Chicagoland Grows® Plant Introduction Program

Established in 1986, the Chicagoland Grows® Plant Introduction Program is a unique partnership between the Chicago Botanic Garden, The Morton Arboretum, and the Ornamental Growers Association of Northern Illinois (OGA) which is dedicated to developing, selecting, and growing a diversity of plants that are well adapted to Midwestern landscapes and beyond. Herbaceous perennials and grasses developed at the Chicago Botanic Garden and trees and shrubs developed at The Morton Arboretum provide the program with a pipeline of new landscape plants for the horticulture industry and home gardeners alike. The regional OGA nurseries and a network of additional nurseries, both national and international, are licensed to propagate, grow, and sell new cultivars that are deemed worthy of introduction to retailers, landscape contractors, and other consumers. Proceeds from sales of the program’s introductions support plant breeding work at the Chicago Botanic Garden and The Morton Arboretum, ensuring that new plants will continue to be brought to market.    
     
Chicagoland Grows® partners, whether regional, national, or global, are licensed to grow our beautiful, useful, and cold-hardy plants through Plants Nouveau, a marketing company that functions similarly to a sports agent, but for plant breeders. By connecting our cultivars with the best suited growers and propagators, Plants Nouveau helps to maintain a consistent supply chain of plants. Information about our plants can be found in each cultivar’s respective Plant Release Bulletin and on the Plants Nouveau website, both linked in the list below. To become a licensee or request further information regarding any of our cultivars, please contact Angela Treadwell Palmer at Click here to show mail address. Please note that Plants Nouveau doesn’t sell plants.

Plants Nouveau

 

Commercial Releases

Release namePlant Release BulletinLink
Baptisia ‘Last Dance’Bulletin 57N/A
Amsonia ‘Blue BehemothBulletin 56http://www.plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/amsonia-blue…
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium ‘Cotton Candy’Bulletin 55https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/aster-oblongifolius-cotton-candy
Symphyotrichum ‘Billowing Violet’Bulletin 55https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/aster-billowing-violet
Symphyotrichum ’Billowing Pink’Bulletin 55https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/aster-billowing-pink
Symphyotrichum ericoides ‘Bridal Veil’Bulletin 55https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/aster-bridal-veil
Vernonia ‘Summer’s End’Bulletin 54https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/vernonia-summers-end
Teucrium chaemaedrys subs. nuchense ‘Pride of Georgia’Bulletin 53https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/teucrium-pride-of-georgia
Amsonia ciliata var. tenuifolia ‘Verdant Venture’Bulletin 52https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/amsonia-verdant-venture
Eupatorium maculatum ‘Summer Snow’Bulletin 49https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/eupatorium-summer-snow
Phlox ‘Perfectly Puzzling’Bulletin 48https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/phlox-perfectly-puzzling
Panicum ‘Bad Hair Day’Bulletin 47https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/panicum-bad-hair-day
Veronica ‘Blue Sprite’Bulletin 46https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/veronica-blue-sprite
Vernonia ‘Summer’s Swan Song’Bulletin 45https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/vernonia-summers-swan-song
Vernonia ‘Summer’s Surrender’Bulletin 45https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/vernonia-summers-surrender
Phlox ‘Early Bird’Bulletin 43https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/phlox-early-bird
Phlox ‘Pink Parasol’Bulletin 43https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/phlox-pink-parasol
Phlox ‘Running with Scissors’Bulletin 43https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/phlox-running-with-scissors
Phlox ‘Plumtastic’Bulletin 43https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/phlox-plumtastic
Phlox ‘Strawberries and Cream’Bulletin 43https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/phlox-strawberries-and-cream
Baptisia australis Prairieblues™ ‘Blue Mound’Bulletin 42https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/baptisia-australis-blue-mound
Baptisia Prairieblues™ ‘Lavender Rose’Bulletin 42https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/baptisia-lavendar-rose
Baptisia Prairieblues™ ‘Lunar Eclipse’Bulletin 42https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/baptisia-lunar-eclipse
Baptisia Prairieblues™ ‘Mojito’Bulletin 42https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/baptisia-prairieblues-mojito
Baptisia Prairieblues™ ‘Royal Purple’Bulletin 42https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/baptisia-prairieblues-royal-purple
Baptisia Prairieblues™ ‘Sandstorm’Bulletin 42https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/baptisia-prairieblues-sandstorm
Baptisia Prairieblues™ ‘Spilled Buttermilk’Bulletin 42https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/baptisia-prairieblues-spilled-buttermilk
Baptisia Prairieblues™ ‘Sunny Morning’Bulletin 42https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/baptisia-prairieblues-sunday-morning
Tradescantia ‘Tough Love’Bulletin 39https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/tradescantia-tough-love
Phlox ‘Violet Pinwheels’Bulletin 38N/A
Phlox × procumbens ‘Pink Profusion’Bulletin 37https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/phlox-pink-profusion
Phlox ‘Forever Pink’Bulletin 36N/A
Polygonatum ‘Prince Charming’Bulletin 33https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/polygonatum-prince-charming
Echinacea Meadowbrite™ ‘Burgundy Fireworks’Bulletin 32N/A
Veronica ‘Tidal Pool’Bulletin 31N/A
Veronica ‘Whitewater’Bulletin 29https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/veronica-whitewater
Stachys officinalis ‘Pink Cotton Candy’Bulletin 27N/A
Baptisia Prairieblues™ ‘Solar Flare’Bulletin 26https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/baptisia-prairieblues-solar-flare
Baptisia Prairieblues™ ‘Midnight’Bulletin 25https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/baptisia-prairie-blues-midnight
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Carousel’Bulletin 23https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/schizachyrium-carousel
Baptisia × bicolor Prairieblues™ ‘Starlite’Bulletin 21N/A
Baptisia × variicolor Prairieblues™ ‘Twilite’Bulletin 20N/A
Echinacea Pixie Meadowbrite™ ‘CBG Cone 2’Bulletin 18https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/echinacea-pixie-meadowbrite
Echinacea Mango Meadowbrite™ ‘CBG Cone 3’Bulletin 16N/A
Echinacea Orange Meadowbrite™ ‘Art’s Pride’Bulletin 15N/A
Buxus Chicagoland Green® ‘Glencoe’Bulletin 7https://plantsnouveau.com/collections/chicagoland-grows/buxus-chicagoland-green