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    Flower-of-an-hour

    Hibiscus trionum

    A seldom-seen annual or short-lived perennial, this easy-to-grow plant performs as the perfect filler in beds and containers.

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    Ageratum houstonianum

    Ageratum houstonianum

    There are many cultivars available of this fast-growing annual.

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    Doublefile viburnum

    Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum

    Doublefile viburnum is a horizontally branched, deciduous shrub native to China and Japan.

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    American cranberry bush

    Viburnum trilobum

    This deciduous, rounded shrub grows to 15 feet tall with maple-like, lobed, dark green leaves that turn shades of red, yellow, and purple in autumn.

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    Kousa dogwood

    Cornus kousa

    A native of Korea and Japan, Kousa dogwood makes an excellent landscape tree and offers a long season of interest.

  • 'Black Magic' elephant ear
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    ‘Black Magic’ elephant’s ear

    Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Magic’

    Rising to about 36 inches, the elephant ear's deep-purple stalks suspend luxurious leaves of the same color.

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    ‘Marginata’ winter daphne

    Daphne odora ‘Marginata’

    This winter daphne has yellow-margined leaves and rosy pink flower buds that open to white.

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    Hairy loosestrife

    Lysimachia ciliata 'Firecracker'

    Hairy loosestrife has dark burgundy- to chocolate-colored foliage that spreads to form large clumps but is generally not invasive.

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    Russian virgin’s bower

    Clematis tangutica 'Golden Tiara'

    'Golden Tiara' is a vigorous, late-flowering climbing vine to 15 or 20 feet tall with intense golden-yellow, bell-shaped flowers that eventually fully open to reveal crimson filaments.

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    Franklin tree

    Franklinia alatamaha

    Discovered in the wild along Georgia's Altamaha River in 1765 by botanists John and William Bartram, this beautiful landscape tree is considered extinct in the wild.