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All Plants on this page are in Trade Quart Pots (Qt.) which are 1.68Pints (794 ml) liquid measure. 

(Similar to a true nursery quart on top width and height, but tapered to a smaller bottom for lighter shipping.)

$6.99 Qt. 

Centaurea dealbata   Red Cornflower      Zone: 4-8      

Blooms INCESSANTLY w/ airy 3" dark pink blooms with lighter centers from June thru August if deadheaded. Blooms best if not allowed to dry out. A really GORGEOUS plant. A great cut flower. Don't plant where asters have grown to avoid 'Aster Yellow'. 

Soil: Well-drained    H: 30" W: 24"    B/M: Dark pink 6-8 

$6.99 Qt. 

Centaurea macrocephala     Armenian Basket Flower     Zone: 3-8     

3-4" bright yellow thistle-like blooms stand atop stiff stems for 3-4 weeks in mid-summer.  AKA Globe centaurea or Yellow Hardhat, it's a good cut or dried flower that's free from pests and disease.  It's extremely effective when planted in clumps in the perennial border due to the stiff growth habit and coarse texture, complimenting softer growing plants.  It's also a nice specimen plant as well.

Soil: Well-drained    H: 36-48"   W: 18-24"    B/M: Yellow/ 6-7

Centaurea montana     Mountain Bluet, Perennial Blue Cornflower        Zone: 3-8

From Europe (montana doesn't meant Montana but Mountain!) but the bloom looks more like it came from another planet!  Quite Star Trek-y if you look closely and you should!.  Strunge but beautiful enough that members have put 32 photos on Dave's Garden!  Stoloniferous and does spread if happy.  Needs to be divided every 2-3 years so it's a pass-along plant.  Solitary, fringed, rich blue cornflowers to 2" in diameter with reddih blue centers and black-edged involucre bract in late spring on 1-2' unbranched stems.  Lance-shaped lower leaves to 7" are grey green.

Soil: Average to moist     H:12-24"  W:12-18"    B/M: Blue/5-6 plus usually in Fall

"The packaging & the plants are excellent. It was obvious you took great care packing them. My opinion is that it's a great system."

Donna, Weymouth, MA

$7.49 Qt. 

Centranthus ruber     Red Valerian, Jupiter's Beard, Keys to Heaven      Zone: 4-8     

Valuable for its very LONG BLOOM season. Protect from PM sun & they seem happy. Covered with pretty, fragrant crimson flowers during the summer. Herb with medical uses. Shear plants if they flop. No fertilizer needed. One of our two most popular plants -- the other is hedge germander! This plant just blooms & blooms & is EASY. This is always in our Top 10 Best Sellers because it's beautiful and just doesn't stop blooming!

Soil: Any but poor, neutral/alkaline is best      H: 12-36" W: 18"      B/M: Salmon rose/ 5-10

$7.49 Qt.

Centranthus ruber 'Coccineus'      Red Valerian, Jupiter's Beard, Keys to Heaven      Zone: 4-8        

Same as the species but more red.  Valuable for its very LONG BLOOM season. Protect from PM sun & they seem happy. Covered with pretty, fragrant crimson flowers during the summer. Herb with medical uses. Shear plants if they flop. No fertilizer needed. One of our two most popular plants -- the other is hedge germander! This plant just blooms & blooms & is EASY. This is always in our Top 10 Best Sellers because it's beautiful and just doesn't stop blooming!

Soil: Any but poor, neutral/alkaline is best      H: 12-36" W:18"      B/M: Red / 5-10

$6.99 Qt. 

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides      Plumbago or Leadwort         Zone: 6-9    

Groundcover with deep blue flowers. Red foliage in the Fall in sun or part shade. Good over-planting for bulbs. Prized for its beautiful azure blue flowers. Stabilizer for hot, dry slopes. Foliage is a mat of reddish green in the spring. Aggressive grower. Takes poorly drained soil.  

Soil: Any      H: 12-18" W: 12"      B/M: Azure blue 8-10 

Chasmanthium latifolium   Northern Sea Oats Grass is on the Grass Page

$6.99 Qt. 

