Perennials

An evergreen groundcover that carpets shade where grass gives up.Ajuga reptans spreads by runners into a low mat of glossy, often bronze-purple foliage, then sends up short spikes of blue flowers in spring. It holds its leaves through an Alabama winter, takes foot traffic...

Black-Eyed Susan lights up summer and fall with golden, dark-centered daisies - a native, deer-resistant perennial that blooms for weeks.Black-Eyed Susan Bare-Root is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Available in Bare-Root...

Blazing star sends up vertical purple wands that bloom top-down in midsummer heat, pulling in monarchs and swallowtails from across the yard.This tough native prairie perennial grows from a corm, handles Alabama drought and clay once established, and returns reliably every year. The stiff...

Intensely fragrant white flowers in late summer, when almost nothing else is blooming.Hedychium coronarium sends up canes of lush green foliage through summer and opens sweetly scented white butterfly-shaped flowers from late summer into fall. It is hardy in the ground here, spreads slowly...

Catmint blooms lavender-blue for months, thrives on neglect and drought, and bees work it constantly while deer and rabbits leave it alone.Catmint forms a soft gray-green mound that edges beds and walkways beautifully and reblooms strongly if you shear it back by about a...

Coral honeysuckle covers a mailbox or fence in scarlet trumpet flowers that hummingbirds visit from spring through frost, without ever taking over.This is our well-behaved native honeysuckle, not the aggressive Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) that smothers Alabama woodlands - coral honeysuckle is a modest...

Coreopsis pumps out golden daisies from late spring to frost on a native perennial that shrugs off heat, drought, and poor soil.Also called tickseed, coreopsis is one of the hardest-working perennials for Alabama sun, with threadleaf types like 'Moonbeam' and 'Zagreb' forming airy mounds...

Chartreuse trails that spill out of a container and root wherever they land.Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' is the golden spiller you see cascading over the edge of every good mixed planter, and it works just as hard as a groundcover in a damp, part-shaded spot....

Creeping Phlox blankets slopes and borders in a dense carpet of starry spring blooms - an evergreen groundcover that smothers weeds.Creeping Phlox Rooted Division is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Offered...

Daylilies are nearly indestructible perennials that pump out vivid trumpet blooms all summer and multiply into generous clumps.Daylily Bare-Root Fan Division is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Available in Bare-Root -...

Fountain Grass arches in soft, feathery plumes that catch light and sway with the breeze - effortless movement for beds and containers.Fountain Grass is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Offered in...

Gaillardia blankets the garden in fiery red-and-gold daisies all summer, thriving in heat, poor soil, and drought.Gaillardia is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Offered in 4" and 6" pots, shipped well-rooted...

Spicy-scented, frilled blooms that overwinter in the South for color spring and fall.Garden Dianthus (pinks) form tidy mounds topped with fragrant, fringed flowers, thriving in cool weather and returning year after year in mild climates. Offered in 4" Pot and 6-Pack, shipped well-rooted from...

Garden Mums are the signature flower of fall, forming dense mounds smothered in blooms in every warm autumn hue.Garden Mums is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Offered in 4" and 6"...

Garden Phlox crowns summer with big, fragrant flower clusters in candy hues that butterflies and hummingbirds can't resist.Garden Phlox is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Offered in 4" and 6" pots,...

Gaura sends up airy wands of pink-and-white blooms that flutter like butterflies in the slightest breeze - long-blooming and drought-tough.Gaura is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Offered in 4" and 6"...

Native golden plumes that light up the fall garden and feed late-season pollinators.Goldenrod (Solidago) blazes with arching gold flower sprays in late summer and fall - a tough, native perennial and a magnet for bees and butterflies. Offered in 4" Pot and 1-Gallon Pot,...

Gulf Muhly Grass erupts each fall in a breathtaking cloud of pink, cotton-candy plumes - a native, drought-tough showstopper.Gulf Muhly Grass is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Offered in 4" and...

A real banana that survives an Alabama winter in the ground - tropical scale with none of the fuss.Musa basjoo is the hardiest banana in cultivation, dying back after frost and returning from the root each spring with mulch. It throws paddle leaves several...

Helenium blazes with warm daisy blooms in red, orange, and gold from late summer into fall - a pollinator magnet.Helenium is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Offered in 4" and 6"...