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A
gorgeous and totally rare woodland member of the Salvia family from the
Japanese mountains of Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku. This is so subtly
beautiful especially as it starts to bloom where there are both opening
buds like tiny Christmas ornaments and light purple-blue Penstemon like
blooms. Very airy and delightful. But it's beauty alone is
combined with two other wonderful features -- it's very floriferous --
100's of blooms on a clump-forming plant AND it's a Fall Blooming shade
plant -- there aren't too many of those! Morning sun is also okay.
Lovely tortoise-shell leaves of purples, silvers and greens with single, golden-yellow flowers. Ranunculaceae Garden origin. Small single yellow
flowers. The whole leaf is suffused silver-grey marked purple. Occasionally SUMMER DORMANT when it's hot but don't worry, it will be back! Totally rare and choice! Self seeds in moist areas but rarely in drier areas.
Actually we've never seen it seed. 
A
buttercup native to Europe forming a beautiful mound of purple-black
foliage. Clumps spread steadily to form a good-sized patch in time.
Occasionally SUMMER DORMANT when it's hot but don't worry, it will be
back! Tolerates summer heat and humidity. 
A
fully DOUBLE form of Lessar Celandine or Creeping
An Eastern US and Canadian Native. Grows in dry and/or moist woods
in the Eastern United States. It can be identified by it's large flowers
3/4" flowers, beaked fruit and hispid stems. This is a tall
Buttercup, not a little ground-hugger. For more information, check
out the 
Chinese Perennial with absolutely stunning blooms from spring thru Fall.
Hardy to at least Zone 7, probably colder. Foxglove-like tubular pinkish-purple flowers with yellow throats that are spotted with red on terminal racemes but much more showy than common Foxglove. Politely
stoloniferous.
Sheng
Di Huang. Native to Northern China, this very rare variety of perennial
foxglove is virtually unknown in North America. This is one of the most
important tonic herbs in Chinese medicine. The long oval leaves are
covered with fine hairs and the fluted hairy trumpet flowers are reddish
orange tinted with purple, A slow creeper in the garden. Good for
cut flowers and like it's relative. R. elata, blooms all season.
Interesting little 3"-6" tall plant in the Liliaceae family. Glossy rich supple foliage and interesting flesh pink flowers that become cool berries. Quick to multiply.
Rhizomatous. Hardy provided it's dry in summer & well-drained in winter. THIS
IS A GORGEOUS PLANT! Quickly forms a lush carpet of foliage.
Occasionally spelled Reineckea. When this plant blooms in China, it is
a sign of extreme good fortune to follow! Ours have over-wintered in
pots, packed closely together, outside in zone 7.
The
very rare variegated form of Chinese Rineichkea. This seems to be
equally hardy and a much different look!
A gorgeous
bold waterside plant for Damp or well-watered soil with great
architectural prescience. Huge, 2-3' wide cut leaf foliage topped by
magnificent fragrant blooms reminiscent of Filipendula or Astilbe blooms
reach 6-8' in height will just knock your socks off! I've coveted
this plant ever since I saw a photo in Dan Hinkley's Explorer's Garden
book. Oh wow, this is a stunner. Leaves emerge burgundy and
turn to green before the blooms appear. The most ornamental of all
ornamental Rhubarbs.
A huge plant, up to 6 feet
wide if it's happy with wrinkled, palmate leaves (with reddish veins and
leaf stalks) that can extend to 24" wide and look a lot like Horse
Chestnut leaves.. In summer, upright flower spikes show up,
dressed in pink or white. This is a DRAMATIC plant if you have the
moisture and the space.
Crinkled, heavily veined dark green leaves on reddish stalks produce 12-28" long yellowish white, pink or red flowers. Needs moist soil in sun or average conditions in part shade. Bold and striking. A Chinese
species that is the parent of most hybrids.
Big
bold leathery leaves, divided leaves edged in bronzy red with large
rosey plumes in early summer. Adds tremendous architectural
interest to the garden. Dark stems. The fairly slow grower
takes awhile to settle in -- so water well during dry weather. But
oh wow, is this worth the wait.
Classy bronzed leaves with
strong veined compound showing. Dark green leaves into summer turning
brilliant coppery with red highlights during fall. Ivory colored flowers
with a hint of red.
Elderberry
Rodgersia is a clump forming perennial with handsome pinnate leaves that
may reach 30" long. Panicles of white (rarely pink) flowers up to 18"
remind one of an Astilbe. Needs to be constantly moist. Rhizomatous,
spreading slowly to form lovely colonies. Takes full sun if moist and
tolerates full shade but happiest in Part Shade. Might need mulch
in colder zones.
Pale yellow flowers, on excellent evergreen rhizomatous perennial. Leaves are a dark, leathery green. Compact spikes of orange-red berries. Very RARE! From China. Takes deep shade as well as part
shade. This is a great, underused EVERGREEN perennial -- looks a
bit like a big evergreen Hosta but a much better choice if you have DEER!
A flowering plant of the
Borage family Native from Alaska through the Northwest as far south as
Northern California, also in MT, ID, OR. It's found in
moist, rocky habitat, such as mountain cliff sides. Blooms are
white with a yellow throat over somewhat saxifrage looking leaves.
