Deer-Resistant Native Plants

A magnet for bees and butterflies, this standout perennial brings bold color and unforgettable texture to bouquets, borders, and feature beds. Its oversized, metallic-blue blooms shimmer in the sunlight, creating a striking display that catches the eye from across the garden. Tough and dependable, it thrives with minimal care, standing strong through heat and dry spells. Adaptable to a wide range of soils—including sandy ground—this long-lasting beauty delivers season after season with little effort. Blue color of plant may vary depending on soil types.

The Strawberry Blonde Marigold blooms shades of pink and yellow, then to gold as they age and can be enjoyed all summer long! These marigolds are perfect for patio containers or as a border around a garden. The easy to grow Strawberry Blonde is heat tolerant and thrives in the sun!

The Purple Echinacea is a coneflower that is a sturdy perennial that is native to the Midwest, Southeast and naturalized throughout the Northeast. One of the most popular wildflowers, the Purple Coneflower can withstand dry conditions, though it performs best in cooler seasons, without irrigation. This variety readily reseeds itself.

Despite its name, the Swamp Asclepias is one of the most vibrant and beautifully colored milkweeds around for the home gardens! This Butterfly Weed's red blooms are beautiful and will attract butterflies and hummingbirds to your garden. This perennial thrives in zones 3-8 and will produces its willowy foliage and cherry-red blooms that can be enjoyed all summer long!

Goldsturm Rudbeckia (Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’) is an award-winning perennial introduced in the mid-20th century and celebrated for its long-lasting, golden-yellow daisy-like blooms with dark brown centers. Native to North America, this variety grows 24–36 inches tall and 18–24 inches wide, creating bold displays in borders, meadows, and pollinator gardens. Easy to grow from seed, it thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, tolerating heat, drought, and poor soils once established.

The Peach Cobbler Zinnia Mix is composed of our ‘Canary Bird’, ‘Coral Beauty’, ‘Luminosa’ and ‘Orange King’ Zinnia varieties, creating a warm and refreshing color combination. Summer-long Peach Cobbler provides nectar for pollinators. Airflow helps Peach Cobbler resist mildew pressure. Butterfly-friendly Peach Cobbler enlivens beds and arrangements. Peach Cobbler showcases coral and orange blooms in summer gardens.

The Flowerburst Red Shades Achillea, or also known as Yarrow, is a beautiful flower with a great habit and vigor that blooms predominantly darker red colors. This attractive flower is very vibrant and long lasting, making it the perfect addition to any home garden! Excellent cut flower with long life in a vase.

The Zinnia Cactus Flowered Mix is an unusual brightly colored mix, as they have beautiful quilled petals rather than flat ones like other varieties. This species is native to Mexico, and plants are fast-growing and long-blooming. Colors in our mixture include pink, purple, red, salmon, white and yellow. Zinnias are excellent for pollinator plantings and are especially attractive to butterflies.

Rosemary is a very popular herb for its many uses, such as in potpourris and aromatherapy as well as flavoring many dishes! Start the seeds early indoors for a better harvest. Rosemary should be set outside early and will tolerate light frost.

The Large Leaf Italian Basil produces large, light green leaves that offers an excellent aroma to any meal, soup or sauce! This variety is our most popular basil plant. The Large Leaf Italian is a prolific plant that produces very large leaves with some that can even cover a slice of bread! This variety is sweeter than the Genovese basil, and produces an attractive, bushy plant with its very popular, aromatic leaves.

The standard Chive is a hardy perennial herb that is equally attractive as it is delicious. The 6-12 inch tall clumps are perfect for patio containers! Along with the delicate, flat onion-flavored leaves, the standard chives is also popular for the cut and come again lavender flowers. This organic favorite is widely used as flavoring in many dishes. This seed is certified organic.

The Munstead Lavender is a beautifully mounded, bushy lavender plant variety that gives off a very delicate, sweet aroma. This bushy variety produces very attractive fragrant, purple flowers that are perfect for adding to bouquets or garnished on baked goods.

The Common Asclepias, also known as Butterfly Weed or Common Milkweed, is the only plant that Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on! This variety provides an abundant food source for Monarchs, but have been declining in the recent years due in part to suburban development and the increased efficiency of herbicides. The Common Asclepias spreads readily by seed and underground rhizomes and its taproot can withstand drought. This Butterfly Weed is one of the easiest and fastest to establish of the Milkweeds. Enjoy watching beautiful Monarchs visit on a daily basis!

The Lemon Basil is a very attractive and deliciously fragrant basil plant that offers such great smelling light green leaves! This variety's small,  beautiful fragrant leaves on its compact plants delightfully combine the flavors of lemon and basil. The Lemon Basil is an excellent choice for fresh or dried use.

The Italian Oregano is a widely grown perennial that is most known for its small, flavorful leaves that add a delicious pungent taste to any dish! Used fresh or dried, the Italian Oregano will add that extra "bam" to all your Italian, Spanish and Mexican dishes.

Cinnamon basil is a fragrant culinary herb with a warm, spicy flavor and aroma reminiscent of cinnamon. Bushy, upright plants grow about 12–24 inches tall and feature green leaves with reddish-purple stems. Harvest the flavorful leaves throughout the season for use in curries, salads, teas, and desserts. This attractive basil thrives in warm, sunny conditions and well-drained soil and also draws pollinators to gardens and containers.

