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Family:  Asteraceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  12"
Bloom Time: Spring to Fall
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Deciduous.  Compact aromatic ferny foliage with white flowers.
Notes:Nice short selection made in Sonoma County California.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ranunculaceae
Zone: 3 - 8
Natural Range: Europe
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade
Bloom Time: Late Summer
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, 2' - 3' tall.  Blue-purple blooms in late summer.  Foliage emerges from rhizome very early in the spring or late winter.
Notes:  Great flowers for the cooling days of the end of summer season.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Amaryllidaceae
Zone:  6 – 10
Natural Range:  Hybrid;  PPAF
Soil:  Average
Light:  Sun
Height:  36”
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, Butterflies, Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous strap like foliage in cooler climates.  Clumping. Tall, slender stalks with a starburst of blue flowers streaked with dark blue.
Notes:  Strong growing new hybrid developed for more vigor in cooler climates.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:8 - 10
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun, dappled shade
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  June to December, sporadically all year.
Attributes: Evergreen. Upright, arching branches with narrow, dark green leaves.  Large, woody, potato like tuber.  Pendulous creamy flowers with a checkerboard of darker red highlights.
Notes:  A super cool, and easily grown Huckleberry relative from the high Himalayas,  growing as an epiphyte in large mossy trees among Rhododendrons, Vaccinium, Gaultheria, and an array of orchids and ferns.  Grown best in a pot or hanging basket in cooler climates but in protected gardens can be grown among other Ericaceous plants.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:8 - 10
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun, dappled shade
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  June to December, sporadically all year.
Attributes: Evergreen. Upright, arching branches.  Large, woody, potato like tuber.  Pendulous white flowers.
Notes:  A super cool, and easily grown Huckleberry relative from the high Himalayas,  growing as an epiphyte in large mossy trees among Rhododendrons, Vaccinium, Gaultheria, and an array of orchids and ferns.  Grown best in a pot or hanging basket in cooler climates but in protected gardens can be grown among other Ericaceous plants.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:8 - 10
Natural Range:  Himalayas
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun, dappled shade
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  June to December, sporadically all year.
Attributes: Evergreen. Upright, arching branches with narrow, dark green leaves.  Large, woody, potato like tuber.  Pendulous creamy flowers with a checkerboard of darker red highlights.
Notes:  A super cool, and easily grown Huckleberry relative from the high Himalayas,  growing as an epiphyte in large mossy trees among Rhododendrons, Vaccinium, Gaultheria, and an array of orchids and ferns.  Grown best in a pot or hanging basket in cooler climates but in protected gardens can be grown among other Ericaceous plants.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Fabaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: Mexico
Soil:  Humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun
Height: 7'
Bloom Time:  July to November
Attributes: Deciduous. Large yellow Pea flowers.  Purple lobed leaf axis.  attractive foliage that closes up at night.
Notes:  I would grow this purely for the distinctive foliage.  Mulch woody crown with leaves or straw for best results.  Native to the mountains of Mexico.
Companion plants:  Lobelia tupa, Agapanthus

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part-shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Evergreen to deciduous. Red stems with dark green foliage speckled with silvery white.  Pink flowers.
Notes:  A showy species.  Mulch crown in colder zones. A Shayne Chandler collection.  This cultivar is also known as 'MonShayne'

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part-shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Deciduous. Attractive heart shaped foliage with pink flowers fall.
Notes:  Collected by Dan Hinkley from Emei Shan.  Mulch tuber in fall since they are very shallow.  Will be evergreen in the upper 20s.  This is definitely one of the hardiest and best performing species Begonias for temperate climates.  Many Begonias are hardy but emerge so late in the season that it is hardy worth it.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part-shade
Height: 8" - 24"
Attributes: Deciduous. Dark-pink blooms summer-fall, lime green foliage with red stems.
Notes:  Begonia grandis is a tuberous perennial with stunning foliage that lasts until frost.  This is another great cultivar from the old Heronswood nursery.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Southern China
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height:  24"
Bloom Time: July to September
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Deciduous.  Clumping.  Large green leaves with metallic cast.  Red veining and red underside of leaves.  Numerous white to pink
Notes: Begonia grandis is a tuberous perennial with stunning foliage that lasts until frost. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range:  China;  Yunnan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height:  12"
Bloom Time: August to September
Attributes: Deciduous.  Emerges late in the season after other species are up, often not emerging until late June.  Palmate variegated foliage.  Rose pink flowers.
Notes: Smaller and delightful species and one of my favorites!  In the wild grows around 1200 to 2100 m.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 8 - 9
Natural Range: China, NE India
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: Part-shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: August to September
Attributes: Deciduous.  Variable deep green with silver mottling, red underside of the leaf.  Orange-red buds and yellow flowers.
Notes:  Cold tolerant but needs a generous layer of leaves or mulch over the crown in winter.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Lamiaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Hybrid; Callicarpa x 'NCCX2' USPP 28,312; CBRAF
Soil:  Average humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 4' - 5'
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attributes: Deciduous. Dark purple foliage, purple-pink buds, white flowers and bright purple-pink berries.  Vigorous, upright habit.
Notes:  Great foliage. Developed by Dr. Tom Ranney at NCSU

