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Sturdy stiff branches make a large, rounded form with stunning wands of fuzzy blue-jean-blue flowers. Adapts well to pruning and is one of our favorites! Very small leaves have dentate leaf margins that give the shrub a bit of a prickly feel, perfect to deter marauders. Mature size: 7 ft T x W Minimum temperature: 0° F

Tiny, deep rose-pink flat flowers virtually cover a spreading mat of tiny, evergreen, needle-like leaves. PNW native, pronounced Boranoveechey, as in Italian; 2" T cushion. Minimum temperature: -40° F

From South Africa: Year-round umbels of pink buds open to white, six-petaled star blooms; bluish-green grass-like foliage. Evergreen. 12"–18" Minimum temperature: 0 ° F

The showy, wide blades of green striped with light golden-yellow are ornamental in and of themselves — a long-lasting, striking addition to a garden. In mid-late spring, grape-scented, smoky-blue-purple flowers on tall, upright stems are an eye-popping addition to an already lovely plant. Semi-evergreen. Mature size: leaves, 2 ft T; flower spikes, 3 ft...

An rarely offered South African gem with large leaves and long-lasting unusual flowers green edged in purple. Mature size: 12 to 14 in tall Minimum temperature: 0° F

Thick, oval, glossy evergreen leaves undergird flowers that emerge rose-pink atop stout red stems in early spring. "Sakura" translates to "cherry blossom". Blooms age to a softer cherry-blossom-pink hue. Leaves become a dramatic glossy purple-black in winter. This is a great plant to contrast with something fine and ferny, to cover a bank, or...

This upright deciduous perennial boasts golden-yellow blooms with deep red centers last for 8 weeks in midsummer. Mature size: 5 ft T x 3 ft W Minimum temperature: -30° F

A low Himalayan with tiny leaves, wiry stems, and cute, sweetly-scented light yellow flowers: interesting & pretty! A low, domed evergreen shrublet that likes fertile but well-draining soil. If you can't please it exactly, it will be fairly tolerant. Try this wonderfully textural and floriferous plant in the rockery where there is...

Terminal clusters of yellow-orange flowers are fragrant in the evenings. Fast-growing, this woody perennial might reach up to 6 ft tall each season, and though woody, it can be cut to the ground (if it doesn't die to the ground anyway) in late winter. Watch it spring back in spring. Blooms...

From early to late summer bright scarlet trumpets grace upright, slender, dark burgundy stems. Narrow, strappy, bright green leaves are a striking contrast. Deadhead to promote rebloom. Provide some summer water in warmer climates. Hummingbird magnet!!! Deciduous perennial; mature size; 2-3 ft T x W Minimum temperature: 10° F

'Meadow Muffin', so-named for its basal, muffin-like leaf rosettes, blooming May–June with flat, light lavender ray flowers with large yellow-green centers. Wonderfully curious. Mature size: 16 in T x W Minimum temperature: 0° F

A pretty, variegated rounded form with fragrant clusters of white flowers all summer and into fall, and small and delicate white-edged evergreen leaves! Can be a bit tricky to get established—be sure to provide moist, free-draining soil for first few years. Once established, it can tolerate some drought. Mature size: 3 feet tall...

These creamy yellow-eyed posies emerge from an unusual light green ruff of surrounding leafy sepals. Long-blooming in spring — a Victorian favorite. As always, well-draining cool soil is the order of the day for Primulas. These are divisions from yellow blooming seedlings from Barnhaven. Mature size: to 8 inches Tall Minimum temperature:...

Unique double blue flowers with white highlights bloom in early spring on full, rounded plants. Excellent for rock gardens or containers. Mature size: 6 inches T x W Minimum temperature: -20° F

Tiny, light green rounded leaves form a dense, cute-as-a-button shrub, bright orange and yellow in fall. You can have that vine maple look in a small form that will fit into the tiniest garden. Or, better yet, enjoy it in a container on the patio at your elbow. Mature size: 3 ft T x W in 10...

Native to the harsh conditions (gravelly areas and dunes in full, dry, hot summer sun and cold winters) of the Tian Shan mountains, on the border between Kazakhstan and the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of western China, this plant is one tough hombre with only one real requirement — lean, well-draining...