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'

Common Name: Flowering Maple

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

Abutilon 'Lucky® Lantern Tangerine'

Common Name: Flowering Maple

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'

Common Name: Flowering Maple

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

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 millifolium 'Tutti Frutti Pineapple Mango'

Common Name: Yarrow

Begins as a deep pink maturing to yellow/salmon, finishing in primrose. Heat loving. Robust and reliable. Excellent cut or dried flower.

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]

Acidanthera murielae

Common Name: Abyssinian Gladiolus

We're giving you a little head start on another great annual bulb. Scented white blooms with deep maroon central stars wav... [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]

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 '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™ Apricot'

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Heavily blooming spires over compact foliage. Blooms all summer, fall and like the name says, lots of nectar. Great for containers too.

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 '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]

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]

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 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 'Millenium'

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Rosy-purple 2" globes top robust, upright glossy deep green foliage and bloom for a month. Vigorous growth. Late summer bloom time is a nice change of pace from spring-blooming alliums; butterflies and bees will be all over it looking for nectar.

Allium 'Sugar Melt'

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Light pink globes on 16" stems held above narrow green leaves. Prefers well drained soil. Cross of A. nutans with the A. senescens.

Allium tricoccum

Common Name: Ramps -Wild Leeks

Native woodland wild flower is also called Spring Onion. A beautiful edible, it has blue green broad foliage emerging from red stems followed by tall white flowers.

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 '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 '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 'Purple Threadleaf'

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

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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 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 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. Birds

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 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 'var. Salicifolia'

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Narrow, lacy willow-like foliage is topped with light blue star shaped flowers in the spring, then turns intense gold in the fall. Tough and easy to grow.

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 hupehensis

Common Name: Chinese Anemone

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

Anemone hupehensis 'Pretty Lady Julia'

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Fall blooming dark pink 2" double. Excellent dense dwarf habit. No pinching needed.

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 '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.

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 'Serenita™ Blue'

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The "-ita" means that it's a smaller version of Serena. I like Burpee's description, "A beauty for beastly conditions." This is a tough plant for hot spots. Blue blossoms look like small snapdragons. Well-branched and low maintenance.

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 cour

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.

Anthemis tinctoria 'Charme'

Common Name: Golden Marguerite Daisy

Unlike many older varieties, this new cultivar is a nicely mounding, compact dwarf. It is ideal for edging or using in containers with its charming 1" yellow daisies in early spring. Foliage has an delightful feathery appearance. Drought tolerant

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 chrysantha 'Denver Gold'

Common Name: Columbine

A very showy canary yellow hybrid with long spurs resembling a daffodil. Fragrant flowers are 3" across and if dead headed will rebloom heavily. Prefers some relief from afternoon sun. Hybridized from a native columbine of the southern Rockies.

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]

Aralia cordata 'Sun King'

Common Name: Golden Japanese Spikenard

Truly a fabulous plant for shade featuring large golden to chartreuse leaves with reddish brown stems. Quickly forms a large deer resistant clump up to 3 feet tall. Racemes of tiny white flowers are produced in late summer followed by deep purple i

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 'Ravers® Bumble Bee™'

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Bright yellow daisy with a black eye. And that classy silver foliage.

Arctotis 'Ravers® Pumpkin Pie™'

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Cheerful orange daisies with silver foliage.

Arenaria 'Lemon Ice'

Common Name: Mountain Sandwort

Softly yellow blossoms carpet this easy to grow variety featuring rich green leaves.

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]

Arnica montana

Common Name: Mountain Arnica

Rich blooming 'Arbo' has large yellow flower heads, high essential oil content. Long history of medicinal use, primary ingredient of many botanical remedies.

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.