Anemone tomentosa‘Berkshire Charm’ - Windflower
  Most fall Anemones are only zone 5 hardy, so when Dennis Mareb of Windy Hill Nursery in Great Barrington, MA discovered this seedling, finding it to be hardy in zone 4 (-30F), we were excited! Growing 36-42 în tall, this variety is extremely floriferous, with single pink flowers from late August into late October. It combines well with other plants in the perennial border and is extremely vigorous and reliable.

Sun Exposure: Full to Partial Sun
Cold Hardiness: Zones 4-9
Water and Soil Needs: Plant in well drained soil.

Astrantia major‘Magnum Blush’ - Masterwort
 

Magnum comes from the Latin word magnus, which means great. So what is so great about this plant? The flowers are almost twice the size of the usual Masterwort! From June-July, very large pink buds open to ivory flowers that have a pink blush. Like all Astrantia it makes a great cut flower, as the showy bracts last about 2 weeks in the vase. It grows 2-3í tall. It's perfect, mixed with Astilbes, in moist woodland gardens.

Sun Exposure: Partial Sun
Cold Hardiness: Zone 5-7
Water and Soil Needs: Plant in moist but well drained soil.

Athyrium filix-femina‘Cruciato-cristatum’ - Lady Fern
 

Formerly called ‘Dre’s Dragon’, this Victorian variety was rediscovered by Angelo Randaci. The thin, deep green fronds are unusually crisscrossed and come to a narrow point that terminates with a small crest, which grows through the season. The architectural effect of the fronds is quite spectacular. Easy to grow in shade or morning sun in rich soils, it grow 18-24” tall.

Sun Exposure: Partial Sun
Cold Hardiness: Zones 4-9
Water and Soil Needs: Plant in moist, well drained soil that is high in organic matter.

Carex siderosticha‘Banana Boat’ - Sedge
 

Day-O! Harry Belafonte would like this. The brightly variegated chartreuse-yellow foliage looks like a boat full of bananas. This species of Carex has the widest leaf blade of the genus. Plants slowly spread by rhizomes and are deciduous and grow well in semi-shade to about 10” tall. The foliage makes a nice contrast with Heucheras.

Sun Exposure: Partial Shade/Sun
Cold Hardiness: Zones5-9
Water and Soil Needs: Plant in average, moderately moist, well drained soil.

Coreopsis grandiflora‘Calypso’ - Tickseed
 

As lively as the Caribbean music, the variegated foliage is syncopated with creamy yellow margins. Golden yellow flowers bloom in June and have a ring of small red blotches framing a large yellow center. It grows 15-18” tall and often re-blooms late in the season if it is deadheaded. For a tropical treat, combine it with brightly colored grasses such as Imperata ‘Red Baron’.

Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Cold Hardiness: Zones 5-9
Water and Soil Needs: Plant in well drained soil..

Corydalis quantmeyerana‘Chocolate Star  - Rock Harlequin
 

An exciting new variety with unique, slightly serrated, chocolate brown foliage and lovely white flowers that bloom from June to August. Grows 9-15” tall.

Sun Exposure: Full to Partial Sun
Cold Hardiness: Zones 5–8
Water and Soil Needs: Plant in well drained, gritty, lime-enriched (alkaline) soil.

Digitalis‘Spice Island’ PPAF - Foxglove
 

A remarkable new hybrid Foxglove bred by amateur breeder Heather Wilson of England, who wanted to create the same beautiful colored flowers of Isoplexis canariensis, but wanted a Foxglove that was both hardy and perennial. The result of nine years of hybridization, D. ‘Spice Island’, has peachy-yellow flowers, dusted with nutmeg, presented on numerous, 2-3’ tall spikes branching from the base of the plant. Differs from other foxgloves with evergreen, glossy, dark green, lanceolate leaves. A stiff, upright habit with good branching, blooming repeatedly, June to September.

Sun Exposure: Full to Partial Sun
Cold Hardiness: Zones 3–8

Water and Soil Needs: Plant in well drained soil..

   
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