Chasmatophyllum masculinum    Hardy Tiger's Jaw       Zone: 4-9     

Long blooming yellow daisies open from bud's that are bright orange-red. Dense, mat-forming succulent folliage is happy, as you might guess, in a dry spot. Perfet for the rock garden. Very rare. But not the least bit fussy. Very cold hardy. Lived outside this winter in pots, which should make it about Zone 4. And the fun part? It doesn't open until you get home from work -- around 4 o'clock! 

Soil: Well-drained    H: 2" W: Indef    B/M: Yellow 5-10 

Chelidonium majus    Greater Celadine       Zone:  6-10   

A lovely plant but it does self seed.  Can be fine in the right condition if a self seeding plant is what you need.  Survives in the toughest, driest shade where little else will live or also in a wet spot but with the seeding I wouldn't put it in a wet spot!  Lovely, finely cut, hairy pinnate leaves.

Soil: Most any     H: 12-18"  W: 12-18"      B/M: Yellow/5-8

$8.99 Qt.

Chelidonium majus 'Flore Pleno'    -    Double Greater Celadine       Zone:  6-10   

While the species is a seed spreader, the  Double form seldom seeds, maybe an occasional one here or there for which you'll be grateful since it's BEA-U-TI-FUL!  The double form comes true from seed.   Lives in the toughest, driest shade if you have such a spot! Or a wet spot.  Not hard to please. Finely cut, hairy pinnate leaves.

Soil: Most any     H: 12-18"  W: 12-18"      B/M: Yellow/5-8

Cheiranthus 'Wenlock Beauty'  -  See Erysimum 'Wenlock Beauty' on the E Perennials page.

$7.99 Qt.  

Chelone glabra       White Turtlehead      Zone: 3-8   

Terminal clusters of showy 1" snapdragon-like flowers in August - September. Foliage is oval, glossy, dark green with sawtooth edges in erect, dense clumps. Pinch tips back when plant is about 9" tall. Gorgeous with Cardinal Flower! Needs moist soil. Height varies with the amount of water it receives.  Host Plant for the Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly.

Soil: Moist    H: 16-84" W: 15-24"    B/M: White 8-9 

$7.99 Qt.  

Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'        Pink Turtlehead     Zone: 3-8   

Hardy, late-blooming perennial that likes a moist, sunny spot or average soil in shade. The deep green foliage contrasts beautifully w/ the dark pink flowers. Pinch growth tips in spring for bushier growth, which in this select form will be bronze green. Hand divided, not tissue cultured.  Host Plant for the Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly.

Soil: Moist     H: 24-38" W: 24"     B/M: Dark Pink 8-9

$9.99 Qt. 

Chelonopsis yagiharana  (C. moschata)   Japanese Turtlehead      Z:  5-9    

A relative of our native Turtlehead (Chelone) but from Japan.  It's a fabulous, undemanding plant that's wonderful but for the bloom and the timing -- deep reddish pink in late summer/early fall.  The foliage clumps are neat and attractive all season.  The rosy pink flowers look more like a Foxglove or Rehmania to me than a Turtlehead, if you can picture a deep, rosy pink Digitalis.

Soil: Rich, moist but well-drained       H:24"  W: Slowly indef.    B/M:  Deep reddish pink/8-Frost

$7.49 Qt. 

Chiastophyllum oppositifolium    Golden Lambstail    Zone: (5)6-9    

Charming 6" arching yellow sprays of yellow flowers from dense, mat-forming, succulent leaves. Wonderful for rockeries/walls. Needs, cool, loose, moist but well-drained soil & at least P.Shade. Divide in Spring. Top dress w/ soil or mulch so plant is gradually deeper. Rhizomatous but polite. AKA, Cotyledon simplicifolia. From Caucasus. 

