Zone 4

Hosta 'Royal Standard' (SUN-TOLERANT HOSTA)

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Rich, deep-green, wavy-edged foliage and fragrant white flowers make this variety a standard by which to measure the others. Each long, narrow leaf is up to 9" long and massed together they create a...

Helleborus Honeymoon® 'New York Night' (HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 In early to mid-spring, 2-3in, nodding, single flowers in shades of vibrant, deep black-purple, with contrasting creamy white stamens, stand 18-24in above deep green, glossy...

Cornus sericea 'Hedgerows Gold' (GOLD-VARIEGATED RED-TWIG)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 Bright and colorful every season of the year! Its deep red stems, eye-catching in winter, are clothed with showy golden-yellow and green variegated leaves in spring-summer, which...

Helleborus Winter Jewels® 'Golden Lotus' (YELLOW HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 Fully double, elegant, lotus-like flowers open a soft clear-yellow before aging to deep-gold (sometimes touched with red). The blossoms rise over one to two foot clumps of...

Eupatorium cannabinum (HEMP AGRIMONY)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 Found natively in sunny moist spots over much of Europe, into Siberia,

Echinacea 'Sombrero Salsa' (RED CONEFLOWER)

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Chili-pepper-red sombreros with a pom-pom on top make this compact, well-branched 24" perennial a bright-light in border or vase over all three!! summer months. S/M/GDr PPAF ...

Echinacea eyecatcher-canary Feathers (YELLOW CONEFLOWER)

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Large blooms up to 5 inches wide are bright yellow, with golden cones. The gorgeous plants are compact, well-branched, and sturdy, standing 18-20 inches tall by 14-16 inches wide. 'Canary Feathers'...

Carpinus japonica (JAPANESE HORNBEAM)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 Elegant! This very attractive understory tree from Japan eventually reaches 20-30' tall and is just as wide-spreading. Its outstanding feature is its dark-green, long, very...

Baptisia american Goldfinch (GOLDEN FALSE INDIGO)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 Bold golden-yellow spikes of peal-like flowers proliferate well above the wide base of dense foliage, for weeks, beginning in late-spring or early summer. After blooming, if left...

Cornus alba 'Siberian Pearls' (RED-TWIG DOGWOOD)

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Hardiness zones 2-8 Its' Siberian hardiness and a profusion of white flowers, followed by white berries, like white (turning blue with age) pearls along the red branches in fall, give this shrub...

Acer rubrum 'October Glory' (OCTOBER GLORY MAPLE)

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Brilliant orange to deep-red autumn color makes this gorgeous, rounded 40-50' tree one of the glories of any fall landscape! This cultivar is a female form bearing attractive red flowers in the...

Clematis 'Viva Polonia' (CLEMATIS)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 'Viva Polonia' is a strikingly beautiful clematis with loads of deep pink-red petals which each adorn a white stripe radiating from the center, giving the flowers their brilliant...

Betula nigra 'Dura Heat' (HEAT-TOLERANT RIVER BIRCH)

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A wonderful birch which extends the area to grow this fine native tree, selected in Georgia for its superior heat and disease resistance. It also boasts better foliage and is somewhat smaller at...

Akebia quinata 'Purple Boquet' (COMPACT FIVE-LEAF AKEBIA)

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Slower growing and more compact, this Akebia vine offers its unique five-fingered foliage and abundant clusters of mauve-purple flowers. S-PSh/M Zone 4

Carex glauca 'Blue Zinger' (BLUE SEDGE)

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This sedge looks like a lovely blue-green meadow grass that will work in part-to-full shade; a 1-2' tall gracefully waving "grass", it may slowly spread to a 2' wide patch in 5 years. S-Sh/M-W...

Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum' (JAPANESE PAINTED FERN)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 Most ferns limit their color to green but not so the painted fern which subtly blends wine-red and silvery-green on its gracefully tapering fronds. This award-winning perennial...

Bugleweed tenorii 'Princess Nadia' (VARIEGATED BUGLEWEED)

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'Princess Nadia' is an absolutely beautiful, variegated groundcover with dramatic leaves splotched in cream, green, purple, and fuchsia-burgundy pink. In spring the plant is covered with blue flower...

Betula nigra 'City Slicker' (RIVER BIRCH)

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Delightful anytime of the year, this medium (30-40') tree has exceptional creamy-white exfoliating bark which develops at an early age and deep, dark-green foliage that turns a beautiful golden...

Adiantum pedatum (NORTHERN MAIDENHAIR FERN)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 This lovely, delicate-looking, deciduous fern is native to the eastern United States where it is found growing in forested slopes, gully bottoms and damp shady woods. Forming...

Athyrium niponicum 'Regal Red' (RED-STEM JAPANESE PAINTED FERN)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 Each frond of this elegant 12-18in fern is a deep "regal" purple-red in the center, edged with frilly (slightly twisted) silver edges. A wonderful, colorful, softly ruffled...

Clematis 'Pink Mink' (CLEMATIS)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 This multi-award winning, 9-10ft tall and 6ft wide Clematis was bred by horticulturalist Szczepan Marczynski PhD, and possesses all of the wonderful qualities associated with his...

Aquilegia caerulea (ROCKY MTN COLUMBINE)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 Fields of these brilliant-blue and white spurred flowers are an inspiring sight in Colorados high Rockies where its the state flower. S-PSh/M/GDr 

Carex riparia 'Variegata' (VARIEGATED POND SEDGE)

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Black flower culms contrast strikingly with the green and white striped foliage of this 24" wet-lover; best kept in a container (beautiful by pond or patio) to keep its spreading ways in check...

Cladrastis lutea 'Rosea/Perkins' (PINK-FLOWERED YELLOWWOOD)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 A lovely form of this small SE native tree which produces long weeping clusters of pink flowers in mid-summer as well as luxuriant bright-green compound leaves; a really special...