AE Plant Catalog - Specialty Perennials

Premium Quart Perennials

Specialty Perennials 12/crate
Individually Priced


Brunnera macrophylla 'Hadspen Creme' Shade 12"
Variegated leaves with creamy margins, blue flowers.
Combine with Bleeding Hearts, Globe Flower and Foam Flower.
Order Code PL 1942
$6.00/pot or $66.00/crate

Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' Shade 12"
Large silver leaves with green veins, light blue flowers. Exquisite.
Combines well with Cimicifuga and Aquilegia 'Yellow Queen'

Order Code PL 1944

$6.00/pot or $66.00/crate

Brunnera macrophylla 'Looking Glass' Shade 12"

Shiny, all silver leaves. A sport of Jack Frost. Bright blue flowers.

Order Code PL 1946

$7.00/pot or $78.00

Cimicifuga ramosa 'Atropurpurea' Part shade-shade 40"

Purple foliage with ivory flowers. Black cherry scented.

Great focal plant amongst Hosta's and Monarda.

Order Code PL 1980

$6.00/pot or $66.00/crate

Cimicifuga ramosa 'Brunette' Part shade-shade 20"

Pink/white flowers with Burgundy foliage. Great focal plant

Order Code PL 1984

$9.00/pot or $102.00/crate

Dicentra eximia 'King of Hearts' Part sun-shade 12"

Cut-leaf blue foliage with deep rose-pink flowers.

Combines well with Tiarella, Astilbe, Huechera and Hosta

Order Code PL 2050

$5.00/pot or $ 54.00/crate

Echinacea 'Big Sky Sunrise' (Coneflower) Sun 32"

Sunny-yellow petals around a green-orange cone.

Combines well with Russian Sage and Salvia 'Rose Queen'

Order Code PL 2055

$6.00/pot or $66.00/crate

Echinacea 'Big Sky Sunset' (Coneflower) Sun 32"

Salmon-orange petals around a purple/orange cone.

Combines well with Salvia 'Caradonna' and Liatris 'Kobold'

Order Code 2056

$6.00/pot or $66.00/crate

Echinacea 'Kim's Knee High' (Coneflower) Sun 20"

Compact form, pink drooping petals with copper cones.

Less maintenance than other Coneflowers.

Order Code PL 2057

$5.00/each or $54.00/crate

Echinacea 'Double Decker' (Coneflower) Sun 30"

Deep-pink flowers with dark cones. 2nd tier petals rise out of cone.

Combines well with Daylily 'Hyperion' and Bachelor Buttons.

Order Code PL 2061

$9.00/pot or $102.00/crate

Echinacea 'Sundown' (Coneflower) Sun 22"

Dark orange colored flowers with a prominent brownish cone

Combines well with Salvia's, Monarda's and Baptisia austalis

Order Code PL 2066

$6.00/pot or $66.00/crate

Epimedium 'Lilafee' (Barrenwort) Part sun-shade 10"

Forms thick clumps, lavender-violet flowers, heart shaped leaves

Use as groundcover instead of Ajuga or with Bleeding Hearts

Order Code PL 2080

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Epimedium rubrum (Barrenwort) part shade-shade 10"

Great groundcover for shade. Red leaves with green veins.

This is an impressive groundcover. Requires moist, rich soil.

Order Code PL 2084

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Geranium 'Hocus Pocus' (Cranesbill) Sun-part sun 16"

Large lavender flowers with dark bronze foliage.

Combines well with Artemesia 'Valleri Finnis and Alchemilla mollis

Order Code PL 2132

$7.00/pot or $78.00/crate

Geranium 'Jolly Bee' (Cranesbill) Sun-part sun 18"

Prolific and long bloomer with large blue flowers and white center

Combines well with Alchemilla mollis and Gaillardia 'fanfare'

Order Code PL 2135

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Geranium 'Purple Pillow' (Cranesbill) Sun-part sun 8"

Red-purple flowers with dark eye, blue-green foliage.

Combine with Tiarella wherryi and Astilbe 'Ostrich Plume'

Order Code PL 2142

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Geranium 'Rozanne' (Cranesbill) Sun-part sun 22"

Violet-purple cupped blooms, long bloomer. PPAP of the year 2008

This Geranium is Awesome! Plant in masses as edger.

Order Code PL 2144

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Helleborus orientalis (Lenten Rose) Part shade-shade 15"

A hybrid of several Hellebore species. Multi-colored blooms.

Grow in moist soil, well drained soil which is slightly alkaline.

