Superbells Creamsicle is a vibrant trailing Calibrachoa featuring cheerful orange blooms with sunny yellow centers, reminiscent of a classic creamsicle treat. Part of the Proven Winners Superbells series, this heat-tolerant annual blooms profusely from spring to frost without deadheading. Its trailing habit makes it ideal for hanging baskets, containers, window boxes, and spilling over garden edges. Loved by hummingbirds and pollinators, it provides season-long color with minimal effort, thriving in full sun to part sun with well-drained soil.

Height: 6-12 inches

Spread: 12-14 inches

Hardiness: USDA Zones 9-11 (grown as an annual elsewhere)

This is a bold, heat-loving annual that produces upright flower spikes in vibrant colors like red, white, purple, or bicolor. With bright tubular blooms and lush green foliage, it attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and pollinators all season long. Ideal for garden beds, containers, and borders, this plant thrives in full sun and offers long-lasting color from spring through frost. It's low-maintenance and provides great vertical interest in landscape designs. 

Height: 12-18 inches

Spread: 10-14 inches

Hardiness: USDA Zones 10-11

Safari Marigolds are part of the popular French Marigold Safari Series, known for their large, double blooms and bold, vibrant colors like yellow, gold, red, and orange. These compact, bushy annuals are early bloomers and continue flowering non-stop from spring until frost. Heat-loving and easy to grow, Safari Marigolds are perfect for borders, beds, containers, and pollinator gardens. Their bright blooms not only add cheerful color but also help repel garden pests naturally. 

Begonia 'Cocktail Vodka' is a standout variety in the Cocktail Series, featuring glossy bronze-red foliage and vivid scarlet-red flowers that bloom profusely from spring to frost. Compact and uniform, this fibrous-rooted begonia thrives in both sun and partial shade, making it ideal for garden beds, borders, containers, and mass plantings. Its low maintenance nature, drought tolerance, and eye-catching contrast between foliage and blooms make it a favorite for high-impact displays in any landscape. The Cocktail Vodka variety is especially prized for its vibrant color and excellent performance in heat and humidity.

Height: 8-10 inches

Spread: 6-12 inches

Hardiness: USDA Zones 10-11

This is a trailing, disease-resistant variety that produces soft shell pink blooms with delicate centers. This vigorous annual thrives in full sun and hot, humid conditions, making it ideal for summer landscapes and containers. Its cascading habit makes it perfect for hanging baskets, window boxes, and ground cover use, spreading beautifully without becoming leggy. The "XDR" in its name stands for Extra Disease Resistant, meaning it's highly resistant to phytophthora and other common vinca diseases. It blooms continuously from late spring through fall with minimal care.

Height: 6-10 inches

Spread: 20-36 inches

Hardiness: USDA Zones 10-11

Lavender Vinca, also known as Madagascar Periwinkle, is a heat loving, low maintenance annual that brings continuous color to sunny garden beds and containers. Its glossy green foliage contrasts beautifully with soft lavender blooms that resemble impatiens but thrive in full sun and dry conditions. This drought - tolerant flower blooms from spring to frost without deadheading, making it an ideal choice for landscapes needing reliable, fuss-free color. Vinca is also resistant to deer and pests, perfect for borders, mass plantings, or patio pots.

Height: 10-18 inches

Spread: 12-14 inches

Hardiness: USDA Zones 10-11 (perennial in the tropics/annual elsewhere)

The Chinese Juniper is a versatile evergreen that brings structure, texture, and year-round color to any garden or landscape. With dense, scale-like foliage in shades of deep green to silvery blue-green (depending on the variety), this hardy conifer offers natural elegance in both formal and informal settings.

Used commonly for hedges, foundation plantings, specimen accents, or even topiary and bonsai, Chinese Juniper is highly adaptable. It's known for its exceptional heat and drought tolerance, as well as resistance to pests and deer. Its upright or spreading form varies by cultivar, making it easy to find one that suits your space.

