Plant Sale 2025 – Perennial Plant of the Year

We’ll have several plants that have been the Perennial Plant of the Year including this year’s Mountain Mint! Check out the list below for what you can find at our 2025 Spring Plant Sale this coming Saturday May 17th:

2004

Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’ (Japanese Painted Fern) in Shade Perennials
Photos thanks to Midwest Groundcovers

2005

Helleborus xhybridus in Specialty
Photos thanks to Midwest Groundcovers

2009

Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’ in Grasses
Photos thanks to Walters Gardens, Inc.

2010

Baptisia australis (Blue False Indigo) in Native Plants
Photos thanks to Paul Westervelt, Saunders Brothers and Midwest Groundcovers

2012

Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’ in Specialty
Photos thanks to Midwest Groundcovers

2013

Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’ in Shade Perennials
Photos thanks to Walters Gardens, Inc.

2014

Panicum virgatum ‘Northwind’ in Grasses
Photos thanks to Midwest Groundcovers

2017

Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed) in Native Plants
Photos thanks to Midwest Groundcovers

2018

Allium ‘Millenium’ in Sun Perennials
Photos thanks to Walters Gardens

2019

Stachys ‘Hummelo’ in Sun Perennials
Photos thanks to Paul Westervelt, Saunders Brothers Inc.

2020

Aralia cordata ‘Sun King’ in Shade Perennials
Photos thanks to Paul Westervelt, Saunders Brothers and Jon Peter, Royal Botanical Gardens

2023

Rudbeckia ‘American Gold Rush’ in Sun Perennials
Photos of Rudbeckia ‘American Gold Rush’ thanks to Chicago Botanic Garden

2024

Phlox paniculata ‘Jeana’ in Sun Perennials
Photos of Phlox ‘Jeana’ thanks to Chanticleer Gardens, Chris Fehlhaber

2025

Pycnanthemum muticum (Mountain Mint) in Specialty
Photos of Pycnanthemum muticum thanks to Chicago Botanic Garden