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Soft blue-green leaves with an irregular cream variegated margin are the backdrop for clusters of complimentary red-orange, long, narrow flowers with light green starry sepals and small red corolla. Arching, mounding form. Plant deeply, mulch heavily. Mature size: 20 in T x W Minimum temperature: 15° F

Low-growing with small and handsome toothed leaves, and light, lavender-pink flower spritzes floating above early to late summer; this Japanese species makes a sweet ground cover. Mature size: 8 inches T, spreading to 18+ inches W Minimum temperature: -10° F

This, our Western U.S. native, is yellow and orange, bright and dainty, tall and airy. It's delightfully self-sowing and so effective in a colony. Mature size: 18-36 inches tall & 8-18 inches wide Minimum temperature: -10° F

Solidago gigantea is a North American native perennial that provides the Solidago signature bright yellow sprays at the end of summer. The sprays occur at the end of tall stems up to 7 ft. The stems grow straight up with minimal and very light "branching." Excellent at the back or center of...

Large, crinkled, asymmetrical leaves (like upside-down teardrops?) colored light olive-green above and reddish-green below form large mounds. Clusters of 1-inch, pink blooms rise above the leaves on reddish-pink stems from mid-summer to early fall. Happiest in shade with regularly moist but not heavy soil, B. grandis will self-propagate by forming...

Dwarf, spindle-shaped, slow growing evergreen that makes an all season blue-gray vertical exclamation point. This one will help you vary the forms in your garden. Don't let everything be roundy-moundy. Just sayin'. As you can see, beautiful against purples. 7' tall x 18" wide in 9 years in our garden. Minimum temperature:...

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

From central and eastern Asia, the spreading, glossy, dark evergreen fronds of the Japanese Holly Fern are usually found in moist, rocky areas or woodland. If you would be so kind as to place it in a similar circumstance it will graciously respond. Mature size: 1-2 ft T x 2-3 ft W. Minimum...

Fringed Aristolochia has lax arching stems to 2-foot that rest on the ground or hang over the edge of a container. Curious yellow and maroon-fringed one-inch flowers are like nothing else except perhaps the most bizarre meerschaum pipe, and its silver-veined, green, rounded leaves are distinctive as well. In a word—arresting! Native...

Bright yellow flowers with a starburst of stamens cover a soft, dense mound of small, oval, blue-gray-green leaves in late spring – mid-summer. It's good in the rock garden or trailing in a container, but do give it water in the heat of summer and cut back after bloom for best performance. It...

Most of the prolific, late spring blooms have the four, showy, white flower bracts fused together to form a single, irregular-but-attractive white square. A very distinct selection from the University of Tennessee. Mature size: 15 ft T & W Minimum temperature: -20° F Restricted FL

This delightful rose-pink anemone, with double petals, faithfully blooms for weeks in late summer. Once established, this long-lived perennial requires little care. Appreciates a site with protection from the hot afternoon sun and regular summer water. RHS Award of Garden Merit recipient. Appreciated by butterflies and avoided by deer.

Tiered and arching grayish branches hold leaves with deeply-impressed veining, emerging bronze, and then becoming green. Showy lace-cap flowers begin light pink becoming an almost cranberry-red with age (especially with colder temperatures), replaced by equally showy bright red then black fruits among purple fall leaves. Mature size: 6 – 10 ft...

Introduced by Saratoga Horticultural Foundation. Dense attractive gray-green foliage with a spreading habit under a foot tall x 6 feet wide. May be one of the fastest growing varieties of this species. Pale pink flowers appear in winter but are few and infrequent. Makes a great alternative to other groundcover manzanitas. More drought and heat...

Over blue-green, finely cut ferny leaves bloom brilliant scarlet flowers with velvety black stamens. These riveting blooms last about four weeks in early spring! Much sought after and difficult to find, this is your chance to put this striking natural hybrid from the South of France in your own garden....

Narrow, soft yellow flowers with the slightest green tinge stand upright over a wide collar of leaves. It had us at "yellow," but its white-dappled leaves make it all the more elaborate and delicate, dare I say, ethereal. Excellent vigor makes this species one all gardeners can enjoy. To protect delicate Trillium...