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October to November, beautifully fragrant apricot-scented flowers perfume the whole garden! A fast-growing evergreen cross between O. heterphyllus and O. fragrans, it's a perfect screen or hedge that takes well to pruning. The dark green leaves have fine spines on their edges to deter pesky marauders, solicitors, or intruders of whatever stripe....

New leaves are rosy pink with dark green veins. Leaves age to a creamy green color, then a dark green. Different colored leaves show simultaneously through the growing season for a multi-colored display. Mature size: 6-8 feet tall & 4-6 feet wide in 10yrs Minimum temperature: -20° F

An upright dense grower with splashes of pink white and coral with whimsical swirling and randomly arranged leaf tips. Mature size: 6-8 ft T x 6 ft WMinimum temperature: -20° F

An adorable petite perennial with low-growing silver fern-like foliage that provides a complimentary backdrop to the small lavender flowers with darker purple markings. This Geranium cousin blooms, nearly continuously, from spring through fall with some supplemental water. Quite drought tolerant once established. Appreciates fertile soil. 'Natasha' is also sold as 'Spanish...

Naturalizing, 'Charlotte Bishop' is a mauve-pink star-flower blooming in late winter. Sweetly-scented and lovely in the lawn, in a meadow, in a border, or pot. Coming originally from alpine regions of Argentina and Uruguay, you'll find Ipheion a tough and delightful little genus. At least 3 mature bulbs per pot Minimum temperature: -20º F

A stately Pacific Northwest native with leathery evergreen leaves contrasted by lighter fine hairs on the lower surface. Flowers emerge June to August as multiple ascending elongated off-white spikes from branch tips, while the acorns form slightly below. Mature size: 4-10 ft T x W Minimum temperature: 0° F

Dissected, pinnate, ferny leaves are flaming red, yellow, and orange all summer, and brighter yet in autumn. Birds love the huge, felty, conical, red fruit. An extravagant plant! and compatible with a semi-tropical look. Small tree/large shrub — you decide. Mature size: 5 – 7 ft tall. Minimum temperature: -40º F (Pictured with Salvia...

Primula seed strain with intense dark deep red shades. Foliage is often bronze. Blooms in the late winter and early spring. When the bright spring sunlight hits its petals, the flowers look like twirling skirts of velvet. Adds jewels on your woodland borders. Mature size: 8 inches tall Minimum temperature: -20°...

Showy saucer-shaped, nickel-sized pale lavender flowers on this upright woodland perennial. Excellent for the woodland garden with humus-rich soil and summer water. This is an uncommon selection that provides a nice informal screen or backdrop to the shady border. Good for cut flowers and will rebloom if deadheaded. Native to Japan....

Medium green, large, heart-shaped leaves create a soothing effect on this slower-growing small shade tree, and early summer, 8-inch long, dangling, terminal racemes of white bell-flowers fragrance the air. Native to Hokkaido Island, Japan. Mature size: 25 – 30 feet tall and 15 – 25 feet wide in time with an...

Bright green serrated leaves up to 4" long emerge quite early in spring. Large, sunny-yellow, 5-petaled flowers soon follow and are the largest flowers of any Kerria cultivar. In winter, bright yellow-green stems are highly ornamental; show them off next to or in front of something purple or dark. (This...

An eye-catching primrose developed from a rare find at a nursery in England in 1999. Unusual undulating lobed leaves form a lush rosette with a dashing sparkler-like flower spike that opens deep magenta and then matures to blue-purple with a sunny yellow center. The color is more purple than blue to my eyes but I didn't...

Beautiful, foot-long silky tassels adorn this evergreen native in late winter (Jan-Feb in the PNW). Perfect for informal screening, it is already dense, but also very amenable to formative pruning in April or May. The bush is not crazy about wind — a little protection is good. And don't despair, it...

Yellow tubular flowers with brown freckles make a light and pretty spot in the garden, loved by hummers and shunned by deer. Politely self-sows; prefers morning sun and afternoon shade, or dappled shade. 12"-24" T, and clumping. Minimum temperature: -20° F

Loose clusters of foxglove-like flowers, white with purple-speckled throats, bloom in clusters over fleshy, heart-shaped leaves mid-summer to late summer. From southeastern China's moist woodlands and forests, it will spread by rhizomes to form a ground cover if the soil is rich, moist, and well-draining. Of the gesneriad family (Sinningia, African...

A Western Oregon native bulb, Fritillaria affinis comes from grassy meadows. Beautiful mottled green and purple nodding bells reveal large golden stamens from between the pointed petals. This is an exquisite find when hiking through a warm, sloping meadow. Tall, slender and elegant. Available for shipping once dormant, August - February It's imperative...