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Native to the southeastern US, the Yellowwood is a deciduous tree with lush, pinnately compound leaves of bright green, rich golden-yellow in fall. In 8–10 years you'll be rewarded with wonderfully fragrant creamy panicles in May that cover the tree like so much wisteria. A legume, the flowers will be followed by...

Very pale blue, one-inch pendent flowers with reflexed petals bloom from midsummer to fall. Tops of the bell petals are painted a little darker blue-lavender. On a mature vine, as many as 100 bells might bloom simultaneously. This lovely bevy of blooms hails from Portugal and SW Spain. Deciduous vine; mature size:...

Star-shaped, heavenly-scented flowers bloom in spritely, airy, pendent clouds, mid-summer through mid-autumn – one of my favorite species for scampering up a small tree, large shrub, or ambling over a fence or wall. It is vigorous but may be cut to the ground yearly if you want to curb its enthusiasm. Native...

This vine blooms late spring into summer with delightful rich pink urn-shaped flowers that have thick, tightly recurving petals - the type you drew when you were inventing fanciful fairy flowers as a 10-year-old. But these are marvelously real! Leave the spent flowers and enjoy the fanciful seed heads. Native to the...

A superb hybrid with glossy green incised foliage and up to 6-foot spikes of white flowers with purple hoods. These dramatic plants bloom in June and July at the height of summer! Acanthus leaves might look a bit familiar because they were sculpted to form the capitals of Corinthian columns. Mature size:...

Pink-tinged buds open as deliciously fragrant white flowers in late spring—masquerading as a Daphne in scent (truly a rival) though much less finicky in the garden. Unlike Daphne, it's deciduous; the fall foliage develops a rich red-orange-purple hue as it ages. And the flower sepals, blushed pink, also have ornamental value on this...

A multi-stemmed, fast-growing, deciduous shrub with arching branches. In very early spring, fragrant white flowers (sometimes pink-tinted) will open from purple buds and bloom along the still-bare stems. Place this one along a path where you'll enjoy the sweetly scented white flowers in early- through mid-spring. After the blooms are spent, medium-green...

Hailing from Chile, this plant nevertheless does very well here in our garden in the Northwest. In a recent winter, we did get down to just under 0º F and it made it through! If it does die back, it has a good history of coming back from the base with vigor. You...

Long lasting twirling skirts of festive deep gold, swirling into orange and then with an added dash of red. Stunning when paired with purples and blues. Mature size: 3 ft T x W Minimum temperature: -30° F

Clumping foliage gives rise in late summer to upright stems with loose groups of bright yellow, 2-inch+ wide ray flowers with a chocolate aroma! This pervasive North American native is happy in clay! It will be more robust in wetland areas and moist soils in general but will be fine with...

Light green flower clusters brave winter weather on leathery, toothed, blue-green foliage. It's low-maintenance and useful, yet beautiful with occasional tinges of pink in the flower. And who doesn't need a green flower, I ask you? Evergreen; mature size: 2x2 ft Minimum temperature: 10° F

These freckled and speckled seedlings from our garden are of unknown parentage but we are glad its folks got together however briefly. The flowers form in light, apple-green clusters held above the foliage, altogether refreshing. Amenable to some shade, it can create a lovely glow, especially against darker vegetation. Low-maintenance, Evergreen...

Tall, saturated, coral-pink flowers spring from a low cushion of small, bright green ruffled leaves. Slowly spreading. Mature size: 6–12 inches tall & wide Minimum temperature: -40° F

A large specimen with starry, light lemon-yellow flowers from July to September. It's tolerant of dry soils but performs best with some summer water. Long-lived and always popular. Bring on the bees! Mature size: 6 ft tall and clumping Minimum temperature: -20° F

Powdery blue-gray narrow blades are topped with buff-yellow 2-foot tall seed heads late in the season. An ever-blue-gray presence for the winter landscape with a strong rounded form, this one keeps its shape. Whereas fescues (another blue-gray rounded grass) might be used en masse as a texture, Blue Oat Grass, larger and...

Large sprays of red-rimmed, apple-green flowers cluster over cascades of fine, linear dark green leaves. An excellent component in the tropicalesque garden or any other garden that needs an injection of bold pattern with low maintenance. A good, solid evergreen. Mature size: 3 ft T x W Minimum temperature: -20° F