Large yellow-fleshed fruit in Oct. Some reports of hardiness to zone 4. All Asimina need a second variety to cross pollinate in order to produce fruit.

A dense cushion of dark green, needle-like foliage is covered with pink tubular flowers in summer.  From limestone regions of Turkey.

A rhizomatous, evergreen fern with arching, tongue-shaped, leathery, bright green fronds, often with wavy margins. Provide medium moisture and good drainage. Rabbit resistant.

Vivid, violet-blue petals with a yellow eye from late summer to mid-fall. Deer/rabbit resistant. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.

Wonderful billowing medium blue aster for late fall. 

Dwarf aster for partial shade with white flowers on striking dark mahogany stems in September.

This taller selection from a cross with A. ‘Snow Flurry’ has fine-textured foliage and an arching habit.  It’s covered with small white flowers in the fall.  From the Chicago Botanic Garden.

A dense carpet of snow-white daisies in the fall. Looks great with heathers and sedums.

Single violet-blue 1″ flowers in large clusters throughout the fall. salt tolerant. Great for bees and butterflies!

Hot salmon-pink flowers August through September. Salt tolerant. Provides late season nectar for pollinators.

‘Pink Crush’ produces a large, very round mound with densely packed flowers. A nice rosy pink blooming throughout the fall.

Producing a large, very round mound with densely packed rich purple flowers throughout the fall.

Sky blue fall flowers on a compact plant. Drought, salt, and poor soil tolerant. Great for late season pollinators.

Sky blue fall flowers on large, bushy plants. Drought and poor soil tolerant. Somewhat unpalatable to deer and rabbits. Attractive to bees and butterflies.

Large lavender-pink flowers with yellow centers in October.

Formerly listed as Kalimeris, double white flowers completely cover this plant from mid-summer to frost. Tolerant of dry and adverse conditions.

Flower spikes are creamy white mid-summer to fall, and have an unusual, graceful arching habit. Dark green to burgundy foliage. Deer resistant.

Chartreuse gold foliage tinged with red matures to green. Rose-pink flower spikes on strong stems in midsummer.

Late bloomer; the dark red stems of this Astilbe stand out against its pure white flowers that will mature to cream; blooms appear in late June to July over glossy, deep green foliage.

Stunning dark rose-pink flowers on a robust plant. Midseason bloomer. Deer/rabbit resistant.

Brilliant purple plumes on strong stems blooming from mid to late summer. Requires consistent moisture to do it’s best. Attracts butterflies Deer & rabbit resistant

Very large Astilbe with red flower plumes which age to dark pink. Blooms mid to late summer. Foliage emerges red and turns green.

Prolific creamy white flowers age to light pink. Attractive silver-marbled foliage. More drought tolerant than other Astilbes. Mid to late season blooms.

Lavender pink flowers over low mat-forming foliage. A good ground cover. Blooms in August.

Strong purple-rose plumes in August on deep-green to bronze foliage. Deer/rabbit resistant. Good for butterflies.

A new heavily blooming cultivar with dense, bluish purple blooms in midsummer. Strong grower. Deer/rabbit resistant.

Upright white plumes in July.

Pink midsummer blooms fade to an attractive apple green. Deer/rabbit resistant.

New foliage emerges bright lime yellow and matures to lime green. Pink flowers in July.

Glowing red plumes that are good for cutting and drying. Enjoys rich, moist soil. Deer resistant

Pale peachy-pink flowers in June. Rabbit/deer resistant. Wet site tolerant, but also perhaps the best astilbe for drier locations. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies.

Delicate soft pink flowers over dark bronze foliage. Mid to late season bloom.

The “whitest” white. Alan Bloom introduction. Early bloomer.

Pendulous blush-pink blooms on tall stems. Midseason bloom.

Pendulous salmon-pink plumes. Mid to late season bloom.

Pure white plumes on contrasting red stems with dark bronze foliage.

Deep burgundy-red flower clusters on dark stems make this a wonderful cut flower. It also dries well. Give it consistent moisture and it will continue to rebloom for most of the summer.

Leaves are edged in green and the centers are a glowing chartreuse with pale pink blooms.

Dome shaped flower heads are made up of many tiny, delicate florets of the palest pink surrounded by a papery green ruffle. The long wiry stems are perfect for cutting. Will gently self-sow when happy.

Clusters of burgundy-red flowers with white centers on dark red stems. Mid to late summer bloom.

Dark green foliage is edged and splashed with cream and topped with rosy-pink umbels early to mid-summer.

Blue-green foliage is attractively edged in creamy white. Silvery pink flowers in late spring, early summer.

Finely textured fern with lacy, arching fronds. Tolerates dry sites and some sun.

Narrow fronds with a distinctive crossing pattern formed by the pinnae.

A cross of Lady Fern and Japanese Painted Fern, clump-forming and upright with silvery gray foliage. Can tolerate dry shade conditions.

Silvery-grey fronds which are dusty purple towards the center. Rabbit resistant.

Fronds mottled silver, red and green with contrasting red stems. Rabbit resistant.

Twisted silver fronds centered in deep violet-red are quite striking.

Long, arching, silver fronds veined in red-purple.  

Masses of double blue-violet flowers in spring over mat-forming gray-green foliage in early spring.