This exciting Rhododendron shows its New England roots proudly as an offspring of the Weston Nursery developed ‘Aglo’ and it performs with just as much landscape distinction. It’s small leaf selection that boasts a tight, dense, rounded form that is more compact than ‘Aglo’ with deeper green foliage and the added feature of deep red stems to show off the foliage even more. ‘Bubblegum’ will more than hold its own in bloom against its more famous parent as its bursts into bloom in mid to late April with clouds of slightly larger, deeper pink flowers that will completely envelop the plant in color. Overall, ‘Bubblegum’ is an outstanding improvement in form and color that will add tons of interest to your early spring landscape. Plant ‘Bubblegum’ in full to half day sun and in an area with moist well-drained soil and watch it thrive!

This fruit has a cult-like following and it’s easy to see why! This bumpy skinned green fruit looks like and apple but tastes like the crispest, juiciest Asian Pear ever. Heavy producing and maturing in early August, it is a home orchard prize!Heavy producer. Outstanding tart Asian Pear taste with incredible juiciness. Easy to grow. Lovely in bloom in spring. Fruit is best for fresh eating. Needs another Asian Pear variety nearby for best pollination and fruit set.

Silvery bracts highlight dense clusters of small pinkish flowers from summer to early fall. The flowers are an extraordinarily good source of nectar for smaller types of butterflies. The leaves smell strongly of spearmint when they are crushed and, like many members of the mint family, the leaves may be used in teas.

A lovely old garden favorite for the edge of a shady path or border. Its long leaves are lavishly dappled with silvery spots that glow brightly from early spring till hard frost. The graceful clusters of rosy buds open to flowers that start pink and age to deep blue. Use a grouping of ‘Mrs. Moon’ to create an attractive ground cover. Grow in soil that stays moist (not wet) and is rich in organic matter.

Brighten up any shade garden with this early blooming perennial that is as reknown for its foliage as its bloom. Leaves emerge from the ground as the weather warms in late March forming a mound of long, narrow, deep green, spade-shaped foliage offset by an array of white spots that make the leaves look like they just have emerged from a passing paint shower! The foliage serves as the backdrop for stems of small, deep blue to pink, bell shaped flowers that rise above the mound in late April and continue through May. ‘Bertram Anderson’ is one of those indispensible plants for a shade garden that thrive where other plants falter…it looks fantastic in groups at the front of any garden and will give you months of foliage viewing pleasure. While many Lungworts are powdery mildew prone, this is one of the most resistant giving you even more reason to enjoy them!

Unique salmon pink buds transition to rich blue flowers. Silver speckling dusts the green leaves. Its attractive foliage can be enjoyed after the spring flowers are finished.

Get ready for some early spring WOW factor as this plant emerges to form a low, dense, spreading mound of deep green foliage that is dotted with prominent white spots. Large clusters of beefy, shrimp pink flowers burst into color above the foliage in late April and continue to June.this shade lover is perfect for massing and for mixed containers.

Big green leaves speckled with silver form a pleasing mound in the shade landscape adding great texture and great color especially when clusters of large, rosy pink flowers open above the foliage in early May. One of the easiest to grow shade perennials, ‘Pretty in Pink’ is perfect to show in groups for its great foliage and showy bloom.

Your shady garden spots will love the snappy color and style this early blooming perennial adds. Its foliage is a great, season long attribute that emerges in early April deep green with distinct, nearly luminous whitish-silver spots and forms a dense basal mound of leaves. Flower stalks rise out of this silver spotted mass and open to reveal strings of raspberry colored flowers that continue to bloom through the end of May adding a flourish to already showy leaves. ‘Raspberry Splash’ is best planted in shade or partial shade with moist, well-drained soil and is very impressive when grouped at the front of a garden.

Legendary for its productivity, this European Plum is a vigorous grower and bloomer as it covers itself with a cloud of white bloom in spring. Small plums form and mature in mid-August as a small, blue skinned, yellow fleshed fruit you’ll love!Heavy producer. Self-pollinating but best planted with another European Plum. Profuse spring bloom. Fruit is perfect for jams, canning and preserves but is tasty fresh off the tree, too.