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    Lance-leaved coreopsis

    Coreopsis lanceolata

    Solitary yellow petals with toothed edges and flat, yellow centers open from early to late summer.

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    Red valerian

    Centranthus ruber

    This clump-forming perennial has deep to mid-green leaves and dense clusters of small white, pale rose-pink, or dark crimson flowers in long, slender stems.

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    Plumed celosia

    Celosia cristata 'Century'

    The flowers of this celosia cluster together in great numbers and look like silky, feathery plumes in vivid hues of yellow, red, magenta, or apricot.

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    Spotted bellflower

    Campanula punctata

    Spotted bellflower has heart-shaped foliage on a creeping rhizome with tubular, bell-shaped creamy white to dusky pink flowers with red spots and hairs.

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    Giant dogwood

    Cornus controversa 'Variegata'

    This rounded, deciduous tree with spreading, tiered branches is especially dramatic in the landscape.

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    ‘Amethyst in Snow’ Mountain bluet

    Centaurea montana ‘Amethyst in Snow’

    The blooms of this familiar perennial are not the standard blue; instead, they’re a striking silky white with royal purple centers.

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    Calamint

    Calamintha grandiflora 'Variegata'

    A well-behaved perennial from the mint family (Lamiaceae), variegated calamint has pale-green, oval leaves with strong white marbling.

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    ‘Nelly Moser’ clematis

    Clematis ‘Nelly Moser’

    'Nellie Moser' is easy to grow, producing large, flat flowers 6 to 8 inches in diameter with distinctive, gleaming lilac bars on each petal.

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    Pagoda dogwood

    Cornus alternifolia

    This plant owes its name to its distinctive layered branches, which resemble the tiered, spreading roofline of an elaborate pagoda.

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    Red coreopsis

    Coreopsis rosea

    This plant bears a profusion of lavender-pink flowers with yellow centers from mid-summer to early autumn.