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Oregon White Oak. This variety of Q. garryana hugs the foothills of the western Sierra Nevada and southern Oregon. In its native poor, rocky soils this becomes a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree to 20 ft. Deciduous and drought tolerant. Another excellent Oak we're able to offer thanks to Ian Barclay of The Desert Northwest.

Miniature Joint Fir. Choice species from the bleak areas of the "stans" - Afghan, Uzbek, Kazak, Krygh, Paki and Tajikistan. This primitive Conifer relative likes it rough - just good drainage and a hot, sunny dry spot are it's simple wants although it does enjoy the good life and wouldn't turn down a wee drink and a bit to eat. It has been quite adaptable to our regular irrigation in the nursery. In the garden this will slowly creep with more leafless thin green stems which look like a miniature Equisetum until they become bejeweled with red fruit-like cones in mid to late summer. Probably tolerant of more alkaline conditions as well. This does great in the Denver Botanic Garden.

You'd be forgiven for thinking this cultivar must be one of those with a slop name used to force the acceptance of double trademarked and patented promotional names but no this is an honest old-fashioned denotation of its Aussie origin point. This of course means it doesn't toot its own horn for its unique floral color, eschewing the usual red of G. juniperina for a seldom seen pale gold hue. New hardy Grevilleas are always exciting to have in the arsenal, especially when that hardiness comes without caveats or borderline warnings. This species is certainly reliable all the way down to 10F if not lower. Forming a needle leaved prostrate shrub unhospitable to fauna foraging.

This basket fern was fairly coating the host tree from whence it was collected on the slopes of the ominously named Daheishan or black mountain in Sichuan. This has shown good vigor in  pots and has also proved hardy outside in our tufa wall thus far, shockingly good performance for this usually tropical genus! Desirous of good drainage and a bit of room for its chunky rhizomes. The green fertile fronds will go dormant during winter leaving the skeletal sterile basal fronds to collect food for next year.

A Far Reaches Botanical Conservancy

There's no telling how long this Agapetes spends on its makeup each morning but what is for sure is that its eyeliner is decidedly on point. Whereas the usual species features overt rouge that often fades with age, the clasping parts of the flowers here are delicately outlined in a deep red resulting in a suave toupee or fancy hat for the striking yellow corolla. A Steve Hootman collection of this stunning Himalayan blueberry relative from Arunachal Pradesh, and the winner of our 2024 Rare Plant Rumble.

A Far Reaches Botanical Conservancy Offering

One of our treasured Hepatica selections rarely offered due to jealous hoarding and nature's snail-like pace. These woodland delights are one of our favorites, so much so that they have a whole house dedicated to their culture! This form pairs pure white flowers with bright purple anthers creating a lovely pop of contrast and inviting closer inspection of the less often appreciated flower parts, a win-win! Nicely patterned foliage rounds out the package with year-round interest.

One of our treasured Hepatica selections rarely offered due to jealous hoarding and nature's snail-like pace. These woodland delights are one of our favorites, so much so that they have a whole house dedicated to their culture! This sooooo-cute form really has it all, a lovely blush pink multiplied by an unusually high number of petals just gets even more barbie-ified by bright pink anthers, and then it all gets wrapped in the bow of well-marked leaves, swoon-worthy in the extreme.

One of our treasured Hepatica selections rarely offered due to jealous hoarding and nature's snail-like pace. These woodland delights are one of our favorites, so much so that they have a whole house dedicated to their culture! This form features larger than usual purple flowers with a pale to white center which bleeds into the petals for a tie-dye effect, pretty radical dude. 

The oldest Polypodium cultivar, indeed the oldest clonal herbaceous plant in cultivation. Originating from a 1668 (That's before Carl Linnaeus and binomial nomenclature for reference) collection by Richard Kayse of a uniquely lacerated Polypodium cambricum on a high rocky cliff where it still grows. Beyond the unbelievably cool opportunity to own such a cool part of horticultural history, the fern itself is gorgeous with well cut bipinnatifid fronds, its easy to see why what began as one plant in one spot has now made its presence known across continents and centuries. 

*Thanks to Neil Frame (@fern.topia) for the photo!

A delightfully strange lesser-known dwarf Ericaceous gem. Sometimes referred to as bear-heath in reference to the wildly fringed interior of the fragrant yet unremarkable white flowers, just don't look (or smell) too closely or you'll meet with the long needle point of the leaves. The flowers are followed by spherical orange fruit which are apparently quite succulent! Would make a great deterrent to erring footfall in your treasured rock garden. Has proven hardy at Kew but given its New Zealand and Australian heritage likely best suited to milder gardens.