Name: Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’ Growing Conditions: Part shade in moist, well-drained soil rich in organic matter Size: Up to 18 inches tall and wide Buy It: ‘Jack Frost’ Brunnera ($18, Etsy) Name: Athyrium niponicus pictum Growing Conditions: Part to full shade in moist, well-drained soil rich in organic matter Plant Size: Up to 18 inches tall and 24 inches wide Buy It: Japanese Painted Fern ($14, Etsy) Growing Conditions: Part to full shade in moist, well-drained soil Plant Size: Up to 1 foot tall and 2 feet wide Buy It: Pulmonaria Diana Clare Lungwort ($16, Etsy) Name: Lamium ‘Purple Dragon’ Growing Conditions: Part to full shade in moist, well-drained soil Plant Size: Up to 8 inches tall and 3 feet wide Buy It: Purple Chablis Dead Nettle (Lamium) Live Plant ($18, The Home Depot) Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in evenly moist, well-drained soil Plant Size: Up to 18 inches tall and 12 inches wide Buy It: Dusty Miller ($17, The Home Depot) Growing Conditions: Full sun in moist, well-drained soil Plant Size: Up to 10 feet tall and wide as a shrub and up to 3 feet tall and wide as an annual Buy It: Melianthus Major ($5, Etsy Name: Helichrysum italicum subsp. serotine Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil Plant Size: Up to 24 inches tall and 36 inches wide Buy It: Curry Plant ($9, The Growers Exchange) Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in dry to medium, well-drained soil Plant Size: Up to 9 inches tall and 36 inches wide Zones: 9-11; grown as an annual in colder-winter areas Growing Conditions: Full sun in average, well-drained soil Plant Size: Up to 3 feet tall and 18 inches wide Buy It: Rose Campion ($12, Etsy) Growing Conditions: Full sun in dry, sandy, well-drained soil Plant Size: Up to 1 foot tall and wide Buy It: Snow-in-Summer Ground Cover Seeds ($9, Walmart) Growing Conditions: Full sun in dry to medium, well-drained soil Plant Size: Up to 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide Buy It: Denim ‘N Lace Russian Sage ($30, The Home Depot) Name: Dianthus ‘Fire Witch’ Growing Conditions: Full sun in evenly moist, well-drained soil Plant Size: Up to 6 inches tall and 12 inches wide Buy It: ‘Fire Witch’ Dianthus ($10, Etsy) Growing Conditions: Full sun in average, well-drained soil Plant Size: Up to 6 inches tall and 10 inches wide Buy It: Sedum Sieboldii ($10, Etsy) Growing Conditions: Full sun in dry, well-drained soil Plant Size: Up to 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide Buy It: Big Blue Sea Holly ($16, Breck’s) Growing Conditions: Full sun and dry to medium, well-drained soil Plant Size: Up to 18 inches tall and wide Buy It: Silver Carpet Lamb’s Ear ($26, Breck’s) Growing Conditions: Full sun in dry to medium, well-drained soil Plant Size: Up to 12 inches tall and 18 inches wide Buy It: Silver Sage ‘Artemis’ ($4, Etsy) Growing Conditions: Full sun in dry to medium, well-drained soil Plant Size: Up to 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide Buy It: Lavender Cotton ($17, Etsy) Name: Festuca glauca ‘Boulder Blue’ Growing Conditions: Full sun in dry to medium, well-drained soil Plant Size: Up to 12 inches tall and 9 inches wide Buy It: Blue Fescue Grass ($30, The Home Depot) Name: Picea pungens f. glauca Growing Conditions: Full sun in acidic, medium-moisture, well-drained soil Plant Size: Up to 60 feet tall and 20 feet wide Buy It: Blue Spruce ($27, Etsy)
