Attract Pollinators

Zone: 5-8
Natural Range: China, Japan, Korea
Soil: moist, humus rich
Light: part sun
Height: 32 - 48 inches
Attributes: Deciduous.  Billows of small white flowers.  Red new growth slowly turning bronze and chocolate then to greenish.
Notes:  This form has luxurious red new growth in the spring.  Plant among other larger foliage plants.  According to two of my fellow growers and plant enthusiasts this is the best foliage form of Rodgersia that they grow.  Keep growing it they say.

Pot Size: 4" Band Pot

Rosa 'Imperial Cross' (Hybrid Chinese Rose)

Family:  Roseaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; Rosa wardii x moyesii
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  6' - 8'
Bloom Time: June to July
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Pink flowers with yellow center.  Attractive large red fruit fall and winter
Notes: Easy growing and attractive cross that works well in the naturalistic landscape.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Roseaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  2'
Bloom Time: June to July
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Large solitary pink flowers with yellow center.  Low growing foliage that spreads with time.
Notes: Native to mountain forests, thickets, slopes and stream sides.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:Lamiaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 4'
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, Bees
Pest Resistance: Deer, Rabbit
Bloom Time: July to September
Attributes:Deciduous, scented foliage.  Tall stems with many yellow flowers.
Notes:Even in our mostly shady and wet garden Salvia campanulata has proven very adaptable and versatile. 

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Adoxaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid;
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 8'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Green and white variegated foliage.  Large, lacy flowers clusters in early summer.  Purple-black fruit in autumn.  Needs a pollinator variety such as Black Beauty, Black Lace, Lemony Lace.
Notes:  A major improvement over older variegated varieties.

Pot size:  4" Band

Family:  Malvaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range:  PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part shade
Height:  36"
Bloom Time:  May to July
Attracts:  Butterflies, Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Rosettes of small glossy palmate leaves.  Vibrant pink flowers on tall spikes.
Notes:  Great for pollinators.
 
Pot size:  4" Pot

Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 4'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Pinkish-white flowers.  Well-branched, upright shrub with deep pink berries..
Notes:  Improved fruit selection.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  48"
Bloom Time:  July to August
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Striking black stems when grown in sun.  Lacy foliage with purple flowers.
Notes:  Very showy for the back of the border.
 
Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 12" - 24"
Bloom Time: Late summer into Fall
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Tall stems with white flowers with reddish-purple spotting.
Notes: A Japanese cultivar.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 12" - 24"
Bloom Time: Late summer into Fall
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:Deciduous.  Tall stems with white flowers with purple spotting.
Notes: A Japanese cultivar.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  8 - 10
Natural Range:  Himalayas
Soil:  Average, moist well drained, humus rich
Light:part sun, shade
Height:  8"
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen, small rounded leaves.  Pinkish white flowers with black fruit.
Notes:  Introduced by Steve Hootman of the Rhododendron Species Botanic Garden.  In the wild this species grows as an epiphyte in mossy, rotting logs.
 
Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun, Shade
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Orange-red new growth turning dark green.  Pale pink flowers.  Purple-black berries in summer.
Notes:  Good small and relatively slow-growing evergreen shrub.
 
Pot size:  Quart Size Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun, Shade
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Coral pink new growth turning creamy white and green.  Red and green winter foliage.  Pale pink flowers.  Purple-black berries in summer.
Notes:  Great new foliage selection.
 
Pot size:  Quart Size Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range:  PNW
Soil:  Average to must humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Shade, part shade
Height:  12" - 18"
Attributes:  Deciduous, three lobed leaves with up to thirty white flowers with petals that stick back.
Notes:  This is an Epimedium relative that looks very similar.  In a moist garden they will form large colonies over time.  Best given room from smaller perennials or divided regularly.

Pot Size:  4" Pot