Cockscomb ‘Orange Queen Improved’ (Celosia argentea var. cristata ‘Orange Queen Improved’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 0.9–1.2 m tall, moderate water once established.
Cusick’s Camass (Camassia cusickii) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.61–0.91 m tall, moderate water once established.
Pot Marigold ‘Candyman Orange’ (Calendula officinalis ‘Candyman Orange’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.3 m tall, moderate water once established.
Pot Marigold ‘Bull’s Eye’ (Calendula officinalis ‘Bull’s Eye’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, moderate water once established.
Siberian Bugloss ‘Alexander’s Great’ (Brunnera macrophylla ‘Alexander’s Great’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect partial sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, moderate water once established.
Siberian Bugloss ‘Silver Charm’ (Brunnera ‘Silver Charm’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect partial sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, moderate water once established.
Bog Birch (Betula pumila) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 1.2–3.7 m tall, moderate water once established.
Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 15.2–21.3 m tall, moderate water once established.
Heartleaf Bergenia (Bergenia cordifolia) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, moderate water once established.
Elephant’s Ears ‘Winter Glow’ (Bergenia cordifolia ‘Winter Glow’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, moderate water once established.
Plains Wild Indigo (Baptisia bracteata) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.61–0.91 m tall, low water once established.
False Indigo (Baptisia australis) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 0.9–1.2 m tall, low water once established.
Chinese Astilbe ‘Chocolate Cherry’ (Astilbe ‘Chocolate Cherry’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.9–1.2 m tall, moderate water once established.
Astilbe x Arendsii ‘Amethyst’ (Astilbe ‘Amethyst’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.61–0.91 m tall, moderate water once established.
Butterfly Flower ‘Hello Yellow’ (Asclepias tuberosa ‘Hello Yellow’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, low water once established.
Sea Thrift (Armeria maritima) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.3 m tall, low water once established.
Columbine Songbird ‘BlueBird’ (Aquilegia Songbird ‘BlueBird’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, moderate water once established.
Golden Columbine ‘Yellow Queen’ (Aquilegia chrysantha ‘Yellow Queen’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.61–0.91 m tall, moderate water once established.
Golden Marguerite ‘Kelwayii’ (Anthemis tinctoria ‘Kelwayii’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 0.61–0.91 m tall, low water once established.
Golden Marguerite ‘E.C. Buxton’ (Anthemis tinctoria ‘E.C. Buxton’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 0.61–0.91 m tall, low water once established.
Pacific Anemone (Anemone multifida) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect partial sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, moderate water once established.
Blue Star ‘Blue Ice’ (Amsonia ‘Blue Ice’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, moderate water once established.
Pygmy Torch Amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus ‘Pygmy Torch’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, moderate water once established.
Love-Lies-Bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 0.9–2.4 m tall, moderate water once established.
Hollyhock ‘Blacknight’ (Alcea rosea ‘Blacknight’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 1.5–1.8 m tall, moderate water once established.
Hollyhock ‘Chater’s Double Chamois’ (Alcea rosea ‘Chater’s Double Chamois’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 1.8–2.4 m tall, moderate water once established.
Ageratum ‘Dondo White’ (Ageratum houstonianum ‘Dondo White’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, moderate water once established.
Ageratum ‘Blue Horizon’ (Ageratum houstonianum ‘Blue Horizon’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.3–0.91 m tall, moderate water once established.
Inca Gold Yarrow (Achillea ‘Inca Gold’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, low water once established.
Coronation Gold Yarrow (Achillea ‘Coronation Gold’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 0.61–0.91 m tall, low water once established.
Pink Coreopsis (Coreopsis rosea) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, moderate water once established.
Christmas Rose ‘Ivory Prince’ (Helleborus ‘Ivory Prince’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, moderate water once established.
Stonecrop ‘Autumn Fire’ (Sedum ‘Autumn Fire’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 0.61–0.91 m tall, low water once established.
Ribes alpinum (Ribes alpinum) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.9–1.8 m tall, low water once established.
Pickerel Weed (Pontederia cordata) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.
At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.6–1.2 m
• Spread: typically 0.3–0.61 m
• Sun: full sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: poorly drained
• Hardiness: zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
• Attracts: butterflies
Waterlily ‘Attraction’ (Nymphaea ‘Attraction’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.
