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Creekside Gardens is your Proven Winners® Destination in the St. Louis Metro East!

As your local destination for Proven Winners® plants, we have numerous varieties of Proven Winners®’ annuals, perennials, and shrubs. Browse the categories below for our selection of PW annuals, perennials, and shrubs. Due to popularity and strong demand, some varieties sell out quickly. All of our PW annuals, perennials, and shrubs are subject to availability.

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Perennials

  • Bee Balm – Leading Lady Pink (Monarda hybrid)

    An extremely compact Bee Balm from Proven Winners, producing an abundance of pink flowers in summer. Foliage is very midew resistant. A pollinator magnet and deer resistant. Grows to only 10-14″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Bee Balm – Leading Lady Plum (Monarda hybrid)

    An extremely compact Bee Balm from Proven Winners, producing an abundance of magenta-purple flowers in summer. Foliage is very mildew resistant. A pollinator magnet and deer resistant. Grows to only 10-14″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Bee Balm – Leading Lady Razzberry (Monarda hybrid)

    An extremely compact Bee Balm from Proven Winners, producing an abundance of bright raspberry purple flowers in summer. Foliage is very midew resistant. A pollinator magnet and deer resistant. Grows to only 10-14″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Bee Balm – Upscale Lavender Taffeta (Monarda hybrid)

    Proven Winner Bee Balm, producing taller than normal plants with dark lavender flowers covering the upper half of the plant. Blooms in early summer, with a seonf flush of flowers in late summer. Grows to 22-26″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Bee Balm – Upscale Pink Chenille (Monarda hybrid)

    Proven Winner Bee Balm, producing taller than normal plants with florescent pink flowers covering the upper half of the plant. Blooms in early summer, with a second flush of flowers in late summer. Grows to 20-22″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Bee Balm – Upscale Red Velvet (Monarda hybrid)

    Proven Winner Bee Balm, producing taller than normal plants with large, cherry red flowers covering the upper half of the plant. Blooms in early summer, with a second flush of flowers in late summer. Grows to 32″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Black-Eyed Susan – Treasure Trove (Rudbeckia hybrid)

    A showy clump-forming perennial featuring golden-yellow, star-shaped flowers, with dark center cones. Blooms from mid-summer to frost, attracting many pollinators. Highly resistant to leaf spot. Grows to 32-38″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Bleeding Heart – Pink Diamonds (Dicentra)

    This excellent dicentra flowers in late spring and blooms throughout the season. Pink flowers open light pink and show a two-tone effect, atop fine, fern-like blue-green foilage. Grows 12-16″ tall and 16-18″ wide. Full to part sun.

  • Blue Star – Storm Cloud (Amsonia tabernaemontana)

    An exciting Amsonia, producing loads of star-shaped periwinkle blue, summer flowers. New stems emerge near-black like a dark rain cloud. Thrives in dry conditions. Grows to 24-30″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Catmint – Cat’s Pajama’s (Nepeta hybrid)

    An outstanding Proven Winners variety, Cat’s Pajama’s forms a compact, dense, rounded shape and produces indigo-blue, flowers atop aromatic foliage. Blooms early summer and into fall. Grows to 12-14″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Catmint – Catwalk Queen (Nepeta hybrid)

    An excellent compact Catmint, with silvery-green foliage. Produces an abundance of stunning lavender-blue flower spikes early in summer and extending into fall. Loves hot, dry sunny areas. Grows to 10-12″ tall and 18-20″ wide. Full to part sun.

