A towering, regal presence in the garden, this selection dominates with its 3 to 4′ height, its beautifully textured, dark blackish-green foliage and its pendulous, stem ending streamers of late summer blooming, small white flowers. Add to all these outstanding qualities the fact that this plant is an outstanding pollinator attractor and you have a colorful, semi-shade garden winner!

Intriguing, nearly black, deep purple foliage along with a statuesque garden form make this a plant that demands attention. ‘Hillside Black Beauty’ was found at Hillside Gardens in Norfolk, CT and is the darkest foliaged Actaea out there and, even better, this foliage does not fade as summer heat builds. It keeps its great color all year on deeply cut, almost frilly foliage that gives the plant an airy, fine texture that is very effective grouped at the back of any partially to fully shaded garden. Its foliage provides outstanding contrast to long spikes of pure white, fragrant flowers that bloom from late August through September.

Noblessa is a different form of Achillea then most gardeners are use to. Almost like a giant Babys Breath except much easier to grow! Its large round, pure white double flowers are abundant and held in a loose informal bouquet. Perfect addition to the cottage garden! Excellent choice for dried flower arangements. Easy to grow and quite adaptable to any soil conditons.

Perfectly fitting for the name, ‘Peter Cottontail’ is flooded with large, cotton-like, ivory flowers that’s reminiscent of Baby’s breath.   Produced over a low, mounding habit of green foliage, the clusters on this perennial will add texture to the garden. While, named after the fictional bunny, it is both deer and rabbit resistant.

The Achillea ‘Firefly Diamond’ boasts a beautiful contrast between its ivory white flowers against its dark green foliage.  The upright Yarrow attracts bees and butterflies, and resists deer and rabbits.  It is easy to grow and fits perfectly into the landscape as a border plant, cut or dried flower, as well as mass planting.

Try this Japanese Maple for some landscape wow power in the form of great variegated foliage and outstanding, unique form. Ukigumo is Japanese for ‘Floating Cloud Tree’ which seems fitting given its layered, wide vase-like shape. Its coloration may contribute to this memorable name, too with leaves unfurling in a dizzying array of different blothches and combinations of green, white and pink that makes every ‘Ukigumo’ tree absolutely unique. It is a specimen that few will have and almost everyone will notice! ‘Ukigumo’ prefers a morning sun/afternoon shade location with moist, well drained soil to thrive.

Clear white, fragrant, nectar laden flowers from late spring until autumn on gently arching branches. ‘Rose Creek’ has rosy stems and glossy deep green foliage that turns a beautiful bronze in autumn. Compact and easy to grow. Deer resistant, well-shaped shrub that flowers all summer long while providing the nectar our pollinators crave! Perfect for a foundation, border or container.

Radiance stands above all other Abelias.  During the growing season, silvery-green and creamy white variegated foliage is held on bright red stems. Beginning in late summer, plants are covered with fragrant, trumpet shaped blooms. Late summer flowers are a favorite of butterflies. Theser white blooms last until frost on semi-evergreen foliage. Drought tolerant once established. 

This dense, compact selection sports small, deep green, glossy foliage that serves as the backdrop for profuse, small, white tubular flowers that bloom all summer. Superb burgundy red fall foliage color.

While sporting a fine name, ‘Kaleidoscope’ could have easily been named ‘Chameleon’ given its ever changing mix of foliage color and bloom. It’s a woody plant that always shows you something new starting with the emergence of new foliage in the spring that radiates with bright yellow color against a green leaf center. As summer approaches, the bright yellow variegation matures to a striking golden yellow and plant stems deepen to showy red creating a near riot of landscape color. In mid summer even more color emerges as light pink flower buds open to produce a stream of small, white, tubular flowers that keep on blooming into fall. As temperatures cool in fall, its brilliant foliage changes again with the addition of bright oranges and fiery reds that will set the landscape ablaze. It all makes for great landscape viewing on a plant that loves a sunny area and that will make a striking group planting. ‘Kaleidoscope’ will perform best with protection from winter wind.