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Plant Guide‘Tasmanian Angel’ bear’s breeches
Acanthus mollis 'Tasmanian Angel'With their white margins and mottling, the jagged leaves of 'Tasmanian Angel' are a real showshopper, and in late summer, 3-foot-tall, pink-and-cream flower stalks heighten the effect.
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Plant GuideBeautiful Pink Japanese Anemone
Anemone × hybrida 'Alice'This beautiful, pale pink, semi-double-flowered anemone reaches 2 to 3 feet high.
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Plant GuideJapanese onion
Allium thunbergiiThis is the last of the ornamental onions to flower, when mop-like heads of rose-purple flowers appear with orange anthers.
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Plant GuideTexas hummingbird mint
Agastache canaThis is a 36-inch-tall hyssop with showy rose-pink flower spikes in late summer and fall and licorice-mint scented foliage.
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Plant GuideAgastache ‘Summer Breeze’
Agastache ‘Summer Breeze’Agastache ‘Summer Breeze’ produces hundreds of 1.
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Plant GuideCarpet bugleweed
Ajuga reptans
This fast spreader has dark green leaves with deep blue flowers spring to summer.
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Plant Guide‘Moonshine’ yarrow
Achillea 'Moonshine'This popular gray-leaved yarrow has 18-inch-tall yellow flower heads that last for several weeks in late summer.
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Plant GuideVariegated glossy abelia
Abelia × grandiflora 'Confetti'
'Confetti' offers finely textured medium green foliage variegated with creamy white and pink.
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Plant Guide‘The Rocket’ elephant’s ear
Ligularia stenocephala 'The Rocket'The aptly named ‘The Rocket’ is virtually indestructible if sited in damp shade.
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Plant GuideCreeping Jenny
Lysimachia nummulariaCreeping Jenny is a low-growing, rampant, evergreen ground cover with rounded leaves.
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