Perennials and Bulbs

Family: Iridaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 8"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous. Small, clumps of grass like foliage.  Numerous small blue flowers.
Notes:  A delightfully dainty Iris with flowers hardly larger than a thumb nail.  Don't let it get crowded out by larger perennials.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Iridaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 8"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous. Small, clumps of grass like foliage.  Numerous small white flowers.
Notes:  A delightfully dainty Iris with flowers hardly larger than a thumb nail.  Don't let it get crowded out by larger perennials.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Iridaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 8"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous. Small, clumps of grass like foliage.  Numerous small double blue-purple flowers.
Notes:  A delightfully dainty Iris with flowers hardly larger than a thumb nail.  Don't let it get crowded out by larger perennials.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Iridaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Part shade
Height:  1'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Lush, fan-like foliage atop tall stems. 2" Pale blue to white flowers with yellow crests.
Notes:  This form has bright white and green variegated foliage.  A woodland type iris that in the wild grows in open woodland margins and meadows. 

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Iridaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range:  Iris pseudocorus x Iris ensata
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attracts:  Bees, Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Purple standards with deep purple markings outlining the bright yellow center. 
Notes:  This is a sterile cross that has both hybrid vigor with longer blooming season.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Iridaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range:  Iris pseudocorus x Iris ensata
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attracts:  Bees, Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Soft lavender petals with dark violet around the yellow center.
Notes:  This is a sterile cross that has both hybrid vigor with longer blooming season.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Iridaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range:  Iris pseudocorus x Iris ensata
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attracts:  Bees, Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Peachy yellow flowers with deep purple veining surrounding the bright yellow center.
Notes:  This is a sterile cross that has both hybrid vigor with longer blooming season.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Iridaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Circumboreal
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous fans.  Purple-blue flowers.
Notes: Easy to grow and widespread Iris species that can be found growing with Dactylorhiza and Fritillaria in the wild.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Iridaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 18"
Bloom Time:  May
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous. Unknown flower color.  Deep blue to purple.
Notes:  These are from our collections in 2013 from Muli area in Sichuan Province.  Found growing at 3800m growing mixed with Rhododendron, Clethera, Sorbus, Abies, Larix.  To my surprise our seedlings are growing much more robust and better looking than what we saw in the wild.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Iridaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: Mediterranean Europe, Northern Africa
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time:  February to March
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Evergreen fans.  Purple-blue flowers with yellow and white markings.
Notes: Bright flowers that emerge during the cool winter months.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Iridaceae
Zone:  2 - 9
Natural Range:  Eastern US
Soil:  Average, moist
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  3'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Purple new growth slowly transitioning to green.   Purple flowers in late spring to early summer
Notes:  New introduction from Mt. Cuba Center.  New growth emerges in March

Pot size:  Quart Pot Very Full!

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan, China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-shade
Height: 6" - 12"
Attributes:  Deciduous, Purple- blue flowers in early spring.  Lobed foliage with red -orange new growth.
Notes:  Related to Epimedium, Achlys, Ranzania, Mahonia, Podophyllum.  A lovely clumping perennial that gets even better with time.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Calceolariaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: New Zealand
Soil:  Average
Light: Part shade
Height: 3'
Bloom Time: May to July
Attracts: Bumblebees
Resistant To:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen shrub-like perennial with white bell shaped flowers and purple spots on the inside.  Scalloped leaves arranged oppositely.
Notes:  New Zealand endemic, found in eastern and central North Island forests.  We received our original plants thanks to Shayne Chandler. What a fun plant.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Asphodelaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Africa
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height:  4' 
Bloom Time: June to July
Attracts: Hummingbirds, Butterflies, bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous.  Grass like foliage with 3" orange tubular flowers. 
Notes: Native to Mount Kilimanjaro up to 13,000 feet in elevation.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:Lamiaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range:  Balkans, Hungary
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 24" - 30"
Bloom Time: April to May
Resistant to: Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:Deciduous.  Clumping, upright.  Coarsely textured, heart-shaped fuzzy leaves occasionally with silver down the center.  Crimson-purple flowers formed in whorls. 
Notes:Does not spread like other species.

