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Cheerful, sun-loving and easy to grow – what’s not to like? Award-winning British breeder David Tristram (UK) gave the world’s gardeners many lovely varieties in multiple species. These two are probably his best-known and most widely-distributed work.‘Butterfly Blue’ was the Perennial Plant Association’s choice for Perennial Plant of the Year in 2000. ‘Pink Mist’ was bred specifically to keep it company. Both perform best in full sun, and in slightly moist but well-drained soil. Once establ

The name says it all: Pink and sweet like bubblegum, upright and bright like a candle!Bubblegum Candles brings a tasty POP! of color to the sunny garden. Its reblooming character means it keeps its flavor for a long time. Just 8” tall by 10” wide, this diminutive powerhouse bursts in borders and crackles in containers. The explosion of eye-candy color is neatly nestled above toothy, rich green leaves for a delicious show.Bring some sweet temptation to your perennial lineup with Bubblegum C

Lamium maculatum: Please, learn the Latin!Gardeners and designers know Lamium as a lovely shade-friendly ground cover. Retailers despair at its cringe-worthy common name: “Spotted dead nettle.” Try and build a marketing campaign around THAT. By any name, Lamium is a brilliant solution for not-so-bright places. We grow three varieties. All feature silver/green foliage that’s semi-evergreen depending on the severity of winter in your area. All stand just 8” high and are hardy in Zones 3 – 8.L

The word “Low” does not describe the height of this lovely, fragrant perennial. It stands 2½ – 3’, which makes it a good fit mid-border, or even back-of-the-border in smaller settings. It brings a cheerful, informal look to plantings of any size. Rather, the name honors the owner of the Irish garden where ‘Walker’s Low’ originated – where its soft mounds of gray-green foliage and loose spikes of lavender-blue flowers, from late spring well into summer, were first appreciated. ‘Walker’s

Foxglove makes our heart go pit-a-patJust in time for Valentine’s Day, we’ll have fresh crops of all our gorgeous varieties of Digitalis, a.k.a. foxglove, ready to ship. Why is February 14 the perfect time for this particular garden beauty? See “Data and Digressions” below.Let’s forget matters of the heart and get to the heart of the matter. Here are our favorite selections from this traditional genus.Digitalis Arctic Fox RosePP31900Dark, rose-pink trumpets with paler speckled throats bloom from