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One of my favorite quotes about gardening comes from Tony Avent, renowned owner of Plant Delights Nursery, who said “you don’t know a plant until you have killed it three times.” Though funny, I think what Tony is saying is that to pursue gardening over the long haul requires perseverance and patience. That there aren’t really any gardening “mistakes”, just trials and errors specific to our own local soil and climate from which we learn, each year, how to make a garden that pleases us, brings us wonder, beauty and joy. Patience and perseverance surely aid in our ability to wait … not just to “plant and forget” that slower growing shrub or tree, but to watch and nurture it for several years until we’re rewarded with its full-on glory. Unlike TV shows that pretend to reinvent a front yard in a week(!), we do-it-yourself home gardeners have time to create, discover, and see what really works and what doesn’t. I love to wander around my garden, it’s a wonderful time and place to slow down and just look around. To notice the wildlife, to love my flowers and, like all gardeners, to wait for ideas to percolate on how I can make it better. In a world where everything seems to be moving faster and faster and we’ve got so much instant gratification at our fingertips, I know and love NEW!

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Salvia gesneriiflora 'Mole Poblano' We received this Salvia a few years ago as ‘Mole Poblano’, though some now say it is indistinguishable from S. gesneriiflora ‘Tequila’. All I can tell you is this GORGEOUS Salvia has BLOOMED LIKE CRAZY and NON-STOP here at the nursery (in bright dappled shade) since Fall 2017! Absolutely stunning brilliant fire-engine red tubular blooms to 3”-long emerging from contrastic black calyces on 8” spikes are AMAZING! Black stems, too! Large emerald heart-shaped leaves. To 7’ x 6’ but can be easily pruned shorter. Rich soil. Deer resistant! Part sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zone 8-11. #4907 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Summer is the season when so many of our newest and rarest introductions become available here at the nursery. We trial hundreds of little known plants each year, and the few that do survive the gauntlet of our expectations burst onto the scene from now until Fall. Do sign up for our weekly emails to get first dibs on these treasures, as well as on our “One Crop Wonders” that are available only once a year. Check our AVAILABLE NOW link for even more juicy rarities that appear in crops too small for us to promote! You’ll also find instructional videos, seasonal slideshows and, woot-woot, sales! And check out our website, as what you see on these pages is just a small sampling of the thousands of plants we offer! Happy gardening everyone!

Pelargonium 'Lord Bute' Just wow and maybe the most lusted after Regal Pelargonium! See-it-to-believe-it scrumptious purple-maroon – almost black – 2.5” blooms are outlined with bright cerise edging – pretty wondrous! A long and bountiful bloomer from late Spring thru Fall, it’s a perfect low maintenance patio, window-box or container plant. To 12-18” tall and wide with dense, cupped, toothed foliage. Best in rich, well-drained soil. Remove spent blooms and fertilize a couple of times for best show. Sun (coast)/Part shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10. #5195 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Salvia 'Elk Blue Note' My favorite new plant for 2019! You’ll just love the color of the plentiful blooms! Not blue, not purple, but a beautiful royal bluepurple quite unlike any other Salvia. TOUGH EASY and FAST to form a dense compact mound of small olive foliage, it’s loaded with upright wiry stems holding the small S. gregiilike flowers that wave gently in the breeze. Heat tolerant and deer resistant, it’s best in full sun and rich, well-drained soil. Shear back occasionally for best habit and rebloom. Hummers! Full sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 7-10a. #5136 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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NEW & LIMITED! Echeveria cante Like a ghostly lotus flower for the dry garden, the exquisite, solitary, stemless and symmetrical rosettes of this rare Mexican succulent can grow to 1’ tall and up to 2’ across. With a line of pink edging, the silvery blue-white leaves display a powdery coating. Summertime brings attractive small coral flaring tubular blooms above upright 18” stems. Requires fastdraining soil. I like to plant them on a slight tilt to avoid water pooling between leaves. Great on garden edges and containers. Hardy to 25°F but prettiest if protected from hard frosts. Deer resistant. Sun/Part sun. Low water/No Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. #5103 $12.95 3+ $12.50

Darmera peltata “Umbrella Plant” Native to moist woodlands and streamsides of Northern California NEW! and Oregon, “Umbrella Plant” makes a magnificent bold design feature with its enormous leaves 12-18” across. Shade and moisture-loving, it’s adaptable to most soils as long as it doesn’t dry out and is often grown beside water features, under redwoods, in containers (20+ gal) or in a consistently moist area of a garden. In early-mid Spring, delightfully showy clusters of pink flowers appear atop stout upright stems, usually before the foliage emerges – though here at our coastal USDA zone 10a nursery we get foliage and flowers simultaneously. Tough and long-lived, it spreads slowly to 4’ x 4’, so do provide this beauty room to shine. Lovely combined with ferns. Leaves turn red in the Fall! Deciduous. Deer resistant. Dislikes high heat, high humidity and desert conditions. AM sun/Bright shade. Moist. Perennial USDA zones 5-9. May ship dormant. #3356 $9.95 3+ $9.50

NEW! Impatiens tinctoria Rare! Gorgeous! PERENNIAL and deliciously fragrant, many a gardener would do just about anything to get their paws on this legendary Impatiens native to high elevation Central Africa. HARDY TO ZONE 7, it’ll easily reach 5’ x 3’ with upright multi-branching bamboo-like stems. And those flowers! Purest white and 3” across, they’re hooded and beautifully marked in crimson red, appearing from late Spring thru Fall. The fragrance! Like Plumeria, especially in the morning and evening. Deciduous with hard frosts but returns reliably due to its tuberous roots! Easily grown in a large container (20+ gal). Prefers cool Summers – dislikes extreme heat and humidity. Rich, composty soil. Not a seedling thug. AM Sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 7-10. #1227 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Lonicera x americana One of the very best honeysuckles you can grow! So rewarding, this prolific bloomer almost smothers its deep blue-green foliage with a mass of flowers in late Spring, with lesser continuous bloom till Fall. Emerging from pink buds, superb large whorls of 2”-long creamy white-blushed pink flowers fade to soft peachy-yellow for a most lovely tricolor effect. Deliciously fragrant even from a distance – like clove perfume! To 12’ x 12’, give it a sturdy support to latch onto and prune back every year or so to refresh. Not fussy about soil. Semi-deciduous. Hummers! Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10a. #5090 $9.95 3+ $9.50

We offer well-established plants in fat, 4” square pots. Our plants are hand-selected and secured by our custom-made, exclusive packaging. We prefer our larger size pot to some of the long, thin containers commonly used by mailorder nurseries. Those

slimmer pots conserve nursery space and reduce shipping costs, but may result in slower plant recovery and growth after transplanting. With a more natural, spreading root pattern, our plants will thrive and delight you with their high success rate!

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Aster novae-angliae 'Harrington's Pink' This newer variety of the hardy classic “Michaelmas Daisy” was introduced in 1943, so I wonder where it’s been all this time? Profuse clusters of charming 1” finely rayed soft pink blooms brightened by a cherry ring and golden-yellow center captivate the late season on well-branched sprays from mid-late Summer thru Fall. To 4-6’ tall and 3’ NEW! across with mostly upright stems, it’s a good idea to pinch it back in June for a bushier habit. Tough, mildew resistant and long-lived, it’s also tolerant of CLAYISH soil and salt conditions. Combines tastefully with other Asters and is very much the enduring hero in butterfly and cottage gardens. Best in rich soil. Awesome cut flowers and deer and rabbit resistant! Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10a. #5083 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Aster oblongifolius “Aromatic Aster” I LOVE this Aster! Such an easy, astonishing performer and maybe the bloomiest of all Asters! I love the rounded, densely bushy shrub-like habit that looks great in the garden long before it blooms. But oh, come August, you get an ABSOLUTE MASS of 1.25” yellow-eyed lavender “daisies” that practically cover the foliage until November – just when the rest of your garden is winding down! Indestructible, robust and long–lived, it’s also cold hardy and adaptable to rocky, CLAY and sandy soils and coastal conditions. Fairly fast to 30” x 3’. An incredible habitat plant – in bloom it’s always buzzing with bees and butterflies. What else could you want? Deer resistant and drought tolerant? Yes and yes! Sun/Afternoon sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10a. #2780 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Eschscholzia californica ‘Apricot Chiffon’ With glorious 2.5” semi-double, apricotblushed-peach blooms over several months, you must try this heart-stopping California poppy. Pair it with sky blue Penstemon ‘Margarita BOP' (left) for my most cherished Springtime combo – they really glow together! Pretty and feathery 14” x 14” dense mid-green foliage. Cut it back to 2” for repeat bloom. Attracts bees and butterflies! Deer resistant! Full sun. Avg./Low water. Short-lived perennial (if kept dry) USDA zones 9-10, annual otherwise. #153 $5.95 3+ $5.50

Nicotiana alata ‘Lime Green’ Easy, versatile and exceptionally long-blooming, I use this plant more than any other in my gardens because it harmonizes so well with everything! This is the old-fashioned, 3’ tall variety, not the awful modern 6” hybrid. Quick-growing to a bushy 30” across, it glows with 1.5” lime-chartreuse starry flowers. Cut back to 6” when it’s finished, side-dress with 1” of compost and it’ll go back into bloom. Rich soil. Butterflies. Deer resistant! Selfsows! Sun (coast)/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10, annual elsewhere. #724 $6.95 3+ $6.50

Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Margarita BOP’ Discovered as a chance seedling by the late Bert Wilson of Las Pilitas Nursery, this hybrid is longer blooming, longer lived and noted for its better adaptability to clay soil. Luminous true sky blue 1.5” snapdragon-like flowers appear in profusion on 18” stems Spring thru midSummer, fading to rosy-lavender as they age. Glossy blue-green linear foliage creates an evergreen mat to 2’ across. Unbeatable blue color for the dry, well-drained garden, rock gardens and containers. Deadhead to prolong bloom. Hummers! Deer resistant! Hardy to 10°F. Sun. Low/No Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10. #4611 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Orlaya grandiflora “Minoan Lace” From Crete comes this enchanting cottagey go-with-everything annual everyone should try. Extra large 4-5” pure white lacecap flower heads appear in profusion floating atop lush ferny emerald green foliage. To 3’ x 2’, you’ll get months of bloom, especially when you deadhead – so pretty in bouquets! Tough, easy, fast and a swell rest stop for butterflies and other pollinators. Self-sows = free plants! Not fussy, but best in rich, welldrained soil. This is not “Queen Anne’s Lace”. Sun/Part Sun. Avg./Low water. Annual. All zones. #1261 $5.95 3+ $5.50

Dahlia ‘Dark Side of the Sun’ Not one of those dwarf “gas station” Dahlias so common nowadays, but a wonderfully rewarding, garden-appropriate Keith Hammett variety that grows 3-4’ tall and 3-4’ across and blooms for months Summer thru Fall, especially with deadheading. A thing of beauty in the garden (or in a large container, 25+ gal.) with luscious chocolate-black foliage in exquisite contrast to the single golden yellow 4” blooms brushed with apricot. Rich, loamy soil. Deciduous. Top dress with 1-2” of compost in Spring for best show. Bees! Cut flowers! Full sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10. May ship dormant thru May. #3788 $9.95 3+ $9.50

Tanacetum parthenium aureum “Golden Feverfew” Add “highlights” to your garden the easy way! Pop in a few “Golden Feverfew” to create luminous lime green foliar contrast and texture. Trust me – it looks great! Nicely mounding to 14” x 20”, plus you get little white daisies. Deer resistant and drought tolerant. Self-sows. Sun/AM sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #1839 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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Dahlia coccinea palmeri Brilliant true red pinwheels 4”-across highlighted by a ring of golden anthers bloom non-stop from Summer thru Fall atop a hefty mass of gorgeous black foliage for indisputable garden sparkle. What’s more, this Dahlia, along with ‘Dark Side of the Sun’, gets bushier and bloomier every year! To 4’ x 4’, cut spent blooms, grow in well-drained soil and side-dress with compost in Spring for optimum performance. And look – you can front them with lime foliage like “Golden Feverfew” (above) for added drama. Great in large containers (15+ gal). Bumblebees and butterflies! Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 7-10 May ship dormant thru May. #1186 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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NEW! Agastache rugosa 'Heronswood Mist' Introduced some years ago by plant explorer Daniel Hinkley, this fine “Hummingbird Mint” has become a favorite of our nursery staff for its earlier and long bloom season and appealing habit. With its tidy compact mounding 26” tall x 2’ wide form and phenomenal number of bloom spikes, it’s a champ both in the garden or container. Erect narrow rich purple 6-8” bloom spikes crowd above the licorice-scented foliage for months – from mid-Summer onwards, bringing lots of bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. A reliable actor in the Summer thru Fall garden, you get those colorful exclamation marks, adding valuable vertical character to the garden. Self-sows. Deer resistant! Sun/PM sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 7-10a. #4690 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Inula magnifica “Elecampane” Boring garden? Craving drama? Just the leaves alone here, up to 18” long, emerald green and spade shaped, create a striking and luxurious mounded display in the garden. Tough, burly, easy to grow and maintain, this bad boy can reach 6’ x 6’ – so what we have here is an impressive focal plant extraordinaire! Summer-blooming, the candelabra-like stems burst into numerous spidery-rayed, big-eyed, sunshiny daisies 3-4” across! Give him space and average to rich loamy soil. Reliable and long-lived, you get lots of bees, butterflies, Philadelphus lewisii birds and cut flowers. Deciduous. Clay-ish ‘Goose Creek’ tolerant. Medicinal. Deer resistant say Tolerant of ANY SOIL – including CLAY – this some folks. Sun/Part sun. Avg. water/ fast and resilient shrub, a cultivar of “Western Moist. Perennial USDA zones 3b-10a. Mock Orange”, explodes into a grand cloud of #4897 $7.95 3+ $7.50 bloom late Spring into Summer. Long-lasting and held on long arching branches, the double NEW! 1.5” pure white blooms emit a heady fragrance – orange blossom with a hint of pineapple. With its pretty toothed bright green 3” leaves, use it as a perfumed background shrub, informal hedge, or in those tough spots that have you stumped. Cut back every 5 years to refresh. Best in compost amended soil. Native to CA and the Northwest. Deer and rabbit resistant! Half day sun. Avg./ Occasional Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10a. #5197 $10.95 3+ $10.50

Echinacea 'Guava Ice' I was never a fan of Echinaceas here in our temperate Bay Area as they just would not overwinter, but our intrepid staff urged another try for this beautiful robust new variety. It’s now breezed through 2 Winters here, so we can attest to its durability – yay! BIG BIG 4” skirted salmon-apricot pom-pom blooms held aloft on sturdy – unfloppable – upright branching stems to 2’ tall just keep coming from mid-Summer thru Fall with deadheading. Long-lasting cut flowers! Great in containers (5+ gal). Well-drained average garden soil. Butterflies! Deer resistant! Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones (4?) 5-10a. Available in May. #5196 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Echinacea 'Rainbow Marcella' Another “Coneflower” that successfully overwintered here in our wet and mild Winter climate! And an Echinacea you will certainly fall in love with, just as we did! A heavy bloomer with lots and lots of big – almost 4”-across heart-melting bicolored raspberry and peach pinwheels surrounding a prominent central cherry-burgundy “cone”. More compact than most Echinaceas, to only 18” x 18”, you can easily plant them right up front of the bed. Also great in containers. Well-drained average garden soil. Butterfly magnet! Cut flowers! Deer and rabbit resistant! Full Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10a. Available in May. #5116 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Agastache 'Blue Boa' The most chubbylicious blooms of all Agastaches! And the earliest and longest NEW! blooming – we were shocked to see ours start to bloom in May! With larger individual extra vivid purpleviolet flowers on 3”-wide and 5”-long bloom spikes boldly displayed on sturdy non-brittle stems above the bright green (licorice-scented) foliage, this amazing and vigorous hybrid puts on a STELLAR performance from early Summer thru Fall. EASY, fast and tolerant of heat/humidity – grow it in average to fertile well-drained soil. Insanely gorgeous massed. Butterflies! Hummingbirds! Cut spent blooms for longest show. Deer resistant! Cut back to ground in Fall/early Spring (coldest zones). Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10a. #5198 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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NEW! Agastache aurantiaca ‘Coronado’ One of the longest-blooming “Hummingbird Mints” (throughout Summer into Fall), who can resist these profuse tangerine-brushedgolden tubular blooms – especially as they look so pretty atop silvery foliage. Admirable bushy upright 2.5’ x 2’ habit, you’ll delight in its minty fragrance. Superb butterfly and hummingbird magnet! Loves heat. Requires well-drained soil. It’s an excellent container choice for long Summer color and hummer fun! Full sun. Low water, once established. Perennial USDA zones 6-10. #3221 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Agastache mexicana ‘Sangria’ “Mexican Hyssop” Whorls of brightly colored crimson-pink Salvia-like blooms bring a floriferous, colorful and joyful presence to the Summer and Fall garden. EASY to grow and long-lived, to 3’ x 2’, the lemon-tasting and scented flowers are edible (kids love them) and the leaves make a wonderful digestive tea. Tolerant of heat and drought, it’s adored by hummers and bees. Average to well-drained soil. Sun. Avg./Low water. Deer resistant! Perennial USDA zones 7-10. #2775 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Monarda didyma NEW! 'Jacob Cline' Huuuge brizzilliant red blooms crown this vigorous, fast and EASY “Bee Balm” from June to September! Celebrated as the healthiest, most MILDEW RESISTANT garden Monarda, huge 4” blooms float above strong stems and pretty, delightfully mint-scented foliage. Tolerant of heat Buddleja lindleyana Graceful, and humidity and any soil arching and pendulous racemes of violetincluding CLAYISH, it’s purple flowers just keep coming and growspectacular in a cottage or ing, eventually reaching 1’ or more in length! informal garden or in a A prolific bloomer and butterfly magnet, this big tub. To 3-4’ tall and easy and fast “Butterfly Bush” displays a dense, 2-3’ across, it’s said to weeping habit with glossy, deep evergreen spread quickly by rhizomes foliage and an attractive cinnamon trunk. in the Southern US, so Does not require hard pruning. Long- allow room there or divide blooming and long-lasting cut flowers! Rich, clumps every few years. Butterfly and hummingbird favorite! loamy soil. 6’ x 6’. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial Cut back to 3” in Fall. Deer and rabbit resistant! Sun. Avg. water. USDA zones 5-9. #3119 $9.95 3+ $9.50 Perennial USDA zones 4-10a. #5107 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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Nicotiana alata ‘Lime Green’ Easy, versatile and longblooming, I use this plant more than any other in my gardens because it harmonizes with everything! Full description p. 4. Sun (coast)/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10, annual elsewhere. #724 $6.95 3+ $6.50 Antirrhinum majus ‘Chantilly Peach’ My favorite Snap! To a proper 3’ tall, sturdy upright spikes display enchanting golden-yellow trumpets beautifully blushed with rose and apricot. Fragrant, heartmelting cut flowers, cutting makes them bloom longer. Now you know they can overwinter, too. Provide rich soil. Mildew and rust resistant! Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #2824 $5.95 3+ $5.50

EXCLUSIVE! Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Electra’ I can’t stop using this exciting Dianthus! Not too short like many new varieties, ‘Electra’s’ scented 2” magenta-rose blooms deliver electric “pop” anywhere in the garden. Long-blooming Spring thru Fall with deadheading. Handsome weedsuppressing foliar mound. Cut back to 3” anytime, side-dress with compost and watch it Spring back into action. Cut back to 3” again in late Fall. Best on the edge of a bed (drainage) or in a container (10”+ across). Long-lived. 12” x 14”. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #4590 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Scabiosa caucasica ‘Fama Blue’ One of my 3 favorite perennials! An EASY and reliable “flower machine”, HUGE violet-scented blooms to 4” across are studded with white pins atop sturdy stems to 3’ tall – fab for cutting! So very long blooming – late Spring to Summer or Fall with deadheading. Cut back to 2” tall in Winter. Can easily be divided, and a mildew-free bee and butterfly magnet! Rich soil a must. Deer resistant! Sun/Part shade (in hotter areas). Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #958 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Dianthus plumarius ‘Thea Mary’ Named for my beloved aunt, it’s my favorite selection of long-lived, old-fashioned, deliciously scented D. plumarius. Charming, cheerful (and easy!) you get a mad burst of bloom in Spring with a multitude of 2” cherry-eyed pink blossoms on 6-8” stems. Cut spent flowers to greatly prolong bloom time. Cut foliage to 3” in Summer for a second flowering, in Fall, cut back again for perfect appearance next Spring. Dianthus love drainage, so plant on the edge of the bed or in a container (5+ gal) and delight them with a 1” side-dress of compost in Spring/ Summer - see what happens! Weed-suppressing, blue-green foliage and sweet cut flowers! To 24”x 18”. Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #4089 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Agrostemma ‘Ocean Pearls’ My very favorite cottage garden classic! EASY to grow and the epitome of grace and charm, it sways in the slightest breeze and Sidalcea malviflora ‘Purpetta’ One of my big thrills makes great cut flowers. Self-sows, recently was trying out this new, super EASY variety of our West Coast native “Checkermallow”. Much so you’ll plant one now and get 10 sturdier, with larger and richer fuchsia-pink blooms held on many strong, multi-branching or more next Spring. Pure white upright stems to 4’ tall, it’s a front or mid-bed beauty and swell for providing a vertical accent. Makes blossoms, 2” across, appear a a nice-looking low clump of roundish foliage. Blooms Summer thru Fall, especially with deadheading. hundred or more at a time on Cut flowers and butterflies! Tolerant of less than perfect soil, but give it fertile, loamy soil for best show. slender upright stems. 36” tall and Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. 18” wide. Sun. Avg. water. Annual. Perennial USDA zones 5-10a. Rosa All zones. #25 $5.95 3+ $5.50 #4528 $8.95 3+ $8.50 ‘Lace Cascade’ Such a sensational fast and easy climbing rose! Our ‘Lace Cascade’ has graced a metal arch here at the nursery for a decade, drawing “oohs”and “aahs” and “which rose is that?!” Ever so industrious, it’s a terrific prolific bloomer – from Spring to late Fall – bearing large sprays of pleasing pure white fully double floribunda blooms 3.5-4” across. Centaurea cyanus NEW! Mildly fragrant and ‘Blue Diadem’ self-cleaning, with “Bachelor’s Buttons” deep glossy green DISEASE RESISTANT foliage even in our foggy It’s so hard to find old-fashioned Bay Area! Quickly reaching 7-10’ tall and 4-5’ across, it blooms TALL “Bachelor’s Buttons” these on both new and old wood and thrives in any climate – hot, days! Bright richest blue blooms on temperate, dry or humid. Do provide full sun and a 3” side-dressupright, multi-branching 3’ stems ing of compost in early Spring and again in mid-Summer for best are perfect mid-bed and give vigor and bodacious performance. Grown on its own rootstock. Full sun. Avg. water. Perennial shrub USDA zones 5a-10a. you loads of cut flowers. I love #5112 $14.95 3+ $14.50 the intense color and charm they bring to my kitchen table bouquets. Rich soil, cut or deadhead to prolong bloom. Self-sows! Sun/ Part sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #2960 $5.95 3+ $5.50

