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Plant Guide
Large-flowered tickseed
Coreopsis grandifloraAs the name implies, this species bears large, daisy-like blossoms (2.
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Plant Guide
Cigar plant
Cuphea micropetalaThis tireless bloomer is best known for its small, tubular flowers, each colored in vivid orange hues and tipped with white, like the ash on a glowing cigar.
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Plant Guide‘Sweet Dreams’ coreopsis
Coreopsis rosea 'Sweet Dreams'The bicolored, white-tipped and raspberry-centered blooms are large (1 to 1.
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Plant GuideChamomile
Chamaemelum nobile and cvs.A hardy perennial, chamomile has aromatic, threadlike leaves that fill the air with a pleasing apple-pineapple scent.
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Plant Guide‘Pumila’ pampas grass
Cortaderia selloana ‘Pumila”This dwarf cultivar has mid-green leaves and densely tufted plumes atop tall, upright stalks and arching mid-green leaves.
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Plant GuideMontbretia
Crocosmia × crocosmiifloraMontbretia looks like a small gladiolus until it blooms in late summer, when abundant sprays of orange, gold, or yellow star-shaped flowers are held by gracefully thin, arching, zigzag stems…
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Plant GuideSmoke tree
Cotinus coggygriaThis bushy shrub or small tree has generated many notable cultivars, all of which add great textural qualities to the landscape.
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Plant Guide‘Sea Shells’ cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Sea Shells’This unique annual produces quilled blossoms of hollow, tube-shaped petals that radiate from the center in shades of white, pink, or carmine red.
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Plant GuideSweet autumn clematis
Clematis ternifloraThis deciduous, late-flowering twining vine with deep green leaves and profuse, fragrant white flowers is easy to grow and will thrive and bloom in shade.
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Plant GuideFairies’ thimbles
Campanula cochleariifoliaDiminutive (to 2 inches tall) spikes bear lavender-blue nodding flowers that sway in the breeze.
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