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Make a bold statement with the Royal Purple Smoketree, a stunning deciduous shrub known for its deep burgundy-purple foliage and airy, smoke-like flower plumes. In late spring to early summer, the plant producers wispy, pinkish panicles that hover above the leaves giving the appearance of a smoky haze - a truly unique garden showstopper.
Its rich color intensifies in full sun and transitions to vibrant red and orange tones in fall. Whether used as a specimen, in borders, or in mixed shrub plantings, this low-maintenance beauty adds year-round interest and bold texture to the landscape.
Light: Full sun (best color)
Height: 8-15 feet
Spread: 6-12 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 4-9
Water: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
Features: Colorful foliage, unique blooms, deer resistant, drought tolerant, fall color
Maintenance: Low
Pollinator Friendly: Yes- attracts bees when flowering!
If pruned and shaped, it can grow like a small ornamental tree.
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
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
This is a hardy, evergreen shrub prized for its lush, dark green needles and graceful, spreading habit. Unlike upright yews, this low-growing variety features horizontal branching and dense foliage, making it ideal for use as a ground cover, border plant, or under shady trees. Its tolerance for shade, heat, and humidity makes it a reliable choice for Southern gardens.
This slow-growing conifer adds rich texture and year-round interest to both formal and naturalistic landscapes. Deer resistant and drought tolerant once established, it thrives in well-drained soil.
Light: Part shade to full shade
Height: 2-3 feet
Spread: 4-6 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 6-9
Features: Deer resistant, Evergreen, Drought tolerant, Low maintenance, Shade loving
Ocala Anise is a lush, evergreen shrub known for its glossy green foliage and unique star-shaped, maroon flowers that appear in spring. Native to the Southeastern U.S., this low-maintenance plant adds rich texture and color to shaded gardens and woodland landscapes. Its aromatic leaves release a subtle, spicy scent when crushed, making it a favorite for natural screening or foundation planting. Ocala Anise thrives in moist, well-drained soils performs best in partial to full shade.
Light: Partial to full shade
Height: 6-10 feet
Spread: 6-8 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 7-9
Ideal for use in shade gardens, borders, or as a privacy hedge, Ocala Anise is deer resistant, heat tolerant, and thrives in humid Southern climates.
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
This lush, low-growing ground cover is prized for its dense, carpet-like foliage and vibrant green color. This charming plant forms a soft, mossy mat that's perfect for filling gaps between stepping stones, edging pathways, or adding texture to rock gardens. In late spring to early summer, it's sprinkled with tiny, star-shaped white flowers that add delicate beauty without overwhelming its fine, moss-like foliage.
Irish Moss is ideal for cooler climates and thrives in moist, well-drained soil. It's deer resistant, low maintenance, and naturally weed-suppressing once established. Whether used in borders, fairy gardens, or as a living mulch, Irish Moss creates a serene, elegant look in shaded or partially sunny areas.
Light: Full sun to part shade
Height: 1-2 inches
Spread: 10-12 inches
Hardiness: USDA Zones 4-9
Water: Keep consistently moist, especially in hotter zones
Maintenance: Low
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.
The European Ostrich Fern is a bold, architectural fern loved for its striking, vase-shaped form and lush, feathery fronds. Its upright, bright green foliage unfurls in spring like ostrich plumes, creating dramatic vertical interest in shady garden beds or woodland landscapes. Ideal for naturalizing, this deciduous fern spreads by underground rhizomes, forming graceful colonies over time.
Perfect for moist, shaded areas, the Ostrich Fern thrives in woodland gardens, around water features, or in mixed borders where it brings texture and movement. It's deer resistant, easy to grow, and adds timeless elegance to any shade garden.
Light: Part shade to full shade
Height: 3-5 feet
Spread: 3-6 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 3-7
Features: Shade-loving, deer resistant, low maintenance, excellent for mass planting or naturalized areas.
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.
Elegant and airy, White Plumbago offers a cascade of pure white, star-shaped blooms that brighten up any garden space from spring through fall. This fast-growing, heat-loving shrub thrives in warm climates and adds a soft, tropical feel to borders, containers, and trellises. Known for its long blooming season and low maintenance needs, it's a favorite for pollinators and gardeners alike.
White plumbago can be grown as a sprawling shrub, ground cover, or trained up a trellis or fence. Its delicate flowers and light green foliage provide a refreshing contrast in mixed plantings or tropical landscapes.
