Lobelia cardinalis 'Black Truffle' has burgundy foliage and tall spires of red, hummingbird-attracting flowers.

A hummingbird magnet with red tubular flowers, Crocosmia 'Lucifer' is the best of the genus.

Aralia 'Sun King' has bold, golden foliage offering a tropical look from an extremely hardy plant.

Muhlenbergia 'Undaunted' or ruby muhly grass offers clouds of ruby red flowers in late summer and fall.

Crocosmia 'Colombus' has bright yellow tubular flowers in summer. A magnet for hummingbirds.

Geranium macrorhizum 'Bevan's Variety' has bright pink flowers. Plants are tolerant of dry shade.

Oxalis griffithii 'Pink Double Flower' is a rare form with shamrock-like leaves and pink double flowers.

Iris chrysographes 'Black Form' has pure black iris flowers.

Agastache rupestris has narrow, grey-green, root beer-scented foliage on bushy mounds topped by apricot-orange tubular flowers in summer.

Astilboides tabularis is one of the best of all foliage plants for a dramatic focal point in the shade.

Papaver 'Patty's Plum' has large, dusky purple flowers with deep, dark central stamens surrounded by near-black spots.

Persicaria 'Red Dragon' has dramatic purple and silver lance-shaped leaves marked with a mint chevron.

Cautleya gracilis (syn. Cautleya lutea) is a hardy shade ginger with tropical foliage & yellow orchid-like flowers in summer.

Cautleya spicata is a hardy shade ginger with yellow orchid-like flowers emerging from red buds in summer.

'Blue Moon' is an extremely fast growing and super hardy Wisteria for zone 3(!) that blooms up to three times a year.

Agastache 'Tango' is a dwarf cultivar with big flower power in firey orange for containers or the front of the border.

Athyrium 'Pearly White' is a Japanese painted fern with silvery-grey fronds with each leaflet centred with silver-white.

Salvia 'Black and Blue' produces truly vibrant cobalt blue flowers with black sepals by the thousands all season long.

Salvia 'Ember's Wish' has large, bright coral-red flowers are produced all summer long atop scented foliage. Plant, stand back, and watch the hummingbird madness begin.

Penstemon 'Cha Cha Cherry' offers tubular bright bright red flowers all summer long.

Sedum telephium 'Marina' is a large upright stonecrop with large, glaucous blue foliage. One of the bluest of all stonecrops.

Monarda punctata is a rare and unusual beebalm with pink-flushed bracts and red speckled yellow flowers.

Euphorbia griffithii  'Fireglow' emerges like fiery tongues from the dark spring soil.

Eomecon chionantha or snow poppy is a rhizomatous perennial that bears small pure white poppy-like flowers.

Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella' has dense clusters of small rose pink and white vanilla-scented flowers that attract butterflies.

Penstemon strictus is a tall, dramatic species to about 30 inches with bold blue and purple tubular flowers.

Salvia pachyphylla has broad, two-toned spikes consisting of lavender-purple flowers emerging from warm purple bracts all summer long.

Rudbeckia maxima has huge powder blue leaves and towering stems of black-eyed Susan flowers.

Papaver orientale 'Raspberry Queen' has ruffly, glowing raspberry pink flowers with interior black blotches.

Osteospermum 'Purple Mountain' is a super hardy African Daisy with warm lavender purple daisies with yellow centres for months on end.

Dicksonia antarctica, the Tasmanian tree fern, is an impressive specimen and one of the oldest plants in the world.

Campanula 'Sarastro' is a fragrant and floriferous bellflower with dark purple-blue bell-shaped flowers on branching stems.

Nipponanthemum nipponicum or Nippon daisy is a little-known yet easy-to-grow, fall-flowering daisy.

Wisteria frutescens 'Amethyst Falls' is a daintier, better behaved version of the Chinese wisteria for small spaces.

Senecio candicans 'Angel Wings' is a "wow" plant with large, silver-white, ruffled, velvety leaves with toothed edges.

Osteospermum 'Avalanche' is a super hardy African daisy that blooms from spring until fall with masses of large, dazzling white daisies.

Penstemon rostriflorus is a large, long-lived beard tongue 2-3 feet tall producing tons of scarlet red tubular flowers from late July until frost.

Salvia 'Amistad' is a hummingbird magnet with large, grape purple flowers emerging from black sepals from early summer until frost.

Salvia 'Love and Wishes' is a bold and beautiful sage with large, purplish magenta flowers emerging from dusky purple sepals.

Papaver 'Picotee' has large, white petals with a distinctive orange frilled edge.

Papaver orientale 'Turkenlouis' has fringed, vermillion-orange, crepe-papery flowers.

Rudbeckia occidentalis 'Green Wizard' is for esoteric gardeners who like odd plants, especially those without petals!

