Magnolia x Susan

Susan Magnolia

The red-purple buds open to large, reddish-purple flowers with a lighter coloured interior on this compact, upright, growing cultivar.

Echinacea x Balsomsed

Salsa Red Coneflower

Salsa-red rays in a single whorl surround orange-brown centres giving the plant its "sombrero" shape.

Veronica x Very Van Gogh

Speedwell

Hosta June

Plantain Lily

Thick, smooth leaves have gold centres and wide, blue-green margins.

Hakonechloa macra Aureola

Variegated Japanese Forest Grass

Arching leaf blades are long and striped in bright yellow and green, creating a dense mound, resembling bamboo.

Hosta Sum and Substance

Plantain Lily

Huge, lustrous, gold leaves are heavily corrugated and cupped in shape.

Hosta Touch of Class

Plantain Lily

Very thick, intense blue leaves sport a subdued, gold flame in the centre of each leaf. A green pattern occurs where the gold and blue overlap.

Miscanthus sinensis Strictus

Porcupine Grass

The spiky foliage has horizontal, golden-yellow bands similar to zebra grass. An upright, well-shaped clump with copper-coloured plumes.

Astilbe japonica Montgomery

False Spirea

Cherry-red plumes rise above the reddish stems and finely cut foliage. A good contrast for white flowering plants.

Paeonia Kansas

Peony

Double, magenta-red blooms.

Hemerocallis Rosy Returns

Daylily

A fragrant, rose-pink blend with a rose-purple band above a yellow throat.

Lavandula angustifolia Munstead

English Lavender

A compact cultivar with both aromatic, gray-green foliage and spikes of purple flowers. Flowers are often dried for potpourri.