A pine of distinction, the Ponderosa pine, or Western Yellow Pine, grows to 50m ( 164ft ) but will remain somewhat smaller in most gardens. Long needles and an open branch structure make for an elegant silhouette.
This perennial bears cymes of open bell-shaped lavender-blue flowers on erect, branched stems in summer. Suits an herbaceous border or woodland garden.
This erect deciduous tree has glossy dark green leaves that are strongly veined in furrows and bears small green flowers in umbrella-shaped clusters in the leaf axils. The flowers are followed by blue-black edible berries. Height to 10 meters, but likely smaller in gardens.
This evergreen shrub has leaves with a distinctive metallic sheen. The compact flower trusses, produced in spring, are composed of tubular flowers with spreading lobes to 3.5cm (2 inches) wide and as long. Flower color varies from plant to plant, from rose-purple to pink or white, with some...
This Western North American native was a favourite in Victorian temperate gardens around the world, and is slowly being rediscovered for its simple elegance. This upright deciduous shrub bears tubular pinkish-red flowers in pendent racemes in spring, followed by blue-black fruit. 6 foot...
Deciduous shrub rose native to lower elevations in southern British Columbia. Bears single pink flowers March through July, followed by ovoid, orange hips. Drought-tolerant. Height 4-1/2 feet.
