(Camellia, Dwarf Shishi Sasanqua, Sasanqua )

The diminutive sasanqua cultivar 'Dwarf Shishi' bears quantities of small, semi-double, bright rose-pink blooms from mid-autumn into winter. A seedling of 'Shishigashira', it was introduced by Toichi Domoto Nursery of Hayward, California. This cultivar is one of many selections and hybrids of Camellia sasanqua, a southern Japanese native that has been cultivated for centuries.

Relatively petite in all its parts, this slow-growing, evergreen shrub has leathery, oval, glossy-green leaves...

(Rose Tea, Tea, Tea Camellia)

Blooming with pretty, pale-pink, fragrant flowers in autumn, ‘Rosea’ is a selection of its far more famous parent, the white-flowering camellia that gives us tea leaves. An evergreen tree with an upright to spreading habit, the parent species is native to China. When grown ornamentally (or yes, even for tea production), the plants are pruned to keep them in shrub-like form. Keep in mind that all tea plants, including ‘Rosea,’ are very slow growing.

This camellia has leathery, dark green, glossy...

(Vernal Camellia)

Vernal camellia is a long-lived evergreen shrub believed to be derived from a natural cross between Camellia japonica and C. sasanqua. Its evergreen leaves are glossy, dark green and elliptical, and its bark is smooth and gray. It has many cultivars, which display a variety of single, semi-double or double blossoms in various shades of pink, red-violet or white. These open after the fall-flowering sasanquas but before the winter-blooming common Japanese camellias.

Vernal camellias...

(Bellflower, Birch Hybrid Bellflower)

Resulting from a cross between Campanula portenschlagiana and C. poscharskyana, this low, carpeting herbaceous perennial bears showy purple-blue flowers over a long season.

This hardy, trailing perennial spreads by underground runners to form a mat of prostrate stems. The stems are densely clothed with small, toothed, oval to heart-shaped leaves that are evergreen in mild winters. The large, erect, flaring, bell-shaped flowers appear in abundance from late spring...

(Bellflower, Samantha Bellflower)

The bellflower cultivar 'Samantha' is a mat forming perennial of medium height. This vigorous everblooming selection was bred at Terra Nova Nurseries and bears large, fragrant, upward facing flowers of bright violet-blue that appear above dark green heart-shaped leaves.

Plants prefer sites with full sun to partial shade and do best in slightly acidic, loamy soil. This bellflower may be planted in containers, rock gardens or mixed borders.

(Bellflower, Sarastro Bellflower)

The bellflower cultivar 'Sarastro' is a long-lived, slow-spreading rhizomatous perennial developed at Sarastro Nursery in Austria. Plants bear neat stems covered with pendulous bell-like flowers of royal purple that bloom from early summer to early fall. This bellflower is suited to sites with full sun to partial sun and moist but well drained soil. Unlike other campanulas, ‘Sarastro’ is moderately heat tolerant. This perennial makes a nice addition to containers or mixed borders.

(Carpathian Bellflower, Carpathian Harebell)

Carpathian harebell is a low-growing perennial native to the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Europe. This popular herbaceous alpine perennial forms prostrate mounds and has small pale to medium green leaves. In late spring to fall it puts forth large, upward facing, open bell-shaped flowers of blue, white or purple. There are many cultivars of Carpathian harebell, like members of the compact Clips and Pearl series. This perennial prefers sites with full to partial sun and fertile, well drained soil....

(Blue Clips Bellflower, Carpathian Bellflower, Carpathian Harebell)

Named for the eastern European mountains that it calls home, Carpathian harebell is a low-growing, mounding perennial grown for its summer-long succession of broad, up-facing bell-flowers. The cultivar ‘Blue Clips’ bears large pale sky-blue flowers above compact hummocks of mid-green leaves.

Give 'Blue Clips' fertile, moist, well-drained soil in sun to partial shade. This popular perennial is ideally suited to a sunny stone wall or rock garden. Also try it in mixed borders, containers, or alpine...

(Blue Uniform Bellflower, Carpathian Bellflower, Carpathian Harebell)

Carpathian harebell is a popular herbaceous perennial native of the Carpathian Mountains in Eastern Europe. Mound-forming in habit, the cultivar 'Pearl Light Blue' is a fine member of the Pearl Series. In mid-summer through early fall it produces many light blue flowers that look like large, open, upward facing bells. This perennial prefers sun to partial sun and average, well drained soil. Enjoy it in alpine gardens, containers or sunny mixed borders.

(Carpathian Bellflower, Clips Deep Blue Bellflower)

Carpathian harebell is a low-growing perennial native to the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Europe. This popular herbaceous alpine perennial forms prostrate mounds and has small pale to medium green leaves. In late spring to fall it puts forth large, upward facing, open bell-shaped flowers of blue, white or purple. There are many cultivars of Carpathian harebell, like members of the compact Clips and Pearl series. This perennial prefers sites with full to partial sun and fertile, well drained soil....