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A refined shade plant that would grace any plant connoisseur's garden yet is perfectly happy to hang with us average Joes. Leaves evoking Anemone and pendant flowers combining pastels and lavenders in an understated parasol of exquisite design and dimension. A plant that is not on the radar of a lot of gardeners so let's keep it to ourselves. It has been pleasingly tough and durable in our shade garden. These are descendants of Czech rock gardener Vlastimir Pilous' wild collection from the Norikura mountains.

An Arizona collection of this cheery columbine from FRBC board member Cody Hinchliff. These have proved unexpectedly easy and rewarding for a Southwestern native in Cody's high rainfall rain garden growing to a lanky 30" and producing masses of up to 20 bright yellow long-spurred flowers well-loved by pollinators in the Spring and Summer.  

A columbine caricatured for cuteness would be a fair assessment of this species and selection. Taking an already dwarf plant and selecting for the smallest of its kind is very Alpine gardener behavior and luckily this one plays along happily growing and seeding in our crevice garden. Buoyant light purple and white-centered starship flowers outsize in comparison to the teensy vegetative parts. Happy in colder climes but unsuited to strong summer heat.

Boy oh boy does this one tick the boxes that elicit pavlovian salivation. Endemic to only a few counties in Utah this extremely rare columbine grows in moist rocky crevices in its native habitat, often found hanging like a miniature sun from sheer rock faces, a performance it carries on with aplomb here in our crevice garden. Red and orange starship flowers sure to bring a grin to even the most seasoned plant veterans. 

This manzanita endemic to a small area of coastal California centered around the Pajaro river valley has taken a few classes in color theory it seems, seasonally doling out perfect color pairings from an elegantly chosen palette. Blue green foliage and dusty red to copper bark provide a beautiful baseline supplemented by pops of bronzey-red new growth and soft pink flowers in the early spring which are particularly long-lasting in this species. Coastal elite indeed.