Delphinium elatum ‘Cobalt Dreams’ The most OUTRAGEOUS Delphinium you can grow! No mildew-prone wimp that disappears after one season, but a reliably perennial, multispiking, extra-large-flowered jumbo delph to 6’ tall and 4’ across! Royal-blue spikes make sumptuous cut flowers! Grow in loamy soil with compost in Spring and Summer for huge spikes; cut back to 6” when spent for repeat bloom. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10a. # 4492 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Alyogyne huegelii "Blue Hibiscus" From Western Australia comes this extraordinary DROUGHT TOLERANT and EVERGREEN member of the Mallow family that seems to have grown scarce in the nursery trade over the past few years. Grown from cuttings, our plants display plentiful, luminous and huge rich lavender blooms 4-5” across from Spring thru Fall. Able to reach a multi-branching 8’ x 8’ with deep green fuzzy lacy foliage – we think it’s best to keep it tip-pinched to 4-5’ tall to maintain a nice bushy form (or let the deer do it for you!). Growing in sandy soils in its native habitat, it’ll thrive best in welldrained soil that’s allowed to dry out a for a bit between waterings. Keep it extra happy and healthy with a twice-a-year light side-dress of compost or organic fertilizer like fish emulsion. Can be grown in a large container and overwintered indoors in colder climates. Bees and hummers! Pest-free and hardy to 25-30°F. Sun/Mostly sun. Moderate/Low water. Perennial shrub USDA zones 9b-11. #4984 $8.95 3+ $8.50 Alcea rosea ‘Halo Cerise’ “Hollyhock” A perfect vertical accent in the Spring garden! With cherry pink 4” blooms surrounding a purple eye, this is one of the perennial “Halo Series” hollyhocks, so valued for their superior rust resistance and multiple upright stalks – up to 5 at a time! Best in compost-rich soil. Cut back spent stalks to 6” tall and new ones will grow from the base for repeat blooms. To 5-8’ tall and 4’ across. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #4087 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Thalictrum rochebrunianum Other than never giving it any water, you can’t kill this lovely Japanese native. Thick, sturdy, upright stalks to 6-7’ tall burst into huge clouds (3’ across) of lavender-pink flowers in June. Some say it’s best massed, but my single plantings never fail to impress. Deciduous but returns each season. Rich, loamy soil. Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10a. May ship dormant until May. #1057 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Delphinium elatum ‘Blue Lace’ My new favorite giant Delphinium! Bred by the Dowdeswell family of New Zealand for HUGE multiple repeating spikes, good mildew resistance, extra vigor and perennial reliability. Sublime, two-tone blooms of richly saturated sky blue and lavender are to melt for. Can you imagine these glorious things in a vase? Compost-rich soil a must. 6’ x 4’ . Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10a. #4686 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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NEW! Alcea rosea ‘Halo Candy’ “Hollyhock” 5” cotton candy flowers surround yummy blackcherry eyes – swoon! Our newest member of the ‘Halo’ series Hollyhocks, these are PERENNIAL and rust resistant. Instead of one or two stalks you get 3-5 or more simultaneously blooming stalks to only 5-8’ tall, which makes them extra exciting and manageable in the garden. Cut stalks back when bloomed out and they’ll rebloom if you grow them in good composty soil. Cut back to ground in Fall. Butterflies and hummers! Full sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #4990 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Scabiosa atropurpurea ‘Florist’s Pink’ A cottage garden favorite, these “Florist’s” varieties are bred for larger 2” “pinned” spherical flowers and longer stems, perfect for bouquets. Blooms begin raspberrypink, shifting to soft pink so you get a multi-hued effect. To 3’ x 20”, with loads of blooms for months, especially with deadheading. Butterflies and bees! Rich, loamy soil a must. Self-sows! Deer resistant. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10, annual elsewhere. #4915 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Dianthus ‘Georgia Peach Pie’ Sweet and pretty as a Georgia peach, this new Dianthus was our chosen fave of the many varieties we tested. A heavy bloomer from Spring to Fall, numerous 2” light peachy-pink, frillyedged flowers delight with a watercolor center surrounded by a vibrant raspberry ring. Spicy fragrant, you get 4-5 buds atop each sturdy non-floppy stem. The compact blue-green foliage makes a handsome weed-suppressing mat, too! Dianthus are happiest growing at the edge of a bed or in a container (2+ gal) in well-drained soil, side-dressed annually with 1” of compost. Deadhead to keep ’em coming! Long-lived! To 11” x 11”. Cut back to 3” tall in Fall. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #4967 $7.95 3+ $7.50 Digitalis hybrida ‘Polkadot Pippa’ Everblooming Foxgloves? It’s true! These new hybrid perennial Foxgloves bloom Spring to December! Multi-upright stems to 3’ carry 2” wide-mouth blooms – apricot-pink on the outside, spotted primrose within. EASY! Butterflies, hummers and endless cut flowers! Loamy soil with a side-dress of compost 1-2 times a year for superior performance. Deer resistant! Sun to Bright shade (by the coast)/AM Sun to Bright shade (inland). Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10a. #4232 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Zinnia elegans ‘Benary’s Giant Salmon Rose’ So gratifying, effusive and long-blooming in the Summer garden, everyone should grow ‘Benary’s Giants’! Mildew resistant and strongly multi-branching to 3’ tall, they also hold up well in heat and rain. Super-double blooms to 6” across are a butterfly favorite and make first-class cut flowers! Stunning combined with Nicotiana ‘Lime Green’ (p. 4). Deadhead to prolong bloom. Rich soil a must! Full sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. Available in May. #2405 $5.95 3+ 5.50

Zinnia elegans ‘Giant Violet Queen’ Just like ‘Giant Salmon Rose’ ‘Giant Violet Queen’ blooms much longer than commonly grown varieties – several months at least – with big bluetoned violet 4-5” double flowers. When we plant them in our gardens (top left) they sell out in a flash! Just be sure to plant them in compost-enhanced welldrained soil in full sun and deadhead or cut blooms for awesome arrangements – that keeps them producing! Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. Available in May. #1140 $5.95 3+ $5.50

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Zinnia elegans 'Queen Red Lime' The new “IT” Zinnia with both gardeners and florists alike! Startlingly different and beautiful 3” blooms appear most generously on strong multibranching stems – perfect for cutting! Breathtaking double-domed flowers display central lime green petals surrounded by successive rows of complementary colored petals – from peach to antique rose to deep rose – amazing! Nice and bushy to 30” x 24”, they’ll bloom – if you deadhead them – from June to Sept. A winner in the garden or large container (15+ gal). Mildew resistant! Rich, well-drained soil. Butterflies! Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. Available in May. #5199 $5.95 3+ $5.50

NEW! Zinnia elegans 'Senora' Okay, so now all you peachy-apricot fans can have your “Cactus/Dahliastyle” Zinnias in your favorite shades of salmonapricot – yay! Big bold and showy from afar, blooms to 5”-across on strong multi-branching stems. To 3’ tall and 30” across, grow them in full sun and rich, well-drained soil for best performance. Awesome cut flowers and the more you cut, the more they give! Butterflies will love you, too! Dreamy combined with Agastache ‘Blue Boa’ (p. 7). Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. Available in May. #5200 $5.95 3+ $5.50

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NEW! Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Snow Puff’ Just like ‘Prom Dress’ but gowith-everything snowy white. Cosmos are wonderful for providing mass color, movement and romance wherever they’re planted. Bushiest – with that lovely ferny foliage – when planted in rich soil but very tolerant of poorer soils. To 3' x 30". Self-sows. Butterflies and bees! Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #3494 $5.95 3+ $5.50

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Lemonade' It has finally happened! Someone has bred a “just right” yellow Cosmos. Not too tall or too short, not too late blooming, not too wimpy, but just right! We planted ours in early Summer and by mid-August it was brimming with charming 2.5” primrose-yellow blooms all around the dense rounded 30” x 30” bright green foliage. Primrose-yellow color is not that easy to come by in Summer bloomers, and so valuable a complement to pinks, blues and whites. Rich, loamy soil is best for this Cosmos. Elegant cut flowers and butterflies! Excellent in containers (15+ gal). Full sun. Avg.water. Annual. All zones. #5201 $5.95 3+ $5.50

Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Prom Dress’ Bona fide girly-fied! Come over to the pink side with this dressy, truly-double pink Cosmos! Not vertically challenged like those modern varieties, but a grand performer easily reaching 3-4’ tall and wide. A multitude of 3.5” blooms over a long period always make it a star in any garden, drawing butterflies, bees and of course, your affection. Rich to average soil. Cut flowers galore! Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #3404 $5.95 3+ $5.50

Linaria triornithophora “Three Birds Flying” How fun! Like whorls of colorful parakeets perched on short, lateral stems, this large-flowered “Toadflax” is entertaining, as well as eye-catching. Swoop-tailed 2” flowers of vibrant violet-purple with yellow throats stand out in the garden on a mass of upright and branchy stems. Pretty blue-green foliage, too. EASY and fun, all you need is rich, well-drained soil. Really nice in a pot (10+ gal). Makes excellent cut flowers and self-sows when happy. To 3’ x 2’. Fairly drought tolerant once established. Sun/Part sun. Avg./ Low water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10. #613 $7.95 3+ $7.50 Verbascum hybrid ‘Southern Charm’ I love ‘Southern Charm’, not only for its mix of sophisticated colors, but because it’s super simple to grow and almost everblooming! If you cut back spent spikes, it continuously sends up new ones 24-30” tall with elegant single blooms of either chamois, dusty rose or apricot. Unfussy about soil, it blooms more with compost. Drought tolerant, deer and snail resistant! Sun/Bright shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10a. #1098 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Anagallis monellii “Blue Pimpernel” Crazy colorful vivid gentian-blue 1” flowers with a pink eye and yellow anthers create a quick and gorgeous mass of color on this bouncy 12” by 24” Mediterranean annual or short-lived perennial. Gorgeous when planted with equally bloomiferous Ursinia anthemoides (online). Blooms for months and can be cut back to 4” for repeat performance – even during Winter (in mild climates). Best in well-drained soil. Deer resistant! Sun. Avg./ Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11, annual elsewhere. #42 $5.95 3+ $5.50

Calendula officinalis ‘Radio’ Glorious gobs of palm-sized superdouble to semi-double blooms of rich orange quilled petals make a sumptuous show from early Spring thru Summer in coastal CA. To 2’ x 2’, this heirloom variety is one of the easiest hardy annuals you can grow and a radiant showstopper in rich, well-drained soil. Hotter areas: cut back to 6” in Summer for a second round of bloom. A great long-blooming container fellow (10+ gal) and edible, too, the petals can be used to ornament salads. Self-sows for fresh new plants every Spring. Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #4472 $5.95 3+ $5.50

Delphinium belladonna ‘Blue Donna’ I use belladonna Delphiniums in my Spring and Summer gardens because they are ultra blue, easy, quick to bloom, they keep reblooming till Fall and they overwinter well. Good mildew resistance, too! To 3’ tall and nicely multi-branching, they don’t need staking. When the flowers are spent, cut back to 3” tall, add a little compost and they’ll be back in action! Deer resistant! Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #323 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Calceolaria integrifolia ‘Kentish Hero’ Lots and lots (really an amazing amount!) of fun and curious bubble-like “pocketbook” flowers bloom over a long season – from late Spring thru Fall! Held on stiff upright stems above attractive mint-like foliage, color-shifting bubbles morph from yellow to orange to red. A delightful, colorful surprise for partly shady areas and perfection in a patio container (10+ gal). Rich, welldrained soil. 30” x 36”. Cut back in Winter. Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 8b-11. #2969 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Basil herbalea ‘Wild Magic’ An amazing “MUST HAVE” basil you should grow! Adding wonderful color to the edge of a garden with its purple-black foliage and dense 24” x 24” habit, tons of upright, violet blooms are always buzzing with bees. And like suspended animation, it holds its good looks, compact form and multitude of blooms all season and into Fall. Never bitter and deliciously scented, it tastes like Thai Basil (yum!). A perfect container plant. (3+ gal) Well-drained soil and compost. Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. Available in March. #4471 $6.95 3+ $6.50

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Lavatera trimestris ‘Loveliness’ & ‘Pink Blush’ I’m not kidding when I say this will be your new favorite plant this year! Fast growing to a non-dwarfed, well-branched 30” x 30”, ‘Pink Blush’ (above right) eventually almost smothers its pretty mallow-like leaves with heart-melting, cherry-veined, cherry-eyed blooms to 4” across! Blooms its heart out for months, especially if you remove spent flowers. Make sure to provide rich, loamy soil for full enjoyment! Bees and butterflies and hummers! Great in containers (15+ gal), cut flowers and self-sows – yay! Cousin bright rose ‘Loveliness’ (above left) is a bit taller – to 4’ tall. Full sun/Part sun inland. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. Lavatera trimestris ‘Loveliness’ Lavatera trimestris ‘Pink Blush’ #4918 $5.95 3+ $5.50 #4832 $5.95 3+ $5.50

Lupinus regalis ‘Gallery Yellow’ Everyone loves Lupines, but those glorious storybook Lupines we see in gardening magazines fail to thrive here in foggy coastal CA. We adore the Gallery Series, with its robust flowering habit, dense, elegant bloom spikes to 3’ tall, compact form to 3’ across and good mildew resistance. And they’ll return each Spring for at least 3-4 years. Do plant in rich, well-drained soil. Cut spent spikes to keep new ones coming and cut back in Winter (or anytime) to refresh. Side-dress with 1-2” of compost in early Spring and again in Summer for showiest show. Deciduous. Deer resistant. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #2670 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Eriophyllum confertiflorum LONG-BLOOMING, DEER RESISTANT and extremely DROUGHT TOLERANT, this showy small shrub is native to much of California and into Arizona. To 1.5-2’ tall and wide with a handsome habit boasting lacy silvery-green leaves and wooly stems, it’s topped from Spring to August with glowing golden-yellow bloom clusters. Tolerant of no Summer water but remains evergreen and bloomier with occasional Summer water. A superb low-maintenance choice for the dry garden and splendid massed or combined with native Penstemons and Eriogonums. Grow in well-drained soil of average to low fertility. Fantastic habitat plant! Cut back to 6” in Fall. Sun/Part sun. Avg./No Summer water. Perennial shrub USDA zones (6?)-11. #4836 $7.95 3+ $7.50 Sedum spathulifolium ‘Cape Blanco’ Add exciting bright silvery contrast and cushiony texture with this standout Pacific Coast native succulent. Growing slowly to a well-behaved compact 6” tall x 1-2’ wide, it self-propagates for freebies. Profuse and vivid yellow star-shaped flowers appear in early Summer, bringing butterflies and hummers. Native to rocky cliff sides, it requires excellent drainage, so best in rock gardens and containers. Very low water needed along the coast. Deer resistant. Sun.Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-9. #4653 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Aquilegia eximia “Serpentine Columbine” Hard to find, this distinct and regal (up to 5’ tall!) CA native Columbine is exceptionally tough, long-lived and fascinating in person with its multitude of large, crown-like, 2” bright scarlet blooms and showy, extra long golden stamens. Dangling seductively on archy, branchy stems in Spring and Summer, hummingbirds can’t resist! Immune to mildew and very tolerant of nondraining clay soil. Prefers a relatively moist situation but tolerates several weeks of dryness once established. Deer resistant! Sun/Part shade inland. Moist/Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #2983 $10.95 3+ $10.50

Lupinus albifrons “Silver Bush Lupine” So much bloom with so little water! Planted in a “zero Summer water” parking strip, this tough CA native blooms Spring thru August with a mass of FRAGRANT 8-12” purple spikes atop knockout shimmering silvery foliage. To 3-4’ tall and wide. Best in infertile, well-drained soil. Does well in a large container and is a host for the endangered Mission Blue butterfly. Deer resistant! Hardy to 0-10° F. Sun. Low/No Summer water (water to establish). Perennial USDA zones 8-10. #636 $9.95 3+ $9.50 Mimulus ‘Pamela’ Arguably the showiest of all our cherished “Monkey Flowers,” ‘Pamela’ sports large vivid golden-yellow flaring monkeys edged in white. In case you didn’t know, these do very well UNDER OAKS, are CLAY and DROUGHT TOLERANT and deer resistant, so they’ll do nicely on that dry hillside behind your house. Foliage will stay green with a bit of Summer water. To 30” x 30”, cut back to 6” in Fall. Sun/Part shade inland. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10. #3691 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Camissonia cheiranthifolia Super long-bloom – April to September – you must try this fast-growing groundcover! An instant garden highlight, it makes a dense, glistening, silvery-green foliar mat 6-12” tall x 30” across, filling in bare spots and spilling handsomely over the edge of a bed. A cheery abundance of sunshineyellow, 1.5” single flowers each sport a fun balloon-like anther. Easy, hardy and drought tolerant, this coastal CA native does well in sandy soil but showiest in rich soil with some Summer water. Cut back to 4” in Fall. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10. #177 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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Sisyrinchium bellum ‘North Coast’ “Blue-Eyed Grass” With the largest flowers (1-1.5”!) I’ve ever seen and the longest bloom season you could hope for, we’re thrilled to offer this extraordinary “Blue Eyed-Grass” discovered near Gualala, CA. Extremely easy and reliably perennial, this low and dense, grassy groundcover-y Iris relative is sand and CLAY tolerant and grows well under oaks. Normally deciduous during the dry season, ours bloomed Spring all the way to Fall with Summer water and one cut-back in June. Spreads slowly, faster with some compost, and easy to divide! Drought tolerant. Deer resistant! Hardy to 10°F. 8” x 12”. Sun/Bright shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 8-11. #3705 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Nemophila maculata “Baby Five Spot” A great multitude of bouncy, 1” purple-spotted blooms make this cousin of California native “Baby Blue Eyes” (p. 6) a fun and merry filler or edger. To 1’ tall and 2’ across, the flowers appear atop short stems over low Spring green foliage – bubbling thru neighboring plants or trailing beautifully over the edge of a bed. Excellent in 3+ gal. pots, too! Self-sows! Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. Available until mid- April. #714 $5.95 3+ $5.50

LIMITED! Ribes sanguineum ‘Claremont’ An absolute “must-have” for almost any garden! ‘Claremont’ bursts into glorious bloom in February, lasting thru April. Remarkably large 4-6” flower clusters dangle like richly colored lanterns with rosy-red and pink tubular flowers adored by hummers. To 8’ x 4’ with a pleasant vase-shaped habit and handsome maple-like leaves, it can be pruned back to 4’ tall between May and September. VERY adaptable to drought and CLAY, it thrives in rich garden soil. Side-dress with compost in Fall for best show. Birdies love the small, blue-black berries in Summer. Deer resistant! Sun/Part shade on the coast/Shade inland. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10. #3717 $12.95 3+ $12.50

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Salvia apiana “White Sage” Make your own smudge sticks rather than buying them from folks who cut and destroy these plants in the wild. Arresting silvery-white, lance-shaped leaves are held stiffly on 2’ x 5’ base-branching stems. Bees adore the small whitish blooms. Heat and drought loving, it really doesn’t want much Summer water. Many medicinal and sacred uses. Good drainage. Deer resistant. Sun. Low/No Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 8-11. #906 Mimulus lewisii x $9.95 3+ $9.50 cardinalis Teeming with blooms Eriogonum grande from late Spring thru var. rubescens late Summer, this rare “Red Buckwheat” native “Monkeyflower” is This hard-to-find, choice EASY, reliably perennial and goof-proof evergreen and not fussy about drainage native “Buckwheat” from the (CLAY tolerant!). Blooms are a good sized 1.5Channel Islands thrives on 2” and a pretty striped peppermint pink with neglect and actually prefers fuzzy golden throats spotted with red. Happy in dry, clay soil! One of the best sun (by the coast) to bright shade, it spreads by butterfly magnets around, rhizomes to 3’ across and 14” tall. Cut back to 3” tall after bloom. Nice popping over the edge of it blooms June-October, a bed. Rich, loamy soil. Deciduous. Sun/Bright providing lots of Summer color for your habitat, native shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10. or dry garden. Excellent for #3579 $8.95 3+ $8.50 massing on dry hillsides. 1’ tall Viola adunca x 3’ around. Deer resistant “Western Dog Violet” and drought tolerant! Hardy Nothing could be sweeter than the tidy clump of to 15°F. Sun/Part sun. Avg./ No Summer water. Peren- heart-shaped leaves and almost constant supply of nial USDA zones 8b-10. bearded rich purple 1” scented blooms to glad#1485 $8.95 3+ $8.50 den our hearts April to August! Hard to find, yet so EASY, hardy Erigeron glaucus and adaptable ‘Wayne Roderick’ – it’s native to CLAY TOLERANT the Western and perfect for pots and northern and edging, this “Seaside US. SpreadDaisy” was selected by ing nonrenowned plantsman Wayne invasively by Roderick. Bearing a profusion rhizomes, of short-stemmed lavender 2” you get a low, flowers centered with showy densely gold and chartreuse eyes, it’s matting easy, tough and reliably peren- groundcover nial. Long-blooming Spring to 1’ across. thru Fall with deadheading. Edible leaves Neat and compact to 1’ tall and flowers. x 3’ across. Deer resistant, Host for the LIMITED! drought tolerant but looks threatened best with some Summer water. Oregon SilverBee magnet! Sun/Part shade in spot Butterfly. Best in rich, well-drained soil, it hotter areas. Avg./Low water. tolerates some dryness. Sun/Part shade (coast)/ Perennial. USDA zones 6-10. Part shade in hotter areas. Moist/Dry. Perennial #3214 $8.95 3+ $8.50 USDA zones 4-10. #3844 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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NEW! Ceanothus thyrsiflorus ‘Skylark’ Compact and densely branching with glossy emerald-green leaves and a long bloom season, CA native hybrid ‘Skylark’ has much to tout. Fast-growing to 3-5’ tall and a bit wider, this handsome evergreen shrub is easy to use as an accent in smaller spaces or as a groundcover/hedge. Abundant clusters of fragrant cerulean blue flowers burst into a breathtaking display from Spring into Summer and again in Fall in cooler climates. Tolerates heat, clayish soil and Summer water better than most “CA Lilacs” and is frost hardy to 5-10°F. Requires some Summer water inland. Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun. Low/No Summer water (once established). Shrub USDA zones 6b-10. #5069 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Achillea millefolium ‘Rosa Maria’ Bring some zing to your Spring garden with the brightest deep rosypink, almost magenta, 4” flower heads of this new Yarrow selection. Add some excitement to all your pastels! Totally EASY, drought tolerant (once established) and clayish tolerant, plus butterflies and excellent cut flowers, fresh or dried! Deadhead and provide water to extend bloom throughout Summer. Deer resistant. To 18” x 24”. Sun. Avg./ Low water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #4801 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Achillea millefolium ‘Salmon Beauty’ My new favorite Yarrow! Who wouldn’t fall for these shade-shifting colors? Large 4” umbels start off a swoonworthy rich salmon-peach then fade to a mix of soft peaches and buttery yellows. Last year I grew it with CA natives Linum lewisii “Blue Flax” (online) and Penstemon heterophyllus (p. 6) and the result was to die for! To 2’ x 3’. Yarrows are easy, drought and clayish tolerant but are lusher NEW! and bloom longer – late Spring thru Summer – with rich soil and Summer moisture. Divine cut flowers and butterflies love them, cut spent blooms to keep ’em coming. Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #4896 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Achillea millefolium ‘Sonoma Coast’ “White Yarrow” Wonderfully compact, its brightest emerald ferny foliage mound stays evergreen and handsome yearround! Top that with a continuous profusion of clean white umbels early Summer thru late Fall and you’ve got a winner. Long-lived, carefree and unfussy about soil, but prettiest with a bit of Summer water and annual boost of compost. 1’ by 2’ wide. Heaven to pollinators, drought tolerant. Cut back to 4” in Winter. Deer resistant. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #3838 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Salvia spathacea “Hummingbird Sage” A showy native groundcover for dry shade! Blooming Spring thru Summer, 1” bright magenta flowers sprout from contrasty and textural burgundy calyces. Held erect on 18” stems, the densely stacked lemon-sized whorls give visual thrills even after the flowers fade. To 1-3’ tall, spreading by rhizomes to about 4’ across with semito-evergreen, fruity scented leaves. Cut back in Fall. Grows under oaks! Deer resistant. Sun (coast)/Light shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 8-11. Available in March. #942 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Sphaeralcea incana ‘Kathy Echols’ My favorite prolific bloomer in our dry garden! I love its dense upright 3’ x 2’ bushy habit, absolutely stunning silvery foliage, and wow, then there are these unusual flowers. Beloved Bay Area horticulturalist Kathy Echols came across this beautiful variant with orchid pink flowers (instead of the usual dull orange) that are larger than normal – 1.25” across. AND this marvelous DROUGHT TOLERANT native blooms late Spring thru Fall! What more do you need? Deer resistant? Yes! I cut ours back to 1’ tall in late Fall for perfect form next season. Well-drained soil is a must and a smidge of compost side-dress in Spring is not a bad thing. Root hardy to 10° F. Sun. Low water. Perennial USDA zones 7-10. #5149 $10.95 3+ $10.50