The Blue False Indigo Baptisia is the most popular Baptisias around as it provides early deep blue blooms in a beautiful bushy shape. This flower variety produces very attractive deep blue blooms and great bushy foliage that can be enjoyed all summer long. The Blue Indigo can grow up to 4' in height and its branching habit make wide spacing advisable in home landscaping.

German Chamomile seeds—also known as Matricaria chamomilla, Matricaria recutita, or simply “true chamomile”—come from an herb long treasured in Europe and the Middle East for its soothing aroma and medicinal teas, with use dating back to ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman times. Plants grown from these seeds are airy and delicate, producing feathery foliage and masses of small, daisy-like white flowers with cheerful yellow centers that release a sweet apple-like fragrance when brushed.

Lance Leaf Coreopsis seeds come from a hardy, drought-tolerant perennial known for its bright, daisy-like yellow flowers with a reddish center. This plant thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, making it an excellent choice for adding color to gardens, especially in xeriscaping or low-maintenance landscapes. Growing up to 2–3 feet tall, Lance Leaf Coreopsis attracts pollinators like bees and butterflies, while its long bloom period—typically from early summer to fall—provides continuous interest in the garden. The seeds are easy to sow and germinate quickly, making it a great option for both beginner and experienced gardeners.

Common lemon balm is a fragrant herb prized for bright, lemon-scented leaves and a wide range of culinary and traditional uses. Fresh leaves add a gentle citrus flavor to teas and foods and provide a calming aroma in sachets and baths. Easy to grow in garden beds or containers, this versatile herb is both practical and attractive. Harvest leaves throughout the season for the freshest fragrance and flavor.

Spearmint seeds yield a robust and aromatic herb with a rich history and distinctive qualities. Believed to have originated in the Mediterranean region, spearmint has been used since ancient times for its cooling, digestive benefits and its refreshing flavor. The plant is characterized by its bright green, ovate leaves with a smooth texture and a slightly serrated edge, emitting a sweet, mildly spicy aroma.

The Cut and Come Again Zinnia is just like its name, its the best variety for those who love fresh cut flowers again and again! This wonderful variety blooms in a rainbow of colors and provides endless flowers from mid-summer all the way until frost, giving you a multitude of blooms to cut and bring indoors. Like all Zinnias, the Cut and Come Again is extremely easy to grow, deer resistant and attracts pollinators to the garden.

Peppermint seeds produce a popular and versatile herb that has been valued for centuries for its refreshing flavor and medicinal properties. Originating from Europe and the Middle East, peppermint is a hybrid of watermint and spearmint, and it has been used in various cultures for its soothing effects on the digestive system and its aromatic qualities. The plant is characterized by its vibrant green, lance-shaped leaves with a slightly serrated edge and a strong, invigorating scent.

Culinary and medicinal as well as an ornamental herb. May replace French tarragon with similar aroma and overall appearance. Soft oval gray-green leaves, about 7cm long. Hardy perennial bush with an upright growing habit. Blooms late summer with clusters of golden flowers. A warm weather plant, performs best in full light.

The English Thyme is a beautiful purple-gray flowering herb that brings out a great flavor when added to different dishes. This herb grows tall and wide and if allowed to flower, will bring butterflies and bees to the garden. English Thyme is commonly used for seasoning either fresh or dried.

Sacred Cornplanter is a very hardy fast grower and produces some of the largest leaves among Rustica varieties. Like other Rusticas, it has a high nicotine content but the leaves produce a very light and mild smoke. It makes a good addition to blends where a mild flavor but a higher nicotine content is desired.

Beautiful pastel blooms make excellent long-lasting cut flowers. The blooms produce a 2–4", canopy flower head on 24" stems. Long vase life. Also great for pollinator gardens.

Lemon Mint Bee Balm grow beautiful lavender blooms that make wonderful cut flowers. Citrus scented blooms offer fragrance and beauty. The blooms and leaves are both edible. Native to the U.S. Also known as lemon bee balm, purple horsemint, and lemon mint. If grown in a pollinator garden Lemon Mint will attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

Marshmallow yarrow is a great choice for long and consistent blooms. Produces and abundance of blooms from late spring to late summer, with double sugar-white flowers. Drought and heat tolerant, compact, 18-30 in. tall plants bloom the first year. Marshmallow is an excellent choice for containers.

Colorado mix is a hardy yarrow that can grow in any well-drained soil. Once established this plant is care-free and easy to grow. Produces long-lasting flower clusters in beautiful shades of red, rose, pink, yellow, and white. The Colorado yarrow makes beautiful cut-flowers. Use them as the centerpiece or as filler in a bouquet. What you don't cut will attract beneficial insects to the garden as butterflies love yarrow. \.

The Thai Basil is a highly ornamental and fragrant variety that produces deep green leaves with beautiful purple stems and blossoms. This variety has a distinctive flavor combination of cloves and mint with a delicate sweetness. You can use both its leaves and flowers in recipes as well as a garnish.