Zone 9

Hosta abiqua (HOSTA)

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Hardiness zones 3-9 Like tiny blue mountain-lakes, the intensely cupped and puckered leaves of this hosta with its white mid-summer flowers make it an attractive and distinctive specimen; (Walden...

Echinacea 'Tangerine Dream' (FRAGRANT ORANGE CONEFLOWER)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 This easy-care perennial produces abundant masses of bright, tangerine-orange, single flowers. The large, four-inch blossoms feature wide, overlapping petals and have a delightful...

Helleborus Winter Jewels® 'Lenten Rose' (HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 Each white petal of these very double flowers is picotee-edged with rose...a real jewel for the winter-spring garden. S-Sh/M/GDr PPA 

Helleborus Honeymoon® 'Irish Luck' (HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 Large single flowers of lime green with burgundy centers bloom readily in spring, and may last for 6 weeks! The spent blooms are attractive as well, and will last for weeks as...

Helleborus Honeymoon® 'Sandy Shores' (HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 The elegant, single flowers of 'Sandy Shores' are blushed with apricot surrounding their burgundy flecked centers on the interior side, and rosy-pink on the outside. These...

Helleborus Winter Jewels® 'Red Sapphire' (HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 Absolutely stunning; prolific, fully double lotus-like flowers in shades of deep rose-reds bloom for weeks in late winter into early spring. Gorgeous deep dark-green leathery...

Hibiscus syriacus 'White Chiffon' (WHITE ROSE OF SHARON)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 The delicate pure-white flowers have lovely, lacy centers which almost look like anemones! Blossoms appear profusely in summer on this incredibly low-maintenance bush. This lovely...

Cupressus torulosa (BHUTAN CYPRESS)

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Hardiness zones 7-9 A tall, handsome, pyramidal tree (C. Harrison) with horizontal branches and flattened sprays of dark-green whip-like branchlets; used sometimes as a fast-growing vertical accent...

Hibiscus syriacus 'Lavender Chiffon' (ROSE OF SHARON)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 A multitude of purple, summer blooms with intricate centers, resembling anemone flowers grace this elegant rose of Sharon. Plant for a colorful and easy to maintain screen, in...

Coreopsis citrine 'Citrine' (COMPACT COREOPSIS)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Profusions of bright yellow flowers with darker golden eyes burst from this compact tickseed from June through September! Low maintenance, easy to grow and looks clean all summer...

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...

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...

Cupressus arizonica var.stephensonii (CUYAMACA CYPRESS)

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Hardiness zones 7-9 A wonderful cypress found growing in only the headwaters of King Creek in the Cuyamaca mountains of San Diego, California, this wonderful variety reaches 20-50' and almost as wide...

Eupatorium cannabinum (HEMP AGRIMONY)

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

Cistus 'Sunset' (MAGENTA ROCKROSE)

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Hardiness zones 8-10 The downy, sage-green leaves of this small compact hybrid make a lovely background for the bright, magenta-pink, crape-paper blooms. Absolutely stunning when planted on banks,...

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...

Coreopsis 'Ruby Frost' (RED COREOPSIS)

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Hardiness zones 6-10 Named by the readers of Birds and Blooms for its distinct and showy ruby-red petals edged which are edged with brilliant white. The large blooms rise above deep-green foliage...

Chimonanthus nitens (EVERGREEN WINTERSWEET)

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Hardiness zones 7-9 An ornamental and useful native to sparse Chinese mountain woodlands, this wintersweet's leaves are dried and used for tea, and the root is used medicinally. Cup-shaped, solitary,...

Cistus purpureus (ORCHID ROCKROSE)

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Hardiness zones 8-11 Large, dark-pink, crepe-paper flowers with pretty burgundy spots in the center make this rounded 3-6' shrub sparkle in summer; very nice in mass plantings, can tolerate drought...

Aucuba japonica 'Variegata' (GOLD DUST SHRUB)

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Hardiness zones 7-10 Bold, shining green leaves, speckled all over with a clear-yellow will brighten up any shaded spot; rounded shrub (to 6-9') thrives in shade. 

Buddleia weyeriana 'Golden Glow' (GOLDEN NECTAR BUSH)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Long beautiful panicles of fragrant golden-yellow flowers bloom over a LONG late-spring-through-fall season and attract every butterfly, moth around! If you have only one...

Cistus 'Grayswood Pink' (PROSTRATE PINK ROCKROSE)

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Hardiness zones 8-10 This lovely, prostrate, sometimes layering groundcover to 1-3ft tall by 3-6ft wide, covers itself with 2" soft pink, mid-summer flowers. Drought tolerant and beautiful in...

Albizia julibrissin (SILK TREE)

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Hardiness zones 6-9 Commonly known as the Mimosa, this ornamental tree has graceful spreading branches and upon maturity becomes a lovely umbrella shaped specimen. Foliage is handsome and lacy...

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...