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Wild Petunia

Ruellia humilis is a low, mounding perennial wildflower. It emerges after all frost danger has passed and during the summer blooms with lavender, funnel shaped

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Northern Sea Oats

Chasmanthium latifolium is a clump forming, warm season, perennial grass that grows in many different situations from sun to shade, moist to dry. A Wisconsin

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Tiny Skyline Lily

Lilium x LILY Tiny Skyline is a spectacular dwarf Asiatic Lily with clusters of dramatic, showy, two-tone orange flowers on compact stems. Flowers rise on

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Landini Asiatic Lily

Lilium x Asiatic Hybrid Landini is elegant and unique, and fills the early summer garden with deep burgundy, star-like flowers. These dramatic flowers add mystery

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Tiny Rocket Lily

Lilium x LILY Tiny Rocket is a spectacular dwarf Asiatic Lily with clusters of dramatic two-tone red blooms on compact stems. The large, easy-to-grow, strong-stemmed

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Torrey’s Rush

Juncus torreyi has striking seedheads that look like pom-poms. It is a Wisconsin Native plant that is also found throughout the US. A cool season

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FIRST Kiss Speedwell

Veronica longifolia FIRST Kiss (PP28797) has upright wands of fluffy, medium pink flowers above compact, mildew resistant foliage. They flower in late spring, sometimes into

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Prairie Sedge

Carex bicknellii is a Wisconsin Native grass which is also found throughout the Midwest. It has a creeping, tufted habit, and narrow foliage. In June

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Bebb’s Sedge

Carex bebbii is a Wisconsin Native grass which is also found throughout the northern US and even in pockets of the Rocky Mountains where it

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Bush’s Coneflower

Echinacea paradoxa sometimes called yellow coneflower, is the only species Echinacea to have yellow flowers instead of the usual purple. (Hence the name paradoxa). Large,

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