Soil: Moist but well-drained    H: 6-8" W: 6"    B/M: Yellow 5-6

Fall Daisies - Chrysanthemum or Dendranthemas, Ajanias, Nipponanthecums, Leucanthemums

They're called, once again, Chrysanthemum BUT they're not the Fall Mum that you can find everywhere including the grocery store!  These are fabulous long lasting Perennials.  You may remember, they WERE originally called Chrysanthemums and then over a 3 year period, we were told by the folks in charge of Botanical nomenclature and classifications to change them to their new names.  Tag makers and sign makers and plant growers all gradually made the switch.   And then, about a year later after the official switch date, they changed the classification BACK to Chrysanthemums!  Argh-h-h-h-h-h!  We liked them under their previous names, Dendranthema, Ajania, etc.  People didn't confuse them with the inferior, not very perennial, Fall Mums.

$7.99 Qt. 

Chrysanthemum koreana 'Mei Kyo'   (Dendranthema 'Mei Kyo' Fall Daisy)      Z: 4-9      

Small, double lavender blooms in October. Clump gradually spreads but doesn't need to be divided regularly like the classic Hardy Mums (although this is very hardy -- just a different species). Takes more shade than most Chrysanthemums and will take one zone colder. Must have well-drained soil. 

Soil: Well-drained       H: 36" W: 36"       B/M: Lavender/10-11 

$7.99 Qt. 

Chrysanthemum nipponicum  - (Nipponanthemum nipponicum)    Montauk Daisy   Zone: 5-9 

Single white 2-3" daisies with yellow centers appear in September-November. Rounded shrub-like growth with thick, glossy, dark green, spear-shaped leaves; handsome even when not in bloom. A tough plant that grows easily in average, well-drained soil. Cut back almost to ground in spring.  Takes seaside conditions.

Soil:  Well-drained  H: 24-30"  W: 24"   B/M:  White/ 9-11

$7.99 Qt. 

Chrysanthemum pacificum   (Ajania pacifica)    Japanese Chrysanthemum   Zone: (5)6-9   

Brought from Japan by the National Arboretum, this is truly a PLANT WORTH WAITING for. The leaves have stunning white edges, grow in dense 4" rosettes. Splendid as a specimen or weed-inhibiting groundcover. Vigorous. One of the LAST PLANTS TO BLOOM in our garden. No winter wet soil please.  Introduced by the National Arboretum.

Soil: Well-drained, poor      H: 12" W: 36"       B/M: Yellow/10-11

$7.99 Qt.  

Chrysanthemum pacificum 'Pink Ice'  (Ajania pacifica)  Japanese Chrysanthemum  Zone: (5)6-9  

It's sister, the gold old form was brought from Japan by the National Arboretum.  The leaves have fine white edges, grow in dense 4" rosettes. Splendid as a specimen or weed-inhibiting groundcover. One of the LAST PLANTS TO BLOOM in our garden. No winter wet soil. Stunning foliage. New pink form from Pam Harper, 1994. 

Soil: Well-drained, poor           H: 12" W: 36"          B/M: Pink/ 10-11 

Chrysanthemum parthenium             See Tanacetum parthenium

$7.99 Qt. 

Chrysanthemum rubellum 'Clara Curtis'   (Dendranthema 'Clara Curtis' )   Fall Daisy    Z: 5-9   

Hundreds of single, daisy-like flowers, 3" across, are produced July-Fall. Mounds of solid pink make a nice groundcover. Disease resistant, very WINTER HARDY. Tolerates more shade than Fall Chrysanthemums. Doesn't need dividing.

Soil: Well-drained      H: 18-24" W: 18"       B/M: Pink/10-11 

$7.99 Qt. 

Chrysanthemum rubellum 'Mary Stoker'    (Dendranthema 'Mary Stoker')     Z: 5-9   

Soft straw or apricot yellow flowers eventually turn gold in September/October.  This color is wonderful for the Fall garden.  It also blooms earlier than other Korean mums which can be nice.  It's an heirloom plant from Russia, loved in Europe but not well-know here (yet!)

Soil:  Well-drained    H:24-30"  W:16"        B/M:  Straw Yellow/10-11

$7.99 Qt. 