2005 PPA Plant of the year.

Order Code PL 2160

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Hemerocallis 'Bright Sunset' (Daylily) Sun 12"

Burnt copper-orange flower, deep green throat, blooms early

Order Code PL 2166

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Hemerocallis 'Darling Deception' (Daylily) Sun 24"

Creme-pink flower with purple eye and green throat.

Order Code PL 2180

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Hemerocallis 'Gentle Shepherd' (Daylily) Sun 34"

Large white ruffled petals with pale green throat.

Order Code PL 2196

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Hemerocallis 'Janice Brown' (Daylily) Sun 21"

Baby pink ruffled flowers with green throat, rebloomer.

Order Code PL 2204

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Hemerocallis 'Ice Carnival' (Daylily) Sun 28"

Large 6" ruffled lemon-white flowers with green throat.

Order Code PL 2206

$6.00/pot or $66.00/crate

Hemerocallis 'Rosy Returns' (Daylily) Sun 12"

Reddish-purple flowers with rose eye and green throat.

Order Code PL 2246

$6.00/pot or $66.00/crate

Hemerocallis 'Stella Supreme' (Daylily) Sun 16"

Compact grass-like foliage with Lacy lemon-yellow blooms, rebloomer

Order Code PL 2254

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Hemerocallis 'Strutters Ball' (Daylily) Sun 28"

Purple flowers with green throat.

Order Code PL 2260

$5.00/pot or 54.00/crate

Hemerocallis 'Woodside Ruby' (Daylily) Sun 30"

Ruby-red flower with a lemon/lime throat.

Order Code PL 2269

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Heuchera 'Caramel' (Coral Bells) Part Sun 8"

Large golden-caramel leaves with red undersides, strong grower.

Order Code PL 2274

$6.00/pot or $66.00/crate

Heuchera 'Crimson Curls' (Coral Bells) Part sun 12"

Very dark, curled, scalloped purple-bronze-green leaves.

Order Code PL 2279

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Heuchera 'Lime Ricky' (Coral Bells) Part sun 9-18"

Clump forming ruffled lime-green foliage with white flowers.

Order Code PL 2281

$6.00/pot or $66.00/crate

Hemerocallis 'Midnight Rose' (Coral Bells) Part sun 12"

Purple foliage with pink spots. Attractive foliage plant only

Order Code PL 2282

$6.00/pot or $66.00/crate

Heuchera 'Miracle' (Coral Bells) Part sun 10"

Leaves change throughout the season from charteuse to brick red.

Combines well with Achillea 'Moonshine' and Alchemilla mollis

Order Code PL 2283

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Heuchera 'Plum Pudding' (Coral Bells) Part sun 12"

Compact, plum-purple, silver streaked foliage.

Combines with Artemesia 'Valerie Finnis' and Anenome 'Macrantha'

Order Code PL 2285

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Heuchera 'Snow Angel' (Coral Bells) Sun-part sun 12"

Green Foliage w/creamy white spots, pink flowers.

Order Code PL 2293

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Iris pallida variegata 'Argentium' (Sweet Iris) Sun 15"

Green and white striped foliage, blue flowers.

Order Code PL 2345

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Iris pallida variegatum 'Aureum' (Sweet Iris) Sun 15"

Green and yellow striped foliage, fragrant blue flowers.

Order Code PL 2346

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Paeonia 'Sarah Bernhardt' (Peony) Sun 30"

Double, large dark rose flower with silver tipped petals. Fragrant

Order Code PL 2436

$7.50/gallon pot or $42.00/crate of 6

Paeonia 'Karl Rosenfield' (Peony) Sun 36"

Double, large, bright crimson-red flowers with glossy green foliage

Order Code PL 2438

$7.50/gallon pot or $42.00/6 count crate

Paeonia 'Double White' (Peony) Sun 30"

Double white flowers with pink tinged petal edges.

Order Code PL 2440

$7.50/gallon pot or $42.00/6 count crate

Polemonium 'Bris d' Anjou' (Jacob's Ladder) Sun-part sun

Variegated green and white leaves with blue flowers.

Order Code PL 2500

$6.00/pot or $66.00/crate

Tiarella 'Jeepers Creepers' (Foam Flower) Part shade-shade

Large, deeply-cut dark purple leaves with striking cream flowers.

Order Code PL 2591

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

Tradescantia 'Sweet Kate' (Spiderwort) Part shade

24" Soft golden-yellow flowers with blue flowers.

