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From the Balkans, this is a species dwarf bearded iris with soft lemon-yellow flowers sailing above sage-green sickle-shaped leaves. Stout stalks are only 2 – 3 inches tall with flowers about 2 inches across. Perfect for moist but well-draining conditions in a rock garden. Minimum temperature: -10° F

Neat mounds of fernlike leaves cover themselves in early spring with exuberant, pea-like, red-based, pink and white flowers. Pretty, yet robust. Deciduous perennial 1 ft tall x wide in 3-4 years Minimum temperature: -20° F

Heart-shaped leaves surround flowers on terminal tips that develop into interesting crepe-paper-textured clusters of tan seed heads. A perennial vine from Himalayan forests. Survived droughts and below freezing temps here at the nursery, albeit next to a building. Minimum temperature: 0° F

With fluffy tufts, this prehistoric (400 million years old) fern relative is a tough spike moss that can take deep shade. It grows about 8" tall and 12" wide. Evergreen, with tints of russet in winter, it's lovely with Japanese Painted Ferns, with Hostas, and in shade containers. I have seen it...

A huge-flowered rose to violet mop-head Hydrangea blooming mid - late summer with huge leaves and sturdy stems! Deciduous. Remarkable! Mature size: 4 ft T x W Minimum temperature: -10° F

In late winter you will follow your nose to this earliest-blooming shrub to enjoy the sweet, sweet fragrance of the small white flowers — one of the very first harbingers of spring along with Viburnum 'Dawn' and Hamamelis. Glossy, narrow, dark green leaves on arching branches. Happiest in deep to...

This South African bulb has exquisite pale- to rich-pink flowers with narrow, wavy, recurved petals. Clusters of these lily-like flower top straight stalks in fall. Endemic to South Africa, they come from grassy, acidic marshes that experience summer rainfall—a clue to their cultural requirements. 2' T Minimum temperature: 10° F

Unusual, flat, narrow dark green needles clad this unique, mid-size conifer that can give your garden some year-round structure and interest. It's both vase-shaped and asymmetrical — dynamic! Tough and easy. Mature size: 4 ft T and 6 ft W from a narrow base. Minimum temperature: -20° F

Single, golden yellow flowers with orange center splotches hug the tops of shiny, medium green dense mounds of foliage. Mature size: 7 inches tall, clumping Minimum temperature: -20° F

Tasty berries from the middle of spring through late summer. Adds garden interest with large magenta flowers. Mature Size: 1 ft T x 2 ft W Minimum temperature: -20° F

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

Charming pale lavender-pink clusters of little bell-shaped flowers nod on arched stems up to 14 inches tall in early summer. This is a northwest native that reseeds lightly. Sweet. Minimum temperature: -40° F Summer Dormant

Blue-gray leaves and a mist of tan flowers in June play with the wind and last until fall. It's tolerant of variable water conditions and suitable as a garden matrix for wildflowers. Though native to the SW and to southern Mexico, Belize, and the West Indies, it's still very hardy. Up to...

A rare Chinese species, this Enkianthus has April and May pendent umbels of white, rounded, urn-shaped flowers, the largest of the genus. E. serrulatus will NOT have a regular, vase-shaped form like Enkianthus campanulatus and its cultivars. E. serrulatus will likely grow into an asymmetrical, idiosyncratic, sculptural form — wait and watch...

A tiny, rounded Balsam Fir with dark green needles radiating around slightly twisty branches. New spring growth is bright apple green. Evergreen, dwarf conifer; mature size 1+ ft T in 10 yrs Minimum temperature: -30° F

A low-growing perennial with many-flowered purple spikes and overlapping hairy bracts. Blooms early-late summer. Favorite of bumbles bees and butterflies. Native throughout North America. Minimum temperature: -40° F