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Plant Guide
Pampas grass
Cortaderia selloanaThis stunning grass has 1- to 3-foot-long, densely tufted plumes atop tall, upright stalks and arching mid-green leaves.
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Plant GuideBugbane, Autumn snakeroot, black cohosh
Actaea simplex ‘Hillside Black Beauty’Unlike other bugbanes, 'Hillside Black Beauty' offers deep purple-black foliage.
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Plant Guide‘Jungle Gold’ impatiens
Impatiens auricoma ‘Jungle Gold’Yellow blooms resembling orchids and large, glossy leaves makes 'Jungle Gold' an interesting addition to containers, where it will bloom more profusely than if it were in the ground.
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Plant GuideDahlia ‘Bodacious’
Dahlia 'Bodacious''Bodacious' lives up to its name, with brilliant color and blooms that are supersized in both height and diameter.
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Plant GuideBog sage
Salvia uliginosaThis moisture-loving perennial produces clear blue flowers with white highlights in late summer to mid-autumn.
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Plant GuideCanna Tropicanna Gold
Canna var. “MACtro’Tropicanna Gold is perhaps the showiest of all of the variegated cannas and one of the best for hot, humid, sunny southern gardens.
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Plant Guide‘Hadspen Abundance’ Japanese anemone
Anemone hupehensis 'Hadspen Abundance'This plant has dark pink, two-toned flowers that occur in abundance and rise above the foliage on branched stems from August to Octover.
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Plant Guide‘Limelight’ panicle hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’This variety of the popular panicle hydrangea boasts very large, lime green blooms in midsummer that turn pink in fall.
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Plant GuideDahlia ‘Hissy Fitz’
Dahlia 'Hissy Fitz''Hissy Fitz' isn't a fussy plant, in spite of its amusing name.
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Plant Guide‘Vanilla Berry’ nasturtium
Tropaeolum majus ‘Vanilla Berry’This cultivar of the old-fashioned species has a mounding habit and grows to 12 inches tall.
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