Chrysanthemum rubellum 'Sheffield Pink'    (Dendranthema 'Sheffield Pink')    Zone: 5-9    

Incredible fall display of gorgeous pale salmon pink flowers from this fully perennial mum. Spreading habit, good vigor and excellent hardiness. Flowers even continue after a light frost.  Described as "absolutely spectacular, with luminous glowing color that can be seen a block away!"

Soil:  Well-drained   H:36"  W: Slowly indef.     B/M:   Light Salmon Pink/Late Sept.-Frost

$7.99 Qt.

Chrysanthemum rubellum 'Sheffield Yellow'  (Dendranthema)  Hardy Garden Mum        Zone: 5-9

We're not sure just what to say about this one.  We purchased it from a reputable source as 'Yellow Sheffield'.  We can only assume that it was a sport that arose from seed grow 'Pink Sheffield' or 'Sheffield Pink'.  And like that plant which isn't really pink but apricot, 'Sheffield Yellow' isn't yellow but gold!  But, hey we bought it because it was stunning.  Who cares about the specifics a pedgree!

Soil: Well-drained    H: 24-36"  W: 24-36"    B/M: Yellow Gold/Fall

$7.99 Qt.

Chrysanthemum rubellum 'Venus'  (Classic Pink Form)   (Dendranthema 'Venus' )  Fall Daisy   Z: 5-9   

The treasured 'Venus' Daisy. Soft, profuse mounds of eye-catching pale-pink to white Daisies appear in late fall on this wonderful perennial . Vigorous & fragrant foliage. A welcome addition to the garden summer through frost. 'Venus' looks beautiful in front of Aster 'Jin Dai' & weaves gracefully with its close neighbors. Cut back by 1/3 in July.  This is classic pink form.

Soil: Moist but well-drained         H: 24-36" W: 24-36"         B/M: Light pink/ 10-11 

$7.99 Qt.

Chrysanthemum rubellum 'Venus' White Form   (Dendranthema 'Venus')   Fall Daisy    Z: 5-9    

As above but with white blooms. Cut back by 1/3 in July.  

Soil: Moist but well-drained         H: 24-36" W: 24-36"         B/M: White/ 10-11 

$7.99 Qt..

Chrysanthemum vulgare 'Filigran'  (Leucanthemum vulgare 'Crispum) Ox-Eye Daisy     Zone: 3-10

Finely cut, dark green foliage sets off pure white daisies with yellow centers in late spring and early summer.  Very heavy blooming, it can have up to 40 bloom stalks per plant..  Great for cut flowers.  One of the few plants that can be found growing as the species (not the cut leaf form) in every one of the continental states and yet it's not a native.  Creeping root stock.  A great plant if you're struggling with heavy, damp soil.  Does self seed, particularly in moist areas, so don't introduce to areas that you're not going to monitor especially wetland areas.  Well behaved in the average garden.

Soil: Any, heavy moist best   H: 24-30" IB  W:      B/M: White/5-6

$7.99 Qt.

Chrysanthemum x 'Bolero'  (Dendranthema)   Hardy Garden Mum         Zone: 5-9  

Peachy or Apricot gold colored blooms with yellow centers smother the foliage of this 'Dendranthema'.   Its petals are exceptionally long, resulting in huge 3 1/2 inch wide blooms on plants that are easy to grow in a wide range of conditions including dry soil.   A profuse bloomer with broad mounding habit.

Soil: Well-drained     H:18-24"  W: 18-24"     B/M: Golden Apricot/Fall

$7.99 Qt..

Chrysanthemum x 'Cambodian Queen'    (Dendranthema)  Hardy Garden Mum        Zone: 5-9

HUGE rich pink single, occasionally semi-double flowers with yellow center.  This cultivar is so floriferous that you can hardly see the foliage when in full bloom.  And the blooms are gigantic!

Soil: Well-drained     H: 24"  W: 24"     B/M: Rich Pink/Fall

$7.99 Qt.. 

