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Availability varies thru season
Looking for something special? Do ask, we grow even more than we
list here!
*Very Limited
•Ajuga...we grow only the new hybrid "politely
spreading" groundcovers...
'Chocolate Chip’ miniature deep
chocolate leaves, mid-blue flowers. NOT INVASIVE.
‘Frost Song’ variegated silver
& rose tinted leaves. NOT INVASIVE.
‘Mahogony’ very large leaves in
deepest tones, a great match with Cimicifugas! Blossoms are large
and a good blue. NOT INVASIVE.
•Ampelopsis, Porcelain Vine...
•Anemone...
‘September Charm’ single pink blossoms
in September, my personal favorite
‘Party Dress’ double white blooms
in late summer-early Fall. Lovely!
•Anemonella...miniature form, white blooms
in Spring shade, precious!
•Aquiligia...Columbine...Many choices from
dwarf to tall, pastels to striking deep shades.
‘Songbird’series... solid bright
pastel colors, very hardy. (‘Dove’=white, ‘Cardinal’ = red)
‘Biedermeier’... Beautiful mix
of dark colors, dwarf. ‘Woodside Variegata’...gold & green foliage
adds even more interest. Purple blooms.
‘Cameo’... dwarf solid bright pastels.
Especially delightful spring color.
•Asarina scandens...half hardy perennial, delightful
delicate vining bloomer. Great in baskets.
•Asarum euopaeum, European Wild Ginger...groundcover
for shady, moist areas. Unusual blooms.
•*Asarum canadensis, native wild ginger...larger
heartshaped glossy leaves, a must!
•Astilbe-Chinesis var. pumila...the wonderful
groundcover Astilbe. Sturdy plump vivid raspberry pink blossoms in
August & Sept. Slugs leave this alone as they do all Astilbes.
•Astilbe, deep pink, pale pink and white shades,
which bloom at different times.
‘Country & Western’...
NEW! Bright and much fuller plumes of incredible pink in this hybrid.
Blooms are sterile which translates to longer and repeat blooming
times.
•Bachelor Buttons...annual, easily reseeding
blue blossoms in summer in memory of my Dad, who always grew them
& loved them even though they’re "just bachelor buttons" & who taught
me the love of growing and reverence for the earth and all living
creatures.
•Bacopa-White, lavender and blue ...non-stop
blooming filler, replaces lobelia and alyssum.No deadheading involved!
somewhat tender perennial that will surive mild winters with protection.
•Bergenia ‘Appleblossom PPAF NEW! Spring Bloom
of large 1-2" white flowers which matures to pink with a dark pink
throat. Evergreen foliage with bronze hues in winter. Prt Shade.15-18"
•*Brunnera...macrophylla....Siberian Bugloss
Variegated Forms.... SLUGS DON’T EAT THIS! These will grow and bloom
well in absolutely NO sun...just bright shade. Blossoms resemble sprays
of forget-me-nots, so you get the lovely true blue flowers without
the reseeding weediness of the true forget-me-nots. Most years they
will bloom from late January through June. A must have!
"Jack Frost"-you must see this
to believe what beauty the white frosted leaves create!
NEW! "Looking Glass"- child of
Jack Frost (above), more frosted with paler green margins.
"Dawson’s White"- More definite
white & green patterns, very striking less apt to scorch.
"Hadspen Cream"- variegated green
& creamy white.....wonderful!
"Variagata"- crisp white & green
variegation.
•Buddlea..Butterfly Bush...guess who loves
this. We grow several colors inclulding deep purple and also several
dwarf forms ( in Buddlea this means 5 feet tall instead of 12)
•Callicarpa-Beauty Berry...bright purple berries
in winter...5-6 ft tall shrub. Prune in winter.
•Campanula-Full Sun to light shade in Puget
Sound areas, good drainage. 
"Bavaria Blue" NEW! low-growing, spreading type with
lt blue double blooms. Great in containers.
"Hot Lips" NEW! also low-growing.
Speckled inner blossoms are quite large & bell-shaped.
