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Plant GuideDiabolo® ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Monlo’With its upright, arching branches and dark chocolate to purple foliage, Diabolo® ninebark offers a color contrast with silver-leaved plants and makes a fine backdrop hedge.
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Plant Guide‘Indian Summer’ black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Indian Summer’‘Indian Summer’ is a standout among a sea of black-eyed Susans because of its extra-large, golden yellow flower heads.
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Plant GuideSouth African foxglove
Ceratotheca triloba
A rare and graceful beauty, this plant is not a true foxglove, but its flowers are similarly shaped and hang in clusters.
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Plant Guide
Montgomery palm
Veitchia montgomeryanaThis tropical palm grows to 35 feet tall and has stiff, feathery-textured fronds.
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Plant GuideRavenna grass
Saccharum ravennae
This large, clump-forming grass has linear leaves with central white stripes.
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Plant Guide
Clematis viticella ‘Alba Luxurians’
Clematis viticella 'Alba Luxurians''Alba Luxurians' is a very tough, late-flowering climber with small flowers that open from midsummer to late autumn.
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Plant GuideTurtlehead
Chelone obliquaTurtlehead is an excellent, sturdy, vertical perennial with rounded stems, medium texture, and deep-green, boldly veined leaves on short stalks.
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Plant Guide‘Tojen’ toad lily
Tricyrtis 'Tojen'This luminous hybrid bears unspotted, orchid-like lavender flowers with yellow-throated bases.
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Plant Guide‘White Swan’ purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan’This cultivar of a native meadow coneflower has white, daisy-like flowers from early summer into early autumn.
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Plant GuideCampanula carpatica
Campanula carpaticaUpright, open bell-shaped flowers completely cover the foliage of this late-blooming Campanula for several months in summer.
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