Aurinia saxatilis ( Cloth of Gold )

The cultivar ‘Variegata” is a perennial with hairy, gray-green leaves to 3 inches long with irregular creamy-colored margins. Grows in mounded clusters. Flowers grow on stalks above foliage. Produces dense clusters of tiny golden yellow flowers in spring and early […]

Aucuba japonica ( Serrated Japanese Laurel )

The cultivar ‘Serratifolia’ is a dependable shrub with dense, glossy green foliage. Does excellent in shady areas. Responds very well to pruning. Well-used in potter tubs on a shady deck or as landscape. Once established, this plant is drought tolerant. […]

Aucuba japonica ( Japanese Aucuba )

Rounded, evergreen, shade-loving shrub with elliptic, glossy, leaves, often having yellow spots or variegations. In spring bears small purple-red flowers, female plants produce red berries. In cooler climates, this plant can take more sun, but really shines in deep shade […]

Aubrieta deltoidea ( Common Aubrieta )

The cultivar ‘Joy’ is a low-growing, mat-forming, spreading perennial with soft, medium green leaves. ‘Joy’ bears double, cross-shaped, short-stemmed, violet-mauve blooms held in sparsely-flowered racemes, which are profusely borne in spring. Grows to 2 inches tall and spreads to 24 […]

Aubrieta deltoidea ( Albomarginata )

The cultivar ‘Argenteovariegata’ is a low- growing, mat-forming, spreading perennial with soft, medium-green leaves and silvery-white margins. It bears single, cross-shaped, pinkish-mauve blooms held in sparsely-flowered racemes, which are profusely borne in spring. Grows to 2 inches tall and spreads […]

Athyrium filix-femina ( Lady Fern )

This shade-loving ground cover has very thin segments that constitute the pinnae. Prefers full or filtered shade. Can handle some early morning sun. Enjoys consistently moist soil. Add organic matter to soil. Remove damaged fronds and foliage to ground to […]

Astrophytum ornatum ( Star Cactus )

A spherical cactus with 8 sharp ribs and 2 to 4 inch spines. It has yellow flowers, 3 inches across. Rounded habit in youth, developing into a columnar cactus with age. Requires sunny location, in winter temperatures around 50F. In […]

Astilbe simplicifolia ( Bronze Elegance )

The cultivar ‘Bronce Elegans’, syn.’Bronze Elegance’, is a clump-forming A. simplicifolia hybrid that is usually 12 inches tall. This cultivar has branching racemes of pink-red flowers on reddish green stems in July or August. It is a bold, free-flowering perennial […]

Astilbe japonica ( False Spiraea )

The cultivar ‘Europa’ is a clump-forming hybrid bearing light pink flowers with green leaves in May through July. A. japonica hybrids are 20 to 36 inches tall with egg-shaped leaves and upright branching racemes. This free-flowering perennial with finely-cut foliage […]