Order Code PL 2605

$5.00/pot or $54.00/crate

AE Plant Catalog - Perennials- Regularly Priced

Premium Quart Perennials - Regularly Priced
Quart Pots 12/crate
$4.00/pot or $42.00/crate


Aconitum fisheri (Monkshood) Part shade 24"
Monkshood's are poisonous to humans. Care should be taken when
handling. Blur-violet flowers, plant in moist, fertile soil.
Combine with Cimicifuga's and Aruncus diocus.
Order Code PL 1825


Anenome sylvestris 'Macrantha' Part shade 12"
Large fragrant white flowers, early bloomer, self sowing spreader.
Great groundcover for under trees. Combine with Geraniums.
Order Code PL 1846



Anenome tomentosa 'Robustissima' Part shade 30"
Pink flowers with yellow eyes. Flowers on long, thin, graceful stems.
Combine with Astilbe, Aruncus, Cimicifuga and Perennial Geraniums.
Order Code PL 1848




Aquilegia 'Woodside Variegata' (Columbine) Shade 24"
This green/gold leafed plant provides a unique foliage for shade
Combines well with Hosta's, Pulmonaria, Astilbe's and Trollius.
Order Code PL 1849





Artemesia 'Valerie Finnis' (Wormwood) Sun 24"
Drought tolerant, yellow/silver flowers, great backdrop plant
Combines well with perennial Salvia's and Veronica spicata's
Order Code PL 1860






Aruncus aethusifolius (Goatsbeard dwarf) Part shade 12"
This dwarf Goatsbeard has fine, ferny foliage w/ white spikes.
Combine with perennial Geranium's and use as an edger.
Order Code PL 1863



Astilbe arendsii 'Amethyst' Part shade-shade 32"
Lavender flowers, prefers moist soil. Medium green foliage.
Order Code PL 1884



Astilbe arendsii 'Bressingham Beauty' Part shade-shade
Tall, rich pink flowers with dark green, finely cut leaves 36" tall.
Order Code PL 1885




Astilbe arendsii 'Bridal Veil' Part shade-shade 28"
White flowers, early bloomer, medium green foliage
Order Code PL 1887




Astilbe chinensis 'Fanal' Part shade-shade 24"
This Astlbe is a more tolerant of dryness. Dark red flowers.
Order Code PL 1890




Astilbe chinensis 'Pumila' Part shade-shade 10"
This dwarf astilbe has raspberry-pink flowers w/light green leaves
Order Code PL 1892

Astilbe chinensis 'Visions' Sun-shade 18"
Sun and drought tolerant. Pink flowers

Order Code PL 1894

Astilbe chinensis 'Visions in Red' Sun-shade 15"

Red stems, purple and red flowers, glossy foliage.

Order Code PL 1896

Astilbe japonica 'Deutschland' Part shade-shade 30"

White flowers over dark green, glossy foliage.

Order Code PL 1897

Astilbe japonica 'Montgomery' Part shade-shade 20"

Bronze foliage, tall plumes of dark red flowers

Order Code PL 1900

Astilbe japonica 'Peach Blossom' Part shade-shade 20"

Delicate salmon flowers over glossy, medium green foliage.

Order Code PL 1902

Astilbe japonica 'Hennie Graafland' Part shade 12"

Dwarf Astilbe with shell pink flowers and glossy dark green leaves

Order Code PL1914

Astilbe simplicifolia 'Sprite' Part shade-shade 12"

Dwarf. Shell pink, dark bronze foliage. 1994 PPAP of the year.

Order Code PL 1917

Astilbe thunbergii 'Ostrich Plume' Part shade 35-40"

Long, broad cascading pink plumes. Great in masses.

Order Code PL 1920

Baptisia australis (False Indigo) Full sun-part shade 40"

Indigo blue flowers on sturdy stems. Blue-green pea-like foliage.

This is a specimen plant with bean-like seedpods.

Order Code PL 1934

Brunnera macrophylla Part shade-shade 12"

Heart shaped foliage with tiny blue flowers. Early to mid-spring

Combine with Bleeding Hearts, Trollius, Flax and Cimicifuga

Order Code PL1942

Buddleia 'Black Knight' (Butterfly Bush) Sun 4-6'

This large, bushy perennial is a great specimen. Needs winter

protection. Combines well with shrub roses and shrub Willows

Order Code PL 1950

Campanula 'Cherry Bells' (Spotted Bellflower) Sun 16"

Deep Pink flowers hang down. light green foliage, spreader

Order Code PL 1968

Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' (Tickseed) Sun 18"

Creme-yellow flowers and lacy foliage,prolific bloomer.

