Name: Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’ Size: To 2 feet tall and wide Zones: 3-8 Plant it with: Lungwort, Japanese painted fern, and bleeding heart

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Name: Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’ Size: To 2 feet tall and wide Zones: 3-7 Plant it with: Lungwort, white daffodils, and bleeding heart Name: Amsonia hubrichtii Size: To 3 feet tall and wide Zones: 5-9 Plant it with: Peony, iris, and lilies Name: Baptisia australis Size: To 5 feet tall and 2 feet wide Zones: 3-9 Plant it with: Siberian iris, giant allium, and perennial geranium Name: Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’ Size: To 14 inches tall and 16 inches wide Zones: 5-9 Plant it with: Red astilbe, golden corydalis, purple-leaf bugbane, or gold-leaf hosta Name: Geranium ‘Rozanne’ Size To 1 foot tall and 3 feet wide Zones: 5-9 Plant it with: White shrub roses, yellow coreopsis, or perennial hibiscus Name: Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ Size To 3 feet tall and wide Zones: 3-9 Plant it with: Yellow or pink roses, penstemon, or Russian sage Name: Dianthus ‘Fire Witch’ (also called ‘Feuerhexe’) Size To 8 inches tall and 2 feet wide Zones: 3-9 Plant it with: Purple-leafed heuchera, balloon flower, or peach-leaf bellflower Name: Helleborus selections Size To 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide Zones: 4-9 Plant it with: Epimedium, bleeding heart, or spring-blooming bulbs Name: Athyrium nipponicum ‘Pictum’ Size: To 1 foot tall and 3 feet wide Zones: 4-8 Plant it with: ‘Burgundy Glow’ ajuga, yellow corydalis, or purple-leafed bugbane Name: Leucanthemum ‘Becky’ Size: To 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide Zones: 4-9 Plant it with: Foxglove, purple coneflower, or ‘Moonbeam’ coreopsis Name: Phlox paniculata ‘David’ Size: To 3 1/2 feet tall and 3 feet wide Zones: 4-8 Plant it with: White coneflower, perennial hibiscus, or gaillardia Name: Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’ Size: To 6 feet tall and 2 feet wide Zones: 5-9 Plant it with: ‘Rozanne’ geranium, black-eyed Susan, or purple coneflower Name: Scabiosa ‘Butterfly Blue’ Size: To 15 inches tall and wide Zones: 3-8 Plant it with: ‘Firewitch’ dianthus, ‘Chameleon’ euphorbia, or ‘Pink Mist’ scabiosa Name: Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm’ Size: To 2 feet tall and wide Zones: 3-8 Plant it with: ‘May Night’ salvia, ‘Laura’ phlox, or ‘Diabolo’ ninebark Name: Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’ Size: To 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide Zones: 3-8 Plant it with: ‘Franz Schubert’ phlox, ‘Harvest Moon’ coneflower, or ‘Wine and Roses’ weigela Name: Salvia ‘May Night’ Size: To 2 feet tall and wide Zones: 5-9 Plant it with: Lamb’s ears, ‘Fragrant Angel’ coneflower, or guara Name: Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ Size: To 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide Zones: 2-8 Plant it with: ‘Dart’s Gold’ ninebark, ‘Karl Foerster’ feather reedgrass, or gaillardia Name: Perovskia atriplicifolia Size: To 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide Zones: 4-9 Plant it with: Black-eyed Susan, ‘Palace Purple’ coralbells, or asters Name: Astilbe ‘Sprite’ Size: To 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide Zones: 4-8 Plant it with: Hosta, bleeding heart, or Canadian wild ginger Name: Veronica ‘Sunny Border Blue’ Size: To 2 feet tall and 1 foot wide Zones: 4-8 Plant it with: ‘Moonbeam’ coreopsis, cushion spurge, or ‘Sweet Kate’ spiderwort Name: Coreopsis ‘Moonbeam’ Size: To 18 inches tall and wide Zones: 3-8 Plant it with: Gaillardia, ‘Walker’s Low’ catmint, or perennial hibiscus Name: Heuchera ‘Palace Purple’ Size: To 1 foot tall and wide Zones: 4-8 Plant it with: Armeria, asters, or ‘Sweet Dreams’ coreopsis Name: Phlox stolonifera Size: To 6 inches tall and 12 inches wide Zones: 4-8 Plant it with: Ajuga, Japanese painted fern, or fern-leaf bleeding heart