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Platycodon grandiflorus 'Double Blue'
Balloon Flower
ZONE 3-8, HT 24", SUN/PART SUN
The hot air balloon shaped buds burst open into fully double, bell-shaped, violet-blue flowers with dark purple veining in July and August. This pest and disease resistant plant has attractive foliage when not in bloom.

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Fuji Pink'
Balloon Flower
ZONE 3-8, HT 24", SUN/PART SUN
Pale pink balloon-like buds open to lovely bell shaped flowers in mid summer. This long-lived, trouble-free plant shows its color best in part shade. Makes a nice cut flower.

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Fuji White'
Balloon Flower
ZONE 3-8, HT 24", SUN/PART SUN
Balloon-like buds open to pure white star-shaped flowers in mid to late summer. Deadheading will prolong bloom time. Be patient in spring as Platycodon is late to break dormancy. Deer resistant!

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Sentimental Blue'
Balloon Flower
ZONE 3-8, HT 6-8", SUN/PART SUN Outstanding dwarf form with large, lavender-blue flowers. A prolific bloomer in mid summer that is pest and disease free. Plant in the front of your border or in containers.

Podophyllum hexandrum 'Majus'
Himalayan Mayapple
ZONE 4-8, HT 16-20", PART SUN
A clump-forming Mayapple with pink, upward-facing, cup-shaped flowers that appear before the brown, marbled leaves are fully developed. Seed pods are 4" long and egg-shaped. Needs moist, rich soil.

Polemonium boreale 'Heavenly Habit'
Jacob's Ladder
ZONE 3-7, HT 12-18", SUN/PART SUN
Makes a tiny mound and sends up flower stalks covered with blue flowers in late spring and early summer. The finely divided foliage adds a fern-like texture.

Polemonium 'Bressingham Purple'
Jacob's Ladder

ZONE 4, HT 18-24", SUN/PT SHADE      
This late spring bloomer grows best in moist well drained soil and morning sun.  Lavender flowers stand out against dark purple foliage.  Great texture for a spring garden.


Polemonium caeruleum 'Snow and Sapphires'
Variegated Jacob's Ladder
ZONE 3-7, HT 24-30", SUN/PART SUN
The fern-like variegated leaves have pure white borders, adding pizzazz to your garden even when it's not in bloom. The fragrant sky-blue flowers appear in early summer, held on tall stems above the mound of attractive foliage.

Polemonium reptans
Creeping Jacob's Ladder
ZONE 3-8, HT 1-2', SUN/SHADE
A spring bloomer with loosely clustered blue flowers brings color to your shade garden. It's not a true creeper, instead it forms a spreading, lazy upright clump. This easy-to-grow eastern native will also grow well in full sun, as long as it is in rich soil.

Polygonatum commutatum
Giant Solomon's Seal
ZONE 5-9, HT 6', PART SUN/SHADE
Perfect for naturalizing in your woodland garden, six-foot arched branches emerge from rhizomes in spring. Leaves grow in irregular pairs. Cream flowers dangle on the underside of the stems in late spring.

Polygonatum humile
Dwarf Japanese Solomon's Seal
ZONE 4-8, HT 6", PART SUN/SHADE
Splendid shade plant with delicate, white, nodding bell flowers along the stem each spring. Good foliage for use with cut flowers. Tolerant of dry soil.

 
Polygonatum multiflorum 
Solomon's Seal

ZONE 3-9, HT 24", PART SUN        
Long, arching stems arise each spring yielding ladder-like leaves with clusters of creamy white flowers dangling beneath each.


 
Polygonatum odoratum
Solomon's Seal
ZONE 3-8, HT 1-2', PART SUN/SHADE
This flower is a stately addition to any wildflower garden. Arching branches produce glossy green leaves on top and dangle creamy white bell-shaped flowers below.

Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum'
Varigated Solomon's Seal
ZONE 4-8, HT 42", SHADE
Arching stems with white flowers hanging underneath the foliage. Green leaves are delicately edged with cream. Makes an elegant companion for Old Fashion Bleeding Heart.

Polystichum acrostichoides
Christmas Fern
ZONE 4-7, HT 18-24", SHADE
Dependable and undemanding, this hardy evergreen fern sports dark green lance-shaped leaves. A North American native needing a moist, shady area.

Polystichum polyblepharum
Japanese Tassel Fern
ZONE 5-9, HT 18-24", PART SUN/SHADE
Deep green shiny leaves look so perfect it's unreal! The broad, evergreen leaves form a symmetrical, spreading clump in light shade and moist soil. It will even make an attractive house plant in bright light.

 
Primula japonica
Candelabra Primrose

ZONE 5, HT 20", PART SUN
Many years ago when we walked through the Nursery woods and over the wooden footbridge we'd see these growing along the stream. Given shade and moisture they will self-seed vigorously to create a stunning paint box of colors in May and June.


Primula kisoana
Primrose  
  

ZONE 5, HT 5", PT SHADE 
A sweet early spring bloomer that will spread easily, but not invasively, in the woodland garden. Spreads up to 16". Soft green, felt-like foliage and rose flowers.


Bertram Anderson
Pulmonaria longifolia 'Bertram Anderson'          
Lungwort   
           

ZONE 3-9, HT 8-10", PART SUN/SHADE   
A pretty variety with narrow, blue-green leaves heavily dotted with silver. The gentian blue flowers emerge from fuchsia pink buds a couple of weeks later than other Pulmonarias -- so use it to extend the spring bloom-time of your shade garden. An added bonus: slugs, deer and rabbits don't like to nibble on the fuzzy leaves.


Pulmonaria 'Majeste'
Lungwort
ZONE 3-9, HT 10", PART SUN/SHADE
Solid silver foliage with a shiny finish. Spring-blooming blue flowers fade to pink. For best color, plant in moist soil in a shady location.

Pulmonaria 'Raspberry Splash'
Lungwort
ZONE 4-9, HT 12", SUN/PART SUN
A profusion of dusky raspberry-coral flowers emerge in early spring. This sun-tolerant hybrid of longifolia breeding has sharply pointed, very upright, silver-speckled foliage that really comes into its own after the flowers fade.

Pulmonaria rubra 'David Ward'
Lungwort
ZONE 4-8, HT 12", PART SUN/SHADE Unusual for a Pulmonaria, this one has red flowers in the early spring with the foliage maturing after bloom to variegated, mint green with white margins. The prickly leaves should deter deer and rabbits.

 
Pulmonaria saccharata 'Mrs. Moon'
Lungwort
ZONE 3-9, HT 12", PART SUN/SHADE
A nice addition to your shade garden. Attractive spotted foliage with pink and lavender flowers in April and May.

 
Pulmonaria 'Silverado'
Lungwort

ZONE 3, HT 15", PT/FULL SHADE  
A wonderful perennial for any shade garden. Lance shaped silver foliage forms a nice mound and is rust resistant. Small blue, pink, and white tubular flowers appear in spring. Like some spring blooming perennials, this one may go dormant in the heat of the summer. Remove any unattractive foliage and look for signs of new growth near the crown of the plant as temperatures begin to cool.


Pulsatilla vulgaris          
Pasque flower  

ZONE 4, HT 10", FULL SUN
In our beds these plants push their lavender flowers out through the April snows. Sometime in May, as the flower fades, the ferny leaves unfurl. Mix it in with bulbs and ground covers.

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