Our Plants

We love plants. Our large selection includes wonderful older varieties, not commonly seen in the trade, as well the newest breeding from around the world. The plants include annuals, many varieties suitable for containers, perennials, including many fine shade loving varieties, herbs, herb collections, vines- annual and perennial, native species for the prairie and the woodland.

At Rush Creek Growers, we are committed to growing them as sustainably as we know how and we are continually looking at beneficial organisms as a means to produce the healthiest plants we can.

Abutilon 'Fairy Coral Red'

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Salmon-pink flowers bloom prolifically from spring to fall. Great for baskets, containers and beds.... [Read more]

Abutilon 'Lucky® Lantern Tangerine'

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Bushy compact plant with deep coral bell-shaped flowers. Long blooming with abundant blossoms and long retail shelf life. Cold and heat tolerant.

Abutilon 'Lucky® Lantern Yellow'

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Lovely hibiscus-like blossoms with maple-shaped leaves. Tight rounded habit provides excellent support for soft lemon bell-shaped flowers.

Abutilon megapotamicum 'Chinese Lantern'

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Long used in Victorian England as a conservatory plant, 'Chinese Lantern' showcases both foliage & blooms. The blossoms look ... [Read more]

Achillea 'Anthea'

Common Name: Yarrow

Shimmering silver foliage topped with pale yellow umbels. Cuts or dries beautifully. The plant holds up well in humid conditi... [Read more]

Achillea 'Desert Eve Terracotta'

Common Name: Yarrow

Tough and drought-tolerant variety with deep green foliage and lovely terra cotta umbels. Slightly more compact form for a neat appearance.

Achillea milliefolium 'Tutti Frutti Pomegranate'

Common Name: Yarrow

Handsome red flowerheads with nice uniformity and an excellent mounding habit. Easy to grow. Drought tolerant. Butterfly ga... [Read more]

Achillea milliefolium 'Tutti Frutti Pink Grapefruit'

Common Name: Yarrow

Upright compact form with large deep rose-pink flowerheads fading to pale dusty pink. Fantastic structure. Idea for a cottag... [Read more]

Aconitum carmichaelii 'Arendsii'

Common Name: Monkshood

Sturdy plant with dark blue helmet-shaped blooms in late summer. Excellent for borders. Bloom August - September. Rarely need... [Read more]

Aconitum fischeri

Common Name: Monkshood

Thick leathery stems with lavender blue flowers and glossy dark green foliage. Blooms in late summer. No staking.... [Read more]

Actaea (Cimicifuga) racemosa

Common Name: Black Cohosh

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Adiantum pedatum

Common Name: Five Fingered Maidenhair Fern

A North American native which forms lovely clumps of graceful arching foliage with delicate segments on wirey stems. Deciduou... [Read more]

Agastache 'Apricot Sprite'

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A petite variety whose delicate sprays of soft apricot blossoms peek out amongst neighboring plants. Aroma... [Read more]

Agastache 'Bolero'

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Spires to 16" of abundant tubular blooms in brilliant rose-purple. Aromatic bronze colored foliage with a compact habit. Blooms reliably the first year. Works well in containers or dry gardens. A magnet for hummingbirds, butterflies and honeybees

Agastache 'Nectar™ Orange'

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Showy fragrant deep orange spikes of trumpet-shaped blossoms. Compact and dense. A hummingbird favorite.

Agastache 'Nectar™ Raspberry'

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Nectar-filled deep rose trumpet flowers on compact foliage. Heavily blooming spikes.

Ageratum 'Patina Purple'

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Exceptional garden and container series with brilliant purple blossoms on a medium height plant. No dead h... [Read more]

Ageratum houstonianum 'Red Sea'

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Tall variety, vigorous long lasting cut flower, magenta red 3" umbels in clusters. From Mexico.... [Read more]

Ageratum houstonianum 'Blue Horizon'

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Tall variety, vigourous long lasting cut flower, attractive rich blue 3" umbels in clusters. Blooms steadily until frost. N... [Read more]

Ajuga 'Burgundy Glow'

Common Name: Bugleweed

Foliage in shades of pink, silver & purple with blue flowers, vivid pink foliage in spring.... [Read more]

Ajuga 'Chocolate Chip'

Common Name: Bugleweed

Sweet miniature. Dark chocolate elongated leaves, blue blooms with low, spreading habit, blooms in spring.... [Read more]

Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop'

