Ananas comosus 'White Jade' is an edible pineapple with evergreen foliage and delicious white fruit.

Shiny bristle fern (Arachniodes davalliaeformis) forms stiff, shiny, almost plastic-like, dark green, triangular fronds with black stems.

The monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana) is a special tree for coastal BC related to the Norfolk Island pine.

White and green spathes often with a purple flush.

Dark purple or green spathe with green or white striping.

Arisaema concinnum has burgundy or green spathes with white stripes and a long, pointed spathe tip.

Arisaema consanguineum is one of the most dramatic and stately of the the cobra lilies reaching 4-5 feet!

'The Perfect Wave' is an Arisaema consanguineum with dramatic blue and silver umbrellas of undulating leaves.

Arisaema dracontium has a green spathe and a dramatic, curling, green to yellow to orange, tongue-like spadix appendage.

Arisaema heterophyllum is a green cobra lily with a long, yellow spadix appendage that licks out of the spathe like a whip.

Arisaema intermedium has green spathes with white striping.

Arisaema jacquemontii forms green spathes with white stripes growing 3-4 feet tall often with reddish stems.

One of the best Arisaema for gardens. Arisaema ringens is long-blooming with attractive, shiny foliage & distinctive snake-like spathes.

Arisaema thunbergii hails from the southern isls of Japan. Rare & very choice variegated form has much-divided glossy leaves each with a central silver-white stripe.

Arisaema thunbergii ssp. urashima has cute, speckled and striped inflorescences produced by vigorous plants. A darling little cobra lily.

One of the tallest of cobra lilies, Arisaema tortuosum has green spathes and a long spadix like a long, narrow tongue licking the air.

Arisaema tortuosum var. helleborifolium is a tall cobra lily with green spathes and stems with beautiful markings.

Arisaema tosaense is a tall cobra lily with attractive foliage and green (sometimes burgundy) spathes.

Aristolochia macrophylla (A. durior), the Dutchman's pipe, has beautiful heart shaped leaves and cool pipe-shaped flowers.

The painted arum, Arum italicum, is evergreen throughout winter with mottled arrow-shaped leaves.

Asclepias viridis is the green milkweed with large clusters of green petals and purple throats.

Asparagus officinalis 'Eclipse' is a perennial vegetable with thick green spears that can be harvested in the first year of growth.

Asparagus officinalis 'Equinox' is a delicious, all male cultivar bred for its vigour, high yield and uniformity of size. Harvested from year two and onward.

Asparagus officinalis 'Mary Washington' is a heirloom, female selection that produces large green spears earlier than other cultivars.