Light: Full sun

Height: 5-50 feet (depending on variety)

Spread: 4-20 feet

Hardiness: USDA Zones 4-9

Features: Evergreen, drought tolerant, heat tolerant, deer resistant

Maintenance: Very Low

Add dramatic flair and tropical elegance to your landscape or patio with the Chinese Fan Palm. Known for its large, fan shaped fronds and graceful, arching leaves, this slow-growing palm creates a bold focal point whether planted in the ground or showcased in a planter. Its tolerance for sun, shade, and a range of soil conditions makes it a favorite for Southern gardens and tropical-style plantings.

It's hardy, low-maintenance, and especially striking when used as a statement plant in courtyards, entryways, or poolside settings.

Light: Full sun to part shade

Height: 10-25 feet (can reach up to 30 feet over many years)

Spread: 6-12 feet

Hardiness: USDA Zones 9-11

Water: Moderate; allow topsoil to dry between waterings

Growth Rate: Slow

Features: Drought tolerant, cold-hardy for a palm

Container Friendly: Yes (especially when young)

Low Maintenance: Yes

Dwarf Japanese Holly is a compact, evergreen shrub with small, glossy green leaves that resemble boxwood, but with added toughness and versatility. It's naturally rounded form and dense foliage make it ideal for low hedges, borders, foundation plantings, or as a boxwood alternative in formal gardens.

Unlike traditional holly, it has no spines and produces tiny white flowers in spring, sometimes followed by small black berries. It tolerates pruning well, is deer resistant, and handles a range of soils with ease - making it a favorite in both urban and traditional landscapes. 

Light: Full sun to part shade

Height: 2-4 feet

Spread: 3-4 feet

Hardiness: USDA Zones 5-8

Features: Evergreen, deer resistant, compact form, low maintenance

Lush, elegant, and full of texture, the Boston Fern is a classic favorite for hanging baskets. Its long, arching fronds spill gracefully over the edges, creating a soft, tropical look perfect for porches, patios, or bright indoor spaces. Known for its air-purifying qualities and timeless charm, this fern adds a fresh, natural feel to any setting.

Boston Ferns thrive in humidity and indirect light, making them ideal for shaded outdoor areas or indoor spots near bright windows. Keep soil lightly moist, and mist occasionally  for best results. 

Light: Bright, indirect light to part shade

Height: 12-24 inches (fronds can trail longer)

Spread: 24-36 inches

Hardiness: USDA Zones 9-11 (outdoors); grow as houseplant elsewhere

Features: Shade loving, air-purifying, pet friendly, classic decor plant

Container Friendly: Yes - perfect for hanging baskets and planters

Low Maintenance: Yes - with regular moisture and humidity

Tropical: Yes - Native to tropical/subtropical regions, especially humid forests. Thrives in warm, humid environments with indirect light.

Crown Jewels Cleyera is a stunning evergreen shrub prized for its colorful, variegated foliage and easy-care nature. New growth emerges with shades of bright red and copper before maturing into rich green leaves edged in creamy yellow. Its naturally rounded shape and year-round color make it perfect for foundation plantings, hedges, or as an accent in mixed borders. 

This low-maintenance shrub thrives in warm climates and offers excellent resistance to pests, disease, and deer. It's a favorite for Southern landscapes thanks to its versatility, bold foliage, and ability to brighten up shady garden spots.

Light: Full sun to part shade

Height: 3-5 feet

Spread: 3-4 feet

Hardiness: USDA Zones 7-10

Bring a tropical touch to your garden or patio with this eye-catching Pineapple Plant! Known for its bold, spiky foliage and charming baby pineapples perched on top, this unique bromeliad adds exotic flair wherever it's placed. Grown more for its ornamental beauty than fruit harvest, it makes a fun conversation piece and is perfect for containers, sunny beds, or indoor spaces with bright light. 

Light: Full sun to bright indirect light

Height: 2-3 feet

Spread: 3-4 feet

Hardiness: USDA Zones 9-11 (grow as houseplant or bring indoors in cooler climates)

Container Friendly: Yes

Drought Tolerant: Moderate, once established 

Tropical: Yes

This is a vibrant evergreen ornamental grass prized for its cascading lime-green to golden yellow foliage. This clump-forming sedge brightens up shaded spots and adds year-round color and texture to borders, containers, and mixed plantings. With a graceful, arching habit, it works beautifully as a ground cover or accent plant in both modern and cottage gardens.

