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Raydon’s Favorite Aster is a stunning perennial that brings a burst of color to any garden with its vibrant, rich hues. This variety is known for its compact growth habit and long-lasting blooms, making it a reliable choice for gardeners looking to enhance their landscape.

Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) is a hardy perennial wildflower native to North America. It grows 3–5 feet tall with narrow, lance-shaped leaves and, in summer, produces clusters of fragrant pink blooms. These flowers are long lasting and highly attractive to pollinators, especially monarch butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds.

The Profusion series of zinnias is a beautiful cross between Zinnia elegans and Zinnia angustifolia. Of the 20+ species of zinnias, both of these are native to Mexico. Z. elegans, the most common zinnia in home gardens, grows 2–3 feet tall and produces large, showy blooms.

Lobelia cardinalis, commonly known as Cardinal Flower, is a native herbaceous perennial found throughout much of eastern and southern North America, extending from Mexico down into Colombia. It naturally thrives in wet environments such as creek overflows, riverbanks, bogs, and swamps.

Daylilies, often called “ditch lilies,” are clump-forming, upright herbaceous perennials with foliage reaching 1 to 1.5 feet tall. Native to Asia and central Europe, they are not true lilies. The genus name comes from the Greek words hemera (day) and kallos (beauty), a nod to the fact that each bloom lasts only a single day.