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Aster chilensis (syn. Symphyotrichum chilense) ‘Purple Haze’ This UBER-TOUGH CA native Aster performs like a champ, bursting into a cloud of 1.5-2” golden-eyed lavender “daisy” blooms August to October, even in the driest, worst-soil part of your garden! Native to much of CA, it’s happy in any soil including CLAY, is EXTREMELY DROUGHT TOLERANT, needing only occasional water to keep it pretty. HEAT TOLERANT and much loved by butterflies and bees. To 2.5’ tall and wide, it’s a good choice for parking strips and neglected areas. Spreads vigorously by rhizomes in well-watered gardens, not much with low water. Great in containers. Cut back to ground after bloom. Deciduous. Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10. #4803 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Natives Lippia repens (syn. Phyla nodiflora) Feet, paws and fire proof! This carefree native of CA and beyond is one of the best lawn substitutes – especially for difficult areas where nothing will grow! Highly adaptive to most soils: wet, dry, even clay. Plant 2’ apart for a quick, dense, creeping turf only 2” tall, or use it for erosion control. Pretty 1/2” lavender-pink flowers appear Spring thru Fall, attracting butterflies and bees. Mow periodically if bees are a problem. Evergreen, but after cold Winters, toss about some compost for lush, new growth. Edge to prevent from spreading to unwanted areas. Deer resistant! Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 8-11. #3999 $7.95 3+ $7.50 Ron Wolf

Monardella villosa ‘Russian River’ Edge a low to NO-WATER path with this minty, fragrant CA native subshrub. More vigorous than the species, you get a semi-evergreen s m a l l-s c a le groundcover to 15” tall x 2’ wide with plentiful and showy 2” lavender puffballs all Summer long. Tolerant of CLAY-ISH soil (not hardpan), “Coyote Mint” thrives on rocky slopes and under oaks! Stays greener and blooms longer with some Summer water. Used as a tea for sore throats. Cut back in Fall. Bees and butterflies! Deer resistant! Sun/Shade along the coast. Part shade inland. Avg./ No water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10. Available in April. #4969 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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Ceanothus ‘Julia Phelps’ THIS is the “California Lilac” variety that creates such a mind-bending solid and textural cloud of richest indigo-purple bloom in Spring. To 6-8’ tall and wide and well, incredibly gorgeous, it’s also fragrant in and out of bloom. Toss in some contrast-enhancing orange or yellow California poppies nearby and oooh baby baby! Handsome dense glossy and crinkly deep evergreen foliage. Provides seed and shelter for the birds – including quail – and serves up nectar for the bees and butterflies. Unsurpassed for native, xeric and fire resistant landscaping where soil is infertile, drainage is fine (slopes especially) and Summer water is low to nonexistent. Hardy to 12-15°F. Deer resistant. Sun. Low/No Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 7b -10. #4485 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Salvia leucophylla x clevelandii ‘Pozo Blue’ If you’ve ever had trouble keeping S. clevelandii alive, you must try this much stronger, tough-as-nails hybrid originating at Las Pilitas Nursery. Maintaining most of the yummy aroma and whorled violet-blue flowers, this highly heat and drought tolerant Sage tolerates anything but wet soil! Blooms June thru October, attracting loads of butterflies, hummers and bees. To 4’ x 4’. Deer resistant. Sun. Low/No Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10. #3372 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Mimulus ‘Jelly Bean Fiesta Marigold’ Thanks to the patient breeding of the late, great Rick Pershoff, the gardening world can enjoy this flamboyant garden-friendly Mimulus hybrid. Profuse eyepopping amber-red 2” blooms edged in gold appear year-round along the coast and Spring-Fall in hottest areas. Branching to 18” x 18” with glossy emerald leaves, it’s reliably showy in low fertility, native or rock gardens and phenomenal in a container (10+ gal). Tolerant of heat and zero Summer moisture, but will stay green and bloomy with some Summer water. Tolerates clayish soil, but best in well-drained. Deer resistant. Hardy to 20°F. Sun/Bright shade. Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. Available in April. #4719 $8.95 3+ $8.50

NEW! Helianthus annuus “Delta Sunflower” So carefree, you see them growing along freeways in the Central Valley of California, this ancestor of the domesticated Sunflower is native to the Western states. HEAT and DROUGHT TOLERANT and DEER RESISTANT! Blooming like crazy for 3+ months, the 3-4” flowers bounce around on manybranched stems to cheer up your Summer and Fall garden. Adored by butterflies, bees and birds. Not fussy about soil, it’s showiest with drainage and some fertililty. To 6’ x 5’. Sun. Avg./No Summer water. Annual. All zones. #1978 $5.95 3+ $5.50

Monardella macrantha ‘Marian Sampson’ Absolutely eye-popping flower clusters abound over a long season on this sensational CA native. This extra showy variety originates from a seedling grown by the late Ed Sampson of Mourning Cloak Botanical Garden and named after his wife. Native to So. Cal coast ranges and Baja, California, it’s particularly suited to rock gardens or containers as it requires low-nutrient soil and excellent drainage. Spreading into a low mat of shiny mid-green lightly scented foliage to 3” tall and 18” across, the wild riot of a bloom display appears late Spring to Fall, each cluster bearing up to 25 upright, blazing scarlet narrow trumpets almost 2” long. Benefits from occasional Summer water. Hummer magnet! Deer resistant! Sun. Low water. Perennial USDA zones 6b-10. #5062 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Lessingia filaginifolia ‘Silver Carpet’ Tough as nails and happy under a wide range of conditions, including CLAY, HEAT and DROUGHT, this fantastic native groundcover is also salt spray and deer resistant! Quickly spreading to 3’ or more, you get a dense flat weed-suppressing silvery carpet only a few inches tall – a great choice for parking strips! Summer and Fall bring a multitude of sweet 1” lavender daisies on short stems. Quite beautiful trailing over the edge of abed. Grows well under oaks and attracts butterflies! Provide occasional Summer water inland for best appearance. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10. #3521 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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Verbena lilacina ‘De La Mina’ Love bloomiferous perennials but don’t want to water? Now you can have your cake and eat it, too! Exploding into a cloud of rich lavender-blue flower clusters in Spring, this SUPER EASY, SUPER TOUGH native blooms year-round, especially with an occasional drink in Summer. Valuable for both cottagey and dry gardens or large pots, it makes a dense 3’ x 3’ mound. Tolerates CLAYISH soil. Cut back to 10” tall in Fall to maintain pretty habit. Butterflies and bees! Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun (inland). Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 7-10. #3398 $8.95 3+ $8.50

NATIVES Lewisia longipetala ‘Little Peach’ Beautiful, cold hardy and immensely rewarding, “Cliff Maids” LOVE excellent drainage and that’s all you need to enjoy their delightful explosion of bloom twice (!) a season in mid-Spring and again in late Summer. Prolific sprays of bewitching 1” flowers held on sturdy, 6” radiating stems appear above 10” succulent rosettes. Long-lived and happy stuck in rock walls, these CA and OR natives thrive in clay pots with gravel added, or on the edges of raised beds. Fertilize once or twice a year for best thrills! Drought tolerant, exceptionally deer resistant. Sun/AM shade inland. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #1857 $8.95 3+ $8.50 Lewisia longipetala ‘Little Plum’ Since it’s crossed with the species longipetala, ‘Little Plum’ (like ‘Little Peach’) is an especially heavy bloomer. 1” blooms in pink with a hint of lavender are offered up on dense clusters during Spring and repeat with some Summer water. Easy, tough and long-lived, now that you know what they need, you must try one! Drought tolerant, exceptionally deer resistant. Sun/AM shade inland. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #594 $8.95 3+ $8.50 Lewisia cotyledon ‘Sunset Strain’ With a range of richly saturated sunset-colored flowers – apricot, tangerine and yellow (all are radiant), ‘Sunset’ Lewisias deliver the ultimate gardener’s thrill – surprise! What a marvel to arise from a low succulent rosette! EASY and longlived, they thrive in rock walls, clay pots and well-drained rock gardens. Spring blooming, they will repeat bloom with some Summer water. Drought tolerant, exceptionally deer resistant. To 6” x 8”. Sun/AM shade inland. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #591 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Asclepias syriaca “Virginia Silk” Intensely fragrant, tough, long-lived and tolerant of poor soil, this is one of the EASIEST Milkweeds you can grow! Divinely scented of lilac, plentiful 4” clusters appear in Summer atop 3-4’ upright stems. Blooming its 1st year, it’s a nectar source for many butterflies, especially Monarchs! Spreads by rhizomes; best placed where it won’t be a problem or in a large container. Native to much of the US. Drought tolerant, deer resistant! Deciduous. Sun/Part shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. May ship dormant. #3487 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Asclepias fascicularis Adaptable to high and low water, heat and any garden soil – including CLAY – this is possibly the easiest CA native Milkweed you can grow. Many branching stems and long narrow leaves make a bushy 3’ x 3’ form topped with plentiful and pretty 2” creamy-pink flower clusters from June to Sept its 1st year. An important host plant for Monarch butterfly caterpillars and nectar source for other butterflies as well. Gets bigger and better every year and can spread to form small colonies. Deer resistant! Sun/ Part sun. Avg./No Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10. May ship dormant. #2779 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Asclepias speciosa “Showy Milkweed” Much like ‘Davis’ (below left), this is the straight species native to much of the western half of the US. Just as stunning in bloom and pinker in color, the fragrant starry bloom clusters, 4” across, top upright thick 3’ stems. Big smooth green oval leaves instead of silvery ones. Will bring Monarchs and their stunning caterpillars and chrysalises. Needs very little to no Summer water once established, tolerating most soils including clayish. If happy, will form spreading clumps over time. Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun. Avg./ Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. May ship dormant. #125 $10.95 3+ $10.50

Asclepias physocarpa “Family Jewels Tree” Have you grown “Family Jewels Tree”? Oh! But you must! This easy, fastgrowing Milkweed reaches 5-6’ tall with a bushy branching small-tree habit in a couple of months. Sweetly scented pendulant clusters of violet and white starry flowers are followed by intriguingly squishable inflated and hairy lime green seed pods to 3” across. Plentifully displayed against small linear leaves, the pods last for 3 or more months (in our mild climate), creating an arresting display! A host for Monarch butterflies, you get the most, shall we say, distinctive cut branches, luscious in a vase. DROUGHT TOLERANT and DEER RESISTANT. Well-drained soil with some fertility for best, um, show. Self-sows! Sun. Avg./Low water. Short-lived perennial USDA zones 7-10, annual elsewhere. Available in April. #122 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Asclepias speciosa ‘Davis’ Undeniably gorgeous in leaf and bloom, everyone who can should grow our native perennial “Showy Milkweeds” as they are the favorite host for western Monarch butterflies. With distinctinctive silvery downy foliage on upright 3’ stems, it thrives in poor dry well-drained soil as well as clayish and regular garden soil. Bold, FRAGRANT flower clusters 4-5” across of velvety pink and white star-flowers appear from late Spring to late Summer, after which it goes deciduous. But don’t worry, it will return next Spring with more stems. IMPORTANT: May look terrible in a 4”pot and ships dormant until June. Water it a bit the first year and don’t fret if it disappears. It may take several years to settle in and you’ll be delighted with the fruits of your patience. Deer resistant, drought tolerant! Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #3811 $10.95 3+ $10.50

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Cynoglossum amabile ‘Blue Showers’ I’m such a fan of TALL cottage garden flowers. It’s nearly impossible to find the old-fashioned 3’ tall version of Chinese “Forget-Me-Nots” that bear divine French blue 3⁄4” flowers on branching stems. An essential for those who melt for blue blooms – it can be cut back for a second go ’round and self-sows continually here in USDA zones 9-10 for an almost constant production of bloom. Average/Rich soil. Sun/ Half day sun. Avg./Low water. Short-lived perennial/Annual. #302 $5.95 3+ $5.50

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Aquilegia caerulea “Rocky Mountain Columbine” Glorious “Rocky Mountain Columbine” boasts one of the largest flowers in the genus AND a much longer bloom season – from Spring thru Summer, with a 2nd flowering late Summer/Fall if you cut it back to 1” tall after bloom. Highly bloomiferous with 2.5” sweetly scented blooms it’s long-lived, EASY and grows to a proper 3’ x 2’. Do give Columbines regular water and composty soil and you’ll never ever see a leaf miner! Self-sows! Sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #73 $8.95 3+ $8.50

LIMITED! Aquilegia caerulea ‘Krystal’ Like “Rocky Mountain Columbine (above) and A. chrysantha (online), this extra largeflowered lovely is super long-blooming, Springmid-Summer. Cut back to a few inches tall when it’s done and it’ll bloom again in the Fall. Healthy and, unlike so many modern hybrids, it’s reliably perennial, long-lived and FRAGRANT! To 3’ x 2’. Rich soil. Sun/ Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #1279 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Alonsoa meridionalis ‘Apricot’ A year doesn’t go by without me planting this fabulous must-have in my gardens. Held on countless graceful upright stems, hundreds of soft apricot blooms keep coming for months – major bang-for-the-buck here! Cut back to 6” when she’s finally all bloomed out, ply with a little compost and you’ll get a second burst of bloom. Self-sows! Sun. Avg. water. Short-lived perennial USDA zones 9-10, annual elsewhere. Available in March. #27 $6.95 3+ $6.50

Scabiosa caucasica ‘Perfecta Alba’ Large, frilly 3” blooms on long, tall stems (ideal for flower arrangements) keep coming Spring thru Fall if deadheaded. If they’re not crowded, you’ll easily get 10-20 blooms at once and lots of butterflies. Plant in well-drained soil and sidedress with a 1” layer of compost in Spring and again in mid-Summer for bloomiest bloom. Cut back to 2” in Fall/Winter. To 2’ x 2’. Mildew free, deer resistant! Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #3140 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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NEW! Alstroemeria hybrid ‘Tricolor’ Gifted to us years ago by Master Gardener Liz Youngflesh, this is by far my favorite tough, looong-lived and EASY to grow Alstroemeria! First off, it blooms for an incredibly long time – from May thru Fall here in the Bay Area – offering up an endless supply of long-lasting cut flowers. Second, the blooms are extra-large – at least 2.5” across and delectably spotted and striped in pink, white, cherry and gold. Most of all, I prefer these taller-stemmed Alstroemerias, which are not easy to find nowadays (replaced by dwarf varieties) and are much more outstanding in a garden and, of course, more becoming in a vase. Spreading by rhizomes to make a dense patch 3’ tall and 3-4’ across, grow in composty soil for most audacious show. Super in big containers, too. Deciduous, does not self-sow. Sun/Part sun (hotter areas). Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 7-10. #2892 $16.95 3+ $16.50

NEW! Senecio candicans (syn. S. candidans) ‘Angel Wings’ The “IT” plant here at the nursery this past year! Brilliant silvery-white velvety heart-shaped leaves to 5” across, perfectly arranged in a multi-level rosette make a dramatic highlight accent in a garden or container. Ours grew to 14” tall and 18” across in year 1 and grabbed massive attention in our garden above. Though it looks like and is often touted as drought tolerant, here in our mild climate gardens we found it thrived happily in rich, well-drained soil with regular water. It tended to wilt in less fertile, drier gardens. Deer resistant. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10, annual elsewhere. #5036 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Laurentia axillaris ‘Blue Stars’ A fantastic explosion of blue stars bursts out like fireworks above a lovely dense ferny mound to 16” tall and across. 1.5” “stars” keep coming for several months when you cut it back for a second shower of blooms. Great for trailing all by itself in a largish container (5+ gal). Short-lived perennial in USDA zones 7-10, or grow as an annual in colder climes as it self-sows! Rich, well-drained soil is the trick! Deer resistant. Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 7-10, annual elsewhere. #1376 $6.95 3+ $6.50

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Trachelium caeruleum “Perennial Blue Lace Flower” Sensationally big 4-5” lavender-blue flower heads are produced lavishly over a long season – May to September – on this vigorous, fast perennial. Held atop 3’ stems and pretty foliage, the lightly scented, dense umbels are dotted with tiny white “pins”. Super landing pad and nectar source for butterflies and adored by bees. Long-lasting cut flowers galore! Rich, well-drained soil a must! Root hardy to 10-15°F. Self-sows! Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10, annual elsewhere. #1496 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Tried & True Favorites Lupinus regalis ‘Gallery Blue’ Here in my backyard, my delicious ‘Gallery Blue’ Lupines have returned for years. I adore this robust series, thriving and mildew resistant, even here in foggy coastal CA and boasting a plenitude of elegant bloom spikes to 3’ tall Spring thru Summer and a dense habit to 3’. Do plant in compost-y, well-drained soil. Cut spent spikes and add another 1” of compost in early Summer to keep these glorious blooms coming till end of Summer. Cut back to ground in Fall. Bumblebees! Lovely with Agrostemma g. ‘Milas’ and Geranium ‘Rozanne’ (p. 37). Deciduous. Deer resistant.Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #2552 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Tanacetum parthenium aureum “Golden Feverfew” Add eye-catching “highlights” to your garden the easy way! Pop in a few “Golden Feverfew” to create luminous lime green foliar contrast and texture. Trust me – it looks great! Nicely mounding to 14” x 20”, plus you get little white daisies (or cut them off to prevent seedlings). Deer resistant and drought tolerant. Selfsows. Sun/AM sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. Available in March. #1839 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Geranium maderense “Ginormous Geranium” If you’ve never grown this majestic, SUPER SIMPLE showstopper in your garden – this is the year to bring one home! There’s nothing like the massive 4’ across spherical crown of showy pink flowers from April to mid-Summer. Blooms in year 2, but you won’t mind since its large, tropicalesque leaves are stunning on their own. Self-sows reliably, adaptable to sun or shade. Best in rich soil with moisture but tolerates clayish and dry-ish soil. 4’ x 4’. Drought tolerant! Sun (coast)/Bright shade. Avg. /Low water. Biennial USDA zones 9-11. #437 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Silene asterias “Cherry Drumsticks” I’m so impressed by this hardy, unusual Bulgarian “Catchfly’s” performance in our temperate climate. It’s my favorite kind of faithful perennial, increasing in width and bloom each year! Strong, upright “drumsticks” appear in late Spring, revealing fascinating 2.5” spherical clusters made up of striking carmine blooms sporting bright blue anthers! Deciduous. Deer resistant! 18” x 15”. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 5a-10. #2290 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Geum coccineum ‘Totally Tangerine’ Blooming nonstop from late Spring thru October with a cloud of blooms the likes of which we’d never seen on a Geum, this thrilling discovery produces zillions of 1.5” “totally tangerine” blooms on a mass of branching stems. So exciting! Geums are amazingly tough, put up with crowding, are long-lived and well, reliably “big bang for the buck”. Low neat compact foliage clump, 3’ x 3’. Butterflies and great cut flowers! Deadhead and rich soil for best bloom! Deer resistant. Sun/Part sun. Avg./ Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #3918 $8.95 3+ $8.50 Ageratum houstonianum ‘Blue Horizon’ Surprisingly long-blooming – late Spring to Winter – I love this old-fashioned 30” TALL “Floss Flower” for its fluffy (pettable!), sweetly scented amethyst blue 4” flowers, wonderful for cutting. Terrific in a pot or mid-border in a shady garden, you can’t beat it for EASY long-season performance! Rich composty soil. Butterflies! Sun/Bright shade hotter areas. Avg. water. Annual. Available in March. #20 $5.95 3+ $5.50

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Salvia ‘Amistad’ THE Salvia of the past few years, we thank Argentine Salvia expert Rolando Uria for this stunning discovery. Congenial in a mixed border with an upstanding and bushy habit to 6’ x 4’ (prune back any time for shorter stature), you get an amazingly LONG BLOOM season for something so gorgeous – late Spring thru Fall! Midnight calyces accent sumptuous 2” royal purple tubular flowers on graceful 8-10” upright spikes. Easy and quick to bloom, give it rich, well-drained soil. Hummers! Evergreen in USDA zone 9, it’s hardy to zone 8 and worth growing as an annual in colder climes for those flowers! Deer resistant. Sun/Part sun (hotter areas). Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10, annual elsewhere. #4645 $9.95 3+ 9.50

