Good-looking, compact, bushy, and heat-loving, Achillea millefolium 'Red Velvet' is a stunning Yarrow with its masses of long-lasting clusters of bright, non-fading, rich red flowers on tall stems. Its pleasantly aromatic, green fern-like foliage is disease resistant and nicely compliments the cheerful flat umbel flowers. Blooms for weeks from early to late summer. Easy care, drought, heat, humidity, deer, and rabbit tolerant

Kniphofia 'Jenny Bloom' produces slender spikes of soft creamy coral flowers from early summer to early fall. Opening from creamy buds, the flowers bloom in succession over a long bloom season, before fading to cream. Growing up to 40 in. high (100 cm) with a spread of 2 ft. (60 cm), this Red Hot Poker enjoys a sturdy stem.

Often mistaken for dill, Foeniculum vulgare 'Rubrum' is an upright, branching perennial herb with feathery, finely divided, aromatic, bronze leaves and large, flat umbels of tiny golden yellow flowers, borne on tall hollow stems. Blooming in mid to late summer, the flowers are very attractive to butterflies and give way to aromatic, gray-brown seeds. As an ornamental plant, Foeniculum vulgare is a stunning perennial, providing height and graceful airiness to the border. Anise-scented, all parts of this aromatic plant (foliage, seeds) also have a long history of cultivation for culinary purposes.

Stipa tenuissima (Mexican Feather Grass) is an exceptionally lovely and graceful ornamental grass that exhibits silvery-green thread-like leaves in late spring, that sway gracefully in the slightest breeze, delicately softening any landscape. All summer, it bears abundant feathery panicles, which are held a little above the foliage and can be used in dried arrangements. Native to the Americas, this perennial grass provides a fairly long-lasting display with its airy silky green leaves turning golden brown towards fall.

Highly popular, Leucanthemum x superbum 'Snowcap' (Shasta Daisy) is a herbaceous perennial valued for its abundant floral display and compact size. It produces a sea of large, pure white daisy flowers with golden yellow centers, 2-3 in. across (5-7 cm), atop a lush mound of medium to dark green foliage. Blooming for many weeks from early to late summer, if deadheaded, this Shasta Daisy is extremely easy to grow. This exceptional dwarf Shasta Daisy is resistant to heat, drought and humidity. Grows in upright clumps of stiff stems reaching up 12-15 in. in height (30-37 cm) and 12 in. in spread (30 cm).

A very entertaining ornamental grass, Briza media (Quaking Grass) features diffusely branched inflorescences tipped with flattened dangling spikelets resembling puffy oats. Appearing in the spring, they are very attractive and amusing, rattling and quivering in the slightest breeze, which is where the name derives from. Green at first with tints of purple, they gradually fade to tan color and make a charming presence in the landscape. They are borne atop erect stems rising well above the foliage of soft, deep green, fine-textured, semi-evergreen leaves. A durable and long-lived ornamental grass!