(Raintree, Today and Tomorrow, Yesterday)

This shrub is commonly called yesterday-today-and-tomorrow because its blooms open purple, fade to lavender and finally to white with all three colors occurring on the shrub. 'Floribunda' is a very free-flowering selection with a open growth habit. Its flat, pansy-like flowers are borne in clusters from spring into fall.

Though it tolerates full sun, this plant is native to the woodlands of Brazil and does best with dappled shade. Raintree needs moist, humusy soils that are slightly acidic. In...

(Siberian Bugloss)

Popular and easy-to-grow, Siberian bugloss is an early blooming, clump-forming perennial that's ideal for the shade garden. This native of Eastern Europe is grown for its attractive foliage and flowers. In late spring to early summer it bears delicate clouds of tiny bright blue flowers with yellow-centers. These rise above large, soft, heart-shaped leaves of dark green. Several variegated cultivars are well worth trying, such as the silvery ‘Jack Frost’ and ‘Looking Glass.’

Siberian bugloss prefers...

(Siberian Bugloss)

Popular and easy-to-grow, Siberian bugloss is an early blooming, clump-forming perennial that's ideal for the shade garden. This native of Eastern Europe is grown for its attractive foliage and flowers. In late spring to early summer it bears delicate clouds of tiny bright blue flowers with yellow-centers. These rise above large, soft, heart-shaped leaves of dark green. Several variegated cultivars are well worth trying, such as the silvery ‘Jack Frost’ and ‘Looking Glass.’

Siberian bugloss prefers...

(Jack Frost Bugloss, Siberian Bugloss)

Popular and easy-to-grow, Siberian bugloss is an early blooming, clump-forming perennial that's ideal for the shade garden. The cultivar ‘Jack Frost’ is a beautifully variegated selection. Its heart-shaped leaves have a silvery white sheen and distinctly dark green veins. In late spring to early summer it bears delicate clouds of tiny bright blue flowers with yellow-centers, which rise above its foliage.

Siberian bugloss prefers partial sun to shade and rich, well drained loam. Its hairy leaves...

(Langtrees Bugloss, Siberian Bugloss)

Popular and easy-to-grow, Siberian bugloss is an early blooming, clump-forming perennial that's ideal for the shade garden. This native of Eastern Europe is grown for its attractive foliage and flowers. In late spring to early summer it bears delicate clouds of tiny bright blue flowers with yellow-centers. These rise above large, soft, heart-shaped leaves of dark green. Several variegated cultivars are well worth trying, such as the silvery ‘Jack Frost’ and ‘Looking Glass.’

Siberian bugloss prefers...

(Looking Glass Bugloss, Siberian Bugloss)

Popular and easy-to-grow, Siberian bugloss is an early blooming, clump-forming perennial that's ideal for the shade garden. The cultivar ‘Looking Glass is a beautifully variegated selection developed at Walter’s Gardens of Michigan. Its heart-shaped leaves have a bright, silvery white sheen and thin, delicate green veining. In late spring to early summer it bears delicate clouds of tiny pale blue flowers with yellow-centers.

Siberian bugloss prefers partial sun to shade and rich, well drained...

(Siberian Bugloss, Silver Wings Bugloss)

Popular and easy-to-grow, Siberian bugloss is an early blooming, clump-forming perennial that's ideal for the shade garden. The cultivar ‘Silver Wings’ is a beautifully variegated selection developed at Nayler Creek Gardens in Washington State. Its heart-shaped leaves are silvery gray with deeper gray veins and white margins. In late spring to early summer it bears delicate clouds of tiny pale blue flowers with yellow-centers.

Siberian bugloss prefers partial sun to shade and rich, well drained...

(Siberian Bugloss, Variegated Bugloss)

Popular and easy-to-grow, Siberian bugloss is an early blooming, clump-forming perennial that's ideal for the shade garden. This native of Eastern Europe is grown for its attractive foliage and flowers. In late spring to early summer it bears delicate clouds of tiny bright blue flowers with yellow-centers. These rise above large, soft, heart-shaped leaves of dark green. Several variegated cultivars are well worth trying, such as the silvery ‘Jack Frost’ and ‘Looking Glass.’

Siberian bugloss prefers...

(Butterflybush, Lo & Behold Butterflybush)

Grown for its compact, non-invasive habit and elongated clusters of blue flowers, the dwarf moderately-vigorous hybrid butterflybush ‘Blue Chip’ A.K.A. Lo & Behold™ is a tough shrub that is a cross between Buddleja davidii, B. lindleyana and B. globosa. It was developed at the J. C. Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University.

This butterflybush has silvery gray-green leaves on low spreading multi-branched plants. Lo & Behold™ produces...

(Butterflybush, Lochinch Butterflybush)

Grown for its elongated clusters of violet-blue flowers, the tall vigorous hybrid butterflybush ‘Lochinch ’ is a tough shrub that is a cross between Buddleja fallowiana and B. davidii. It was discovered in Wigtownshire, Scotland in the garden of the Earl of Stair at Lochinch.

This butterflybush has silvery gray-green leaves and produces clusters of numerous tiny tubular violet-blue flowers with orange eyes. These are fragrant and appear at the ends of the branches. They...