Trachelium caeruleum ‘Hamer Pandora’ The darker variety of “Blue Lace Flower” (p. 25). Big fluffy dark purple landing pads to 5” across are favorite rest stops and a sweet nectar source for neighborhood butterflies. Fluffiness is provided by tiny white “pins” emerging from each little flower. Fast and easy, with loads of blooms atop 2-3’ branching stems and gorgeous dark purple-black foliage. Stunning grown with Nicotiana ‘Lime Green’ (p. 11). To-die-for cut flowers. Deadhead for all Summer bloom. Rich soil. Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Short-lived perennial USDA zones 7-10, annual elsewhere. #1063 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Antirrhinum majus ‘Double Azalea Bronze’ Long-time “Annie’s” gardeners may remember (and still pine for) our ‘Double Azalea Apricot’ Snapdragon with its fascinating delicious "Tutti Frutti” fragrance. Sadly, the seed for that awesome Snap disappeared from the trade, BUT to our delight, ‘Double Azalea Bronze’ seed showed up last year with the same great qualities and yummy scent – woo-hoo! Peach-brushed bronzy-pink bloom spikes to a respectable 3’ tall are long-blooming and rust and mildew resistant. And, it often overwinters in mild climates – while blooming! Loveliest cut flowers! Cut back to 8” and ply with a bit of compost for repeat bloom. Last year, in one garden, I combined all the plants on this page – fabulous! Rich, loamy soil. Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #4894 $5.95 3+ $5.50

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Convolvulus tricolor ‘Blue Ensign’ Riveting, totally technicolor 2.5” royal blue blooms with flashy starburst centers make a garden come alive, especially as you get so many! Held in profusion for months on trailing stems, it’s great in containers, too (3+ gal – imagine them in a pot on your front steps) and merrily combines with the lime green foliage of Tanacetum parthenium aureum (p. 26). To 12” x 36”. Self-sows! Full sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #277 $5.95 3+ $5.50

Muhlenbergia capillaris “Pink Muhly Grass” And the award for mind-blowing “textural drama” goes to “Pink Muhly,” a Texas and Florida native that grows and amazes just as well in our cool, foggy climate! Renowned for tolerating heat, humidity, drought, poorly-drained clay and sand and deer, this fantastic thing bursts into a 3’ x 3’ cotton candy cloud of shimmery pink flowers from September to December. Guaranteed to stop visitors in their tracks – and inspire many a front yard re-do! Foliage is a pleasant low mound of finely textured leaves. Semi-deciduous in Winter. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-11. #3195 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Fragaria x ananassa ‘Elan’ Prolific and delicious, the 2” fruits from this remarkably vigorous gourmet Dutch hybrid strawberry are extra sweet due to high sugar levels and contain 30-50% more vitamin C than other everbearers. Evergreen in frost-free zones with many runners, it’s rewarding in a hanging basket. Loamy soil with compost added. Best in USDA zones 5-9. Hardy to 10-20° F. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 4-9. #4305 $6.95 3+ $6.50

Geranium pyrenaicum ‘Bill Wallis’ We get more Cerinthe major purpurascens positive feedback for this most floriferous Geranium than any “Blue Honeywort” Give a other plant we grow! Delightful thrill to someone who claims they kill purple-blue blooms present a cloud everything! Insanely easy to grow and of color, 15” tall x 20” across Spring flowering like crazy, who isn’t mesmerized thru Fall. Fast, tough and EASY, it by these magical blooms? I’m not even going to won’t fade away if you forget to water. try to describe them! Held on a mass of arching Reliably perennial, it self-sows to fill branchy stems to 2’ x 2’, your friend will finally in bare spots. Cut back to 1” after discover her inner Flower Floozie! Pretty, mottled flowering and it’ll burst right back leaves and nice in pots, too (3+ gal.). Self-sows freely into bloom. Deer resistant! Rich for lots of volunteers to hand out to new converts! soil. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Check out habit photos online. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10a, annual Annual. All zones. #231 $5.95 3+ $5.50 elsewhere. #440 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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Ajuga genevensis Deep true gentian blue spikes 6-12” tall appear all Summer on this well-behaved, densely matting groundcover. We love this hard-to-find dependable “Bugleweed” for its larger spikes and flowers and low glossy groundhugging foliage. Spreading to 2’ across, it doesn't run rampant (like the more common Ajuga reptans), so you can use it for smaller areas and alongside pathways. Wonderful at the edge of a bed and in rock gardens, as it does appreciate good drainage. Added plus – it thrives in both sun and bright shade. Deer resistant! Sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. Available in March. #2427 $7.95 3+ $7.50

NEW! Erysimum ‘Bowle’s Mauve’ In constant bloom from early Spring till Fall and you couldn’t get any EASIER TO GROW – really, every garden should have some! Not fussy about soil or water (once established), this perennial “Wallflower” creates an attractive rounded form of slender purplish-grey leaves topped with a continuous wave of lightly scented 1” single purple-violet flowers on upright 8” stems. The blooms fade to lilac for a cool two-toned effect. Great for long-lasting color in cottage or dryish gardens and containers and highly rewarding for beginning gardeners. Deadhead and trim back at end of season to keep it nice and neat. Strikes easily from cuttings for new plants. Evergreen in USDA zones 8-10. Clayish tolerant. Deer resistant! Butterflies and bees! Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10.#5118 $8.95 3+ $8.50

LIMITED! Sidalcea hendersonii “Henderson’s Checkermallow” I’m addicted to this perennial! Tough and reliable, I use it everywhere because it blooms SPRING thru FALL (with deadheading). Non-stop showy pink hollyhock-like flowers on upright branching stems to 3’ make a nice vertical accent and invite butterflies and bumblebees. Scalloped leaves in a no-fuss, compact mound to 30” across. Excellent planted mid-bed as well as at the edges, it comes back bigger and bloomier each year! Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10.

Digitalis purpurea ‘Camelot Rose’ Foxgloves in a hurry! Now you can know when your foxgloves are going to bloom – in 1-2 months after you plant them with this unique ‘Camelot’ series of Digitalis! What’s more, they rebloom after being cut! To 3-4’ tall, the raspberry-cerise bell flowers are horizontally held, the better to see their cute spotted throats. You’ll get hummers, butterflies, cut flowers and no deer. Compost-amended soil. Sun/Bright shade. Avg water. Short-lived perennial USDA zones 4-10a. #4457 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Catananche caerulea “Cupid’s Dart” We planted this winning Mediterranean native in our “too-busy-to-take-care-of” parking lot last year – and wow! “Cupid’s Dart” provides masses of sturdy upright stems topped by fun pearly-papery buds that open into lovely semi-double purple-eyed lavenderblue 2” blooms for months! To 2’ tall and 20” across, this tough and EASY fairly drought tolerant short-lived perennial makes the loveliest cut flowers. The silver seed heads are really neat in dried arrangements, too! Best in well-drained soil. Can be divided and self-sows! COLD HARDY and deer resistant, plus butterflies! Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #214 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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NEW! Rosa ‘Buff Beauty’ Tough, elegant and highly disease resistant, ‘Buff Beauty’ puts on a spectacular display in Spring and Fall with reliable repeat bloom in between with deadheading. To 6’ x 5’, each charming cluster holds 20+ tea rose-scented 3.5-4” honeyapricot-buff double blooms on graceful, arching stems – almost smothering the mid-green glossy foliage. A heart-melting sight! Grow as a shrub or a climber, flower color is richest in ½ day sun, which is where I have mine alongside a raised deck so I can enjoy it up close! An EASY, carefree musk rose whose color complements most any garden. Loamy soil. Side-dress with compost Spring and Fall for best show. Grown on its own roots. RHS Award of Merit. Part sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10a. #4382 $14.95 3+ $14.50

Buddleja davidii ‘Ellen’s Blue’ This robust, massively blooming “Butterfly Bush” is esteemed for its dense deepest purple-blue flower spikes ornamented with bright orange eyes. A butterfly magnet and outstanding cut flower, it’s EASY, hardy and blooms June-Oct., especially if deadheaded. In colder areas it grows to only 4’-5’ tall and wide, but here in our mild climate it can easily reach 8’, so we cut it back to 6” in Winter and to 3’ in mid-Summer for a more compact shape. Rich, decently draining soil. Clayish tolerant. Sun. Avg./Moderate water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10a. Cannot ship to OR, WA. #4047 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Nicotiana alata grandiflora How sad for newbie gardeners – for they may never know “Flowering Tobacco” used to grow 3-5’ tall, was deliciously scented, attracted butterflies, bloomed forever, and was not only perennial but always self-sowed for lots of free Clematis paniculata “Sweet Autumn Clematis” Blessed with a heady vanilla fragrance volunteers. If we’re not careful and an incredible, practically solid cascade of starry creamy-white 1” blooms late Summer thru Fall, and save our seed, this delightful “Sweet Autumn Clematis” is also a super tough “you-can’t-kill-it” twining vine. A most vigorous heirloom may someday disapgrower – it can reach 20’ in its 1st or 2nd year, you can use it to cover a fence, arbor or pillar in a jiffy. pear forever! Rich soil. Deer Blooms on new (fast) growth, so prune it hard to 1’ after bloom (and again in Spring if you want it half resistant! Sun/Bright shade. the size). We also grow it in a half barrel where it only reaches 8’. Average, well-drained soil. Cut back Avg. water. Perennial USDA immediately after bloom where self-sown seedlings are a problem. Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Perennial zones 9-10, annual elsewhere. #723 $6.95 3+ $6.50 USDA zones 4-9. May ship dormant. Cannot ship to NY. #265 $9.95 3+ $9.50 Viola ‘Etain’ In my opinion, the most valuable of all Violas! Reliably perennial, it blooms heavily Spring thru Fall across the U.S. and year-round in coastal California. Enchanting primrose yellow petals beautifully edged in lavender are 1” to 1.5” across, sweetly scented and perfect for posies with dense, neat foliage. Cut back to 3” tall once in awhile and top-dress with compost. Sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3-11. #1266 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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Zaluzianskya capensis “Midnight Candy” Beware – the heavenly fragrance of this rare South African native may be highly addictive! As the sun goes down, maroon buds open into a profusion of innocent-looking white pinwheels. If you’re in proximity, the fragrance is powerfully delicious, like sweet cake fresh from the oven. Best and longer-lived in a container, it’ll reach 12” x 12” and flower over a long period. Cut back to 4” tall for a second round of bloom. Sun. Avg./Low water. Short-lived Perennial USDA 9-11, annual elsewhere. 1135 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Brugmansia ‘Pink Velvet’ Perhaps the richest pink of all “Angel’s Trumpets”, we appreciate the flowering habit as the blooms hang straight down, not at an ungainly angle like other pink varieties. A strong grower and heavy bloomer, long-lasting 8-10” scented flowers keep coming Spring thru Fall, perfuming the evening garden like nothing else! Hummers! Fertilize or side-dress with compost several times a year to keep foliage green. Protect from strong winds. 6-8’ tall. Deer resistant! Sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones (deciduous 8) 9-10b. #4605 $10.95 3+ $10.50

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Rosa ‘Grandmother’s Hat’ Our most popular rose! Of mysterious origin and hard to come by, this rose was found in an abandoned garden by the late treasured Bay Area rosarian Barbara Worl. ‘Grandmother’s Hat’ delights with one of the most delicious, old-fashioned spicy scents in the rose world. Healthy, and vigorous to 8’ x 6’ and so floriferous, she’ll flower early Spring (if not pruned too hard), all the way thru Fall with 4-5” fully double pink blooms. Picked fairly tight, they’ll last up to 5 days in a vase. Side-dress with compost twice a year for maximum bloom. Grown on its own rootstock. Full sun. Avg./ Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #1589 $14.95 3+ $14.50 Viola odorata ‘Duchesse De Parme’ Fragrance delicio! Easy, yet hard to find, these most fragrant of all Violets hail from mysterious origins and are unknown in the wild. Once grown by Empress Josephine at Malmaison, the petite lavender double blooms are intensely scented, inflaming Parma Passion with a single sniff! Blooms in Spring (with lesser Summer bloom) atop a dense, slowly spreading mound of shiny heartshaped leaves to 6” tall and up to 16” across. Use under shrubs or as shade edging, we love them potted up for easy scentual access! Best in rich soil. Can be overwintered indoors in colder climates. AM sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 7 -9. #3750 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Philadelphus ‘Belle Etoile’ “Mock Orange” You’ll love hanging out in your garden when this EASY and rewarding heirloom shrub is in bloom! Prized for its heady orange blossom fragrance that carries through the garden, it blooms late Spring thru Summer with a multitude of charming old-fashioned 2.5” single white blossoms held on elegant arching stems. Easy and quick to establish, place it mid to back of bed or somewhere you can enjoy the fragrance! Moderately fertile soil. To 7’ x 6’, cut flowering stems back 1/3 after flowering. Part shade in hottest areas. Sun/Part shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial shrub USDA zones 5-10. #2727 $10.95 3+ $10.50

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Abutilon 'Victorian Lady' #4229 Abutilon striatum “Redvein Indian Mallow” #2885 Achillea millefolium 'Rosa Maria' #4801 Achillea millefolium 'Salmon Beauty' #4896 Achillea millefolium 'Sonoma Coast' #3838 Aeonium ‘Jack Catlin’ #4993 Aeonium decorum 'Sunburst' #4124 Aeonium nobile #1754 Agastache ‘Blue Boa’ #5198 Agastache aurantiaca 'Coronado' #3221 Agastache mexicana 'Sangria' #2775 Agastache rugosa 'Heronswood Mist' #4690 Agave 'Blue Glow' #4281 Agave ovatifolia 'Frosty Blue' #5130 Ageratum corymbosum #1579 Ageratum houstonianum 'Blue Horizon' #20 Agrostemma 'Milas' #24 Agrostemma 'Ocean Pearls' #25 Ajuga genevensis #2427 Alcea rosea 'Halo Apricot' "Hollyhock" #3772 Alcea rosea 'Halo Candy' "Hollyhock" #4990 Alcea rosea 'Halo Cerise' "Hollyhock" #4087 Alcea rosea 'Halo Purple' "Hollyhock" #4265 Alonsoa meridionalis 'Apricot' #27 Alstroemeria hybrid 'Tricolor' #2892 Alyogyne huegelii #4984 Anagallis monellii "Blue Pimpernel" #42 Anchusa azurea "Alkanet" #2600 Angelica stricta 'Purpurea' #1618

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Anisodontea sp. 'Strybing Beauty' #4436 Antirrhinum majus 'Chantilly Peach' #2824 Antirrhinum majus 'Double Azalea Bronze' #4894 Aquilegia caerulea #73 Aquilegia caerulea 'Krystal' #1279 Aquilegia eximia "Serpentine Columbine" #2983 Arthropodium cirratum "Renga Lily" #1149 Asarina scandens 'Joan Lorraine' #115 Asclepias fascicularis #2779 Asclepias physocarpa "Family Jewels Tree" #122 Asclepias speciosa "Showy Milkweed" #125 Asclepias speciosa 'Davis' #3811 Asclepias syriaca "Virginia Silk" #3487 Aster chilensis 'Purple Haze' #4803 Aster novae-angliae 'Harrington's Pink' #5083 Aster oblongifolius "Aromatic Aster" #2780 Basil herbalea 'Wild Magic' #4471 Begonia ‘Little Brother Montgomery’ #3929 Begonia boliviensis 'Santa Cruz Sunset' #4187 Begonia luxurians #2438 Beschorneria yuccoides ‘Flamingo Glow’ #4336 Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldi' #2555 Brugmansia 'Double Apricot' #4595 Brugmansia 'Pink Velvet' #4605 Brugmansia sanguinea #151 Brugmansia vulcanicola 'Suncrest Vulsa' #4975 Buddleja davidii 'Ellen's Blue' #4047 Buddleja globosa #4865 Buddleja lindleyana #3119

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Calandrinia spectabilis #1930 Calceolaria integrifolia 'Kentish Hero' #2969 Calendula officinalis 'Radio' #4472 Callirhoe involucrata "Wine Cups" #172 Camissonia cheiranthifolia #177 Campanula latifolia 'Brantwood' #2019 Campanula medium 'Deep Blue' #1284 Campanula poscharskyana 'Blue Waterfall' #4652 Catananche caerulea "Cupid's Dart" #214 Ceanothus 'Julia Phelps' #4485 Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Skylark' #5069 Ceanothus x delileanus ‘Gloire de Versailles’ #4233 Ceanothus x pallidus 'Marie Simon' #2917 Centaurea cyanus 'Blue Diadem' #2960 Cerinthe major purpurascens #231 Clarkia elegans 'Salmon Queen' #4816 Clematis 'Polish Spirit' #4276 Clematis 'Rooguchi' #4713 Clematis paniculata #265 Cobaea scandens "Cup & Saucer Vine" #269 Convolvulus tricolor 'Blue Ensign' #277 Cordyline 'Cha Cha' #5070 Cosmos bipinnatus 'Lemonade' #5201 Cosmos bipinnatus 'Prom Dress' #3404 Cosmos bipinnatus 'Snow Puff' #3494 Cotula lineariloba 'Big Yellow Moon' #1907 Crassula capitella "Red Pagoda" #1906 Crassula coccinea #2993 Cynoglossum amabile 'Blue Showers' #302

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Dahlia 'Dark Side of the Sun' #3788 Dahlia coccinea palmeri #1186 Dais cotinifolia "Pom-Pom Tree" #2862 58 Darmera peltata "Umbrella Plant" #3356 Daucus carota 'Dara' #5144 3 Delosperma 'Red Mountain Flame' #4864 40 Delphinium belladonna 'Blue Donna' #323 14 Delphinium elatum 'Black Eyed Angels' #5126 51 Delphinium elatum 'Blue Lace' #4686 10 Delphinium elatum 'Cobalt Dreams' #4492 6,50 Delphinium elatum 'Purple Passion' #4227 50 Dianella intermedia "Turutu" #3875 40 Dianthus 'Georgia Peach Pie' #4967 11 Dianthus 'Pinball Wizard' #4983 34 Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Electra’ #4590 7 Dianthus plumarius 'Rose de Mai' #1420 35 Dianthus plumarius 'Thea Mary' #4089 7 Dicliptera suberecta #3037 43 Digiplexis 'Illumination Flame' #4167 50 Digitalis hybrida 'Polkadot Pippa' #4232 11 Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Lavender' #4681 45 Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Rose' #4457 29,51 Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Peach' #4876 45 Dipogon lignosus "Cape Sweet Pea" #1220 52 Echeveria cante #5103 Echeveria colorata #4403 56 Echinacea 'Guava Ice' #5196 Echinacea 'Rainbow Marcella' #5116 Echinops ritro ruthenicus #1677 40 Echium fastuosum "Pride of Madeira" #377 48 Echium gentianoides 'Tajinaste' #378 41 Echium plantagineum 'Blue Bedder' #380 54 Echium webbii #4538 58 Echium wildpretii "Tower of Jewels" #385 58 Epiphyllum 'King Midas' #3138 61 Epiphyllum 'Monastery Garden' #2773 Erigeron glaucus 'Wayne Roderick' #3214 18 Eriogonum grande var. rubescens #1485 18 Eriogonum nudum 'Ella Nelson's Yellow' #3598 48 Eriophyllum confertiflorum #4836 16 Erysimum 'Bowles' Mauve' #5118 29 Eschscholzia californica 'Alba' #152 4 Eschscholzia californica 'Apricot Chiffon' #153 6 Eschscholzia californica 'Rose Chiffon' #160 5 Euphorbia characias 'Dwarf' #412 38 Felicia aethiopica 'Tight & Tidy' #3724 36 Fragaria x ananassa 'Elan' #4305 28 Fuchsia 'Old Berkeley' #4559 44 Gelasine coerulea #5204 2 Geranium ‘Orion’ #4213 54 Geranium ‘Rozanne’ #3024 37 Geranium maderense #437 26 Geranium pyrenaicum 'Bill Wallis' #440 28 Geum coccineum 'Totally Tangerine' #3918 27 Geum quellyon var. flora plena 'Blazing Sunset' #1487 39 Gilia tricolor "Bird's Eyes" #451 4 Gorteria diffusa "Beetle Daisy" #461 59 Graptoveria 'Fred Ives' #4780 43 Helianthemum nummularium 'Belgravia Rose' #4828 41 Helianthus annuus "Delta Sunflower" #1978 21 Helichrysum argyrophyllum #3766 35 Heliotropium arborescens 'Alba' #2703 Helleborus orientalis 'Apricot Blush' #4733 62 Helleborus orientalis 'Onyx Odyssey' #3314 62 Helleborus orientalis 'Peppermint Ice' #3283 62 Helleborus orientalis 'Sparkling Diamond' #4219 62 Heuchera 'Marmalade' #3251 54 Heuchera maxima "Alum Root" #488 62 Hibiscus splendens #2589 60 Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' #3893 44 Impatiens arguta #1306 44 Impatiens glandulifera 'Wine Red' #527 44 Impatiens namchabarwensis #2599 44 Impatiens sodenii 'La Vida Rosa' #2581 38 Impatiens tinctoria #1227 60 Inula magnifica "Elecampane" #4897 Iochroma ‘Princess’ #4560 60

