Hello from Sunlight Gardens, your premier
mail order source for wildflowers, ferns, vines, perennials, and shrubs of eastern North America.

We grow hardy, robust plants that will beautify your gardens and support a diversity of wildlife. We can help you succeed in this by providing you with solid information, a great selection, and high quality plants. Our plants grow! And rest assured that all our plants are entirely nursery propagated and are grown with sustainability in mind.

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January

It’s cold out now, or it should be, or it will be. Or more truthfully, it might be. Soon. We have had more unusual weather this winter. Record highs followed by record lows. Today it will be in the mid to upper 50’s but tomorrow night it will be in the mid teens. Seems like the plants that go dormant and disappear underground have it figured out. Just wait. But it always amazes us that evergreen plants can survive, alternating between being frozen stiff, and standing erect and plump as normal.

In the forests and gardens here in eastern Tennessee, the many species of Carex (our January featured plant), look great. With their broad, often crinkled leaves, they look like big fat-leaved grasses. We have 6 different ones that vary in size and leaf color. They are all perfect for the shaded garden. Some will travel and make nice ground covers, and some will stay put. Pair them up with some other tough evergreen plants, and start your new year out resolved to work less but enjoy your garden more. Happy New Year!