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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

  • Artemesia – Silver Lining (Artemesia hybrid)

    Silver Lining is a foliage perennial, featuring dissected silver leaves and a mounded, low wide habit, maintaining perfect form all season. Yellow flowers appear in summer but this plant is known for its foliage. Grows to around 16″ tall and 36″ wide. Full to part sun.

  • Bee Balm – Blue Moon (Monarda x Sugar Buzz)

    The newest of the Sugar Buzz series of Monarda. Same dark green, mildew resistant foliage and compact habit. Lavender-blue flowers cover this plant in summer. Grows to 20″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • 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 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.

  • Blue Star – String Theory (Amsonia hybrid)

    An upright, clump forming perennial, featuring light periwinkle blue flowers in spring. Foliage consists of dark green, thread-like leaves. Grows to around 22″ tall and a little wider. 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.

  • 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.

  • Coral Bells – Dressed Up Ball Gown (Heuchera hybrid)

    This colorful Proven Winners Heuchera features large chartreuse, heavily ruffled leaves to brighten up the shade garden. Long blooming, creamy white flowers appear in summer. Grows to 12″ tall, with flowers reaching around 30″ in height. Full to part shade.

  • Fern – Crested Surf Japanese Painted (Athyrium niponicum)

    Crested Surf looks similar to other Japanese Painted Ferns but the tips of the fronds are double crested. Produces attractive silvery-grey fronds , perfect for moist, shady areas of the garden. A vigorous grower, reaching 20-22″ tall. Full to part shade.

  • Foamy Bells – Fun & Games Red Rover (Heucherella)

    Red Rover is a unique looking Foamy Bells, featuring intense bright red, deeply lobed leaves in spring, maturing to an olive green in the heat of the summer. Creamy white flowers in summer. Grows to 8″ tall and 20″ wide. Full to part shade.

  • Foamy Bells – Fun and Games Eye Spy (Heucherella)

    The Proven Winner, Eye Spy produces large, dissected leaves of amber-yellow with deep rose centers that vein out to the edges of the leaves. Bubblegum pink flowers appear in late spring. Grows to 8-10″ tall and twice as wide. Full to part shade.

  • Garden Phlox – Luminary Opalescence (Phlox paniculata)

    An exciting new 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 – Luminary Ultraviolet (Phlox paniculata)

    An exciting new Proven Winners Garden Phlox, selected for its improved resistance to disease. Outstanding powdery mildew resistance. Ultraviolet produces dark, magenta violet, summer flowers over dark green foliage. Grows to 32-36″ tall. Full to part sun.

  • Garden Phlox – Opening Act Blush (Phlox hybrid)

    An exciting Hybrid Garden Phlox from Proven Winners, this variety starts to bloom in early summer, persistantly reblooming into fall. Produces lovely, light lavender-pink flowers. Grows to 18-20″ tall and wide. 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 – Holy Grail (Hibiscus Summerific)

    Holy Grail produces incredibly dark, near black, oval shaped leaves on a compact plant. Huge, 8-9″ diameter, deep red flowers compliment the dark foliage. Blooms mid summer to fall. Grows to 4- 4 1/2 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.

  • Heartleaf Alkanet – Jack of Diamonds (Brunnera macrophylla)

    This new Proven Winner perennial produces huge, 9-10″ rounded, green leaves, with a heavy silver overlay. Baby blue, forget-me-not type blossoms are held in clusters above the foliage in late spring. Grows to 14-16″ tall and wide. Full to part shade.

  • 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 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 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.

  • 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 Sage – Perfect Profusion (Salvia nemorosa)

    Perfect Profusion produces soft, icy blue flower spikes that cover the perfectly mounded plant in late spring and into summer. Will rebloom multiple times if spent flowers are cut back. Grows to 16-20″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Meadow Sage – Pink Profusion (Salvia nemorosa)

    An excellent Proven Winners Salvia, Pink Profusion produces dark pink flower spikes on perfectly mounded plants in late spring and into summer. Will rebloom multiple times if the spent flowers are cut back. Grows to 14-16″ 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 Backdraft (Kniphofia hybrid)

    Adding color and drama to the landscape, this Proven Winner features spiky, upright flowers in summer. Flowers open peachy yellow, changing to reddish orange. Attracts pollinators. Deer resistant. Grows to 30-36″ tall. 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.

  • Stonecrop – Rock ‘N Low Boogie Woogie (Sedum)

    This Proven Winners Sedum is a variegated groundcover type. Succulent green leaves have creamy margins and the plant is covered in yellow flowers in summer. Grows to 6-8″ tall and spreads. 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 Round Bundle of Joy (Sedum)

    Another excellent Sedum from Proven Winners. White flowers cover this plant in an explosion of blooms in late summer and into fall. Grows in a tight, dome-like habit, reaching 12″ tall and around 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.

Shrubs

Annuals

  • Ageratum – Artist Blue Ageratum

    These Proven Winners Ageratum produce bright colorful summer flowers with a great heat and drought tolerance. They produce intense flower power without the blooms turning brown. Bee and Butterfly magnet. Grows 8-12″ tall and 12-14″ wide.

  • Alyssum (Lobularia) – Snow Princess Lobularia hybrid

    A breakthrough in plant breeding, Snow Princess is not your normal Allysum. This spectacular variety is covered in loads of small, white flowers creating large snowballs of blooms. A vigorous grower, only 4-5″ tall but spreads all summer. Full to part sun

  • Alyssum (Lobularia) – Violet Knight Lobularia hybrid

    A very heat and cold tolerant annual flower, loaded with small, dainty, fragrant violet flowers from spring and into late fall. Great for planter combos as the spiller. Compact plants grow to 8″ tall with a trailing habit. Full to part sun

  • Alyssum (Lobularia) – White Knight Lobularia hybrid

    White Knight is a more compact and less vigorous version of Snow Princess. Use the Knight for smaller containers, and watch a beautiful pillow of clear white flowers cascade over the edges of the pot. Grows 4-8″ tall and spreads. Full to part sun.

