Anemone nemorosa 'Robinsoniana' has glowing pale lavender-blue flowers.

Anemone nemorosa 'Royal Blue' has some of the bluest flowers of the wood anemones.

Anemone nemorosa 'Vestal' is a beautiful double form where the centres are filled with a delicate dome of tiny white petals.

Anemone ranunculoides is a species with bright yellow flowers related to the better known A. nemorosa.

Anemone ranunculoides 'Semi-Plena' has semi-double, bright yellow flowers.

Anemone x lipsiensis is a naturally occurring hybrid of the wood anemone and yellow wood anemone.

Anemone x lipsiensis is a hybrid of the wood anemone and yellow wood anemone. 'Vindobonensis' has reddish new growth'

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

Arum italicum 'Marmoratum' has glossy, extra mottled foliage with flowers of greenish-yellow which turn into showy spikes of red berries.

Aruncus dioicus, the giant goat's beard, is a stately BC native perennial with tall, creamy white plumes.

Aruncus 'Chantilly Lace' produces lacy, branched, horizontal spikes of creamy white flowers atop Astilbe-like foliage.

Aruncus 'Fairy Hair' is a goat's beard that produces sprays of creamy-white flowers above Astilbe-like, highly dissected foliage.

Aruncus 'Guinea Fowl' is a compact and floriferous goat's beard with highly dissected, fern-like, crinkly leaves and horizontal spikes of bright white flowers on red stems.

Asarum arifolium is a wild ginger with arrow-shaped, anise-scented, deep green leaves with silver marbling and strange brownish purple, urn shaped flowers.

Asarum canadense is the Canadian wild ginger with bell-shaped brownish-purple flowers and heart-shaped leaves.

Asarum caudatum is a beautiful western North American wild ginger that includes BC within its native range.

Asarum caudatum f. album known as western wild ginger has glossy evergreen leaves and 3-petaled creamy-white flowers.

Asarum europaeum is a groundcover of the highest order with attractive, somewhat glossy, kidney-shaped to round foliage on creeping rhizomes.

Asarum splendens is one of the finest wild gingers with arrow-shaped, deep green leaves with silver marbling.

An Asarum with deep green arrow-shaped leaves with dramatic silver marbling and crazy cool flowers in spring. 'Quick Silver' is a great plant for garden or shady containers.

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 'Millennium' is a delicious perennial vegetable with purple-tipped green spears that can be harvested from year two and onward.