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This large-leaved variety has big, silvery-green flowers surrounded by silver bracts to create an overall silver-white, ghostly impression. Striking! And the potential for contrast in the garden is limitless. Mature size: 2-4 feet T & W Minimum temperature: -10° F

In spring, white fluffy bloom spikes atop bright red stems. Blooms turn to white berries. Large, grey-green tri-lobed leaves form a loose mound. Upright perennial; mature size: to 30 in T Minimum temperature: -40° F

Description coming soon. 2-3 ft T & 1-2 ft W Minimum temperature: -30° F

Native to Mexico and the American Southwest, this Philadelphus is extremely drought-tolerant, often called Desert Mountain Mock Orange. The 4-petaled pendulous flowers have a pretty mauve blush at the center and, frankly, their sweet scent could be described as a not unpleasant grape kool-aid or bubble gum smell. Ah...childhood.... Very fine-textured (It's...

Dense, tufted clumps give rise to tall, dark green, round, unbranched stems. Dark brown sheaths at stem joints drop in summer leaving a dark band. Grass- or rush-like perennial 3-5 ft T, 4-6 ft W drought tolerant sun or shade Minimum temperature: 20° F

A relatively short canna, with vibratingly red, large blooms through the summer. Flower stems are short and sturdy, holding the bloom clusters just above the tops of the broad, solid green leaves. Mature size: 4-5 feet T & 2-3 feet wide Minimum temperature: 10° F

Upright and vase-shaped in habit with a strong geometry, 'Greenspire' is dense with evergreen, slightly toothed, glossy, leathery leaves. Use it for a screen, a narrow spot, in an Asian garden, for a hedge, or in a formal garden. This is one versatile and handsome plant! Mature size: 6 – 9 feet tall x 3 – 6 feet wide; robust....

Deeply cut, spiny dark green leaves (the leaves are those on Corinthian capitals) arch dramatically as a backdrop to huge 5' spikes of pure white flowers hooded in mauve. Long-lasting as a cut flower, you can sneak up on it in June-August. Not for the faint of heart, this is one bold...

This dainty Lilac, of small proportions, is graced with fragrant lavender-pink blooms which cover the entire shrub in early May. Attractive to butterflies and other pollinating insects. Mature size: 4-5 ft tall & wide Minimum temperature: -40° F

Clumping foliage gives rise in late summer to upright stems with loose groups of bright yellow, 2-inch+ wide ray flowers with a chocolate aroma! This pervasive North American native is happy in clay! It will be more robust in wetland areas and moist soils in general but will be fine with...

A profusion of pink pea-like flowers bloom on bare branches before a dramatic showing of foliage. Leaves emerge purple, then fade to the blushed, variegated foliage in white, green and hot pink! for which this varietal is prized. Flowers turn to pea-like seed pods in the fall. This is a rounded understory tree...

Hairy, 8-inch stems carry little palm-like leaves and clusters of saturated magenta-pink flowers that bloom for weeks. It's content to grow in a container, perhaps at the feet of a larger, shading plant. Endemic to the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Minimum temperature: 0° F

Blooming June until frost, this fuchsia bears profuse single pendent flowers. The corolla is deep violet-purple, and the surrounding sepals that lift as if taking flight, are a deep violet-pink. Plant the crown 4" below the soil level for added winter hardiness, and with occasional organic fertilizer, your plant will be...

Dark mauve flower buds open to pale pink, aster-like blooms from summer through fall. Deciduous; 3-4 feet tall by 2-3 feet wide. It as an open, potentially sprawly, form--stake early if you want it to stay tidily upright; or if you prefer a wilder look, let it be to weave through...

An evergreen, shrubby ground cover with bright to dark green shiny rounded leaves. 'Cascade Sunrise' has captivating new spring foliage in shades of orange and red with white, urn-shaped flower clusters; followed in summer by blue-black fruit which the birds will thank you for providing them with as a food source....

With its huge leaves, this is a must for the tropicalissimo. It spreads underground to slowly form a usually welcome colony. Give 'er space, folks! The tannish indumentum under the leaves makes some folks sneeze but it is visually very gratifying so what's a sneeze or two? In advantageous circumstances, it can grow...