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    ‘Cardinal de Richelieu’ rose

    Rosa 'Cardinal de Richelieu'

    This is one of the darkest-flowered roses from the oldest class of garden roses, the gallicas.

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    Castor bean

    Ricinus communis 'Carmencita'

    'Carmencita' castor bean is a shrub, usually grown as an annual, that grows to 6 to 10 feet and is well branched, with dark bronze-red foliage and bright red female flowers.

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    Brown-eyed Susan

    Rudbeckia triloba

    This biennial makes a superb, self-sown companion in a mixed border or wild garden.

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    ‘Prairie Fire’ red switchgrass

    Panicum virgatum ‘Prairie Fire’

    'Prairie Fire' is a distinctly red form of switchgrass.

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    ‘Moonraker’ Cape fuchsia

    Phygelius × rectus 'Moonraker'

    Pale yellow, four-inch-long flowers dangle all around the stems of this evergreen, fuchsia look-alike.

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    Black bamboo

    Phyllostachys nigra

    This clumping bamboo is native to eastern and central China and can reach 15 feet tall and almost as wide.

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    Reed canary grass

    Phalaris arundinacea and cvs.

    This evergreen, rhizomatous, perennial grass has an upright habit, with bamboo-like foliage to 14 inches tall.

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    Amur cork tree

    Phellodendron amurense

    This spreading tree with a graceful habit bears glossy, dark green leaflets.

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    ‘Galilee’ paperwhite narcissus

    Narcissus 'Galilee’

    This tender paperwhite is well-suited to forcing, blooming 3 to 4 weeks after planting.

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    Tall purple moor grass

    Molinia caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Sky Racer'

    'Skyracer' grows to about 3 feet wide and 2 to 3 feet wide, and in late summer to early fall, sends up delicate panicles to a height of 6 or 7 feet.