If you live in a place with seasons, your garden probably looks like a sad, dead, brown wasteland from November to April. Well…unless you invest in smart and stalwart plantings. We checked in with our friend Kate Karam, editorial director of the nursery company Monrovia, for the best botanicals for year-round life and color. (Plant ‘em in the fall before the first hard freeze and enjoy their beauty 24/7, 365.)

