Lamium is hardy in Zones 3 to 8, depending on cultivar. Coralbells (Heuchera) are becoming the foliage queens of shade garden plants, thanks to ever-more-colorful cultivars hitting the market.

Each year as the new garden catalogs begin to arrive I start planning which seeds I want to start, and I always check out the perennial plants to see what’s new and exciting for our zone 3 ...