Gorgeous little gem out of Japan with a rich yellow center to the leaf  surrounded by green with some nice feathering details.  This will increase quickly but not aggressively and adds a nice splash of color in the shade garden.  The white flowers go well with the whole package.

A collection by our friend Steve Hootman, the Indiana Jones of plant hunting, of this quite beautiful Asian species from a fairly cold area so this should have good hardiness. Attractive foliage on 10"-15" stems with showy white parasols of flowers in mid spring which brings light to the dark of the shade garden. Gently spreading to just the right extent and rare in cultivation.

A jolly plant indeed introduced by Heronswood from Sichuan.  This has evergreen foliage springing from new growth that looks to be a bamboo until it leafs out.  Small creamy white flowers in early summer and blue-black fruit held well into winter.  Cut back old stems in spring.  Feed me.  Water me.

Exquisite woodlander from China that can reach 3' in height with well branched stems with dangling red flowers.  This is far showier than the typical green flowered forms more commonly found.  Not that they are all that common.  Good rich humusy soil that retains moisture.

The first all-gold foliage form of our native Prosartes hookeri.  These are seed-grown from our fantastic variegated Prosartes hookeri 'Lemonworth' which we found near Leavenworth WA.  Seedlings come up either green or gold and we look forward to planting seed of this gold form.

This is a very attractive and not often available variegated form with yellow imbued leaves which greens up as they mature.  We'll have to take the time to key this out when it blooms as it may be a different species but we love it for whatever the epithet.  White flowers.

Light pink starry flowers grace this covetous form of this wee Japanese species.  A gentle peregrinator spreading by short stolons and making a fine little clump which manages to evoke a warm fuzzy feeling in both the jaded collector as well as your average "dirt" gardener.  We live in both worlds and we like it.  A lot.

Rare species from Taiwan collected by botanist Pascal Bruggeman. This is evergreen in mild winters and has late spring subterminal clusters of pendulous bells the color of a perfect flan with tips of the tepals looking as though dipped in chocolate.  A rhizomatous species but so not a thug for us.

Pendant clusters of yellow bells makes this a refined and classy plant for the shade garden.  Makes nice clumps and effortlessly combines with so many shade-loving plants.  This Korean native is very hardy and a good doer.

Excellent selection from the former Heronswood nursery of this robust woodlander noted for the dark hued stems especially in the new growth.  This is an exhuberant grower sending up big asparagus spears in late spring which branch out at 3'-4' with creamy bells followed by showy fruit.

Our collection from Guizhou in 2010 of this mouth-watering shade perennial.  Branched stems to nearly 3' with large reddish-purple pendulous flowers followed by shiny black fruit.  We like this one so much we went back to the same mountain in 2012 and collected more seed!  Gonna rock the shade garden.

Spotted Mandarin.  This former Disporum is found from Michigan down into Georgia and has been a nice addition to our shade garden montage.  The flowers are worth a close look and beg for macro photography as they are finely spotted to which the specific epithet maculatum refers.

From a Crug Farm collection comes this rare woodlander.  We are smitten by all the members of this genus as well as it's kith and kin in other genera.  This has the pendulous greenish white flowers so familiar yet so intriguing.  A shade garden bereft Convallariaceae quietly weeps.

A very good and stable selection from Japan of this little woodland creeper.  Dark green leaves are well-marked with feathered yellow tips and in spring this has pendant white starry flowers.  This will increase to create a definite bit of visual velcro in the garden because as your eye roams the plants, it will stop abruptly on this one.

One of the pleasing elements of our PNW woodlands is this Fairy Bell which always feels like we have just bumped into an old friend when we come across it hiking.  Recently moved from Disporum into Prosartes, this has small white flowers in spring and nice orange fruit in mid to late summer.

If you are into variegation, like woodland plants, want to make a statement, are a botanical Sinophile, a discerning or even indiscriminate plant collector or just plain driven by beauty in the garden then this is a must have.  White variegated leaves on stems to 4' with whitish flowers followed by black fruit.  Evergreen if mild.

Our Asian collection of this seductively compelling woodland species.  All parts in all stages have a synchronicity of poised loveliness that binds the gaze to that moment slowing time and pace allowing one to absorb beauty be it a nascent unfurling, ornament of purplish bells, refinement of green or understated black pearls.

A scarce selection from Japan with white feathering at the ends of the leaves.  Typical habit for the species which is great because you will want a nice clump of this!  White flowers as well at the tips of the 4"-6' stems and all in all, a sophisticated addition to the shade garden.

A collection by Aaron Floden that ticks many of the boxes for the species brachystemon but this has not yet been verified.  The anticipation is keen indeed! The green-cream flowers in terminal groupings of 3-5 show well and even as buds entice in the nascent olive green shoots. A Far Reaches Botanical Conservancy Offering

Our Asian collection of this seductively compelling woodland species.  All parts in all stages have a synchronicity of poised loveliness that binds the gaze to that moment slowing time and pace allowing one to absorb beauty be it a nascent unfurling, ornament of purplish bells, refinement of green or understated black pearls.

Yellow Fairy Bells.  Sweet woodlander from the eastern US and Canada which means this can take it cold in the winter.  Gets to 20" tall give or take a few and and has branched stems from which dangle the palest yellow flowers which in turn become dangling orange fruit.  Anything with fairy in its name gets planted in our garden.