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Plant GuideFountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides
This species produces 2- to 5-foot-tall mounds of narrow green foliage and bottle brush-like silvery-pink to purple flowers, both of which mature to shades of brown.
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Plant GuideBlue cardinal flower
Lobelia siphiliticaThis clump-forming perennial has upright leafy stems.
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Plant GuideSiberian iris
Iris sibiricaAttractive, grasslike leaves to 18 inches long are topped by showy flowers in a wide range of colors.
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Plant GuidePanicle hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculataThis plant produces gracefully arching branches and pyramidal clusters of white, then pink-tinged to dusky purple blossoms.
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Plant GuideSunflower
Helianthus annuus and cvs.Sunflowers are some of the easiest plants to start from seed.
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Plant GuideSwamp sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius
A profusion of golden yellow flowers appears for two to three weeks starting in early autumn.
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Plant GuideForsythia spp. and cvs.
Forsythia spp. and cvs.Its blaze of yellow flowers is surely one of the first harbingers of spring.
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Plant GuideEuphorbia griffithii ‘Fireglow’
Euphorbia griffithii 'Fireglow'
'Fireglow' bears conspicuous bracts in vivid orange-fuchsia in early summer.
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Plant GuideOmeo gum
Eucalyptus neglectaThis is a very hardy, strongly aromatic eucalyptus with large leaves and white flowers.
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Plant GuideCardoon
Cynara cardunculusCardoon is an architectural splendor with bold texture, thanks to its large, prickly, almost dagger-shaped gray-green arching leaves and a statuesque, vase-shaped frame.
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