(Foxtail Lily, Shelford Foxtail Lily)

The tall, upright flower scapes of these exceptional ornamentals come in shades of apricot, yellow and bright orange. The Shelford hybrids were first bred in Great Shelford, Cambridge, England by Sir Michael Foster. They are crosses between Eremurus olgae and E. stenophyllus created in the late nineteenth century. These are the most common of all Eremurus x isabellinus hybrids. The parent species are native to Central Asia where they inhabit dry, rocky or sandy...

(Dwarf Blue Rabbitbrush, Rubber Rabbitbush)

The bright blooms of this small, drought resistant evergreen shrub color the plains and deserts of western North America in late summer and early fall. Its upright, branching, knee-high to head-high stems are furnished with narrow, fuzzy, silvery or green leaves. The lower branches of this dense mounding shrub may become barren with age. Clusters of frothy, brilliant yellow flowers envelop the plant in late summer and early fall, providing valuable nectar for bees and butterflies. Flowers are followed...

(Rubber Rabbitbush, Tall Blue Rabbitbush)

The bright blooms of this small, drought resistant evergreen shrub color the plains and mountains of western North America in late summer and early fall. Its upright, branching, knee-high to head-high stems are furnished with narrow, fuzzy, silvery or green leaves. The lower branches of this dense mounding shrub may become barren with age. Clusters of frothy, brilliant yellow flowers envelop the plant in late summer and early fall, providing valuable nectar for bees and butterflies. Flowers are followed...

(Annual Fleabane)

A common weedy wildflower across much of the United States, annual fleabane derives its common name from the old belief that its dried daisy flowers repelled fleas. This tall, leggy annual is native across much of North America save the coldest Canadian provinces and Alaska. It is a common pioneer species found in open, disturbed sites as well as old fields, meadows and roadsides.

In spring, this clump-forming annual develops very tall, upright, leafy stems lined with short, lance-shaped, green...

(Aspen Fleabane)

Aspen fleabane is a clump-forming, herbaceous species native to the northwestern United States and Canada. This perennial is valued for its showy summer display of lavender to purple, yellow-centered daisies. The flowers bloom on tall, slender stems rising from low clumps of lance- or spoon-shaped foliage, and are attractive to butterflies. This species has yielded many cultivars, including those with double or more deeply colored flowers.

Easy to grow, this perennial prefers full sun and moist,...

(Loquat)

(Sulphur-flowered Buckwheat)

This beautiful perennial from mountains and high valleys of western North America is an excellent plant for dry upland gardens. It typically forms carpets of small spoon-shaped evergreen leaves that give rise in summer to upright woolly calf-high flower stalks topped with tight rounded clusters of light yellow blooms. A few variants of this plant grow as small upright shrubs. The flowers are a favorite of butterflies. The leaves are usually olive- to bright-green above and gray and felted underneath....

(Sulphur-flowered Buckwheat)

This beautiful mat-forming perennial from mountains and high valleys of western North America is an excellent plant for dry upland gardens. Its carpets of small spoon-shaped evergreen leaves give rise in summer to upright woolly calf-high flower stalks topped with tight rounded clusters of creamy yellow blooms. The flowers are a favorite of butterflies. The leaves are olive- to bright-green above and gray and felted underneath.

This plant does best in full sun and very well drained, relatively...

(Rocketsalad)

Long cultivated for its piquant leaves, arugula is a cool-season annual from the Mediterranean region. In spring and early summer it produces upright rosettes of lobed oblong leaves that make a sophisticated and zesty addition to salads. Later in the season it sends up a tall central stem topped with clusters of creamy-white flowers that are also edible. Plants will reseed unless flower stems are promptly removed. The variety sativa is the form usually grown.

Sow arugula as soon as the...

(Arugula, Garden Rocket, Jamba, Rocketsalad)

Long cultivated for its piquant leaves, arugula is a cool-season annual from the Mediterranean region. In spring and early summer it produces upright rosettes of lobed oblong leaves that make a sophisticated and zesty addition to salads. Later in the season it sends up a tall central stem topped with clusters of creamy-white flowers that are also edible. Plants will reseed unless flower stems are promptly removed. The variety sativa is the form usually grown.

Sow arugula as soon as the...