Requires consistently moist soil; do not let dry out between waterings
This
rare Chinese woodland perennial with large, hooded blooms opening just
above the tall, lush, glossy leaves. The unusual yellow flowers lend
themselves well to garden a special location in the garden. A relative
of Ginger, they like to be planted deep and have a layer of mulch for
winter to tuck them in. In the opinion of some, the best of the Genus.
While almost always yellow, grown by seed they can 'throw' an occasional
purple or white seedling. VERY FLORIFEROUS.
A
sturdy upright Rosemary reportedly hardy to zone 6B.
A genetic breakthrough in Black Eyed
Susans. Because it's not Day Length dependant like most, it
starts blooming much earlier in the season and continues longer.
It's just like 'Goldstrum' (actually discovered IN a field of that
cultivar) but was blooming much earlier and much later. Remove
spent blooms to prolong the blooms even better.
A
very free flowering Rudbeckia with a shrub-like, upright habit with
bright golden yellow blooms and a dark, near black conical centre.
This is a large and elegant plant. The rough textured foliage
on slender stems makes a solid mound.
Considered to be an improved form of R.f.
var. speciosa.
A superior, short form of
Dark-Eyed Susan having thick, dark green leaves. Black-eyed, brilliant golden daisies 3" across.
Multi-flowered pyramidal stalks. Blooms late summer to frost. Dries well. Hands down, one of the VERY FINEST SUMMER BLOOMING PERENNIALS!
Remove spent blooms to prolong the blooms even better. Self
seeds true.
This
introduction from Jelitto Seeds is an improvement over ‘Goldsturm’, an
industry favorite for years. Much more compact at 2', it blooms heavier
and with a neat compact habit to support the yellow daisy-like flowers.
The prominent brown cones provide winter interest in the garden and
birds love the seed. Flowers are great for fresh or dried floral
bouquets. 
A
tall, erect and stately native with a green center, coarse, hairy stems
and yellow rays 3-4" across and deeply lobed leaves! Blooms late
summer/early Fall, is a super cut flower and butterfly magnet and host
plant for larvae. Blooms in moist meadows and grassy roadsides and
flood plains from Quebec to Montana and south to Arizona and Florida --
happy most anywhere -- gorgeous and easy to grow. Can reach 6 feet
but generally tops out blooming at 3-4 feet.
Upright, stiff perennial with spoon-shaped, gray-green basal leaves to 12" long and progressively smaller stem leaves. Bears slightly drooping
flower heads, 3" across, with yellow ray florets and prominent conical centers of brown disk florets in late summer. 
The
US Native often spreads to form large glorious colonies in the Ozark
region of Missouri. Golden yellow daisy-like flowers with
black centers and yellow rays on branched stems 2-3' tall with
narrow green leaves. Both stems and leaves are noticeably
hairy. Missouri Coneflower has a long bloom season - from
summer to early fall. Tolerates hot, humid summer and some
drought.
An unusual Coneflower which had a large, dome-shaped
central cone ringed in but no ray flowers (petals). Surrounding that
are bright green sepals radiating out . Peak bloom from June-July
then sporadically until September. Wonderful in cut or dried flower
arrangements. It's kind of like the 'Black Eye' without the 'Susan'!
Upright, branching rhizomatous perennial
with FRAGRANT green, hairy leaves to 5" that smell like Anise. Large
flower heads to 3.5" across with yellow ray florets & deep brown-purple centers. This is an impressive Native that tolerates more shade than many
Prairie natives but doesn't care for dry soil, especially in sun. Better resistance to powdery mildew, tougher and longer lived than most Rudbeckias. Will grow in clay! 
"Well
who is Henry Eilers?" you ask. He's the guy that discovered this
great form of R. submentosa along a Montgomery Co., IL stream.
"And what caught his attention?" you ask. Unlike the species, it
has QUILLED (rolled) light yellow petals with brown centers where
the species has flat yellow-gold petals. A sturdy upright
grower, it does benefit from being cut back in July to make it more
compact. Fragrant and a good cut flower. This is just an
all around winner.
Native to the Eastern US and just a blooming machine -- from May
through October it pumps out lavender, 3" tubular, bell-shaped,
Petunia-like blooms, each with 5 shallow rounded lobes in a never
ending stream. Lance shaped, olive green leaves are up to 4"
long and both leaves and stems are hairy. Short rhizomes. This
is a must have! We've seen reports of taller plants but the plants
our cuttings are from were about 12" tall however, possibly
they had been sheared but didn't appear so as the area was quite
natural and beautifully untended.
"One
of the finest southern US native plants that we have trialed," Tony
Avent, Plant Delights. This is definitely a winner -- huge blooms
that just don't stop from July 'til Frost. A colonizer, it
spreads by underground runners which can be curbed by putting it in poor
soil. This Texas Native is also called Wild White Petunia -- well,
'cause the bloom does look a lot like a white Petunia! Broad, dark
green leaves. Indifferent to soil, it will even take dry
shade! Wow!
Where 'Blue Curl' and the species are taller
than wide, 'Blue Mound' as you might guess, forms a mound of foliage, a
little more than a foot wide. Doesn't self seed much or at all.
Dwarf compared to the 36" tall species.
Needs at least 6 hours of direct sun. Needs adequate water the
first year then drought tolerant. Deep blue green foliage.
