Virtues: We love English daisies (Bellis perennis cvs.) for their whimsical flowers and tolerance of frosts. In early spring they make a great alternative to the more commonly seen pansies and violas.

Virtues: We love ‘Advance’ snow crocus (Crocus chrysanthus ‘Advance’) for its bright and cheerful two-tone flowers. They remind us of Easter eggs!

We love winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis) for its cheerful yellow flowers that appear in late winter or earliest spring.

Virtues: We love ‘Lizzano’ and ‘Terenzo’ tomatoes for their tasty fruit, high yield, disease resistance and their growing habit. Both are cherry tomatoes with a compact size that makes them perfect for containers or small …

We love ‘Fat Albert’ spruce (Picea pungens ‘Fat Albert’) for its short, wide stature and its blue needles.

We love winter heath (Erica carnea) for its early bloom and evergreen presence. Deer resistant.

We love dwarf sweetbox (Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis) for its very fragrant late winter flowers and its evergreen foliage.

We love spider agave (Agave bracteosa) for its drought tolerance and striking architecture. A great choice for hot, dry climates and a fine container specimen elsewhere.

We love Japanese snowball bush (Viburnum plicatum) for its lovely white spring flowers, reddish fall foliage and lovely branch structure. A beautiful viburnum that stands out among shrubs.

We love lacebark pine (Pinus bungeana) because it is an evergreen pine tree with beautiful exfoliating bark, and because it is a deer resistant plant.

We love Clivia miniata because it is a stunning blooming houseplant that doesn’t mind the dry air typically found in the home in winter.