I often visit gardens that are breathtaking to look at.
These gardens have impressive plants that I want to put into my garden too.
Amazing Plants You Can Grow!
Wondering if you could have an impressive garden too? These plants can help you get there.
Check out these garden plant ideas
Sugar Tip Rose of Sharon
Hardy Hibiscus with Bright, Variegated Foliage Rose of Sharon Sugar Tip™, Hibiscus syriacus 'America Irene Scott', is an eye-catching new Rose of Sharon with brightly variegated foliage. The bluish-green leaves have lovely creamy-white margins and are… [Read more]
Weeping Cherry
Fast-Growing Outstanding Ornamental The Weeping Cherry is a spectacular, fast-growing tree of uncommon beauty. It's small enough to fit neatly into almost any spot in your yard. Wherever you put it though, it's sure to become a focal point of attention for … [Read more]
Concorde Barberry
Compact Round Shrub with Royal Purple Color Commonly known as Japanese Barberry, this compact little shrub's burgundy-colored foliage is a dramatic -and welcome- contrast in a landscape dominated by green. Use 'Concorde' as a foundation planting or berm or … [Read more]
Kousa Dogwood
Stunning Spring Display, Edible Fruit and Fall Color The Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa chinesis) is a deciduous tree with a specialized leaf system (bract), that creates a showy white appearance throughout the summer. It is sometimes called the Chinese dogwoo… [Read more]
Blue Paradise Phlox
Fragrant blue flowers all summer on a hardy perennial. Blue Paradise produces white-centered, delicate blue flowers that are a delight in the summer garden. Late day sun brings out deeper, more lavender hues for a two-toned effect that's sure to please. Thi… [Read more]
Double Flowering Plum Tree
Beautiful Double Blooms Blanket Each Branch Double Flowering Plum is the tree form of an ornamental shrub. It would make a spectacular specimen tree for your front yard where it can be enjoyed by your family and neighbors alike. Few spring-blooming trees ge… [Read more]
English Morello Cherry Tree
Ornamental Self-fertile Tree with Delicious Fruit English Morello is an ornamental tree that produces delicious fruit. Plant several for a small orchard on a side yard, or perhaps a few along your driveway for an elegant welcome to your home all summer long… [Read more]
Nikko Blue Hydrangea
Classic Blue Blossoms for your Yard True blue is a challenging color to find in a low maintenance plant, much less one that comes back year after year. Then to find one that thrives in your shade garden…almost impossible. But along comes the Nikk… [Read more]
Coleus Kingswood Torch
The Coleus Kingswood Torch, 'Coleus hybrid', has flaming magenta foliage that is overlaid with orange and burgundy. These new, bigger, sun loving varieties have revolutionized contanier gardening. The brilliant colors explode in sunny locations. Coleus plan… [Read more]
Jethro Tull Coreopsis
Bouquets of sunshine all summer and into fall. Coreopsis Jethro Tull, Coreopsis 'Jethro Tull' PPAF, is an incredible new plant that gets everyone's attention. The large, golden orange flowers set the landscape ablaze from early to mid summer. The unique flo… [Read more]
Quaking Aspen Tree
Fast-Growing Tree with Unique Leaves The Quaking Aspen is a fast-growing tree with outstanding fall color. Plant a row of them along your driveway or just one as a focal point in your front yard. Your Quaking Aspen has many attractive features, but one of t… [Read more]
Orange Rocket Barberry
Fast-Growing Ornamental Shrub with Spring & Fall Color The Barberry Orange Rocket is a fast-growing ornamental shrub valued for its spring and fall color. One would look terrific in your flower garden or as container plants on your patio or front porch…. [Read more]
Autumn Blaze Red Maple
Hardy, Fast-Growing Maple with Lasting Fall Color Autumn Blaze Red Maple trees, Acer x freemanii 'Jeffsred', are prized as the fastest growing Maple tree with a hardy nature and brilliant color. It would feel right at home beside your house to soften the ho… [Read more]
Chinese Apricot Tree
Health-Enhancing Apricots on a Hardy Tree Chinese Apricot Tree is a hardy, deciduous tree that produces delicious, early fruit. Be sure to plant one in view of a window so you can enjoy watching your harvest develop throughout the summer. Your Chinese Apric… [Read more]
