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Plant GuideCardinal climber
Ipomoea × multifidaCardinal climber is a twining annual with deeply lobed mid-green leaves and 1-inch crimson blooms with white throats appearing in summer.
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Plant GuideYellow flag
Iris pseudacorus and cvs.Yellow flag is a vigorous Laevigata iris with ribbed, sword-shaped gray-green leaves.
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Plant Guide‘Ruby Slippers’ oakleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Ruby Slippers’I’m one of those people who thinks a garden without a hydrangea would seem incomplete.
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Plant GuideMexican fire bush
Hamelia patensA tropical tree by design, the Mexican fire bush freezes to the ground in winter in Zones 8–11 but grows up to 5 feet tall by summer's end.
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Plant GuideSt. John’s wort
Hypericum frondosum ‘Sunburst’
This is a small, upright, mounded, deciduous shrub with attractive, flaking reddish-brown bark on mature stems and striking, linear to oblong blue green leaves.
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Plant Guide‘Nikko Blue’ bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Nikko Blue’This is a well-loved and vigorous cultivar with large, rounded flower heads of a rich, gorgeous blue.
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Plant GuideFalse sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoidesThis clump-forming perennial bears striking, sunflower-like yellow blooms on long stalks from midsummer to early autumn.
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Plant GuideBlue oat grass
Helictotrichon sempervirensDramatic powder blue foliage and spiky architecture are hallmarks of this plant.
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Plant Guide‘Fidelio’ Gladiolus
Gladiolus 'Fidelio'This 3- to 4-foot-tall glad has luminous deep purplish-rose flowers.
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Plant GuideSummer hyacinth
Galtonia candicans
A native of South Africa, summer hyacinth sends up spikes of lovely white flowers in late summer amidst dark green, strap-like foliage, when many other perennials are done blooming.
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