grow to about 2-4' high and 1-2' wide. The flowers and foliage, fresh or dried, is often used to make a very nice herbal tea, as a mild spice in cooking, and could certainly be used in potpourris as well (Bonnie fell in love with the fragrance of the dried seed heads!). The strong fragrance makes them unlikely to be browsed by deer or rabbits. Use Sweet Goldenrod in a sunny perennial border, herb garden, or allow it to naturalize in meadows, prairies, and roadside plantings. Provide a full to mostly sunny site in an average moist, acidic soil with good drainage, but otherwise plants are fairly adaptable. Item# 10684

The heavily ruffled deep blue-violet falls and standards are accented by nicely contrasting yellow signals all topped by a trio of greenish style arems with violet tips. Swirling Waters Louisiana Iris flowers in early midseason or April and is a vigorous selection growing to 42-44" high. Louisiana Irises are easy and adaptable, rhizomatous perennials with fans of deep green sword-like foliage and seem as at home in standing water as they do in average moist garden soils. Remember that these plants do most of their growing in fall and winter and so this is when they should be fed and fall is also a great time to divide plants if desired. Provide a full to mostly sunny site for optimum vigor and flowering. Item# 13455

An exceptionally rare species found only in 4 Texas counties, Texan Trailing Phlox is a low growing groundhugging perennial that produces clusters of deep fuchsia pink Thrift-like flowers held above the low trailing stems that are densely covered in short needle-like deep green foliage. The flowers attract butterflies large and small alike. This evergreen native perennial needs excellent drainage and is typically found growing on sandy pimple mounds. It can be used as a groundcover in the garden and landscape where soils have excellent drainage. Texan Trailing Phlox, Phlox nivalis ssp. texensis, also makes an easy and forgiving container plant with stems that can trail to 12" or more. In containers use a cactus-like mix and preferrably unglazed terra cotta containers. Item# 11966

A choice native coneflower, the Texas Coneflower produces 3-5" bright golden yellow daisies that  are borne singly, or in small clusters of up 5 flowers, and are held on sturdy upright stems in summer. A rosette of large, rich dark green glossy foliage subtends the flower stalks. Texas Coneflower provides us with a medium-sized Rudbeckia that is similar in habit to the stately Giant Coneflower. Item# 10217.

Small clusters of 1" medium yellow lily-like flowers or born on tall slender, 3-5' spikes in fall well above the low light green rosettes of soft succulent narrow strap-like foliage. The Texas Craglily is a rare Texas native that is Texas tough and surprisingly cold tolerant considering it's native home is in the southern most tip of the panhandle. Drought tolerant and easy. Item# 10068.

Texas Gold Columbine produces bright sunny yellow flowers over an extended period from mid to late spring. The spurred flowers are visited by a variety of pollinators including butterflies, bees, and moths. The fine, fern-like soft textured blue green foliage provides a nice contrast with surrounding plants. Columbine are not always long lived perennials but readily reseed on bare soils. Provide this beautiful perennial to biennial with a moist, semi-shaded location for the best results. Texas Gold Columbine, a hybrid seed strain of Aquilegia chrysantha var. hinkleyana x A. canadensis, was selected and introduced by Greg Grant and Jerry Parsons and is a Texas Superstar® plant selection. Item# 11388

Texas Ironweed produces clusters of rich purple, to pinkish purple, frilly flowers in summer atop fairly sturdy upright stems. This one of the smaller growing Ironweeds and can be somewhat rhizomatous but does not appear to aggressive. This is tough little drought resistant perennial that is excellent for pollinators common to well-drained soils. Texas Ironweed is shade tolerant but will perform best when grown in full sun in well-drained soils. Item# 10671.

The wispy and whimsical, but sturdy, elongating, and often eventually branching, flower spikes are adorned with small, light purple to light purple-blue, funnel-shaped shaped flowers from late winter or early spring and well into fall attracting a variety of smaller pollinators. Texas Vervain, Verbena halei, is a small, clump forming, herbaceous, native perennial that emerges from a basal rosette of foliage in spring and is adorned with medium to dark green, spatulate to oblong, serrated foliage and growing to about 18-24" high and 8-16" wide by the end of the growing season. This is a tough and easy to grow, deer and drought resistant, smaller growing native perennial with one of the longer flowering periods of most native perennials. It should lend itself to use in naturalized areas like roadside plantings and shorter meadows as well as a mixed perennial borders or whimsical container specimens. Texas Vervain is native to the south central and south eastern US as far west as southern Arizona, as far east as Florida, and north to lower central Arkansas. Provide a full to mostly sunny site in well-drained, loamy to sandy, average moist soils for optimum vigor and flowering. Item# 13579

Large rounded to elongated, pine-cone-like clusters are composed of deep coral pink to near fuchsia, slightly arching, 2" long tubular flowers that are produced throughout the growing season attracting a variety of pollinators but especially hummingbirds. Thelma's Pink Justicia is a naturally evergreen, shrubby tropical cloaked in large, deep green foliage with a reddish reverse with plants typically growing to about 18-24" high and 12-18" wide but can potentially reach about 3-4'H x 2'W. The Jacobinias or Brazilian Plumes are easy care, heat and shade loving plants that are well suited to container culture but can also be added to a shady garden setting for summer color. Provide a well-drained, average moist, fertile soil for optimum vigor and flowering. Caterpillar host: White Peacock and Malachite. Item# 675

A new twist on old favorite! The 5-6" wide bubblegum pink flowers may be single, semi-double, or fully double depending on the whimsy of the plant and are produced in late summer and continuing into fall. Tickled Pink Confederate Rose Hibiscus is a selection of Hibiscus mutabilis that was shared with us by a longtime customer and Hibiscus enthusiast. Expect the growth habit to be similar to the old standards reaching about 8-12' high and wide at maturity. In areas where hard freezes occur, provide a breathable but insulative mulch, such as pine straw or pine needles, around the crown of the plants. Provide a full to mostly sunny site in an average moist, fertile, well-drained soil for optimum vigor and flowering. An Almost Eden exclusive introduction for 2025! Item# 13137

The fuzzy dangling crimson flowers of this tough little trailing perennial are born throughout the warmer months of the year or all year long when grown indoors. Generally considered an annual, the Trailing Chenille Plant is actually a cold hardy and durable perennial suitable for full sun or light shade. It makes the perfect hanging basket plant or spiller for container gardens or trailing over walls where its fiery red catkins provide a continuous display of color. Item# 680.

Produces brightly contrasting white and purple typical violet-shaped flowers from spring to fall to nearly year-round under warm tropical winter conditions. The Australian Trailing Violet makes a choice groundcover for moist shady areas or spilling up to 3-6' long from hanging baskets and containers. Prefers a moist, rich soil with shade during the hottest part of the day. Item# 682