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Plant Guide‘Shades of Orange’ hummingbird mint, ‘Shades of Orange’ hyssop
Agastache aurantiaca 'Shades of Orange'
A cultivar discovered at High Country Gardens in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this aromatic, water-wise perennial grows to 30 inches tall and 18 inches wide and features fine, mint-scented, gray-green…
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Plant GuidePussy-toes
Antennaria spp.Low-growing rosettes of long gray leaves covered in fine gray hairs and gray-white flowers in spring that resemble a cat's paw make Antennaria great plants for edging, pathways, or stone walls.
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Plant GuideCardoon
Cynara cardunculusCardoon is an architectural splendor with bold texture, thanks to its large, prickly, almost dagger-shaped gray-green arching leaves and a statuesque, vase-shaped frame.
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Plant GuideSea lavender
Limonium latifolium
Sea lavender is a rosette-forming perennial with mid- to dark-green leaves to 12 inches long, occasionally to 24 inches.
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Plant GuideEastern prickly pear cactus
Opuntia compressaPrickly pear cactus is a clump-forming and semi-prostrate plant.
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Plant GuideCommon rue
Ruta graveolensRue is an evergreen shrub with an upright, rounded form and cool, ferny blue-green foliage.
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Plant GuideEnglish lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
English lavender has silvery gray, aromatic foliage topped in summer with lavender-blue to dark purple flowers on long stems.
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Plant GuideSilver leaf
Leucophyllum frutescensSilver leaf is a flowering evergreen shrub with arching branches and woolly, silvery gray leaves.
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Plant Guide
Esparto grass
Lygeum spartiumSilver-blue, rushlike foliage is graced by one of the most distinctive flowers of all grasses: the inflorescence looks like little origami birds.
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