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Purple buds open to white flower spikes in summer, along lax branches with blue-green leaves in a pronounced geometric arrangement. It's a good and tough ground cover for a sunny, well-draining spot. The one in our garden has lived healthfully over 15 years thus far. Evergreen. A low-growing selection. Mature size: 10 in T x 2 ft...

An excellent and showy meadow dweller, with endurance and flair! These bicolor blossoms are 2.5 inches across with light yellow edges converging with dark burgundy around its yolk-yellow eye. Blooms are long-lived in summer spreading cheer amongst pollinators and humans alike. Slowly spreading, but can naturalize with time. Deadhead for...

In spring, mottled, basal, tongue-like foliage sends up a delicate wand of nodding, yellow, lily-like blooms, petals daintily recurving. Happily naturalizes in moisture-retentive soil. It's imperative that Erythronium are kept evenly moist and not allowed to desiccate. We will not be responsible for replacements due to neglect. Each pot is checked...

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 of deep golden-yellow with a striking carmine-red picotee. It blooms for a long time in late winter. Herbaceous foliage will dry back to the ground in winter....

Warm yellow-orange blooms are streaked with deep red veining and picotee, brushed burgundy on the reverse. That matters because with a Hellebore that's the side you often see. The divided leaves, dark green, glossy, and leathery, remain on the plant throughout winter, especially in warmer climes. Remove old leaves midwinter to...

A variety of Asters dug from our garden! Minimum temperature: -20° F

Large, 6-inch leaves surround a smaller flower, but the flowers come in droves and are made for the lover of blue: trumpets of violet-blue to azure blue (depending upon bloom stage), with dramatically recurved petals, a slight ruffle at the edges. This is a shrubby form, 2 – 3 feet tall, with clustered, honey-scented flowers...

Above alder-like leaves (Grk klethra – Alder) bloom white, upright, candle-like spires in summer. It's fragrant and attractive to butterflies and bees and is in an altogether underused, practical, yet beautiful genus. 4 – 5' T x 3' W, compact. Minimum temperature: -30° F

Golden yellow petals peek out from behind an extra large and ornately frilled cup of glowing orange. Ships when dormant please choose a shipping date between July 1 and Feb 1. Mature size: 14-18 inches tall Minimum temperature: -40° F

Very pale, butter-yellow (the Swiss call them "butter balls"), semi-double, bowl-shaped flowers bloom from bronzed buds in late spring and early summer. Toothy, lobed, dark green leaves shine below. It's clumping, upright, and compact, and will tolerate somewhat heavy soils. In cooler climes, it can take full sun if watered...

Narrow, slightly puckered foliage with creamy margins and fragrant fall flowers. Will tolerate light shade and little summer water once established. Smaller size than other Elaeagnus cultivars. Mature size: 5 ft x 5 ft in seven yrs. Minimum temperature: 0° F

This male hybrid from Japan has some of the biggest catkins of all of the Pussy Willows. Flower buds start to form in fall, then, depending on your location, the buds start to open in late winter or early spring. Once open, the flower spikes are silvery-pink and can reach...

Clusters of reddish flowers from mid-summer until early autumn on tall, upright, wine-red stems. Deciuous perennial; mature size: 6 ft T x 4 ft W Minimum temperature: -30° F

Exhilarating, coral-pink, dangling flowers bloom all summer and into fall on a 2' x 2' lax shrub. Dark green serrated foliage. Gorgeous! Keep out of drying winds and plant with its crown 4" below the soil for added winter hardiness. Minimum temperature: 15º F

This is a naturally-occurring hybrid Mimulus from California — a robust perennial with abundant pink flowers that have a darker pink streak mid-petal. It blooms late in spring through late summer, much to the enjoyment of hummingbirds. Prefers well-drained but moist soil. Mature size: 2 feet tall, 3 feet wide. Minimum temperature: -10º F

Native to the Iberian Peninsula, these demure, nodding, white fragrant bells with a pink blush at the base can grow in rock crevices or moist soils as long as the soil drains well. Grassy leaves follow the bloom. It's wonderfully naturalizing and soooo pretty! Winter wet, summer dry, it's perfect for...