Eupatorium purpureum 'Euphoria Ruby' is a smaller, compact version of the usual Joe-Pye Weed varieties with long-blooming pink flowers.

Euphorbia characias 'Glacier Blue' is the best variegated spurge with blue leaves edged in white.

Euphorbia 'Shorty' is a great dwarf form of the well known wulfenii spurge with electric green spring flowers.

Euphorbia myrsinites or donkey tail spurge has mounding, floppy stems with powder blue, evergreen leaves.

Euphorbia polychroma 'Bonfire' is a fiery cushion spurge with foliage that burns with shades of red all season long.

Euphorbia tirucalli 'Sticks on Fire' is a special fiery form of the pencil plant with the upper stems sporting shades of orange and red.

Euphorbia x martinii 'Tiny Tim' is a compact hybrid spurge with evergreen, blue green foliage and sprays of chartreuse bracts with red eyes.

Euphorbia 'Golden Glory' is a great spurge with bold burgundy foliage, red new growth, and electric green flowers in spring.

Euphorbia 'Jade Dragon' is a spurge with lush blue-green foliage, new red growth, and electric green flowers in the summer.

Fargesia murielae is one of the hardiest of all bamboos and is a clumper that will not spread.

Fargesia nitida is one of the hardiest of all bamboos and is a clumper that is an important food source for the giant panda.

This newly introduced species features orange-red culm sheaths that contrast with dark green canes and attractive foliage.

Fargesia rufa 'Little Red Head' features orange-red culm sheaths that contrast with dark green canes and attractive foliage.

Fargesia scabrida has young culms with sheaths that are dark orange opening to reveal steel-blue and lavender culms aging to olive-green.

'Spider's Web' is a version of Fatsia japonica with dramatic evergreen foliage speckled with white.

Beyond Gold 'AmiGold' is a golden form of Festuca glauca with the hair-like, textural foliage in tufted mounds.

Ficinia truncata 'Ice Crystal' is a decorative sedge with green leaves that appear to be outlined in white giving this plant an overall frosty look.

Ficus carica 'Brown Turkey' is the best brown-fruited fig for cool summer climates.

Ficus 'Chicago Hardy' is one of the most cold hardy figs with brown, medium-sized fruit in summer with a rich, sweet flavour.

Ficus carica 'Chicago Hardy' is one of the hardiest of all figs with tasty brown to purple fruit. Grow in zones 5 and 6!

Ficus carica 'Desert King' is very productive in cool summer climates producing tons of green figs with sweet, flavourful, pink flesh.

Ficus carica 'Fignomenal' is a very small dwarf fig tree that produces medium-sized brown fruit with pink interiors.

Ficus carica 'Lattarula' is very productive and reliable especially in cool summer climates. The fruit tastes like honey.

Ficus carica 'LSU Purple' is a tasty fig with deep purple glossy skin and sweet strawberry-coloured flesh.

Ficus carica 'Neverella' is a great brown-fruited fig for cool summer climates with delicious nearly clear flesh that is sweet and honeyed.