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Plant GuideCreeping phlox
Phlox stoloniferaA dense, vigorous, mat-forming ground cover, creeping phlox has short flower stems from 3 to 12 inches tall.
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Plant Guide
‘Elizabeth Ann’ spotted geranium
Geranium maculatum ‘Elizabeth Ann’This gorgeous cultivar of the North American species has rich, chocolate brown foliage and contrasting lavender blooms.
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Plant Guide
Ground morning glory
Convolvulus mauritanicusGround morning glory is a trailing low grower with a profusion of funnel-shaped lavender flowers from summer to early autumn.
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Plant GuideSweet rocket
Hesperis matronalisThis plant is a biennial or short-lived perennial with leafy stems and 4- to 8-inch-long toothed, hairy leaves.
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Plant GuideOthonna capensis
Othonna capensisThis evergreen, perennial succulent has pudgy, swollen, deep green stems which resemble a pickle, similar to those of the iceplant.
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Plant GuideFragrant hellebore
Helleborus odorusLime-green to near-yellow flowers 1 to 2 inches across, with five petal-like sepals, are borne in loose clusters of three or four on leafy stems up to 20 inches tall.
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Plant Guide‘May Night’ meadow sage
Salvia × sylvestris 'May Night'This drought-tolerant perennial bears deep violet-blue flower spikes in early summer and then sporadically if spent flowers are removed promptly.
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Plant GuideBusy Lizzie
Impatiens walleriana cvs.This subshrubby perennial with light green to red-flushed stems has slightly toothed, scalloped, light to bronze-green or red-flushed leaves to 5 inches long.
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Plant GuideFortune’s holly fern
Cyrtomium fortuneiUsually found in moist, rocky areas or woodland in central and eastern Asia, this evergreen fern is deciduous in colder climates.
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Plant GuideBoxwood
Buxus sempervirens ‘Green Mountain’This upright, oval, dark green boxwood grows to about 3 feet high and wide.
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