Acaena inermis 'Purpurea' is an excellent ground cover for crawling over gravel paths or stones with gorgeous purple-blue-grey foliage.

Acaena saccaticupula 'Blue Haze' is an excellent ground cover with powder blue foliage.

Alchemilla erythropoda, the dwarf lady's mantle, is a more compact version of A. mollis with blue-green leaves.

Alchemilla ellenbeckii is an unusual, creeping lady’s mantle with trailing, reddish stems with tiny leaves and electric green flowers.

Amelanchier alnifolia or Saskatoon berry offers tasty blueberry-like fruit and is also in important pollinator plant.

Aruncus dioicus, the giant goat's beard, is a stately BC native perennial with tall, creamy white plumes.

Aruncus 'Chantilly Lace' produces lacy, branched, horizontal spikes of creamy white flowers atop Astilbe-like foliage.

Aruncus 'Fairy Hair' is a goat's beard that produces sprays of creamy-white flowers above Astilbe-like, highly dissected foliage.

Aruncus 'Guinea Fowl' is a compact and floriferous goat's beard with highly dissected, fern-like, crinkly leaves and horizontal spikes of bright white flowers on red stems.

Cydonia oblonga 'Le Borgeot', the fruiting quince, has pinkish white blossoms and yellow fruit that make amazing jelly.

Loquats (Eriobotrya japonica) are small, handsome subtropical trees with leathery, dark green leaves and delicious, deep yellow fruit.

Filipendula rubra 'Venusta' is a tall herbaceous perennial with cloud-like clusters of small, fragrant pink flowers.

Filipendula vulgaris 'Multiplex' or fern-leaf dropwort is an old-fashioned perennial with rose-tinged, white flowers.

Filipendula 'Kahome' is a dwarf meadowsweet with panicles of tiny, fragrant, rosy-pink flowers.