Common Name: Bugleweed

Dramatic, dark as night, scalloped, glossy, mid-sized foliage. Great for containers or garden.... [Read more]

Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy glow'

Common Name: Bugleweed

Foliage in shades of pink, silver & purple with blue flowers, vivid pink in spring.... [Read more]

Alcea 'Summer Spring Celebrities Mix'

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A new series of annual, dwarf double hollyhocks. Beautiful fringy doubles in carmine, yellow, purple and r... [Read more]

Alcea rosea 'Stoplight Black Knight'

Common Name: Hollyhock

Darkest of any single black-purple... [Read more]

Alcea rosea 'Stoplight Mars Magic'

Common Name: Hollyhock

Vivid clear dark red single... [Read more]

Alcea rosea 'Stoplight Sunshine'

Common Name: Hollyhock

Purest clear yellow... [Read more]

Alchemilla mollis 'Auslese'

Common Name: Lady's Mantle

Slightly drooping sprays of many tiny chartreuse flowers blooming in June. Lovely cupped foliage with tiny teeth that catch t... [Read more]

Allium karataviense

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Large ovate grey-green leaves in early spring. Beautiful star-shaped flower heads rise above the foliage. White to pale pink ... [Read more]

Aloe 'Grassy Lassie'

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Deep green narrow grass-like leaves with bright orange blossoms on long stems. Foliage turns a deep bronze color in full sun... [Read more]

Aloe gastrolea 'Midnight'

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An interspecific cross yielding ebony colored leaves in sun and jade green in shade.

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Alstromeria 'Inticancha®'

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A new series of compact heat tolerant Alstroemeria for containers. We'll have several colors to choose from!

Alternanthera 'Purple Threadleaf'

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Shoestring thin glossy burgundy leaves with a purple reverse, compact upright habit.

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Alternanthera 'Gail's Choice'

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What a great habit! Not too rangey, not too compact. Deep red stems and leaves that will weave through mixed containers.Does... [Read more]

Alternanthera 'Brazilian Red Hots'

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Wow! Flashy fuchsia and magenta colored pointed leaves. A staff favorite that held up in the cool temps this fall, too. Will ... [Read more]

Alternanthera 'Royal Tapestry'

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Trailing foliage with deep burgundy stems. Foliage may appear copper, red, purple, or burgundy depending on the soil or seaso... [Read more]

Alternanthera 'Burgundy Threadleaf'

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Narrow, slightly curled foliage in rich burgundy with olive green to purple reverse. Adds an airy texture to combinations as well as color accents.

Alternanthera 'Mai Tai'

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Alternanthera d. 'Little Ruby'

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Adorable small ruby red leaves on a ground hugging plant. Ideal plant for mixed containers or as a border. Easy to grow.

Amaranth 'Yin Thai'

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Red Leaf variety is actually variegated green and red, tender nutritious green used lightly cooked in soups, in stir fry or i... [Read more]

Amaranthus 'Molten Fire'

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A great name for this vividly colored variety. Large crimson and green foliage with dark red seed head. Long lasting. Ht. ... [Read more]

Amaranthus 'Coral Fountain'

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Unique coral tassels cascade from sturdy stems. Add trailing blooms to large bouquets. The plant would make a unique 3-4 ft hedge.

Amaranthus caudatus 'Red Tails'

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Stunning accent plants with long drooping red blooms, fabulous for drying, makes an interesting cut. Also known as "Love Lie... [Read more]

Amaranthus caudatus 'Dreadlocks'

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New for 2007! Fun, eye-catching 2-3 foot long inflorescences have the appearance of oversized deep maroon dreadlocks. Plants ... [Read more]

Amaranthus cruentus 'Autumn Palette'

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Tall, feathery spikes of cream, coral, bronze and rust. Truly splendid mix of earth tones. Intriguing cut flower.... [Read more]

Amaranthus cruentus 'Hopi Red Dye'

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We can't get enough of the heat loving amaranthus. This one was featured in Fine Gardening last October and we were hooked. Large dark maroon leaves with equally dark arching flower plumes on a tall show stopper. Used as a red dye by the Hopi. Bir

Amorpha canescens

Common Name: Lead Plant

NATIVE! Woody shrub with long leaflets and spikey clusters of tiny pea-like purple blooms with contrasting bright orange anth... [Read more]

Amsonia 'Blue Ice'

