Botanical: Stokesia Bluestone

Immense light periwinkle-blue flowers with 'ripped' petals. This variety of perennial Stokesia is native to the Southeast and a favorite in Gardener’s Alley and perennial gardens throughout Georgia. Young plants bloom as heavily as regular two year old plants. Eye catching!

Botanical: Phlox divaricata

Wild blue phlox is a semi-evergreen perennial that grows 10-20 inches tall. The flowers appear in late spring and early summer and are pleasantly fragrant with five petals fused at the base into a thin tube. They are charming and bloom March to May.

Botanical: Hydrangea macrophylla Endless Summer

The incredibly beautiful, frost-proof Endless Summer Hydrangea will give the warmth of summer to your garden with lovely blooms up until Thanksgiving. The large blue blooms are welcome in the heat of the summer and a spectacular show of color.

Botanical: Buddleia “Pugster Pinker”

A mass of full-size pink flowers onto a compact plant. This new addition to the world of dwarf butterfly bushes also is packed with plenty of features to love, including its petit size. The common name for Buddleia says all you need to know about butterflies flocking to the fragrant, cone-shaped flower clusters. It also attracts bees throughout its long flowering season of summer through fall and resists deer and rabbits.

Botanical: Rhododendron 'Pink Lace'

An evergreen shrub with a rounded growth habit. Abundant, showy, trumpet-shaped flowers come in pale pink with white edges and dark pink freckles. Foliage is leathery and deep green. Can tolerate full shade.

It's a deciduous azalea, meaning it loses its leaves in the fall, and is known for its fragrant, pink and white edged ruffled flowers. 

Botanical: Lagerstroemia indica

The Crepe Myrtle is often referred to as the "lilac of the South." With its striking flowers, handsome bark and attractive foliage, this species is a favorite for landscapes. It can be grown as either a shrub or small tree and is often used in groupings, containers, hedges, and screens. You find the common crepe myrtle used as small street trees in urban settings. A show-stopping addition to your yard.

Botanical: Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Joy’

'Autumn Joy' Sedum produces delicate bright-pink flowers on large heads that age into a beautiful copper color as fall approaches. 'Autumn Joy' is a stout, spreading plant with succulent foliage that pairs well with ornamental grasses and against the deep-green leaves of late summer blooming perennials.

Botanical: Trachelospermum jasminoideshe

Star Jasmine Vine is a versatile evergreen vine that brings a delightful fragrance and year-round beauty to gardens. Known for its glossy green leaves and star-shaped white flowers, this plant is perfect for trellises, fences, and container plantings. Its enchanting scent make it a popular choice for enhancing vertical spaces in the garden.

Botanical: Camellia japonica

A classic Southern beauty in the garden. Abundant, large, light pink, peony-style blooms are a delightful contrast to the glossy, dark green leaves. Perfect for milder regions, and one of the earliest to bloom. Mass in foundation plantings or use as an accent in lightly shaded beds or patio containers. Evergreen.

Botanical: Hosta ‘Stained Glass’

Stained Glass Hosta is named for its prominent foliage veining and eye-catching variegation. Tones of lime and deep green take center stage on this focal plant for dramatic contrast that delights guests and neighbors.

Unique blooms of sizable, colorful, fragrant lavender flowers emerge to complement the dimensional foliage, resembling a work of art it thrives in your shade garden.

Botanical: Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’

Little Lime Panicle Hydrangea packs a visual punch in the garden. In summer, lime green blooms open on strong stems. As it ages, rich pink coloring emerges to prolong the show through fall. It is small enough to grow in containers and also stands out as a bold mass planting. Its bright bloom coloration makes it an excellent choice for cut flower gardens and can be used fresh or dried. 

Botanical: Lysimachia nummularia

Beautiful chartreuse color and grows with unusual speed for a ground cover. It is a vigorous, prostrate, evergreen perennial, growing to only 2” in height and spreading indefinitely by stem-rooting. It has rounded leaves shaped chartreuse leaves bring brightness to any garden. Small yellow bell-like flowers bloom throughout summer.

Botanical: Ophiopogon japonicus

Attractive clumps of stemless, dark green, grass-like leaves make a beautiful small-scale groundcover or low border. Tiny spikes of lilac flowers appear in summer. This care-free, easy to grow perennial is ideal for adding texture to the garden. Despite its name, this is more of a Lily-like plant than a true grass. You wil find this traditionally as a groundcover of the Japanese garden.

