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With white speckling concentrating toward the edges of large palmate leaves, this evergreen will light up the shade. And autumn brings stout sprays of spherical white flowers. If you were wondering what to do with the shady portion of a tropicalesque garden, this is it! Or, if you are enjoying the...

Pendent clusters of white, urn-shaped flowers bloom in spring amid small, variegated, whorled leaves. This is a sweet, dense, compact shrub in a tidy globe form. Great for any small space, and evergreen. Mature size: 2- 3 ft tall & wide Minimum temperature: -20° F

In mid-spring, tall pink flower spikes soar above large, 5-parted, deeply-veined leaves that emerge chocolate-brown, then green, then bronze, and red, then back to chocolate-brown. We're glad it can't make up its mind. Mature size: 2.5-3 feet tall & 2.75-5 feet wide Minimum temperature: -20° F

It's the perfect small Astilbe for a container on a shaded porch or placed at the front of the shade border. 'Perkeo' grows in a small mound between 8" and 10" tall with finely dissected deep green foliage and new growth emerging with a reddish-bronze cast. Pink plumes bloom June – August. AGM winner!...

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

Small, soft yellow flower spritzes bloom on bare stems in late winter, and bright red, shiny, oblong, edible, inch-long fruit cover the tree in late summer through fall. They're wonderful for preserves and brighten the fall garden significantly. Lovely for the birds, too. Mature size: 15-25 ft T x 15-20 ft W Minimum...

Tiny, adorable flowers (deep pink sepals and purple corolla) bloom all summer on this upright hardy plant. Species hybrid of F. lyscoides and F. magellanica. Plant deeply. Mature size: 2-4 ft tall. Minimum temperature: 0° F

In late winter/very early spring you will follow your nose to this dwarf clump-forming shrub to enjoy the sweet, sweet fragrance from its small, small white flowers. Fragrant Valley™ has glossy dark green, narrow leaves. Happiest in deep to part shade, it will tolerate some sun with ample water. Disease-resistant,...

'Meadow Muffin', so-named for its basal, muffin-like leaf rosettes, blooming May–June with flat, light lavender ray flowers with large yellow-green centers. Wonderfully curious. Mature size: 16 in T x W Minimum temperature: 0° F

Whorls of hooded, jaunty yellow flowers adorn this golden-hued shrub midsummer to frost. Felted, large, sage-like leaves turn lime-green with age. Resists nibbling by deer and is drought-tolerant; one tough customer. Mature size 3 ft x 3 ft Minimum temperature: 0° F Photo: "Phlomis chrysophylla" by Valérie75 is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Image...

Rigid, broadly elliptic evergreen leaves are washed with pewter, and dainty, porcelain-light-blue forget-me-not flowers bloom in spring. Intriguing and rare, it comes from Mt. Emei in Sichuan, China, collected by Dan Hinkley. It will increase slowly by stolons to form a polite and lovely colony. (syn. Trigonotis cavelleri) Mature Size: 8 inches...

Native to the harsh conditions (gravelly areas and dunes in full, dry, hot summer sun and cold winters) of the Tian Shan mountains, on the border between Kazakhstan and the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of western China, this plant is one tough hombre with only one real requirement — lean, well-draining...

Clusters of luscious, deep rose-pink blooms arrive in early spring and stay an unusually long time, red-orange berries following. The new leaves are glowing copper-red eventually becoming blue-green, beautiful against exfoliating cinnamon bark! Of the many pajorensis cultivars, 'Brett' and 'Paradise' have the deepest red new growth. 'Brett' generally grows...

A shorter Persicaria, this species creeps to form a dense mat. Narrow leaves ascend among its cylindrical flower spikes of varying pinks and reds that bloom mid-summer and into autumn. It's "...native to the Himalayas in altitudes up to 15,800’ where it creeps over alpine slopes, glacial moraines, rocky areas, wet meadows...

From the Magellanic Plains of Southern Argentina comes this evergreen, glossy, tiny-leafed, mounding shrub, tolerant of harsh conditions including wind. It can handle a salty seaside too. Small white sputniks stud the surface in early spring to midsummer, making it look a bit Christmasy. While it is essentially xeric, it would benefit...

Native to European roadsides and meadows, this Lychnis has a bachelor-button type habit though it would ideally like a little more moisture. Above basal leaves, red branching flower stems hold double pink pom-poms mid-spring to mid-summer. It's pretty, and perfect for butterflies to nectar on. If you'd like a sterile, long-blooming perennial this...