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Green-tipped white bracts (the ruffed collar), and pink and white center pin cushions will sparkle in the shade garden in late spring. It colonizes but uses good manners. And it will even survive periods of dry shade in late summer, too! Mature size: 2-3 ft T, slowly colonizing Minimum temperature:...

A native to Chile and southern Argentina, growing among the Nothofagus obliqua, this small, fairly narrow, fast-growing tree is a gem: tiny yellow spritzes bloom on the branches in very early spring at the nodes of small, glossy, dark green rounded leaves. Their elusive scent is heavenly vanilla, cocoa, white chocolate, or...

Merlot red blossoms form an umbel above a collar of cream bracts dipped in wine. Flower heads sit on gorgeous purple stems. Prized for both cut and dried flowers; flowers attract pollinators and leave your garden abuzz with activity. Mature Size: 2ft T x 2ft W Minimum temperature: -30 °F

Deciduous silver-gray fronds accented with purple and green. A perennial favorite that especially looks great among the mixed company of dark green hostas. Mature size: 2 ft tall x 2 ft wide Minimum temperature: -40° F

Pewter gray-green upright fronds are subtly radiant in shady areas of the woodland and intrigue garden visitors. A nice accompaniment for whites and pastels. 3 x 3 feet and deciduous. Minimum temperature: -30° F Featured on Great Plant Picks: https://www.greatplantpicks.org/plantlists/view/206 Photo by David J. Stang / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

Beautiful foliage — a mosaic of pink, purple, rose, burgundy and silver! This deciduous shrub likes a sunny site with good drainage. Pick up on the colors with various bloomers close by. Tolerates drought and deer. Mature size: 4-6 ft T x W Minimum temperature: -30° F

Low, horizontal, and arching branches veritably glow with brilliant orange flowers in spring. This is a smart and gratifying choice for a small area or rock garden. I love this barberry! Evergreen shrub; mature size: 2 ft T x W Minimum temperature: -20° F

Stable, reliable and stunning, variegated blue-green lobed leaves are edged in vanilla and can become flushed with pink in cooler weather. Masses of large, silver-pink, pincushion blooms are surrounded by a light pink Elizabethan collar and are long-flowering - early to midsummer, reblooming if deadheaded.Butterflies alight on this airy and elegant flower...

Robust 8" dissected leaves have pink veins and are crablike in shape, or like a very large bird's foot (as the name might suggest). Pretty white flowers are secreted amongst the leaves July – September. From around 5,000' elevation in the Southwest Chinese provinces, it is much hardier than one would...

Spectacular yellow-orange flowers smother this evergreen shrub in spring. Prefers sun or part shade for heaviest bloom. Our 8-year-old plant is practically in full shade now, and it still blooms well, but not near the dramatic show it had when its neighboring trees were young. Mature size: 5 ft T x W Minimum temperature:...

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...

If you didn't before, now you know there is such a thing as a dwarf bog birch. It has nearly round, toothed small leaves on fine branches, and its cute catkins are profuse and short. Everything about this birch is diminutive. Leaves in fall are light yellow and peach and it will...

From the margins of woods and cool mountain slopes of China and Japan, this is a rare selection with very unique cream, yellow, and green pleated leaves in spring. The leaves turn a soft green as the season progresses. The delicate and exotic flower is pink to violet-purple, showing itself in late...

Brought to our attention by Dan Hinkley, this lovely and hardy Japanese begonia has masses of light pink flowers that charm gardeners from spring to fall. Luminous, olive-green, fleshy leaves and brilliant magenta stems and petioles set off these sparkling blooms. It all comes alive when the evening sun penetrates...

Curtains of sunny, yellow flowers in spring create phenomenal drapes of salmon-colored berries in late summer turning deep red in late fall. It takes your breath away when in its full glory and any thought of spines simply evaporates. This large deciduous shrub becomes fountain-shaped; don your leather and prune...

This multi-stemmed deciduous shrub has narrow silver leaves and a fountain of cascading, fragrant, lavender flowers in spring on the previous season's growth. This one doesn't have to be cut back. It's always a butterfly, bee, and hummingbird draw. Place it just about anywhere it can get plenty of sun and it...