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Plant GuideAmerican elder
Sambucus canadensis
A familiar native shrub, American elderberry is commonly seen along streambanks and roadsides and in moist woodlands and thickets throughout eastern North America.
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Plant GuideRussian comfrey
Symphytum × uplandicum ‘Axminster Gold’This notably beautiful plant produces huge, elongated banana-shaped leaves, which are arfully edged in luminescent yellow.
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Plant GuideTexas sage
Salvia coccineaThis upright tender perennial provides rich color for annual bedding schemes where it is not hardy.
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Plant Guide‘Orange King’ coleus
Plectranthus scutellarioides ‘Orange King’‘Orange King’ exemplifies one of the loveliest characteristics of coleus, the ability to glow like stained glass when struck by sunlight.
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Plant Guide‘Mariposa’ coleus
Plectranthus scutellarioides ‘Mariposa’'Mariposa' is a big, upright, very striking coleus with 6- to 8-inch-long leaves that drape downward, allowing a clear view of their magnificent crimson-pink color.
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Plant Guide‘Swallowtail’ coleus
Plectranthus scutellarioides ‘Swallowtail’‘Swallowtail’ puts on a fantastic display of texture and color.
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Plant Guide‘Vulcan’ coleus
Plectranthus scutellarioides ‘Vulcan’26-inch-tall ‘Vulcan’ has a complex color scheme: crimson with an undercurrent of reddish rose, enhanced by brushes of black that heighten the richness of its crimped, puckered leaves.
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Plant Guide‘Red Trailing Queen’ coleus
Plectranthus scutellarioides ‘Red Trailing Queen’As basic as a black dress, 15-inch-tall ‘Red Trailing Queen’ bedecks herself from leaf to stem in regal burgundy.
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Plant GuideChenault coralberry
Symphoricarpos × chenaultii ‘Hancock’Chenault coralberry is an undemanding workhorse.
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Plant GuideCanary Island sage
Salvia canariensisThis short-lived, tender perennial shrub native to the Canary Islands off the African coast sends up 6-foot white-furred stems cloaked with long, felted, arrow-shaped leaves and topped, summer to frost,…
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