Large glossy leaves that are colored true to the name! Light green inside dark green outside, just like an avocado! 'Guacamole' has good sun tolerance and the leaf centers will be more gold in summer if planted in more sun.

Very blue huge cupped and twisted foliage on this 18" tall hosta

This cross of coral bell and foamflower has amazing chartreuse foliage with red veins. The plants foliage is enough of a reason to plant it but it does flower too! Grows up to about 18" part to full shade.

Rounded leaves that emerge a metallic rose pink mature to a deep purple pink on a compact Heuchera. Perfect for adding a touch of color in all four season for your shade beds.

Perennial Plant of the Year 2009 Hakone grass is one of our favorite non-native perennials. The deer resistance is fantastic and it brightens up shady spots. Forms a nice spreading clump

This perennial not only has nice soft pink flowers and terrific fall red/orange fall color but an amazing highly aromatic foliage. We like to use it near walkways where even a slight brush up against the foliage will release the fragrance.

Perennial Plant of the Year 2015 Hardy geranium that forms a loose mat of aromatic foliage. The flowers are white with a pink throat and very pale. This geranium blooms in the early summer with sporadic blooms after the heavy flush is finished. 

Sweet woodruff makes a nice groundcover in full to part shade. The foliage has all sorts of uses such as in tea, wine and even in perfume. Grows to 6-12" tall. It can spread aggressively so keep an eye on it. Black walnut tolerant.

An easily grown evergreen - semi evergreen plant in dry sunny areas. Blue green foliage adds a nice touch of color amongst the greens in the garden.

Joe Pye is a great native perennial but it is large. Phantom is a great alternative size it is a dwarf form that only grows to 2-4' tall. Butterflies will thank you for planting some today.

Goldies wood fern is a native fern that thrives in moist shady areas.

This non native fern provides great foliage color in the spring as well as fall. The spring growth is red and the fall is orange red. Grows 12-24" tall and wide in full to part shade.

This hybrid of the native dicentra eximia has cherry red flowers. Nice finely cut grey green foliage stay attractive all summer. Grows 12-18" tall and wide

Perennial Plant of the Year 2006 This mat-forming dianthus flowers profusely in a bright magenta. The flowers are single held on short stems above deep blue foliage. Grows to only6" tall in full sun

This native grass is probably the most tolerant of some shade. Produces handsome drooping seed heads that move in the slightest breeze. Grows 2-5' tall

A great ground cover that thrives in dry shade! Use this as a lawn replacement or plant under trees to keep the weeds out! Fine green foliage that arches beautifully.

Loads of yellow flowers on this cultivar of native baptisia. Flowers start out bright yellow and transform to soft orange. Grows to 48" tall in full to part sun

This fern is a hybrid between the lady fern and Japanese painted fern. The resulting plant has beautiful silver foliage with a nice upright habit. Grows 24-30" tall in full to part shade.

Nice soft pink plumes above blue green foliage that has red highlights. Grows 24-36" tall

A truly unique woodland flowers that almost looks like it belongs somewhere tropical. A single spike of green purplish flowers with a hooded sheath that cover the flowers. Bright red seeds are produced in summer while the rest of the plant goes dormant.

Perennial Plant of the Year 2018 This is truly an award winning perennial! . The plant grows as a compact clump of glossy green strap like foliage and produces bright rosy purple rounded flower clusters above the foliage. Long blooming and deer resistant.

A native herbaceous perennial that can be found growing in rocks, barrens, bluffs, and rocky slopes.