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From seed collected in China.

Copper Canyon daisy is a big, aromatic, autumn-flowering marigold from the mountains of southern Arizona and adjacent northern Mexico, grown as much for the scent as the show. Brush against the finely divided, fern-like foliage and the plant releases a strong, distinctive fragrance, a mix of citrus, anise, and marigold that some find intoxicating and others frankly pungent. Tagetes lemmonii builds a soft, shrubby mound three to four feet high and wider still.

Hardiness

Zones 8–11

Light

Full Sun

Height

3–4 ft.

Spread

4–6 ft.

Bloom

Yellow

Plant type

Shrub

Traditional use

digestive health, mental & emotional well-being, pain relief

Tagetes lucida is the herb that does it all. Known as Mexican tarragon, Mexican mint marigold, pericón, and, in the old Aztec tongue, yauhtli, this fragrant perennial from Mexico and Central America earns every name. The narrow, glossy, deep-green leaves carry a warm anise-tarragon scent and flavor, and in late summer and fall the plant scatters small, single, golden-yellow marigold flowers across a tidy foot-and-a-half mound.

Hardiness

Zones 8–11

Light

Full Sun / Part Shade

Height

15–20 in.

Spread

6–10 in.

Bloom

Yellow

Plant type

Perennial

Traditional use

digestive health, mental & emotional well-being, respiratory support, pain relief

Rare conifer from mountains of Taiwan. Resembles Cryptomeria but more pendulous branches and twigs. Leaves like short stiff needles. A graceful large evergreen tree but may grow slowly and rarely reach full size in cultivation.

Hardiness

Zones 8–9

Height

70–90 ft.

Spread

30–40 ft.

Imagine a shrub that looks like a conifer caught in an airy, pink-flowering daydream. Tamarix ramosissima, often called tamarisk or saltcedar, is a deciduous shrub or small tree with fine, scale-like leaves that read as cedar from ten feet away, yet drop in winter. That contradiction is the charm: conifer-like texture on a plant that is no conifer at all.

Hardiness

Zones 3–8

Light

Full Sun

Height

15–20 ft.

Spread

15–20 ft.

Bloom

Pink

Plant type

Shrub

Pond cypress is the quieter of the two native bald cypresses, a deciduous conifer closely related to the more widespread Taxodium distichum but smaller, tidier, and distinct in leaf. Where bald cypress wears soft, feather-like foliage, pond cypress carries fine, scale-like leaves pressed close and ascending along the shoots, giving the young tree a narrow, almost columnar, pyramidal outline.

Hardiness

Zones 5–10

Light

Full Sun / Part Shade

Height

40–60 ft.

Spread

18–25 ft.

Plant type

Conifer

Bald cypress is the great deciduous conifer of the southern swamp, a long-lived, stately tree of river margins, bottomlands, and blackwater sloughs across the southern United States, and one of the most beautiful native trees the region has to offer. Soft, feathery, two-ranked needles clothe the branches in a light, bright green through summer, then turn a warm russet-orange and fall, leaving a broad, pyramidal frame bare for winter.

Hardiness

Zones 5–10

Light

Full Sun / Part Shade

Height

60–100 ft.

Spread

40–60 ft.

Plant type

Conifer

Taxodium mucronatum has shorter leaves and larger cones than Taxodium disticum (which see). Could grow to be a very large tree if well sited as the famous tree "El Tule" in Oaxaca, Mexico is the largest tree in the world (trunk diameter). The native range of this tree is generally given as Mexico north to lower Rio Grande River in Texas. This species is evergreen or nearly so in warmer regions.

Hardiness

Zones 8–10

Height

35–60 ft.

Spread

30–50 ft.

Florida yew is one of the rarest conifers in North America, a shrubby evergreen restricted to a single stretch of steep, cool ravines along the eastern bluffs of the Apalachicola River in the Florida Panhandle, and nowhere else on Earth. A shrub or small tree of the shaded understory, the plant carries flat, soft, dark-green needles and, on female plants, the fleshy scarlet arils that mark every yew.

Hardiness

Zones 6–9

Light

Part Shade / Full Shade

Height

15–20 ft.

Spread

15–20 ft.

Plant type

Conifer

This deciduous pinnate leaf shrub from Argentina similar to the more familiar, yellow-flowered Tecoma stans except the flowers are red. It appears to be tender. We offer these thanks to fellow explorer Tony Avent. The seed we collected in Argentina did not come up. The related Tecoma stans is a popular drought tolerant and showy flowering shrub in the Southwest U.S. and in Florida.

Hardiness

Zones 8–9

Height

6–10 ft.

Spread

6–6 ft.

Tecoma stans var. stans is a shrub or small tree in subtropical areas. The variety stans is less hardy but frequently used in tropical or subtropical regions. This is the variety angustatum which is native in west Texas, Arizona and southward. It is a more cold hardy shrub but still may kill back in winter in zone 8. It may behave as perennial in parts of zone 8-9 where it can be cut back after the frost kills the tops and mulched well for the winter. Given rich soil and ample water, these plants will thrive during hot summers and provide an abundance of bright yellow bell-like flowers.

Hardiness

Zones 8–10

Height

3–6 ft.

Spread

4–5 ft.

Cape honeysuckle is a rangy, vine-like evergreen shrub from southern Africa, grown for glossy, compound leaves like a trumpet vine's and, above all, for the showy clusters of orange to orange-red tubular flowers that hummingbirds and, in the wild, sunbirds cannot resist. A member of the trumpet-vine family, Bignoniaceae, the plant can be trained up a support, clipped into a loose informal hedge, or left to cascade over a wall or bank.

Hardiness

Zones 9–10

Light

Full Sun / Part Shade

Height

6–10 ft.

Spread

3–6 ft.

Bloom

Orange

Plant type

Shrub

Traditional use

pain relief, respiratory support, digestive health, topical applications

Tetracentron is a very rare deciduous tree with heart-shaped leaves. Heronswood Nursery in Washington describes it as a rare relative of Cercidiphyllum japonicum...a living link to the flora of past geologic eras and perhaps the most valued tree in our [extensive] collection, and that which ["Chinese"] Wilson climbed to first photograph Davidia involucrata.

Hardiness

Zones 6–8

Formerly known as Evodia, this is a small to medium size deciduous tree with pinnate leaves and large clusters of white flowers followed by clusters of small shiny black seeds. Plant in sun or semi shade in good soil. The flowers of this tree are loved by bees and it is a favorite of bee keepers.

Hardiness

Zones 5–8

Height

25–30 ft.

Spread

15–20 ft.

Silver germander is a Mediterranean evergreen grown above all for foliage. Teucrium fruticans wears small, aromatic, gray-green leaves backed in silvery white felt, on pale, white-woolly stems, so the whole shrub reads as a soft silver mound that lights a hot, sunny border and cools the greens around it. A member of the mint family, Lamiaceae, the plant carries the square stems and aromatic foliage of that clan.

Hardiness

Zones 8–9

Light

Full Sun

Height

2–3 ft.

Spread

3–4 ft.

Bloom

Blue

Plant type

Shrub

Bold tropical leaves. Wet soil or shallow water. (See WGS)

Hardiness

Zones 8–10

Bluish fine textured foliage. Flowers likely showy on tall spikes. This undetermined species from seed collected by Frank Bell in gorge area north of Qiaotou, Yunnan, China. Has grown well here. (See ARM)

Foliage like a dusty blue maidenhair. Resents hot sun here. No flowers yet.

Romantic, loose, and full of life, the Cottage Garden Set brings together six native perennials and grasses chosen for their long season of beauty, soft movement, and deep connection to pollinators and garden history. From the spring bloom of Baptisia alba var. macrophylla to the late golden daisies of Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida, this collection creates the layered, story-rich abundance that defines a true cottage garden.With nodding flowers, fragrant foliage, airy grass, and old-fashioned charm, this set offers a planting that feels both curated and delightfully unruly... the kind of garden that seems to have gathered itself naturally, yet blooms with intention from spring into fall.

Hardiness

Zones 5–9

Light

Full Sun

Build a garden that hums, flutters, and feeds life from early spring through late fall. Our Pollinator Set brings together six powerhouse perennials chosen for their layered bloom, ecological value, and ability to support pollinators across the seasons. From the early golden flowers of Packera aurea to the final autumn feast provided by Symphyotrichum oblongifolium, this collection creates a richly planted nectar corridor for bees, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, and other beneficial insects.

Hardiness

Zones 4–9

Light

Full Sun