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Looking for a strong architectural presence and a touch of exotica plus low maintenance? Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard' will provide all that plus wonderful color all year round. Bright gold leaves edged in green will even change color in late autumn and winter — the yellow will take on pink and coral...

Thin, strappy leaves form a 3 ft T x W clump that can form offsets. In summer, large cream flowers open from purple buds on stalks 5-7 feet tall. This variety of Narrow-Leaved Yucca is native to Arizona and Utah. Mature size: leaves, 3 ft T & W; flower spike, 5-7 ft T Minimum temperature: -10° F Photo by:...

A pale peach blossom opens in mid-to-late summer and on into fall, especially responding to rain showers. Narrow, dark, green, grassy foliage. How delightful! Mature size: 8–12 inches tall, clumping Minimum temperature: 0° F

This drought-tolerant Pacific Northwest native has ebullient golden sunflowers on short stems, and large, rough leaves reminiscent of the shape of a mule's ears. The seeds are a delicious treat for goldfinches during the heat of summer; Field Crescent butterflies also enjoy dining on the nectar of this beauty that grows a nice,...

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

August and September porcelain-pink flowers bloom among large, medium green, asymmetrical, toothed leaves; collected by Dan Hinkley at Mt. Emei, Sichuan Province, China. 6 – 8" T Minimum temperature: 10° F; mulch in our region

Cheerful and tough, C. x laxus is the offspring of dwarf, hairy-leaved, mounding C. hirsutus and the upright, hardier C. populifolius. With multitudes of 2-inch white, yellow-centered flowers during summer, and dense enough foliage to suppress weeds. Mature size: 3 feet T & 5 feet W, vigorous, and evergreen. Minimum temperature: 10° F

Medium to light green leaves have a wide, irregular, cream-white margin, and sweetly fragrant white spring flowers adorn this pretty, airy shrub. Deciduous, to 6' tall. Minimum temperature: -30° F

'Thérèse Bugnet' is a vigorous, dense, and upright rose. Resembling more a damask rose than a rugosa, it has delicious, ruffled, pink, dense, double blooms up to 4-inches across. Bloom time is mid-spring through the first frost. The foliage is blue-green and its red canes keep it interesting in winter. Deciduous shrub; mature...

This woody-based perennial produces yellow-green, supple, toothed leaves that make for a bright, abundant presence. Geometric, cream-yellow spires emerge in mid- through late autumn. Here's a plant for the late-season garden! Cut it back hard in spring to produce a thick, lush plant. Will scorch with too much sun and/or not enough water....

A curled, silver-blue, very dense arrangement of needles distinguishes this dwarf, globe-shaped Korean fir. It would work well as a sculptural specimen in a pot; it's definitely conversation-worthy and begs to be touched — give it a pat. It originated as a witch's broom from 'Silberlocke' in Germany. The typical rate of growth in most...

Terminal (P. terminalis) spikes of small white flowers bloom in early spring above a carpet of whorled, extremely glossy leaves. 6 – 12" T and colonizing by rhizomes, it loves rich, organic, well-draining soils, and will remain healthy if occasionally thinned. Minimum temperature: -20° F

Yellow-gold emerging spring growth becomes yellow-green by early summer, ensconcing narrow, pendent, crimson sepals surrounding purple corollas mid-summer to fall. Plant deeply. Mature size: 2 - 3 ft T 2-3 ft W Minimum temperature: -10° F

Unique, double-white flowers bloom above large, downy, maple-like leaves. It can form a nice thicket for a screen. A showy selection of our native Western Thimbleberry; like the species this one is thornless! But for its double-flower abundance, the sacrifice is made that it can seldom, if ever, bear fruit in our garden....

Clusters of white flowers in spring become multitudes of bright red berries dotting its dense, glossy, evergreen leaves in early fall and throughout winter. (Water for more bloom and berries.) It provides some of the best coverage for a slope and other low-maintenance areas where weed suppression and low water is...

Wide and textural foliage lies flat and dense to form a weed-suppressing mat that is pink, mauve-purple, and sage-green! Flecks of white sparkle at the leaf edges. In mid- to late-spring, 6-inch ascending blue spikes dramatically stud the surface, especially affecting in mass plantings. It would have delighted Monet! Evergreen, so...