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Western North America native with umbels of white flowers with a delicate dark midrib. Works as a mixer with other xeriscape plantings. A great nectar and pollen source for many insects. Early spring bloom. Mature size: 12-24 in T Minimum temperature: -10° F

Supremely fuzzy young fronds emerge in spring capped in white and grow into rigid and upright silvery-green spires that stay beautiful through the summer heat. Great for rock gardens, sandy and acidic coastal soils. Rhizomatously spreading. Photo taken at the JC Raulston Arboretum, in NC. Mature size: 18 in T x 24...

From Dan Hinkley, a hardy Begonia collected in Myanmar at 9,000'. Robust and clumping with marbled leaves. (More observations later as we wait and watch!) Minimum temperature: 10°?F

A rough, spreading Eastern North American native perennial. It grows typically to 3 feet tall on thick stems with broad light green leaves to 8 inches long. Late-spring into mid-summer brings fragrant, pinkish-purple domed flowers with a charming, slight droop. Flowers give way to seed pods (2-4" long) which ripen to split open and...

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

Evergray cord-like silvery stems have small white summer flowers. 6'x6' shrub that is happy enough with poor but well-drained soil. New Zealand.Minimum temperature: 5° F

Undulating evergreen leaves are held tightly to reddish-tan, self-clinging stems that climb to 20'. The flowers that bloom when the plant is mature, are worth the wait — they're like an exploded white lace cap. With its aerial roots it makes a good tree-trunk companion, brightening the shade. It's okay, it...

Summer-long saturated red flowers of the most brilliant red you've ever seen line tall, strong stems with purple-bronze leaves—bright red on dark red. A robust clumping perennial, Vulcan reaches about 30" tall. Favored by hummingbirds and butterflies alike! Minimum temperature: -10° F

A prolific bloomer, Moonglow has pea-green, narrow, evergreen leaves with silver reverse—beautiful in arrangements. Four-inch antique-white flowers are enchanting and plentiful with a wonderful, light, lemony fragrance. This tree flowers heavily in late spring to early summer and again sporadically the rest of the season. The cone-like fruits contain bright red seeds....

This AGM recipient is a showstopper! Slender spires of warm, buttery yellow emerge from abundant, blade-like foliage. An exuberant efflorescence that often lasts from July to October! The perfect way to add an architectural element to any garden bed. Prefers sun to part shade. Available to ship from November through March....

Forming an expanding mat of glossy, overlapping, rounded succulent leaves with spikes of bright yellow starry flowers in summer, it will find crack or crevice, and grow in sun or even dry part shade. Soil too shallow for deeper-rooted plants (because of tree roots or other issues) is perfect for...

As the cultivar name implies, the fronds and pinnae or leaflets are very linear and are multi-forked at the tips in a finger-like fashion. Imagine almost every leaflet splitting to form lacy tips. Fronds can be up to 4 feet long and the whole fern can form a fountain of fine, fizzy, frothy...

Lovely, tall spikes full of purple-pink flowers summer-long. They are very deer-resistant because of their pungent minty smell — pleasant to us but not to deer. It re-blooms if deadheaded. Agastache (pronounced a-gas'-tucky) is a useful, long-lasting staple of the dry garden. Mature size: 4 ft T & 3 ft W Minimum temperature: -10° F

Elegant flower spikes of amber blossoms with creamy lips and rusty veining throughout bloom midsummer. Native to the Balkan peninsula, it does well in rocky conditions. Mature size: 2 ft T x 1 ft W Minimum temperature: 0° F

Eucomis bicolor has a large flower spike of pale green edged with purple, borne 12 to 24 inches tall on purple-speckled stout stems. The tuft of small green leaves at the top makes the flower cluster resemble a pineapple. A particularly hefty Eucomis; summer bloomer. Ships when dormant. Mature size: 12-24 inches tall...

Stems of puffball lilac-blue globes in spring through early summer. Forms a tufted mound of long evergreen basal leaves with rounded, spoon-like tips. Just darn cute. We previously offered it as Globularia trichosantha, the name on the stock plants we received from another nursery, but have since found that name was...