ACANTHUS - Bear's Breeches

Large, deeply cut leaves. Full sun to part shade. Well drained soil. Propagate by seed or by division in early autumn or spring. A. spinosus is hardy here in zone 6, Mollis lives in our greenhouse in the winter.

• Acanthus mollis 'Tasmanian Angel'

• Acanthus mollis 'Tasmanian Angel' bloom

• Acanthus spinosus bloom

• Acanthus spinosus 'Variegata'

ACHILLEA - Yarrow

Fernlike foliage and large, usually platelike flower heads mainly in summer.
Flower heads may be dried for winter. Best in a sunny, well-drained
site. Propagate by division in early spring or
fall or by softwood cuttings in early summer.

• Achillea 'Apple Blossom'

• Achillea 'Coronation Gold'

• Achillea 'Heidi'

• Achillea millefolium 'Hoffnung'

• Achillea 'Oertel's Rose'

• Achillea 'Paprika'

• Achillea 'Wonderful Wampee'

ACONITUM - Monkshood

• Aconitum

• Aconitum bloom

AGASTACHE

• Agastache with gold leaves

ALCEA - Hollyhocks

Old fashioned flowers, full sun, nice and tall. These photos are all of unnamed
varieties grown from seed from a red flowered plant.

• Alcea rosea 1

• Alcea rosea 2

• Alcea rosea 3

• Alcea rosea 4

  

• Alcea rosea 5

• Alcea rosea 6

• Alcea rosea 7

• Alcea rosea 8

ALLIUM - Onions

Most have narrow, basal leaves which smell like onions when crushed.
Most have small flowers packed together umbel.
Open sunny location and well-drained soil.
Plant bulbs in autumn.

• Allium moly

• Allium senescens 'Glauca'

• Allium 'Star of India'

  

• Allium 'Waldo Webb'

ALOCASIA - Elephant Ears

• Alocasia 'Chicago Harlequin'

ALSTROEMERIA

• Alstroemeria 'Glory of the Andes'

• Alstroemeris 'Margaret'

AMORPHOPHALLUS

Known for their huge and dramatic but foul smelling spathes. Fertilization is
by flies who mistake the plant for rotting meat. Most of these like
shade, but some will grow in full sun.
A lot of these are tropical, but if you look, not even all that hard, you'll find a
number that are winter hardy, at least to zone 6.

• Amorphophalus 'Konjac'

• Amorphophalus typhonium venosum

• Amorphophallus 'Voodoo'

ANCHUSA

Full sun to light shade. Self seeds. Blooms mid-summer until frost.

• Anchusa azurea 'Dropmore'

ANEMONE

Spring flowering. Sun or shade.

• Anemone de Caen (red)

• Anemone de Caen (blue)

• Anemone nemorosa

ANEMONELLA

Fully hardy. Likes a sheltered, semi-shady spot with rich, well-drained but moist soil.

• Anemonella thalictroides

ANEMONOPSIS

• Anemonopsis macrophylla

AQUILEGIA - Columbine

Clump forming perennial with mainly bell-shaped, spurred flowers spring and summer.
Full sun to light shade.
These cross freely, so if you grow several
you may find a new color in your garden.

• Aquiliegia Ken's Blue and White

• Aquilegia 'Songbird Cardinal'

• Aquilegia canadensis 'ECOS' - wild form from Michigan

• Aquilegia 'Woodside Strain'

• Aquilegia with yellow flowers

ARISAEMA - Jack-in-the-Pulpits

• Arisaema amurense

• Arisaema consanguineum

• Arisaema griffithii

• Arisaema kishidae 'Patterned Leaf'

• Arisaema mayabarae

• Arisaema ringens

• Arisaema sikokianum

• Arisaema ternatipartitum

• Arisaema tortuosum

• Arisaema triphyllum

ARTEMESIA

A large family of perennials and spreading dwarf sub-shrubs and shrubs, some evergreen.
Grown for their fernlike mostly silvery foliage.
Open, sunny, well-drained location.

• Artemesia abrotanum

• Artemesia 'Oriental Limelight'

• Artemesia 'Powis Castle'

ARUM

Tuberous perennials grown for their ornamental leaves and attractive spathes,
each enclosing a pencil-shaped spadix of tiny flowers.
Sun to part shade, moist but well drained soil.

