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Fine Gardening - Issue 164

  1. ‘Pretoria’ canna (Canna ‘Pretoria’)
  2. Yellow ruffles datura (Datura metel ‘Yellow Ruffles’)
  3. Mango punch coreopsis (Coreopsis ‘Mango Punch’)
  4. Cigar flower (Cuphea ignea ‘David Verity’)
  5. ‘Prairie Sun’ rudbeckia (Rudbeckia hirta ‘Prairie Sun’)
  6. ‘Bishop of Llandaff’ dahlia (Dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff’)
  7. ‘Red Spires’ castor bean (Ricunis communis ‘Red Spires’)
  8. ‘Japanese Silver Leaf’ sunflower (Helianthus argophylus ‘Japanese Silver Leaf’)
  9. ‘Tropicana’ canna (Canna ‘Tropicana’)
  10. Wild orange cosmos (Cosmos caudatus)
  11. ‘Sunbini’ sanvitalia (Sanvitalia ‘Sunbini’)
  12. ‘Golden Moon’ nasturtium (Nasturtium ‘Golden Moon’)
  13. ‘Copper Glow’ oxalis (Oxalis vulcanicola ‘Copper Glow’)
  14. Tall lion’s ear (Leonotis nepetifolia)

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