Combines well with perennial Salvia's grasses and Veronia's
Order Code PL 2004

Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb' (Tickseed) Sun 12"

Upright habit, yellow flowers and thread-like foliage.

Combines with perennial Salvia's, grasses and Veronica.

Order Code PL 2014

Dicentra formosa 'Luxurient' (Bleeding Heart) 12"
Red-pink flowers with dissected foliage.
Order Code PL 2052

Dicentra spectabilis 'Alba' (Bleeding Heart) 24"

White flowers, blooms in Spring.

Order Code PL 2053

Euporatum maculatum 'Gateway' (Joe Pye Weed) 6'

Billowing 18 inch clusters of purple flowers.

Combine with Black eyed susan's and ornamental grasses

Order Code PL 2098

Euporatum rugosum 'Chocolate' Sun-part shade 6'

Purple foliage with cremy-white flower panicles.

Combines well with Ligularia 'Desdemona' and Calamagrostis

Order Code PL 2102

Filipendula rubra (Meadowsweet) Part shade-sun 6'

Red flowers fading to pink, dark green foliage. Midsummer

Combine with Brunnera's, Ligularia and Hosta's

Order Code PL 2110

Filipendula ulmaria 'Variegata' Part sun 36"

Dark green foliage with bold yellow variegation.

Order Code PL 2112

Geranium 'Ballerina' (Cranesbill) Full sun or part shade 6"

Pink flowers with purple center. Low plant.

Order Code PL 2122

Geranium 'Brookside' (Cranesbill) Part sun-sun 15"

Profuse blue blooms, long bloomer, scented foliage

Order Code PL 2128

Heliopsis 'Lorraine Sunshine' Sun 28"

White leaves with green veins, golden daisy-like flowers

Order Code PL 2156

Hemerocallis 'Baja' (Daylily) Sun 26"

Brilliant velvety red flowers with yellow throat.

Order Code PL 2163

Hemerocallis 'Barbara Mitchell' (Daylily) Sun 20"

Ruffled pink flowers, lemon-yellow throat. Rebloomer. Award Winner

Order Code PL 2164

Hemerocallis 'Chicago Apache' (Daylily) Sun 26"

Deep red flower, ruffled edges, green throat, rebloomer.

Order Code PL 2175

Hemerocallis 'Fairy Tale Pink' (Daylily) Sun 24"

Ruffled Pink flowers with green throat. Rebloomer.

Order Code PL 2192

Hemerocallis 'Happy Returns' (Daylily) Sun 18"

Lemon yellow, ruffled, fragrant, rebloomer.

Order Code PL 2200

Hemerocallis 'Hyperion' (Daylily) Sun 30"

Yellow, fragrant, rebloomer.

Order Code PL 2202

Hemerocallis 'Little Business' (Daylily) Sun 15"

Pink/red flowers with green throat, rebloomer.

Order Code PL 2210

Hemerocallis 'Mauna Loa' (Daylily) Sun 15"

Copper-gold flowers with red highlights, golden throat, rebloomer

Order Code PL 2219

Hemerocallis 'Pandora's Box' Sun 18"

Fragrant creme flowers with purple eye, rebloomer

Order Code PL 2229

Hemerocallis 'Pardon Me' (Daylily) Sun 18"
Red with yellow throat, rebloomer.
Order Code PL 2235

Hemerocallis 'Prairie Blue Eyes' (Daylily) Sun 28"

Large 5" lavender flowers with near blue eye and green throat.

Order Code PL 2237

Hemerocallis 'Purple D'Oro' (Daylily) Sun 18"

Veined reddish-purple flowers with lavender sepels.

Order Code PL 2239

Hemerocallis 'Purple Waters' (Daylily) Sun 24"

Reddish-purple flowers with yellow throat.

Order Code PL 2242

Hemerocallis 'Ruby Stella' (Daylily) Sun 16"

Scarlet flowers with yellow throat, rebloomer

Order Code PL 2249

Hemerocallis 'Strawberry Candy' (Daylily) Sun 26"

Pink flowers with red eye and yellow throat. Rebloomer.

Order Code PL 2256

Hemerocallis 'Summer Wine' (Daylily) Sun 24"

Deep Violet flowers with yellow-oramge throat.

Order Code PL 2264

Hemerocallis 'Wine Delight' (Daylily) Sun 28"

Red-wine flowers w/orange throat, long blooming, rebloomer.