Chrysanthemum weyrichii 'Pink Bomb'  (Dendranthema weyrichii 'Pink Bomb')     Z: 4-9   

A dwarf Dendranthema or hardy Mum. Looks like a 'Mum' but is an easy care, dependable perennial that doesn't need to be pinched, doesn't die out in the middle like 'Mums'. Short lived in heavy soil but easy in well-drained. Quickly makes a carpet.  A zone hardier than most hardy mums.

Soil:  Well-drained    H: 10-12"   W: 18"        B/M:  Pink/10-11

$7.99 Qt.

Chrysanthemum weyrichii 'White Bomb'    (Dendranthema weyrichii 'White Bomb')     Z: 4-9   

Just like the above but white.

Soil:  Well-drained    H: 10-12"   W: 18"        B/M:  White/10-11

New 5/25

$7.99 Qt.  

Chrysanthemum x superbum 'Aglaia'    (Leucanthemum) Double Shasta Daisy        Zone: 5-9      

Soil: Rich, well-drained         H: 18-24" W: 24"       B/M: White/ 6-10 with deadheading

$7.99 Qt.  

Chrysanthemum x superbum 'Becky'    (Leucanthemum)  Shasta Daisy        Zone: 5-9         

A large flowered Shasta type daisy that lives for years! Large, single white flowers from JUNE - OCTOBER, if deadheaded. Makes a good cut flower. Deep shiny green foliage holds up well. Incredibly sturdy and heat tolerant.   Many Shastas will fail in heat and humidity but not Becky!

Soil: Rich, well-drained         H: 36-42" W:        B/M: White/ 6-10 with deadheading

$7.99 Qt.

Chrysanthemum x superbum 'Crazy Daisy'  (Leucanthemum)   Shasta Daisy    Zone: 5-9     

A Shasta with just what you would expect from the name -- Crazy Daisies!  Ruffled, double, spikey, spoon-shaped -- all many of crazy petal!  Same dependable performance as other Shastas but with a twist!

Soil: Rich, well-drained         H: 36-42" W:        B/M: White 6-10* 

$7.99 Qt.  

Chrysanthemum x superbum 'Esther Read'  (Leucanthemum)  Shasta Daisy, Double    Zone: 5-9     

Large, Double white flowers having petals that almost completely hide the yellow center in mid-summer. Great for cut flowers. 'Esther Read' is an elegant Shasta Daisy, white with palest yellow centers, and double (more petals per flower). This was the first of the "doubles" to be hybridized. 

Soil: Rich, well-drained        H: 24" W: 24"             B/M: White/ 6-7 

$8.99 Qt.  

Chrysanthemum yezoense    Groundcover Chrysanthemum     Zone: 5-9    

Spreads by rhizomes. Drought tolerant. Shiny groundcover with large white to purple infused, daisy-like flowers that bloom from September until December! Likes well drained soil and full sun or partial shade. Great in rock gardens or flowing downward on a hillside. Another plant that's hot and NEW! And how about the bloom time!!!   From Eastern Asia and N. Japan.

Soil: Moist but well-drained    H: 3-5" W: Indef.    B/M: Purple/9-12 

$6.99 Qt.  

Chrysogonum virginianum    Green & Gold    Zone: 5-9   

A fine ground cover with one of the longest blooming seasons of any perennial. Its golden flowers appear for 4-5 weeks in Zone 7 but all summer where it's cool in summer.. This native spreads rapidly, particularly in rich, organic soils that don't dry out. Not invasive just a good groundcover. Tolerate wet soil but prefers moist but well-drained. 

Soil: Rich, moist, well-drained    H: 5-8" W: Indef.    B/M: Gold 4-10 

Chrysogonum virginianum 'Allen Bush'   Green and Gold, golden Star    Zone: 5-9

East Coast Native from PA south. Nice ground cover in rich, well-drained soil but tolerates less than ideal conditions.  The cultivar 'Allen Bush' typifies the species but with a profusion of dark yellow, star-shaped blooms in late spring/early summer and some later in the Fall.  Takes sun in cooler zones, more shade in warmer zones.  Light evergreen, triangular shaped leaves.   Great groundcover. 

Soil: Well-drained