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Looking for an exception to the usual? A profusion of yellow-beaked purple flowers covers this vine from mid-spring to mid-autumn, diminishing a bit as the season advances. And depending upon your locale, it can be deciduous or evergreen. Use it as a vine, as it is inclined, or as an upright shrub or...

A 3'x3' deciduous shrub, 'Dark Knight' has the deepest blue color of any of its relatives and a profusion of flower clusters. Silver beneath the small lanceolate leaves augments the blue! Its habit is upright, rounded, and tidy, and it blooms on new growth, so if you'd like it to be dense...

Sophisticated foliage for the early season and fragrant, grape-scented flowers too! A timeless beauty with those lovely, creamy-white and green striped leaves — a striking element, flowers or no flowers, but the flowers are a lovely light violet-blue ruffled crown above the spiky leaves. Minimum temperature: -30° F

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...

This is an elegant candelabra form that completes the classic stream-side or pond-side planting. Clump-forming plants have have blossom stems in shades of crimson up to 2 ft tall! Grow in moist rich soil. Minimum temperature: -30° F

Bright chartreuse leaves with burgundy tips that turn shades of orange and red in fall. Mature size: 12-18 inches T x 18-22 inches W Minimum temperature: -20° F

'Hot Lips' attracts bees and hummingbirds! Prolific white blooms, kissed boldly with crimson, cover the plant from late May until frost. Mature size: 2 ft T x W or wider if well-situated. Minimum temperature: -10° F

'Beni Kaze' or "red wind" is a flowing mound of narrow blades, jade-green, with increasing red, burnt orange, and golden blades as the season progresses. Lush and lovely, and ever more interesting. 1.5' T x 3' W Minimum temperature: -10° F

Blooming from August into October, given half a chance, are these speckled, purple-stained, "orchidesque" flowers with protruding, central, reddish propeller-like structures. These intriguing and exquisite flowers rise above lush, leafy growth at what seems an unlikely time of year. 2" T x 3'+ W Minimum temperature: -10° F

Evergreen, large, low, fleshy, scalloped leaves give rise in summer to striking, LONG, pendulous racemes of sulfur yellow. Needs sharp drainage and protection from the hottest sun. Evergreen succulent; mature size: 8 in T x 12 in Minimum temperature: -10° F

Evergreen can be a necessary thing. Being gold can be a provocative thing. 'Ogon' has both and is also tolerant of wet to average soil types. Growth to 1 ft tall and slowly spreading. Makes a perfect punctuation in the garden, good accent in a pot, or visually exciting in a sweeping swath. Minimum temperature: -20°...

A splashy little Japanese mint, with brushstrokes of yellow variegation, growing about 20" tall in the woodland setting. Spikes of yellow flowers are a welcome addition in the summer to fall garden. Minimum temperature: -20° F

This is a unique deciduous plant with arching red stems bearing wide, lance-shaped leaves that turn from mid-green to red in fall. Inconspicuous green flowers are followed by clusters of round, fleshy, translucent yellow fruit. Though they look juicy, most of the plant is poisonous so find something less risky to...

Found in the high, rocky areas of the Himalayas and into China. Low-growing foliage (just about 1 inch) spreads on underground woody stems. Yellow blooms 2 inches above low bright green foliage have cute reverse heart-shaped petals. Blooms in late summer. Floriferous and low-growing, this can be a great crevice filler or between...

This little botanical exclamation point has small, dense green needles with bright gold edges all year. This is a male clone but it forms no pollen cones. Provide regular water while getting established, then at least during hot periods. Mature size: Slow growing to 4 feet tall & 1.5 feet wide in...

This 12-inch tall, semi-evergreen epiphytic fern is dark green with upright leathery fronds that are the crested form of the native polypody, i.e. fronds are bifurcated at the tips. It's a fall grower and summer sleeper looking its very best in winter, which can contribute to making your fern garden vibrant...