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Plant GuideMexican hat
Ratibida columniferaThis perennial coneflower, sometimes grown as an annual, has a long season of flowers on thin, branching stems.
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Plant GuideFairy fan flower
Scaevola aemulaThis heat- and drought-tolerant plant is an evergreen perennial, although it is often grown as an annual.
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Plant GuideRoyal azalea
Rhododendron schlippenbachiiRoyal azalea has large, fragrant pink blooms in spring.
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Plant GuideLoosestrife
Lysimachia ephemerumThis herbaceous perennial forms clumps of gray-green leaves from which arise slender racemes of small white flowers with mauve-colored veins, making for an almost gray appearance.
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Plant GuideHardy garden mum
Chrysanthemum morifoliumThere would be few cut flowers blooming in October were it not for hardy garden mums.
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Plant GuidePatrinia scabiosifolia
Patrinia scabiosifoliaFrom a basal mound of toothed leaves (similar to scabiosa's foliage) rise 4- to 6-foot stems of tiny chrome-yellow flowers.
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Plant Guide‘Variegatum’ scented geranium
Pelargonium crispum ‘Variegatum’This lemon-scented, shrubby, upright pelargonium has cream-margined leaves.
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Plant GuideScented geranium
Pelargonium crispumThis plant is a lemon-scented, shrubby, upright pelargonium with pale pink flowers and crinkled leaves.
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Plant GuideTobacco
Nicotiana langsdorffii
Broad, deep-green leaves nearly a foot long and panicles of flowers the color of a Granny Smith apple make this Nicotiana a great companion for many other garden plants.
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Plant GuideTree tobacco
Nicotiana glaucaTree tobacco bears fleshy, almost succulent, saucer-size leaves that have a lovely silver-blue color.
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