Sweetheart Cherry Tree
Superb Cherry with Prolonged Harvest Sweetheart Cherry Tree is a compact tree with ornamental features and outstanding, summer fruit. These cherry trees would look spectacular lining your driveway, or even just one in your front or side yard would be sure b… [Read more]
Viola Heartthrob
8 of Heart Viola (Violet) Heartthrob, Viola 'Heartthrob', will be easy to fall in love with, and it attracts attention because of its colorful foliage! This new beauty has classic lavender blooms with burgundy-splotched, heart shaped leaves that puts on a g… [Read more]
Corkscrew Willow
Unique Tree with Year-Round Interest Corkscrew Willow Tree is a deciduous tree best known for its unique twisted branches. One would certainly draw attention and comment as a specimen planting in your front yard. Your Corkscrew Willow is also sometimes know… [Read more]
Lavender Chiffonâ ¢ Rose of Sharon
Elegant Lavender Flowers Summer to Fall Lavender Chiffon Rose of Sharon is a deciduous shrub with ornamental features. One would look outstanding in your perennial bed, or plant several for an eye-caching hedge. These can also be grown as container plants f… [Read more]
Pumila Dwarf Pampas Grass
18 of Silky Feathery Plumes Pumila Dwarf Pampas Grass, Cortaderia selloana 'Pumila', is probably one of the most impressive perennials we grow! 'Pumila' is a dwarf pampas grass with huge 18 inch feathery white plumes. The showy, silvery-cream plumes feel si… [Read more]
Beauty of Moscow Lilac
One of the most beautiful lilacs you can grow. If you are a lilac lover, then you have already heard of Beauty of Moscow (Syringa vulgaris 'Krasavitsa Moskvy'). If you are new to the world of lilacs, then this is a great place to start. You won't find a com… [Read more]
Ginkgo Trees
If you're looking for an indestructible tree, here it is. The Gingko tree (Ginkgo biloba) is also called the Maidenhair tree. It is a truly unique tree that has no close living relatives. The Gingko tree can tolerate most anything. It does well in poor soil… [Read more]
Bacon Avocado Tree
Delicious Avocados Right in Your Own Backyard Bacon Avocado Tree is a late-producing variety of Avocado tree with exceptional fruit. It would make a terrific specimen tree for your yard, or several could be planted as a small orchard for a dramatic effect. … [Read more]
Delphinium Summer Blues
Create A Blanket of Blue Delphinium Summer Blues, Delphinium grandiflorum 'Summer Blues', is blanketed with 1 1/2 sky blue flowers, stands at a height of 10-12 and forms compact mounds of well-branched foliage in early summer. 'Summer Blues' has better heat… [Read more]
Dwarf Korean Lilac Tree
Fragrant Lilac Blooms on a Lovely Ornamental Tree! The Tree Form Dwarf Korean Lilac is a dwarf variety of lilac in tree form with single, very fragrant, pale lilac flowers. This Korean Lilac is a beautiful and popular patio shrub that is smothered in stunni… [Read more]
Theves Poplar
Fast Growing Privacy & Windbreak Tree The Theves Poplar is a fast growing deciduous tree. Plant a few to accent the entrance of your home or perhaps post some as sentries along your driveway. They also make a wonderful privacy hedge. Your Theves Poplar … [Read more]
Chicago Fire Burning Bush
Large, Ornamental Bush with Fiery Color Chicago Fire is a variety of Burning Bush that is valued for its brilliant color. Use a few for a screen or hedge, or just one as an eye-catching accent plant. Your Chicago Fire Burning Bush will provide color to your… [Read more]
Purple Dome New England Aster
Vivid Purple Flowers Until Frost The Purple Dome New England Aster, Aster novae-angliae 'Purple Dome', has vivid purple daisy-like flowers with yellow centers and blooms profusely. The flowers are 1-2" wide with a plant width of 4' and a height of 2-5'… [Read more]
Burgundy Bunny Grass
Pennisetum Burgundy Bunny, Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Burgundy Bunny', is a warm season grass, so where temperatures get colder than -10 degrees F, this plant is considered an annual. Warm-season grasses need warm soil to begin their growth, so Burgundy Bunn… [Read more]
Violet Columbine