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 5 - 8
Natural Range: Japan, Taiwan
Soil: moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height:  16" - 28"
Bloom Time: July to September
Attributes: Deciduous, Hydrangea-like, lacy pale pink flowers.  Elliptic shaped, serrate fuzzy foliage.
Notes:  A little known, lovely herbaceous Hydrangea for temperate gardens.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Bhutan, China, India, Kashmir, Nepal
Soil: Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 1' - 3' tall
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Racemes of creamy yellow orchid like flowers.  Thick corn like foliage and stems.
Notes:  Coutleya is the second hardiest group of gingers, consisting of three species from the Himalayas.  Closely related to Roscoea.  In the wild Cautleya is found growing in cool, moist forests at high elevations.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Restionaceae
Zone:8 - 10
Natural Range: South Africa
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3' - 5'
Bloom Time:  Summer to Fall
Attributes: Evergreen.  Dense clumps with upright dark green unbranded.  stems.  Brown sheaths at the joints.  Brown flowers at the tips of the new seasons growth. 
Notes:Can freeze to the ground in very cold winters and is reported to re-sprout in the spring with temps around 10 degrees.  Restios look especially great when planted in a large ornamental pot, showing off its dramatic foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Restionaceae
Zone:8 - 10
Natural Range: South Africa
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3' - 5'
Bloom Time:  Summer to Fall
Attributes: Evergreen.  Dense clumps with upright dark green unbranded.  stems.  Dark brown sheaths at the joints.  Brown flowers at the tips of the new seasons growth. 
Notes:This form has very distinct brown sheaths at the joints.  Can freeze to the ground in very cold winters and is reported to re-sprout in the spring with temps around 10 degrees.  Restios look especially great when planted in a large ornamental pot, showing off its dramatic foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range:  North America
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  5'
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Dark black-purple foliage greening up in the center later in the season.  Tall spikes of pink flowers in late summer to early fall.
Notes: Excellent foliage plant.  Best color when planted in more sun
 
Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China, Japan, Korea
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 30"
Bloom Time: September
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping, Glossy basal , large lobed foliage with white bottle-brush like flowers.
Notes: Smaller scale Cimicifuga for the lightly shaded garden.  This form was found on Cheju Island.
Companion plants:  Asarum, Trillium, Epimedium, Cypripedium, Podophyllum

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range:  South Korea; Chejudo Island
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part sun
Height:  30"
Bloom Time:  August to September
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous. Clumping. Glossy silver leaves.  Tall spikes of white flowers
Notes:  Great smaller scale Cimicifuga for both foliage and flower.  syn. Actaea japonica

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range:  North America
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Dark black-purple foliage.  Tall spikes of fragrant pink flowers in late summer to early fall.
Notes: Excellent foliage plant.  Best color when planted in more sun
 
Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 35"
Bloom Time: September
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping, non-climbing variety, forming bushy upright habit.  Clusters of deep blue-purple flowers.  Fluffy seed head in fall. 
Notes: This form has darker flowers than the typical form.  Works well in a perennial border or lightly shaded garden.

Pot Size:1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 8' - 10'
Bloom Time: July to October
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous to evergreen.  Bright yellow bell flowers.
Notes: Attractive green foliage that does not overpower the flowers.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Colchicaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: Corsica
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 6"
Bloom Time:  September
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Deciduous.  Summer dormant.  Grass like foliage.  Pink upward facing. flowers.
Notes:  Smaller stature compared to other species.  Quite rare in the wild and cultivation.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Cornaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade, sun
Height: 15' -30'
Bloom Time: May to June and often again in the fall
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Large white flowers. Angular branching with opposite elliptic leaves. Bright red fruit in the fall.
Notes:  Cornus nuttallii is an graceful and beautiful small tree.  Plant in dappled light with good air circulation.  In too much sun the foliage will get sunburn. 

