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Honestly, the flowers are not blue at all, but they ARE still lovely. This ornamental, non-spiny, thistle will grace your borders in mid-spring through early summer with nectar-rich, deep, fuchsia-red bloom-puffs on tall upright stems. Large, deeply-lobed, grey-green leaves arch upward to form a mounding basal rosette. Mature size: 3-4 ft...

Award-winning, rich red, bomb type flowers on tall, stiff stems. Early spring bloom. Perennial; mature size: 36 in T x W Minimum temperature: -40° F

In early summer, loose clusters of flower bells in shades of ivory-green & purple-pink on tall stems. The seedheads are fun in a dry arrangement. Ships when fully dormant: July through February Perennial bulb; mature size: 30 in T Minimum temperature: -10° F

More delicate and slow-growing than most Kousa cultivars, 'Beni Fuji' produces copious small, narrow, deep pink bracts in mid-spring. Those "flowers" are followed by green mace-shaped fruits that ripen to red round balls. If left unshaped, this dogwood will achieve a shrubby, open form. However, it can be trained to a single...

This striking, hard-to-find shade tree has crinkly leaves with medium green centers and wide, wavy chartreuse edging. Variegation is more consistent than some other yellow/green cultivars. A relatively fast grower. Mature size: 40 ft T x 25 ft W. Minimum temperature: -30° F

Late-spring to early summer large, anemone-type blooms have rose-pink petals around an explosion of deep pink and gold staminoides. Perennial; mature size: 2-3 ft T x W Minimum temperature: -40° F

A dense, evergreen--or "eversilver" in this case--shrub that forms a dense mound of velvety blue-grey leaves. In summer, yellow, daisy-like blooms are held above the leaves on fuzzy stems. Mature size: 3-4 ft T x 4 ft W Minimum temperature: 10°- 15°F

In late winter - early spring, cream-white blooms with lavender-blue picotee edges. The reverse of the petals is sometimes lavender-blue instead of, or as well as, the edges. Egg-yolk yellow centers, too! The blooms form in clusters on stems that rise just above rosettes of crinkled, medium-green leaves. Mature size: up...

'Mound San Bruno' is smaller in overall size and leaves than the species, so it's possibly more small-garden friendly. Just like the species, however, it is an excellent addition to a mixed hedge or chaparral planting. The small flowers in early to mid-spring are total bee magnets--seriously there will be masses...

Shiny, medium-green, strappy leaves are topped in mid to late spring by stout little flower spikes. Blooms are light blue with dark blue veins. Great for a rock garden. Evergreen; mature size: 18 inches T x 15 inches W Minimum temperature: -40° F

Large pale blue flowers float above deeply incised foliage and red-tinged stems. Easy and rewarding. Selection made by Frank Waley in France during World War I. Please note the rhizomes of Wood Anemones root later in spring and may be shipped before plants are rooted-in. NOTE: These are SUMMER DORMANT...

Light green, fine & fluffy needles. Very slow-growing, 1-2 inches/yr; low & rounded in early years then forms a leader & becomes pyramidal. Mature size: 1 ft T x 2 ft W in 10 yrs Minimum temperature: -40° F

One of the bluest A. nemorosa--deep, lavender-blue petals with purple backs. Soft yellow centers. Cute & naturalizing. Please note the rhizomes of Wood Anemones root later in spring and may be shipped before plants are rooted-in. NOTE: These are SUMMER DORMANT plants; they dry up and go "to sleep" after...

In mid to late summer, 2-ft spikes of rosy pink, feathery flower clusters. Leaves are deeply lobed, and medium-green and form a mounded clump. Great for pond edge. It is slow to increase and thus slow to propagate but well worth the wait. It will never outgrow it's place in the...

Artfully dense & contuored branches with dark green leaves. More sun = more dense; more shade = more open. Becomes upright with age. VERY slow growing, in 50 or so years to 6 ft T x 2+ ft W. Mature size: 2ft T x 1ft W in 10 yrs Minimum temperature: -20° F

Tiny, grey-green leaves dot the length of prostrate branches. In spring, clusters of tiny, white flowers grace the branch tips, then age to an attractive coppery tan by fall. Branch, leaf, and flower are all a bit fuzzy. This deciduous, low-growing shrub is native to high elevations in Oregon, California, Arizona,...