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Anthericum saundersiae or 'St. Bernard's Lily'
This grass-like plant has long,narrow leaves that are dark green forming a clump with upright arching leaves. Showy white flowers with yellow stamens are produced in early spring and persist throughout the year. Grows to 3 feet |
Needs well-drained soil. Does best in full sun |
1 gallon (16 to 20 weeks) |
Zone 8-10 |
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Aruncus 'Misty Lace'
pp#15798
Attractive, fern-like green foliage with big creamy-white blooms that are 6 inches long on bold red stems. Dwarf, compact habit. Grows 2 1/2 feet tall and 2 feet wide. Blooms early spring. |
Use humus rich soil. Cold hardy and also can tolerate the heat and humidity of long summers. Plant in partial shade. |
Perfect for containers as well as the garden. Also makes a great patio plant. |
Zone 3-8 |
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Baptisia 'Carolina Moonlight'
Attractive, fern-like green foliage with big creamy-white blooms that are 6 inches long on bold red stems. VIRUS INDEXED AND CLEAN. Grows to 3 feet tall; yellow spikes in late spring takes the height to 5 feet.
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Happiest in deep, rich soil, this beauty is drought tolerant and heat loving.
1 gallon (1 year) |
Use as a border or in gardens or meadows. Best as a specimen or in mass. |
Zone 3-9 |
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Baptisia 'Purple Smoke'
Dozens of giant, dark purple, pea-like flowers sitting on tall erect dark stems. Extremely vigorous, the purple flowers are offset by attractive, finely textured charcoal green foliage. VIRUS INDEXED AND CLEAN. Grows up to 4 feet tall |
Grow in full sun or part shade
1 gallon (1 year) |
Great as a perennial border. Flowers and pods are perfect for floral arrangements. |
Zone 4-8 |
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Baptisia 'Wayne's World'
Vigorous growing plant with extremely thin, light burgundy foliage with white flower spikes. VIRUS INDEXED AND CLEAN
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Full Sun
1 Gallon - 1 year 2 Gallon - 2 years |
Cottage gardens, great in mass plantings. |
Zones 4 - 8 |
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Bergenia 'Overture'
Glossy green leaves and rich magenta-pink flowers. Leaves turn red in the winter months.. Grows up to a foot tall |
Grow in humus-rich, moist soil Full Sun |
Use in a woodland garden |
Zone 4-9 |
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Buddleia davidii 'Evil Ways' - B. 'Evil Ways'bright yellow foliaged butterfly bush is highlighted throughout the summer with very dark purple terminal flower clusters. The color contrast of the flowers and the yellow foliage is simply superb |
Full Sun 48" tall full grown |
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Zone 5-9 |
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Campanula 'Elizabeth'
Heart shaped green leaves with large burgundy-pink cup shaped flowers lasting for weeks on end. |
Partial to full sun |
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Zone 5-8 |
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Campanula 'Samantha'
A tufted, herbaceous perennial with heart shaped leaves and large blue cup shaped flowers that blooms like crazy for long periods of time. A slow spreading ground cover.
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Full Sun |
Makes a nice low ground cover |
Zone 5-9 |
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Canna Intrigue-
Tall, upright, herbaceous perennial. Striking maroon foliage. The flowers are peach colored with a hint of orange. Blooms all summer. Mature height of 6 to 8 feet. |
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Zone 7 - 10 |
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Canna Tropical Rose-
Large blooms on a compact plant defines these vigorous and well branched Canna from seed. Available in Bronze Scarlet, Rose, White and Yellow flower colors. Excellent for garden borders or patio containers with blooms that begin in midsummer and continue until frost. Full sun
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Zone 8+ |
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Erythrina herbacea
A highly distinctive shrub with arrow- shaped leaves and striking spikes of large red tabular flowers that attract hummingbirds. Multi-stemmed and spreading upward. Grows 4 to 5 feet and is often as wide as it is tall. |
Prefers a dry sandy soil. Plant requires full sun. |
Can be planted in front of large shrubs, in woodland borders, or as a background plant. |
Zone 8-10 |
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Heuchera 'Amethyst Mist' or known also as Coral Bell
Large glossy leaves of dark purple with silver highlights. This clumping perennial has two-inch spikes with tan flowers in late spring. Clump-forming to basal foliage mounds 8 to 12 inches tall and may spread to 16 inches wide. |
Grow in fertile, moist but well-drained, neutral soil in sun or partial shade; full shade may be tolerated in a moist site. . |
Use as groundcovers or in a herbaceous, mixed, or shrub border. The flowers are good for cuttings and are attractive to humming birds. |
Zone 4-8 |
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Heuchera 'Crimson Curls' pp#132729
Heavily serrated burgundy foliage with crimson underside. Color intensifies in the spring. White blooms on burgandy stems in summer. Grows to 18 inches tall and 15 inches wide. Mounded, compact clumps.
