A vigorous, low-growing groundcover with bright golden-yellow flowers and dense foliage that spreads rapidly across slopes and sunny areas. Extremely hardy and drought-tolerant once established.

African Boxwood is a dense, slow-growing evergreen shrub with small dark green leaves and tiny cream-colored flowers, making it an excellent compact ornamental for borders and containers. It tolerates part shade and is relatively low-maintenance once established.

African Sumac is a drought-tolerant, spreading evergreen tree native to southern Africa, featuring fine, feathery trifoliate foliage and clusters of small reddish drupes that persist through winter. It thrives in arid climates and is valued for its ornamental form, wildlife habitat, and ability to withstand poor soil conditions.

A tall, tropical tree valued for its dramatic orange-red campanulate flowers that bloom in winter to spring. It grows quickly and makes a striking accent specimen in warm climates.

A clump-forming perennial with striking blue or purple ball-shaped flower clusters held atop tall, strappy green foliage. Highly attractive to bees and butterflies, it thrives in full sun and requires minimal water once established.

Agarita is a native Texas shrub with fragrant clusters of yellow flowers in spring followed by blue-black berries attractive to wildlife. It's drought-tolerant and requires minimal care once established.

A fast-growing tropical tree producing showy red, pink, or white flowers and edible immature pods. Highly valued in permaculture for nitrogen fixation, rapid biomass production, and nutritious food.

Akeake is a tough, drought-tolerant evergreen shrub with small glossy leaves and clusters of tiny yellowish flowers followed by papery winged seed capsules. It is ideal for dry landscapes and coastal gardens where it thrives with minimal care.

A deciduous shrub with small greenish-white flowers in spring followed by red berries that ripen to black in late summer. Tolerant of wet soils and useful for wildlife habitat and naturalized areas.

Alfalfa is a nitrogen-fixing legume prized as livestock forage and for improving soil health in agricultural settings. It produces small purple, pink, or yellow flowers and deep taproots that help break up compacted soil.

A low-growing, salt-tolerant groundcover with small white or pale blue flowers and silvery-green foliage. Highly adaptable to harsh, alkaline conditions where other plants struggle.

A thorny native bramble producing sweet black berries in mid-summer. Vigorous and spreading, it thrives in open areas and is valuable for wildlife.

A medium-sized deciduous tree valued for its nutritious nuts, featuring fragrant pink or white blossoms in early spring and attractive feathery foliage. Highly drought-tolerant once established, making it excellent for arid and Mediterranean climates.

A succulent perennial with thick, fleshy gray-green leaves that form rosettes, prized for its gel-filled leaves used in skincare and medicinal applications. Requires minimal water and thrives in hot, bright conditions.

Alphonse Karr is a clumping bamboo prized for its slender golden-yellow culms with green stripes and fine, feathery foliage. It provides year-round ornamental interest and is less invasive than running bamboos, making it ideal for landscapes and containers.

Alsike clover is a short-lived perennial legume with small pink to white flower heads, commonly used as a cover crop and forage plant. It establishes quickly and improves soil nitrogen naturally.

A deciduous understory tree with distinctive horizontal branching and alternate leaves that provide elegant tiered structure. Small white flowers appear in spring, followed by blue-black berries and attractive reddish fall foliage.

A low-growing woodland perennial with small, bright yellow-green flowers and delicate alternate leaves. Ideal for moist shaded areas and stream banks in cool climates.

A native deciduous shrub prized for its small pink or white summer flowers followed by striking bright purple berries in fall and early winter. It provides excellent ornamental interest and wildlife food value.

A stately native hardwood tree prized for its smooth gray bark, fine-textured foliage, and golden fall color. Grows slowly to large size and prefers cool, moist conditions with some shade.

A native deciduous shrub prized for its large clusters of white flowers in late spring and abundant black berries in late summer that attract wildlife. The berries are edible and commonly used for jams, syrups, and elderberry products.

A weedy herbaceous plant with small white flowers and black berries, native to the Americas. It is invasive in many regions and typically treated as an undesirable volunteer in gardens.

A fast-growing annual wildflower with small white or pale pink flowers and feathery seeds that often colonizes disturbed ground and sunny areas. It is valued by pollinators and self-seeds readily.

American cancer-root is a parasitic perennial plant native to eastern North America that produces small brownish-purple flowers in spring. It depends on the roots of host plants (particularly oak and beech) to survive and is rarely cultivated in home gardens.