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Iochroma cyanea 'Royal Blue' #4438 61 Ipomopsis rubra "Skyrocket" #541 47 Iris confusa 'Chengdu' "Bamboo Iris" #3657 62 Kniphofia thomsonii #4753 47 Lampranthus sp. 'Pink Kaboom' #3331 41 Lathyrus odoratus 'Blue Shift' #3936 63 Lathyrus odoratus 'Cupani' #1471 8 Lathyrus odoratus 'Frances Kate' #5188 63 Lathyrus odoratus 'Nuance' #4568 63 Laurentia axillaris 'Blue Stars' #1376 25 Lavatera trimestris 'Loveliness' #4918 15 Lavatera trimestris 'Pink Blush' #4832 15 Layia platyglossa "Tidy Tips" #581 8 Lepechinia bella #5072 59 Lessingia filaginifolia 'Silver Carpet' #3521 21 Leucophyta brownii "Cushion Bush" #3927 40 Lewisia cotyledon 'Sunset Strain' #591 22 Lewisia longipetala 'Little Peach' #1857 22 Lewisia longipetala 'Little Plum' #594 22 Lilium formosanum #4356 3 Linaria reticulata 'Flamenco' #611 54 Linaria triornithophora "Three Birds Flying" #613 8 Lippia repens (syn. Phyla nodiflora) #3999 20 Lobelia aguana #3826 39 Lobelia fulgida 'Queen Victoria' #3344 51 Lobelia tupa #621 38 Lonicera x americana #5090 Lupinus albifrons "Silver Bush Lupine" #636 16 Lupinus regalis 'Gallery Blue' #2552 26 Lupinus regalis 'Gallery White' #2704 Lupinus regalis 'Gallery Yellow' #2670 15 Lysimachia atropurpurea #649 50 Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' #1523 35 Mandevilla laxa "Chilean Jasmine" #2496 53 Maurandella antirrhiniflora #5145 2 Mimulus ‘Jelly Bean Fiesta Marigold’ #4719 21 Mimulus ‘Pamela’ #3691 16 Mimulus lewisii x cardinalis #3579 18 Mimulus naiandinis 'Mega' #3162 55 Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline' #5107 Monardella macrantha 'Marian Sampson' #5062 21 Monardella villosa 'Russian River' #4969 20 Muhlenbergia capillaris "Pink Muhly Grass" #3195 28 Myosotis palustris #2739 45 Nemophila maculata "Baby Five Spot" #714 17 Nemophila menziesii "Baby Blue Eyes" #716 9 Nicotiana alata ‘Lime Green’ #724 7,11 Nicotiana alata grandiflora #723 30 Nicotiana mutabilis #727 48 Oenothera caespitosa #3785 47 Omphalodes linifolia "Venus's Navelwort" #750 9 Orlaya grandiflora "Minoan Lace" #1261 12 Papaver 'Cupcake' #2603 12 Papaver 'Danebrog' #772 63 Papaver 'Drama Queen' #1242 63 Papaver 'Lauren's Grape' #782 8 Papaver 'Lavender Feathers' #4773 4 Papaver 'Raspberry Breadseed' #796 6 Papaver atlanticum ‘Flore Pleno’ #1931 39 Papaver commutatum ‘Ladybird’ #771 9 Papaver species "Greek Poppy" #780 63 Passiflora mollissima #4344 53 Pelargonium 'Australian Mystery' #4226 37 Pelargonium ‘Lord Bute’ #5195 Penstemon heterophyllus 'Blue Springs' #818 6 Penstemon heterophyllus 'Margarita BOP' #4611 Phacelia ciliata #5053 3 Philadelphus 'Belle Etoile' "Mock Orange" #2727 31 Philadelphus lewisii 'Goose Creek' #5197 Phygelius capensis 'Magenta' #3713 37 Plectranthus ecklonii #1861 Plectranthus lanuginosus #1845 46 Puya alpestris "Sapphire Tower" #1956 42 Ribes sanguineum 'Claremont' #3717 17 Rosa 'Buff Beauty' #4382 30 Rosa 'Grandmother's Hat' #1589 31 Rosa 'Lace Cascade' #5112 5

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Dianthus ‘Pinball Wizard’ Just SO beautiful! Like vintage-style carnations but much easier to grow and much more vigorous with upright, less floppy stems! Très romantique 2-3” super double light pink clove-scented blooms are heavily striped and flecked in bright cherry-pink – long lasting and delightful for cut flowers. To 12” x 12”, bloom time begins in mid-Spring and will last until Fall if you snip back spent stems. Handsome blue-green foliage forms a dense, weed-suppressing mat. Enchanting combined with annual Lobelia erinus ‘Fountain White’ (online). Hardy and long-lived if grown on the edge of a bed in well-drained soil or container (3+ gal). Cut back to 4” tall in Fall. Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun (hotter areas). Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5a-9b. #4983 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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about edging plants. Edgers and trailers deliver a prettier “finished” appearance to the edges of a garden bed. They can cover up less than attractive random rocks, tilting boards or just plain bare soil. Trailers spilling over the edge of a bed can also provide exciting colorful highlights or a solid monochrome foreground against which your colorful bloomers will “pop” more clearly into view. And if you don’t have raised beds, plantings along the edge keep excess water from running out of your garden and onto the pathway – taking your compost or soil with it which, hey, is messy, right? Now, for some folks the front edge of their garden bed may be the only area that has some drainage and “drainage” is very important. Drainage means that water sinks into the soil pretty quickly without pooling on the top. It also means that there are air pockets in your soil so that roots can get oxygen. Yes, roots need oxygen! It helps the roots absorb water and nutrients and also keeps the soil’s important microorganisms healthy, so they can deliver nutrients to

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NEW! Cotula lineariloba ‘Big Yellow Moon’ Ultra-fun, amusing and easy to grow! Spreading quickly to create a low, dense matting groundcover to 6” tall and 2’ across, you’ll love the soft, tactile, miniature ferny texture and large (1”) prolific golden dome-like “button” flowers held atop 4” upright wiry stems. Blooms like crazy Spring thru Summer and is superbly suited for trailing over the edge of a bed, over and around rocks or growing out of an old washing machine. Evergreen, but I think it’s best to cut it back to 6-8” across to maintain that tight matting appearance next season. Best in rich, well-drained soil. Adorable cut flowers! Deer resistant! Sun (coast)/Part sun (hotter areas). Avg. (best)/Low water. Perennial USDA zones 7-10. #1907 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Campanula poscharskyana ‘Blue Waterfall’ This highperformance selection of C. poscharskyana just puts the original species to shame! Smothering itself on and off all season with charming 1” lavender-blue stars, it’s a perfect and handy choice as a fast-growing groundcover in bright shade beds and for fronting shrubs. Mounding to 1’ tall with trailing stems spreading to 30” across. Super EASY and long-lived. Best in rich, loamy soil. Cut back 6”in Fall. AM sun/Bright shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #4652 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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the roots. What’s more, roots want to be able to grow out into your soil without too much resistance – they don’t want to be squeezed or hit a wall of hard clay. When most plants are stuffed into hard-pan clay they’ll “fail to thrive” and look hungry and stunted. (If you live in an area where heavy clay is most common, do make sure to add some organic material like compost, planting mix – or gravel or lava rock, which creates nice air pockets, until your soil is only ½ heavy clay to start). If you don’t have perfectly drained soil and want to grow plants that need “well-drained” soil, the edge of a bed (especially a raised bed) is a swell place to plant them. Containers and slopes offer another solution if you’re bummed about a mostly clay garden. Many plants, as you’ll read in this catalog, are happiest with good to excellent drainage. Dianthus are famous for requiring plenty of sun and well-drained soil. Since many garden Dianthus/Carnations originate from rocky-slope habitats they’ll “fail to thrive” without these two requirements. So, they only thrive on the edge of a bed (or in a rock garden with very good drainage). On the bright side, they’re right up front where you can easily enjoy their scent and where they’re so handy for cut flowers! Visit our website for videos and more important gardening tips on my “How to Have a Fabby Garden” page!

Sisyrinchium hybrid ‘Devon Skies’ Oh lordy, we are everso-impressed with this amazing hybrid! With flowers like our native “Blue Eyed Grass” but LARGER, this baby bloomed Spring till end of Summer and spread to at least 1’ across. Only 6” tall, it’s EASY and perfect for edging. Doesn’t make seed, so it’s non-invasive, but can be divided to share with friends. Deer, heat, humidity and drought resistant! Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #2647 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Dianthus plumarius ‘Rose de Mai’ A wild and crazy bloomer. Quickly spreading into a dense, blue-gray mat, 30” across, it bursts into an amazing Springtime display. 100’s of double soft pink, deliciously clovescented 2” blooms continue for a month or two. Cut back to 5” after blooming and side-dress with compost for another round of bloom. Cut back again in Fall. Ideal for draping over the edge of a bed. Well-drained soil a must. Long lived! To 18” tall. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 3-11. #1420 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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Helichrysum argyrophyllum “Golden Guinea Everlasting” Add a fantastic contrastic highlight to your drier garden! Awesome for spilling over rocks, walls or for edging and containers, the small, glistening, almost metallic ever-silvery leaves and stems of this South African native construct a solid, trailing and ground-hugging mat. And even awesomer, from mid-Summer thru Fall it almost covers itself with showy little canary-yellow “strawflowers” that last for months and make fun dried flowers! Grow in poor, well-drained soil (no clay). HEAT, FROST and DROUGHT TOLERANT! Deer resistant. To 3” x 36”. Sun. Low water. Perennial USDA zones (8?) 9-11. #3766 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’ “Golden Pennywort” Liquid gold for a dull, shady corner! Not invasive like the common green type, “Golden Pennywort” forms a low, dense, weed-suppressing mat 2” tall x 3’ wide, filling in bare spots and weaving between plants. This is one groundcover that really does what it’s supposed to do! Primo cascading over the edge of a bed, barrel, hanging basket or trailing into a pond. Half day sun (coast)/ Shade. Avg. water/Moist. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. Available in March. #1523 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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Salvia chiapensis “Chiapas Sage” I’m a huge fan of this Salvia because it gives year-round bloom here in coastal CA. Easy and long-lived with plentiful rose-fuchsia flowers on many graceful stems, you get lots of sparkle and movement. Oval foliage forms a dense, solid mound that looks great at the edge or corner of the garden. Long-blooming container subject (15+ gal)! To 3’ x 3’. Rich, well-drained soil. Cut back anytime to refresh. Hummers! Deer resistant! Hardy to 20°F. Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10. #2029 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Felicia aethiopica ‘Tight & Tidy’ Year-round bloom and a fantastic compact habit make this one of my favorite recommendations for new gardeners, as well as everyone else! Selected by Texas nurseryman Tom Peace, this highly improved form of (usually 3’ tall) “Blue Marguerite Daisy” stays a dense 16” x 36”. Bursting into a mass of blue daisies in Spring, it keeps going all the way to Winter when deadheaded. No straggly behavior over time! Drought, clay and sand tolerant, side-dress with an annual dose of compost and cut back in Winter. Evergreen. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10, annual elsewhere. #3724 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Ceanothus × delileanus ‘Gloire de Versailles’ Can you get any better than a Spring-thru-Fall blooming Ceanothus? A beautiful fast-growing loosely rounded shrub and butterfly magnet, it gives a continuous display of fragrant powder blue 4-5” panicles, well-displayed on reddish stems. Cut spent blooms for nonstop flowers, or leave them for the showy clusters of red berries (good in arrangements). An East Coast/West Coast hybrid, it’s happy in a range of soils and temps. Drought tolerant, though most glorious in rich garden soil with regular water. A choice anchor in a mixed garden, it can grow up to 8’ x 6’. Cut back to 4’ in late Fall or early Spring to maintain a bushy shape. Deer and salt resistant. Hardy to 0°F. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial shrub USDA zones 6a-10. #4233 $10.95 3+ $10.50

Brugmansia ‘Charles Grimaldi’ Unsurpassed for its delicious fragrance and almost continuous prolific bloom, ‘Charles’ may be the showiest of all Brugmansias. Easy and fast-growing – reaching 10’ tall its first year – it’s a marvelous choice for a small yard, especially when its sweet perfume wafts in through the windows each evening. Huge reflexed trumpets start out soft yellow and age to gold. Can easily be trimmed to size, or selectively prune out all but the strongest branches for a more sophisticated appearance. Loves moist rich soil, so make sure you top-dress with a layer of compost twice a year to keep the foliage nice and green. Attracts hummingbirds and nocturnal moths. Deer resistant! Part sun. Avg./High water. Perennial USDA zones (deciduous 7b-8) 9-10b. #2555 $10.95 3+ $10.50

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Pelargonium ‘Australian Mystery’ Totally tantalizing for high fidelity contrast, striking pure white lower petals and intense crimsonpurple uppers create a stunning display of 2” blooms from top to bottom on a dense, compact 12” x 18” foliar mound. Blooming Summer till Fall, they’re best at the front of a bed. EASY as pie, this “Martha Washington” type Pelargonium is one of the best patio pot plants (5+ gal) - just pinch back occasionally to keep compact. Well-drained soil and a twice a year side-dress of compost or feeding will keep it a happy bloomer. Evergreen and long-lived, protect from frost. Sun/Half day sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9b-11. Geranium ‘Rozanne’ Does any perennial lavish more bold, blue color over such a long period than the massively popular Mizz ‘Rozanne’? I think not! From late Spring till frost, a plenitude of intense lavenderblue 2” blooms fill out to 3’ (or more), trailing and mingling as they go. EASY robust and reliable, provide decent drainage and a 1” boost of compost for massive display. Cut back to 2” tall anytime to refresh. To 18” tall. Deer resistant. Sun/Part shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 5-11. May ship dormant. #3024 $9.95 3+ $9.50 Phygelius capensis ‘Magenta’ I’ve never been thrilled with “Cape Fuchsias” even though they’re so easy and goof-proof. The flower colors were just too meh for me – that is, until we started growing this vivid magenta form. A refreshingly bright and shiny attention grabber for dry gardens! To 2-3’ x 2-3’, those richly colored blooms are held nicely on dark ruby stems above evergreen foliage Summer to Winter. Popular with hummingbirds! Best show in well-drained soil with compost added and some Summer water. Drought tolerant along the coast. Cut back to 6” in Winter. Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 7-10. #3713 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Anisodontea sp. ‘Strybing Beauty’ One of the BEST POLLINATOR shrubs! And since it blooms generously 12 months out of the year, you’ll not only enjoy beautiful endless bloom but provide tasty nectar for bees and butterflies in Winter. Fastgrowing to a big, bushy 6’ x 6’ with handsome fig-like foliage, the showy cherry-eyed pink Hollyhock-like blooms are an extra large 3” across. Well-drained soil with an annual side-dress of compost for best show. Can easily be pruned to shorter stature. Sun/Part sun inland. Avg. water. Perennial shrub USDA zones 9b-10. #4436 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Lobelia tupa Magnificent and exotic – folks will stop their cars to ask you what in the world is that gorgeous plant? Luckily, this is one rugged and robust perennial showing more bloom stalks every year – up to 25-30 – easily! Very easy to grow, the strong upright 6-8’ stalks tower over an impressive 3-4’ x 3-4’ clump of large plush grey-green lanceshaped leaves. Blooming from June to September, hummingbirds go bonkers for its substantial 2.5” bright scarlet open-mouthed flowers held on 12” spikes. Found growing in both Summer wet and Summer dry areas of its native Chile, it’s most glamorous in rich, well-drained soil but well tolerates poor, dryish soil and even clayish soil. Evergreen in USDA zone 9, deciduous in zone 8, root hardy to 10-15°F with Winter mulching. Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun (hotter areas). Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10. Available in May. #621 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Calandrinia spectabilis This spectacular Chilean perennial gets my recommendation as the best EASY, everblooming plant for a dry garden or difficult spot. Blooming May to forever, it produces a continuous supply of 100’s of bouncy bright cerise 1.5” single roselike flowers – without deadheading! Attractive blue-green foliage spreads quickly into a dense 15” x 4’ groundcover, suppressing all weeds as it grows. Give it a home in a sad parking strip (it’s kid proof!), that blah hillside, or anywhere you’d love to see continuous easy color. Cut back to 6” in Winter and add a bit of compost in Spring for perfect appearance next season. Decent drainage. Sun/Part sun (inland). Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10. #1930 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Euphorbia characias ‘Dwarf’ I love this dwarf form of Euphorbia characias! To 2.5’ x 3’, it’s half the size of the species and just the right size for any garden. And plants just don’t get any easier than this! Grand 16” x 10” bright limey-chartreuse flowering heads bring reliable late Winter and Spring thrills. Blooms till June, and that luscious color combines well with so many – grow it with equally tough Iris ‘Chengdu’ (p. 62). Drought tolerant, deer, pest and gopher proof! Not fussy about soil and reliably selfsows for freebies. Cut back spent spikes in Summer. Sun (coast)/Bright shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 7-10. #412 $8.95 3+ $8.50

NEW! Impatiens sodenii ‘La Vida Rosa’ I have two of these robust PERENNIAL Impatiens by my shady front steps because … they’re so tough and don’t flinch if I forget to water for awhile. They’re EVERGREEN, have a great densely domed habit and bloom all the time! To 5’ x 5’ with deep green foliage, they’re embellished with plentiful 2.5” clean white flowers blushed with rosy cheeks – so cheery! Blooming steadily from Spring – Fall, I cut them back to 3’ tall in Winter to maintain that dense habit. Loamy soil, annual side-dress of compost. Deer resistant. AM Sun/Bright shade. Avg./Lowish water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. #2581 $9.95 3+ $9.50

Arthropodium cirratum “Renga Lily” Perfectly content in DRY SHADE! I absolutely adore this New Zealand native for its toughness and yearround great appearance. LOW MAINTENANCE, EVERGREEN and HEAT, DROUGHT and CLAYISH TOLERANT, with elegant dense clumps of glossy elongated leaves to 2’ x 2’. I use it as path edging in part-shade areas, as a groundcover under trees and for filling difficult corners. SUPER EASY, it blooms in Summer with plentiful 2’ showy long-lasting graceful sprays of white orchid-like flowers ornamented with fuzzy pink and yellow stamens. Salt spray tolerant and you get cool cut flowers. Thrives with an annual side-dress of compost. Cut back to 1’ tall whenever to refresh. Shade/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 8-11. #1149 $8.95

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Anchusa azurea “Alkanet” You could drive a truck over this longlived, awesome perennial without doing more harm than breaking its branches. Tough as nails, it’s heat and drought tolerant, deer and snail resistant. Truest royal blue “Forget-Me-Not” flowers display for months on sturdy multibranching stems. When it’s done, cut back to the foliage for a 2nd round! Popular with Swallowtails! To 4’ x 3’. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #2600 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Callirhoe involucrata “Wine Cups” This useful and incredibly tough tap-rooted groundcover hails from dry meadows, prairies and rocky banks of the Midwest. Ideal for spilling over the edge of dry and rock gardens, as well as more fertile, loamy spots, “Wine Cups” is also one terrific bloomer gifting us with an abundance of striking silky vivid magentapink sky-facing “poppies” 2-3” across. And backlit by the sun, oh man, they positively glow! Long-blooming from May to September, with its pretty green palmate foliage, it’s a welcome visual respite from all those silvery-greys of a dry garden. Cut back to base in late Fall. A little compost in Spring makes it even more amazing. Butterflies! Sun/Afternoon sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5a-9b. #172 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Geum quellyon var. flora plena ‘Blazing Sunset’ UNBELIEVABLY LONG-BLOOMING! This is NOT the well-known ‘Mrs. Bradshaw’. Yes, I have left ‘Mrs. Bradshaw’ and taken up with a much more thrilling provider! Blooms like crazy late Spring thru Fall (with deadheading). Brightest red 2.5” blooms look like ruffly roses and dance above sturdy, lush green compact mounds. One of the toughest, most heat tolerant and longestlived perennials you’ll ever grow! Compost annually and cut back in Winter. 3’ x 3’. Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun. Avg./ Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #1487 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Lobelia aguana Extremely rare and wonderful! Exuberant, dense and bushy in habit, this easy and amiable Central American perennial reaches 5’ x 5’ in 2 years. Hundreds of well-displayed, exotic and bearded 2” flowers jut out up and down numerous upright stalks almost yearround, with the heaviest bloom in Summer and Fall and plenty of blooms continuing thru Winter. Pretty evergreen linear foliage. Ours is hugely happy in well-drained soil with an annual 2” side-dress of compost. Great for filling in a dryish corner. Hummingbird heaven! Sun/PM sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. #3826 $8.95 3+ $8.50 Papaver atlanticum ‘Flore Pleno’ “Moroccan Poppy” Does someone you know murder plants? Then THIS is the plant you want to give them to build their confidence. Almost always in bloom, this perennial poppy from hot and dry Spain and Morocco grows anywhere it gets sun. Unfussy about soil, but good drainage is best. 30” tall with 3” semi-double crepey blooms. Self-sows. Sun/ Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #1931 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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Yucca rostrata ‘Sapphire Skies’ Extraordinary beauty and bold NEW! architectural form makes this remarkably WINTER HARDY Yucca a fantastic choice for a welldrained garden or large container. Yes, it’s slow growing but wait – even while it’s young, it fills out quite quickly into a 3’ x 3’ rounded dome of slender, flexible (not spikey), jade-green leaves for a stunning structural accent. In year 4, it develops the thick elegant textured whitish trunk to 15” across topped by a 3-4’ spherical “Koosh-ball” of the loveliest powder-blue foliage. To 10-12’ at maturity when huge candelabras of creamy-white flowers are displayed above the foliage. Hardy to -10°F to -15°F. Fire and deer resistant! Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-11. #3363 $9.95 3+ $9.50

NEW! Delosperma ‘Red Mountain Flame’ Surprisingly COLD HARDY and bloomerific, this Delosperma hybrid selected by David Salman is my favorite new “Iceplant’! Spreading into a low groundhugging mat 1” tall and 2’ across, it can bear almost a solid blanket of beautiful blooms in late Spring with sporadic Summer flowering. Eye-popping 2” flaming tangerine-red slender petals radiate from a fanciful magenta ring and white eye. A great showy choice for dry, welldrained gardens, containers and parking strips. Drought tolerant, occasional Summer water and some fertility for best show. Fire and deer resistant! Sun. Avg./ Low water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10.