Botanical: Buxus sempervirens

American Boxwoods offer year-round beauty with their dense, evergreen foliage, making them ideal for formal hedges, topiaries, and foundation plantings. Their cold-hardiness, deer resistance, and low-maintenance needs make them a versatile and reliable choice for enhancing both traditional formal gardens and modern landscapes.

Botanical: Ajuga reptans ‘Chocolate Chip’

A dwarf, spreading groundcover that creates a tight mat of rich, chocolate brown foliage with dark green undertones. Charming spikes of lacy blue flowers rise above the foliage in the spring. May repeat bloom in milder climates. Beautiful in containers, around shrubs or between stepping stones.

Botanical: Rhododendron hybrid 'Autumn Lilac’

The Autumn Lilac Azalea reaches 3' H and 3.5' W, making it a great choice for a low-maintenance hedge or border. It’s soft lilac color packs a punch so will make a fantastic accent, foundation plant, or mass planting. Furthermore, the compact growth habit of the Autumn Lilac truly shines in a container garden.

Botanical: Cyrtomium falcatum

Popular for its hardiness and handsome foliage, this fern makes an excellent groundcover or border edging in shaded locations. The stiff, glossy, dark green fronds of holly-like leaflets with coarsely fringed margins add excellent texture to container plantings. Evergreen in mild winter regions and a favorite in the South.

Botanical: Echinacea Purpurea

Echinacea, with its vibrant daisy-like blooms, adds color and texture to your garden while attracting pollinators and one of the great butterfly magnets of the native perennial garden! Coneflowers are easy to grow in average soils. Flowers with large orange gold spiky centers and strong reflexed rose pink petals appear in July and August.

Botanical: Acer palmatum var. dissectum

Low, spreading branches on a beautifully mounded, weeping dwarf form. Rich, red, deeply dissected foliage holds its color throughout the growing season, developing more vibrant red tones in the fall. A lacy, delicate appearance yet exceptionally tough and cold tolerant.

Botanical: Heuchera

Though coral bells are typically grown for foliage, Paris coral bells (Heuchera) is prized for its flower power! Showy sprays of rose-colored blooms dance above the foliage from summer until frost. Silvery hues overlay mint-green leaves, making the foliage shimmer in the shade. It's no wonder that butterflies and hummingbirds adore this plant! This perennial is easy to care for, tackling heat, humidity, and even poor soil once established.

Botanical: Stachys byzantina

Lamb's Ears 'Helene Von Stein' known for the defining feature of its large, soft, and fuzzy silver-green leaves that resemble lamb's ears. This variety is a popular choice for ground cover, borders, and containers due to its attractive foliage and relatively low maintenance. While it can produce small, purplish-pink flowers, it's primarily grown for its foliage.

Botanical: Cephalotaxus harringtonia

Japanese plum-yew works well in a woodland or shade garden as an accent or planted in mass along a border. It makes an interesting change in the landscape from the typical junipers.  Ideal for Georgia as it tolerates both the summer heat and humidity unlike other yews. It produces single seeds that have a coat that are similar in appearance to plums, Although plum-like in appearance, the seeds are not edible.

Botanical: Aspidistra elatior

Cast Iron plants are an excellant choice for full shaded areas with the drama of a tropical looking broad leaf in the garden. Their ability to thrive in low light and their tolerance for various soil conditions make them a low-maintenance choice for groundcover or borders. Consider using them to soften edges, create pathways, or fill in spaces under larger plants. 

Botanical: Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans'

The Hosta 'Elegans' is sure to attract attention with its striking textured metallic blue-green leaves. A big bold plant for the shade garden, plant amongst other smaller leaf plants so that the large leaves can play off of other green or cream variegated leaves, where it will make a bigger impact.

Botanical: Camellia sasanqua

The Camellia is a flowering plant that adds exciting color and beauty to your home. This fall bloomer has loads of lush ruby red flowers. This dwarf camellia only reaches 3 to 4 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide so it is perfect for foundation plantings and low hedges.

This ‘Ruby’ Camellia is super easy to grow and low maintenance once established. This gorgeous camellia bush can grow in full sun to part shade.

Botanical: Abelia 'Mardi Gras'

Mardi Gras Abelia has long since established itself as a mainstay of the market in the South.

The tinged, green and white variegated leaves explode forth in early spring followed by fragrant, white flowers with a pinkish hue to accent the plant. Plant in mass or in a container for dramatic color all year round. Evergreen to semi-evergreen.