*"Jane Elliot"-purple outward facing
bells on 12-15" tall plants.
*"Cherry Bells"-Exhuberant plant
with lovely dangling pink bell blossoms.
*"Beautiful Trust"...
exciting unusual form from Japan with white ribbon-like petals!
•Cerinthe-major purpurescens, incredible Purple
& Blue growth & blooms. Tender perennial, partial sun moist humusy
well-drained soil. Reseeds a colony of babies each spring!
•*Chelone, Turtlehead...purple or white turtlehead
shaped blooms in Fall. Very hardy, moist shade lover. We have an unusually
tall variety....24-30" !
•*Cimicifuga, racemosa...We grow the dark foliaged
ones. Tiny white incredibly fragrant blossoms on tall spires in late
summer. The scent repels misquitos! Moist soil is a must. This is
a great plant for that low,
heavy boggy area...don’t we all have at least one!
"Brunette"... The orginal "dark
haired-beauty" Requires a min. of 5 hrs sun for dark foliage.5-6’
"Black Negligee", Lovely! Also
needs the minimum 5 hrs sun to keep the darkest tones.
"James Compton"-dwarf form. 15"
or so.
"Hillside Black Beauty"... develops
dark foliage even in total shade! This will also be 5-6’
"Wild Song Midnite
Sonata"-our own seed grown form...
darker foliage in less sun than Brunette.
•Clematis-One of the most popular of all climbing
vines, clematis flowers are irrestistibly beautiful and indispensible
in the garden. Use them to liven up any dull space by growing them
on fences, arbors, pergolas, obselisks or even over large shrubs.
Hardy in zones 4-8. 
"Blue Angel"
Sky blue flowers with lighter central bars and yellow-green stamens.
Tepals have a fine silky texture and ruffled edges. 1992 Gold Medal
winner at  Plantarium
in Boskoop, Netherlands. Pruning Group 3
"Multi-Blue" Deep blue double flowers.
Central tepals and the tips of the petals are both light silvery-blue.
Flowers go through many stages: the center petals are small when young
then expand as the guard petals age. Pruning Group 2
"Ramona" Pale lavender-blue flowers
with deep red anthers.  Performs
well in hot, sunny sites. Beautiful when allowed to drape over small
trees and shrubs. Suitable for growing in containers. Pruning Group
3 
"Hagley Hybrid" The speckled, subtle
shell-pink to pinkish mauve flowers of this selectin tend to lighten
up as they age. The flower coloris best preserved in partial shade.
A good choice for growingin containers. Pruning Group 3
•Terniflora-‘Sweet Autumn Clematis’ A small-flowered
selection that blooms profusely in autumn. Very small, sweetly fragrant,
creamy white flowers smother the bushy foliage for nearly two months,
just as the leaves on the trees begin to turn color. Stunning! Pruning
Group 3
"Polish Spriit"-A small flowered
variety with deep velvety purple blossoms. A strong climber and vigorous
grower. Recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden
Merit in 1993. Pruning Group 3
•*Cornus canadensis, Bunchberry...
groundcover dogwood, incredible white dogwood blossoms in early summer.
Loves acid soil plant in 75-80% peat in shade to get established.
•Cornus,* Red Twig Dogwood...deciduous shrub,
deep red stems wonderful winter color.
NEW! "Midwinter Fire"...bright
fire shades on exciting new colored variety.
NEW! "Dwarf Red Twig Dogwood" shorter
form is great at front of border. Copice after leaves drop after first
freeze in Fall.
•Corydalis.. Woodland Shade Perennials Some
forms from N. America, blues originating in China. All love moist
humusy soil, woodland part shade or cool sun conditions. Most are
intensely fragrant, releasing their scents morn & eve!
C.flexuousa: "Blue Heron" NEW!...bright
sky blue..
*"Blackberry Wine"...NEW! Rare
purple blooms, smells like grape kool-aid!
C. Sapphire Fumitory "Elata"...Sapphire
Blooms in July.....sturdier, less fragile upright form.