Echinops ritro ruthenicus Undemanding, unfazed by heat and happy as a clam in ordinary soil with some drainage, “Globe Thistle” is a simple to grow, magnetic choice for the dry garden. Impressive 3”-across richly colored blue “tennis balls” stand out on strong multi-branching ghostly white stems above finely cut, shimmery silver foliage to 2’ across. MidSummer to Fall blooms are much loved by butterflies and make different and fun cut flowers – fresh or dried! Drought tolerant but prettier with occasional Summer water. Makes a great carefree container subject (5+ gal. size). Deciduous. Deer resistant! 3’ x 2.’ Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #1677 $8.95 3+ $8.50

NEW & EXCLUSIVE! Dianella intermedia “Turutu” Tolerant of dappled DRY SHADE, CLAY and DEER RESISTANT this super tough New Zealand native is a close cousin of Phormiums and just as resilient! Small inconspicuous white flowers, but you are growing this for the glorious highly ornamental glossy deep purple .75” berries held in numerous sprays well above the foliage in late Summer into Fall. To 2’ x 2’, its narrow shiny strappy leaves form handsome evergreen clumps. Wind and salt spray? No worries! Occasional Summer water and average to fertile, well-drained soil for best show. Hardy to 20°F-25°F. Rare. Sun/ Bright shade. Moist/Low water. Perennial USDA zones (8?) 9a-11. #3875 $7.95 3+ $7.50

NEW! Leucophyta brownii “Cushion Bush” A striking, lightreflecting highlight for a well-drained situation, this native of Southern coastal Australia grows fairly quickly into a finely textured rounded mass of silvery-white wiry tangled branchlets and tiny foliage resembling a compact tumbleweed. Little silvery buds open into small light yellow “buttons” in Spring. Low maintenance, it’s happy in welldrained rock gardens, along pathways, slopes and containers in NUTRIENT POOR SOIL (no clay). To 1-3’ tall. Hates high humidity. Great for coastal sites as it resists salt spray and wind. Sun. Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10. #3927 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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Beschorneria yuccoides ‘Flamingo Glow’ Well yes, the foliar clumps of this succulent native of Northern Mexico are indeed lovely and dramatic with their thornless yellow and green vertically striped strappy leaves forming clumps to 3-4’ tall and wide. Quite the garden highlight! But when it blooms (in about 1 year) it is an EVENT; the foliar rosette pushing up astounding bright flamingo-pink muscular stalks 5” thick and 5-6’ tall (see video online!). Emerging from pink stems and bracts are contrasting lime-green tubular bells, highly addictive to hummingbirds. Surprisingly hardy to 10°F-15°F. DROUGHT TOLERANT, deer and rabbit resistant. Best in well-drained soil with some fertility. Sun/Light shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 7b-11. #4336 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Echium gentianoides ‘Tajinaste’ We’re thrilled to offer this endangered and rare Echium from the Canary Islands! True caerulean blue flowers held in loose pyramidal spikes bloom the first year and are a sight to behold in Spring! Emerging from pink buds, the cup-shaped flowers are well-displayed above blue-grey linear foliage. EASY and impressive, it blooms Spring thru Fall, totally unlike any other Echium we know! Sturdy branching 4’ x 4’ form. Drought, heat and deer resistant! Grow in well- drained soil and side-dress with 1” of compost once a year. Self-sows! Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10. #378 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Lampranthus sp. ‘Pink Kaboom’ BIG FABOOSH BLOOM with ZERO MAINTENANCE! We planted a mysterious little start of this plant in our parking lot, which has the worst hard pan clay soil you can imagine - and never watered it. Quickly, it grew into a dense rounded 2’ x 3’ succulent- leaved mound, and in Spring, exploded into this astounding mass of blindinglybrightest pink daisies. Although we didn’t, I would water it a bit till established. Deer resistant! Sun/ Part sun. Avg./No Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10. #3331 $8.95 3+ $8.50 Helianthemum nummularium ‘Belgravia Rose’ In my past experience, “Sun Roses” would fail to thrive here in the foggy East Bay – that is until I discovered this terrific variety growing in even foggier San Francisco. To only 8” tall x 2’ around, with attractive compact blue-green foliage, the bloom show is excellent – almost masking the foliage Spring to Fall with lovely round pink blooms. Super for tumbling over the edge of a well-drained bed, rock garden or container. Cut back to 2” tall to refresh. Encourage extra bloom with a half-inch sidedress of compost in Spring. Drought tolerant but prettier with some Summer water. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #4828 $8.95 3+ $8.50 Tanacetum haradjanii “Silverlace Tansy” Well, if this isn’t one of the coolest edgers and/or foliar highlights for the drier garden. So soft to the touch with fuzzy feathery ever-silvery-grey tomentose 2” leaves. Easy to grow in well-drained soil, including rocky, sandy or gravelly, you get a bright silver-white, low growing and compact shrublet-groundcover to 8” tall and 2’ across. Grown for its fabulous foliage, it can bloom in Summer with small yellow “buttons” on short stems, though some folks shear these off to retain the all-silver appearance. Native to mountains in Turkey and Syria, it’s root hardy to 10-15°F. Cut back in early Spring to keep it fresh and tidy. Non-aggressive. Deer resistant. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10. Available in March. #4979 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Crassula coccinea “Glowing” just begins to describe the intensity of this amazing succulent. Showy glowy brightest scarlet clusters are displayed above upright 12-18” stems for several months in Summer, setting the garden ablaze. Triangular leaves overlap to form a neat-o “braided” appearance. Great in containers. Good drainage and a bit of Summer water for best appearance. Cut back to a few inches tall in Fall. Hummingbird magnet! Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. #2993 $8.95 3+ $8.50

LIMITED! Senecio palmeri ‘Silver and Gold’ Introduced by the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and just recently available, this rare and sensational member of the Aster family is native to Guadalupe Island off the coast of Baja, California. Brilliant silvery-white slender fuzzy foliage and dense upright branching stems create a compact 30" x 30" shrub. Blooming Spring thru Summer, the bright 1” golden yellow “daisies” are well displayed above striking foliage. Requires infertile to average very well-drained soil. Hardy to 20-25°F. Sun. Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10. #4970 $9.95 3+ $9.50

Puya alpestris “Sapphire Tower” No, this is NOT Photoshop-enhanced! Huge spikes (you see me holding one here in Spring on a 3-year-old plant) amaze visitors who frequently ask is it real? I call it our “personal-sized Puya” as it only grows 3-4’tall. Supernatural metallicturquoise blooms 2” across are highlighted with bright orange anthers. Hummers perch on jutting sterile stems for the turquoise nectar. Low-growing, silvery-green mound of sharply hooked leaves keep the deer away. EASY in well-drained soil, it’s also easy in a large container. Hardy to 15-20° F. Occasional Summer water for best appearance. Sun. Low water. Perennial USDA

Verbascum bombyciferum ‘Arctic Summer’ A traffic-stopper in full bloom, this 5’ stunner is extremely tough and drought tolerant. Lemonyellow 2” blooms are held on amazing 2’ across candelabra-like spikes densely covered in white fur. Spikes last for months. Cut back and more will appear! Spectacular silver 3-5’ foliar rosettes are covered in white down. Easy in well-drained poor to average soil. Self-sows! Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Biennial/ Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #1085 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Aeonium ‘Jack Catlin’ A wonderfully appealing dense rounded habit to 18” x 18” and lively apple-green and burgundyred cup-shaped rosettes 6-8” across place this “stand-out” Aeonium in the pantheon of showy, easy and useful drought tolerant succulents. Introduced by Huntington Botanical Garden and named after the breeder. Super cool as a specimen and even better repeated or massed as a groundcover in a well-drained rock or sloped garden. Place NEW! plants 8-12” apart for this extra dense effect, says designer David Feix (you can easily break off pieces and stick in the ground for new plants!). Drought, fire and deer resistant. Hardy to short frosts of 25°F. Sun/Afternoon sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10. #4993 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Graptoveria ‘Fred Ives’ I’m crazy about this succulent! Fast and easy to grow and oh, those colors: amber, gold, lavender and rose! Unbeatable as edging, in dry gardens, parking strips and containers, it’s low maintenance with yearround good looks. Forms a beautiful mass of captivating rosettes, each 6-10” across. When happy, with excellent drainage, it can spread to 4’ across. A little compost once a year for perfect appearance. Deer resistant. Sun for best colors. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 8b-11. #4780 $9.95 3+ $9.50

Dicliptera suberecta Want a CAREFREE and amazing late Summer and Fall bloomer? Forming a dense clump of velvety silvery-green foliage, it bursts into hundreds of long-lasting rosy-apricot 2.5” bloom clusters irresistible to hummers! Long-lived, tough, drought, heat and humidity tolerant and deer resistant, it makes a fab edger for paths, sidewalks and even hellstrips. One of our most raved about offerings, it gets better each year. Deciduous in Winter but returns with vigor! To 2’ x 3’. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 7a-10b. #3037 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Sedum palmeri It would be hard to find a more excellent, drought tolerant edger than this fast and compact little succulent. Simple to grow in both sun and shade, it quickly forms a spreading clump to 12” tall and 12-20” across. Densely held smooth soft green 3-4” rosettes present a tidy appearance, the better to highlight and edge your patio, sidewalk or background plantings. Want some more? Just clip off some stems and stick them in your soil – voilà, free plants! Cheery little yellow star flowers appear in Spring. Deer resistant. Sun/Bright shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones (7?) 8-10. #4561 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Cordyline ‘Cha Cha’ Seen here in an inspiring drought tolerant, deer resistant garden by Bay Area designer David Feix, this almost trunkless and grass-like Cordyline makes a fascinating highlight of shifting colors. New foliage emerges striped cocoa and pink and shifts to striped yellow and green as it matures for an ever-changing NEW! display. Forming a long-lived brawny weeping clump 3-4’ tall and wide, you get a choice and reliable garden accent that doesn’t ask for much but well-drained soil. A popular and easy container subject, too. Seen here with Sedum palmeri (right). Evergreen in mild Winter areas. Deer resistant. Hardy to 20°F-25°F. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 8-11. #5070 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Fuchsia ‘Old Berkeley’ Brought to you by Fuchsia rustlers lurking around old Bay Area gardens, we’re not sure of the real name here, but we do know this is one gorgeous and GALL MITE RESISTANT old-timer! To a bushy 5’ x 4’ with arching branches, you get loads of dreamy 2” flowers with deep matte purple corollas beneath green-tipped white sepals. Valuable for filling a corner with year-round bloom. Evergreen. Loamy soil, side dress with compost annually, cut back anytime! Hummers! Sun/Part sun (coast), Bright shade/AM sun (inland). Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10. #4559 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ Beloved for humongous 12” across snow white flower heads, this phenomenal Hydrangea delivers all the garden drama you could wish for. Undemanding and tolerant of clayish soil, heat and humidity, 4’ x 4’ ‘Annabelle’ just gets better each year, its mass of bloom almost obscuring the foliage. Longblooming late Spring thru Summer, it thrives in full sun along the coast, as well as part shade. Cut back to 6” in Fall. Annual compost. Cut flowers! Sun/Part shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. May ship dormant until April. #3893 $12.95 3+ $12.50

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Impatiens arguta Hardy to zone 7? Check! Non-stop beautiful blooms from Spring thru Fall? Check! Plus, an attractive you-can’t-see-through-it 2’x 3’ almost shrubby habit if you grow it in dappled light and humus-rich soil. Plentiful 2” flaring tubular lavender-blue blooms with pretty gold and red markings dangle from red stems. Well tolerates heat and humidity. There are reports of folks growing it in USDA zone 6. Shade to AM sun/Late afternoon sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones (6?) 7-11. #1306 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Impatiens glandulifera ‘Wine Red’ A new deliciously rich color of super EASY to grow “Policeman’s Helmet” selected by Ray Brown of Devon, England. FAST-growing and multi-branching to 3-5’, it’s a heavy bloomer with loads of nectar and so, highly attractive to bees. Most impressive in rich soil and great in large containers. Self-sows readily in Summermoist soils, so be conscious if you live next to a water source, as it may escape. Any unwanted seedlings are easy to remove in the garden. AM sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. Cannot ship to CT, OR, WA or ID Available in April. #527 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Impatiens namchabarwensis To die for! This tantalizing Impatiens bears an abundance of ultramarine blue blooms. To 1.5” across and highlighted by a yellow throat, flowers are displayed on a multi-branched 2’ x 2’ plant. Discovered in 2003 growing in a limited area in the Namcha Barwa Canyon in Tibet. Where it’s not perennially hardy, it should self-sow. Easy to grow in rich soil, thrives in containers! Part sun/Shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 10a-11, annual elsewhere. Available in April. #2599 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Digitalis purpurea ‘Dalmatian Peach’ I was thrilled to see how quickly these lovely new hybrid Foxgloves bloomed in my garden – in a month or two depending on weather! Much better than waiting until year 2. And, they repeat bloom whether you snip them for the vase or after the spikes are spent … nice! Romantic nodding soft apricot-peach flowers glow on multiple 2’-30” spikes (perfect for cutting), bringing charm and vertical accents to cottage gardens, shade gardens, along your entryway or in large containers. Clay tolerant but best in rich soil. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummers! Deer and rabbit resistant! Sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones (4?)5-10a. #4876 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Digitalis purpurea ‘Camelot Lavender’ Just like ‘Dalmation Peach’ (left), ‘Camelot Lavender’ Foxgloves bloom soon after planting! Sure works for me – and I don’t have to maintain them for a year before they bloom. Extra plentiful bloom spikes on this variety followed by more in year 2. Lovely maroon spotted 2” lavender flowers completely encircle the stems. Big leaved foliar mound to 2’ across. Rich soil for best show. Enchanting cut flowers. To 3-4’ tall. Bees, butterflies and hummers! Deer and rabbit resistant! Sun (coast)/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10a. #4681 $8.95 3+ $8.50

EXCLUSIVE! Senecio stellata ‘Giovanna’s Select’ “Tall Cineraria” Remember those glorious 3’ tall Cinerarias, so pretty and useful in the shade garden? Sadly, they’ve been replaced by miniature versions not suitable for much more than a party favor. Growing to a proper 3’ tall, ‘Giovanna’s' has been chosen for its blue and purple blooms. An excellent choice for a difficult-to-grow-anythingin shade garden. Not fussy about soil, even more fab in rich soil. Self-sows! Shade/AM sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10, annual elsewhere. #1265 $6.95 3+ $6.50

Viola ‘Molly Sanderson’ Good Golly! Introducing Ms. Molly – a reliably PERENNIAL black Viola that blooms Spring thru Fall in our mild climate. Recently immigrating from Ireland and the UK, this rare sweet-scented compact evergreen spreader bestows plentiful 1.5” coal-black flowers accented with a petite gold eye. Grow as edging in part-shade, in hotter areas, cut back after bloom for an encore as weather cools. Goth posies! Edible. Sun (coast)/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10a. #4084 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Myosotis palustris Yes, this is a perennial Forget-Me-Not, and much finer of form than the annual varieties. Lush dense foliar mats spread to 2’ across to spill over the edge of a bed. Bountiful baby-blue blooms to 1’ tall appear for several months - then cut it back, serve up a bit of compost and presto! Another round of bloom! Splendid under and in front of roses. Sun to part shade along the coast and part to bright shade in hotter climates. Self-sows, too! Part sun/Shade. High/ Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. Cannot ship to CT, MA. #2739 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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Salvia ‘Mystic Spires’ An almost never-ending display of 14” velvety-purple spikes reach for the sky late Spring thru Fall on this amazing big-bangfor-the-buck Sage. Such a useful size – a bushy 4’ x 30” – it fits politely between neighboring plants and makes a vibrant vertical accent mid-bed. Pleasing heart-shaped leaves clothe its stems all the way down to the base. Cut back to 8” tall in Winter. Rich, composty soil. Bees, butterflies and hummers! Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 7-10. #4112 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Plectranthus lanuginosus (syn. Coleus lanuginosus) Something wonderful to entice you outside in Fall and Winter! RARE and EASY, this African Coleus sets your garden aglow with a foliage-smothering horde of 4-6” electric bluepurple spikelets from Oct.-Feb.! Good-looking and valuable the rest of the year too, as a 10-18” tall (depending on water) and 3’ across dense mound of pretty, scalloped, heart-shaped 2” leaves. Gorgeous edger-trailer and excellent as a container subject (10+ gal). Well-drained soil. Cut back to 3” after bloom and sidedress with a bit of compost in Spring. Loved by bees, bumblebees, butterflies. Deer resistant! Hardy to 25°F. Sun/Part sun. Avg./ Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. #1845 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Salvia greggii ‘Royal Bumble’ THE most INTENSE scarlet red blooms I’ve ever seen on a Salvia! Eyepopping 1/2” blooms stand out against black calyxes and stems. To 30” x 30” with a compact habit, it never stops blooming here in coastal CA. Prune back a bit annually to maintain tidiness. Well-drained composty soil. EASY, drought tolerant and deer resistant! Hardy to 15-20°F. Sun (coastal)/Part sun (inland). Avg./ Low water. Perennial USDA zones 7-10. #4019 $8.95 3+ $8.50

DEER RESISTANT Salvia sclarea ‘Piemont’ “A must for every garden,” says Penelope Hobhouse, so if you’ve yet to grow this robust, architectural and long-blooming cottage garden favorite – this could be your year! Arresting 30” candelabras of 1.5” two-toned lavender and white flowers held in showy violet-purple calyces last for months starting late Spring thru mid-Summer. And those calyces keep the show going till Fall! Large, heart-shaped leaves. To 4’ x 3’. Not fussy, but best with added compost and Summer water. Blooms 1st year if planted in Spring. Butterflies, bees! Deer resistant. Self-sows! Sun/ Part sun. Avg./Low water. Biennial USDA zones 7-10, annual elsewhere. Cannot ship to WA. #3930 $7.95 3+ $7.50 Ceanothus x pallidus ‘Marie Simon’ Such a gorgeous, useful shrub, and yet hardly known! An East/West Coast hybrid, ‘Marie’ is easygoing, cold hardy, tough and adaptable to both clay and poor soil. How great that it blooms repeatedly Summer thru Fall with a profusion of fluffy scented light pink 3” panicles on contrasting wine-red stems. With a nice, bushy habit, it’s great in a mixed bed, dry bed or as filler in a rose garden. Can reach 5’ x 5’, but you can cut it back hard in Winter for a shorter silhouette. Butterflies! Deer resistant! Hardy to 5°F. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 6a-10. #2917 $10.95 3+ $10.50

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Kniphofia thomsonii “Alpine Poker” Most Kniphofias bloom but once a year, not this swanky HARDY Kniphofia! Repeat blooming for much of the year – mine is blooming as I write this in December! Spreading by roots to 2-3’ across with attractive slender upright grass-green leaves, the erect bloom spikes to 4’ are unusual and striking. Half-pendulant widely spaced 3” bright coral-orange tubular flowers are a standout in the garden and bring hummingbirds. Loves composted, well-drained soil. Deer resistant. Nice in containers (15+ gal). Hardy to 0°F! Sun/Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones (5?) 6-10. #4753 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Salvia mexicana ‘Limelight’ The vibrant color combo of rich purple 2.5” flowers and lime green calyces held on a mass of upright 12” spikes make this one of our most lusted after Salvias. A big fellow and late bloomer, ‘Limelight’ grows up to 6’ x 6’ to steal the show from August to January. Dramatic even prior to bloom with densely held, deep blue-green foliage. Cut back hard in Winter/early Spring to promote bushiness. Can be cut back in Summer for shorter stature, side-dress with compost in Spring. Hummers! Good cut flowers! Root hardy to 20°F. Deer resistant. Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10. #926 $8.95 3+ $8.50

NEW! Oenothera caespitosa Huge and numerous, deliciously citrus-scented clear white blooms to 4” across grace our gardens from July to Sept. here in coastal California. COLD, HEAT, DROUGHT and DEER RESISTANT, fast-growing “Tufted Evening Primrose” is native to high deserts of California and the western U.S., forming an attractive, low, tidy 18” wide rosette of blue-green lance-shaped leaves. A rewarding native perennial for infertile, well-drained native gardens, rock gardens or containers. Attracts hawk moths! Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #3785 $7.95 3+ $7.50 Verbascum chaixii ‘Wedding Candles’ Do you grow Verbascums? Well, you should! TOUGH and adaptable, you’ll feel so successful with almost no effort! Ever so elegant, ‘Wedding Candles’ features a dense candelabra of tightly packed pure white blooms centered with cool furry purple and orange eyes. Cut back to foliage for repeat bloom. Deer resistant and clay tolerant (better with compost!). Self-sows, so you’ll always have them. Drought tolerant! Bees and butterflies! To 3-4’ tall. Sun/AM sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #4524 $7.95 3+ $7.50 Ipomopsis rubra “Skyrocket” Like giant neon exclamation marks, astonishingly brilliant scarlet red spikes of this Southeastern U.S. native are truly showstopping! Much admired and photographed here in the not-so-great-soil of our neglected parking lot, it bloomed repeatedly July thru October, sending up multiple ferny stems 2-4’ tall. Each spike lasts at least a month and the 1.5” tubular starry flowers entice the local hummingbirds. Stunning cut flowers! Though not fussy about soil you’ll get a showier show in rich, well-draining soil. Drought tolerant once established, deer resistant and self-sows freely! Blooms first year if planted in Spring. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 6-9, annual elsewhere. #541 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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Echium fastuosum “Pride of Madeira” Poor soil, dry soil, clayish soil! Absolutely magnificent in bloom here in coastal CA, “Pride of Madeira” is one FAST growing, TOUGH perennial. Huge bold 2’ spikes erupt in Spring, varying in color from true-blue to royal purple, atop a handsome multi-branching dome of long narrow foliage. To 5-6’ tall and wide, it requires no Summer water along the coast (once established) – occasional water inland. Cut spent spikes after bloom and tip-pinch/gently prune to maintain the dense habit. Bee and hummingbird heaven! Does not grow in warm, humid climates like Florida. Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun. Moderate/No Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 9a-10b. #377 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Solanum umbelliferum ‘Mt. Diablo’ Almost EVERBLOOMING here on the coast and Spring to Fall in hotter areas, California and Arizona native ‘Blue Witch” is a very attractive bushy 30” x 30” sub-shrub featuring slender grey-green fuzzy foliage. And yes, it’s a super bloomer loaded with pretty 1” tomato-type lavenderblue blooms centered with bright golden anthers. Adaptable to most soils – DRY, average, poor, rocky and CLAYISH, you’ve got an EASY, low maintenance option here for pretty much any sunny situation. Great in native and rock gardens, hellstrips and containers. Some Summer water for longest bloom. Deer resistant! Full sun. Avg./NO Summer water. Perennial USDA zones (7?) 8b10. #4996 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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NEW! Buddleja globosa Wow, it’s a Buddleja and totally surprising and fun in bloom with perfectly spherical honey-scented 1.5-2” golden-orange balls, 5-7 held on each upright stem. Fast, undemanding and long-lived with a denser habit than other Buddlejas. Long rich green leaves. Bursts into bloom late Spring into Summer with lesser bloom thereafter. Outstanding fascinating cut flower! DROUGHT and CLAY tolerant. To 6-8’ x 4’. Prune back in Fall for best form. Butterflies and bees. Deer resistant! Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 7b-10a. #4865 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Nicotiana mutabilis Can you say robust? This giant showstopper blooms year-round along the coast and will quickly and easily reach 5’– 6’ – 8’ tall, creating a cloud of sensational bloom at least 3’ across. Each flower starts out white, aging to pale pink, then rose – with all colors appearing at the same time. Trust me, it’s awesome! Perennial in temperate zones, just cut back to 8” and add compost whenever it seems spent for months of repeat bloom. Rich soil for best show. Self-sows, popular with hummingbirds. Deer resistant! Sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10, annual elsewhere. #727 $6.95 3+ $6.50

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Eriogonum nudum ‘Ella Nelson’s Yellow’ Creating a showy cloud of primrose-yellow pom-poms on a mass of branched stems, this delightful strain of “Naked Buckwheat” found by Eric Nelson (and named after his grandmother, a lifelong gardener) is easy to grow, long blooming and drought tolerant! 3’ x 2’ bloom sprays explode in Spring and continue throughout Summer above low 3” tall foliage. Welldrained soil. Bee magnet and deer resistant! Sun. Low/No Summer water. Perennial USDA zones 6-10. #3598 $8.95 3+ $8.50

