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Another South African plant to blow you away, Tecomaria capensis is a fast-growing shrub with rose-like emerald foliage that gets covered in sprays of scarlet, tubular flowers. In cooler climates, this plant is deciduous and grows as an upright woody sub-shrub; in warm climates, this plant is an evergreen, delicious giant...

A tall clumping toad lily with orchid-like pale blooms so speckled in fuchsia they appear purple. Blooms in late summer to early fall. Best grown in part sun or light shade in moisture-retentive soils. Mature size: 2-3 ft T x 1-2 ft W Minimum temperature: -15° F Formerly sold as T. maculata.

These dwarf pincushion flowers create polite bunches of beauty all summer, blooming in shades of pale pink, purple, and blue. Ideal for bringing just a bit of cottage garden style and color palette to rock gardens or containers. They perform best in full sun with well-draining soil. An established plant will...

Highly dense, low evergreen fern with branched front tips. New fronds emerge each spring with a red, coppery color, more vibrant with more light. Prefers light shade with rich, evenly moist, well-drained soils, though an established plant can handle some drought. These ferns will grow in sun, but will require much...

Blooming July to September, Luna™ 'Red' has deep-burgundy "crepe de chine" flowers, 6-8 inches across, surrounded by dark green elliptic leaves. It is deer-resistant but attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies. Sun with afternoon shade is the ideal exposure, but it will tolerate full sun. These perennials make their appearance late...

A once-in-a-lifetime lucky find by Oscar Schoaf in Southern Minnesota! 'Shoaf's Double Pink' adds tasteful petite pink pom-poms to your woodland spring garden. The pink flowers are long-lasting as their petals are actually sepals, and they do not lose their color as they age. A spring ephemeral, it will go to sleep...

Mountain pride is a handsome alpine penstemon from the mountains of the Sierra Nevada in Eastern California into Nevada. It is a low evergreen, almost mat-forming plant with bright magenta tubular flowers in mid-summer. The color will be more muted if in less alpine-like conditions. Alpine penstemons grow best if planted in...

Midsize manzanita with narrow, sharply-pointed, dark green foliage and bright pink bell-shaped blooms in early spring. Upright, vase-shaped form. Arctostaphylos stanfordiana ssp. stanfordiana is one of the latest blooming manzanitas in our garden, usually coming into full bloom by mid-April. Mature size: 4-6 ft T x 3-6 ft W, Minimum temperature: 15º...

One of the most handsome of the hairy Del Norte manzanitas we have ever been lucky enough to behold, found as a seedling following one of the California fires. Del Norte manzanitas are one of the hairiest species of Arctostaphylos. Their young foliage is gray-blue, and it deepens to gray-green with...

Gesneriad with large white/cream tubular flowers with deep, bright magenta veining through the inside of the flower. It spreads via rhizome to form a colony of tropical-looking foliage, and flowers in mid-fall. In our dry summers, this plant taps out at about 2 ft tall, even with all the love and attention...

Each summer, this PNW native perennial sends up flower spikes in deep, bright pink above deep green, rounded foliage; the overall effect is reminiscent of a hollyhock. Regular summer water prolongs the bloom period from June until frost. Expect only one round of blooms with no summer irrigation. It tolerates a wide...

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'Byrd Hill' is a good choice for gardeners looking for the fast-growing species, A. manzanita, but want a shrub that's not quite as giant, and one that grows with an upright vase-shaped form rather than the usual dome. Large, green oval leaves, the signature mahogany bark, and white blooms in late winter....

A Plant Delight's Nursery introduction of the SE native goldenrod with strong, vertical, narrow wands of yellow flowers from fall to first frosts. Lower foliage is dark green and narrow. Prefers full sun and regular summer watering. Mature size: 1ft T x 2 ft W, flowers to 6 ft T Minimum temperature: -20° F

A curious beebalm with white tubular blooms subtended (rests upon) by a whorl of showy, purplish-tinged, leafy bracts. Flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies. The toothed, aromatic, oblong, grayish-green leaves (to 4") may be used in teas - long summer bloom period. Only recently (as of 2015) separated from M. bradburiana, and shares...

Description coming soon Mature size: 4-6 in T x 3-6 ft W Minimum temperature: 15º F Not recommended for hot and humid climates.