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Trachycarpus wagnerianus has a more compact growth habit and rounded form when compared with T. fortunei. This plant is known only in cultivation and is thought to have originated in Japan. Synonyms: T. fortunei var. wagnerianus, and T. fortunei 'Wagnerianus' Mature size: 12-20 ft tall x 4-5 ft wide Minimum temperature: 0°...

Robust 8" dissected leaves have pink veins and are crablike in shape, or like a very large bird's foot (as the name might suggest). Pretty white flowers are secreted amongst the leaves July – September. From around 5,000' elevation in the Southwest Chinese provinces, it is much hardier than one would...

Brilliant gold new growth in spring glows on upright russet branches. With age, the architectural trunk becomes deeply furrowed with a pronounced swell at the base. Leaves (or needles) turn apricot in fall before being shed on this deciduous conifer. One glorious big tree! Mature size: 70-80 ft T x 25-30 ft W Minimum...

Deep wine-red leaves are delightful when backlit by the setting sun - a significant dose of purple for the garden. Pinkish-red puffy clouds bloom in mid-summer. Common name somewhat misleading as it grows as a shrub without extensive pruning. Mature size: 8 ft T x W Minimum temperature: -30° F Featured on Great Plant Picks: https://www.greatplantpicks.org/plantlists/view/443

This exquisite hybrid, between Clematis flammula and C. viticella, is one of the most heavily scented Clematis- with a fragrance redolent of marzipan. Star-like white flowers have tips with brush strokes of violet that bloom profusely from midsummer to fall. Ideally, it needs rich, well-drained soil but will tolerate being planted...

We found this specimen of Western US native shrub in Utah in 2019 on Hell's Backbone Ridge in open, rocky areas and the edges of woodlands. Cream flowers and bright green leaves. Golden fall color; dried blooms persist in winter. We are unsure of the species at this time but...

An upright bush with single blooms with candy pink sepals and corolla. Minimum temperature: 10° F

The bright, chartreuse green leaves are a show-stopper to begin with, but they are only enhanced by the lavender-blue flower spikes that top the upright stems in the summer months. Mature size: 20 in T x W Minimum temperature: -15° F

This vine blooms late spring into summer with delightful rich pink urn-shaped flowers that have thick, tightly recurving petals - the type you drew when you were inventing fanciful fairy flowers as a 10-year-old. But these are marvelously real! Leave the spent flowers and enjoy the fanciful seed heads. Native to the...

Delft-blue flowers emerge among dark green leaves frosted with silver speckles in very early spring. Happiest when planted in dappled shade with protection from the hot afternoon sun. Prefers some summer water. A Great Plant Picks selection. 1 ft T x 2 ft W Minimum temperature: -20° F

This North American native comes from damp woodlands along stream banks, pond peripheries, and swamps from Massachusetts to Florida to Louisiana. It bears fragrant, pendent, urn-shaped white flowers in horizontal racemes (to 4" long) in late spring-early summer. Deciduous shrub with yellow, orange, and stunning red coloring in fall. Mature...

Leaves emerge peachy apricot, then turn a chartreuse-yellow and finally deep green. The three color phases overlap during spring and summer, so it's quite the stunner. Lavender purple blooms mid-spring. Mature size: 12 ft T x 8 ft W Minimum temperature: -20° F

'Thérèse Bugnet' is a vigorous, dense, and upright rose. Resembling more a damask rose than a rugosa, it has delicious, ruffled, pink, dense, double blooms up to 4-inches across. Bloom time is mid-spring through the first frost. The foliage is blue-green and its red canes keep it interesting in winter. Deciduous shrub; mature...

Flowers have white inner sepals and rose-red petals. Foliage emerges red with spotting and expands to red freckles before finally turning green. Evergreen to 12 in T x 18 in W Minimum temperature: -20° F

Shiny, medium-green, strappy leaves are topped in mid to late spring by stout little flower spikes. Blooms are light blue with dark blue veins. Great for a rock garden. Evergreen; mature size: 18 inches T x 15 inches W Minimum temperature: -40° F

This deciduous tree has large heart-shaped leaves of chartreuse to rich yellow depending on the degree of light exposure. It adds a jolt of drama to any garden or border. It can be pollarded (for which there is much historical precedent and we do in our garden) to promote vigorous new...