This clematis’ lavender-blue petals dangle from long flower stems, which look like ballerina skirts floating in the air.
This perennial has small, scalloped bronze-red leaves that form a durable, evergreen, succulent, weed-smothering groundcover.
Frame this shrub with other shade-loving plants like hosta, epimedium and ferns. (Richie Steffen)
Himalayan cobra lily is a tall-growing summer bulb with a tuft of leaflets at the top resembling a palm tree.
The best of the purpleleaf elders, this robust shrub retains its deep burgundy-purple foliage color from spring to fall.
Many gardeners grow this acanthus for their foliage alone, although the flowers are also quite nice.
This dogwood is covered in star-shaped flowers that open lime green and quickly change to a creamy white.
This iris features white, mint and green variegated foliage and dark purple flowers on long stems.
This large hybrid named after Jimmy Dyce adds a bold and elegant look to shaded gardens.
This small tree gets its common name from its bright lemon-yellow foliage that dazzles in springtime.
This primrose can naturalize, but it is best to start with more than one to insure pollination and seed set.
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This tulip is cold hardy and, unlike most tulips, it doesn’t need an extended “cold period” to bloom.
This easy-to-grow plant emerges in spring with leaves that are mottled chocolate, green and mint in color.
This perennial has multitudes of dainty magenta flowers with white-tipped spurs that hover above colorful leaflets.
This magnolia features strap-like petals that drape over branches and quiver in the slightest breeze.
This vine gets its name from the small pure-white flowers that cover it like a sudden snow flurry.
This Daphne’s rosy-pink flower buds open to white, sweetly fragrant flowers in March.
The lily-of-the-valley shrub is smothered in snow-white flowers around this time of year.
The conifer’s needles are olive in color most of the year, but often take on bronze or purple highlights in wintertime.