Violet Columbine, Viola 'Columbine', scents the air with fragrant white flowers flushed and streaked with violet-blue. Viola 'Columbine' blooms profusely in late spring through early summer. This plants blooms all summer long in Michigan! This columbine is … [Read more]
Easy Elegance® Kashmir Rose
Roses like velvet Some roses are so beautiful that they beg to be touched. Caress a Easy Elegance® Kashimir rose and the red blossoms will feel as soft as cashmere. (Get it? Kashmir?) These roses practically beg to be cut. Kashmir roses are specifically… [Read more]
Zagreb Coreopsis
Compact Dynamo The Coreopsis 'Zagreb', Coreopsis verticillata, is a perky little prolific bloomer. It has a bonanza of bright yellow flowers that bloom from June through October. Winner of the 2001 RHS Award of Garden Merit, Coreopsis 'Zagreb' is a little s… [Read more]
Fourth Of July Butterfly Bush
Brilliant Tri-Color Blooms for Months Fourth of July Butterfly Bush, Buddleia davidii 'Grefoj', also known as Tri-Colored Butterfly Bush, is a fast growing ornamental shrub with particular appeal to pollinators and a repeating, tri-color bloom. Plant one fo… [Read more]
Nearly Wild Rose
A Wild Look with Cultivated Benefits Wild roses are known for their hardy nature, but their flowers often can't compare with those that have had some help from man. Nearly Wild Rose gives you the chance to have a rose variety that looks a little like a &quo… [Read more]
Marshall Delight Bee Balm
The Monarda 'Marshall's Delight',Monarda didyma, also known as Bee Balm, Bergamont, Horsemint, Oswego Tea, is a clump-forming perennial that has tubular, two-lipped, hot pink flowers with dark green aromatic foliage. 'Marshall's Delight' stands at 36' high … [Read more]
Sassafras Tree
A Fragrant Tree with Many Uses The Sassafras tree is a medium-sized tree valued for its many unique features. It starts out with a shrub-like appearance, so would do well in a naturalized area of your landscape or a backyard setting. The overwhelming positi… [Read more]
Joey Tomocik Water Lily
Vibrant Yellow Water Lily The vibrant yellow of this water lily makes others look pale by comparison because it has the deepest yellow blooms of all the yellow lilies! It is no wonder that experts voted this "Hardy Waterlily of 2005." It was dedic… [Read more]
White Clips Bellflower
White Cups on Compact Plant Bellflower White Clips, Campanula carpatica 'White Clips', has upward-facing, huge 3 cup-shaped flowers that bloom in abundance over the mound of dark green foliage. Campanula 'White Clips' blooms from late spring to late summer,… [Read more]
Fire Spinner Ice Plant
A Carpet of Stunning Color Every Spring Fire Spinner is a groundcover that lays down a carpet of stunning color each spring. This is perfect for those difficult, dry spots in your yard, or any space where you could use its dense nature to control those pesk… [Read more]
Angelonia Angelface Wedgewood Blue
The Angelonia Angelface Wedgewood Blue, Angelonia hybrid 'Anwedgim', has been bred for flower performance as well as a great upright branching growth habit. This large and beautiful blue flower has a garden performance that makes an exciting addition to you… [Read more]
Peacock Butterfly Bush
Fragrant Pink Peacock Attracts Butterflies The Butterfly Bush Peacock, 'Buddleia 'Peacock', a Proven Winners selection, is a new cultivar that will not crowd its neighbors in your garden. They are about one third the sizes of most Butterfly Bush varieties, … [Read more]
Primal Scream Daylily
9 Hot Orange Spiders Hemerocallis Primal Scream, Hemerocallis 'Primal Scream', will steal the show and stand out no matter where it is planted! The huge 8-9 inch, tangerine orange flowers made the daylily Primal Scream the 2003 Stout Medal Winner (the highe… [Read more]
Red Lake Currant
Ornamental Shrub with Edible Fruit Red Lake Currant is a cultivar that is grown for its outstanding fruit production. It's also a lovely little shrub that would look great as an understory plant in part shade, or perhaps along a small shed or garage. The Re… [Read more]
Flaming Mound Spirea
Compact Calliope of Color Flaming Mound Spiraea is a deciduous shrub with ornamental features. It would look particularly stunning planted en masse, in a rock garden or perhaps even as a single planting in your perennial bed amid less-colorful plants. Your … [Read more]
