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Plant Guide
Green-and-gold
Chrysogonum virginianum var. virginianum 'Mark Viette''Mark Viette' is a clump-forming, handsome 6-inch tall plant with thick, semi-evergreen deep green leaves and perky 1-inch flowers of buttercup yellow.
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Plant GuideHeath aster
Aster ericoidesThis clumping, bushy perennial has slender stems and small, lance-shaped, medium green leaves.
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Plant GuideJoe Pye weed
Eutrochium purpureumLarge, domed flowerheads of pink, light purple, or off-white add soft color and texture to the summer and fall garden.
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Plant GuideCommon periwinkle, creeping myrtle
Vinca minor 'Illumination'Like other creeping myrtles, 'Illumination' is a tough evergreen ground cover for shade that will grow in almost any soil.
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Plant Guide
Mexican sage
Salvia darcyiFrom late spring to fall, this easy-going perennial bears deep orange-red flowers on 3- to 4-foot-tall spikes that rise above a loose, 6-foot-wide mound of heart-shaped, sticky leaves.
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Plant GuideLove plant
Oxalis triangularisLove plant, also known as purple shamrock has pretty foliage and dainty flowers that make it a good choice for containers, borders, or indoors.
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Plant GuidePaperplant
Fatsia japonicaJapanese fatsia has very large, hand-shaped glossy leaves that glow in the shade.
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Plant GuideFalse spirea
Sorbaria sorbifoliaIf you like plants that stay in tidy, little assigned corners, this is not the plant for you.
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Plant GuideDahlia ‘Bed Head’
Dahlia 'Bed Head'
'Bed Head' is a tall plant with 4-inch-wide salmon-colored blooms with an unusually tangled appearance.
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Plant GuideSapphire jewelweed
Impatiens namchabarwensisSapphire jewelweed's serrated leaves are the color of polished jade, while the flowers are a remarkable sapphire blue.
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