Crocosmia 'Harlequin' has red and orange buds opening to warm yellow flowers creating a bicolor to tricolor effect.

Salvia gauranitica 'Black and Bloom' Nectar Blue is an improved, earlier blooming form of 'Black and Blue' with vibrant cobalt blue flowers with black sepals.

Nepeta 'Cat's Pajamas' is a compact catmint forming low mounds of blue flowers with rosy purple sepals right down to the ground.

Geum Tempo Rose produces a multitude of semi-double flowers in shades of dark rose pink.

'Carmin Brilliant' is a stunning Crocosmia with carmine-pink flowers, scarlet-orange on the reverse and with cheery, yellow throats.

Phygelius 'Moonraker' is a South African fuchsia-like sub-shrub with soft creamy yellow, tubular flowers all summer long.

Angelica gigas produces giant, crimson-purple, umbrella-shaped flowers on dark stalks nearly two metres high!

Syringa meyeri Flowerfesta Purple is a reblooming, dwarf lilac producing larger-than-average purple, very fragrant, dense panicles.

Gaura lindheimeri Walberton's 'Silver Fountain' has variegated foliage and spikes of pink buds opening to white flowers.

Iris ensata Dinner Plate 'Ice Cream' has periwinkle-blue flowers with white margins. Blooms can reach 8 inches wide!

Iris sibirica 'Concord Crush' has bright blue, double flowers that bloom for a long period of time and may rebloom later in the season.

Iris sibirica 'How Audacious' has gorgeous multi-coloured flowers of violet, yellow, and white.

Primula vulgaris 'Oakleaf Yellow Picotee' is a primrose that has unusually lobed leaves and umbels of bright yellow, orange, and red flowers.

Blue flower heads of the ultra-compact Eryngium planum 'Blue Hobbit' are surrounded by large frilled blue bracts.

Nepeta 'Neptune' is a compact catmint forming a low mound of intense blue to almost purple full sized flowers.

Filipendula rubra 'Venusta' is a tall herbaceous perennial with cloud-like clusters of small, fragrant pink flowers.

Iris sibirica 'Kaboom' has large, bi-colour, double blooms of violet-blue and contrasting creamy centres with purple veining.

Papaver orientale 'Fruit Punch' is an Oriental poppy seed strain with large ruffled petals in hot pink, orange, plum, and red.

Crocosmia masoniorum is a giant montbretia with blazing-orange flowers. A magnet for hummingbirds and butterflies.

Iris sibirica 'So Van Gogh' has a bicolour palette of yellow and blue-purple flowers with purple veining throughout.

Iris sibirica 'Drink Your Tea' has earthy tones of pale apricot, orange-brown, and yellow-gold with yellow veining.

Iris sibirica 'Mad Hat' has sensational flowers in a mix of of violet and lavender with red-violet veining and yellow signals.

Iris sibirica 'On Mulberry Street' has magnificent flowers in a mix of of blue, violet, creamy-white, and  yellow with purple veining.

Anthirrhimum sempervirens 'Drew's Folly' is a hardy perennial snapdragon with dusty pink flowers and fuzzy dark green foliage.

Buddleja 'Buzz Hot Raspberry' is a dwarf, sterile butterfly bush that blooms continuously with fragrant, hot-raspberry-pink flowers.

Buddleja 'Buzz Midnight' is a dwarf butterfly bush that blooms continuously with fragrant, dark purple flowers.

Philadelphus 'Snowbelle' is a hardy shrub with deliciously fragrant, double white flowers.

Hibiscus 'Blue Bird' is a rose of Sharon with single, vase-shaped, violet-blue flowers and dark reddish-purple centres.

Crocosmia 'Emily Mackenzie' offers extra large, dark orange flowers with yellow throats each surrounded by a red ring.

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Firefly' is a compact, bigleaf hydrangea with semi-double blooms of reddish pink and cream.

Hydrangea paniculata Little Fresco has incredible flower power for such a compact plant.

Salvia 'Wendy's Wish' blooms from spring to summer with large, magenta flowers and scented foliage. A hummingbird magnet.

Iris sibirica 'Jerry Murphy' is a Siberian Iris with multi-hued creamy-pink standards and gold, bronze, apricot and red falls.

Iris sibirica 'Unbuttoned Zippers' is a Siberian Iris with multi-hued creamy-pink standards and gold, apricot, blue and purple falls.

Papaver orientale 'Harlem' is an Oriental poppy with double-ruffled red petals, dark purple eyes and interior black blotches.

Echinacea Sunseekers 'White Perfection' is a semi-double coneflower with green and creamy-white flowers.

Iris ensata Dinner Plate 'Cupcake' has white flowers with delicate purple and yellow centres. Blooms can reach 6 inches wide!

Iris ensata Dinner Plate 'Tiramisu' has large, 6 inch wide, double white blooms speckled and edged in lavender with yellow centres.

