Gaillardia BLANKET FLOWER Flamboyant garden flower, blooming tirelessly. Longest-lived in sharply drained soil. Foliage is lightly aromatic. The leaf is gray green and coarsely toothed. Dead-heading ensures constant bloom.

Galium odoratum SWEET WOODRUFF The leaf is characterized with rich green whorls that provide good foliage all season. The plant should be grown in a cool, moist soil. Ground cover for edging borders and paths, or used as an underplanting for naturalized and woodland settings. It's gentle sweet fragrance and snow-topped appearance when in bloom would shurely be missed in any shady garden without it.

Gaura lindheimeri WHITE GAURA Long blooming and adaptable to hot summers. Best grown in sandy loam for good drainage, or a raised bed. Deeply tap rooted. Leaves are gray green and willow like, further graced by flowers that don't open all at once. Very long blooming. Cut back to 8 in. mid season of the second year for bushier growth.

Gentiana septemfida var. lagodechiana Gentians in general prefer the cooler climate of zone 5 and colder.  G. septemifida is slightly more tolerant of warmer temperatures and together with proper cultural practices will survive.  Flowers in summer are blue and bell shaped and face upwards above low domes of green leafy stems.  This species is adaptable but needs a lot of sun in well-drained soils.  Waterlogged winter soils will quickly kill the plant.

Geranium HARDY GERANIUM Easy and extremely valuable plants for borders and as ground covers, producing beautiful flowers. Most species thrive in ordinary well drained soil in sun, while some are more luxuriant and bloom longer in cool, moist, fertile soil in bright partial shade.

Geum coccineum 'Borisii' AVENS Useful as a ground cover as well as separately. Thick, bright green foliage with hairy, wedge shaped, toothed leaves. Ample flowers are a warm, attractive reddish orange. Requires moist and fertile soil. Its glistening greenery and outstanding flowers cheer the mood. Geum triflorum PRAIRIE SMOKE This distinctive native is commonly found on American prairies. Appearing in spring the purplish red flowers nod in an attractive cup shape. The unique feature occurs next when the feathery silver pink seed heads arise. Abundant deeply cut foliage remains in good condition all season. Very cold hardy and grows well in rich well drained soil as well as poor dry soil.

Gypsophila BABY'S BREATH Require especially well drained, limy soil and average to dry moisture with preferably deep, light, porous soil for their questing roots. Clouds of tiny flowers provide an airy contrast to more substantial border plants. The leaf is gray green, narrow and slight. G. repens CREEPING BABY'S BREATH is a low growing perennial in comparison to G. paniculata. Both have small white or pink flowers.