These varieties are new or reintroduced for 2008: PERENNIALS ACTAEA simplex Pink Spike (Snakeroot) AGASTACHE foeniculum (Blue Giant Hyssop) ALCHEMILLA glaucescens (Dwarf Lady's Mantle) ALLIUM tanguticum Summer Beauty (Globe Lily) BAPTISIA x Carolina Moonlight (Wild Indigo) BAPTISIA x variicolor Twilite (Twilite Prairieblues™ Wild Indigo) CELASTRUS scandens Diana (American Bittersweet) CELASTRUS scandens Hercules (American Bittersweet) CLEMATIS x Avant Garde (Hybrid Clematis) CLEMATIS x Franziska Maria (Hybrid Clematis) COREOPSIS lanceolata (Lanceleaf Tickseed) CORYDALIS ochroleuca (White Corydalis) DELPHINIUM grandiflorum Summer Morning (Larkspur) DELPHINIUM x e. NEW MILLENNIUM HYB. Blushing Brides DELPHINIUM x e. NEW MILLENNIUM HYB. Pagan Purples DELPHINIUM x e. NEW MILLENNIUM HYB. Royal Aspirations DELPHINIUM x e. NEW MILLENNIUM HYB. Sunny Skies ECHINACEA purpurea Baby Swan White (White Coneflower) ECHINACEA purpurea Coconut Lime (Coneflower) ECHINACEA purpurea Pink Double Delight (Coneflower) ECHINACEA x All That Jazz (Conflower) ECHINACEA x Tiki Torch (Coneflower) ECHINACEA x Katie Saul (Summer Sky ™ Coneflower) GAILLARDIA aristata Amber Wheels (Blanketflower) GAILLARDIA x g. Oranges and Lemons (Blanketflower) GERANIUM macrorrhizum White Ness (Bigroot Geranium) GERANIUM maculatum Espresso (Wild Geranium) HELENIUM autumnale (Autumn Sneezeweed) HELIOPSIS helianthoides (Rough Oxeye Daisy) HEMEROCALLIS pink On and On (Daylily) HEMEROCALLIS yell. flava Miniature (Miniature Lemon Lily) HEMEROCALLIS yellow Going Bananas (Daylily) HEUCHERA x Caramel (Coral Bells) HEUCHERA x Citronelle (Coral Bells) HEUCHERA x Mocha (Coral Bells) HEUCHERA x Tiramisu (Coral Bells) HOSTA sieboldii Kabitan HOSTA x Blue Mouse Ears HOSTA x El Nino IRIS Bearded TALL Rave On (GERMANICA GROUP) LAMIUM maculatum Purple Dragon (Spotted Nettle) MONARDA didyma Coral Reef (Beebalm) MONARDA x Fireball (Beebalm) PHLOX paniculata Blue Paradise (Tall Phlox) PHLOX paniculata Junior Dance (Tall Phlox) SEDUM x Autumn Charm [Lajos] (Hybrid Sedum) SEDUM x Xenox Hybrid Sedum) SOLIDAGO riddellii (Riddell's Goldenrod) TRICYRTIS formosana Gilt Edge (Toad Lily) VERONICA incana Silbersee [Silver Sea] (Speedwell) VERONICA x Eveline (Speedwell) VIOLA x Purple Showers (Viola) VIOLA x cornuta Etain (Violet) ZIZIA aurea (Golden Alexander) FERNS DRYOPTERIS erythrosora Brilliance (Autumn Fern) GRASSES CALAMAGROSTIS x acutiflora Eldorado (Reed Grass) CAREX hystericina (Porcupine Sedge) JUNCUS torreyi (Torrey's Rush) MISCANTHUS sinensis Dixieland (Silver Grass) PENNISETUM alopecuroides Cassian (Fountian Grass) HERBS AND EDIBLES OREGANO Kent Beauty (Origanum rotundifolium Kent Beauty) RASPBERRY Heritage (Rubus idaeus Heritage) Note: All new variety photos courtesy of Walter's Gardens and TerraNova Nurseries Plants of the Year Each year extraordinary plants are chosen to represent the best in their category. Here are the "plants of the year" this year: Perennial Plant of the Year: http://www.perennialplant.org/PPYIndex.asp Hosta of the Year: www.hostagrowers.org/ahga_hosta.html Herb of the Year: www.herbsociety.org/herbyr.htm