Perennials and Bulbs

Family:  Acanthaceae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range:  Hybrid; PP23342
Soil:  Average, moist
Light:  Part shade, shade
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  White and green foliage with tall upright spikes of white and pink flowers.
Notes: Reported to be more vigorous than 'Tasmanian Angel'
 
Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone:  3 - 9
Natural Range:  Eastern North America
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, shade
Height:  2' - 4'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, Clusters of small white flowers followed by bright white berries with a black dot in the center.  Contrasting red stems.  Compound leaves.
Notes: This form has attractive silvery foliage. Berries are poisonous.

Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 6-9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Average, rich well-drained soil
Light:  Sun
Height:  24"
Bloom Time:  July to September
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous. Compact habit with well-branched and bushy foliage topped with vibrant orange-red flowers and gold center with dark streaks.
Notes:  Tuberous perennial lily.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone:  6 - 10
Natural Range:  China, Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  May
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Spotted stalk and divided leaf.  Giant dark purple-red vase-like flower before the foliage emerges. 
Notes: This species has been more winter wet tolerant than others.  In colder climates can be dug and stored in sawdust in the garage like you would Dahlia tubers.
Pot Size: Large Band Pot

Family:Apocynaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: North America
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 36” tall 42” wide
Bloom Time: May to July
Attracts:Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Resistant to: Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, Clumping. Dark purple new growth, turning olive green during the summer and yellow fall foliage. Numerous periwinkle blue flowers.
Notes:  Looks best when massed in an informal setting.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Ranunculaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Europe
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Shade, part shade
Height: 4" - 6"
Bloom Time:  April to  May
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, simple leaves with white flowers.
Notes: Simple yet beautiful early spring perennial for the shady garden.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5 - 8
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade
Attributes:  Deciduous, 2' tall.  Nodding white flowers that hover over the ferny foliage. Summer blooming.  Clumping
Notes:  Very rare white flower form.  Elegant and refined perennial for a lightly shady garden.  Looks like a cross between Anemone and Cimicifuga.

Pot Size: Medium Band Pot

Family: Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5 - 8
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade
Attributes:  Deciduous, 2' tall.  Nodding white with purple flowers that hover over the ferny foliage.  Summer blooming.  Clumping
Notes:  Very rare double flower form.  Elegant and refined perennial for a lightly shady garden.  Looks like a cross between Anemone and Cimicifuga.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:Ranunculaceae
Zone:6 - 10
Natural Range: Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California Alberta and Wyoming
Soil: Average to moist well drained
Light: part shade, Sun
Height: 2' - 4'
Attributes: Deciduous. Basal leaves with orange-red and yellow flowers.
Notes: Great for hummingbirds and pollinators.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Araceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height:  24"
Bloom Time: June to July
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous.  Large trifoliate foliage.  White with green and pink stripped flowers.
Notes: Quite hard to find Arisaema from the forests of south western China. Limited supply.

Pot Size: Bare root packed in sawdust3/4" - 1" tubers

Family:  Araceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade
Height: 2' - 3' tall
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Tall stalks with whorled, radial leaf with 12 leaflets with drip-tips.  Large pitcher-like green or carmine striped spathe.
Notes:  One of the easiest Arisaema species to grow.

Family:  Araceae
Zone: 5-9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height:  24"
Bloom Time: June to July
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous.  Large trifoliate foliage.  Dark purple-brown and white striped spathe.
Notes: Quite hard to find Arisaema from the forests of south western China. Limited supply.

Pot Size: Bare root packed in sawdust3/4" - 1" tubers

Family:  Rosaceae
Zone: 3 - 8
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height:  24"
Bloom Time: April to June
Attracts:  Butterflies, Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Sprays of white flowers, low mounds very fine fern like foliage.
Notes: A new smaller growing Goatsbeard that works well with other woodland perennials.  

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Aristolochiaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range:  Western North America
Soil:  Average to moist humus rich
Light:  Shade, part shade
Height:  6"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, heart shaped leaves, 2" wide greenish white flowers.
Notes:  Great foliage!  Smells like ginger when crushed.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Aristolochiaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range:  Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:  Part shade
Height: 4" - 6"
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Heart shaped leaves with silver patterning.  Dark purple-black flowers edged in creamy white.
Notes:  Protect from slugs.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade to sun
Height: 6'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Silver cast to the leaves.  Tall spikes of frilly pink flowers and blue pollen.
Notes:  Selected out of our collections.

Pot Size:  4"  Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade to sun
Height: 6'
Attributes:  Deciduous, When grown with a bit more sun the foliage stays a bright lime green to yellow.  New foliage emerges with an orange tinge around the edges.  Tall spikes of frilly pink flowers and blue pollen.
Notes:  What a surprise!  Beautiful lime green foliage highlighted with orange topped off with sturdy and tall stems of pink flowers.  Astilbe chinensis 'Royal Sentinel' was selected out of our seedlings that originated from our collections in Guizhou province.  The parent plant was only a foot tall and not all that impressive but the progeny are anything but.  Elevation of 1600 m in an ancient Beech tree forest.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 12"
Bloom Time:May to August
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Fern like foliage to about 6" tall with pink flowers to 12" tall.
Notes:  A easily grown species that with a smaller stature.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun-part shade
Height:  4" - 6"
Bloom Time: June to July
Attracts:  Butterflies, Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Dense foliage in tiny mound with short sprays of light pink flowers. 

Notes: Rare Astilbe endemic to the mountains of Yakushima Japan.

Family:  Saxifragacea
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height:  6'
Bloom Time: June to July
Attracts:  Butterflies, Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Broadly elliptic leaves.  Tall flower stems held above the foliage with feathery, greenish white flowers. 
Notes: We came across this giant in South Western Sichuan growing with Rodgersia, Rhododendron, Arisaema. Native to forests and shaded ravines from 900-3200m.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 2'
Bloom Time: April to May
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping.  Bronze new growth turning dark green after flowering.  Plumes of white flowers on dark stems.
Notes: Floriferous variety.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5-9
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part shade-shade
Bloom Time:May to September
Height: 16"
Attributes: White flowers held above the foliage.  Heart shaped, evergreen, glossy bronze-green leaves.
Notes:  One of the  best foliage plants for the shady garden.  Durable and showy.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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: 8 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part-shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: 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 and Dan Hinkley collection.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part-shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: August to September
Attributes: Deciduous. Palmate leaves with bright red hairs.  Pink flowers.
Notes:  A collection from China.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone:  8 - 11
Natural Range:  Himalayas
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part sun, shade
Height:  18"
Bloom Time:  Fall
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Silver and dark green leaves with deep red on the underside.  Pink flowers fall and winter.
Notes: This species originated from the forests of Northeastern India.  Mulch crown in fall.

Pot size: 4" Band Pot