So exquisite and delicate, Astrantia major 'Roma' never fails to amaze onlookers! How to resist the intricate beauty of its blossoms: tiny pink flowers crowded together in a dome-shaped flowerhead, just like pins on a cushion, and surrounded by an elegant ruff of papery bracts. They are borne on long wiry stems, well above the rosette of attractive deep green maplelike leaves. The flower color is a subtle combination of soft pink, green and white.

A great choice for shady spots, Astrantia major 'Alba' (Great Masterwort) features large clusters of pale greenish-white flowers crowded together in a dome-shaped flowerhead, 1.5 in. wide (4 cm), just like pins on a cushion. They are surrounded by an elegant ruff of greenish white papery bracts that are often tipped green. The distinctive blooms are borne on erect stems, well above the rosette of lush, deeply cut, glossy green leaves. They remain attractive for months.

Award-winning Iris 'Beverly Sills' is one of the most popular Tall Bearded Irises and this is well deserved. How not to resist the wide and perfectly formed flowers with their lacy, coral pink petals and tangerine beard? Fast grower and heavy bloomer, 'Beverly Sills' grows up to 3 feet tall (90 cm) and will capture your heart. It is unsurpassed for a pink iris in form, color, performance, and all-around beauty. Won many awards including the prestigious American Dykes Medal.

Considered to be one of the finest white Siberian Irises, Iris sibirica 'White Swirl' (Siberian Iris) is a clump-forming perennial that stands out in the late spring to early summer garden. It creates a lavish display of ivory-white, rounded, ruffled flowers adorned with a delicate golden flush at the base of each fall. The elegant blossoms rise atop sturdy flower stalks, well above the foliage. After blooming, the grass-like foliage, consisting of sturdy clumps of upright bright-green, narrow and fairly rigid, blade-shaped leaves, is also one of its most attractive garden features. Spectacular when planted in groups.

Native to Europe's high meadows and mountain slopes of the Alps, Aquilegia Alpina, commonly known as Alpine Columbine, is a compact species with charming, bright violet-blue, bonnet-shaped, nodding flowers (2-3 in. wide; 5-7 cm), which rise elegantly on slender stems above a lovely fern-like, blue-green foliage. Blooming for 4-6 weeks in late spring to early summer, this perennial might re-bloom in the fall. It is perfect for adding color to the shade garden!

A very old but extremely beautiful Peony, award-winning 'Duchesse de Nemours' (Paeonia lactiflora) is well worth including in your garden. Free-flowering and deliciously scented, it produces crown-shaped blossoms with rich creamy-white petals, delicately touched with a hint of yellow. Large and rounded, the outer petals surround a circle of smaller petals topped by a bursting crown of large, white, slightly incurved petals. Borne in profusion on strong stems, they float above a particularly attractive green foliage. 'Duchesse de Nemours' has been deservedly popular for over 150 years. Up to 34 in. (85 cm). Early Midseason Peony. Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society

An all-time favorite, award-winner Peony 'Sarah Bernhardt' (Paeonia lactiflora) is outrageously beautiful in bloom! The very large, 8 in. wide (20 cm), and delightfully fragrant, rose-pink double flowers, with delicately ruffled inner petals occasionally flecked with raspberry will take your breath away every spring. Up to 36 in. tall (90 cm). Late Midseason Peony. Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society

A favorite of florists thanks to its stunning color and delightful fragrance, Calla Lily 'Green Goddess' (Zantedeschia aethiopica) is extraordinary with its abundant and large creamy white trumpet-shaped flowers (spathes), shading to bright green from the edges toward their white center, atop elegant, bright green, arrow-shaped leaves. On display for weeks in the garden or patio from late spring to early fall!

Award-winning Tulip 'Maureen' is one of the best white tulips with very impressive goblet-shaped flowers that are almost pure marble white and turn slightly ivory as they mature. A favorite since its introduction in 1950, this graceful Single Late Tulip is unsurpassed even after all these years. Grows up to 24-26 inches tall (60-65 cm)

Dryopteris filix-mas (Male Fern) is a large, deciduous fern with erect, stout rhizomes supporting graceful bouquets of lance-shaped, dull green fronds. Tapering at the base, each frond (blade) is pinnate-pinnatifid with 20-30 pairs of long-pointed leaflets per blade. Turning coppery in fall, this most adaptable and robust fern thrives on neglect and is pest and disease free. Male Fern is a great asset for shady, difficult corners of the garden.

Compact, Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa' (Boxwood) is a small, slow-growing, broadleaf evergreen shrub with a soft and lush foliage of ovate, fairly glossy leaves, up to 1 in. long (2 cm). Tough, hardy and easy to grow, this dwarf Boxwood provides color year-round, as well as form, texture and contrast to its companion plants.