  • Coneflower – Frankly Scarlet (Echinacea Color Coded)

    An exciting Coneflower produces loads of large, bright, scarlet-orange flowers above compact clumps of dark green foliage. Bloom time is mid summer and into fall. A pollinator magnet. Grows to 18-20″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Coneflower – Knock ’em Red (Echinacea Color Coded)

    An incredibly colorful Coneflower, featuring 4″ diameter, daisy-like flowers that open a deep crimson red before turning fluorescent red. The fragrant blooms appear in summer and fall. A pollinator magnet. Grows to 16-20″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Coral Bells – Dolce Spearmint (Heuchera villosa hybrid)

    This Proven Winner produces beautiful, silvery-green leaves with dark green veins. Bicolor flowers have dark pink petal tips and light pink bases, blooming from mid summer and into fall. Grows to 8-10″ tall and spreads a little wider. Sun or Shade.

  • Coral Bells – Dolce Toffee Tart (Heuchera villosa hybrid)

    Toffee Tart features caramel amber foliage with a silver overlay in spring, maturing to more of a caramel ginger color with silver overlay in summer. Creamy white flowers on burgandy stems appear in summer. Grows to 10″ tall and 18″ wide. Full to part shade.

  • Coral Bells – Dolce Wildberry (Heuchera villosa hybrid)

    This excellent heuchera has large, scalloped, glossy leaves that are a bold shade of purple. The leaves are larger and hold onto their purple color longer into the season than most heuchera. Grows 10-14″ tall and 16-20″ wide. Sun or shade.

  • Daylily – Fearfully & Wonderfully Made (Hemerocallis)

    This excellent Proven Winner Daylily features beautiful 5 1/2″ diameter, coral-pink blooms with rich cranberry red eyes and margins and yellow trimming on the margins. A premium Daylily, blooming in mid summer. Grows to 26″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Daylily – Persian Ruby (Hemerocallis)

    Persian Ruby features beautiful, huge 8″ diameter, deep purplish red spoon-shaped flowers with a nicely contrasting, large green throat. Blooms in mid summer. Grows to 30″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Daylily – Sound of My Heart (Hemerocallis)

    This excellent Proven Winner Daylily produces 5″ pastel pink flowers with a very wide, wine purple eye, and matching purple picotee edges on the ruffled margins. Petals open flat, maximizing the color variations. Summer bloomer. Grows to 28″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Daylily – Star of The North (Hemerocallis)

    Star of The North features beautiful large, reblooming light yellow flowers with a contrasting large wine-purple eye and wine-purple edges. Blooms in early July and again later in the summer. Grows to 34″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Daylily – Storm Shelter (Hemerocallis)

    A high quality Proven Winner Daylily, producing mauve colored blossoms, with large purple eyes and matching pie crust edges. The heavy substance blooms appear in summer. Grows to 24″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Garden Phlox – Luminary Opalescence (Phlox paniculata)

    An exciting Proven Winners Garden Phlox, selected for its improved resistance to disease. Outstanding powdery mildew resistance. Opalescence produces light pink, summer flowers over deep, dark green foliage. Grows to 30-32″ tall. Full to part sun.

  • Garden Phlox – Opening Act Pink-A-Dot (Phlox hybrid)

    An exciting Hybrid Garden Phlox from Proven Winners, this variety starts to bloom in early summer, persistantly reblooming into fall. Produces white flowers with a dark pink, central star pattern. Grows to 22-26″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Garden Phlox – Opening Act Ultrapink (Phlox hybrid)

    An exciting Hybrid Garden Phlox from Proven Winners, this variety starts to bloom in early summer, persistantly reblooming into fall. The vibrant flowers are flourescent rose-pink. Grows to 22-28″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Hardy Hibiscus – French Vanilla (Hibiscus Summerific)

    French Vanilla is an excellent Hardy Hibiscus, produces huge 7-8″ diameter, creamy mustard yellow flowers with a red eye, in midsummer and into fall. Attracts pollinators. Deer resistant. Grows to around 4 ft. tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Hardy Hibiscus – Perfect Storm (Hibiscus Summerific)

    A very nice Rose Mallow, featuring a compact habit, and huge 8″ diameter, summer flowers over dark foliage. Flowers are white, edged with a light pink, with a bright red eye that radiates out with the veins. Grows to 3 ft. tall and 4-5 ft. wide. Full to part sun.