• Arum italicum

• Arum italicum 'Pictum'

ASARUM - Ginger

Rhizomatous perennials, some evergreen, with pitcher-shaped flowers
carried under kidney or heart shaped leaves. Good ground cover.
Prefers shade and humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil. Self seeds readily.

• Asarum canadensis

• Asarum canadensis bloom

• Asarum europaeum

  

• Asarum shuttleworthii

• Asarum shuttleworthii bloom

• Asarum splendens

• Asarum takaoi 'Galaxy'

ASCLEPIAS - Milkweeds

Grown for it's flowers. Stems exude a milky white latex when cut.
Sun and humus-rich well-drained soil.

• Asclepias physocarpa

• Asclepias physocarpa seed pods

• Asclepias physocarpa flowers

ASTER

Daisy like flower heads that bloom in late summer and fall. Sun to part shade. Tall types may need staking.

• Aster patens 'Slatey Blue'

ASTILBE

Summer flowering. Light shade. Some make good dried flowers. Rich moist soil. Propogate by seed or division, but doesn't especially like to be disturbed.

• Astilbe 'Peach Blossom'

• Astilbe 'Amethyst'

• Astilbe 'Sprite'

ASTRANTIA - Masterwort

Sun or semi-shade and well drained soil.

• Astrantia 'Sunningdale Variegated'

  

BALLOTA

Grown for both foliage and flowers. Requires well-drained soil and full sun. Propagate by cuttings.

• Ballota nigra 'Archer's Variety'

BAPTISIA

Summer flowering. Fully hardy. Full sun and deep, well-drained soil, preferably neutral to acid. Best not disturbed once planted.

• Baptisia australis

• Baptisia 'Carolina Moonlight'

  

BEGONIA

Mostly not hardy, with the exception of only a few. Grown for flowers and a wonderful assortment of colored leaves.

• Begonia evansiana

• Begonia evansiana 'Alba'

• Begonia semperflorens 'Charm'

BLETILLA - Hardy Orchid

Deciduous, terrestrial orchid, half hardy zones 5-8. Flowers in late spring. Needs shade in summer.

• Bletilla striata

• Bletilla striata 'Alba'

• Bletilla striata 'Albostriata'

  

• Bletilla with yellow bloom

BOCCONIA - Plume Poppy (also called Macleaya)

Summer flowering, sun to light shade. cordata is tall - 5 or 6 feet. Zones 4-9

• Bocconia cordata

BORAGO

• Borago officinalis

BRUNNERA

Spring flowering - you can't miss those bright blue flowers.
Light shade and moist soil are preferred.

• Brunnera 'Jack Frost'

• Brunnera langtrees

• Brunnera langtrees bloom

• Brunnera 'Looking Glass'

• Brunnera macrophylla 'Variegata'

• Brunnera 'Silver Wings'

CALANTHE - Orchids

Deciduous, terrestrial. These are quite hardy here in zone 6. Spring to early summer bloom.

• Calanthe discolor

• Calanthe tricarinata

• Calanthe tricarinata bloom

CALLUNA - Heath

Evergreen, bushy shrub. Zones 5-7. Blooms late summer through fall.

• Calluna vulgaris 'Blazeaway'

  

• Calluna vulgaris 'Winter chocolate'

CAMPANULA

• Campanula 'Wedding Bells'

CANNA

• Canna 'Cleopatra'

CASSIA

The one which grows here dies back to the ground each winter. Bright yellow, pea-like flowers
in summer. Best in full sun, but will tolerate light shade.

• Cassia hebecarpa

CENTAUREA - Bachelor's Buttons or Knapweed

A group consisting of annuals and perennials with thistle-like flowers. LIkes sun and any well-drained soil, even poor soil. Some varieties can be quite invasive while others are very well behaved.

• Centaurea 'Gold Bullion'

CERASTIUM

• Cerastium tomentosum

CHELONE - Turtlehead

Semi-shade and moist soil. Blooms in late summer.

• Chelone obliqua

CHRYSANTHEMUM

Fall blooming, best in full sun. Pinch back at tips until mid-summer to keep plant neat.

• Chrysanthemum parthenium

• Chrysanthemum 'Sheffield Pink'

CIMICIFUGA - Bugbane

Fully hardy, light shade, moist soil. Those with taller bloomscapes may need staking, though ours have not needed it so far.

