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Native perennial plants are all the rage, and the demand for water-wise, easy-care succulents shows no sign of letting up. Or maybe you're into flowering houseplants. These sizzling sales categories meet beautifully in the genus Lewisia. Like other American flowering phenomena, Lewisia found UK fame sooner than here at home. It is now celebrated on both continents not just as a sturdy water smart garden inhabitant, but also as a low-maintenance flowering house plant. Rosette-shape

This was the Perennial Plant of the Year in 2009 one of only four grasses to stand atop that prestigious podium. Height 18 - 24 Hardy in Zones 5-9 Most ornamental grasses thrive in full sun. But many gardens have areas the sun just can’t find. Must those places remain grassless? Fortunately, no! The shaded landscape can also employ and enjoy the graceful form and movement that only grasses bring. The go-to genus: Hakonechloa, a.k.a. Japanese forest grass. The genus gets its name

This frost tolerant series is bred for long flowering and hardiness. Pollinators and gardeners appreciate the lovely blooms and reblooms that decorate landscapes from spring deep into late summer. Hardy for Zones 5-9, these hybrid Digitalis offer essential winter hardiness for nothern growers and summer-long flowering for southern growers.  These first-year bloomers do not require vernalization. Unlike the biennials, Digitalis purpurea, the perennial hybrids bloom year after year, pr

Lamiastrum g. ‘Herman’s Pride’ is a lovely ground cover that excels even in one of the toughest landscape niches: The dreaded, deep, dry shade. The bright blooms and strong silver highlights proudly brighten shadowy borders. Colorful and sturdy, it spreads slowly, clump by clump, to colonize tricky slopes and other barren places. Hardy in Zones 4 – 8, it stands about a foot tall when in bloom. This interesting, useful plant has two common names., but only

  You'll hit the jackpot with this golden evergreen perennial.  A 2025 Fresh Pick, Lomandra longifolia 'Miner's Gold' PP33984 is noted for exceptional drought tolerance.  Let's dig a little deeper. Compact, refined size and shape. Arching, weeping habit.  Established plants are very drought tolerant.  Masses can be planted in dry, difficult locations.  Coastal friendly.  Tolerates occasional flooding. Hardy for Zones 8-