Order Code PL 2268

Heuchera 'Prince' (Coral Bells) Part shade 20"

Purple-red leaves with ruffled edges, white flowers

Order Code PL 2286

Heuchera 'Regina' (Coral Bells) Sun-shade 8"

Burgandy-red foliage, pink flowers

Order Code PL 2290

Heuchera 'Silver Scrolls' (Coral Bells) Sun-shade 12"

Burgandy-silver foliage. Mostly flowerless.

Order Code PL 2292

Hibiscus 'Disco Belle Pink' Sun 20"

This hardy Hibiscus has pink flowers with red/yellow eyes

Order Code PL 2298

Hibiscus 'Luna Red' Sun 30"

8" red blooms with small white eye

Order Code PL 2311

Iris cristata (Crested Iris) Sun 6"

Pale blue-yellow dwarf.

Order Code PL 2324

Iris siberica 'Butter and Sugar' (Siberian Iris) Sun 28"

Two-toned cremy yellow rebloomer.

Order Code PL 2354

Leucanthemum 'Becky' (Shasta Daisy) Sun 36"

Large sturdy white single flowers. 2003 PPAP of the year.

Combines with Salvia, Veronica, Campanula and Monarda

Order Code PL 2383

Ligularia dentata 'Desdemona' Part shade-shade 40"

Yellow-orange flowers atop purple stems, large round leaves

Plant in a moist location along stream or pond.

Order Code PL 2395

Ligularia stenocephala 'The Rocket' Shade 40"

Moist location, will not tolerate sun, long spikes of yellow flowers

Order Code PL 2402

Lobelia siphelitica (Great Blue Lobelia) Sun-part sun 24"

Tall blue-lavender flowers

Order Code PL 2410

Monarda 'Coral Reef' (Bee Balm) Sun-part shade 36"

Large hot pink-coral blooms attracts butterflies

Combine with Shasta daisy, Veronica and Rudbeckia

Order Code PL 2416

Monarda didyma 'Fireball' Sun-part shade 25"

Deep red sphere shaped flowers.

Order Code 2417

Monarda didyma 'Petite Delight' Sun-part shade 12"

Rosy-pink flowers, mildew resistant, compact.

Order Code PL 2420

Pulmonaria 'Majeste' (Lungwort) Part shade-shade 10"

Leaves turn silver with blue flowers

Order Code PL 2515

Pulmonaria sacchriflorus 'Mrs Moon' Part sun 12"

This Lungwort has white spotted leaves with lavender-pink flowers

Combines well with Aquilegia, Astilbe, Hosta and Cimicifuga

Order Code PL 2520

Pulmonaria 'Raspberry Splash' Lt. sun-shade 25"

Dusky raspberry-coral flowers, silver marked pointed leaves

Order Code PL 2523

Salvia nemerosa 'Marcus' Sun 12"

Dwarf variety, spreading habit, Deep Blue flowers.

Combine with Yarrow, Fountain Grass, Aster and Sunflowers

Order Code PL 2533

Salvia nemorosa 'May Night' Sun 12-18"

Violet Blue flowers, profuse and long bloomer.

1997 PPA Plant of the year.

Order Code PL 2537

Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' (Goldenrod) Sun 36"

Golden yellow flowers arch gracefully downward, long bloomer.

Blooms midsummer-fall. Combine with Baptisia, Asters and Sedum

Order Code PL 2579

Tiarella wheryii (Foamflower) Part shade-shade 10"

Sprays of fragrant, soft pink and white flowers, clump forming.

Combines well with Epimedium and Bleeding Hearts

Order Code PL 2594

Tradescantia 'Concord Grape' (Spiderwort) sun-part shade

Purple, free-flowering, compact form. 18" Foliage is like Daylily

Combines well with Columbine, Hibiscus, Physostegia

Order Code PL 2597

Tradescantia 'Innocence' (Spiderwort) sun-part shade

White flowers. 24" tall

Order Code PL 2600

Tradescantia 'Zwanenburg' Sun-part shade 24"

Purple flowers with light green foliage.

Order Code PL 2607

Trollius chinensis 'Golden Queen' (Globe flower) 26"

Golden-orange flowers on long, wiry stems.

Combines well with Pink Astilbe's, Russian Sage and Salvia's

Order Code PL 2615

Veronica spicata 'Royal Candles' (Spike Speedwell) Sun

This 15" compact spreader has blue-purple flowers in summer.

Combines well with Yarrow, Black-eyed Susan's and Deschampsia.

Order Code PL 2622