Nothing says impromptu garden party like the white trumpets of Cardiocrinum giganteum, the giant Himalayan lily, blooming at 6-10 feet tall!

Carpenteria californica 'Elizabeth' offers open clusters of ruffled white flowers centred with spheres of yellow stamens.

Indian paintbrush (Castilleja miniata) is beautiful West Coast native with inflorescences that look like a paintbrush dipped in fiery colours.

Caulokaempferia sikkimensis is an orchid ginger with bright green paddle-shaped leaves tubular white flowers with pink throats.

Cautleya gracilis (syn. Cautleya lutea) is a hardy shade ginger with tropical foliage & yellow orchid-like flowers in summer.

Cautleya spicata is a hardy shade ginger with yellow orchid-like flowers emerging from red buds in summer.

Centaurea 'Pulchra Majora' is a cool bachelor's button with dramatic artichoke-like buds and silver foliage.

Ceropegia woodii 'Silver Glory' is an extra silver version of string-of-hearts.

Ceropegia woodii 'Variegata', the variegated string of hearts or VSOH, is a rare houseplant with bluish variegated hearts flushed with pink.

Citrus (formerly Microcitrus) australasica, the Australian finger lime, is a lime relative from Australia and a top citrus for foodies.

Citrus (formerly Microcitrus) australasica, the Australian finger lime, is a lime relative from Australia and a top citrus for foodies.

Citrus australasica Red Skin can have fruit with skin with a reddish cast hiding the tasty, clear lime caviar within.

Citrus x paridisi 'Rio Red' produces delicious orange-sized grapefruits with reddish-orange flesh and a yellow rind flushed with salmon.

Citrus x paridisi 'Star Ruby' produces large six inch wide fruit with yellow orange skin that blushes rose when ripe.

xCitroncirus forms large grapefruit-sized fruits that are yellow to light orange with thin skin and a flavour like a cross between a lemon and a grapefruit.

'Dunstan' citrumelo forms large grapefruit-sized fruits. It is easily hardy to zone 8 and most likely zone 7!

Citrus 'Cocktail' forms large grapefruit-sized fruits that are bright yellow and very juicy.

Citrus 'Cocktail' forms large grapefruit-sized fruits that are bright yellow and very juicy.

Citrus x paradisi 'Melogold' is similar to 'Oroblanco' but with a thinner, more golden skin, larger fruit, and slightly higher juice content.

Citrus x paradisi 'Melogold' is similar to 'Oroblanco' but with a thinner, more golden skin, larger fruit, and slightly higher juice content.

Fortunella 'Meiwa' produces large crops of oval, bright orange-yellow kumquat fruits that you eat whole, skin and all.

Fortunella 'Meiwa' produces large crops of oval, bright orange-yellow kumquat fruits that you eat whole, skin and all.

Fortunella japonica 'Nagami' forms delicious, small, egg-shaped kumquats that are eaten whole, skin and all. Hardy in coastal BC.

Fortunella japonica 'Nagami' forms delicious, small, egg-shaped kumquats that are eaten whole, skin and all. Hardy in coastal BC.