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'Firefly' is a very pretty name, but this heather is really more flamboyant — a flaming torch of brick-red-orange upright spiking foliage throughout the winter, and bright, light green foliage in spring. It's suitable for the most modern garden or the most "traditional." Use it as a colorful punctuation, a geometric planting, or a dramatic...

Whispy, yellow-green leaves contrast deep, sky-blue flowers in late spring-fall. The overall form is dense & upright and it spreads via rhizomes. As the common name 'Bog Salvia' indicates, this salvia is unusual in that it tolerates wet sites and regular perennial border watering. Perennial; mature size: 4-6 ft T x W Minimum...

A weeping dwarf with deeply dissected leaves, introduced by Thomas and Nancy Ashe after they saw a witch's broom on the commonly found cultivar 'Crimson Queen'. Differs from its parent by being more compact. A delicate fringe of striking red, occasionally highlighted with green/gold veins, decorates this small and horizontal dissectum form of...

Purportedly from India come these shiny, evergreen, elegant fronds, each blade and pinnae dagger-shaped, and each struck with yellow-gold along the midrib; it should decorate the border of a sari! Its habit is open and airy, fronds reaching and arching. Tolerates some drought when need be. Mature size: 18 inches T &...

Warm and bright umbels of yellow blooms float atop upright to reclining stems with lance shaped leaves. Flowers emerge late spring through summer, just be sure to remember where you've planted this herbaceous perennial year to year! Asclepias tuberosa are drought-tolerant un-fussy plants keen on full sun and popular with...

Spikes of long-blooming, pale pink, star-like flowers with yellow stamens rise on tall stems above strappy leaf clumps. Camas require moisture in springtime, but drought conditions are acceptable after flowering when the bulb is going dormant. This wetland native blooms in the gap between Daffodils and Tulips and would love...

From late summer into autumn, this suckering shrub with glossy green leaves produces long, and long-lasting lavender-purple, downward-pointing flower spikes — a fountain! Just clip off those suckers as a matter of course so that you can enjoy the wonderful flowers. Or plant it where suckers will be okay and you'll delight...

Undulating leaf margins are an attractive feature of the green foliage on this compact evergreen shrub. Blooms of magenta-pink, in early summer, are a magnet for bees and other pollen-favoring insects. Drought tolerant. Mature size: 2 ft tall x 5 ft wide Minimum temperature: 10° F

Spectacular snowy drifts of white flowers bloom in June on this vase-shaped tree! Visitors see it and want it—a snowy peak of blooms! This disease-resistant Cornus kousa, with the typical pointed cream-colored bracts, is a selection made in the late 1980's by nursery co-owner, Leonard Foltz, from 2000 field-grown seedlings while...

One of the largest blooming slipper orchids with the rounded part of the flower nearly the size of a hen's egg! Comprised of cream to soft yellow rounded pouch flanked by two spiraling petals, up to 4 inches long, of mottled greenish-purple contrasted with wavy sepals of plum-brown. Found in the damp...

Exquisite, ultramarine, loosely-spaced blue flowers have a white petal in the interior, essentially the reverse of another Western native, Delphinium pavonaceum. This exquisite native is from the lower elevations of Western Oregon and California, and this particular group is from a Benton Co. collection. Clumping and upright, it blooms late spring –...

Selected by California Flora Nursery along Guerneville Rd. in Sonoma County. Expect vigorous initial new growth, of up to a foot per year, with appropriate site conditions. Selected for the disease resistance of the Vine Hill manzanita hybrids. Mature specimens flower generously with white blossoms blushed with pink which are then...

Creeping groundcover type Manzanita with dark green glossy foliage. Creates a sturdy mat perfect for growing in the light shade of trees and shrubs. May be grown in full sun in coastal areas or regions with moderate summer temperatures. Light pink flowers followed by bright red berries create additional seasonal interest....

Native to riparian areas throughout the NW coastal ranges, Cascades, and the Sierra Nevada. The large, magnolia-like, dusky red flowers always elicit oohs and aahs! Appreciates afternoon shade in hotter areas; not particular about soil. These plants have fast vertical growth. In order to continue shipping these plants, we trim...

From the Japanese ki (yellow) renge (lotus blossom) and shoma (hat). Exquisite, pendent, drop-shaped, pale yellow flowers decorate tall mounds in late late summer to early autumn. The leaves are Sycamore-shaped — large, soft, and palmate. Native to the mountains of Korea and Japan, it appreciates rich, moist, acidic soil,...

Exceptionally dense groundcover introduction by Tilden Botanical Garden. The bright green foliage provides a pleasing contrast to the darker, mahogany-colored stems. Fast-growing and tolerant of a wide variety of soils. Makes an excellent lawn substitute! Mature size: 6 in tall x 6-10 ft wide Minimum temperature: 15° F