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Plant GuidePearl millet
Pennisetum glaucum 'Purple Majesty'
This cultivar of pearl millet has wide, deep purple foliage and stems.
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Plant GuideLeatherleaf mahonia, Beale’s barberry
Mahonia bealeiLeatherleaf mahonia is a thick shrub with a formal feel.
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Plant GuideBlood banana
Musa zebrinaAn oversize tender perennial, blood banana has large, fleshy, rubberlike leaves with dark markings.
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Plant GuideMuhly grass
Muhlenbergia capillarisIn autumn, this unique specimen creates a spectacular, billowy inflorescence of massed, vibrant pink, airy flowers on 4-foot stems.
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Plant Guide‘Heart of the Jungle’ elephant’s ear
Colocasia esculenta ‘Heart of the Jungle’A demure egg-shell finish and a dark purple underpinning make the foliage of 'Heart of the Jungle' special.
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Plant Guide‘Rhubarb’ elephant’s ear
Colocasia esculenta ‘Rhubarb’Kitchen garden rhubarb doesn't hold a candle to 'Rhubarb' elephant's ear, at least not in an ornamental sense.
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Plant Guide
Blue beard, blue-mist shrub
Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Longwood Blue''Longwood Blue' is ideal for a mixed or shrub border.
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Plant Guide
Australian tree fern
Cyathea australisAustralian tree fern has dark green fronds that can reach 12 feet long.
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Plant GuideCanna Tropicanna Gold
Canna var. “MACtro’Tropicanna Gold is perhaps the showiest of all of the variegated cannas and one of the best for hot, humid, sunny southern gardens.
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Plant Guide‘Centenaire de Rozain-Bourcharlat’ Indian shot
Canna 'Centenaire de Rozain-Bourcharlat'This 3-foot-tall canna from the 1920s has impossibly deep, pure-rose flowers recalling orchids and leis.
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