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    Mexican fire bush

    Hamelia patens

    A tropical tree by design, the Mexican fire bush freezes to the ground in winter in Zones 8–11 but grows up to 5 feet tall by summer's end.

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    ‘Stella De Oro’ daylily

    Hemerocallis 'Stella de Oro'

    This bright yellow flowered daylily has a long blooming period, producing ruffled flowers over four or five months.

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    ‘Arizona Sun’ Blanket flower

    Gaillardia 'Arizona Sun'

    This 2005 All-America Selections® winner is a cultivar of our native blanket flower.

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    ‘Purple’ globe amaranth

    Gomphrena globosa ‘Purple’

    A bushy, hairy-leaved annual, globe amaranth bears round purple flower bracts on thick stems in summer and early fall.

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    Honeylocust

    Gleditsia triacanthos

    Honey locust grows in the wild from Pennsylvania to Iowa and south to Georgia and Texas.

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    ‘Fidelio’ Gladiolus

    Gladiolus 'Fidelio'

    This 3- to 4-foot-tall glad has luminous deep purplish-rose flowers.

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    ‘Atom’ Gladiolus

    Gladiolus 'Atom'

    A glad for people who would normally never grow them, 'Atom' is about half the size of regular varieties, growing to at most 3 feet tall.

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    Summer hyacinth

    Galtonia candicans

    A native of South Africa, summer hyacinth sends up spikes of lovely white flowers in late summer amidst dark green, strap-like foliage, when many other perennials are done blooming.

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    ‘Purple Fountain’ European beech

    Fagus sylvatica ‘Purple Fountain’

    'Purple Fountain' is a deciduous, columnar, dark-leaved tree with bronze-purple, wavy margined leaves and cascading branches.

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    ‘Little Joe’ Joe Pye weed

    Eutrochium dubium ‘Little Joe’

    'Little Joe' is a dwarf cultivar of a species of our native Joe Pye weed.