Almost foolproof for shade or part shade, they bloom from late winter to spring, often blooming under the snow as it melts. Our staff can't get enough of this wonderful annual for the borders here at the Arboretum where they use it for foliage fillers and accents, so we thought you might try it out in your own gardens. Grown for its very narrow, glossy, purple-red, leaves and compact habit. Epimedium grandiflorum 'Purple Pixie' Purple Pixie grandiflorum Part to full shade Dr. Lighty's introduction, a good deer-resistant spreader, lavender spring flower with white spurs, elegant foliage. Liatris aspera rough blazing star Full sun Low mounding foliage of this American prairie native erupts in late summer with long flower spikes of lavender tassels.
Goldfinches love the seed.
Yes, a salvia for shade, profuse flowers in August, hairy green foliage spreads politely to form groundcover under shrubs. Salvia nemerosa 'Caradonna' Caradonna sage Full sun German introduction with black stems, lavender flower with green bracts, reblooms when cut back after first flower display. Botanical Name Fragrance Class Characteristics Rosa Autumn Sunset Rich Fragrance Climber Super disease resistance in a climber with warm apricot gold flowers, fragrance and repeat flowering. Rosa 'Blanc Double de Coubert' Very Fragrant Rugosa Angelic flowers of pure white on a very hardy shrub. Shrub Can't find a yellow rose hardy enough, look no further.