• Cimicifuga ramosa 'Brunette'

• Cimicifuga ramosa 'Brunette' bloom

COCHLEARIA - Horseradish

Sun to light shade. Mature plants can have a piece of root harvested to grate
and mix with vinegar for a condiment.

• Cochlearia amoracia 'Variegata'

  

COLCHICUM

Autumn flowering here with crocus-like flowers. Open, sunny location in well-drained soil.

• Colchicum cilicium

• Colchicum 'Lilac Wonder'

CONVALLARIA - Lily of the Valley

Spring flowering. Prefers partial shade. Any soil, but prefers humus-rich, moist soil.
Flowers can be white or pink
Leaves can be plain, edged or striped.

• Convallaria 'Albostriata'

• Convallaria Variegata

COREOPSIS - Tickseed

Daisy-like flowers. Full sun in fertile, well-drained soil.

• Coreopsis 'Goldfink'

• Coreopsis 'Tequila Sunshine'

CORYDALIS

Spring and summer flowering with spurred, two lipped flowers. Divided, fern-like leaves. Full sun to light shade, depending on variety.

• Corydalis 'Blue Panda'

• Corydalis cheilanthifolia

• Corydalis lutea

• Corydalis ophiocarpa

• Corydalis scouleri

• Corydalis solida

• Corydalis 'Beth Evans'

• Corydalis solida 'G. P. Baker'

CRESS - Cressy - got to find the Latin for this one

• Cress Variegated

CROCOSMIA - Montbretia

Brightly colored flowers in summer - reds, oranges and yellows. Sword-like, erect leaves. Needs well-drained soil and an open, sunny location.

• Crocosmia 'Lucifer'

CROCUS

• Crocus sativus - Saffron Crocus

CYCLAMEN

Well-drained soil in sun to part shade.

• Cyclamen hederifolium

CYPRIPEDIUM

• Cypripedium reginae

DARMERA - Umbrella Plant

Sun or shade. Requires moist soil.

• Darmera peltata

DELOSPERMA - Ice Plant

Succulent. Requires full sun and very well drained soil. Any dampness in the winter will kill them even though they are zone hardy here.

• Delosperma floribunda 'Starburst'

DELPHINIUM

Fully to half-hardy. LIkes Sun adn fertile or rich, well-drained soil. Lots of these have gorgeous blue flowers.

• Delphinium bellamosum

DIANTHUS - Pinks or Carnations

Narrowly lance-shaped, silvery or grey-green leaves. Clump forming. Good for cut flowers. Zones 4-8. Flower summer through fall.

• Dianthus 'Heart Attack'

• Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Tiny Rubies'

  

• Dianthus petraeus 'Moeanus'

• Dianthus 'Telstar Picotee'

DICENTRA - Bleeding Hearts

Semi-shade, humus-rich, well drained but moist soil. Elegant sprays of pendant, mostly heart shaped flowers.

• Dicentra exima

• Dicentra 'Spring Magic'

• Dicentra spectabilis

• Dicentra spectabilis 'Alba'

• Dicentra spectabilis 'Gold Heart'

DIGITALIS - Foxglove

Biennials and perennials. Most self-seed freely. Will grow most anywhere, but are best in semi-shade and moist but well-drained soil.

• Digitalis

• Digitalis purpurea alba

• Digitalis 'Helen of Troy'

• Digitalis grandiflora

DISPOROPSIS

• Disporopsis arisanensis

• Disporopsis perneyi

• Disporopsis perneyi 'Bill Baker Form'

DISPORUM - Fairy Bells

Spring or early summer flowering. Cool, semi-shaded location in humus-rich soil.

• Disporum sesile 'Tweety'

• Disporum sesile 'Variegata'

DODECATHEON - Shooting Star

Spring and summer flowering. Dormant after flowering. Sun to part shade and moist, well-drained soil.

• Dodecatheon dentatum

DRACUNCULUS

• Dracunculus vulgaris

ECHINACEA - Coneflower

Flowering summer through frost. Sun and humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil.

• Echinacea purpurea

  

• Echinacea 'Sparkler'

• Echinacea 'Sunrise'

• Echinacea 'Sunset'

• 'White Dove'

EOMECON - Snow Poppy

Genus of one species. Spreads by underground runners. Sun to light shade. Long, palmate, greyish leaves. Flowers randomly spring through fall. Invasive, but easily controlled.

• Eomecon chionanthus

EPHEDRA

Ground cover. Full sun. Dry soil.

