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Plant GuideChinese wisteria
Wisteria sinensisDramatic flowers with an intoxicating fragrance cover this vigorous twining climber.
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Plant GuideWest Texas cobalt sage
Salvia reptansWest Texas cobalt sage is a marvelously distinct species that can be enjoyed by gardeners farther north, as long as they purchase the west Texas form, which is quite cold-hardy.
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Plant Guide‘Indigo Spires’ sage
Salvia ‘Indigo Spires’'Indigo Spires' sage is a vigorous hybrid prized for its 12- to 15-inch-long, twisting spikes of dark violet flowers.
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Plant GuideYugoslavian cutleaf sage
Salvia jurisiciiThis sage is eye-catching in and out of bloom, with its attractive basal rosette of feathery foliage and showy display of dense flower spikes.
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Plant Guide‘Mount Baker’ lilac
Syringa × hyacinthiflora 'Mount Baker'This early flowering hybrid produces fragrant, single white flowers.
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Plant Guide
Hidcote comfrey
Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue'This prolific cultivar has dark green foliage and bears nodding blue flowers from mauve buds.
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Plant Guide
Mexican sage
Salvia darcyiFrom late spring to fall, this easy-going perennial bears deep orange-red flowers on 3- to 4-foot-tall spikes that rise above a loose, 6-foot-wide mound of heart-shaped, sticky leaves.
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Plant GuideSalvia microphylla var. neurepia
Salvia microphylla var. neurepiaThis native of the American Southwest and Mexico forms an evergreen shrub or shrubby perennial with dark, glossy leaves that are small (but slightly larger than most microphyllas) and softly…
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Plant Guide‘Henri Robert’ lilac
Syringa vulgaris ‘Henri Robert’This cultivar has double bluish-purple flowers that open from violet buds in midseason.
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Plant Guide‘Victoria’ mealycup sage
Salvia farinacea 'Victoria'This compact perennial forms a bush less than 1.
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