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Flat, coarse, green leaves create a charmingly irregular clump over which loose, soft, reddish-purple flowers appear in mid-summer. Seeds detach and blow around on the ground like tumbleweeds. Mature size: leaf clump 10 x 10 inches, flower sprays reach 24 inches tall Sorry, grasses and sedges cannot be shipped to California.Minimum temperature:...

A dwarf cultivar with deeply incised, irregular leaves similar to 'Lacianata'. Named after the founder of the Rogów Arboretum in Poland. Hard to find! Deciduous dwarf tree; mature size: to 9 ft T x W in 10 years. Minimum temperature: -10° F

In early to mid-summer, flowers appear with narrow, drooping, pink-purple petals surrounding a brown cone with yellow pollen; blooms are held on tall, upright, hairy brown-green stems. Smooth, narrow, dark green leaves form a rosette at the base of the plant. Native to the East-central United States; in small areas of glades,...

Smaller, with narrower leaves, and later-blooming than other Rhodohypoxis, 'Wintergreen Red' has a showy display of deep fuchsia flowers in spring & summer. An excellent rock garden choice, it will dislike being wet during its winter dormancy. Mature size: 4 inches tall. Minimum temperature: 5° F

Incense cedars are aromatic with upward-curving branches — candelabra-like with age. It is native from Oregon to California, southwestern Nevada and northern Baja California. It's 100-150 feet tall in the wild and lives to 1000+ years (plant a big tree for the future); 50 feet tall is more usual in cultivation....

A tall clumping perennial grass, 'Kascade' has reddish stems and bears fluffy, pendant, pink-tinted seed heads in late summer, turning white in winter if left to its own devices. Best with some summer water. Sorry, grasses and sedges cannot be shipped to California. Mature size: up to 7 ft tall Minimum temperature:...

Perennial grass with zestful blades of glowing yellow that grow 18" tall. Self sows lightly, but never a problem. Entertaining container companion. Minimum temperature: -10° F

This manzanita's striking vertical growth of both branch and foliage has captured our imagination! Blue winter color turns light green in the summer. Clean winter foliage. A Dancing Oaks selection, updates will be made upon observation in coming years. Mature size: more observation required Minimum temperature: 10° F

Stiff yellow needles make bottle-brush branches on this loosely pyramidal Spanish Fir — small enough for most gardens at 25' T x 15' W. Striking red cones! Plants grafted to Abies nordmanniana rootstock. Minimum temperature: 0° F

Deeply dissected leaves on a dense, rounded, shrub-form tree. New leaves are bright bronze with age to medium green. Yellow & orange fall color. Mature size: 6-10 ft T & W Minimum temperature: -20° F

Very pale blue, one-inch pendent flowers with reflexed petals bloom from midsummer to fall. Tops of the bell petals are painted a little darker blue-lavender. On a mature vine, as many as 100 bells might bloom simultaneously. This lovely bevy of blooms hails from Portugal and SW Spain. Deciduous vine; mature size:...

A large, evergreen tree related to Beeches, Oaks and Chestnuts. This slow-grower is native to the West Coast from California into Southern Oregon. It is sometimes tall & conical, other times broad and rounded. Leaves are thick and leathery, with widely-toothed or scalloped edges and grey-green, matte undersides. It forms long...

Terminal (P. terminalis) spikes of small white flowers bloom in early spring above a carpet of whorled, extremely glossy leaves. 6 – 12" T and colonizing by rhizomes, it loves rich, organic, well-draining soils, and will remain healthy if occasionally thinned. Minimum temperature: -20° F

Strappy, grass-like leaves and early summer blooms in shades of pink, brown, and gold with burgundy splashes. Clumping; easily divided every 3 to 4 years. Mature size: 20-24 in T x 10 in W Minimum temperature: -40° F

Rare variety to N. America with cutleaf form and yellow flowers. Collected by nursery owner, Leonard Foltz, during a 2018 trip to Arunachal Pradesh, India with Shayne Chandler and Dan Hinkley. We have not yet trialed this plant outdoors at our location in the Willamette Valley but this species is being...

Single, reddish-pink, funnel-shaped flowers bloom in late winter and sporadically rebloom on artfully zig-zagging stems. This photo was taken in early January! 'Unryu' means "dragon in the clouds" in Japanese, suggesting the twisting of a dragon as it ascends to the sky. Nice for bonsai, evergreen, reliable. Mature size: 6-8 feet...