  • Hosta – Shadowland Autumn Frost (Hosta)

    An incredibly showy, new Hosta with frosty, blue-green leaves and wide, radiant yellow margins. Light lavender summer flowers. Grows to 12-16′ tall and wide. Full to part shade.

  • Hosta – Shadowland Echo the Sun (Hosta)

    Echo the Sun features bright yellow leaves with nicely rippled margins. Smaller overall size compared to Coast to Coast Hosta. Lavender summer flowers. Grows to 19″ tall and twice as wide. Full to part shade.

  • Hosta – Shadowland Empress Wu (Hosta)

    The largest known Hosta makes a tremendous focal point in the shade garden. Huge, thick, dark green, deeply veined leaves form a massive upright clump. Grows to 3-4 ft. tall and wide, with lavender summer flowers reaching 4 ft. height. Part to full shade.

  • Hosta – Shadowland Etched Glass (Hosta)

    Etched Glass produces thick leaves of bright, brilliant yellow centers and wide, dark green edges. Very large and fragrant, white flower are produced in summer. Grows to 18″ tall and around 36″ wide. Full to part shade.

  • Hosta – Shadowland Hudson Bay (Hosta)

    A new Proven Winner selection, with wide, bright blue margins and apple green contrasting nicely with creamy white centers. Near white flowers. Grows to 24-26″ tall and wide. Full to part shade.

  • Hosta – Shadowland Love Story (Hosta)

    Love Story features long heart-shaped leaves with medium green margins and chartreuse jetting that bleeds into creamy white centers. White summer flowers. Grows to 16″ tall and twice as wide. Full to part shade.

  • Hosta – Shadowland Miss America (Hosta)

    Miss America features medium green heart-shaped leaves with white centers with green streaking between the center and margins. White flowers with lavender centers appear in summer. Grows to 19″ tall and twice as wide. Full to part shade.

  • Hosta – Shadowland Seducer (Hosta)

    This showy Hosta has large, dark green leaves with a slightly reffled, gold margin. Can tolerate summer heat, but best in partial shade. Grows to 26′ tall and wide.

  • Hosta – Shadowland Voices in the Wind (Hosta)

    This showy Hosta from Proven Winners features blue-green, wedge-shaped leaves with very ruffled, creamy yellow edges. Lavender flowers appear in summer. Grows to 17″ tall and almost twice as wide. Full to part shade.

  • Hosta – Shadowland Waterslide (Hosta)

    Waterslide has wavy, blue ruffled leaves with heavy substance. The blue, rippled leaves look like water splashing in the shade garden. Lavender flowers appear in summer. Grows to 14″ tall and wide. Full to part shade.

  • Hosta – Shadowland Wheee! (Hosta)

    A new Proven Winner selection, with extremely ruffled leaves, that are wavy from the crown to the leaf tips. Green leaves with creamy margins. Lavender flowers in summer. Grows to 18-24″ tall and wide. Full to part shade.

  • Hosta – Shadowland Wu-La-La (Hosta)

    The huge Wu-La-La produces attractive blue-green leaves with a striking apple-green margin and good substance. Violet flowers appear In summer. This huge Hosta grows to 3-4 ft. tall and 4 ft. wide. Full to part shade.

  • Ice Plant – Kaleidoscope Pink Radiance (Delosperma hybrid)

    This new, exciting ice plant has light pink flowers with a rosy purple center that starts blooming in late spring. It is a stand out groundcover with its large flower size. Heat and drought tolerant. Grows 4″ tall and 24″ wide. Full to part sun.

  • Iris – Dinner Plate Sundae (Iris ensata)

    Iris Dinner Plate Sundae is an exceptional variety of Japanese Iris with pancake-flat blooms that can measure up to 6″ in diameter. Its striking flowers showcase white petals veined with vibrant violet tones that blooms in late spring. Grows 32″ tall flowering and 12-18″ wide. Full to part sun.

