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This little botanical exclamation point has small, dense green needles with bright gold edges all year. This is a male clone but it forms no pollen cones. Provide regular water while getting established, then at least during hot periods. Mature size: Slow growing to 4 feet tall & 1.5 feet wide in...

This 12-inch tall, semi-evergreen epiphytic fern is dark green with upright leathery fronds that are the crested form of the native polypody, i.e. fronds are bifurcated at the tips. It's a fall grower and summer sleeper looking its very best in winter, which can contribute to making your fern garden vibrant...

Cotton candy-pink flowers with narrow, wavy, recurving petals, blossom in clusters on two-foot stems in early autumn before the leaves emerge. Clump-forming, slowly naturalizing, 1–2' wide. South African, it comes from grassy, acidic marshes that experience summer rainfall. Minimum temperature: 0° F

E. alpinum cultivar 'Blue Star' has a saturated metallic blue coloration in the thistle-like flowers with an eye-catching spiny ruff. The flowers are held aloft on stiff stems reaching heights of 2-3 ft. Eryngiums are incredibly hardy, and happily grow in hot and dry conditions. Excellent choice for coastal areas. Clumping...

Upright, heavily veined and textured leaves are green with washes of red and brown, and midsummer bright red to dark rose plumes on tall stems. Best in moist situations that simulate the woodland. Mature size: 3 ft T & W Minimum temperature: -30° F

Large, yellow, fringed flowers brighten the late winter garden and lift the spirits of anxious gardeners. The bees enjoy finding these blooms at a lean time. A vase-shaped deciduous shrub 8' x 8'.Minimum temperature: -20° F

Native throughout the western US, this currant is known for sweetly fragrant blooms of sulfur-yellow which then mature into glossy-black fruit beloved by wildlife and edible for humans. Remarkably adaptable the plants can be grown in shade or sun, though protection from direct afternoon sun is appreciated in very hot...

One of the most exciting sempervivum selections to be released in years. 'Gold Nugget' has fantastic, glowing gold and red foliage in the cool winter months. In summer it fades to a muted light green. In contrast to other gold selections of the past, this cultivar has the will to live,...

August and September porcelain-pink flowers bloom among large, medium green, asymmetrical, toothed leaves; collected by Dan Hinkley at Mt. Emei, Sichuan Province, China. 6 – 8" T Minimum temperature: 10° F; mulch in our region

'Tara' has fine yellow flowers in fluffy short racemes and outstanding, long-lasting deep red and gold fall color. Glossy red berries last after leaf drop. Deciduous. Mature size: 5 ft T x W Minimum temperature: -30° F Sorry, we cannot send Berberis thunbergii to New York State or Minnesota.

Heart-shaped leaves emerge dark-purple to make a lush appearance and hold their color, much more reliably than the classic 'Forest Pansy' before turning green in late summer. A Redbud hybrid bred by Dr. Dennis Werner and introduced in 2009 by North Carolina State University in conjunction with the JC Ralston Arboretum. Expect...

Perky green and white irregularly variegated leaves in spring have fragrant pink and yellow flowers soon to follow. I think it's most beautiful in part shade or bright shade rather than full sun. A deciduous vine to 15 feet tall/long. Minimum temperature: -20° F

An eastern North American prairie grass growing 2 – 4 feet tall, 'Standing Ovation' has blue-grey leaf blades with red tips. Purplish-bronze flowers rise in late summer in 3-inch long racemes on branched stems above the foliage. Fall color is reddish-maroon and persists late into winter. Mature size: 2-4 ft T x 1-2 ft...

"...a slow-growing, irregular, mounding selection of Dawn redwood with attractive lush sprays of soft, light green foliage tinged with a rich orange-yellow cast. Typical rate of growth in most areas is 5 inches (12 cm) in most directions, slightly less wide than tall, resulting in a shaggy mound, 50 inches (120 cm) tall...

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...

Glossy, evergreen leaves are very aromatic and used fresh in cooking. This is a medium-sized tree that prefers sun to part sun and average to dry soil conditions. Small yellow flowers produce nut-like fruit. Upright, dense, rounded habit. Mature size: variable size, 20 to 45 ft tall Minimum temperature: 0° F