Pete's Picks

Purple candle-like plumes with bold shade color

• 💜 Purple flower plumes bring rich, upright color to shade gardens, woodland edges, and borders.
• ✨ Candle-like bloom spikes add strong vertical texture and a polished garden look.
• 🌿 Attractive green foliage forms a lush mound below the tall purple plumes.
• 🌤️ Blooms in summer for bold color in part-shade gardens and moist borders.
• 🏡 Perfect for shade borders woodland gardens, mass plantings, cottage beds, and mixed perennial areas.
• 🦋 Pollinator friendly flowers bring bees and helpful garden visitors during bloom time.
• ✂️ Excellent cut flower plumes add purple color and strong vertical texture to arrangements.
• 💪 Low maintenance and deer resistant with best performance in part shade and moist, well-drained soil.
• 📏 Grows about 36–42 inches tall and spreads 24–30 inches wide for tall purple shade impact.
• 🌱 USDA Zones: 4–9

Hot raspberry blooms that butterflies love

• 🍇 Hot raspberry flower spikes bring bold, saturated color to sunny borders, containers, and butterfly gardens.
• 🌺 Fragrant cone-shaped blooms create a rich, showy display that stands out in compact garden spaces.
• ☀️ Blooms from summer into fall for months of vivid color when pollinators are most active.
• 🌿 Compact bushy habit gives you butterfly-bush flower power without the size of older varieties.
• 🏡 Perfect for containers and small borders patio pots, cottage gardens, sunny beds, and pollinator plantings.
• 🦋 Butterfly and hummingbird favorite brings color, motion, and life right to the blooms.
• ✂️ Fragrant cut stems add bright raspberry color and sweet summer scent indoors.
• 💪 Low maintenance and deer resistant with drought tolerance once established in sunny, well-drained soil.
• 📏 Grows about 3–5 feet tall and 3–4 feet wide for compact flowering shrub color in sunny spaces.
• 🌱 USDA Zones: 5–9

Clean evergreen shape with year-round structure and style

• 🌿 Dense dark green foliage stays vibrant all year giving your landscape constant color and structure
• 🌼 Naturally rounded shape needs little trimming for a clean, polished look without constant work
• 🌳 Perfect for hedges, borders, or foundation plantings with classic, versatile landscape appeal
• 🌞 Thrives in full sun to partial shade adapting easily to a wide range of garden conditions
• ✨ Slow-growing compact habit stays controlled making it ideal for smaller spaces and tight layouts
• 🏡 Great for formal gardens or modern designs with strong structure and easy shaping potential
• 💪 Cold hardy, drought tolerant, and deer resistant once established for low-maintenance care
• 🌿 Excellent for containers or topiary shaping giving flexibility in both ground and patio use
• 📏 Grows about 2–4 feet tall and wide for a compact, balanced evergreen presence
• 🌱 USDA Zones: 5–8

Sunset foliage color for bold annual contrast

• 🧡 Warm sunset-toned foliage brings rich seasonal color to containers, borders, and summer annual displays.
• 💚 Colorful tropical leaves create strong contrast with flowering annuals, dark foliage, and bright companion plants.
• ☀️ Season-long foliage impact keeps the planting colorful without relying on flowers for the main show.
• 🌿 Bushy upright habit fills space beautifully and can be pinched for an even fuller, tidier plant.
• 🏡 Perfect for containers and landscapes mixed planters, borders, patio pots, and indoor bright-light displays.
• 🌸 Small blue-white flowers may appear in summer but are usually secondary to the foliage color.
• ✨ Excellent contrast plant works beautifully with lime, purple, orange, red, and silver companion plants.
• 💪 Easy care and deer resistant with strong performance in sun, shade, or part shade with regular moisture.
• 📏 Grows 16–26 inches tall and 12–18 inches wide for knee-high color in containers and beds.
• 🌱 USDA Zones: 10–11

Bright foliage color for shade containers and borders

• 🌈 Bold colorful foliage brings instant annual color to shade containers, borders, and mixed patio plantings.
• ✨ High-contrast leaf color makes it a strong accent for pairing with green, purple, red, or chartreuse plants.
• ☁️ Season-long foliage interest keeps the display colorful from planting time through warm weather.
• 🌿 Knee-high upright habit gives containers and beds structure while staying easy to manage.
• 🏡 Perfect for combination containers shade borders, patio pots, landscapes, and indoor bright-light displays.
• 🌸 Small blue-white flowers may appear in summer but are best pinched to keep foliage fuller.
• ✨ Great contrast plant adds color and texture around begonias, impatiens, caladiums, and trailing annuals.
• 💪 Carefree and deer resistant with easy performance in full shade or partial sun and shade.
• 📏 Grows 18 inches tall and 12–18 inches wide for bold midsize color in containers and beds.
• 🌱 USDA Zones: 10–11