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Full sun to partial shade. Moist, well-drained soil. More color in soils that are not too rich. 1 gallon (16-20 weeks). |
Groundcover. Herbaceous or shrub border. Cut flowers. |
Zone 4-8 |
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Heuchera 'Crown Jewel'
Rounded to heart-shaped, lobed, boldly veined, gray marbled leaves, maroon underneath. Mound or clump forming. Grows up to 36 inches. Use as groundcovers or in a herbaceous, mixed, or shrub border; the flowers are good for cuttings and are attractive to hummingbirds. |
Grow in fertile, moist but well-drained soil. Requires partial to full sun.
4 inch (12 to 14 weeks), 6 inch (22 to 26 weeks). |
Use as groundcovers or in a herbaceous, mixed, or shrub border; the flowers are good for cuttings and are attractive to hummingbirds. |
Zone 4-8 |
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Heuchera 'Plum Pudding'
Cream colored flowers stand on 18 inch stems over a mound of plum-purple foliage.. Clump-forming to basal foliage mounds 8 to 12 inches tall and may spread to 16 inches wide. |
Grow in light, fertile, moist but well drained, neutral to slightly acidic soil. Requires partial to full sun.
4 inch (12 to 14 weeks), 6 inch (22 to 26 weeks). |
Use as a groundcover or in a herbaceous, mixed or shrub border. The flowers are good for cuttings and are attractive to hummingbirds. |
Zone 4-8 |
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Heuchera 'Regina'
Burgundy-bronze foliage. Rounded, lobes, long-petioled leaves with tiny, pink, bell-shaped flowers on slender, wiry stems rise above the foliage. A low-growing, clump-forming perennial |
Use a humus-rich, well-drained soil. Partial to full sun. |
Use in a mass ground cover |
Zone 3-8 |
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Heuchera 'Snow Angel'
Light green, broadly lobed leaves are marbled with light cream variegation. Spikes of pinkish-red bells are produced from late spring into summer. Low-growing mounds 12 to 15 inches tall. |
Grow in light, fertile, moist but well drained to slightly acidic soil. Requires partial to full sun.
4 inch (12 to 14 weeks), 6 inch (22 to 26 weeks). |
Use as a ground cover or in a herbaceous, mixed or shrub border, the flowers are good for cuttings and are attractive to hummingbirds. |
Zone 4-8 |
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Oxalis regnellii 'francis' - Purple Shamrock
A beautiful perennial bulb with a bright, vivid purple shamrock leaf (triangular shaped). |
Requires partial shade. Well draining, moist soil. |
Grows to height of 16" with a spread of 12 to 15 inches. Great pot plant as well as a ground cover. |
Zone 7 - 9 |
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Polemonium reptans 'Stairway to Heaven' pp#15187
Low mound of vivid green leaves with cream colored margin that turns pink in cool weather or full sun. Grows 12 inches tall and another 4 inches with the violet color bloom in the spring.
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Full sun to part shade, average to moist soil.
4 inch (4 weeks) |
Used for edging and bordering. |
Zone 3-9 |
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Polemonium 'Touch of Class' PPAF
This mounding perennial has narrow, lacy foliage with bright white edges and green centers. Tiny pink buds that bloom blue. Medium growth rate. Growing 14" X 18"
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Shade - Partial Sun; Average water needed
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Works well in mass plantings, as a border plant, or cut flowers. |
Zones 3 - 8 |
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Pulmonaria longifolia 'Diana Clare'
Very attractive spotted silvery white, lance-shaped, dark green leaves to 18 inches long. Large violet-blue, long-lasting, funnel-shaped flower clusters. |
Use a humus-rich, fertile, moist soil. Full sun to partial shade |
Use as a groundcover |
Zones 5-8 |
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Tiarella cordifolia 'Running Tapestry' -
White to pinkish foam flowers sit above dainty, heart shaped green leaves with dep purple to black veins radiating from the center. |
Low ground cover, 8-10 inches high; speads by stolons to form solid mass. |
Excellent ground cover for shady woodland garden. Dainty in appearance, but tough in consitution. Deer resistant, |
Zones 3 - 8 |
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