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Large, bright pink flowers with contrasting red stamens in spring and fall; succulent leaf rosettes. Great for rock gardens. Perennial; mature size: 6 inches tall & 10 inches wide Minimum temperature: -30 F

Winter hardy and early flowering — February through May — this Primula in blue to purple shades, is very vigorous and well-suited for a pot. Compact, decorative lower foliage, deep green to purplish, further enriches this early spring garden ingredient. Full sun in cool areas is accepted with sufficient irrigation but...

A dense growth habit with plentiful tiny flowers, red with bright green tips. Can tolerate more sun than others. Mature size: 4-5 feet tall x 3-4 feet wide Minimum temperature: 15°F

Light green, fine & fluffy needles. Very slow-growing, 1-2 inches/yr; low & rounded in early years then forms a leader & becomes pyramidal. Mature size: 1 ft T x 2 ft W in 10 yrs Minimum temperature: -40° F

Orange and yellow pea-like blooms bring forth 2–3 inch inflated pinkish-orange pods that demand closer inspection—curious, fun, and ornamental. Long-blooming and airy, this rounded deciduous shrub is also very drought-tolerant. Average soil. Mature size: 7 ft x 7 ft Minimum temperature: 0° F

Clouds of ruby-mauve fill the air in August and September above rounded, dense tussocks of fine foliage. As its name suggests, it is indeed undaunted, thriving despite drought, wet, clay, stone, heat, cold, humidity, or deer! It's the robust and long-lived product of a collaboration between the Denver Botanic Garden and...

An alpine from Argentina and Uruguay, subsequently naturalized in Great Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand, Ipheion is a short, honey-scented, clumping collection of sparkling six-pointed stars in early to mid-spring. Plant amongst grass or at the front of borders, in swathes, or in pots and stand back and simply delight...

Luminous, overlapping light green bracts have pink flowers at their tips with pretty, protruding stamens. The flowers are arranged in pendent clusters on wiry stems and are Summer-blooming. A native of the mountains of Lebanon and Syria, it's just one of their innumerable treasures. Minimum temperature: -20° F Photo by Ghislain118 (AD)...

From early to late summer, lovely, open, white blooms striped, speckled, and splashed with blue! A pleasing contrast with the fresh green, deeply divided, and deeply lobed leaves that turn bright red in fall. Mature size: 15-20 inches tall & 12-18 inches wide Minimum temperature: -30° F Photo courtesy of Jelitto Seeds.

Named Willow Gentian for its willow-like leaves and gracefully arching form, this gentian is fairly easy to grow. From stream edges in mountain meadows in Europe and Western Asia it will want moist, humusy soil. Large sapphire blue trumpet-shaped blooms in late summer & fall enthusiastically point upward and outward...

An amazing red trumpet show in late summer blooms amongst greener leaves than some (some more gray-green). 1' T x 2' W weed-suppressing mat, perfect for any sunny, dry garden or over a walled terrace. This is a Siskiyou and Sierra Nevada native! Minimum temperature: 0° F

Eight-inch, rose-scented semi-double flowers bloom earlier than many in mid-spring. Their large, wavy, lavender-pink petals encircle a boss of yellow stamens nested in a cranberry stained center. Mature size: 30 in tall x 36 in wide Minimum temperature: -30° F

Among the most fascinating and colorful leaves of all the Persicarias: maroon and purple chevrons within a light green leaf with a purple edge. With more sun, the color will be deeper. Light shade may yield the best color and most contrast. Put it in a pot and experiment with its location and...

Adorable waving tiny cream flowers with striking yolk yellow stamens bloom May – August 4-inches above tall fuzzy, grassy tufts slowly form a "biscuit colored" carpet. Prefers winter – dry; summer – moist. syn. Hypoxis parvula var. albiflora 'Hebron Farm Biscuit' or x Rhodoxis 'Hebron Farm Biscuit' Size: 4 in T and slowly spreading...

Dainty double blossoms of pink or blue grow on long pedicels (stems) giving the appearance of orbiting around the densely packed central flowers on this lace-cap Hydrangea. Expect a more upright growth habit than other serrata types. Smaller leaves are in scale to the plant and age to deep burgundy in...

Stunning rich reddish bells dangle from the fishing rod — the thin and elegant arching flower stem of Dierama's grassy clump. These are divisions from a choice seedling that years ago caught the discerning eye of Russ Graham, retired owner of a great mail-order nursery in Salem, Oregon. Well-drained soil is best....