Light: Full sun to part sun
Height: 3-5 feet (can be pruned for shape)
Spread: 4-6 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 8-11
Bloom Time: Spring to frost
Water Needs: Moderate (Drought tolerant once established)
Features: Heat tolerant, pollinator-friendly, long-blooming, deer resistant
Best Uses: Containers, Tropical gardens, borders, trellises, cottage-style landscapes.
A must have for pollinator garden, Milkweed is a hardy, native perennial beloved for its clusters of colorful blooms and vital role in supporting monarch butterflies. With flowers ranging from soft pinks to vibrant oranges and reds, milkweed attracts butterflies, bees, and other beneficial insects all season long. Its tall, upright habit and striking seed pods added texture and movement to garden beds, borders, and wildflower meadows.
Milkweed is the primary host plant for monarch caterpillars and provides nectar to many other pollinators, making it one of the most important native plants you can grow.
Light: Full sun
Height: 2-5 feet
Spread: 1.5 - 3 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 3-9
Bloom Time: Summer to early fall
Water: Low to moderate
Features: Pollinator-friendly, drought tolerant, deer resistant, native plant
Brighten your garden with the clean , crisp blooms of this White Yarrow. This compact, clump-forming perennial produces clusters of pure white flowers atop sturdy, upright stems that resist flopping. Fern-like, aromatic foliage adds fine texture to beds, borders, and pollinator gardens.
Unlike taller yarrows, the New Vintage series is bred for compact growth and long-lasting blooms, making it perfect for smaller spaces, containers, or mass plantings. Drought tolerant and deer resistant, this tough perennial thrives in full sun and poor soils, making it an easy-care choice for gardeners seeking dependable summer color.
Light: Full sun
Height: 12-15 inches
Spread: 10-12 inches
Hardiness: USDA Zones 3-8
Bloom Time: Early summer to early fall
Water: Low once established
Features: Drought tolerant, deer resistant, pollinator-friendly, low maintenance
Best Uses: Borders, rock gardens, cottage gardens, containers
Graceful and architectural, the slender Hinoki False Cypress is a slow-growing evergreen prized for its elegant, narrow form and feathery, dark green foliage. Perfect for adding year-round vertical interest to small gardens, mixed borders, or foundation plantings, this conifer maintains a soft, layered texture and refined silhouette that complements both formal and natural landscapes.
Its naturally compact, upright growth habit makes it an excellent choice for tight spaces, while its low-maintenance nature and deer resistance make it a reliable landscape addition.
Light: Full sun to part shade
Height: 10-15 feet
Spread: 3-5 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 5-8
Water: Moderate; prefers well-drained, slightly acidic soil
Growth Rate: Slow to moderate
Features: Evergreen, Deer Resistant, Drought tolerant once established, low maintenance.
Best Uses: Accent tree, privacy screen, foundation planting, container specimen.
Variegated English Holly is a classic evergreen shrub prized for its striking green leaves edged in creamy white and its showy red berries in winter. With its sharp, glossy foliage and dense, upright habit, this holly offers year round interest and makes an elegant hedge, privacy screen, or holiday accent.
In fall and winter, bright red berries appear (when a male pollinator is nearby), attracting birds and adding vibrant seasonal color. The variegated foliage stands out beautifully in mixed plantings or formal gardens, and it responds well to pruning, making it easy to shape.
Light: Full sun to part shade
Height: 8-12 feet
Spread: 4-6 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 6-9
Deer Resistant: Yes
Features: Evergreen, drought tolerant once established
Best Uses: Hedges, foundation plantings, privacy screens, winter interest
Majestic Beauty Indian Hawthrone (Tree Form) is a stunning evergreen tree prized for its large clusters of soft pink blooms and glossy, leathery foliage. This tree-form variety is a unique take on the classic Indian Hawthorne, offering year-round structure and elegance with a neatly trimmed topiary shape that fits beautifully into formal gardens, entryways, and landscape accents.
Majestic Beauty bursts into bloom in spring, producing fragrant, pollinator-friendly flowers that contrast beautifully with its dark green foliage. As an evergreen, it provides reliable color and coverage through all seasons. Naturally disease-resistant and tolerant of heat and drought once established, this tree is also a low-maintenance favorite for Southern landscapes.
Light: Full sun to part shade
Height: 8-10 feet
Spread: 6-8 feet
Hardiness: USDA Zones 7-11
Deer Resistant: Yes
Pollinator-Friendly: Yes
Ideal for: Accent plantings, formal landscapes, containers, entryways