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:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 6-9
Natural Range: Pacific Northwest
Soil: Average to moist but very drought tolerant once established
Light: part shade-shade
Bloom Time:  April to June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: 12" tall. White bottle brush like blooms in spring.  Dark purple berries and trifoliate lobed leaves.
Notes: Vanilla scent when dried.

Pot Size: 4" 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

Family: Asphodelaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: South Africa
Soil:  Average, well drained dryer winter
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 6" - 10"
Bloom Time:  June to August
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Evergreen.  Coral-orange flowers.  
Notes: Needs a good 6 to 8 hours of direct sun in the cooler parts of its range with a more shade in hotter climates.  Needs good drainage and works well tucked into a rock garden.  We grow ours under the eves on a west facing overhang.

Pot Size:  4" 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

Family: Araceae

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: Tuber

Family: Araceae

Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  India, Nepal
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade
Height:  3'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Spotted stalk and divided leaf.  Creamy white flowers.
Notes: Likeother Amorphophallus and Arisaema in colder climates tubers can be stored cool and dry during the winter and replanted in spring.

Pot Size: Tuber

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:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade, sun
Bloom Time:  March to May
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, 6" tall.  White flowers with blue center.  Coarsely toothed and finely divided leaves.  Clumping
Notes:  An early spring bloomer that slowly expands forming a contained clump. Blooms around the same time as many Trillium, Erythronium and Epimedium.

Pot Size:4" 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

Zone: 5 - 8
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade
Bloom Time:  April to May
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, 8".  Double green pinwheel flowers
Notes:  Slow growing tuberous woodland perennial.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 5 - 8
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade
Bloom Time:  April to May
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, 2' tall.  Nodding pale purple flowers with darker purple highlights that hover over ferny foliage.  Summer blooming.  Clumping
Notes:  Elegant and refined perennial for a lightly shady garden.  Looks like a cross between Anemone and Cimicifuga.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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:  Araliaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Bloom Time:  Summer
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  3' tall gold-chartreuse foliage and white flowers. 
Notes: A bright form of Aralia that glows in a lightly shaded location.  This is a perennial Aralia that dies to the ground every fall only to regain its size the next spring.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pots

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:  This seed strain has darker mottling on the spathe.  One of the easiest Arisaema species to grow.

Dormant Bulbs

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:  Araceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Bhutan. India
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, Well drained
Light:  Part shade, Sun
Bloom Time:  May to June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, 1'-2' tall. Spathe is dark brown - carmine and purple, with white - greenish yellow, striping, resembling snake skin. Long brown whip like spadex.  Bloom time is around April - May. Large, glossy trifoliate leaves with thick veining.  These go dormant quickly after blooming.
Notes:  Arisaema griffithii var. pradhanii is an unusual species growing in Rhododendron forests, and alpine meadows at about 9,000 ft elevation.

Dormant Bulbs  

Family:  Araceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Eastern Himalayas. China. Bhutan. Northeast India
Soil: moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: part shade
Height: 12" -  24" tall
Bloom Time:  June to July
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous. Blooms spring to early summer.  Brown and white mottled pseudostem.  Carmine and white striped inflorescens.  Long whip like spadex. Large glossy trifoliate leaves with impressed veins on the upper side.
Notes:  Arisaema speciosum grows in cool forests that are subject to winter frost and snowfall.

Dormant Bulbs

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

Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 16"
Attributes:  Deciduous. Tight foliage with short flower spikes of creamy white flowers.  Orange-red fall foliage.
Notes:  A low maintenance plant that works well with other lower growing shade perennials.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pots 

Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 4' - 6'
Attributes:  Deciduous, male flowers and female flowers on separate plants.  Tall plumes of white flowers.  Ferny foliage.
Notes:  A low maintenance plant that looks nice as a backdrop in a perennial garden, or shady edge.  These seedlings are from a Silver Creek seed collection.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pots 

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:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid;  PP35461 CPBRAF
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 28"
Bloom Time: April to May
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping.  Deep burgundy leaves with rosy purple flowers.
Notes: Great combo of dark leaves and dark flowers.

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.  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