• Ephedra minima

EPIMEDIUM

Delicate airy flowers in spring. Some varieties are evergreen here. Partial shade in humus-rich, moisture retentive but well-drained soil.

• Epimedium acuminatum

• Epimedium brachyrhizum

• Epimedium diphyllum 'Variegatum'

• Epimedium diphyllum 'Variegatum'

• Epimedium grandiflorum 'Dark Beauty'

• Epimedium grandiflorum 'Dark Beauty' new foliage

• Epimedium grandiflorum 'La Rocialle'

• Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee'

• Epimedium grandiflorum 'Mizuhomuza'

• Epimedium grandiflorum 'Pierre's Purple'

  

• Epimedium grandiflorum 'Purple Prince'

• Epimedium grandiflorum 'Rubin Krone'

• Epimedium grandiflorum 'Saxton's Purple

• Epimedium grandiflorum var. 'Higoense'

• Epimedium grandiflorum var. 'Violaceum'

• Epimedium grandiflorum 'Violeticum Variegata'

• Epimedium leptorrhizum

• Epimedium pinnatum colchicum

• Epimedium rubigorum

• Epimedium shizuka gozeni

• Epimedium stellulatum 'Long Leaf Form'

• Epimedium sutchienense

• Epimedium warleyense

  

• Epimedium warleyense 'Ellen Wilmot'

• Epimedium x 'Asiatic Hybrid'

• Epimedium x 'Beni Yoshima'

• Epimedium x 'Beni Yoshima' (new foliage)

• Epimedium x 'Black Sea'

• Epimedium x 'Cantabrigiense'

• Epimedium x 'Flamingo Dancer'

• Epimedium x 'Hot Lips'

• Epimedium x 'Koharu'

• Epimedium x 'Orange Queen'

  

• Epimedium x 'Pink Elf'

• Epimedium x rubrum 'Sweetheart'

• Epimedium x 'Sakura Maru'

• Epimedium x versicolor 'Neo-Sulphureum'

• Epimedium x 'Yokihi

• Epimedium x youngianum 'Beni Kujaku'

EQUISETUM - Horsetails - Scouring Rush

3 kinds grow here, sun or shade. moist or dry. All spread by underground runners.

• Equisetum arvense

• Equisetum hyemale

• Equisetum trisenales

EREMURUS - Foxtail Lily

• Eremurus

ERYNGIUM - Sea Holly

Sun and fertile, well-drained soil.

• Eryngium yuccafolium 'Kershaw Blue'

• Eryngium yuccafolium 'Kershaw Blue' bloom

ERYSINUM

Needs sun and well-drained soil.

• Erysinum linifolium 'Variegatum'

EUPATORIUM

Full sun to light shade. Not too picky about location. Self seeds freely. The variegated variety we grow comes true from seed.

• Eupatorium aromaticum 'Jocius' Variegated'

EUPHORBIA - Spurge

Flower heads are composed of cup-shaped bracts. Sun to part shade in moist, but well-drained soil.

• Euphorbia cyparissias

• Euphorbia dulcis 'Chameleon'

• Euphorbia 'Jessie'

FILIPENDULA - Meadowsweet

Spring and summer flowering. Full sun, except for Aurea which likes light shade. Moist, even boggy soils will make some of these happy, especially rubra.

• Filipendula kamtschatensis (bloom)

• Filipendula rubra

• Filipendula ulmaria 'Aurea'

  

• Filipendula ulmaria 'Variegata'

FOENICULUM - Fennel

• Foeniculum vulgare

FRAGARIA - Strawberries

Low growing, spreads by runners, mostly like sun.

• Fragaria 'Pink Panda'

• Fragaria 'Variegata'

GAILLAIRDIA

• Gallairdia

GALIUM - Bedstraw

Spring and summer flowering. Does well in partial shade but will tolerate sun. Thrives in any well-drained soil.

• Galium verum

GAULTHERIA - Wintergreen

Shiny green leaves, white to pink flowers and red fruit. Shade or semi-shade and a moist, peaty, acid soil.

• Gaultheria procumbens

GAURA

Summer flowering, sometimes short-lived perennial. Full sun and light, well-drained soil.

• Gaura 'Siskiyou Pink'

GERANIUM - Cranesbill

Some like sun and others light shade. Will grow in any but waterlogged soil.