Iris ensata Dinner Plate 'Jell-O' has large, 6 inch wide, double purple blooms with white veining and yellow centres.

Primula vulgaris 'Oakleaf Magenta' is an unusual primrose with lobed leaves and umbels of magenta-red flowers.

Dicliptera suberecta is commonly known as the firecracker or hummingbird plant with nectar-filled, deep orange flowers.

Echinacea Doublescoop 'Cranberry' is a coneflower with cranberry red blooms on big double pompoms.

Echinacea Doublescoop 'Mandarin' is a coneflower with deep orange, double pompom blooms.

Hosta 'Tortilla Chip' is a sun tolerant, fragrant plantain lily with chartreuse to golden-yellow leaves.

Papaver 'White Ruffles' is a compact Oriental poppy with large, ruffled white flowers and black centers.

Asclepias verticillata is a rare eastern North American native known as the whorled milkweed.

Hibiscus 'Inner Glow' is a perennial with large, pink and lavender flowers complemented with green dissected  foliage.

Nepeta 'Picture Purrfect' is a compact catmint forming a low mound of large, purple-blue flowers from early summer to early fall.

Deutzia 'Yuki Cherry Blossom' is a fuzzy deutzia shrub with pink cherry-blossom-like flowers and green foliage with fall colours.

Symphoricarpos doorenbosii 'Pinky Promise' is an ornamental shrub known as snowberry valued for its late season pink berries.

Vaccinium vitis-idaea 'Red Candy' is a dwarf, compact lingonberry or partridgeberry with white flowers and tasty, tart red fruit.

Echinops ritro ssp. ruthenicus 'Platinum Blue' is a globe thistle with thistle-like leaves, silver stems and blue spheres of starry flowers.

Abelia 'Kaleidoscope' has long-lasting, fragrant flowers and variegated foliage in yellow, green, orange and red.

Iris sibirica 'Colonel Mustard' has large, bi-colour, double blooms of mustard to yellow and violet-purple bars.

Asclepias curassavica 'Monarch's Banquet' is a tender variegated milkweed with nectar-rich blooms in bright orange-reds all summer long.

Adiantum raddianum 'Fragrantissimum' is an evergreen maidenhair fern with arching black stems and light green aromatic fronds.

Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Pink Elephant' is a compact mountain fleece with long blooming wands of pink flowers.

Penstemon 'Flock of Flamingos' offers tubular, two-tone pink flowers all summer long.

Iris ensata Dinner Plate 'Blueberry Pie' has large, 6 inch wide, purple blooms with violet strokes and yellow centres.

Phlox paniculata 'Orchid Green' is a tall garden phlox with large, fragrant white flowers and lime-green picotee edging.

Phlox paniculata 'Orchid Yellow is a tall garden phlox with large, fragrant pink flowers and lime-green to yellow edging.

Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurry' is a cold hardy heather aster with masses of late season nectar-rich white flowers.

Packera obovata is a daisy relative that forms a great ground cover for sun or shade with cheerful yellow flowers.

Origanum 'Gilt Trip' is an ornamental oregano with lilac flowers, mauve calyxes and aromatic, chartreuse-yellow foliage.

Salvia 'Back to the Fuchsia' has fragrant two-lipped flowers in dark fuchsia-pink tones with aromatic, dark green foliage.

Salix integra 'Flamingo' is a fast-growing willow with spectacular colour from variegated white, green and pink foliage.

Hydrangea paniculata Early Evolution is a sweet, extremely dwarf panicle hydrangea with early masses of clustered flowers.

Hydrangea paniculata Skyfall is stunning compact cultivar with large, conical heads of elongated, creamy white petals.

Iris ensata Dinner Plate 'Tum Tim Gros' has large, 6 inch wide, lavender pink flowers accented with lavender veins.

Arachniodes simplicior 'Variegata' is an Indian Holly fern with a yellow streak running down its gorgeous waxy, dark green, evergreen fonds.

Gaura lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink' is a butterfly gaura with delicate pink flowers on arching stems and dark green foliage.

Vancouveria hexandra, the white inside-out flower, is a lovely shade perennial and ground cover native to southwestern BC.

Oceanspray (Holodiscus discolor) offers clouds of tiny creamy white flowers popular with bees and butterflies.

Lonicera involucrata is a non-climbing shrubby honeysuckle with large, oval leaves and pairs of tubular yellow flowers.

Crocosmia 'Walberton's Bright Eyes' is a cute little montbretia perfect for small gardens or the front of the border.

Crocosmia 'Fire Jumper' has orange-red buds opening to pale orange flowers highlighted with orange-red.

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Akadama' has amazing flowers that open deep pink and age to red.

Coreopsis tripteris is a 6 foot high tickseed producing masses of bright yellow flowers from summer to fall.