Pot Size: 4" Band Pot

Family:Liliaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Central South Africa
Soil: Average, humus rich, well draining
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 6” - 10"
Bloom Time: April to May
Attributes: Deciduous. Clumping. Upright, lanceolate leaves with purple stripes.  Small fragrant pink flowers.
Notes:Native to wetland margins and moist grasslands.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Liliaceae
Zone:  3 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part sun
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  Summer
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous, 3' - 4' tall.  White flowers with maroon-brown spotting.  A mature plant can have between 20 and 50 flowers.
Notes: A stunning hybrid that is at home in the lightly shady garden.

Pot size: Large Band Pot

Family:  Liliaceae
Zone:  3 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part sun
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  Summer
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous, 3' - 4' tall.  Rich red with orange markings and darker red spotting.  A mature plant can have between 20 and 50 flowers.
Notes: A stunning hybrid that is at home in the lightly shady garden.

Pot size: Large Band Pot

Family:  Liliaceae
Zone:  3 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part sun
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  Summer
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous, 3' - 4' tall.  Bright white flowers.  A mature plant can have between 20 and 50 flowers.
Notes: A stunning hybrid that is at home in the lightly shady garden.

Pot size: Large Band Pot

Family:  Liliaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas, Southern Tibet, China; Yunnan province. Nepal, Bhutan, Northern India
Soil: moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: part shade, Sun
Height: 2' - 4' tall
Attributes: Deciduous. Blooms summer.  Lilium nepalense has stoloniferous stems that form new bulbs in different spots than the original plant.  In a few years plants will form loose colonies with younger and older blooming sized bulbs. Flowers are recurved, white - greenish yellow with maroon - red center.
Notes:  Dr. Wallich's collectors discovered L. nepalense prior to 1820 in Nepal but it remains one of the least known of all species Lilies.  There are two other closely related species L. majoense and L. primulinum that are just as hard to find in cultivation.  Like all species lilies, keep bulbs and roots cool by planting among other perennials and shrubs.  The tops of the plants can take full sun.  In the wild Lilium nepalense grows on grassy slopes and woodland margins between 7,000 and 8,500 feet elevation.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:Asparagaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 8"
Pest Resistance: Deer
Bloom Time: July to September
Attributes:Evergreen, clumps of strap-like arching, glossy, dark green leaves.  Showy flowers above the foliage with large blue fruit.
Notes:Native to moderately high elevations in dense, moist woodlands.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Campanulaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Mexico
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 2'
Bloom Time: Summer
Attributes:  Reddish stems, long narrow leaves.  Red and yellow flowers.  Spreading underground rhizome.
Notes:  Hummingbirds love this plant. 

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:  Campanulaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Chili
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun
Height: 3' - 6'
Bloom Time: July to November
Attributes:  Deciduous, Scarlet -  red tubular flowers, fuzzy gray - green foliage.
Notes:  Hummingbirds love this plant.  Plants will bloom  from summer until fall. Often they are still blooming in November.  In the garden plant in moist, humus rich, well drained soil in full sun.  Plants are noted to reach six feet tall, however our plants have only grown three feet tall

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Caryophyllaceae
Zone:5 - 8
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 12"
Bloom Time:  Spring-summer
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Attributes: Deciduous.  Red-purple new growth turning deep green.  Bright red flowers in spring-summer.
Notes:  Great for hummingbirds and butterflies.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Araceae
Zone:  3 - 9
Natural Range:  Alaska south into Northern California
Soil:  Moist, wet
Light:  sun, part sun, shade
Height:  2' - 6'
Bloom Time:  February to May
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Bright yellow flowers late winter into spring.  Huge fleshy green leaves that add a tropical look to the garden.
Notes: Works well with Primula, Rodgersia, Petasites.  In the garden we have them planted in heavy soil that is seasonally saturated.  Cooler climates can get away with growing them in full sun but they look the best with some shade in summer.
 