Easy to grow and low maintenance, Everillo thrives in part shade but can tolerate full sun in cooler climates. It's deer resistant, drought tolerant once established, and brings vivid contrast to shady spaces. 

Light: Part shade to full shade (tolerates sun in cool climates)

Height: 12-18 inches

Spread: 12-18 inches

Hardiness: USDA Zones 5-9

Type: Evergreen Ornamental Grass

Uses: Borders, containers, woodland gardens, ground cover

Fiber Optic Grass is a unique, ornamental grass that brings whimsy and texture to garden beds, containers, and hanging baskets. Named for its fine, thread-like foliage tipped with tiny white flowers resembling the glow of fiber optic lights, this eye-catching plant creates a soft, flowing look wherever it's planted.

Ideal for use in borders, mixed containers, and around water features, Fiber Optic Grass loves moisture and does well in both sun and part shade. It adds movement to the garden and pairs beautifully with bold-leaved companions.

Light: Full sun to part shade

Height: 6-12 inches

Spread: 10-14 inches

Hardiness: USDA Zones 8-11 (Grown as perennial in zones 8-11, may need winter protection in colder years)

Water: Moist to wet soil preferred

Deer Resistant: Yes

Tropical: Yes - annual in cooler climates

This Spek-tacular Cast Iron Plant lives up to its name with dramatic, dark green leaves boldly speckled with creamy white dots. This striking foliage plant thrives in shade, making it perfect for dim garden corners, shaded patios, or low-light indoor spaces. Exceptionally tough and easy to care for, it handles heat, humidity, and drought like a champ - hence the nickname, "cast iron". 

Great for adding elegant texture to garden beds or as a container plant, this variety grows in tidy clumps, providing evergreen beauty year-round in warmer zones.

Light: Full shade to part shade

Height: 24-30 inches

Spread: 24-36 inches

Hardiness: USDA Zones 7-11

Features: Low maintenance, deer resistant, heat and drought tolerant once established.

Add year-round drama to your landscape with the mysterious elegance of Black Dragon Japanese Cedar. This slow-growing evergreen conifer features deep green to nearly black foliage, forming a dense, upright, pyramidal shape that becomes more striking with age. Its fine, feathery texture and compact size make it perfect as a dramatic specimen, accent plant, or backdrop in mixed borders.

Ideal for small gardens and modern landscapes, Black Dragon is low-maintenance and thrives in well-drained soil with full sun to partial shade. It brings structure and color contrast to foundation plantings, Japanese -style gardens, or even large containers.

Light: Full sun to partial shade

Height: 6-10 feet

Spread: 4-6 feet

Hardiness: USDA Zones 5-9

Drought Tolerant: Yes - once established 

Features: Evergreen, deer resistant, low maintenance

Add striking texture and cool-tuned contrast to your garden or container displays with ColorGrass Blue Dart Rush. This eye-catching ornamental grass features narrow, upright blades in a bold silvery-blue hue, creating a modern, architectural look. Its tidy, vertical form brings instant drama and movement to mixed plantings, borders, and decorative pots.

This grass thrives in full sun and tolerates heat, humidity, and wet conditions better than many other ornamental grasses. Great for water gardens, contemporary landscapes, or container combinations that need a splash of color and structure.

Light: Full sun to part shade

Height: 12-18 inches

Spread: 10-12 inches

Hardiness: USDA Zones 7-11

Features: Heat tolerant, moisture tolerant, low maintenance, container friendly, deer resistant. 

Bring rich, year-round color and elegant texture to your garden with Maramlade Heuchera. This striking perennial features ruffled foliage in shades of caramel, amber, and deep peach - often with a hint of rosy pink on the undersides. Compact and mounding in form, it's perfect for borders, containers, or mixed shade gardens.

Marmalade Heuchera is prized for its versatility and durability. It thrives in part shade but can tolerate full sun in cooler climates. In late spring, delicate flower spikes emerge attracting pollinators like hummingbirds and bees.

Light: Part shade to full sun (with adequate moisture)

Height: 10-12 inches (up to 18 inches with flower spikes)

Spread: 16-18 inches

Hardiness: USDA Zones 4-9

Features: Evergreen in mild climates, deer resistant, pollinator-friendly, container-friendly, low maintenance.