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    Cotoneaster ‘Tom Thumb’

    Cotoneaster 'Tom Thumb’

    This compact, low-growing, and self-rooting deciduous shrub is useful as an underplanting or ground cover.

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    Hairy bergenia

    Bergenia cillata

    This is the most drought-tolerant bergenia I’ve found and the only one that does well in Texas heat.

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    Chinese wild ginger

    Asarum splendens

    There are many species and varie­­ties of wild ginger, but this vigorous, fast-growing, and beau­tiful species tops my list.

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    ‘Just Peachy’ hummingbird mint, ‘Just Peachy’ hyssop

    Agastache aurantiaca 'Just Peachy'

    A cultivar discovered at High Country Gardens in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this aromatic, water-wise perennial grows to 30 inches tall and 18 inches wide and features fine, mint-scented, gray-green…

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    American aloe

    Agave americana

    This plant has a rosette of broad sword-like, succulent, gray-green leaves.

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    ‘Sweet Tea’ heucherella

    x Heucherella 'Sweet Tea'

    Anyone who gardens in the shade is familiar with heucherella.

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    Olive

    Olea europaea 'Little Ollie'

    This dwarf, non-fruiting olive cultivar is an evergreen tree reaching 4 to 6 feet high and wide.

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    Fish-scale sedum

    Sedum tetractinum

    Plant a succulent sedum in the shade?

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    ‘Pink Octopus’ spreading bellflower

    Campanula 'Pink Octopus'

    I have a penchant for vigorous, spreading plants: For the price of one plant I can get tons more for free.

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    ‘Shades of Orange’ hummingbird mint, ‘Shades of Orange’ hyssop

    Agastache aurantiaca 'Shades of Orange'

    A cultivar discovered at High Country Gardens in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this aromatic, water-wise perennial grows to 30 inches tall and 18 inches wide and features fine, mint-scented, gray-green…