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    Iceplant

    Carpobrotus edulis

    This ground-hugging succulent perennial roots at the nodes, has a creeping habit, and often forms deep mats covering large areas.

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    Red coreopsis

    Coreopsis rosea

    This plant bears a profusion of lavender-pink flowers with yellow centers from mid-summer to early autumn.

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    Meadow saffron

    Colchicum autumnale

    Meadow saffron is a cormous perennial with erect, lance-shaped leaves 5 to 14 inches long.

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    ‘Worcester Gold’ Blue beard

    Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Worcester Gold'

    'Worcester Gold' is an attractive, mounding, woody shrub with warm yellow to chartreuse foliage and lavender-blue flowers in late summer and early autumn.

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    Japanese barberry

    Berberis thunbergii

    Grown for its neat habit, yellow flowers, and red fruit, this shrub spreads prolifically by seed and is considered invasive in some areas, including the Northeast.

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    False chamomile

    Boltonia asteroides 'Snowbank'

    Boltonias are vigorous perennials grown for their sprays of aster-like flowers, which appear above clean, gray-green foliage.

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    ‘Stingray’ elephant’s ear

    Alocasia ‘Stingray’

    ‘Stingray’ is the elephant’s ear to acquire if you’re after one-of-a-kind foliage.

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    Chinese wild ginger

    Asarum splendens

    There are many species and varie­­ties of wild ginger, but this vigorous, fast-growing, and beau­tiful species tops my list.

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    ‘Hadspen Abundance’ Japanese anemone

    Anemone hupehensis 'Hadspen Abundance'

    This plant has dark pink, two-toned flowers that occur in abundance and rise above the foliage on branched stems from August to Octover.

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    ‘Bressingham Glow’ Japanese anemone

    Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Bressingham Glow'

    Japanese anemones are slightly taller than the species, sometimes growing to 4 feet.