EXCLUSIVE! Tanacetum niveum “White Bouquet Tansy” You might think a bunch of white daisies are rather ho-hum - well, then you would miss out on a totally dazzling performance! Tough and EASY (it’s a Tansy, after all), it makes a stunning silvery lacy dome 2’ tall and 30” across. And when it blooms, dear gardeners - you’ll be astounded! Thousands of small white flowers form a dense mound of blazing white for months. Bug-proof, deer proof, drought tolerant and not fussy about soil, it’s fab bursting over the edge of a bed. Cut back to 3” tall after bloom for a second show. Attracts butterflies and makes excellent cut flowers! Self-sows, too. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #1573 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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Brugmansia ‘Double Apricot’ Everyone who can should grow at least one “Angel’s Trumpet”! I love its sweet, swoonworthy perfume! Almost always in bloom, the glamorous double apricot flaring 10-12” trumpets of this lovely hybrid sport long reflexed tails at petal ends. A fast and favorite garden feature, it’ll reach 10’ in a year and is amenable to just about any pruning agenda. Provide protection from strong wind and hottest afternoon sun. Grow in rich soil and toss some compost around the base in Spring and Summer to keep leaves nice and green. Attracts hummers, nocturnal moths and bees! Deer resistant! Part sun. Avg./High water. Perennial USDA zones (deciduous 8) 910b. #4595 $10.95 3+ $10.50

NEW! Vitex agnus-castus ‘Shoal Creek’ A fantastic TOUGH award-winning improved cultivar of “Chaste Tree” much loved for its faster, more vigorous growth and larger, denser bloom spikes. Just spectacular in Summer bloom for several months or more with deadheading. Swoon-worthy fragrant 12” flower spikes are a glorious and welcome sight in Summer and utterly magnetic for bees, butterflies and hummers! Grows naturally to 10-15’, but you can easily cut it back to 3’ tall in Winter to create a bushy 4-5’ shrub or prune off some lower branches for an elegant small tree. Happiest and most floriferous in full sun and compost enhanced, welldrained soil. Long lasting cut flowers! Deciduous. Heat and deer resistant. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Shrub USDA zones 6-10a. Available in May. #5174 $10.95 3+ $10.50

Salvia greggii ‘Stormy Pink’ First appearing as a chance seedling in the garden of intrepid UK nurserywoman Derry Watkins, ‘Stormy Pink’ is a monster bloomer with a neverending profusion of 1.5” blooms in an unusual shade of smoky pink backed by dark plum calyces. That may sound wimpy, but trust me, this simple-to-grow Sage is a stunner in all seasons! To 3’ x 4’ with evergreen leaves, it blooms late Spring thru Fall at least. Cut back in Fall to maintain a dense, bushy shape. Best in well-drained soil. Side-dress with compost annually. Hummers! Deer resistant. Sun/Part sun inland. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones (7?) 8-10. #4020 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Salvia ‘Wendy’s Wish’ Massively popular for its eye-catching flowers, long Spring thru Fall bloom season and handy size. What’s more, the hummers go nuts for the brilliant magenta 2.5-3” tubular blooms clasped in rosy-mauve calyces. Bountiful 4-8” bloom spikes are well-displayed on wine-red stems that contrast divinely with the glossy teal-green foliage. Bushy and well-behaved to only 3’ x 3’, it’s an excellent choice for containers, front of bed and repeating along a border. Best in rich, well-drained soil. Cut back in Fall. Deer resistant. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11, annual elsewhere. #5100 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Campanula latifolia ‘Brantwood’ Hard to find these days, you can rely on this EASY and elegant cottage garden classic to deliver bright color and vertical fun in your garden year after year. Rising above your lower bloomers in Spring, large flaring 3” rich purple bells are beautifully held on multiple 3-4’ unbranched upright stems spreading to 18” across. Reliably perennial, it blooms in Spring and if cut back will rebloom again in Summer. Average to rich soil. Swell cut flowers and bees, hummers and butterflies! Fairly deer resistant. Divide every 3 years. Self-sows. Sun/Part shade (hottest areas). Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10a. #2019 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Lysimachia atropurpurea “Burgundy Loosestrife” When this NONINVASIVE, marvelous “Loosestrife” goes into bloom in our gardens, visitors go nuts trying to get their hands on any remaining plants for sale! With its first flush of 2’ rich claret goosenecked spikes above silvery foliage, it’s a showstopper, attracting butterflies and hummers. Blooms on and off from May till Sept. Now here’s the trick – this beauty requires good drainage, so plant it at the edge of a well-draining bed or in a container (10+ gal.) and add compost so you’ll both be pleased. To 3’ across. Deciduous. Self-sows when happy. Sun/Part sun in hottest areas. Avg. water. Short-lived perennial USDA zones 4-10. #649 $8.95 3+ $8.50

LIMITED! Delphinium elatum ‘Cobalt Dreams’ The most OUTRAGEOUS Delphinium you can grow! No mildew-prone wimp that disappears after one season, but a reliably perennial multi-stalked extra-large flowered jumbo delph to 6’ tall and 4’ across! The Royal blue spikes make sumptuous cut flowers! Grow in loamy soil with compost in Spring and Summer for huge spikes, cut back to 6” when spent for repeat bloom. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10a. #4492 $9.95 3+ $9.50

Delphinium elatum ‘Purple Passion’ Dowdeswell bred, huge spikes of sensational electric-purple blooms contrasted with clear white eyes take our breath away! I’m excited to use it with orange, yellow and purple bloomers! To 6’ tall and multi-stalked to 4’ across, I’ve grown ’em even bigger by boosting with liquid seaweed. Do cut back to 6” tall when spent and side-dress with compost for repeat bloom. Bait for snails. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10a. #4227 $9.95 3+ $9.50 Digiplexis ‘Illumination Flame’ A fascinating hybrid, this PERENNIAL “Foxglove” doesn’t make seed, putting all of its energy into blooming continuously Spring thru Fall! Multiple, magnificent, non-stop, 3’ tall bloom spikes above a dark green foliar mound to 24” across hold Fuchsia-pink blooms that face graciously outwards. EASY! Give it loamy soil with compost added. Adaptable to any kind of light from full sun to bright shade! A terrific choice for a large pot at least 20” x 20”. Sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Short-lived perennial. USDA zones 8-10. #4167 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Alcea rosea ‘Halo Apricot’ “Hollyhock” Unusual cherry-eyed single apricot blooms are absolutely lovely! A TRUE PERENNIAL fig-leaved variety which base-branches into 5 or more upright stems to 5’ instead of a single stalk, and blooms for months AND repeat blooms if cut back to the foliage. You’ll be so spoiled! Rust resistant, too! Don’t mess around: grow “Hollyhocks” in compost-rich, well-drained soil for ultimate enjoyment. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #3772 $8.95 3+ $8.50 Alcea rosea ‘Halo Purple’ “Hollyhock” Lipsmacking color we can’t get enough of and a long-lived, multi-stalked perennial ‘Halo Series’ champ as well! Vibrant plum-purple with a violet eye; partners perfectly with Nicotiana ‘Lime Green’ (p. 11) and lavender Thalictrum rochebrunianum (p. 10). Rich soil for happiest Hollyhockiness! To 5-8’ tall x 4’ across. Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #4265 $8.95 3+ $8.50

NEW! Delphinium elatum ‘Black Eyed Angels’ Extra large sparkling white blooms with flirty black eyes dazzle from afar on this magnificent new variety from Dowdeswell Delphiniums in New Zealand. Painstakingly bred for extra vigor, heat and mildew resistance (they won’t wimp out in Winter), these guys make multiple huge spikes to 5’ tall and 1’ across if given the room and compost-enriched welldrained soil. In year two, it can reach 3-4’ across! Cut back to 6” and side-dress with compost for repeat bloom. Killer cut flowers! Bait for snails. Sun. Avg. water. Deer resistant! Perennial USDA zones 3-10a. #5126 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Digitalis purpurea ‘Camelot Rose’ Foxgloves in a hurry! Now you can know when your foxgloves are going to bloom – in 1-2 months after you plant them with this unique ‘Camelot’ series of Digitalis! What’s more, they rebloom after being cut! To 3-4’ tall, the raspberry-cerise bell flowers are horizontally held, the better to see their cute spotted throats. You’ll get hummers, butterflies, cut flowers and no deer. Compost-amended soil. Sun/Bright shade. Avg water. Perennial USDA zones (4?)5-10a. #4457 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Lobelia fulgida ‘Queen Victoria’ 2” startling (“brilliant” doesn’t do it justice) scarlet red flowers deliver incandescent color to the mid-late Summer garden, but I would grow ‘Queen Victoria’ just for its satiny deep ruby-burgundy foliage and upright stalks alone – they’re so pretty! To 3’ x 18”, ours returns bloomier each year here in coastal California. Now, here’s the thing – it needs and loves rich composty moist soil (you can even grow it in boggy soil). If you can provide that, it’ll be spectacular and you’ll get lots of hummingbirds, butterflies and cut flowers! Good in containers. Deer and rabbit resistant. Can be divided. Winter deciduous. Sun (coast)/Part sun (hotter areas). Avg. water/Moist. Perennial USDA zones 7-10, short-lived perennial elsewhere. #3344 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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NEW! Cobaea scandens “Cup & Saucer Vine” Large storybook blooms almost yearround! So fast-growing, “Cup and Saucer Vine” will cover a 25’ chain-link fence in one season! Fantastic 3.5” flaring purple bells sporting long sexy stamens create a massive bloom display that’ll be much admired by neighbors. Attractive deep green heart-shaped foliage. Give it rich soil, room to grow and stand back! Hummers! Cut back in Winter for bushiest appearance next year. Full sun/ Part shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10, annual elsewhere. #269 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Thunbergia alata ‘Rose Sensation’ We are so stoked to discover this new variety of “Black-Eyed-Susan Vine”! Extra-large 2” across “Black-Eyed” rich rose blooms fade to soft pink for an enchanting multicolored effect, sweetly highlighted against the lush green arrow shaped foliage. Fast-growing as an annual in colder zones (blooming June-September) it’s evergreen and practically everblooming in USDA zones 9b-11. An easy and awesome subject for obelisks, trellises and large containers, it happily twines itself around any support, creating a dense mass of foliage and flowers. Do grow in decent, rich soil for first-rate appearance. Hummingbirds! To 5-8’ tall. Deer resistant! Sun/Part shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9b-11, annual elsewhere. #5183 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Thunbergia alata ‘Spanish Eyes’ EASY, vigorous, fast growing and what delightful eyes you have señorita – all peachy and gold and such mysterious dark pupils! On a trellis, obelisk or even as a groundcover, she’s a beautiful bountiful bloomer from mid-Summer thru Fall. Grows to about 6’ x 6’ and is happy in bright shade as well as sun. Do plant in good soil with compost added if you want to see what she really can do! Butterflies! Cut back to 1’ in Winter. Self-sows. Sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11, annual elsewhere. Available in May. #2111 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Solanum valerianum ‘Navidad, Jalisco’ Fast-growing, evergreen and almost ever-blooming, this heavenly vine reached 8’ x 8’ for us its first year! Deliciously large 8-12” panicles of starry purple flowers accented with big pillowy golden-yellow anthers drape gracefully, Wisteria-style, from long sweeping stems that will cover a wall or fence in a year or two. Doesn’t climb by tendrils, so provide something for it to clamber up. EASY, deer resistant (woot!) and not fussy about soil or water, it’s even more exuberant with compost-enhanced soil and somewhat regular water. Has survived bouts of 25°F, but do protect from hard frosts or grow against a warm wall. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9b-11. #4447 $9.95 3+ $9.50 Dipogon lignosus “Cape Sweet Pea” Need a vine in a hurry? Reliably perennial, evergreen or semi-evergreen in USDA zones 9b-11, this fast-growing member of the Pea family will reach 10’ in 2 to 3 months and bloom Spring thru Fall! Held on arching stems, the sweet grape soda-scented pinkish flower clusters look lovely against lush heart-shaped leaves. Perfect for covering a fence or growing around a door. Rich soil. Self-sows! Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9b-11. #1220 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Mandevilla laxa “Chilean Jasmine” I have this hardy heavy-blooming vine on my back fence and I love it! Held 10 to a cluster, the pure white 3” blooms yield a heady gardenia-like perfume late Spring to Fall! It topped my 8’ fence in 2 years, filling in to make a solid screen of lush foliage that can reach 10’ tall x 15’ wide if you want it to. Not too big and not too small, it doesn’t get woody and has been totally pest free. Root-hardy to at least 12°F, it’s deciduous in frostier climates but jumps back in Spring. Evergreen in USDA zones 9b and up, good soil with a side-dress of compost for lushest show! Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 8-11. #2496 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Clematis ‘Polish Spirit’ One of the EASIEST Clematis you can grow, especially in mild winter climates where larger flowered hybrids fail to thrive. Extra vigorous and profuse-blooming from early to late Summer, grow it on a support where these heavenly royal purple 3-4” blooms will almost cover the foliage. To 10’+ in a single season, it’s the perfect choice for new gardeners and gets bloomier every year! Just plant where roots are at least somewhat shaded. Friable, draining soil. Side-dress with compost after planting and in Spring thereafter. Prune to 3-4’ tall in Fall-early Spring. Disease resistant. Sun/Part shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. May ship dormant. #4276 $12.95 3+ $12.50

Passiflora mollissima Delicious fruits – looking like a straight banana – 4-6” long, are borne year-round and more heavily from late Spring to Fall in temperate climates like ours. Beautiful pendant 4-5” light pink flowers are produced just as often, emerging from long soft green tubes, bringing elegance, hummers and butterflies. Rich, loamy soil. Tolerates brief frost to 28°F. Super fast-growing to 20’+. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10b. #4344 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Asarina scandens ‘Joan Lorraine’ Need a terrific, easy, longlived vine for bright shade that respects your boundaries? ‘Joan Lorraine’ will create a solid wall of always-fresh looking leaves. Velvety rich purple Snapdragon-like almost 2” blooms – all facing the same way – appear Summer to Fall well displayed atop the foliage. Cut back in Winter for fresh growth in Spring. Well-behaved to only 8’ tall x 5’ wide. Side-dress with compost annually. Self-sows. Part sun/ Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial vine USDA zones 9-10, annual elsewhere. #115 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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Clematis ‘Rooguchi’ The longest-blooming Clematis! EASY to grow in temperate AND more extreme climates, ‘Rooguchi’ is cherished for its totally cute 2-2.5” lavender-edged flaring purple bells. Borne in crazy profusion, they arch out on showy black stems. No tendrils – so wrap stems around a trellis, or let it scramble over shrubs. Rich soil. Part shade in hottest areas. Deciduous. Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones (3?) 4-10. May ship dormant. #4713 $12.95 3+ $12.50

Linaria reticulata ‘Flamenco’ Long-blooming, scented, drought tolerant, snail and deer resistant, this flamboyant annual from North Africa self-sows, too! Gobs of bright little scarlet and gold bi-colored “snapdragon” blooms are displayed for months above soft, ferny foliage. Cut back after bloom and it’ll rebloom quickly and vigorously. To 12” x 12”, it’s a stunning container subject. Sun. Avg./Low water. Annual. All zones. #611 $5.95 3+

Echium plantagineum ‘Blue Bedder’ Goof-proof, bee-loved and blue, this bountiful Mediterranean bloomer is deer resistant, too! Fast-growing into an impressive mound, 20” x 20” (in rich soil) of blue cup-shaped blooms from pink buds, it blooms for months! Easy, resilient and not fussy about soil, it’s useful in those mysterious spots where everything else dies! Readily self-sows. Drought tolerant. Sun. Avg./Low water. Annual. All zones. Cannot ship to OR, WY. #380 $5.95 3+ $5.50

Heuchera ‘Marmalade’ In my opinion, this is the best amber-colored Heuchera of all. Definitely not wimpy – tough and long-lived ‘Marmalade’ muscles right through our mild, wet Winters and also hot and dry inland Summers. Beautiful sunset gold, peach and rose ruffly, compact foliage clumps to 12” x 18,” creating interest with its contrastic glow even in part shady areas. Bright vermillon bloom. Drought tolerant but prettier with some Summer water and rich soil. Cut back in Winter for best show. Sun/Bright shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-11. #3251 $9.95 3+ $9.50

Angelica stricta ‘Purpurea’ Ultimate garden presence! Big, bold and luscious tropical looking leaves in deep ruby-black arch out from the base to stretch 3-4’ across. Bursting up thru the center, huge crimson boat-shaped buds are followed by pretty 5” mauve umbels that color shift to violet-purple. A totally elegant “must have” and easy in rich soil. Blooms first year if Spring planted. Butterflies and self-sows! Sun. Avg. water. Biennial USDA zones 5-11. #1618 $8.95 3+ $8.50 Geranium ‘Orion’ We are so impressed with this phenomenal newer introduction in the realm of hardy Geraniums! With upright growth, a multitude of bloom over a long season - late Spring to late August - and vibrant blue-purple 2” (larger than usual) flowers, it upped the dazzle in our already colorful gardens. To an extra showy 30” tall and at least 3’ across, with attractive foliage that turns fiery in Fall, you can’t go wrong with this tough, reliable and easy winner. Place center stage and provide rich soil. Deadhead to extend bloom or cut back to 2” tall to refresh. Heat tolerant and sterile, so no self-sown seedlings. Deer resistant! May ship dormant. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #4213 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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EXCLUSIVE! Campanula medium ‘Deep Blue’ “Canterbury Bells” Charm alarm! So rarely seen and yet SO easy to grow, cottage garden classic “Canterbury Bells” delivers delicious color and big impact with its huge 30” panicles loaded with horizontally held BIG (3”-across) bright purple flaring bells. Bloom is usually late Spring/early Summer. Amazing cut flower! Planted early, they’ll bloom their first year in coastal CA, otherwise in year two. Easy – but do plant in rich, composty soil. Good in containers (15+ gal). Butterflies and hummers! Sun/Part shade (inland). Avg. water. Biennial USDA zones 3-9. #1284 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Abutilon ‘Victorian Lady’ Swoon! Who can resist a double pink “Flowering Maple”? Wildly popular for its easygoing temperament and year-round bloom in mild climates, it’s a valuable hummingbird and butterfly magnet! Old-fashioned ruffly pink 3” blooms like little roses appear on 4-6’ tall upright, branching stems Spring thru Fall. Shines in a large patio container. Rich soil and an annual Spring 1-2” side-dress of compost for excellent health. Cut back to 2’ tall in late Fall. Hardy to 15-20° F. Sun/Part sun (hotter areas). Avg. water/Moist. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. #4229 $9.95 3+ $9.50

Abutilon striatum “Redvein Indian Mallow” Extraordinary 2” golden- peach bellshaped flowers, conspicuously veined in red and clasped in calyces, dangle like jeweled ornaments from strongly upright branches year-round in USDA zones 9-11. EASY and FAST, it can reach 15’ or more – but with an annual cut back to 30” you can keep it in the 6-10’ range or pinch tips for an even bushier form. Can be espaliered or grown in a pot. Choice growing over a fence – or outside your side yard window, where you can enjoy all the hummingbird activity! Rich loamy soil with an annual 1” side-dress of compost for best appearance. Returns from the roots in frosty USDA zone 8 according to internet gardeners. Sun (coast)/AM sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones (8?)11. #2885 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Veronica longifolia ‘Bushy Boy’ One of the most reliable, long-lived, blue flowering perennials in our gardens! Not only does it deliver valuable vertical spikiness, it blooms for at least a month 2 or 3 times a season if you cut back the spent stems to the base. To 3’ tall and 30” across with plentiful 6-8” rich lavender blue spikelets, we’ve selected this variety from our bushiest and most prolificblooming Veronica longifolia. Nice cut flowers and bees and butterflies, too! Blooms Spring – Fall (if cut back). Loamy soil is best. Side-dress with compost in Spring. Deer resistant! Sun. Avg. water. Sun – Part sun (inland). Perennial USDA zones 4-10a. #4480 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Mimulus naiandinus ‘Mega’ “Spunky Monkey” Even though I radically change our display gardens every year, I make sure to keep this wonderful long-lived super bloomer in our entry bed. It’s just perfect for that part shady spot in front of taller plants. Bountiful extra-large 2” fanciful cherry and white “Monkey Flowers” present lemon throats and ruby speckles – very pretty – Spring thru Summer. Refined blue-green foliage to 20” x 2’. EASY and fast. Cut back anytime to refresh. Deciduous but overwinters reliably. Rich soil. Deer resistant. Self-sows! Sun/Part sun (coast). Bright shade (inland). Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10, annual elsewhere. #3162 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Crassula capitella “Red Pagoda” Instant origami! Startling densely stacked red-edged stemlets radiate out from the base to reach 7” tall and 18” across. A super easy and fascinating small-scale groundcover, the more sun you give it, the redder it gets. Small white flowers in Summer are followed by the top leaves dropping off, which will readily root to create new plantlets! Well-drained soil. Deer resistant! Sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. #1906 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Sempervivum ‘Black Rose’ Luxurious color year-round, this beautiful “Houseleek” forms a compact swirling bicolored 4” x 6” ruby rosette quickly surrounding itself with lots of densely held “pups” to form a slowly spreading small-scale groundcover. “Mom” rosettes bear showy pink starry blooms on short stems in Summer. Color deepens to rubyblack in cold weather! Great in pots and well-drained rock gardens of course. Deer resistant! Sun/ Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #5091 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Sedum spurium ‘Voodoo’ A terrific, troublefree edger, trailer or groundcover for dry gardens! So contrastic, with an intense reddish mahogany foliage mat to 18” across. Gorgeous rosy-red flowers appear June thru August, held tight and low against the foliage. Pinch once in a while for densest mat. Drought tolerant, long-lived, deer resistant and attracts butterflies! Sun. Avg./ Low water. Perennial USDA zones 3-11. #2140 $7.95 3+ $7.50

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Sedum spurium ‘Tricolor’ Fairly fast, very hardy and SUPER EASY to grow, this merry little tricolor groundcover is just the thing for edging hot dry gardens or adding colorful cheer to a container. Well-behaved and a compact 3-6” tall and spreading to 2’ across, the jade green 1” oval leaves are edged in white and pink. More sun = more color and cold weather shifts it into high gear technicolor! Pink flowers hug the foliage in Summer. Easy to increase, just stick cuttings in soil. Well-drained soil. Full sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 3-10. #4541 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Echeveria colorata Just the prettiest well-behaved rosette-forming succulent! Elegant 4” tall x 8” wide aquamarine foliar rosettes adorned with harmonious pink tips are perfect for creative pattern planting, window boxes and mixed containers. A great bloomer, long-lasting arching pink stems and sweet orange-tipped urn-shaped flowers appear mid-Summer to Fall. Highly ornamental edging for dry gardens and SO lovely paired with groundcovery succulents like lime Sedum rupestre ‘Angelina’ (online) or ruby Sedum ‘Voodoo’ (above). Well-drained soil. Deer resistant. Sun/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. #4403 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Agave ovatifolia ‘Frosty Blue’ Spectacular form! Huge, wide and deeply cupped silvery-blue leaves reminiscent of a whale’s tongue make this traffic-stopping Agave truly unique. 8-12” wide with tiny teeth, the stunning leaves create a solitary perfectly architectural focal point rosette ideal for rock gardens and large containers. Relatively fast-growing, it can reach 3-4’ and up to 5-6’ across (with Summer water) in about 5 years, but can be kept smaller with less water. HARDY to 5°F! Well-drained soil is a must. Deer resistant! Sun/Part sun (hottest, driest areas). Low/No Summer water (coast). Perennial USDA zones 7-11. #5130 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Sempervivum ‘Blush’ Such a pretty “Hens and Chicks”, this photo was taken in October when the weather was beginning to cool. As you can see, the lovely 6” symmetrical rosette is beginning to color shift. Starting as silvery blue-lavender, it shifts to rosy-peach and then red during cold weather. Creates offsets for added value! Sun brings out best color. Rock gardens, containers – just provide excellent drainage! Deer resistant. Sun/Part sun. Low water. Perennial USDA zones 4-9. 4789 $7.95 3+ $7.50