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Gorgeous dark blue buds on a dense compact plant. Blooms five weeks or more. Brilliant yellow fall foliage.... [Read more]

Amsonia hubrichtii

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Steel blue spring blooming flowers on fine feathery foliage. Makes a marvelous display, gold in fall. Drought tolerant. Arkan... [Read more]

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Common Name: Blue Star Flower

Narrow leafed foliage creates a billowy shrublike appearance. Blooms late spring to early summer with pale blue star shaped f... [Read more]

Anagallis 'Wildcat Blue'

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True blue eye-popping color on nickel-sized blooms!!! Improved for earlier blooming and more compact form.... [Read more]

Anagallis 'Wildcat Mandarin'

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More compact version of 'Wildcat Blue' with a unique shade of burnt orange with a blue center, fabulous in warm, dry conditio... [Read more]

Andropogon gerardii

Common Name: Big Blue Stem

Impressive native of the tallgrass prairies. Tolerant of a wide variety of conditions. Seed heads resemble the 3 toes of tu... [Read more]

Anemone 'De Caen Mix'

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Who isn't a sucker for these single petaled windflowers.

Anemone hupehensis

Common Name: Chinese Anemone

Late summer blooming beauty from China. Beautiful pink single petaled flowers with a prominent ring ... [Read more]

Anemone multifida 'Annabella Deep Pink'

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Abundance of vivid carmine red, five-petaled blooms on graceful stems over lacy foliage. Blooms June-August. Best in moist, ... [Read more]

Anemone sylvestris

Common Name: Snowdrop Anemone

Large single white flowers with yellow anthers over deeply cut foliage. A true sign of spring in May and June. Prefers moist... [Read more]

Anemone tomentosa 'Robustissima'

Common Name: Grape Leaf Anemone

Large glossy green leaves resemble grape leaves ans set off the pastel pink single blooms with pale yellow centers. Blooms ar... [Read more]

Angelica gigas

Common Name: Korean Angelica

Toothed tripartite foliage forms base for contrasting deep purple stalks. Rich wine-colored umbels in late summer. A show-st... [Read more]

Angelonia 'Serena Purple®'

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Care-free rosy purple continuously blooming variety that shows heavy branching throughout the hottest of the summer. Habit is... [Read more]

Angelonia 'Sungelonia™ Blue'

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Angelonias are great in summer but can be challenging to have in color for our May selling season. This new series blooms two weeks earlier, is very well-branched leading to heavier flowering and is nicely compact. Heat and humidity tolerant, of co

Angelonia 'Archangel™ Raspberry'

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Upright habit with rich rosy raspberry flowers that the breeders boast are three times larger than other angelonia. Well-branched for a full vibrant pot of color.

Anise Hyssop

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This hard-working perennial is wonderfully fragrant, blooms for a long time and is a bee and butterfly magnet. Leaves and flowers can be used fresh or dried in salads and teas.

Aquilegia 'Clementine Salmon Rose'

Common Name: Columbine

New form of spectacular double blossoms that look like clematis blooms, blossoms age from rosy salmon to lavender, foliage st... [Read more]

Aquilegia canadensis

Common Name: Canada columbine

NATIVE! The familiar woodland columbine seen around the upper midwest. Red blooms with soft yellow corollas dancing on delica... [Read more]

Aquilegia canadensis 'Little Lanterns'

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The cutest dwarf form. Brilliant red blooms with yellow corollas. Similar to a tiny Canadian columbine known as 'Hummingbird'... [Read more]

Aquilegia vulgaris 'Lime Sorbet'

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Striking lime green spurless double flowers.... [Read more]

Aquilegia vulgaris 'William Guiness'

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Purple black sepals and spurs contrast with white corolla. Upright habit. Long stems are great for cutting.... [Read more]

Aquilegia vulgaris 'Woodside variegata'

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Eye-catching speckled foliage with various shades of green overlaying bright gold. Blooms range from blues and purple to pin... [Read more]

Arctotis 'Cherry Frost'

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A real stunner. Deep red petals with golden eyes rest on frosty grey lobed foliage.... [Read more]

Arctotis 'Arc of Fire'

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Bright fiery red blooms with a dark eye over cool grey-green foliage. A heavy spring bloomer.

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Arctotis 'Sunspot™'

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Soft orange daisies over attractive silvery foliage. A plant with lovely contrast. Excellent blooming in spring and fall temps.

