Great Plant Picks adds to favorites list

The Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden updated its Great Plant Picks, a selection of plants geared for the Pacific Northwest. Each year the garden chooses dozens of plants, from perennials and bulbs to hebes and vines.

Selections include:

Perennials and bulbs

Agapanthus ‘Storm Cloud’ (lily-of-the-Nile).

Athyrium ‘Ghost (ghost fern).

Ipheion uniflorum ‘Wisley Blue’ (spring starflower).

Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’ (coneflower).

Geraniums

‘Anne Thomson.’

‘ Brookside.’

‘Gerwat.’

‘Patricia.’

Astrantia

‘Buckland.’

‘Claret.’

‘Roma.’

‘Ruby Wedding.’

Selection criteria include ornamental value, ease of care and pest and disease resistance.

Plants are also judged on adaptability to a variety of soils, lack of invasive qualities, multiple seasons of interest and no requirement for excessive moisture, except aquatic plants.

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For more: Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden, (206) 362-8612; www.greatplantpicks.org.