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Apple green leaves with dark red-purple center blotch are quite attractive. Carmine red flowers float on neighboring stems. Non-invasive. Mature size: 8 inches tall and wide Minimum temperature: -10° F

Neither a strawberry nor a geranium, this Saxifraga does look a bit like a combination of the two. It is, in any case, very attractive: mat-forming with rounded, leathery silver-veined evergreen leaves and pinkish-red backsides. The 18 inch tall bloom stalks are aflutter with asymmetrically-'winged' white flowers. Excellent small groundcover for a potted specimen plant...

Bright green, sharp-pointed leaf manzanita with a crawling, mounding habit. Clean winter foliage. Mature size: more observation required Minimum temperature: 10º F Not recommended for hot and humid climates.

Green-tipped white bracts (the ruffed collar), and pink and white center pin cushions will sparkle in the shade garden in late spring. It colonizes but uses good manners. And it will even survive periods of dry shade in late summer, too! Mature size: 2-3 ft T, slowly colonizing Minimum temperature:...

Huge, wooly leaves in midsummer give rise to hooded lilac flowers in whorls on 3 ft stems. Architectural! Mature size: 36 in T x 24 in W Minimum temperature: 10° F

Many of us Garrya lovers are simply running out of space for the amazing Western native shrub, Garrya buxifolia is the answer to many a small garden's prayers. It's a dwarf silktassel!! It grows much more upright than its relatives and usually caps out at 6 ft T. Grows best in full sun...

This striking species was discovered by Kingdon Ward on the Temo La in the Tibetan province of Pome in 1924. New lustrous mahogany stems with deciduous powdery blue leaves are a harmonious complement to the intermittent soft yellow spring flowers. Leaves mature to a handsome purple, with some developing spines, on this...

Large flowers, the color of faded blue jeans, bloom on 20-inch stems from spring until frost, particularly if given well-draining, rich soil. Once again, another Salvia for the bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Mature size: 2 ft T x W Minimum temperature: 10° F

Low form manzanita with fuzzy blue-green foliage and white blooms in early spring. Tolerant of sand and most commonly found on steep slopes, but has been happy planted in the flats of our dry meadow in decently well-draining clay soils. Photos of shrub taken late August 2025 in its fifth...

This exciting vertical accent plant with very fine soft bright green feathery leaves stumps even some plant nerds. Herbaceous, tall, and narrow, with insignificant white flowers; it's about the feathery foliage, which, by the way, turns reddish in fall. The form is extremely tall and narrow (sometimes gravity must be...

Texas native, blooming from summer through autumn with whimsical light purple flowers. BELOVED of the butterflies, particularly monarchs and queens. Matures quickly and is quite drought-tolerant once established. Charmingly wild and is a fabulous filler in cottage gardens. We've loved it at our location in the Willamette Valley for its fortitude...

Produces large, beautiful, and delicious berries from late spring through early autumn. Self-pollinating and very disease resistant! Mature Size: 8-10 in T x 12-18 in W Minimum temperature: -20° F

'Chi Chi' or 'Tschi Tschi' is a dense, small tree with intriguing, corky, downward projections on trunk and branches, visible as small, pointed knobs in early age. (Reportedly, tschi tschi translates as breast.) Its fall color is the beautiful yellow-gold that all Ginkgos boast. Mature size: slow grower to 10 feet...

These most elegant April through May ivory-green flowers have faint, rusty-red markings, and are beautifully fragrant of sweet almond at night. It's truly wondrous to catch the scent of a mature clump—it will draw you in. With very fine, rush-like foliage and wands holding what seems like a flurry of butterflies, this...

A mounded, densely branched sub-shrub of silver-grey leaves. Pink-burgundy, round flower clusters early to late spring. Great for rock gardens. Minimum temperature: -20° F Evergreen sub-shrub/perennial to 18 in T x 15 in W

Summery warm colors of golden apricot and peachy-orange on 3' stems; you'll want to share it with everyone. Pictured with the blue of Melianthus major 'Antonow's Blue' as the backdrop, they make a beautiful pair. Minimum temperature: 0° F