(Foxglove, Spanish Peaks Foxglove)

Pretty pink, raspberry-red tinged pendulous flowers dangle from a tall spike in late spring, making Spanish Peaks foxglove an unique, airy foxglove species for the cottage garden. A semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial that will reseed itself, it is native to southwestern Europe, primarily Spain.

Its green leaves are downy and narrower than those of other foxgloves. In late spring, tall stems arise from the clump of foliage and reveal drooping, tubular flowers that are held away from the stem....

(Strawberry Foxglove)

The tall spikes of this exceptional foxglove are the color of crushed strawberries. The strawberry foxglove is a naturally occurring cross between the yellow-flowered Digitalis grandiflora and lavender-rose-flowered D. purpurea. It is a vigorous hardy short-lived perennial that will make any early season garden shine.

This tall clump-forming plant puts forth a neat rosette of soft leaves early in the season. From late spring to early summer it sends up tall spikes of tubular...

(Strawberry Foxglove, Summer King Summer Foxglove)

The vigorous strawberry foxglove 'Summer King' is a more compact selection with neat spikes of huge strawberry-rose bells. This is a naturally occurring cross between the yellow-flowered Digitalis grandiflora and lavender-rose-flowered D. purpurea. It is a vigorous hardy short-lived perennial that will make any early season garden shine.

This tall clump-forming plant puts forth a neat rosette of soft deep green leaves early in the season. From late spring to early summer it...

(Venus flytrap)

Renowned for its insect-trapping leaves, Venus flytrap is a small, insectivorous perennial native to moist sandy habitats near the Carolina coast.

Each plant forms a neat rosette of leaves with broad winged stems and folding clam-like blades. The traps are yellowish to medium green on the outside and have reddish nectar glands on the inside edged with slender, hair-like snares. When disturbed by visiting insects, the traps snap shut and hairs fold over one another like bars. Trapped insects...

Named for its sawtooth-edged, insect-trapping leaves, 'Jaws' is a cultivar of Venus flytrap, a small, insectivorous perennial from moist sandy habitats near the Carolina coast.

Each plant forms a neat rosette of leaves with broad winged stems and folding clam-like blades. The jagged edges of the traps resemble shark jaws. The traps are yellowish to medium green with pale- to deep-red staining on their interiors. When disturbed by visiting insects, the traps snap shut. Trapped insects are slowly...

(Bush-monkey Flower)

perhaps not do this, as it is a synonym for Mimulus aurantiacus.

(Fairybells, Japanese Fairybells)

A native of East Asia, this spreading herbaceous perennial has glossy, lance-shaped leaves on smooth, compact, zig-zagging stems. Small clusters of pendent white or cream flowers dangle from the leaf axils in late spring and early summer. Black berries follow the flowers. Plants form an expanding clump via underground rhizomes. Many variegated cultivars have been selected, most of them lumped under the moniker 'Variegatum'.

Japanese fairybell grows and flowers best in partial shade and moist,...

(Awa-no-tsuki Fairybells, Japanese Fairybells)

A native of East Asia, this spreading herbaceous perennial has glossy, lance-shaped leaves on smooth, compact, zig-zagging stems. Small clusters of pendent white or cream flowers dangle from the leaf axils in late spring and early summer. Black berries follow the flowers. Plants form an expanding clump via underground rhizomes. Many variegated cultivars have been selected, most of them lumped under the moniker 'Variegatum'.

Japanese fairybell grows and flowers best in partial shade and moist,...

(Japanese Fairybells, Kinga Fairybells)

A native of East Asia, this spreading herbaceous perennial has glossy, lance-shaped leaves on smooth, compact, zig-zagging stems. Small clusters of pendent white or cream flowers dangle from the leaf axils in late spring and early summer. Black berries follow the flowers. Plants form an expanding clump via underground rhizomes. Many variegated cultivars have been selected, most of them lumped under the moniker 'Variegatum'.

Japanese fairybell grows and flowers best in partial shade and moist,...

(Japanese Fairybells, Tightwad Fairybells)

A native of East Asia, this spreading herbaceous perennial has glossy, lance-shaped leaves on smooth, compact, zig-zagging stems. Small clusters of pendent white or cream flowers dangle from the leaf axils in late spring and early summer. Black berries follow the flowers. Plants form an expanding clump via underground rhizomes. Many variegated cultivars have been selected, most of them lumped under the moniker 'Variegatum'.

Japanese fairybell grows and flowers best in partial shade and moist,...