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One Peak, Four Seasons of Interest: Plant IDs

By Sharon Nyenhuis Fine Gardening - Issue 164
One Peak Four Seasons of Interest: Plant IDs

1.  Gold Fountains™ sedge (Carex dolichostachya ‘Kaga-nishiki’, USDA Hardiness Zones 5–9)

2.  Nemesia (Nemesia cv., annual)

3.  ‘Brilliant’ sedum (Sedum spectabile ‘Brilliant’, Zones 3–9)

4.  Rozanne geranium (Geranium ‘Gerwat’, Zones 5–8)

5.  ‘Sonata’ cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Sonata’, annual)

6.  Verbena ‘Lollipop’ (Verbena bonariensis ‘Lollipop’, Zones 7–11)

7. Variegated purple moor grass (Molinia caerulea ‘Variegata’, Zones 5–9)

8.  Diascia (Diascia cv., annual)

9. ‘Border Jewel’ Himalayan knotweed (Persicaria affinis ‘Border Jewel’, Zones 3–8)

10. ‘Summer Skies’ African lily (Agapanthus ‘Summer Skies’, Zones 9–10)

11. Giant knotweed (Persicaria polymorpha, Zones 4–9)

12. Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium purpureum, Zones 4–9)

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