• Geranium 'Jolly Bee'

• Geranium maculatum

• Geranium phaeum 'Margaret Wilson'

• Geranium x oxoniamum 'Katherine Adele'

GEUM

Summer flowering. Full sun. Moist but well-drained soil.

• Geum

• Geum 'Eos'

HELIANTHUS - Sunflowers

Summer and fall flowering. Most have large, daisy-like, mostly yellow flowerheads. Sun and well-drained soil.

• Helianthus

• Ukranian sunflower

HELLEBORUS - Christmas Rose or Lenten Rose

Many are evergreen, new leaves coming after flowering in spring. Excellent for woodlands. Semi-shade and moisture retentive, well-drained soil.

• Helleborus cyclophyllus

• Helleborus 'Eric Smithii'

• Helleborus 'Eric Smithii' bloom

• Helleborus foetidus (buds)

• Helleborus foetidus bloom

• Helleborus Heronswood Double

  

• Helleborus 'Mellow Yellow'

• Helleborus multifidus

• Helleborus odorus

• Helleborus Picotee Double

• Helleborus Pine Knott Double

• Helleborus Pine Knott Double

• Helleborus Pine Knott Bicolor

• Helleborus Pine Knott Yellow

• Helleborus Red Lady Strain

• Helleborus sternii

• Helleborus thibetanus

• Helleborus variegatus

  

• Helleborus viridis

• Helleborus viridis ssp. occidentalis

HEUCHERA - Coral Bells or Alumroot

Evergreen, summer flowering perennials which form large clumps over time. Semi-shade and moisture retentive but well-drained soil.

• Heuchera 'Amber Waves'

• Heuchera 'Beaujolais'

• Heuchera 'Blackout'

• Heuchera 'Caramel'

• Heuchera 'Checkers'

• Heuchera 'Cinnabar Silver'

• Heuchera 'Dale's Strain'

• Heuchera 'Dark Secret'

  

• Heuchera 'Eco Magnifolia'

• Heuchera 'Frosted Violet'

• Heuchera 'Ginger Ale'

• Heuchera 'Kassandra'

• Heuchera 'Lime Rickey'

• Heuchera 'Mardi Gras'

• Heuchera 'Marmalade'

• Heuchera 'Obsidion'

• Heuchera 'Palace Purple'

• Heuchera 'Petite Pearl Fairy'

  

• Heuchera 'Pistache'

• Heuchera 'Plum Pudding'

• Heuchera 'Ring of Fire'

• Heuchera 'Silver Veil'

• Heuchera 'Smokey Rose'

• Heuchera 'Snow Angel'

• Heuchera 'Sunspot'

• Heuchera 'Tara'

• Heuchera 'Tiramisu'

HIBISCUS

Full sun to light shade. These all die back over winter. Cut back dead stems
in fall or early spring. Will grow in wet soil.

• Hibiscus 'Angelique'

• Hibiscus 'Ann Arundel'

• Hibiscus 'Blue River 2'

• Hibiscus coccineus

• Hibiscus 'Crown Jewels'

• Hibiscus 'Davis Creek'

• Hibiscus 'Fantasia'

• Hibiscus 'Fireball'

• Hibiscus 'Flare Red'

  

• Hibiscus 'Flyer'

• Hibiscus grandiflorus

• Hibiscus grandiflorus bloom

• Hibiscus 'Kopper King'

• Hibiscus 'Lady Baltimore'

• Hibiscus laevis

• Hibiscus 'Lord Baltimore'

• Hibiscus 'Nacadoces River'

• Hibiscus 'Old Yella'

• Hibiscus 'Peppermint Schnapps'

• Hibiscus 'Pink Dinner Plate'

• Hibiscus 'Plum Crazy'

• Hibiscus 'Raspberry Rose'

• Hibiscus 'Santa Fe'

• Hibiscus 'Southern Belle'

  

• Hibiscus 'Southern Belle' (red)

• Hibiscus 'Southern Belle' (rose)

• Hibiscus 'Southern Belle'

• Hibiscus 'Swamp Angel'

• Hibiscus 'Sweet Caroline'

• Hibiscus 'Turn of the Century'

HOUTTEYNEA

Another genus of one species. Marginal water or garden plant. Spreads by rhizomes. Can be invasive. Semi-shade and moist soil. Insignificant white flowers.

