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    European beech

    Fagus sylvatica

    An excellent shade tree, this European-native deciduous tree grows to 80 feet tall and 50 feet wide and features an upright, oval form and dark shiny green leaves that turn…

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    ‘Jim’s Pride’ daphne

    Daphne × transatlantica 'Jim's Pride'

    This small shrub to 3-4 feet tall and wide blooms from late spring to fall with a liberal sprinkling of small, white, highly fragrant flowers over grey-green leaves that form…

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    ‘Silver Shimmers’ lungwort

    Pulmonaria 'Silver Shimmers'

    This eye-catching perennial has silver-plated leaves with speckled margins.

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    Purple sheep’s burr

    Acaena inermis 'Purpurea'

    This New Zealand native subshrub has 3-inch-wide scalloped leaves and little purple-brown to pale olive leaflets.

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    ‘Dark Reiter’ geranium

    Geranium pratense 'Dark Reiter'

    'Dark Reiter', a fairly new cultivar, has a short mounded habit and dissected dark leaves.

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    Baptisia × variicolor Twilite Prairieblues™

    Baptisia × variicolor Twilite Prairieblues™

    This amazing baptisia is a cross between B.

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    Rue anemone

    Anemonella thalictroides 'Rosea'

    The only member of its genus, rue anemone is a tuberous perennial native to the woodlands of eastern North America.

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    Golden larch

    Pseudolarix kaempferi

    The golden larch is a lovely deciduous conifer whose lacy foliage turns golden in autumn.

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    Mound lily

    Yucca gloriosa

    This sculptural plant bears sword-like leaves to 24 inches long in shades of blue- or gray-green and maturing to dark green, with smooth margins.

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    Sargent’s weeping hemlock

    Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula'

    This hemlock cultivar makes a very beautiful specimen, slowly forming a 10- to 15-foot-tall and 30-foot-wide, multi-layered mound of greenery.