Rudbeckia triloba is a Brown-eyed Susan with a bounty of bright yellow flowers and dark cones from mid-summer to frost.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Akibare' has magenta-red flowers. Velvet saxifrages have attractive, thick, mounded foliage.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Ayaka' has magenta-red flowers with short upper and 1-2 long lower petals. Velvet saxifrages have attractive, thick, mounded foliage.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Baiko' flowers are bright rose pink in large open panicles. Velvet saxifrages have attractive, thick, mounded foliage.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Beni Karen' flowers are bright magenta with white tips, gathered in large open panicles. Velvet saxifrages have attractive, thick, mounded foliage.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Beni Zakura' has deep magenta flowers turning pink toward the bottom. Velvet saxifrages have attractive, thick, mounded foliage.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Benimine' has bright red to magenta flowers in large open panicles. Velvet saxifrages have attractive, thick, mounded foliage.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Elga' has deep magenta flowers in large dense panicles. Velvet saxifrages have attractive, thick, mounded foliage.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Hi no Mai' has double, magenta to pink flowers in large open panicles. Velvet saxifrages have attractive, thick, mounded foliage.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Hyoseki' has deep pink petals with frosted light pink to white centres arranged in dense panicles. Velvet saxifrages have attractive, thick, mounded foliage.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Iyo Hakusui' has white flowers with slender, long petals arranged in large open panicles. Velvet saxifrages have attractive, thick, mounded foliage.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Iyo no Hana' has magenta flowers with long, lobed petals in small dense panicles. Velvet saxifrages have attractive, thick, mounded foliage.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Kawazu Beni' has glowing magenta flowers with short upper and 1-2 long lower petals in large open panicles. Velvet saxifrages have attractive, thick, mounded foliage.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Kokuryu Nishiki' has unusual, rich burgundy flowers in large open panicles. Velvet saxifrages have attractive, thick, mounded foliage.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Komochi Daimonji' has double, pink flowers in large open panicles. Velvet saxifrages have attractive, thick, mounded foliage.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Maiko' has pink to light pink flowers with reflexed petals on open panicles. Velvet saxifrages have attractive, thick, mounded foliage.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Moe' has double, light yellow flowers arranged in large open panicles. Velvet saxifrages have attractive, thick, mounded foliage.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Mugen' has pink to light pink flowers with short upper and 1-2 long lower petals, in large dense panicles. Velvet saxifrages have attractive, thick, mounded foliage.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Rubrifolia' has clusters of white flowers with slender, long petals and two-toned foliage.

Scadoxus multiflorus or blood flower produces fantastic red spheres 6-12 inches across in late summer! Like a fiery ornamental onion.

Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. katharinae (syn. Haemanthus) is an extra large form with magnificent 10 inch orange globes.

Scadoxus pole-evansii (syn. Haemanthus) is a stunning species that can reach four feet high with umbels of salmon orange.

Scadoxus puniceus (syn. Haemanthus) has beautiful clusters of golden anthers held on red filaments with burgundy bracts.

Sciadopitys verticillata, the Japanese umbrella pine, is an ancient conifer with long, thick needles held like the spokes of an umbrella.