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Dangling blooms in shades of rose-red to pink arrive in early spring on this flowering currant native to the Western US & Canada. Hummingbird loved. Needs no additional summer water once established. Mature size: 6 ft T x W Minimum temperature: -10º F Featured on Great Plant Picks: https://www.greatplantpicks.org/plantlists/view/1343 Restricted DE, MA, ME, MI, NC,...

A native from 3,000–9,000 feet in Southern Oregon, California, and Nevada, this is an evergreen groundcover/shrub oak. The catkins in May are like sprays of beaded filaments in orange and gold; later the light green and then brown acorns are conspicuously ornamental—not what you were expecting on a low shrub. Leathery, small...

Lightly waving on slender stems, lemon-yellow flowers are held above narrow, pleated, gray-green leaves. It performs well in a sunny, dry rockery, in clay, or is equally happy in a moist sandy area, too. Slowly naturalizing, it will cheer you on through spring, and after a midseason dormant period, will lustily revive in...

This west coast native has reddish-pink bark, a leathery felted leaf with sometimes a pinkish margin, and blackish fruit. It's great for hedges, screens, or to help create an evergreen anchor for your garden. 15'x15' and good-looking!Minimum temperature: 0° F

A captivating shrub native to the Western Coast (California and into Oregon); blossoms either white to pink with a brushstroke of light yellow, and long, upturned stamens can be found April through early June. Its spicy-sweet scent creates a memorable aromatherapy moment — probably one of our most fragrant native plants. The deciduous...

Bred and introduced in 1968 by Dr. Robert Basye, this rose is a lovely cross of R. rugosa and R. foliolosa. The single flowers are a rich, velvety, purple-crimson-wine, and bloom in sequence on arching stems of dark plum-purple throughout the season! (For the romantic with a renaissance bent.) This large shrub grows...

'Flutterbye' is large, robust, and disease-resistant. Non-stop entertainment: it will show off all its colors at once: yellow, tangerine, pink, coral, and white in its simple flower with large wavy petals, and will blanket you with its spicy fragrance. Heaven. Mature size: 5 ft tall x 3 ft wide Minimum temperature: -20º F

Coming to us from south and central Europe to the Caucasus, this fountain of small gray-green to plum-purple leaves holds small but significant deep pink flowers that fade to white around a yellow center. Bloom time is mid- to late-spring, attracting butterflies, followed closely by the vivid orange-red hips attractive to...

Clustered double white roses with 12 petals. A spring or summer flush with a wonderful fragrance. Very disease-resistant with small, glossy, leathery foliage... and nearly thornless! Mature size: 9 – 18 ft tall; climbing or rambling. Minimum temperature: -10° F

In early spring through summer, scads of bright blue flowers mingle with aromatic dark green, needle-like leaves on erect spires. Very dependable: tolerant of poor soil, and unscathed by single-digit temperatures here in Western Oregon. Makes a striking hedge; also a bee magnet! Mature size: 4–5 feet T x 2–3 feet W in 5 years. Minimum...

A creeping evergreen groundcover, native to China, with large, rounded, glossy leaves nearly 6 inches across! This rarely offered plant can live in full shade to full sun. The early summer white flowers, followed by orange-red, edible, raspberry-like fruit, are attractive to bees, butterflies, and birds. Minimum temperature: -10° F

'Dublin Bay' is a low climbing rose (only about 10 feet tall and 5 feet wide) with velvety deep red flowers over a long season on sturdy stems and above dark green glossy foliage. It is the red, red rose! Minimum temperature: -10° F

Small, semi-double, fragrant white flowers with sometimes a light pink cast, bloom once in summer. Profuse flowers are very impressive if sent up a large tree, climbing up to 30 feet. That will work perfectly because it takes part shade. We have this one climbing up an Oak tree across from our...

Vibrant flowers: a sunrise of light yellow to carmine...on the verge of starting a cult. Very showy and tough and very, very long-blooming; it just doesn't know when to quit. Mature size: 5 feet T & W Minimum temperature: -10° F

Rosa 'Moje (pronounced "moyeh" in Swedish where it was bred in 1931) Hammarberg' is a fantastic rugosa rose that has spice-scented blooms from spring until fall. The semi-double magenta flowers stand out against the crinkled green leaves. It has excellent disease-resistance and is more compact, rounded, and floriferous than other rugosa...

Upright, heavily veined and textured leaves are green with washes of red and brown, and midsummer bright red to dark rose plumes on tall stems. Best in moist situations that simulate the woodland. Mature size: 3 ft T & W Minimum temperature: -30° F