Pot size:  Deep 2" Pot

Family:  Araceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Northeastern Asia
Soil:  Moist, wet
Light:  sun, part sun, shade
Height:  2' - 3'
Bloom Time:  February to May
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Bright white spathe, green-yellow spadix.  Huge fleshy green leaves that add a tropical look to the garden.
Notes: Works well with Primula, Rodgersia, Petasites.  In the garden we have them planted in heavy soil that is seasonally saturated.  Cooler climates can get away with growing them in full sun but they look the best with some shade in summer.
 
Pot size: 4" Pot

Family:  Asparagaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  PNW
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Part sun, shade
Height:  8"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous, spreading ground-cover.  Single heart shaped leaf with small white held above the foliage.  Red berries in fall.
Notes:  Best suited for larger areas where allowed to become the dominate ground-cover. 
 
Pot size:  4" Pot

Family:Asparagaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China, Northern India
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 1' - 2'
Attributes:  Deciduous, Large, thick rhizomes, arching stems with elliptic foliage, panicles of white flowers in spring.
Notes:  Showy and hard to find Smilacina due to its slow propagation from seed. Best in the lightly shaded garden.  Smilacina have recently been reclassified into Mainthemum.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Shade-sun
Height: 1'
Attributes:  Deciduous, Arching stems with oval leaves to 6" long.  Panicles of small creamy white flowers in summer.  Red fruit in late summer early fall.
Notes:  Smilacina has nice structure and texture and can be used both as a specimen plant or in large groupings.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:  Asparagaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range:China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 1' - 2'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes:  Deciduous, Large, robust rhizomes, arching stems with elliptic foliage, panicles of star shaped green flowers in spring.  Orange fruit in late summer, fall.
Notes:  Unusual and hard to find Smilacina for the lightly shaded garden.  This form has purple leaf tips and purple leaf bracts. Smilacina have recently been reclassified into Mainthemum.  These are incredibly slow from seed and we are offering young seedlings that will take a couple more years before flowering.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:Lamiaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Europe
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 14"
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, Bees, Butterflies
Pest Resistance: NA
Bloom Time: April to June
Attributes:Deciduous.  White flowers with purple lip.  Scented flowers and foliage.
Notes:Flowers look like bees.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Phrymaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part shade
Bloom Time:  June to October
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, 12” - 24" tall.  Summer blooming. Orange to scarlet red tubular flowers. Thick, fleshy tuber like root.
Notes:  This is a perennial Mimulus that hummingbirds go crazy for.  The foliage emerges early in the spring and slowly starts to put up a flowering stem.  By early summer it is in full flower.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: North America
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Shade, part shade
Height: 12"
Attracts:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Cordate leaves with serrated edges to 4" long.  12" tall flower stalks with numerous white fringed flowers.
Notes:This genus is a great plant to have in mas but also so fun to get up close and look at all the detail in the flowers.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan, China, Korea
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 12"
Bloom Time: April to May
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping.  Fanned, maple like leaves emerging green aging to bronze green by mid summer turning brilliant yellow and red in the fall.  White flowers dance above the foliage.
Notes: Tidy and smaller perennial related to Peltaboykinia and Rodgersia.  For better color, should be planted in a bit more sun.
 

Pot Size:  4" Band

Family:  Musaceae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range:  Japan
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  14'.
Bloom Time:  Summer
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Tall trunks with large foliage.  
Notes:  In cooler climates best when mulched in winter.  Will form large stands with time.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Musaceae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range:  Bhutan, India
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  14'.
Bloom Time:  Summer
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Tall trunks with large foliage that can be spotted with red-purple
Notes:  In cooler climates best when mulched in winter.  Native to high forest of the Himalayas.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot