- Hedera: ivy; sneaks around wherever it feels like going
- Helenium: large, daisy-like flowers in burnt oranges and russets; also called "Sneezewort" apparently
- Iris: monocot leaves, sadly not in bloom currently
- Kniphofia: monocot with long blade-like leaves; the blooms are spectacular towers of thin tubules in cascading shades of pale yellows to bright oranges; breed names reflect the bright colours from "Tawny King" to "Light of the World"
- Lamium: simple groundcover plant with heart-shaped light green leaves with outer edges in contrasting colour; look like mint plants
- Leucanthemum: similar to white chyrsanthemum; different breeds can be identified partly by the shape of the flower, which can be flat (like a daisy) or rounded (like a pompom)
- Linum: simple clumpy plant with fine leaves and small, brightly coloured flowers
- Lupinus: small buds form spiky towers in shades of yellow, blue, white, red, and pink; I remember seeing it all over San Antonio as the "Texas bluebonnet"; a very pretty flower
- Paeonia: apparently in the UK the flowers are called paeonies (instead of spelling it as peonies as in America); shrub with dark, waxy leaves but not in bloom currently; varieties include the "Shirley Temple"
- Papaver: bright flowers with delicate, thin petals on tall, thin stalks; poppies!
- Phlox: small, simple flowers in a variety of shades on mounded cushions of thin leaves
- Phormium: palm-like leaves striped in shades of ivory and green or dark brown and crimson
- Potentilla: a nice, steady flowering plant with soft, thin leaves of dark green and bright flowers
- Primula: when not in bloom looks like old salad leaves
- Pulmonaria: small clumps of rather ugly leaves; not surprisingly, also known as "Lungwort"
- Sedum: an interesting, bright green plant that tapers upwards; leaves are waxy and shiny - might seem like rubbery plastic at a glance
- Sempervivum: AMAZING plant like something out of a Dr. Seuss book; leaves look like rubbery rosettes of light green and pink; flowers are spiky and pink and burst forth from thick, curvy, hairy stems; known as "houseleeks"; one of the favourites as the nursery, probably makes a good indoor plant
- Solanum: tall, climbing plant with purplish-blue flowers
- Trollius: leaves are very similar to those of a geranium; flowers are supposedly like rounded, chubby rose buds but not appearing at this time
- Verbena: can be either matlike or tall and gangly plant with dark green leaves and different types of blooms
- Yucca: a dry weather monocot; leaves are fairly rigid and sharp at the tips
This is merely a taste of the plants sold at the nursery, which itself only has a small fraction of possible garden stock. All these plants are perennials and can be viewed as "plants" rather than "shrubs" - though the distinction is hazy. Some popular perennials are kept separate for different reasons, such as hydrangeas and the classic English lavenders. Hopefully, I'll have to reorganize the shrubs soon.
Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, I'm going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that's tough. I'm going to snow anyway. - Maya Angelou
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