C.lutea...N. American native, yellow
blooms, ready in 2006
•Currant, Flowering Red...native growing 6-8’
tall, woodland edge plant, Sun-part Sun. Don’t miss this!
•*Darmera, peltata, rare bog plant, sends up
a "fist" of pink blooms prior to round leaves emerging in Spring.
•Delphinium ‘Blushing ‘Bride-New PINK SHADES!
An old-fashioneded favorite for traditional perennial gardens. Effective
in borders and cutting gardens.The New Miliennium series is bred by
Dowdeswell’s of New Zealand. These outstanding hybrids have strong
stems and heavily petalled flowers of exceptional color and form.
Plants are long-lived and very tolerant of heat and humidity. 5-6’tall,
18-24" apart, Full Sun.
•Dicentra, NEW! ‘Gold Heart’ CPBRAF This brilliant
spring beauty will shine like a beacon in the spring and summer landscape.
It is a selection of Nori Pope from england’s Hadspen House. Produces
arching sprays of pink bleeding hearts in spring above shocking gold
foliage. Best in light shade and moist soil. Excellent in the shade
garden combined with our dark foliaged cimicifugas and ‘Frosted Violet’
Heucheras, and accented with Ajuga ‘Mahogany’.
"King of Hearts" Deep pink blossoms
from March ‘til frost! Reliably perennial.
•Dicentra, spectabilis "Alba" white bleeding
heart. Deer don’t like this! Goes summer dormant. •D.spectabilis...pink
bleeding heart. Dig & separate every 4-5 years to retain vigor.
•Didicus, "Wedding Party", pastel Queen Anne’s
lace blossoms on sun loving reseeding annuals.
•Didicus caeruleus, Blaudolde (Blue Lace Flower)
same as above but in blue.
•Disporum flavens...much sought-after by collectors
and shade gardeners, Korean classic allied with Solomon’s Seal. Elegant
vertical shoots to 2’, gently branched and graced with perfectly in-scale
pendulous yellow flowers at their apex. Good humusy soil.
•*Epimedium....dry shade Lover! Survives slugs
too. heart shaped leaved tall groundcover, pink, yellow or white tiny
blossoms in spring. Woodland garden must have!
Epimedium, grandiflorum "Lilafee"
grandiflorum- white blossoms
"Rubrum"- reddish pink blossoms
•Eupatorium "Baby Joe" -Dwarf Joy Pye- moist
soil, full/prt Sun.Striking ‘cotton candy’ pink flowers.
•Evergreen Huckleberry...our pick for best
foliage/berry shrub. Native, deep blue winter berries, shiny deep
green evergreen foliage. Grows tall in shade, short in sun....can’t
ask for more than this!
•Falliopa ‘Variegata’ Japanese Fleece Flower...Heart
shaped leaves are variegated with splashes of dark green on a creamy
white background. New growth is coral pink. Clump forming. A good
spreading groundcover. Popularly used on slopes and banks to help
prevent erosion. 4’tall, space 12-18" apart, Shade/Part Shade.
•Filipendula rubra "Venustra", Queen of the
Prairie 6’tall rosepink plumes like cotton candy in midsummer Full
Sun, moist soil.
•Geranium macrorhizum, Cranesbill...True Geraniums.
We grow mainly Shade loving varieties. "Phaeum" Mourning Widow with
deep maroon almost black flowers
•Gunnera tinctoria...From Patagonia, the land
that time forgot, comes this definition of dramatic! Leaves to 6 feet
across. Loves a pond or stream edge, wet/moist deep rich soil a must.
Clear away old leaves in fall and cover crown with dry leaves, branches
etc for winter mulch. Manure topdressing in spring and lots of water
gets you maximum leaf size. Flowers are like huge primeval pine cones
extending from crown. Sun if ample water or light shade. Not to be
missed!
•Helleborus
*orientalis, Lenten Rose...Partial
to Full Shade, rich humusy moist soil. Evergreen, blooming from January
through March and April. Siting under deciduous trees gives it winter
sun and summer shade.White to rosy purple blooms speckled with maroon.
