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Plant Guide‘Mint Julep’ pfitzer juniper
Juniperus × pfitzeriana ‘Mint Julep’This evergreen shrub has rich, bright-green fine-textured foliage in summer.
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Plant Guide‘Iowa’ Chinese juniper
Juniperus chinensis ‘Iowa’This is a slow-growing evergreen shrub with a formal appearance, with its narrow, columnar form and outstanding gray-green foliage.
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Plant Guide‘Jungle Gold’ impatiens
Impatiens auricoma ‘Jungle Gold’Yellow blooms resembling orchids and large, glossy leaves makes 'Jungle Gold' an interesting addition to containers, where it will bloom more profusely than if it were in the ground.
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Plant GuideMorning glory
Ipomoea tricolor and cvs.
Morning glory is a fast-growing, twining annual with heart-shaped light to mid-green leaves and vibrantly colored, funnel-shaped flowers to 3 inches across.
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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 GuidePincushion hakea
Hakea laurinaThrough the fall and into winter, pincushion hakea provides beautiful cut flowers for the holidays; the foliage and seedpods are also great for arrangements.
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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 GuideLenten rose
Helleborus orientalisThis hairless or slightly hairy perennial has over-wintering, leathery, deep green basal leaves each divided into 7 or 9 leaflets.
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Plant GuideGolden hosta
Hosta ‘Piedmont Gold’A robust, clump-forming perennial, 'Piedmont Gold' has prominently veined, wavy-margined, bright-gold leaves 10 inches long by 7 inches wide.
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Plant GuideFast Growing Hosta
Hosta 'Little Aurora'A fast grower, 'Little Aurora' has cupped, puckered leaves and a metallic sheen, with soft-lavender flowers from late June into early July.
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