At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.0508–0.1016 m
• Spread: typically 1.2–1.5 m
• Sun: full sun
• Water: high
• Soil: poorly drained
• Hardiness: zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Easy Wave Blue Petunia (Petunia ‘Easy Wave Blue’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.
At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.3 m
• Spread: typically 0.61–0.91 m
• Sun: full sun or partial sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
• Attracts: butterflies, hummingbirds
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.
At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.6–1.2 m
• Spread: typically 0.3–0.61 m
• Sun: full sun or partial sun
• Water: high
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
• Attracts: birds, butterflies, hummingbirds
Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.
At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.3–0.61 m
• Spread: typically 0.3–0.61 m
• Sun: full sun or partial sun
• Water: high
• Soil: poorly drained
• Hardiness: zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
• Attracts: bees, butterflies
Zinnia ‘Macarenia’ (Zinnia elegans ‘Macarenia’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.
At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.61–0.91 m
• Spread: typically 0.3–0.61 m
• Sun: full sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
• Attracts: birds, butterflies, hummingbirds
Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.
At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.9–3.1 m
• Spread: typically 0.3–0.91 m
• Sun: full sun
• Water: low
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
• Attracts: bees, birds, butterflies
Narrow-Leaved Purple Coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.
At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.3–0.61 m
• Spread: typically 0.3–0.61 m
• Sun: full sun
• Water: low
• Soil: well drained
• Hardiness: zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Attracts: bees, birds, butterflies
Hyacinthine Plantain Lily (Hosta fortunei var. hyacinthina) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.
At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.3–0.61 m
• Spread: typically 0.3–0.61 m
• Sun: partial sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Attracts: hummingbirds
Plantain Lily (Hosta plantaginea) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.
At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.3–0.61 m
• Spread: typically 0.9–1.2 m
• Sun: full sun or partial sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
• Attracts: birds, butterflies, hummingbirds
Red Maple (Acer rubrum) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.
At a glance:
• Height: typically 12.2–30.5 m
• Spread: typically 9.1–15.2 m
• Sun: full sun or partial sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
• Attracts: bees, birds
Smooth Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.
At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.9–1.5 m
• Spread: typically 0.9–1.5 m
• Sun: full sun or partial sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Attracts: butterflies, bees, birds
Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum) is a large, fast-growing deciduous maple with silvery leaf undersides, often used near moist ground — and often regretted in small yards for roots, brittle wood, and scale.
At a glance:
• Height: typically 15.2–24.4 m
• Spread: typically 12.2–18.3 m
• Sun: full sun to partial sun
• Soil: moist but well drained (tolerates wetter sites better than many maples)
• Water: moderate
• Hardiness: zones 3–9
• Attracts: butterflies, birds
• Habit: large shade tree — plan for decades of size, not a patio specimen
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a warm-season fruiting plant in the nightshade family, grown for edible fruit rather than foliage.
At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.9–3.1 m (depends on variety and training)
• Spread: typically 0.3–1.2 m
• Sun: full sun
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Water: moderate, even moisture
• Hardiness: zones 2–11 (usually grown as a warm-season annual)
• Best quality: long warm days; fruit sets poorly in prolonged cool weather
Kale (Brassica oleracea Acephala Group) is a hardy leafy brassica grown for leaves, not a tight head.
At a glance:
• Height / spread: typically 0.3–0.61 m
• Sun: full sun
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Water: moderate, even moisture
• Hardiness: zones 2–11
• Best quality: cool weather; productive through frost in many climates
Cornus alba ‘Argenteo-marginata’ is a named garden selection commonly sold as Tatarian Dogwood ‘Argenteo-marginata’. Mature height is typically around 1.2–3.1 m, and it suits banks and slopes plantings.
Hosta ‘Alligator Alley’ (Plantain Lily ‘Alligator Alley’) is a hosta grown primarily for foliage effect in shade. Mature height is typically around 0.3–0.61 m, and it suits beds and borders plantings.
Hosta ‘Abiqua Drinking Gourd’ (Plantain Lily ‘Abiqua Drinking Gourd’) is a hosta grown primarily for foliage effect in shade. Mature height is typically around 0.3–0.61 m, and it suits beds and borders plantings.
Salvia ‘Azure Snow’ (Sage ‘Azure Snow’) is a salvia chosen for long flowering and strong colour in sunny borders. Mature height is typically around 0.3–0.61 m, and it suits beds and borders plantings.