Arctotis 'Hearts and Tarts™'

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Silver foliage topped with bright red-orange daisy-like blooms. Compact and versatile plant. Heavy bloomer... [Read more]

Argyranthemum 'Flutterby Yellow™'

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Spritely 3" yellow daisies top pleasing green mounded foliage. Cool weather hardy but heat tolerant, too, with proven performance at university trial gardens.

Arisaema triphylum

Common Name: Jack in the Pulpit

WOODLAND NATIVE! Unusual wine/green hood-like blooms followed by clusters of scarlet berries. Blooms in spring.... [Read more]

Artemisia 'Parfum d' Ethiopia'

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A frilly leaved silver beauty that stands about 18" tall. Use it as a striking choice for the center of containers or placed in the garden as a silver foil for other annuals. A sweet fragrance adds to the allure.

Artichoke 'Imperial Star'

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Will produce in first year, plant cold treated for production of fruit, lovely, spiny silver leaves, striking architectural e... [Read more]

Artichoke 'Imperial Star'

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Will produce in first year, plant cold treated for production of fruit, lovely, spiny silver leaves, striking architectural e... [Read more]

Arugula

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Wonderful sharp tasting green with a lovely loose habit. Pretty and tasty.... [Read more]

Aruncus 'Misty Lace'

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Dwarf cross between Aruncus dioicus and A. aethusifolius with delicate lacy white blooms, beautiful red stems with ferny leav... [Read more]

Aruncus dioicus

Common Name: Goatsbeard

White airy panicles over finely cut foliage. Robust habit. Great cut flower. Blooms June-July. Thrives in moist soil conditio... [Read more]

Asarina 'Joan Lorraine'

Common Name: Climbing Snapdragon

Small purple-blue tubular blooms cover this vine by mid-June through the summer. Attractive vigorous ivy-like foliage. Twinin... [Read more]

Asarina antirrhiniflora 'Red'

Common Name: Climbing Snapdragon

Dainty trumpet-shaped bright red blooms with yellow throats cover the twining ivy-like foliage with masses of flowers. Blooms summer through fall.

Asarina purpusii 'Victoria Falls'

Common Name: Climbing Snapdragon

Vibrant 2" cerise purple trumpets with lime bracts and lovely grey green foliage. Works on a trellis or in a mixed container.... [Read more]

Asarum canadensis

Common Name: Wild Ginger

WOODLAND NATIVE! Delicate white blooms with lilac/magenta hoods suspended on 5_ stems, glossy evergreen foliage.... [Read more]

Asarum europeum

Common Name: European Ginger

Leathery, shiny, dark green leaves. Hardy groundcover for woodlands. Can be used in rock gardens.... [Read more]

Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Deep Red'

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Tender perennial, late summer blooming with umbels of scarlet red orange, great for butterflies. Bronze-green pointed foliag... [Read more]

Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Gold'

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Bright golden yellow version of above, great cut with strong stems & lovely foilage.... [Read more]

Asclepias incarnata

Common Name: Swamp Milkweed

NATIVE of damp prairie. Beautiful umbels of rose mauve flowers in late summer. Willow-like foliage. Great cut. Tall presence... [Read more]

Asclepias tuberosa 'Gay Butterflies'

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Selection of our native butterfly weed, mix of yellow, orange & red. Late summer blooming. Requires dry sandy soil.... [Read more]

Asclepias tuberosa

Common Name: Butterfly Weed

NATIVE! Bright orange-red flowers will stop traffic at their peak in mid-late summer, Prefers sandy, dry soil. Huge roots he... [Read more]

Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow'

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Showy golden yellow flower heads top attractive dark green foliage from June to August. Drought resistant, attracts butterfli... [Read more]

Aspargus 'UC157'

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Jersey Knight is hardy, well adapted and will produce medium size spears in three to four years. Plant out seedlings in well... [Read more]

Aster 'Henry lll'

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A round compact dark purple double flower.... [Read more]

Aster 'Dragon'

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Early blooming mauve to soft lavender-blue flowers.... [Read more]

Aster 'Magic'

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Blue-purple flowers bloom early with an excellent mounding habit... [Read more]

Aster 'Frost'

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Crisp white daisy - like blooms. Early bloomer.

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Aster 'Pink Henry lll'

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Sassy deep pink doubles.

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Aster 'Pink Magic'

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Bright pink singles blooming in early September.

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Aster 'Days'

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Soft blue single petaled daisy blooms.

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