"Winter Queen" NEW! Hybrid forms....not
to be missed!
"Honeyhill Joy", "Fire & Ice."
Native species: green blooms in
Spring, likes more sun than orientalis. Very exhuberant.
•Heuchera, Coral Bells...Evergreen & hardy,
for morning or filtered sun. Hundreds of new varieties! Attract butterflys
and hummingbirds.....loverly year around interest.Colors range from
variegated through golden.
NEW ‘Peach Melba’ Amber & peach
toned leaves all year round! Shade/part shade.8-12"tall, 10-14" apart
NEW! ‘Snow Fire’ Variegated ‘frosted’
form, with bright red blooms ‘till frost....lovely!
NEW! ‘Blood Red’ Best blooms of
all heucheras with variegated green foliage and blood red blooms
NEW! ‘Ruby Bells’ Relatively large
Blood Red fragrant Flowers persist for 4-8 wks. Green Leaves.
‘Frosted Violet’ Deep purple frosted
with silver...lovely! Matches dark Cimicifugas!
‘Key Lime Pie’ Bright lime foliage
brightens garden beds. Delicate pale blooms add frosting.
"Black Beauty" Glossy ruffled deepest
burgundy color, almost black, with red blooms.
•Heucherella, Foamy Bells...Crosses of Heuchera,
above and Tiarella, with best of both! ‘Strike It Rich Gold’ - Amber
leaves with pale golden fluffy spikes of bloom. 8-12"tall, 16-20"apart
‘Strike It Rich Pink’-One of the best flowering, frothy pink with
frosted dark leaves
•Hostas...foliage for shade. Flower spikes
are an added bonus.
•NEW MINI HOSTAS: 
‘Blue Mouse Ears’,
Small round gray-green leaves are comprised of a substance so thick
you have to feel it to believe it. Lavender flowers on short scapes
proportionate to the clump top it in midsummer. A must have hosta
for the collector and rock garden enthusiast.
‘Baby Bunting’, ‘Bill Dress’s Blue’, ‘C. Wiggles’, ‘Cameo’,
‘Surprised by Joy’, ‘Hope’, ‘Pandora’s Box.'
ALSO, OTHER HOSTAS:
 NEW
‘Fujibotan' Fully double lavender
flowers of this Japanese selection warrants its use as a specimen
in the garden. Established clumps are capable of producing stems with
over 50 flowers on each stem.
‘Fragrant Bouquet’Large fragrant
white blooms, ‘Bridegroom’, ‘Blue Angel’, ‘Spring Fling’,
‘Tattoo’
 ‘Cutting
Edge’-A fountain of ruffled
leaf margins arched and folded to reveal their white backs. The rippled
blue-green leaves are topped with lavender flowers in later summer.
'Little Black Scape’
purple blooms with black stems & almost chartreuse leaves!
‘Dancing in the Rain’,‘Remember Me’, ‘Island
Charm’, ‘Blue Umbrellas’, ‘Golden Song’ miniature edging
hosta, ‘Golden Standard’ Large clump, ‘Paul’s
Glory’, ‘So Sweet’
•Lathyrus Odoratus, Sweet Peas... "Little
Sweetheart" dwarf delight, "Super Snoop"
knee-high type, "Winter Elegance" blooms early &
late. We offer 4 pots and hanging baskets. Fragrant &  colorful!
‘Matucana’
heirloom- smaller flowers than hybrids but intensely fragrant purple
blossoms.
•Lathyrus latifolius, Everlasting Sweet Peas...perennial,
come up every year. Great for bank or slope. No fragrance though!
•Lavatera ‘Barnsley’...hardy deciduous perennial,
6-8’tall shrub, pink blooms with deeper centers. You won’t want to
be without this! One of the loveliest blossoms to be found on a shrub,
or anywhere!
•Lavatera Trimestris, Rose Mallow...hardy annual,
clear pink blossoms look similar to hollyhocks.
•Leptinella squalida ‘Platt’s Black'...Brass
Buttons NEW! Excellent groundcover featuring tiny ferny leaves that
are almost black. This striking and unusual perennial is excellent
between pavers or stepping stones. A Great Plant Pick for the Pacific
Northwest.
