Athyrium filix-femina

 Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern) is a lovely deciduous fern forming a large rosette of upright to arching, lacy, lance-shaped, fresh-green fronds. The stems are generally green but sometimes display a very interesting red hue. Fast-growing, this fern is easy to grow and perfect for filling gaps between shrubs or under trees. Low maintenance, pest and disease free.

• Clump-forming, it easily grows up to 1-3 ft. tall (30-90 cm) and 12-30 in. wide (30-75 cm). This plant naturalizes well and can form great colonies if happy.
• Recipient of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society for its outstanding qualities
• A part to full shade lover, it is best grown in fertile, humus-rich, medium moisture, well-drained soils. Do not allow the soil to dry out. More tolerant of drier soils than most other ferns. Will tolerate full sun, if consistent moisture is provided. Provide a sheltered location.
• This plant is a great choice for shady beds, borders, underplanting of shrubs, cottage gardens, woodlands, rain gardens, or along streams, ponds, or water gardens.
• Rabbit, deer, clay, and wet soil tolerant!
• Dead or damaged fronds may be removed as necessary.
• Propagate by sowing spores in mid to late summer or by division in spring
• Native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere

Cotoneaster dammeri (Bearberry Cotoneastea)

Bearberry Cotoneaster, Cotoneaster humifusa, Cotoneaster humifusus

Cotoneaster dammeri (Bearberry Cotoneaster) is a vigorous, dense, evergreen shrub with trailing stems studded with small, leathery, glossy, rounded, dark green leaves. The foliage turns reddish-bronze or purplish in winter before becoming green again in spring. Small, 5-petaled, white flowers adorned with purple anthers are produced in late spring to early summer. They are followed by brilliant berries, which ripen to bright red in the fall and persist through.

• Full sun to partial shade lover.
• It is easily grown in dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils.
• Excellent ground cover, perfect for banks and slopes (erosion control), as edging in front of beds or borders, rock gardens or cascading over walls.
• Native to China.
• Fruit may cause mild stomach upset if ingested

Sedum 'Herbstfreude' ('Autumn Joy')

Stonecrop 'Herbstfreude', Sedum 'Autumn Joy', Hylotelephium spectabile 'Indian Chief', Sedum spectabile 'Autumn Joy', Sedum spectabile 'Herbstfreude', Sedum spectabile 'Indian Chief', Sedum 'Indian Chief'

Award-winner Sedum 'Herbstfreude' or 'Autumn Joy' in English is probably one of the best of all border sedums. Vigorous, hardy, carefree, good-looking, with a season of interest lasting more than 6 months from early summer until well into winter, who could resist?

• Twice granted the Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society 
• Easy to grow, this standout perennial forms a 2 feet tall and wide (60 cm) clump of thick, fleshy blue-green foliage topped with flower buds resembling broccoli. Gradually, these densely clustered buds will reveal tiny, star-like soft raspberry pink flowers in mid to late summer, which will softly change to rich rose and then coppery-rust in the fall as they die.
• Both foliage and dead inflorescences will remain attractive through winter, providing some additional interest.
• Provides color and contrast to beds, borders or rock garden at a time when most plants have stopped blooming. Effective when planted  masse or in groups.
• Best grown in full sun, in average, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils. Tolerates very light shade and poor soils.
• Flowers are attractive to bees, hummingbirds and butterflies and excellent as cut flowers.
• Drought and heat tolerant once established, it is disease resistant!
• Deer resistant
• Low maintenance, this Sedum forgives neglect!

Members of the genus Hylotelephium, border sedums are essential beauties for the late season garden and deserve a spot in gravel gardens. Undemanding, not aggressive, with fleshy, drought resistant foliage and lovely domed flowerheads packed with a profusion of tiny starry flowers, opening to white, pink or red blossoms in late summer or early fall, they are a popular attraction to butterflies. They look particularly attractive with Asters, Solidago (Ornamental Golden rods), Boltonias and Ornamental Grasses. Standing for months, their faded flowers and seed heads provide a colorful display in late fall and winter, even under snow caps. There are hundreds of Hylotelephium cultivars and hybrids to pick from. Which one will be yours?

Rosa Scarlet Meidiland

Rosa Scarlet Meidiland® is a striking landscape rose to produce abundant clusters of 10 to 15 vivid scarlet flowers, up to 1.5 in. across (3 cm), packed with 25 gently ruffled petals. They bloom continuously from spring until frost and are produced in great numbers, sitting above their wonderful glossy green foliage. The spreading habit of this shrub rose helps to suppress any weeds while providing texture and color. Easy to grow, low maintenance, vigorous, and extremely disease resistant, this popular landscape rose is perfect for mass plantings, borders, or groundcover.

Rosa Scarlet Meidiland® belongs to the Meidiland® Landscape roses which are known for their spreading habit, long bloom season, bright colors, profuse flowering, and exceptional disease resistance.

• Grows up to 3-4 ft. tall (90-120 cm) and 5-6 ft. wide (150-180 cm).
• Best grown in full sun, in rich, fertile with adequate moisture, well-drained soils.
• An excellent choice for mass plantings and erosion control.

Juncus patens (California Gray Rush)

California Gray Rush, Spreading Rush

Juncus patens (California Gray Rush) is an evergreen perennial plant that forms dense clumps of narrow, erect, gray-green to gray-blue, leafless stems. They are topped with subtle, inconspicuous golden-brown flower clusters from spring to fall. Native to California and Oregon, this plant is most beautiful in its vertical form and fine texture, providing a stunning contrast to broad-leaved companion plants. It is more heat and drought tolerant than the common Rush (Juncus effusus).

• Grows up to 18-24 in. tall and across (45-60 cm) and enjoys full sun to partial shade in moist to wet soils. Has a tendency to flop in too much shade. While it thrives in moist soil or shallow water (to 6 in. deep or 15 cm), it is quite drought tolerant once established.
• This architectural grass is highly versatile. It is a great choice for the dry shade garden or planted in shallow water.
• Requires very little care, is virtually disease-free, pest-free and provides year-round interest
• Prune dead of shabby foliage to the ground in late winter to make way for fresh spring growth.
• Native to California, Oregon, Washington.