Native spring ephemeral with creamy white spurred “breeches” over lacy foliage. Needs well-drained soil. Rabbit tolerant.

Pink flowers extend through the spring over delicate ferny foliage.  An eastern North American native. Deer/rabbit resistant. Attracts hummingbirds. Self-seeds to naturalize. Possible continuous bloom with cooler summers, or reblooms late season.

A compact bleeding heart hybrid with deep-pink flowers in May and June. May not go dormant in the heat of summer. Possible rebloom. Deer/rabbit tolerant. Attracts pollinators.

Fern-like blue-green foliage on a neat rounds plant bears lots of mid-pink heart-shaped flower through most of the season.

Pure white form of D. spectabilis. Beautiful and long-blooming. May go dormant by midsummer. Deer/rabbit tolerant. Attracts pollinators.

Unusual golden yellow foliage, chartreuse in more shade. Pink and white heart-shaped blooms appear in spring. May go dormant mid-summer. Deer/rabbit resistant. Attracts pollinators.

A redder cultivar of old-fashioned bleeding heart. Dark red stems. May go dormant mid-summer. Deer/rabbit tolerant. Attracts pollinators.

Mat-forming with long draping stems of silver, pubescent foliage.  Drought-tolerant.  Excellent in containers.

Long-lived, attractive shrub-like perennial with spears of unique mauve flowers in June. Followed by attractive seed capsules with shiny black seeds.

Bright lime-yellow foliage in the summertime accompanied by bright yellow flowers. The bright fall foliage makes this an excellent substitute for the invasive burning bush. Succeeds in even challenging sites. Drought tolerant even in dry shade Deer resistant Attracts butterflies & hummimgbirds  

Adaptable native cultivar that is deer resistant and drought tolerant.  Typical small yellow blooms in summer followed by striking orange fall color.  Emerging spring foliage is also russet orange.

New leaves emerge brilliant crimson in spring filling this dense spreading shrub with color. Leaves age to deep green followed by bright yellow, nectar laden bloom in late June, and native songbird sustaining fruit in fall. Attracts birds, bees & hummingbirds. Deer resistant.

This hybrid between foxglove and Isoplexis has large hot pink tubular flowers with cream throats. Large spikes bloom through the summer on a compact, well-branched plant.  Attracts hummingbirds

Also known as Digitalis grandiflora, this true perennial foxglove produces many spikes with thimbles of soft yellow and is spotted with rusty-brown on the inside. Bloomtime is late spring through early summer. Will self-sow when happy Good cut flower

This beautiful, long-flowering hybrid foxglove is hardier than usual for northern gardens. It also has a longer summer bloom time, flowering from late spring to late summer.

Foxgloves provide a wonderful vertical exclamation point to borders and this one bears pure white florets with pale brown speckling in the throat. Producing many stems great for cutting through the summer. Attracts hummingbirds Self-sows when happy Deer & rabbit resistant

Tall spikes with golden-brown thimble-like flowers over corrugated strap-like leaves. Deer and rabbit resistant Attracts bees and butterflies while blooming and birds are attracted to the seeds in late summer. Self sows when happy

Soft yellow flowers June through July. Self sows. This species is reliably perennial.

Tall spikes of the palest pink flowers with small speckles in the throat. Felted silver foliage is an added bonus. Attracts hummingbirds Self sows when happy Deer & rabbit resistant

Numerous tiny bell-shaped pale yellow flowers on slender spikes in the summer. 

Beautiful strawberry colored “gloves” on strong upright stems in early summer.  From a cross between D. grandiflora and the biennial D. purpurea. Attracts hummingbirds. Deer resistant.

Floriferous spires of light peachy pink “gloves” on compact plants. Normally a biennial, this variety will bloom the first year from seed.

Rosy-purple thimbles with heavy spotting on strong stems. More compact than is typical for this specie. Good cut flower Attracts butterflies & hummingbirds Deer resistant

Tall, abundant spikes of tubular flowers in a range of pastel colors from late-spring through mid-summer. Short-lived, but self-seeds freely. Deer/rabbit resistant. Attracts butterflies/hummingbirds.

Tall, sturdy stems bear bright pink thimbles with speckled throats on full well branched plants that are sterile so no worries of it seeding around. Attracts bees, butterflies & hummingbirds Deer & rabbit resistant

A very compact Foxglove and its individual flowers resemble the snipped-off fingers of a glove in a rich raspberry color.

Prefers moist, sandy soils. Drought tolerant. Promptly remove root suckers unless naturalized effect is desired. Fragrant, white to greenish-yellow flowers in late spring, with the male flowers appearing in clusters and the female flowers appearing solitary. This should be a self-fertile cultivar. Edible persimmon 1-2″ fruits mature in fall to an orange to reddish-purple color.

Large, glossy lobed foliage to 12” topped by disks of creamy white flowers in spring. These are followed by blue berries with contrasting red pedicels. Best in moist soils.

Beautiful blue-green foliage similar to Cercis with fantastic fall color. Small dark purple flowers in the fall. A Witchhazel relative. In Vermont, best in moist, sheltered sites.

The foliage emerges a light yellow and matures to a sage-mint color. The most valued feature of this genus is the fall color, which is famed for displaying all the color ranges simultaneously.

A witchhazel relative with beautiful blue-green foliage similar to Cercis. This cultivar edged with white. Small dark purple flowers in the fall.

Woodland plant with large tubular yellow flowers in spring.

Chartreuse, gold and green foliage that is streaked with yellow towards the tips. Slowly spreading to create a lovely patch that caprure attention in the garden. Nodding white starry bells in spring. Its Japanese name means “yellow umbrella”. Attracts bees

Native wildflower with cyclamen-like flowers in shades of white, pink or purple.  Blooms in spring and is summer dormant.

Bright magenta pink cyclamen-like flowers top low rosettes of foliage in spring.  This selection has larger blooms than the species.  Summer dormant.

Cyclamen-like flowers in spring come in shades of white to pink.  Summer dormant.

A strong climber with large clusters of purple pea-like flowers. The large green leaves are veined in purple and the seed pods are a glossy purple.

Semi-double yellow daisies in early spring.  Lovely with bleeding hearts and woodland phlox. Attracts butterflies Deer and rabbit resistant

Compact mounds of needle-like leathery dark green foliage with bright blue tubular flower spikes in summer. A wonderful addition to the rock garden. Drought tolerant Deer resistant  

Gracefully arched fronds curled at the tips. Very handsome. Deer/rabbit resistant.

Semi-evergreen forming lance shaped and bright green fronds.

A colorful fern with arching fronds that emerge in spring flushed with copper and bronze, then maturing to a shiny deep green.

Coppery new growth, green in summer, then red in fall.  Fronds are arching to 2 feet and semi-evergreen in the north.

A bold, fast-growing fern with large, triangular fronds.

Easy to grow native with erect, arching dark green fronds.  Evergreen.

Young shoots emerge orange then mature to golden-yellow, eventually turning light green; brightening up even the darkest landscapes.

Tall and slender-growing with continuously emerging, lustrous semi-evergreen fronds. Rabbit resistant.

A spreading crown and pendulous branches bearing large oval leaves that turn bright colors in fall. In spring fragrant flowers emerge that produce large orange edible fruits. Attracts birds Dry and clay soil tolerant

Bold rosettes of succulent pink-toned gray foliage.

Thick ruffled lavender-red foliage is very sculptural.  Forms a large rosette.