•Ligularia, dentata... ‘Marie Britt Crawford’.
Patented Hybrid. Darkest, largest,huge dark leaves with maroon undersides,
loves boggy soil and prt sun. Do use ‘Sluggo’ bait for slugs. Multi
flowered golden yellow bouquet blooms in late summer.Enjoy the sight
or cut them off to put vigor into leaves. I suggest planting this
variety in a huge (24" or larger) pot with companions ‘Hillside Black
Beauty’ Cimicifuga and bright colored tuberous begonias or impatiens.
Wow!
•Linaria purpurea
‘J. Canon Went’, Purple Toadflax...Part
Sun, 30-36" tall, Spires of soft pink tiny blooms from June through
Sept.. Airy delicate appearing but extremely hardy, politely self
sowing accent among larger flowered plants. Wonderful in bouquets.
‘Snow Bird’...pure white form of
toadflax.
•Lupine...fragrant Late Spring blooming perennials.
New hybrid forms no longer need to be cut to the ground after blooming.
We’ve not had a lick of mildew on these:
‘Gallery Mix’ solid red, pink,
blue. We’re excited to see this too!
‘Morello Cherry’...NEW Larger flowers
in solid cherry red.hybrid with mildew resistance
•Malva sylvestris mauritiana...vivid shades
of purple & magenta on hardy perennial. Loves Sun/prt Sun
•Meconopsis, Betonicifolia...Himalayan Blue
Poppy. Incredible deep sky blue blooms. Prt Shade, moist well-drained
soil. Short lived perennial.
•Mints: Chocolate, Ginger, Lime, Pineapple-Variegated,
Sweet Pear, Orange Spearmint. Best to grow these in pots
to keep them "in bounds" These love moist soils.
•Nasturtium... ‘Alaska’ variegated leaves &
cheery blooms in oranges and yellows.
•*Omphaloydes... *‘Alba’ Loves dry shade. groundcover
with delightful white blossoms in spring
‘Bunny’ Blue form 
•Pansy *
‘Rippling Waters’,
exciting new white edged deep purple blooms.
Pansy, ‘Flamenco’ Gorgeous double
ruffled huge blossoms.
•Polemonium, Great for moist, well-drained
morning sun or shady areas & Slugs don’t like them!
*’Bris de Anjou’...variegated Jacob’s
Ladder Does NOT seed about
*’Peaches & Cream’...variety with
peach blossoms!
*‘Snow & Sapphires’...variagation:
bright white with green
NEW! ‘Stairway to Heaven’...much
hardier and less susceptible to mildew. Lovely variegated green &
white leaves with pink blush in mid summer.
•Pulmonaria...Slugs & Deer don’t eat these
shade lovers! Grow these in part to full moist shade. They’ll bloom
in very early spring with blue or pink flowers that fade to the opposite
color. Often known as "boy/girl" plant as a common or "pet" name.
Dependable in your woodland.
 "Moonshine"
Mature foliage is moonlike with fully silvered centers and deep green
edges ...spring flowers a bonus as the bright foliage brightens shady
corners so well. ‘Cevensis’ Clusters
of bright blue spring flowers top long, narrow leaves heavily blotched
with sparking silver. 10" tall 24" wide ‘Dark Vader’-Dark foliage
with silver spots...great contrast to Moonshine. ‘Jeepers Creepers’...creeping,
not leaping, groundcover form.
•Roscoea scillifolia...Miniature form...Himalayan
tuberous perennial increases quickly by offsets and by seed creating
a delightful mass of broadly grassy foliage 6-8" high with lots of
gentle pink flowers of elvish charm. Half sun/part shade. A charming
little urchin!
•Sisyrinchium NEW!'Devon Skies'...Beefier foliage
and larger blooms on hardier plants.
•Stachys byzantina, Lambs Ears...fuzzy soft
grayish leaves made a wonderful foliage effect, try in potpourri too!