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot 6" - 12"

Family:  Iridaceae
Zone: 6 - 10
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun
Height:  30"
Bloom Time: August to September
Attracts: Hummingbirds, Butterflies, bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping.  Tall spikes of re-curved, star-like deep reddish orange flowers with dark center.  Larger flowers than typical.
Notes: Thrives in the hot sunny herbaceous border.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Iridaceae
Zone: 6 - 10
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun
Height:  30"
Bloom Time: August to September
Attracts: Hummingbirds, Butterflies, bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping.  Tall spikes of re-curved, star-like deep red buds and petals with contrasting yellow-orange inside.
Notes: Thrives in the hot sunny herbaceous border.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Iridaceae
Zone: 6 - 10
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun
Height:  24"
Bloom Time: August to September
Attracts: Hummingbirds, Butterflies, bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping.  Bright golden-yellow flowers stand tightly together in rows on gracefully arched stems.  Broad, sword-like leaves.
Notes: Demonstrates good vigor, long flowering and reliable hardiness.  Not a thug!  Great for cut flowers.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

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Family:  Asteraceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Mexico and Central America
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time: November to December
Attributes: Deciduous.  New emerging attractive pinnate foliage on semi-woody stems.  Pink flowers opening in fall.
Notes:  A massive growing species Dahlia that needs a warm fall to flower in colder climates.  Reported to grow up to 30' in the wild.  Mulch the base well with leaves in the fall.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 10'
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Evergreen.  Small, upright shrub with spreading canopy.  One to three lobed leaves.  Small greenish flowers.
Notes:  Slower growing and more delicate than other related kin.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: South Western China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 15'
Attributes:  Evergreen,  Single leaf with wavy margins.  Unusual green flowers and black fruit.
Notes: Supper cool and reliably hardy shrub that is still relatively uncommon in cultivation.  Closely related to Metapanax delavayi.  Younger leaves are singe and as they mature they turn into three lobed leaves.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Papaveraceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich well drained, drought tolerant
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 14"
Bloom Time: April to September
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, spreading, Gray green fern-like leaves.  Heart shaped white flowers.  Sporadically flowers all season.
Notes: Because of the foliage color, this Dicentra can take more sun than most forms.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Hamamelidaceae
Zone: 5 - 8
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil: Average, humus rich, well drained Light: part shade
Height: 6' - 10'
Attributes: Deciduous. Brilliantly colored fall leaves that are shaped like a redbud.
Notes:  Picked as a Great Plant Picks in 2004.  One of the showiest fall colored shrub, yet is still infrequently encountered in gardens.  Plant in an area that is mostly shady with a few hours of direct sun. The fall display has colors ranging from green - blue - red - yellow.  When the leaves overlap you can get two tones, one color on the outside and another where they were touching.

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Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Hamamelidaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Vietnam
Soil: Average, humus rich, well drained
Light: part shade
Height: 6' - 10'
Attributes: Semi-evergreen with purple new foliage turning green.  Pink-red ribbon-like flowers. 
Notes:  Syn.  Uocodendron whartonii 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Japan; 
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 7'
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Evergreen.  Three tone green variegated foliage.  Large palmate foliage.  Small white flowers.  Black fruit.
Notes:  Also known as Fatsia japonica 'Murakumo Nishiki'. A great new Japanese variegated foliage form.

Pot Size: Large Bad Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Japan  
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 7'
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Evergreen.  White and green leaves.  Large palmate foliage.  Small white flowers.  Black fruit.
Notes:  Great foliage color for a shady spot.  This cultivar is a bit slower and smaller growing than the the species.

Pot Size: Large Bad Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Japan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 7'
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Evergreen.  Green, creamy white and gray variegated leaves.  Large palmate foliage.  Small white flowers.  Black fruit.
Notes:  Tends to be slower growing than the species.

Pot Size: Large Band Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 10' - 20'
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Evergreen.  Deeply lobbed palmate foliage.  White flowers, black fruit.
Notes:  This form has deeper cut leaves. Perfectly at home in the Pacific Northwest.  We have had no damage to the bottom of zone 7.

Pot Size:Large Band Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 10' - 20'
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Evergreen.  Deeply lobbed palmate foliage.  White flowers, black fruit.
Notes:  This form has deeper cut leaves. Perfectly at home in the Pacific Northwest.

Pot Size:1 Gallon Pot

Pot Size:  4" Ban Pot

Family:  Onagraceae
Zone: 8 - 10 
Natural Range: Brazil
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 3'  to 6'
Bloom Time: July to September
Attributes: Evergreen to semi-evergreen.  Glossy, lance-shaped green leaves tinged bronze.  Pendent magenta and purple flowers.  Purple fruit.
Notes: Smaller and delightful species and one of my favorites.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: South America
Family:  Onagraceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 3' - 6'
Attributes:  Deciduous, Many pendulous red and purple flowers.
Notes:  One of the hardiest Fuchias for the Pacific Northwest.  Hummingbirds go nuts for the flowers.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot