Blooming later than its relatives, the pink, Chinese variety is also more tolerant of sun and drier conditions. Visions is a compact variety with thick plumes of light pink flowers in late June and July rising from lush mounds of bronze-green leaves. The sturdy flowers are great for cutting and drying. While this Astilbe is generally tougher than others it still appreciates being kept evenly moist.

An extraordinary and stunning variety presenting multiple clusters of bright lavender-pink blooms on a hardy and dense compact shrub. A beautiful presentation as a garden focal point, it has an open multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a more or less rounded form. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage. Unusually flower bud hardy, it will survive to -25 °F. Very tolerant of higher pH soils as well. Lower leaves drop off in Jan, with leaves right under flower buds persisting.

Dwarf Fothergilla features showy spikes of fragrant white flowers rising above the foliage in mid spring before the leaves. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The round leaves turn an outstanding orange in the fall.

Little Devil Ninebark features showy clusters of white flowers with shell pink overtones at the ends of the branches in early summer. It has burgundy foliage throughout the season. The small serrated lobed leaves turn purple in fall. It produces red capsules from early to mid fall. The peeling tan bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape. Little Devil Ninebark is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.

A compact spreading version of this native shrub which features extremely long and narrow panicles of white flowers in early summer, consistently reddish-purple fall color; good for the garden or for naturalizing, spreads to form small colonies

Low Scape Snowfire® Aronia features showy panicles of white flowers with red anthers at the ends of the branches in mid spring. It features an abundance of magnificent navy blue berries from late summer to late fall, which fade to black over time. It has forest green foliage with olive green undersides. The glossy oval leaves turn an outstanding red in the fall.

Beautiful, large, violet blue or rose pink blooms, depending on soil type; blooms on both old and new wood all summer long; sturdy ruby red stems, glossy deep green leaves turn burgundy-red in fall to offer year-round interest