Maybe "need" goes a little too far, but here is a by-no-means-complete list of plants that make me drool.
Acrostichum danaeifolium (Pteridaceae) - Pantropical
Anemone moorei (Ranunculaceae) - Chile
Angelica ursina (Apiaceae) - Japan and Russia (even bigger than A. gigas)
Asteranthera ovata (Gesneriaceae) - Chile (got one from Bovee's, it died, got one from FRF)
Boquila trifoliolata (Lardizabalaceae) - Chile (it's just plain cool) (BOUGHT PLANT FROM WINDCLIFF)
Calceolaria sp. (Calceolariaceae) - South America (I have C. arachnoidea, from Windpoppy, and seeds of other species in pretreatment, but far too few of these are cultivated in the PNW)
Calceolaria uniflora (Calceolariaceae) - Chile (also known as C. darwinii; I have the smaller-flowered C. fothergillii, but want the big one! It's a really tip-top alpine.)
Cardamine enneaphylla (Brassicaceae) - Europe
Ceanothus arboreus 'Trewithen Blue' (Rhamnaceae) - California (I dream of crossing this with the C. v. laevigatus)
Ceanothus 'Gentian Plume' (Rhamnaceae) - California
Ceanothus velutinus var. laevigatus (Rhamnaceae) - PNW (I'm working on cuttings from Bellevue)
Centropogon erythraeus (Campanulaceae) - Andes (once had seeds, none sprouted)
Chamaebatia foliolosa (Rosaceae) - California (COLLECTED IN CALIFORNIA, HAVE A FEW PLANTS FOR TRADE)
Comptonia peregrina (Myricaceae) - E USA
Datisca cannabina (Datiscaceae) - Near East (my seeds never sprout)
Farfugium japonicum 'Giganteum' (Asteraceae) - Japan
Fuchsia perscandens (Onagraceae) - New Zealand
Geranium canariense (Geraniaceae) - Macaronesia
Geranium maderense (Geraniaceae) - Macaronesia (SEEDLINGS ACQUIRED FROM CALIFORNIA, AT LEAST ONE STILL ALIVE)
Gevuina avellana (Proteaceae) - Chile (BOUGHT SEEDLINGS FROM DESERT NW)
Gunnera lobata (Gunneraceae) - Chile (a daintier version of G. magellanica)
Gunnera magnifica (Gunneraceae) - Colombia
Gunnera manicata (Gunneraceae) - Brazil (plants sold as such are invariably G. tinctoria; Soos Creek BG has the real thing, which Maurice got from Burncoose, in Cornwall)
Hoita macrostachya (Fabaceae) - California
Ilex perado subsp. platyphylla (Aquifoliaceae) - Macaronesia
Jubaea chilensis (Arecaceae) - Chile
Knightia excelsa (Proteaceae) - New Zealand (probably not hardy) (SEEDLINGS ACQUIRED)
Lepidothamnus fonkii (Podocarpaceae) - Chile
Lobelia excelsa x tupa (Campanulaceae) - Chile (GOT ONE, HA HA)
Lomatia ferruginea (Proteaceae) - Chile
Lophosoria quadripinnata (Dicksoniaceae) - Throughout Latin America; I want hardier, Fuegian forms
Lyonothamnus floribunda (Rosaceae) - California
Mespilus germanica (Rosaceae) - Europe (medlars are delicious)
Negria rhabdothamnoides (Gesneriaceae) - Lord Howe Island (it's a tree!)
Ourisia poeppigii (Plantaginaceae) - Chile
Passiflora tripartita var. azuayensis - Andes (supposedly the only truly hardy Tacsonia)
Pteris wallichiana (Pteridaceae) - SE Asia
Pinckneya bracteata (Rubiaceae) - SE USA
Ptelea crenulata (Rutaceae) - California (SEEDLINGS IN GREENHOUSE, HAVE SEED FOR TRADE)
Quercus rugosa (Fagaceae) -Mesoamerica (one of the huge-leaved forms)
Raukaua valdiviensis (Araliaceae) - Chile
Rhabdothamnus solandri (Gesneriaceae) - New Zealand
Rhododendron tsusiophyllum (Ericaceae) - Japan (this is in the RSF Spring 2015 catalog, but I haven't ordered one)
Rosa 'La Folette' (Rosaceae) - hybridized on the French Riviera (this is a huge, peach-colored, R. gigantea hybrid, which may or may not be hardy up here)
Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis (Sarraceniaceae) - Border of Georgia and Florida (I have a hybrid of this and a dark form of S. leucophylla, which has not only excellent pitchers - hence the name S. x excellens - but fantastic orange flowers, as well)
Sarracenia psittacina var. okefenokeensis (Sarraceniaceae) - Border of Georgia and Florida
Siphocampylus giganteus (Campanulaceae) - Andes
Staphylea bolanderi (Staphyleaceae) - California
Styrax redivivus (Styracaceae) - California (SEEDLINGS IN GREENHOUSE, HAVE SEED FOR TRADE)
Trismeria trifoliata (Pteridaceae) - South America (Plant Delights should have this back in stock within several months, I hope)
x Gordlinia grandiflora (Theaceae) - Garden, SE USA
Vaccinium cylindraceum (Ericaceae) - Macaronesia
Viola pedunculata (Violaceae) - California
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