All Plants
| Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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| Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Lathie’s Dwarf’ | Densely growing with shiny green leaves and rounded form. Very rare. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Marmor Star’ | European Beech | Striking white variegated foliage on an upright tree. Best color on the new growth. |
12-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Pendula’ | Weeping European Beech | This is the green leaf form with twisted and weeping branches much admired at the nursery. |
40 feet or more | Sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Purple Fountain’ | Purple Weeping Beech | A seedling of F. ‘Purpurea Pendula’, but more narrow in growth with the top branches erect and secondary branches weeping. |
20-25 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Purpurea Nana’ | Dwarf European Beech | This dwarf version of the purple beech is an excellent choice for the smaller garden. |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FAGUS sylvatica ‘Tortuosa Purpurea’ | Purple Tabletop Beech | Dwarf, flat-topped plant with purple leaves. Spreads horizontally. |
6-8 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | Fanciful Gardens | A colorful and interesting mix of conifers and other ornamental plants available in 4″ pots! A great way to get started with Bonsai, rock gardens and mini gardens. |
Varied | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | |||
| Annual | FARFUGIUM japonicum ‘Aureomaculata’ | Leopard plant | A Ligularia relative, this zone 7 perennial will need to be brought inside here in VT. Large, glossy, dark green leaves with yellow ‘leopard’ spots. Clusters of yellow daisy-like flowers in late summer and fall. Water loving. |
2 feet | Part Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Grass | FESTUCA cinerea ‘Elijah Blue’ | Blue Fescue | Lovely tufts of blue foliage. Holds color all summer. Considered one of the best blue fescues. Deer and drought tolerant |
6-8 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Grass | FESTUCA glauca ‘Beyond Blue’ | Blue Fescue | Tufts of intense blue foliage that keeps their color through the season. |
10-12 inches | 4 | |||
| Grass | FESTUCA glauca ‘Blue Whiskers’ | Blue Fescue | More vigorous than Festuca ‘Elijah Blue’ this cultivar has longer, brighter blue leaf blades. Deer and drought tolerant |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Grass | FESTUCA ‘Glow Sticks’ | Upright and showy yellow flower spikes form early in the season over deep green grassy clumps. |
Full sun | 3 | ||||
| Annual | FICUS carica ‘Vern’s Brown Turkey’ | Edible Fig | Tropical-looking lobed foliage is ornamental, but this variety will also produce figs at cooler temperatures. Some reports of hardiness to zone 5 in a very sheltered spot, or keep as a potted plant and bring inside to overwinter. |
4-6 feet in a pot | Sun | 6 | ||
| Perennial | FILIPENDULA palmata ‘Nana’ | Meadowsweet | Airy pink flower heads in early summer on a compact plant. Attractive lacy dissected foliage. |
14-16 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | FILIPENDULA palmata ‘Elegans’ | Meadowsweet | Feathery plumes of white to pink from June into July. Great for moist sites. Forms a wide mound. |
24-30 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | FILIPENDULA rubra ‘Venusta ‘ | Queen of the Prairie | Deep pink fluffy plumes on tall stems in summer. Slowly spread by rhizomes to form nice clumps. Seed heads turn attractive fall color. Attracts bees and butterflies Clay and wet soil tolerant Deer and rabbit resistant |
6-7 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | FILIPENDULA ulmaria ‘Plena’ | Meadow Sweet | Finely cut foliage that is almost fern-like holds upright stems of creamy-white double puffs that are sweetly fragrant. Deer and rabbit resistant |
18-24" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | FILIPENDULA ulmaria ‘Variegata’ | Variegated Meadowsweet | Dark green palmate leaves with gold centers and creamy white summer flowers. Try with red Astrantias. Both prefer moist sites. |
24-26 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FORSYTHIA x intermedia ‘Lynnwood Gold’ | Forsythia | Larger than normal brilliant yellow flowers cover this shrub that was discovered in Ireland. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FORSYTHIA ’New Hampshire Gold’ | Forsythia | A nice oval form with brilliant yellow flowers lining the stems in spring. Nice purple tinted foliage in fall. |
4-6 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FORSYTHIA ‘Vermont Sun’ | Forsythia | Upright branches covered with golden-yellow flowers in April. UVM introduction. |
6-8 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FOTHERGILLA gardenii ‘Blue Elf’ | Dwarf Fothergilla | Not much information to be found on this unusual selection, but it is a cross between ‘Blue Mist’ and ‘Harold Epstein’, both dwarf varieties. Fragrant, white, bottle-brush-like flowers in early spring; orange fall foliage color. |
2 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FOTHERGILLA gardenii ‘Blue Mist’ | Fothergilla | A compact and bushy shrub with crinkled blue-green leaves that turn bright red, orange and yellow in autumn. Wonderfully fragrant flower spikes smelling of honey are a creamy white. Attracts bees |
