The Mojito False Goatsbeard is relatively new. The dark green foliage is a backdrop for the masses of beautiful plumes of creamy white flowers. Hence the name, Mojito False Spirea Flowers emerge green before slowly turning white. These feather like flowers bloom from early to late summer. Use these...
Add unique interest in the garden with the Giant Chinese Lantern. The mound forming green foliage is the backdrop for the creamy white star shaped flowers that give way to bright orange-red paper like lanterns in the fall. Deep orange-red edible ground-cherries grow within the lanterns. Also called ...
You won’t be surprised to learn the Butterfly Flower (Asclepias tuberosa) is critical to the monarch butterfly survival, which has plummeted in North America. By planting Butterfly Weed in your own garden you can help these beautiful insects. Prized for its flat-topped clusters of bright orange and ...
You won’t be surprised to learn the Butterfly Weed (otherwise known as Butterfly Milkweed) is critical to the monarch butterfly survival, which has plummeted in North America. By planting Hellow Yellow Butterfly Weed in your own garden you can help these beautiful insects. Prized for its flat-topped...
Add the Golden Japanese Spikenard or Aralia cordata ‘Sun King’ for something uniquely different in your garden. This tropical looking shrub emerges mid-spring with bright gold compound leaves with contrasting reddish brown stems. If given at least a few hours of sun a day, the foliage will remain ye...
The Hart’s Tongue Fern is a low maintenance addition to your part shade, or shade garden. Producing an erect-arching clump of tongue-shaped, leather green fronds this is an unusual fern. The fronds are undivided giving the plant a unique appearance. On the leaf’s underside spores darken with age and...
COLOR FLASH™ Lime False Spirea is a recently introduced series of Garden Astilbe and is ideal in a shady spot with dappled light. Early in the spring electric green foliage emerges and soon turns chartreuse. The colour change continues in the fall as it turns a vibrant gold and orange. This fo...
Lowlands Ruby Red False Spirea is one of the best new red 'Astilbe chinensis' type introductions and is ideal in a shady spot with dappled light. This dark green foliage is a backdrop for the masses of beautiful plumes of red flowers that emerge at the ends of stems from early to late summer. Use th...
The Lowlands White False Spirea has dark green foliage that is a backdrop for the masses of beautiful plumes of pure white flowers that are topped by light green. They emerge at the ends of stems from early to late summer. Use this dwarf white Astilbe stunning flowers in bouquets both fresh and drie...
The Mighty Pip False Spirea is one of the tallest Astilbe in the world at 4 feet tall. The dark green foliage is a backdrop for the masses of beautiful plumes of rosy pink flowers. They emerge at the ends of stems from early to late summer. Use Pink Astilbe stunning flowers in bouquets both fresh an...
The Standing Ovation Little Bluestem is worthy of applause all season. This native North American grass is good as ground cover of massing or texture in a rock garden. Sturdy upright habit of attractive fine textured blue-green foliage gives way to branches adorn with small flowers. Fluffy, light ca...
The Japanese Painted Fern gets its name from its foliage that boasts blues, greens, and silvers that contrast against its midribs. Its triangular fronds are a soft dark green with an overlay of silvery hues accented by contrasting dark maroon stems. The fronds of the Painted Lady Fern become greener...
The Japanese Painted Fern ‘Silver Falls’ (Athyrium niponicum 'Silver Falls') differs from the Japanese Painted Fern 'Pictum' by having more silver in the fronds and a longer period of good silver colour. Its triangular fronds are a soft dark green with an overlay of long lasting silvery hues accente...
The Violet Pinwheels Hybrid Phlox gives you the best of both worlds as it behaves like a Phlox subulata, but blooms early and has a much more intense flower colour. Creating a vibrant flower carpet for 4-5 weeks in the spring this Blue Creeping Phlox is perfect for the front of a border, groundcover...
The I See Stars Siberian Iris has stunning blue flowers that are accented by white veining. After the blooms finish in late summer the grass like foliage remains fresh looking all season. This is among the easiest to grow, and most beautiful Siberian Iris’ available making it a popular choice for ga...
Contrast in Styles Siberian Iris gets its name for the incredible contrasting colours that adorn the flowers. The 3-5 inch flowers have rich purple standards and falls (outer petals) with lighter blue-purple styles (inner petals). After the blooms finish in late summer the grass like foliage remains...
