Usually flowering before all other Primula Candelabras, award-winning Primula pulverulenta, commonly known as Candelabra Primrose, is a lovely species native to Sichuan, China. Long-lived, this hardy, semi-evergreen perennial thrives in damp, shady environments where it brings in late spring or early summer, tiered whorls of deep crimson-red, bell-shaped flowers (6 to 8 per stem) spaced at intervals on leafless stems that rise atop basal rosettes of tooth-edged, medium green leaves.

Perfect for standing water, Iris laevigata 'Variegata', commonly known as Water Iris, is fabulous looking with its display of rich, blue-purple flowers, 4 in. across (10 cm), with broad pendant falls exhibiting a white central ridge and slightly narrower, upright standards. On display from late spring to early summer, this Iris may repeat bloom. The beauty of the flowers is equalled by the boldly striped foliage, consisting of sturdy clumps of upright green, narrow and fairly rigid, blade-shaped leaves, heavily striped with creamy-white. Keeping its color, it is also one of the most attractive garden features of this Iris.

One of the most striking golden Sedge, award-winning Carex elata 'Aurea' or Bowles' Golden Sedge is a very distinctive ornamental grass with shimmering yellow blades and with fine green edges that curl gracefully towards the ground, delicately softening any landscape. Forming attractive upright tufts of evergreen, slender, hairlike, iridescent foliage that shimmers in slight breezes, it mixes beautifully with almost any flowering bulbs or perennial plants to create spectacular and elegantly mobile combinations.