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Variegated with creamy yellow blades and dark green borders, this sedge will usually be about 10" tall and 20" wide — a nice round, dense fountain given consistently moist soil and part shade. Mulch would be in order to maintain moisture. Sorry, no grasses or sedges can be shipped to California.Minimum...

Very ornamental flower heads look like a spiny, silvery sunflower. Great for dried arrangements and even likes poor soil. Acaulis means without a stem, caulescens means with a strong or well-developed stem. So this is the stemless thistle variation with a stem. Mature size: 1 ft T x 2 ft W Minimum temperature: -30° F

Wonderfully interesting, this new Japanese selection has dense gray-green foliage reminiscent of the Japanese crepey silk fabric called 'Chirimen'. The fine texture gathers into vertical flame-like forms. 1.5 ft T x 1 ft W in 10 years. Minimum temperature: -20° F

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

A ground cover spreading up to 10 feet wide when satisfied with its conditions, 'Rodeo Lagoon' gives an overall silver-blue impression, having blue-green-grey foliage and branches, and white flowers that have amber bracts. Good for slopes, amongst rocks, or over a wall. Mature size: 18 – 24 in T x 10 ft W Minimum temperature:...

A stalwart for the Willamette Valley with very shiny medium green leaves and deep blue flowers on large, evergreen plants. Mature size: 8 ft T x W (or more) Featured on Great Plant Picks: https://www.greatplantpicks.org/plantlists/view/319 Minimum temperature: 0° F

Bright green-gold 3–inch long needles form a small columnar, fluffy yew. A slowly growing evergreen dwarf conifer—6–12 inches per year—preferring moist soil but amenable to dry shade if need be. Mature size: 6–10 ft T x 3–6 ft W Minimum temperature: -20° F

An exceedingly narrow and erect ornamental selection, C. 'Van den Akker' reaches 20' tall by only 3' wide. Prune any erratic side branches for best form. The very definition of vertical, it defies gravity to contrast with the horizontal landscape; a sentinel; an exclamation point! that sways in the wind. Especially...

This cultivar of the Hinoki Cypress grows at a moderate rate and has loosely tiered, feathery branches that fan in petticoat fashion. Emerald green with some winter bronzing. Evergreen conifer, 8' T x 5' W Minimum temperature: -30° F

Clusters of fringe-like, snow-white, lightly fragrant flowers make a delicate, airy flurry in May and June, giving way to small olive-like fruits enjoyed by birds. Wide, spear-shaped leaves (to 8" long) turn yellow in autumn. Choice eastern N. American native 10' x 10' or more. Minimum temperature: -30° F Featured on Great Plant...

This is a cross from Russia between Chilopsis linearis (Desert Willow) and Catalpa bignonioides. It is a rapidly growing deciduous tree, branching readily near its base with ascending branches that form a dense, broad, oval crown. Large clusters of light pink flowers are flared, frilly funnels in late spring through summer. Mature size:...

Low, finely-cut, and graceful foliage accompanies silvery, rose-pink, bachelor button flowers as beautiful in bud as in bloom. A mat-forming perennial. Easy, long-lived, and tough. Mature size: 12 inches tall x 2 feet wide Minimum temperature: -30° F

Slow-growing, this sculptural evergreen has extremely congested foliage of deep green on twisting arm-like branches like that of a Saguaro Cactus. Its columnar habit will reach 6 feet in about 10 years. Plant it in a well-drained, full sun site that begs for a focal point or punctuation—a sculptural anthropomorphic form. If you're not...

An elegant Choisya: evergreen with shiny, narrow, bright green leaves, decidedly but softly fragrant, profuse white flowers in late spring that open from light pink buds. It blooms sporadically thereafter, particularly in fall. The foliage is fragrant, too, with a pungent citrus scent when crushed. A good-looker and quite dense! (Alas, like...

A rounded compact evergreen shrub, with small crinkled gray-green leaves, provides a pleasing backdrop for the white crepe paper blooms with bright yellow stamens. Shows off throughout June with such abundance the petals carpet the ground! Mature size: 3 ft x 3 ft Minimum temperature: 5° F

This dense and winter-hardy Cistus becomes covered with large, snow-white flowers that have deep burgundy-red blotches towards their golden centers. Its blooming season is long and it is evergreen to boot! New growth occurs season-long and is a marvelous red-bronze. You'll love the fact that this is not only beautiful nearly...