• Houtteynia cordata 'Variegata'

HYDRASTIS - Goldenseal

• Hydrastis canadensis

  

HYMENOCALLIS - Peruvian Daffodil

• Hymenocallis narcissiflora

HYPERICUM -St. John's Wort

• Hypericum 'Brigadoon'

IBERIS - Candytuft

• Iberis sempervirens

IMPATIENS

Omeiana is perennial here and capensis is self seeding. Light to heavy shade and moist but not waterlogged soil. Fall blooming with dangling flowers that look like goldfish.

• Impatiens capensis - Jewelweed

• Impatiens omeiana

  

• Impatiens omeiana bloom

JEFFERSONIA

• Jeffersonia diphylla

KALIMERIS

• Kalimeris yomena 'Fuji'

• Kalimeris bloom

KERRIA

Showy yellow flowers. Sun to light shade and fertile, well-drained soil.

• Kerria japonica 'Variegata'

KIRENGESHOMA

Summer flowering. Light shade, in deep, moist, lime-free soil.

• Kirengishoma koreana

  

• Kirengeshoma koreana bloom

KNIPHOFIA - Red Hot Poker

• Kniphofia uvaria

LAMIASTRUM

Good ground cover for shade with yellow flowers.

• Lamiastrum 'Hermann's Pride'

LAMIUM - Deadnettle

Good ground cover for shade. Resents winter 'wet feet'.

• Lamium album 'Friday'

• Lamium 'Anne Greenway

• Lamium 'Beacon Silver'

• Lamium 'Beedham's White'

• Lamium 'Helene Dohr'

  

• Lamium 'Red Nancy'

LAVENDULA - Lavender

Evergreen. Summer flowering with grey-green leaves. Full sun and very well drained soil.

• Lavender 'Grosso'

• Lavender 'Edelweiss'

LEUCOSEPTRUM

Fall blooming. Light shade. Well-drained soil.

• Leucoseptrum japonicum 'Golden Angel'

• Leucoseptrum stillipilum 'October Moon'

• Leucoseptrum stellipilum

• Leucoseptrum stellipilum variegatum

LIGULARIA

Daisy-like flowers. Best here in shade and moist but well-drained soil. Will need extra water in a dry summer.

• Ligularia 'Britt Marie Crawford'

• Ligularia 'Britt Marie Crawford' (blooms)

• Ligularia dentatum bloom

• Ligularia japonica

• Ligularia japonica bloom

• Ligularia 'Leopard'

• Ligularia 'Osiris Fantaisie'

• Ligularia tussilaginea 'Cristata'

LILIUM - True Lilies

Summer flowering. Sun to light shade.
Highly scented, mostly large flowers.

• Lilium 'Black Beauty'

• Lilium 'Casa Blanca'

• Lilium citronella

• Lilium 'Gold Band'

• Lilium 'Leslie Woodriff'

• Lilium 'Muscadet'

• Lilium 'Uchida'

LIMONIUM - Statice

• Limonium latifolium

LIRIOPE - Lilyturf

Good ground cover. Evergreen. Sun and well-drained soil.

• Liriope muscari 'Gold Band'

• Liriope muscari 'Big Blue'

• Liriope muscari 'John Burch'

• Liriope muscari 'Okina'

  

• Liriope muscari 'Peedee Ingot'

• Liriope muscari 'Variegata'

• Liriope spicata 'Ever Blue'

• Liriope spicata 'Silver Dragon'

LOBELIA

Sun and moist but well-drained soil. Likes to be at the water's edge, but not in water. Doesn't like wet feet in the winter.

• Lobelia cardinalis

LYCHNIS

Sun and well-drained soil.

• Lychnis chalcedonida

• Lychnis coronaria

• Lychnis coronata 'Orange Sherbet'

LYCORIS

• Lycoris sprengeri 'Tie Dye'

• Lycoris squamerigera (Neked Ladies)

LYSICHITON - Skunk Cabbage

Marginal water or bog plants with handsome spathes and mostly glossy green foliage. Early spring blooming. Prefers sun. Will grow in still or running water.

• Lysichiton camtschatcensis

LYSIMACHIA - Loosestrife

Such a large group that it's hard to generalize as some are tall,
some groundcovers (see the groundcovers section for those),
some need full sun and other full shade.
Some will even grow into the edge of a pond or bog.

• Lysimachia clethroides 'Geisha'

• Lysimachia punctata 'Alexander'