Therese Bugnet Rose Shrub
The Therese Bugnet Rose, Rosa 'Therese Bugnet', is a hardy shrub rose with large, red to pale pink, double flowers that are very fragrant and bloom from mid-June until frost. The blue-green, long narrow foliage with its red fall color makes an attractive ad… [Read more]
Charlene Strawn Water Lily
Fragrant Yellow Water Lily This lily's reliability makes it great for anyone new to growing water lilies. 'Charlene Strawn' holds its flowers above the water surface and has a long blooming season. A highly fragrant lily with a free-flowering yellow color, … [Read more]
Cityline® Venice Hydrangea
Fushia Heads on Compact Plant Hydrangea – Cityline™ Venice, Hydrangea macrophylla 'Venice Raven' (PP10,928), has a natural dwarf habit and this lovely Bigleaf Hydrangea from Germany. It is compact and dense, with far more flowering stems than most oth… [Read more]
Dark Knight Bluebeard
Bluebeard Dark Knight Brings Color and Fragrance to Your Garden Bluebeard Dark Knight adds deep blue color and pleasant fragrance to your garden. Compact though prolific, this Bluebeard Dark Knight layers well in larger gardens and creates dramatic solo eff… [Read more]
Maui Buttercups Hosta
Catching Raindrops Hosta Maui Buttercups, Hosta 'Maui Buttercups', is one of the best yellow hostas on the market! The bright, rounded leaves are deeply cupped and corrugated. They have a thick, leathery substance and demonstrate good slug resistance. 'Maui… [Read more]
Burgundy Gaillardia
Months of Blooms Summer through Fall The Gaillardia 'Burgundy', Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Burgundy', also known as Gaillardia Burgunder, has wonderful waxy red-maroon flowers with slight pale yellow centers. The foliage is a gray-green almost basil like. 'B… [Read more]
Tomato Soup Coneflower
Large, Red, and Spicy On a Stem Echinacea Tomato Soup (Coneflower), Echinacea 'Tomato Soup', is the brightest red Echinacea yet and quite the attention-grabber; blooms are 3.5" across and have a strong spicy fragrance. Because 'Tomato Soup' is well-bra… [Read more]
Minerva Rose of Sharon
Long-Blooming, Hardy Hibiscus Minerva Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus 'Minerva' or also known as Minerva Althea, is an ornamental shrub with impressive, long-blooming flowers. Plant one as an accent near a window or door where you're sure to catch every m… [Read more]
Salvia Blue Hill
The Salvia 'Blue Hills', Salvia nemorosa 'Blauhugel', has glowing purple stems loaded with true blue flowers that bloom from June to October. With its gray-green aromatic foliage, it makes an attractive accent all summer long. 'Blue Hills' has a plant heigh… [Read more]
Gaillardia Sunburst Scarlet Halo
Prolific Powerhouse Gaillardia Sunburst Scarlet Halo, Gaillardia 'Sunburst™ Scarlet Halo', is an ideal semi-compact gaillardia. With its extremely uniform habit, and its impressive blooming with petals in the reds and yellows, this outstanding perform… [Read more]
Bloodgood Japanese Maple
Beautiful Autumn Red Leaves For Nine Months A Year? You Bet! Orange-red. Bronze-red. Purple-red. Any way you label it, the Bloodgood Japanese Maple (Acer Palmatum 'Bloodgood') is an exceptionally colorful ornamental tree. It explodes with scarlet leaves in … [Read more]
Rainbow Sorbetâ ¢ Rose
The earliest blooming rose in your garden! Here at Nature Hills Nursery, we know the feeling. That feeling that the winter is over and you can't wait for the first roses to start blooming. Thanks to Rainbow Sorbet, that wait is a little less than it used to… [Read more]
Red Drift® Groundcover Rose
The Red Drift Rose, Rosa 'Meigalpio', produces scarlet red roses all summer long. The Red Drift Rose is very low maintenance and disease resistant. Drift® Roses are a cross between full-size groundcover roses and miniatures. From the ground-cover roses … [Read more]
Hot Shot Girard Azalea
Hardy Azalea with Brilliant Display Hot Shot Girard Azalea is a hardy, ornamental shrub with brilliant flowers. The Hot Shot Girard is an ideal size for shrub borders, foundation plantings, or a low hedge. Hot Shot Girard Azalea is also suitable for use by … [Read more]
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