US perennials

Small perennial nursery focused on North American native perennials, their cultivars and much more

06/18/2026

Calirhoe involucrata - PURPLE POPPY MALLOW at The Animal Shelter Gardens, Bloomington, IN (accompanied by Sesleria autumnalis - Autumn Moor Grass).
This sprawling native plant (central USA, Midwest, South et.) can creep away 3' from the center, can look leggy, or untidy. But when you find the way of using it, or how to combine with other plants, it can be a show-stopping plant. Long flowering period, magenta cup-shaped flowers, can be heavy seeder and rabbits may nibble on it. Still a beauty. Best on edges, or intermingling with certain plants.

06/15/2026

Gaillardia - BLANKET FLOWERS. Shorter-lived native perennial. Cultivars like this red one are often complex hybrid of several native species, the recent ones are often bred for very short and compact shape. No matter what, all of them are prolific non-stop blooming plants, and therefore often used as annuals. They just never stop blooming (at least in the deep south, here the cold snaps stop them). These plants are planted in our sand bed - the lean and well drained sand prolongs their life, and makes the taller forms shorter and more compact too.

06/14/2026

Echinacea paradoxa (Yellow Coneflower) with Coroepsis verticillata x tripteris 'Gilded Lace' in our sand bed. Both excellent plants - tough, vigorous, deer resistant and pollinator magnets (at least the coneflower). The coneflower is one of the parents to many newer hybrids with warm - orange, red colors) and also brings the sweet honey-fragrance to some of those hybrids. 'Gilded Lace' Tickseed is one of the performers in Mt. Cuba trials (for us with very long blooming period). Of course these will grow fine in average or somewhat drained soil in full sun.

06/13/2026

Nice matching habitat combo of native Penstemon smallii (Small's Beardtongue) with non-native Dianthus carthusianorum (Carthusian Pink) at the Animal Shelter (Bloomington, IN). West facing wall, with scorching afternoon sun, narrow stripe of soil at the side walk, with gravel construction waste in the soil (tends to dry out very fast... Not an easy spot for some plant. Choose the right plant for the right place, is the key (to any site).

06/11/2026

Large flowers of Oenothera macrocarpa (syn. O. missouriensis) - MISSOURI EVENING PRIMROSE (or Large-fruit Evening Primrose).
Trouble free, tough native plant for sunny and somewhat drier conditions (average to dry). It reaches only 0.75' in height, but it sprawls wide to 1.5' (sometimes even more).
It's naive habitats are limestone bluffs, glades, rocky roadsides and slopes, dry prairies, so it can handle poor and lean soils. It doesn't compete well with tall plants, so always plant it on the edges of the beds, in rock gardens, at the rocks, retaining walls etc. Flowers are huge, fragrant, are fully open at night and attract nocturnal moths (Sphinx, Hawk, Hummingbird and Clearwing Moths). The flowering peak is in April/May and June, with less flower until August. Huge flowers also form huge four-winged seed pod. Native to AR, IL, KS, MO, NE, OK, TN, TX.
There are several regional subspecies with thinner, or more gray leaves (or combined) and several cultivar arising from those

06/08/2026

Great example of matrix style planting (with slightly higher percentage of flowering plants). Designed by Andrew Marrs Garden Design here in Bloomington, IN. Several beds are around Secretly Canadian record label , close to downtown area.

06/07/2026

Finally serious breakthrough with vigorous and reliable pink Aromatic Aster. And available in our store!
ASTER OBLONGIFOLIUS 'BILLOWING PINK'.
Brief highlights : cultivar of US native, vigorous & healthy (no mildew), deer and rabbit resistant, pollinator magnet, high percentage flower coverage, ground covering growth, 6 weeks of blooming at the end of growing season (can be September in southern locations, to October-November in northern places), humidity and drought tolerant.
This is a huge plant, that can smother it's neighbors, so place it wisely (at least 24" apart), size in 3 years is 26" tall x 48" wide. It can be used as groundcover for sunny areas. Zone 5-9. Pictures copyrights : Plants Nouveau

06/05/2026

New Hope is on Garden Walk 2026, Bloomington, IN! This Saturday 6/6 (10am-2 pm) and Sunday 6/7 (noon to 4 pm). Garden designed by Rad, created and maintained by many MANY volunteers! 🙏 Stop by to explore naturalistic gardens, visit new Ladybug Garden, peak in New Hope facility, have a snack! We’ll be there!

06/02/2026

Ying Yang still life with sweaty, worn out straw hat and worn out potting table

06/01/2026

Campanula punctata 'Pink Octopus' - BELLFLOWER 'PINK OCTOPUS' now available in our store! Woohoo!
Yes, not a native one, but with excellent qualities - this is a true dense ground covering perennial for full sun, and also average-drier soils. It is a a vigorous one and spread wide, but the mat of leaves is very dense and does surprise the weeds (you still should check on that here and there). It will thrive in average and leaner soil, without any additional irrigation and will do well even in the deeper humid south!
This plant is even recommended for the rooftop gardens (this really tells a lot about it's adaptability).
Yeah, the flowers are "weird" little octopuses!
These pics were taken in amazing small Yew Dell Botanic Garden in KY (if you haven't been there yet, check it out too).
10"/18" with flowers, 18-24" wide and in time even more - leave some space for it.
Zone 5-9.

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2688 W Cedar Bluff Road
Bloomington, IN
47401

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