24-36" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FOTHERGILLA major ‘Blue Shadow’ | Large Fothergilla | A sport of F. ‘Mt. Airy’ with beautiful powder blue foliage. Excellent vigor and typical round flower cluster in spring. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | FRAXINUS excelsior ‘Crispa’ | Dwarf European Ash | A very slow-growing cultivar with short branches and shiny green twisted foliage. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Annual | FUCHSIA ‘Autumnale’ | Fuchsia | Long blooming tropicals for sun or part shade with dangling tubular flowers beloved by hummingbirds. This variety has red flowers over coppery foliage and a mounding habit. |
18-20 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Annual | FUCHSIA ‘Ballerina Blau’ | Compact, upright grower with loads of small purple and red flowers. |
12-14 inches | Part Shade | ||||
| Annual | FUCHSIA ‘Curtain Call’ | Upright to sprawling habit with loads of large dangling bells of purple and pink. |
20-24" | Part Shade | ||||
| Annual | FUCHSIA ‘Firecracker’ | Fuchsia | Bright red tubular flowers over foliage variegated with pink and white. Habit is upright. |
24-30 inches | Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Annual | FUCHSIA ‘Gartenmeister Bonstedt’ | Fuchsia | One of our favorites. An upright grower with bright coral-red flowers over dark foliage. |
22-24 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Annual | FUCHSIA ‘Swanley Yellow’ | Fuchsia | extremely long narrow 5 – 6 inch single flowers of salmon and light pink. Attracts hummingbirds |
24-30" | Part Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Annual | FUCHSIA ‘Windchimes White’ | Upright grower covered in single white bells with the faintest blush of pink. |
Part Shade | |||||
| Annual | FURCRAEA foetida ‘Variegata’ | Variegated False Agave | Upright, long sword-shaped leaves that are a medium green with a creamy-yellow stripe. Spineless. |
3-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Perennial | GALIUM odoratum | Sweet Woodruff | Excellent groundcover with delicate scented foliage and tiny white flowers in May. |
8-10 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Annual | GASTERIA bicolor | Lawyer’s Tongue | This succulent produces masses of fleshy mottled leaves. Flowers are bell-shaped pink to orange and green on long slender stems. |
16-20" | Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Annual | GASTERIA minima | Gastric | An adorable mini succulent with flat, stemless, tongue-like fleshy foliage dotted in white. |
2-4 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
| Perennial | GAULTHERIA procumbens | Wintergreen | Native woodland groundcover. Red berries and dark green aromatic foliage which turns purplish red in fall/winter. Charming. |
6-8 inches | Part Shade | 2 | ||
| Perennial | GAULTHERIA procumbens ‘Winter Splash’ | Wintergreen | Showy white and green leaves that turn pink in the winter. Small white flowers in summer are followed by bright red edible berries. Makes a nice colorful groundcover. Deer resistant Drought tolerant |
4-6" | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | GAURA ‘Bantam Pink’ | Spikes of hot pink flowers are formed on dark burgundy stems over deep green foliage flowering all summer and into fall. It loves a hot sunny spot with well drained soil. |
Full sun | 5 | ||||
| Perennial | GENTIANA ‘True Blue’ | Gentian | We saw this new floriferous gentian from Darrell Probst a few years ago and couldn’t wait till it was available! Large, upward-facing true blue bells from midsummer until fall. |
24-26 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | GERANIUM ‘Blue Sunrise’ | Cranesbill | Foliage in spring emerges orange to gold and changes to lime-green. Violet-blue flowers from summer to fall. |
12-14 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | GERANIUM ‘Dragon Heart’ | Cranesbill | Large magenta flowers with a black center and black veins. blooming abundantly from early to late summer. |
22-24 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | GERANIUM macrorrhizum ‘Bevan’s Variety’ | Bigfoot Geranium | A cultivar with bright magenta red blooms in the spring over fragrant spreading foliage. |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | GERANIUM macrorrhizum ‘Spessart’ | Bigroot Geranium | Fragrant semi-evergreen foliage is tidy and neat all season and will spread to make a lovely ground cover in sun or shade. White flowers appear in spring and will rebloom sporadically through the summer. In fall the foliage turns bright orange-red. Drought tolerant |
10-12 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | GERANIUM maculatum | Wild Geranium | Clump forming with mounds of attractive foliage and sweet lavender flowers with darker veins. |
12-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | GERANIUM maculatum ‘Huggy Bear’ | Light lavender-pink blooms contrast beautifully with the deep chocolate-bronze foliage. Even when not in bloom it’s a standout! |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||||
| Perennial | GERANIUM ‘Mary Anne’ | Saturated purple flowers have darker veining on each petal and a white eye making this a very striking addition to your garden. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||||
| Perennial | GERANIUM pratense ‘Boom Chocolatta’ | Meadow Cranesbill | Blue-violet blooms in summer over dark bronze foliage. Upright habit and excellent vigor compared to earlier varieties of this type. |
24-26 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | GERANIUM ‘Rozanne’ | Cranesbill | Deep blue flowers June through September. Bronze fall foliage. A wonderful geranium for long bloom. |
22-24 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | GERANIUM sanguineum ‘Frivolius Purple’ | A compact growth habit with early blooming that lasts into summer makes this a perfect plant for the front of the border or in mixed containers. Bright purple flowers and finely cut deep green foliage. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 |