One of the more difficult things about growing Eggplant is the plants tend to be a little mean. They are usually well protected by spines on the plants and the fruit calex meaning that, sometimes, you have to bleed a little to get at the those tasty fruit. ‘Calliope’ makes Eggplant growing fun again since it is totally devoid of those pesky spines and because it has one of the happiest looking Eggplant fruit you’ll ever see! You’ll ooh and aah over the 2 to 4 inch long oval bright purple fruit with the brilliant pattern of white streaks. You’ll also rave about the productivity of this little beauty that will gives you baskets of sweet looking fruit a mere 64 days after transplanting!

Looking for some height in your shaded woodland garden? Dixie Wood Fern is a very rare native, a naturally occurring hybrid between two Dryopteris varieties that results in a brawny, beautiful Fern that features large, dark green, semi-evergreen fronds with a strong upright habit that will add height, structure and texture to your woodland garden. Although Dixie Wood Fern is very tolerant of dry conditions, a shaded spot with plenty of moisture through the hot summer months will really keep its fronds looking their best. And about that southern sounding name…even though it implies that this Fern might not be tough enough for the northern garden, Dixie Wood Fern will thrive in the northern garden with its great hardiness and garden altering stature that few other Ferns can match.

Brilliant spring foliage color gives your garden a real wake up call as young shoots are golden-orange fading to bright golden-yellow and green as they mature in later spring. Outstanding for shade, it is stunning when grouped adding unique color and texture that you’ll love. 

Evergreen fern which grows into a tight, flowing form. New leaves emerge light green, mature lustrous, grayish-green leathery fronds. Invaluable to native birds, and creates a year-round textural presence in the shade garden.

Named after Scottish Botanist, John Goldie, this large fern has green fronds that will rise above most hosta’s and Hellebores in the woodland garden. Stately with an arching, vase-like form, this shade lover will likely be the largest of its type in the garden with tall fronds that can top off at 4′. Easy to grow with little care necessary. Perfect for massing in any shady woodland garden. Adds spectacular height and texture to the woodland garden. Deer resistant. Thrives in partial to full shade. Feed yearly with an organic fertilizer. No pruning necessary, just clean up old, damaged fronds before spring flush. Protect from winter winds.

This solid, trouble free evergreen fern is a perfect plant for shade and semi-shade areas forming a dense clump with upright, finely cut, nearly lustrous fronds and deep green color. It’s a perfect plant for grouping in the landscape to give that soft, forest floor feeling and is very drought tolerant once established. It all sounds great, but why is this plant named ‘Brilliance’?? Even with all its great virtues, the time when this plant jumps into your consciousness is when its new growth emerges such a bright reddish-orange that you’ll think the plant is spontaneously combusting! It’s an amazing show of color that will make your sedate shaded area a brilliant center of attention!

Named after its founder and developer, George William Clinton, this large fern has green fronds whose medium size will fill in empty spaces woodland garden with tall fronds growing between 2-4′. Easy to grow with little care necessary. Perfect for massing in any shady woodland garden. Adds spectacular texture to the woodland garden. Rabbit resistant. Thrives in partial to full shade. Feed yearly with an organic fertilizer. No pruning necessary, just clean up old, damaged fronds before spring flush. Protect from winter winds.

This lacy, bright green fern with outward growing frond is a perfect plant for massing in shady areas of the woodland, rock, native plant or wild garden. It’s a perfect plant for grouping in the landscape. Fronds will remain green in mild winters too!

It’s singular, it’s colorful, it stately, and, above all, it’s memorable. Blue Atlas Cedar, as it matures, is one of those plants that thrills the horticulturalist as much as the rawest of home gardeners. Its shimmering, deep blue, whorled needles may have something to do with that as they cling tightly in round bunches along stiff, angularly upright branches. These branches form an open, somewhat stiff, wide pyramid of a tree that is formal, yet open looking and very striking. It’s a quick growing specimen that loves full sun, needs wind protection in the northern most reaches of its range, and a lot of room as it will become the plant that will define your landscape.