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Ligularia dentata ‘Britt Marie Crawford’
Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais

Athyrium ‘Ghost’
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Park Seed

Hosta ‘Guacamole’
Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais

Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’
Photo/Illustration: Kate Geruntho Frank

Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’

Athyrium niponicum var. pictum ‘Ursula’s Red’
Photo/Illustration: Bill Johnson

Actaea simplex ‘Hillside Black Beauty’
Photo/Illustration: Bill Johnson

Acer shirasawanum ‘Aureum’
Photo/Illustration: Bill Johnson

Camellia japonica
Photo/Illustration: Colleen Fitzpatrick

Dryopteris erythrosora
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner

Fatsia japonica
Photo/Illustration: David Cavagnaro

Hydrangea quercifolia
Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais

Mahonia bealei
Photo/Illustration: Stephanie Fagan

Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’
Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais

Carex ‘Ice Dance’
Photo/Illustration: Stephanie Fagan

Heuchera villosa ‘Autumn Bride’
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder

Hosta ‘Halcyon’
Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais

Adiantum pedatum
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner

Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’
Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais

Helleborus × hybridus
Photo/Illustration: Steve Aitken

Asarum canadense
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Sunlight Gardens, www.sunlightgardens.com

Epimedium × rubrum
Photo/Illustration: Saxon Holt

Hosta ‘Patriot’
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of White Flower Farm

Dryopteris erythrosora
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner

Heuchera ‘Plum Pudding’

Liriope muscari ‘Variegata’

Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’
Photo/Illustration: Jerry Pavia

Pulmonaria saccharata ‘Mrs. Moon’
Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais

Lamium galeobdolon ‘Hermann’s Pride’
Photo/Illustration: Bill Johnson

Heuchera ‘Marmalade’
Photo/Illustration: Bill Johnson

Hosta sieboldiana ‘Elegans’
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of White Flower Farm

Podophyllum ‘Kaleidoscope’
Photo/Illustration: Danielle Sherry

Viola ‘Etain’
Photo/Illustration: Steve Aitken

Brunnera macrophylla ‘Looking Glass’
Photo/Illustration: Bill Johnson

Iris ‘Pacific Coast Hybrid’
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of © Br. Alfred Brousseau, Saint Mary’s College

Plectranthus ‘Mona Lavender’
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of San Marcos Growers

Heuchera ‘TNHEU042’
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of www.provenwinners.com

Lamium maculatum ‘White Nancy’
Photo/Illustration: Jerry Pavia

Vinca minor ‘Illumination’

Adiantum capillus-veneris and cvs.

Brugmansia spp. and cvs.
Photo/Illustration: Steve Aitken

Solenostemon scutellarioides cvs.
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner

Aucuba japonica ‘Variegata’
Photo/Illustration: David Cavagnaro

Lamium maculatum and cvs.
Photo/Illustration: Colleen Fitzpatrick

Houttuynia cordata ‘Chameleon’
Photo/Illustration: Jerry Pavia

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