Pete's Picks

Autumn-colored foliage with warm season-long style

• 🍂 Warm autumn foliage brings shades of red, amber, copper, and orange to shade gardens and containers.
• ✨ Color-changing leaves add beautiful seasonal interest from spring through fall.
• 🌿 Mounded clumping habit forms a full foliage plant that looks polished in borders and patio pots.
• 🌸 Delicate flower sprays rise above the foliage and add soft seasonal charm.
• 🏡 Perfect for shade gardens woodland edges, foundation beds, containers, mixed borders, and foliage plantings.
• 🎨 Excellent warm contrast pairs beautifully with blue hostas, ferns, brunnera, carex, astilbe, and dark heuchera.
• 🌳 Season-long foliage interest keeps garden beds colorful long after spring blooms are gone.
• 💪 Low maintenance and deer resistant with best performance in part shade and moist, well-drained soil.
• 📏 Grows about 8–12 inches tall and spreads 16–20 inches wide for warm colorful texture.
• 🌱 USDA Zones: 4–9

Berry-pink foliage with smooth colorful style

• 💗 Berry-pink foliage brings bright, cheerful color to shade gardens, containers, and mixed borders.
• ✨ Smooth color shifts move through rosy, purple, and silvered tones for season-long interest.
• 🌿 Full mounded habit creates a lush foliage clump that works beautifully in borders and patio pots.
• 🌸 Delicate flower sprays rise above the foliage and add soft seasonal charm in late spring to summer.
• 🏡 Perfect for shade containers woodland edges, foundation beds, mixed borders, edging, and colorful foliage gardens.
• 🎨 Excellent foliage contrast pairs beautifully with blue hostas, ferns, brunnera, carex, astilbe, and lime foliage plants.
• 🌳 Season-long foliage interest keeps garden spaces colorful long after spring flowers fade.
• 💪 Low maintenance and deer resistant with best performance in part shade and moist, well-drained soil.
• 📏 Grows about 12–16 inches tall and spreads 18–24 inches wide for bold berry foliage color.
• 🌱 USDA Zones: 4–9

Glowing gold leaves with vivid red stems

• 💛 Brilliant golden foliage brings warm, glowing color to shade gardens, woodland beds, and mixed hosta plantings.
• ❤️ Vivid red leaf stems create striking contrast and make this hosta especially eye-catching up close.
• ✨ Color deepens through summer as the bright spring foliage matures into rich chartreuse tones.
• 🌿 Upright mounded habit keeps the colorful stems visible while adding tidy structure to shady spaces.
• 🏡 Perfect for shade gardens woodland edges, containers, pathways, foundation beds, and hosta collections.
• 🌸 Lavender summer flowers rise above the foliage and add a soft seasonal bloom bonus.
• ✨ Excellent foliage contrast pairs beautifully with blue hostas, ferns, heuchera, brunnera, and dark-leaved plants.
• 💪 Low maintenance perennial performs best in part shade with rich, moist, well-drained soil.
• 📏 Grows about 14–16 inches tall and 30–36 inches wide for glowing midsize color in shady spaces.
• 🌱 USDA Zones: 3–9

Golden centered hosta with classic green margins

• 💛 Bright golden leaf centers bring warm, glowing color to shade gardens, woodland beds, and foundation plantings.
• 💚 Deep green margins frame each leaf with strong contrast and a clean, classic variegated look.
• ✨ Colorful foliage changes with light showing richer gold tones in brighter shade and softer chartreuse in deeper shade.
• 🌿 Broad mounded habit forms a full, dependable clump that works beautifully in borders and mass plantings.
• 🏡 Perfect for shade gardens woodland edges, pathways, foundation beds, underplanting shrubs, and hosta collections.
• 🌸 Lavender summer flowers rise above the foliage and add a soft seasonal bloom bonus.
• ✨ Excellent foliage contrast pairs beautifully with ferns, heuchera, brunnera, astilbe, and blue-leaved hostas.
• 💪 Cold hardy and low maintenance performs best in part shade to shade with rich, moist, well-drained soil.
• 📏 Grows about 20–24 inches tall and 36–48 inches wide for classic color and structure in shady spaces.
• 🌱 USDA Zones: 3–9