We’re now growing a variety that does not get the rather coarse, ugly
flowers.
•Tiarella...Wonderful shade lover that thrives,
once established, in dry shade. We grow several varieties, and plan
to add more each season. Dependable evergreen foliage & great plant!
‘Heronswood’...Bred at Heronswood
Nursery by Dan Hinkley, variagated, layers of cool pink, cream and
green settle like a mist, very pastel and delightful as a dainty groundcover,
not invasive, clumping form. For woodland shade.... A "must have!"
‘Spring Symphony’- Brightest pink
of all the tiarella blossoms. Dependable clumping form, hardy.
‘Crow Feather’- best winter foliage
color, a bit larger foliage and more sturdy plant. Clumper
‘Jeepers Creepers’- Plant this
one to fill in a garden bed. Politely creeping form.
•*Trillium Grandiflorium...Wonderful greeter
of Spring, nursery propigated & grown... NOT wild dug.
•Trillium
•Tricyrtis hirta, Toad Lily...Part to Full
Shade, Very Hardy. 24-36", Moist humusy well drained soil .Speckled
blossoms in August through October. Woodland shade garden must!
 "Togen"-large
unspotted lavender with darker purple accented blossoms that bloom
earlier than the species. My personal favorite.
NEW! ‘’Moonlight Treasure’
Luscious large yellow blooms, healthy lush foliage. "Lasiocarpa" from
Taiwan. Amazing blue/purple spotted blooms, largest I’ve ever seen
on a toad lily and spotted leaves on mature foliage! You won’t want
to miss this one.
•*Trollius...Globeflower,24-36"tall x 24"wide,
Loves constantly moist, rich humusy soil in Shade to partial sun.
Yellow blossoms in July & August.
•*Uvularia sessilifolia,Bellwort, A petite
woodlander from the NE which gently creeps about mingling with ferns
and Trillium. 9" tall. Neat little pale yellow bell flowers. Likes
loose woodsy moist soil.
•Verbascum...Sun/prt Sun, well-drained soil.
Tall spires with blooms of white with mauve or rosy purple centers
and purple with pink centers. Refreshingly unusual and lovely.
•Veronica, "Georgia Blue"...Sun/Part Sun, intense
bright true blue tiny blossoms cover this exhuberant vining bronze
leaved selection. We put them in hanging baskets, to come back each
year from Spring until the hard frost knocks them back in late Fall..
In mild winters it will not go dormant.
•*Veronicastrum virginicum "Album", White Culver’s Root...Sun/Prt
Sun, 5-7’ tall & 3-4’ wide, Strong Vertical statement in the garden.
White Spire Blooms in late Aug, and Sept.
•Viola, True English violas: these are propagated
from cuttings, as the seeds would cross pollinate.
"Rebecca" Exquisite ruffled purple
edged white blooms.Fragrant!
"Painted Porcelain"- Delightful
white with purple accents...delicate as fine porcelain 
"Columbine"...purple & white tie dye effect...rebloom
all summer if picked.
"Mars"...Amazing foliage
with a purple centerad interest all season.Spring blooms.
•Viola, Seeded varieties...distinctive ‘faces’
on a purple viola..
‘Amanda’...palest yellow edged
with purple, a sport I’ve named for my middle granddaughter.
•Viola Tricolor Maxima... "Joker", purple &
white ‘faces’. Dries beautifully, try in potpourris.
•Viola x wittrockiana..."Satin Boudoir" pansies,
"Black Moon" pansies.
•Violette
*’Freckles’ white with purple freckles,
my personal favorite ! Reseeds but not agressively so....never seems
to lose it’s wonderful pokadots! * ‘La Violette’,fragrant purple double
blossoms
•Zaluskiatus...Night Phlox...intense almond
fragrance but inconspicuous white blooms which open after sunset.
Vining reseeding tender perennial, perfect planted in with other more
showy plants. Try near bedroom windows or where evening breezes will
bring you perfumed evenings or pleasant dreams!
•Native Trees & shrubs, ask for specific wants...we
grow most of them, or can get them for you.
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