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    Salvia pachyphylla

    Salvia pachyphylla

    Giant-flowered purple sage has been winning over gardeners the past few years for its remarkable summer blooms and tough-as-nails demeanor.

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    Dwarf common sage

    Salvia officinalis 'Minimus'

    Dwarf common sage is a tightly compact form of the culinary common sage ( S.

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    Thumbelina lilac

    Syringa 'Bailina'

    From the Fairytail series of dwarf lilacs, this petite cultivar bears single, light pink flowers in mid- to late season.

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    Chinese lilac

    Syringa × chinensis

    This fragrant hybrid ( S.

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    Russian comfrey

    Symphytum  × uplandicum ‘Axminster Gold’

    This notably beautiful plant produces huge, elongated banana-shaped leaves, which are arfully edged in luminescent yellow.

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    Royal catchfly

    Silene regia

    This North American prairie native produces 2-inch-wide, brilliant cardinal-red flowers that stand out in the summer garden.

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    Colorful Flowering Sage

    Salvia nemorosa

    This drought-tolerant perennial produces flower spikes in shades of violet, purple, or white to pink, with purple bracts.

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    Texas sage

    Salvia coccinea

    This upright tender perennial provides rich color for annual bedding schemes where it is not hardy.

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    Canary Island sage

    Salvia canariensis

    This short-lived, tender perennial shrub native to the Canary Islands off the African coast sends up 6-foot white-furred stems cloaked with long, felted, arrow-shaped leaves and topped, summer to frost,…

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    Cut-leaf lilac

    Syringa × laciniata

    This graceful hybrid produces fragrant, pale lilac flower clusters up to 4 inches long in late spring.