Aeonium nobile One of the most thrilling succulents you’ll ever grow! Easy and drought tolerant, in bloom it reaches 30” tall with a mind-blowing bright red flower head 18” across made up of 1000’s of densely packed starry flowers. Even before it blooms in year 2, it makes a lovely foliar rosette, 18” across, with thick-leaved olive-emerald petals edged in rosy-pink. Dies after blooming for several months, but leaves behind tons of seed. Well-drained soil. Accompanied by our favorite habitat garden designer Kate Frey. Sun. Avg./Low water. Monocarpic USDA zones 9-10. #1754 $9.95 3+ $9.50 Agave ‘Blue Glow’ A study in architectural elegance for the dry garden, this hybrid Agave creates a beautifully symmetrical solitary rosette. Chalky blue and edged in red and yellow (with a spiky terminal tip), it’s quite a thrill to see the foliage “glow” when backlit by the sun. Reaching an easy to place 2’ x 3’ in size, group a few for a swell designer-y display or grow in a large container. Benefits from supplemental water during hot, dry Summers. Slow growing, it eventually makes offsets. Hardy to 20-25°F. Deer resistant. Sun/Part sun (hottest areas). Avg./ Low water. Monocarpic succulent USDA zones 9-11. #4281 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Aeonium decorum ‘Sunburst’ Eye-grabbing anywhere you plant it, this Canary Island succulent creates an instant highlight center stage in a rock garden or handsome container. Colorful carousel rosettes up to 16” across, are emerald and creamy yellow with a rose edge, held upright on base-branching stems to 20” tall. Hardy to 25°F, protect during anything chillier than a light frost. Well-drained, porous soil. To 3’ across. Deer resistant. Sun/Part shade in hotter areas. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. #4124 $9.95 3+ $9.50

Stapelia gigantea Thrill your friends with this fascinating and CAREFREE “African Starfish”! With one of the largest flowers in the plant world – to 10”+ across – ochre-yellow blooms are centered and striped in red-maroon. Spineless, mostly upright succulent foliage forms robust clumps. Opening from big, balloon-like buds in late Summer to Fall, mature plants exhibit quite a few flowers at once. Ideal for hanging baskets or pots (shown here in a 10” pot) or as a houseplant, any well-drained soil is fine with a dose of fertilizer during the growing season. Flowers smell pretty foul up close, but a small price to pay for the entertainment value! Drought tolerant. Deer resistant. Hardy to 35°F. Perennial USDA zones 9a-11. #5191 $10.95 3+ $10.50

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Dais cotinifolia Pom-Pom Tree” Delightful, intensely fragrant “pom-poms” burst into mid-Summer bloom on this rare, yet easy and versatile South African shrub/tree. Small enough for patios and limited spaces, it reaches full size in 4-5 years (12’ in coastal CA with a rounded crown), you can prune it into a rounded bushy shrub. In year 2, masses of perfectly round 3” clusters are made up of blushing pink starry flowers. Protect from hard frost the first couple of years. Drought tolerant once established. Fertile well-drained soil. Sun/Part sun. Avg./ Low water. Perennial shrub/Tree USDA zones 9-11. #2862 $10.95 3+ $10.50

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Echium wildpretii “Tower of Jewels” One of the coolest plants we can grow on the West Coast! Otherwordly conical spikes of reddish-pink flowers reach 8’ and are deer proof, bug proof and drought tolerant! Blooms in year 2, but in the meantime you get an impressive 30” across foliar rosette. Loved by hummers, self-sows for years of enjoyment! Poor dry soil ok, but no clay. Sun. Avg./No Summer water. Biennial USDA zones 9-10b. #385 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Brugmansia vulcanicola ‘Suncrest Vulsa’ RARE! Possibly the most lustedafter Brugmansia on the planet, ‘Suncrest Vulsa’ is said to be a cross between B. vulcanicola and B. sanguineum. Exciting 7-9” pin-striped pendulant flaring trumpets open orangey-salmon and color shift to bright salmon-pink. Spectacular in bloom, “Angel’s Trumpets” thrive in areas with both mild Summers and Winters and grow quickly in rich, annually composted, evenly moist soil. Tree-like to 15’ x 10’ and easily pruned shorter. Evergreen. Hummers! Deer resistant. Part sun /Bright shade. Avg. water/Moist. Perennial USDA zones 9-10b. #4975 $12.95 3+ $12.50

NEW! Heliotropium arborescens ‘Alba’ THE most fragrant Heliotrope! More vigorous and longer-lived than the purple and dwarf forms, ‘Alba’ is a true perennial, living for years in part shade and rich, well-drained soil. I love working near this deliciously-scented heirloom, its continuous parade of Spring thru Fall blooms give off a powerful aroma of sweet vanilla, making weeding anywhere nearby a scent-sual thrill! Starry white-flowered 3-4” clusters are displayed from top to bottom on a bushy mound of textured foliage, 30” x 30”. Cut back in Winter and side-dress with compost in early Spring for perfect appearance. Butterflies! Deer resistant! Part sun/Part shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zone 9-11 (protect from frost), annual elsewhere. #2703 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Thunbergia natalensis Beautiful, rare, fast and easy to grow, this South African perennial is popular in its home country, why not here? Mostly unbranched upright stems and attractive rich green heart-shaped leaves create a dense 30” x 3’ shrublet. Conspicuously displayed outside the foliage, plentiful good-sized 3” lavender-blue flowers highlighted by a bright golden-yellow throat appear mid-Spring thru Summer. Happiest in part shade and rich soil, it’s great for creating a dense cover under trees, roses and taller shrubs. We cut ours to the ground in Fall to maintain bushiness next season. Hummingbirds! Part sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. #1816 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Brugmansia sanguinea “Scarlet Angel’s Trumpet” Straight out of Fantasia, surreal 8” long tubular scarlet flowers, striped yellow and blushed lime at the base, appear all Summer on this extraordinary “Angel’s Trumpet”. To 8’ tall, easy and fast! Compost-rich soil keeps it happy. Hummingbird bonanza! Deer resistant! Half day sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-10b. #151 $10.95 3+ $10.50

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Salvia patens “Gentian Sage” The truest BRIGHTEST royal blue in the plant world. Large 2” blooms are a delight to the eye grown in the garden or a container (10+ gal). EASY and best in compost-amended, well-drained soil, “Gentian Sage” grows to only 2’ x 2’ with plentiful upright stems bearing loosely held flowers from Spring to Fall. Peaking in early Summer, you can extend bloom by deadheading and feeding midSummer. Native to central Mexico, it’s so pretty that folks in colder climes grow it as an annual. Storable tubers. Cut back in Fall to 1”. Hummers, butterflies! Deer resistant. Sun/Part sun (hottest areas). Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 8a-10b. Available in May. #931 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Ageratum corymbosum One of the most extraordinary part shade plants we grow! Exotic velvety leaves start out green and turn a sexy dark purple on much-branched stems to form a well-mannered 3’ x 3’ dense form. Bloom-tastic fluffy lavender-blue flower heads to 6” across last for 1-2 months in Spring. After bloom, cut it back to 1’, ply with compost for a second perfect round of bloom! In my home garden (above) it gets AM sun and PM shade and rich, well-drained soil and is now 12 years old! Part shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. #1579 $10.95 3+ $10.50

Lepechinia bella We are so thrilled to introduce this very gorgeous, very rare and deer resistant Salvia relative from Bolivia. Bursting into NEW & bloom mid-Summer EXCLUSIVE! until end of Fall, large 10” sprays of vibrant “cornflower” blue flowers are beautifully presented on numerous upright sturdy stems. The flaring richly colored 2” tubular blooms are a welcome sight for our hummingbird friends during the late season. Multi-branching to 3-4’ tall and wide with pleasing mint-scented quilted 3”long lance-shaped leaves. Do grow in well-drained soil with a 1” side-dress of compost in Spring. We cut ours back to 2’ in Winter to promote best habit next season. Sun (coast)/ Part shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10b. #5072 $10.95 3+ $10.50

Ruellia elegans For something as tropical-looking as this glowing Brazilian-Chilean perennial, I’m amazed at how well it thrives here in cool-Summer NorCal. Super reliable and tough, it gets better and bloomier every year! A long and prolific bloomer, the 2” luminous true red flaring tubular flowers are held upright above a compact clump of bright green foliage from May to frost! To 3’ x 3’ here, it spreads faster in Southern states. Best in rich, well-drained soil. Hummers! Deciduous. Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. #3229 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Hibiscus splendens Exquisite huge blooms appear within 1 year on this rare and very FAST-growing vigorous shrub/small tree from Eastern Australia. Bursting into bloom in early Spring and mid-Summer, the marvelous 6” pin-striped cotton candy pink flowers surround a showy clump of deep crimson anthers – gorgeous! Attractive silvery-green foliage. Though it can grow to 10’ tall – ours reached 8’ x 6' in one year – tip pinch or prune back by 1/3 for best rounded shrub appearance. Tolerates clay-ish soil. Organic fertilizer annually. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial shrub USDA zones 9-10. #2589 $12.95 3+ $12.50 .StrangeWonderfulThings.com

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Salvia involucrata ‘Pink Icicles’ Okay, so the straight species of “Rosebud Sage” was already a stunner with its 5-6” intense magenta bloom spikes topped with a surprising rose-like bud. Now, ‘Pink Icicles’ has upped the ante with soft rosy-pink tubular blooms ornamented with white "lips” and a white terminal “rosebud” – enchanting! An exuberant bloomer just when it’s appreciated – late Summer into Winter at least. Multi-branching to 6’ x 6’, it’s FAST and EASY. Cut to the ground after bloom to keep it bushy; cut it back again in June to keep it even shorter. Compostrich soil. Hummers! Deer resistant! Sun (coast)/Part sun. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones (7b?) 8-11. #5121 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Salvia indica Native to dry, rocky slopes in the Middle East, this rare Sage is happy in infertile, welldraining soil. Low furry gray-green scalloped leaves are topped Spring to Fall with plentiful upright branching 2’ leafless stems. Ornately marked in deep purple and gold, the fetching 2” lavender flowers are nicely displayed in widely-spaced whorls. Can go deciduous in Winter, but not to worry, it returns in Spring. Blooms February thru Summer, cut back for repeat bloom. A bit of compost in Spring makes it go bonkers. Lovely in the dry garden. Hummers! Deer resistant. Sun. Avg./Low water (once established). Perennial USDA zones 9a-10. #4486 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Epiphyllum ‘Monastery Garden’ One of the ultimate gardener’s thrills is seeing your first “Orchid Cactus” flower bloom! Spectacular but easy to grow, this true tropical cactus hybrid stuns with huge 6-8” pink-rose flowers showing a light yellow mid-stripe. Peak bloom is April thru June with multiple blooms displayed at ends of strap-like pendulous thornless stems. Grow Epis in a pot – not too big – they bloom best when crowded and can stay in the same pot for many years. Welldrained soil with light fertilizing, before and after bloom. Bright shade/AM sun only. Moderate water. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. #2773 $12.95 3+ $12.50

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Plectranthus ecklonii Here’s where you can think ahead and plant this wonderful shrub now for Fall bloom. Every year, I always look forward to its abundance of exquisite 1’ blue-purple flower spikes with their long, swooping stamens. Very long-lived and sturdy, it’s a handsome guy even when not in bloom, with a bushy habit and large lush rich green heart-shaped leaves. Easy and fast-growing to 6’ x 4’, cut it back to 10” in Winter for best bushiness next season. Butterflies and hummingbirds! Deer resistant and clay-ish tolerant! Half day sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 8-10. #1861 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Begonia ‘Little Brother Montgomery’ Intensely ornamental, “Little Brother Montgomery” (named for blues artist Eurreal W. Montgomery) may be the showiest Begonia we’ve seen! Veined and edged in purply-blue-bronze, star-shaped leaves are stunningly spattered in brightest silver. Bushy in habit, it can grow up to 4’ in the ground, though it’s prettier pruned to 30”. Or try it in a container, which allows you to bring it indoors if you live in a frosty climate. Grow in rich, well-drained soil and protect from drying wind and sun. Shade/Bright shade. Avg. water/Moist. Perennial USDA zones 9-11. #3929 $9.95 3+ $9.50 Begonia boliviensis ‘Santa Cruz Sunset’ Have you grown this new, hardy Begonia yet? It’s a musthave! More compact and floriferous than the species, it blooms non-stop late Spring thru Fall, easily bearing 100 flaming tangerine-red 3.5” flaring blooms at once. Breathtaking planted 2 or 3 to a large container, it was bred to be heat and sun tolerant, rain proof and drought tolerant once established. Spectacular in a hanging basket. Hummingbirds! Rich, well-drained soil. Tuberous rooted and Winter deciduous. To 2’ x 2’. Sun/AM Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 7b-10. #4187 $9.95 3+ $9.50

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Begonia luxurians “Palm Leaf Begonia” Hailing from the rainforests of Brazil, this marvelous Begonia certainly suggests a palm tree rather than a Begonia. Upright and structural to 8-10’ (can be pruned shorter), “Palm Begonia” develops cool, thick reddish upright canes topped with long cascading glossy finger-like leaves with ruby-copper undersides. Like leafy umbrellas – to 1.5’ across! Spring and Summer bring 5-7” clusters of pretty scented yellow and white flowers on rosy stems. Fertile well-drained soil. Needing some humidity – at least 50%, it loves coastal California. Hardy to USDA zone 9b, it will show some damage with frost. Root-hardy to mid-20’s°F. Happy in large containers. AM sun/Bright shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9b-11. #2438 $12.95 3+ $12.50

Salvia bullulata ‘Pale Form’ The 1st time we’ve seen TURQUOISE blooms on a Salvia! This new introduction from northern Peru astounds with copious and amazing 1.25” whitetipped turquoise sky-blue flowers well-displayed on plentiful and arching wands late Summer thru Winter. What a treasure with a pleasingly bushy 2-3’ x 3’ habit and handsome quilted 2” deep green (and evergreen) leaves. Rich, well-drained soil. Hummers! Deer resistant. Protect from hard frosts. Sun (coast)/Part shade. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 9b-11 (?) #4982 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Salvia oxyphora A favorite here at the nursery and named “Elmo’s Sage” by our propagation folks, this rare Salvia from the Andean foothills of Bolivia boasts, shall we say, the “cutest” clusters of super fuzzy vibrant magenta tubular flowers, 1.5” long with a fat lower lip. Held in dramatic eye-catching chunky calyces, the blooms appear 10-15 on each upright 4-5” spike atop numerous erect stems with pretty, glossy and quilted deep green heart-shaped foliage. Blooming mid-Summer thru Fall, it grows to a multi-branching 4’ x 3’. Gently prune to promote dense, strong branching and stems. Rich soil a must. Nice in large containers (20+ gal). Hummingbird magnet! Best in Part Sun. Regular water. Perennial USDA zones 8a -10b. #5113 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Helleborus orientalis ‘Sparkling Diamond’ Ignore them, neglect them — even abuse them — heroic Hellebores are unbreakable, returning every year in late Winter and early Spring despite clay, snails, heat, cold, deer and drought. ‘Sparkling Diamond’ is one of the heaviest bloomers – I counted 41 simultaneous blooms on a single plant last season. Double, green-eyed lotus-like 3” blooms. Compost yearly. 20” x 30”. Part Sun/Shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #4219 $14.95 3+ $14.50

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Helleborus orientalis ‘Onyx Odyssey’ Double Hellebores make gardeners a wee bit rabid, and double black Hellebores, well - doubly so! Another Marietta O’Byrne treat, this drool-worthy variety features huge 3” blooms sporting 15-20 petals each! Slate purple to near black, pendant blooms hold their color for 3 months or more — wow! Spring foliage is dark purple, too. Considered the best double black variety around. Tough as nails, evergreen, long-lived, clay and drought tolerant and deer resistant. 2’ x 2’. Part sun/Shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #3314 $14.95 3+ $14.50

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Helleborus orientalis ‘Apricot Blush’ From Marietta O’Byrne’s breeding program comes this dishy new Hellebore in tasty shades of peachy apricot! Seed grown variability, so some will sport dark veining, speckling or picotee edging – all lovely! To 20” x 20” with palmlike leathery evergreen foliage, combine with early blooming baby-blue perennial “Forget-Me-Not” Myosotis palustris (p. 45). Like all Hellebores, simple, reliable, CLAY TOLERANT and deer/rabbit resistant. Part sun/Shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #4733 $14.95 3+ $14.50

Helleborus orientalis ‘Peppermint Ice’ Who could resist this to-die-for Hellebore? Bred by Oregon nurserywoman, gardener and breeder Marietta O’Byrne, the 3” double lotus-like blooms are edged in dark pink and delightfully veined and spotted. There’s some variability in shades of pink, but all are stunners! Bonus: the back sides of the petals are rose colored and spotted, too. A vigorous bloomer from late Winter thru Spring – it’s as tough, adaptable and deer resistant as the rest. To 2’ x 2’. Part sun/Shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial USDA zones 5-10. #3283 $14.95 3+ $14.50

Heuchera maxima “Alum Root” My favorite Heuchera! Why? Because it blooms so much and for so long – early Spring into Summer – with cream and soft pink spikes up to 20” and foliage that looks great year-round. Rich green leaves form a dense mound to 14” tall x 30” across. This CA native thrives under oaks and looks best in bright shade to part sun. Drought and CLAY-ISH tolerant but shines with a little water and compost. Deer resistant! Sun/Bright shade. Avg./Low water. Perennial, USDA zones 8-10. #488 $7.95 3+ $7.50 Iris confusa ‘Chengdu’ “Bamboo Iris” Thriving in shade and unfussy about soil, this EASY groundcovering Iris is ideal for that skinny strip alongside your house! Tough and drought tolerant, strappy green leaves spread by rhizomes to fill in a good-sized area. Exquisite vanillascented 2.5” ornate lavender blooms in Spring are displayed on branching stems – up to 75 at a time! Give a dose of compost once a year for loveliest appearance. To 2-3’ tall. Deer resistant! Hardy to 20°F. AM sun/Full shade. Low/High water. Perennial USDA zones 9a-10b. #3657 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Rudbeckia triloba If I could bottle the happy feelings this easy but rarely seen Summer thru Fall bloomer gives off, I would put Prozac out of business! Plentiful cheeriest 2” sunny yellow flowers display spherical jet black “eyes” July thru October. Attractive deep green foliage and upright stems create a dense bushy form 3-5’ tall x 3-4’ wide. Best in rich, loamy soil. We combined ours with red Dahlia coccinea ‘True Wild Form’ (online) – happy-joy! Butterflies and birds. Deer resistant. Self sows! Sun. Avg./Low water (once established). Perennial USDA zones 4-10. #901 $8.95 3+ $8.50

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Rudbeckia hirta ‘Chim Chiminee’ An unexpected surprise is yours when you grow this easy but hard-to-find “BlackEyed-Susan”. Long single or semidouble quilled petals radiate from a large central disc to form extra big blooms to 6” across! In a striking array of colors (and bicolors), from sunny yellow to ruby red, flowers appear July-frost on upstanding, branching stems to 30”. Self-sows freely so you’ll get all the colors – fab in a vase! Rich soil. Great in containers (10+ gal) Butterflies! Sun/Part sun. Avg. water. Short-lived perennial USDA zones 5-10b. #2195 $8.95 3+ $8.50

Rudbeckia hirta 'Sahara' One of the most ebullient bloomers for the Summer-Fall garden, ‘Sahara’ is our favorite new Rudbeckia! GIANT 4-5” fully double flowers in a gorgeous mix of colors including rich merlot (pictured), antique rose, caramel, milk chocolate, coral and copper. Occasionally, a pretty rogue single shows up, but not to worry as it self-sows and you’ll get doubles and all the colors you want. To 24” x 18”, the plentiful blooms are held on strong erect stems from July-Oct. Butterflies and bees and great cut flowers! Excellent in containers (10+ gal). Rich, well-drained soil. Deer resistant! Sun. Avg. water. Short-lived perennial USDA zones 5-10b, annual elsewhere. #5049 $8.95 3+ $8.50 Tithonia rotundifolia ‘The Torch’ Here’s the plant that made me love the color orange! Its common name is “Mexican Sunflower” and it makes a bushy 4’ tall by 3’ wide multi-branched plant with tons of the most intensely orange 4” flowers that butterflies and bees absolutely go nuts over. I love its wonderfully velvet-soft stems. Deadhead or cut for long Summer thru Fall bloom. Composty soil is a must. Tolerates heat like a boss! Cut flowers! Self-sows! Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. #1062 $5.95 3+ $5.50

Lupinus regalis ‘Gallery White’ We adore these prolific Lupines because they don’t wimp out with rust and mildew like the commonly available ‘Russell Hybrids.’ Handsome, palmate leaves create an attractive foliar mound topped by an ongoing display of elegant, pure white, FRAGRANT spikes to 3’ tall and across. Cutting spent spikes keeps new ones coming. Cut back in Winter or anytime to refresh. Side-dress with 1-2” of compost in early Spring and again in Summer for showiest show. Deer resistant. Sun. Avg. water. Perennial USDA zones 4-10a. #2704 $8.95 3+ $8.50 Zinnia elegans ‘Zowie’ Wowie! Utterly festive, semi-double blooms to 4” across appear in carnival tri-colors of magenta, red and gold. Nicely branching to 30” x 30”, these guys are highly MILDEW RESISTANT. Long-blooming for 4 months, they were much admired last year combined with royal blue Salvia cacaliifolia (online), Cosmos ‘Orange’ (online) and Basil ‘Wild Magic’ (p. 15). Rich soil. Butterflies!!! Cut flowers! Sun. Avg. water. Annual. All zones. Available in May. #2419 $5.95 3+ $5.50

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