The most silver of any lavender, ‘Silver Mist’ has a ghostly, almost whitish appearance. It forms a bushy, very well-branched, uniform clump of fragrant, silver foliage. Beginning in midsummer it produces perfectly contrasting lavender purple flowers which last for many weeks. Lavender has been grown for centuries for its intensely fragrant flowers and beautiful appearance. It is a staple item of every sunny garden, and its dried flowers are widely used in potpourris and arrangements.

Update your lavender collection with an exciting introduction that nearly glows in the summer sun. Broad, variegated leaves have creamy yellow margins next to the central section of light green. This improved foliage combination looks smashing with wonderful blooms held on a dense compact mounding habit. Strongly fragrant, lavender blue flowers are long lasting and make a great cut flower. A great addition to any garden, container or rock garden and a great butterfly attraction too.

Compact featuring attractive grey-green foliage topped with deep purple flowers beginning in midsummer. Superb foliage fragrance. Strong bloomer in the summer. Fragrant flowers and foliage is perfect for cutting and drying. Spectacular when massed.

A dense, full plant with fragrant deep lavender flowers and grayish green, needle-like fragrant foliage. Plant in groups in very well-drained soil.

The grey-green foliage forms a compact mound topped with plump, rich violet purple flower wands that are perfect for cutting for fresh and dried bouquets. Great in landscapes and containers.

Your cooking will be bumped up a notch by using fresh bay leaves rather than the typical dried ones found on most store shelves. Fresh leaves can be harvested from this tree at any time but the best time is in late summer and the older leaves are regarded as the better quality as they have the essential oils that make these flavorful leaves a must-have for many soups and stews. Bay leaves can also be used to repel the typical kitchen pests such as mice, flies, meal moths, silverfish, and even the dreaded cockroach. just scatter a few around your pantry.

The expression “one of a kind” is overused but absolutely correct when describing this plant. ‘Varied Directions’ breaks the mold with a spreading, sprawling, undulating form that really conforms to any shape you choose. That’s because its wavy branches will twist and turn and ultimately cover the ground unless altered by you. As a result you have a breathtaking tree that is really a work of art that grows quickly with a mind of its own to create a masterpiece of form with longish, fresh green colored needles held in tufts along its branches. These needles turn golden brown before they fall off to reveal a specimen that looks even better in the winter months than during the growing season. A real collector’s item that is so easy to grow!

Fast growing, strongly weeping branches are covered with whorls of lime green needles giving this selection a unique garden look and texture. Needles turn golden yellow in autumn and fall. Striking specimen with year round beauty. Easy to grow and extremely hardy. Superb fall foliage color and winter attaction with weeping form.

From a distance this spreading beauty looks almost pure white, a color that will definitely get your attention especially in a shady spot. As you come closer to take a look you’ll see that it is actually a series of variegated silvery-white leaves with green margins grouped tightly along trailing stems. ‘White Nancy’ forms a perfectly beautiful groundcover that spreads by stolons and is aggressive while not being invasive. It’s one of the easiest, most rewarding long season color plants for partial to full shade you can grow and even has a pleasing, mint-like, pure white bloom that first appears in late May and early June. It tolerate virtually any well-drained soil and will take a shearing if you feel it is misshapen or growing too aggressively, and come back even stronger and more beautiful than before. ‘White Nancy’ is extremely hardy and deer resistant so feel free to plant it in large groups or even in mixed containers for a shady patio or deck that could use its great color and great vigor.

Find a shady area or window box in a prominent place because you are going to want to find lots of spots for this superb perennial that offers so much while asking so little. ‘Pink Chablis’, first and foremost, offers outstanding foliage and form with trailing stems holding shimmering foliage of silver backed with green tightly against them to produce a luminescent mat that tops itself throughout the spring and summer with small, loose spikes of cotton candy pink colored flowers. What a show ‘Pink Chablis’ provides as a groundcover or as a trailing container plant with so little care needed. ‘Pink Chablis’ will perform beautifully in full sun or full shade, is drought resistant, deer resistant and incredibly colorful. Plant lots of these in your landscape then pat yourself on the back for making such a sweet, colorful choice!