  • Jacob’s Ladder – Heaven Scent (Polemonium hybrid)

    Heaven Scent forms a mound of green, fern-like foliage with deep purple highlights. Clusters of lightly, fragrant blue flowers appear in late spring. Can tolerate full sun with additional watering. Grows to 18-24″ tall and wide. Part shade.

  • Meadow Rue – Cotton Candy (Thalictrum hybrid)

    This Proven Winner Meadow Rue produces an upright growing perennial topped with wispy lavender flowers. Summer blooms attract all pollinators. Grows to 36-42″ tall and 18-24″ wide. Full to part sun.

  • Pinks – Classic Coral (Dianthus Fruit Punk)

    An excellent Proven Winner Dianthus, prouducing fragrant, double coral pink blossoms atop a tight compact mound of blue-green foliage. Attracts many pollinators. Bloom time is early summer. Grows 8-10″ tall and 12-14″ wide. Full to part sun.

  • Pinks – Cranberry Cocktail (Dianthus Fruit Punch)

    An excellent Proven Winner Dianthus, producing florist quality, 2″ diameter, double magenta-pink flowers that smell and look like mini-carnations. Blooms in late spring and early summer. Grows to 8-10″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Pinks – Paint the Town Red (Dianthus Paint the Town)

    A very nice, heat tolerant Dianthus from Proven Winners, prized for its bright, 1″ diameter, single red flowers. Blooms cover the entire plant in late spring and early summer. Grows to 6-8″ tall and 18″ or more wide. Full to part sun.

  • Ragwort – Bottle Rocket (Ligularia)

    This compact Proven Winner variety produces compact clumps of thick serrated green leaves with mustard yellow flower spikes held on stems above the foliage. Blooms in mid summer. Grows to 28-34″ tall and wide. Full to part shade.

  • Red Hot Poker – Pyromania Orange Blaze (Kniphofia hybrid)

    A winter hardy and compact Red Hot Poker, Orange blaze features bright orange flower spikes nestled above deep green, grass like foliage, from summer and into fall. Drought tolerant and loved by pollinators, including butterflies and hummingbirds. Grows to 24-30″ tall. Full to part sun.

  • Salvia – Colorspires Azure Snow (Salvia nemorosa)

    This excellent Proven Winners Salvia features bicolor flowers that are deep violet-blue and white over dark green, aromatic foliage. Blooms from late spring and into summer, attracting hummingbirds, butterflies and other pollinators. Grows to 18-20″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Speedwell – Magic Show Ever After (Veronica hybrid)

    This Proven Winner variety is one of the longest blooming Veronica now availabe, with blue 12″ long flower spikes covering the upper two thirds of the plant at maturity. Blooms in summer, attracting butterflies and other pollinators. Grows to 14-16″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Stokes Aster – Totally Stoked Riptide (Stokesia laevis)

    This excellent Proven Winners perennial features large, 2-3″ diameter, periwinkle blue flowers on a compact, mounded plant. Blooms in summer, attracting all pollinators. Thrives in heat and humidity. Grows to 24-26″ tall and 36″ wide. Full to part sun.

  • Stonecrop – Rock ‘N Round Bright Idea (Sedum)

    Proven Winner Stonecrop producing a polished, rounded mounding habit. Red stems hold deep green, serrated leaves and clusters of bright yellow, star-shaped summer flowers. Attracts butterflies and other pollinators. Grows to 10-12″ tall and about twice as wide. Full to part sun.

  • stonecrop – Rock N’ Grow Back in Black (Sedum)

    Enjoy the dark foliage throughout the summer, and when late summer rolls around, flowers with deep garnet red centers and cream petals will appear. Attracts butterflies and other pollinators. Grows 20-24″ tall and 26-30″ wide. Full to part sun.

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