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Fern Athyrium Giant Japanese

This fern forms a massive, arching clump of silvery fronds with green highlights and dark purple stems. Like the Lady Fern, ‘Godzilla’ spreads slowly where it is happiest in moist, loamy soils. Zones: 3,4,5,6,7,8

Lady Fern Athyrium Proven Winner

Leaves are flat with cresting along the margins and a tassel at the end of each frond. Individual pinna are wide and closely spaced together, contributing to an overall full, dense habit. Excellent vigor with filling out containers or establishing in the...

Ligularia Bottle Rocket Proven Winner

Unlike older Ligularias, this one is a perfectly proportioned plant with its mustard yellow flowers held on chocolate stems just at the top of the dense clump of foliage so no naked stems are showing. The flowers are held like a bouquet in the center of...

Epimedium Amber Queen

The airy, delicate-looking flowers have bright yellow spurs with orange-red centers, looking light orange from a distance. Flowers are produced along the length of the flower stems, which are up to 24" long.  Zones: 5.6.7.8

Polemonium Golden Feathers

Add some show stopping color to your shade garden with this exciting golden variegated Polemonium. Bluish-purple flowers are a bonus in the late spring to summer months.

Brunnera Heartleaf Bugloss Emerald Mist

Brunneras are classic perennials that are treasured for their shade tolerance and lovely blooms. They make a fantastic groundcover, though the variegated forms may be slower to spread than the species. Try growing them in containers too so they will be...

Dryopteris Autumn Fern Brilliance

This selection is rapidly becoming one of the most popular garden ferns. Its common name 'Brilliance Autumn Fern' refers to the lustrous orange color of the newly emerging fronds which seem to glow against the backdrop of the shiny, dark green, mature...

Helleborus Lenten Rose Wedding Party Mix

Hellebores are the harbingers of spring, blooming for six weeks or more beginning in late winter.  They are often flowering during the Christian season of Lent, from which they get their common name, Lenten Rose.  This is the perfect plant for...

Tricyrtis Formosana Toad Lily Autumn Glow

Orchid-like, reddish purple to blue violet speckled blossoms appear from late summer into early fall in the north, midsummer in the south. An excellent perennial for adding late season color to the shade garden. Zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9

Ligularia Goldenray

L. japonica hybrid. A very large Ligularia perfect for making a dramatic statement in the shade garden. Deep green leaves are massive reaching 16" across at maturity. A serrated margin surrounds each dissected leaf for a standout foliage presence. Golden...

Pulmonaria Lungwort Spot On Proven Winner

Pulmonaria are the perfect choice to signal the end of winter with cheerful flowers appearing in late spring.  The flowers of 'Spot On' open a unique deep salmon pink that matures to a rich blue color. Silver speckling dusts the green leaves. This is one...

Aralia Golden Japanese Spikenard Sun King

An excellent complement to hostas and woodland perennials, ‘Sun King’ emerges mid-spring with bright gold leaves held on nicely contrasting reddish brown stems.  If given at least a few hours of sun a day, the foliage will remain yellow all summer.  In...

Heuchera Coral Bells Proven Winner

Coral bells are easy to grow and blend easily with most other perennials in the landscape. Because of their low, mounding habit, they are often used as edging along paths or in containers. Try cutting a few of the tall flower scapes for fresh bouquets.

Aquilegia Caerulea Columbine

especially lovely when allowed to naturalize in shady, woodland borders. They also have excellent potential as cut flowers, lasting up to 2 weeks in a vase. Zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9

Aruncus Goats Beard

Though Aruncus tends to be a slow-grower the first couple of seasons, once it is established it puts on a fabulous show year after year. Make sure it has plenty of room to grow when you first plant it; transplanting this species is a very difficult task...

Hosta

Hostas are exceedingly popular perennials in today's gardens due to their versatility in the landscape. Their subtle colors, tall flower scapes, and broad, coarse leaves fill a niche in garden designs that few other plants can achieve. Their large leaves...

Dicentra Old Fashioned Bleeding Heart

After putting on this fantastic display, Old-Fashioned Bleeding Hearts usually go dormant until the following spring. However, if plants are kept well-watered during the spring, dormancy may be delayed until late summer or early fall. Other bushy...

Astilbe

Dwarf Chinese variety: A later blooming species useful for extending the bloom season into late summer. Foliage is deeply incised, coarsely textured, and often bronze-green in color. Flowers are borne on narrow, branched panicles. Though garden...