Plectranthus

There are many types of plectranthus available, and they are the perfect annuals for the garden or containers.  Here is one of my favorite varieties.

Campanula

Most of the Campanulas are worth growing (although a few are a bit thuggish…) but I love this one for it’s hardiness and attractive foliage.

Magic Carpet Spirea

Spireas are hardy, tough shrubs, and this one has the advantage of having colorful leaves and being small.

Heptacodium

Why aren’t more nurseries selling this small multi-stemmed tree?  It blooms in September, for heaven’s sake, and how many trees do that?

Mini Impatiens

The same dependability as the standard impatiens, but a more delicate bloom.  Now a “must have” in my garden!

Echinacea

Every year more new colors of Echinacea are released, and it’s a good thing.  Buy and plant them all, I say.  Here’s a pink one I’m still fond of.

Bearberry

A must-have native plant for dry situations.  I see this growing in the sand of Cape Cod and the rocky clay of the Berkshires.

Shredded Sumac

When the sun shines through the leaves of this tropical-looking plant, it makes you catch your breath.  And when the sumac is in fall color, you could almost stop breathing, it’s so beautiful.

Red Thread Alternathera

Dark red, tidy, and great texture…I don’t have to say more.

Solidago

It is NOT rag weed I tell you!

Variegated Forsythia

Yellow flowers in the spring and yellow leaves in the summer.  A very pretty and easy shrub.

Corneliancherry Dogwood

Nice shape, early flowers, and the birds like the berries.  What are you waiting for?

Sambucus

There are some wonderful varieties of Elderberry that are available: yellow foliage, purple lacy foliage, variegated foliage…something for everyone!

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