Carex plantaginea Blue Ridge Zantedeschia Helleborus 'Amber Glow' is a

Helleborus 'Amber Glow' is a seed-grown

Clumps of Heuchera 'Smoke and Mirrors' are topped with tremendous floral show of pink flowers in mid-spring

The 8" tall stems of the slowly offsetting Trillium oostingii are cinnamon red toward the bottom and green above and topped in early April (NC) with nicely glaucous green mottled leaves and chartreuse yellow petals that are burgundy toward the base

While Polygonatum 'Fireworks' grows well in shade

Carex plantaginea Blue Ridge Zantedeschia Helleborus 'Amber Glow' is aCarex plantaginea 'Blue Ridge' is a 2015 selection of the North American native sedge (Canada south to Northern Alabama) from German gardener George Uebelhart of Jelitto Seed. George had told me about a strain of ribbon sedge that he was growing that didn't fall apart after flowering like the typical species, but it wasn't until I visited his garden and saw the plant in person that I was sold. Carex plantaginea 'Blue Ridge' forms a 10" tall x 18" wide