  • Artemesia – Silver Bullet Artemesia

    Also known as Wormwood, Silver Bullet is a compact, silvery foliage annual that adds color to planters and is useful in the landscape. Grows in a mounding habit to around 10″ tall and 30″ wide. Full to part sun.

  • Chrysocephalum – Flambe Yellow Chrysocephalum

    An excellent accent annual for container or landscape combinations. Small sprays of tiny spherical, golden-yellow button flower heads appear in clusters all summer. Silver, felted foliage. Low growing, spreading to 24″ or more. Full to part sun.

  • Cuphea – Vermillionaire Cuphea hybrid

    An excellent, well branched, mounding Cigar Plant with deep orange to red, tubular flowers from spring through frost. Very heat and drought tolerant and a hummingbird magnet. Grows to 18-28″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Cyperus Umbrella Papyrus – King Tut Cyperus

    An unusual and large grass-type plant will evoke images of the pyramids and the sphinx. Use in large container combos or in the landscape. Can tolerate wet conditions, so also can be used in water gardens. Grows to 4-5 ft. tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Cyperus Umbrella Papyrus – Prince Tut Cyperus

    An excellent Umbrella Plant, with a maximum size suited for small to medium size containers. Can tolerate wet conditions, so it’s useful as a water garden plant. Grows larger than Baby Tut, reaching 18-30″ tall and not quite as wide. Full to part sun.

  • Euphorbia – Diamond Frost Euphorbia hvbrid

    A fine textured, airy annual flower, featuring small, wispy white flowers all season. Great for combos or as a stand alone.The U.K.’s 2005 Plant of the Year. Full to part sun, but can tolerate shady conditions.

  • Euphorbia – Diamond Snow Euphorbia hybrid

    Diamond Snow is a double flowering Euphorbia, producing a more compact habit than Diamond Frost. White flowers are featured from spring through frost. Excellent heat and drought tolerance. Full to part sun, but can tolerate shady conditions.

  • Gomphrena – Truffula Pink Gomphrena

    Truffula produces hot pink, cotton-ball round blossoms, attracting pollinators and admirers all season long. It loves extemely hot and humid conditions. This Gomphrena will add joyful height and color to containers, combinations, and landscapes. Grows upright

  • Heliotrope – Augusta Lavender Heliotropium hybrid

    This extremely heat and humidity tolerant annual produces loads of purple flowers all summer long. Dead heading is not necessary. Not a petite plant, it grows in a mound to around 24″ tall and 36″ wide. Full to part sun.

  • Impatiens – Rockapulco Double Impatiens hybrid

    Rockapulco Doubles produce a wonderful mounding habit and bright double, rose-shaped flowers from spring until frost. Great in planters, baskets and in the ground. Protect from the hot afternoon sun. Part to full shade.

  • Million Bells – Superbells Varieties Calibrachoa

    Superbells bloom continuously from spring until frost. All Calibrachoa perform best in containers or hanging baskets, where watering can be controlled. Use Miracid fertilizer to keep soil slightly acidic. Produce a mounding, trailing habit. Sun to part sun.

  • Petunia – Supertunia Varieties Petunia hybrida

    Supertunias feature strong trailing/spreading growth habits, producing huge quantities of brilliant flowers from spring until frost. Great for combinations or as a colorful annual groundcover. Full to part sun.

  • Salvia – Golden Delicious Salvia elegans

    Hummingbirds will make a beeline to this wonderful Pineapple Sage. Fuzzy, bright yellow foliage provides a brilliant backdrop for fire engine red, tubular flowers in spring and again in late summer. Grows to 12-24” tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Salvia – Rockin’ Salvia

    Excellent large annual Salvia, featuring colorful flower spikes atop deep green foliage, all summer long. Loves the heat and sun. A large plant, growing to 3-4 ft. tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Salvia – Unplugged Pink Salvia hybrid

    An excellent upright Salvia by Proven Winners, Unplugged Pink features spiky, pink flowers from spring until frost. A pollinator magnet. Grows in an upright habit, 24″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Sedum – Lemon Coral Sedum repustre

    A tender, spreading succulent plant, by Proven Winners, featuring chartreuse foliage. Great for combo container plantings. It is not a winter hardy sedum, but is very useful as a colorful spiller in containers. Loves hot and dry conditions. Full sun.

  • Shamrock – Molten Lava Oxalis

    A colorful annual Shamrock from Proven Winners, producing chartreuse foliage with yellow summer blooms. Loves the sun and the heat. Grows in a mounding habit, 6-10″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Shamrock – Zinfandel Oxalis

    Zinfande Oxalis adds color and variety to any pot and makes even the most novice gardeners look like experts. Produces yellow summer flowers over purple foliage. Grows in a mound to 6-10″ tall and wide. Full to part sun.

  • Verbena – Meteor Shower Verbena bonariensis

    Meteor Shower Verbena combines a strong, vigorous plant with a compact plant. Lavender, globular flowers rise above narrow green foliage. Blooms all summer. Grows to 30-36″ tall. Full to part sun.

  • Verbena – Superbena Varieties Verbena

    Superbena Verbenas from Proven Winners are extremely prolific bloomers, starting in early spring and continuing into late fall. Excellent as spillers in container combos and will trail over the sides for a cascading effect. They grow to 6-12″ tall and will spread to over 2 feet. Full to part sun.

Roses