Perennials

An evergreen perennial that blooms in the cold months - premium, deer-proof shade color.Hellebores (Lenten Rose) open nodding, long-lasting blooms from late fall through winter in shady spots, with handsome evergreen foliage the rest of the year. Offered in 4" Pot and 1-Gallon Pot,...

Heuchera dazzles year-round with ruffled foliage in amber, burgundy, lime, and silver, plus dainty bell flowers on wiry stems.Heuchera 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,...

Hosta is the backbone of the shade garden, forming lush mounds of bold, textured foliage in greens, blues, and variegated patterns.Hosta Bare-Root Division is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Available in...

Japanese Anemone floats delicate pink or white blooms on tall, wiry stems, bringing airy grace to the autumn garden.Japanese Anemone 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"...

Joe Pye weed towers at the back of a border with dusty-rose flower domes that swallowtails and monarchs cover through late summer.This big native perennial is the plant for damp, low spots where other perennials sulk, forming a strong upright clump topped with vanilla-scented...

Silver-marked foliage that lights up a shady bed all winter.Lamium maculatum is grown for its leaves first - silver centres edged in green that brighten deep shade from a distance - with pink or white flowers as a bonus in spring. It spreads politely...

Liriope is the ultimate no-fuss border and groundcover - grassy evergreen clumps topped with purple flower spikes that thrive almost anywhere.Liriope Bare-Root Bundle is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Available in...

Milkweed is the only plant monarch caterpillars can eat, so a few clumps turn a sunny bed into a working monarch nursery.Plant the right natives: butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) for dry, sunny, well-drained spots, and swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) for beds that stay moist...

The Montauk Daisy is a tough, shrubby perennial covered in crisp white daisies in fall - salt-tolerant and carefree.Montauk Daisy 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"...

The New England Aster closes the season with a burst of purple, daisy-like blooms that pollinators mob before winter.New England Aster is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Offered in 4" and...

Ornamental grasses add graceful movement, texture, and four-season structure to the landscape with very little upkeep.Ornamental 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 6" pots, shipped well-rooted...

Peonies produce enormous fragrant late-spring blooms on a plant that can outlive the gardener, returning larger every year with almost no care.Zone 8a is the warm edge of peony country: they need real winter chill to set buds, so in Clay County choose early-blooming...

Sky-blue phlox-like clusters on a loose shrub that flowers through the hottest stretch of the year.Plumbago auriculata, Cape leadwort, is one of the few true blues that holds up to Alabama heat. It grows as a sprawling, semi-woody shrub with slender arching stems that...

Purple Coneflower is a native prairie perennial whose bold, long-lasting blooms feed pollinators and finches - tough, reliable, and beautiful.Purple Coneflower 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...

Airy silver-blue spires that shrug off heat and drought - a pollinator favorite that blooms for months.Russian Sage (Perovskia) is a tough, aromatic perennial with clouds of lavender-blue bloom from summer into fall. Deer-proof and heat-loving. Nursery-grown by Wade Greens and sold grower-direct -...

Nectar-rich flower spikes that hum with bees and hummingbirds from summer into fall.Garden Salvia sends up dense spikes of blue, purple, or red bloom on aromatic foliage - a pollinator magnet that's deer-resistant and long-flowering. Offered in 4" Pot and 1-Gallon Pot, shipped well-rooted...

Shasta daisies bring crisp white-and-gold blooms to summer borders and cut beautifully, lasting a week or more in a vase.This clumping perennial is a border classic that keeps flowering for weeks if you deadhead regularly, with compact varieties like 'Becky' standing up to Alabama...

The Toad Lily surprises late in the season with exotic, orchid-like speckled blooms that light up shady corners.Toad Lily 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,...

Enormous upward-facing leaves on a plant that comes back every spring in zone 8a.Alocasia odora holds its huge glossy leaves upright rather than drooping, building a bold tropical clump through the summer. It dies back after frost and returns from the rhizome, making it...

Upright spikes of blue that bloom for months and bring every bee in the yard.Veronica sends up narrow vertical spires above a tidy clump of foliage, flowering from late spring well into summer if you cut the spent stems back. It is one of...