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Brilliant! A cascading mound of solid chartreuse to light green, depending upon exposure, Everillo is nicely robust. It prefers at least light shade and moist soils, but it doesn't want to be swamped. Mature size: 2 ft T x W Minimum temperature: -20° F

One of the hardiest palms, it grows over 15 feet tall with a spread of 6–8 ft. on a coarse, fibrous trunk. It's beautiful covered with snow! Native to northern India, northern Burma, and central China, it can be found at elevations of almost 8,000 feet. Minimum temperature: 0° F Featured on Great...

Early spring blooms, thoroughly variegated white and light green with yellow, domed centers, are a breath of fresh air in the shade garden. They bloom a bit before and during their tri-lobed, deeply cut leaves emerge, also variegated, but at the margins. Together, they make an extremely unique, low, clump-forming mound. Mature...

Pointed leaves emerge bronze in spring, followed by flowers with pale lavender-pink sepals and dramatic, rich, dark purple spurred petals. Deciduous clumper. Mature size: 16 in T x 24 in W Minimum temperature: -20° F

Formerly considered an Epilobium, Chamaenerion angustifolium is commonly referred to as fireweed. Here in the Pacific Northwest, where it is native, it can be seen springing up in large forest burns. Against a dark background of charcoal, hot magenta flowers, reddish stems, and bright green narrow leaves quickly colonize into thickets....

KioKio is a Maori name for this elegant fern from New Zealand. It is especially distinguished by a new growth blush of rusty-orange against bright light green and its only once-divided fronds. With adequate moisture, it will tolerate some sun. 2–3' tall. Minimum temperature: 10° F

Thin, papery leaves with 5 narrow, elegant lobes, are blushed with pink and purple and are yellow-orange in fall accompanied by yellow samaras. A truly elegant Chinese maple from forested regions. Mature size: 20–40 ft T x W Minimum temperature: 0° F

New spring foliage is a pretty and showy pink infused with flecks of gold as the leaves mature. Toward summer the leaves turn progressively greener. Stocky and rounded, 'Puget Pink' makes a nice small shade tree. Mature size: 20 ft T x W Minimum temperature: -20° F Sorry, we cannot ship Acer pseudoplatanus to New York...

Emerging in late spring, initial growth is a rich orange-bronze later becoming dark green. The fronds are especially wide with interesting, enlivening crinkled pinnae or leaflets. Semi-evergreen, it benefits in colder climates by leaving the fronds as a mulch in winter. This is a rhizomatous spreader with 3–4-foot fronds! It will assume mighty...

Pink-lavender flowers hang on tall stems above foliage that emerges a maroon red before turning green. *Evergreen perennial 18 in T x 24 in W Minimum temperature: -20° F *Foliage is cut back for shipping in the late fall and winter. Expect new foliage in the early spring.

A cultivar of the 'Spiny Form' E. wushanense, the leaves emerge shiny red lustrous, which showcases the pale yellow and white spring flowers. Mature size: 18 in T x 24 in W. Minimum temperature: -20° F Foliage is cut back for shipping in the late fall and winter. Expect new foliage in the early...

Springtime yellow-centered flowers with purest white cups, spurs, and sepals, dance like fairies above evergreen* foliage. Leaves emerge mottled in red hues and age to green. E. latisepalum x E. ogisui Mature size: 10-14 inches T, 16-24 inches W Minimum temperature: -20° F *Foliage is cut back for shipping in the late fall...

'Meigetsu' means "moon" in Japanese, and the moon-shaped leaves on this broadly columnar, upright Japanese maple are quite striking. They emerge bright green and then turn deep shades of red in the fall. Absolutely stunning fall display. A rarely encountered Acer japonicum cultivar. Mature size: 10 ft tall x 5 ft wide in...

An exciting new cultivar! Found by Paul Warnick as a witch’s broom mutation on Larix kaempferi ‘Diana’ from Buckholz Nursery planted at the University of Idaho Arboretum. This unusual dwarf larch earns its name with twisted, serpentine sprigs. Prefers full sun with some summer water. Mature size: Unknown, but very slow-growing...

Delicate and slightly weepy (think black and white film proverbial Victorian widow). Foliage emerges in the spring in a bright dark red, then progresses to summer foliage ranging from dark burgundy to brick red. Fall color depends more on temperature and light. A cooler wet autumn leads to dark black while more...

One of our staff's favorite Epimediums for the large, high-contrast blooms of rich dark purple spurs with white or pale purple sepals. This epimedium holds its flowers a little higher for the viewer than some of its relatives. Spiky broad foliage. Clumping. Mature size: 1 ft T x 1-2 ft W Minimum temperature: -30° F *Foliage...