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  • Plant Guide

    Tree peony

    Paeonia suffruticosa

    This upright, sparsely branched, woody shrub reaches 4 to 10 feet tall.

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    Mint-scented geranium

    Pelargonium tomentosum

    The velvety leaves of this choice species are pale green with long, silky hairs.

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    Blue phlox

    Phlox divaricata and cvs.

    This spreading, semi-evergreen perennial has hairy leaves and lavender-blue to pale violet and white flowers borne in open clusters in early spring.

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    ‘Blue Moon’ blue phlox

    Phlox divaricata ‘Blue Moon’

    This cultivar of the popular blue phlox has round, full flowers with overlapping petals.

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    Silver spurflower

    Plectranthus argentatus

    Grown mainly for its velvety gray succulent leaves, this Australian native shrub can reach 3 feet high and wide.

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    African scurf pea

    Psoralea pinnata

    This short-lived shrub or small tree with feathery foliage is blanketed in late spring with fragrant, pea-shaped violet blooms with white wings.

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    Blue-stemmed goldenrod

    Solidago caesia

    In early autumn, this species produces elegant, wand-shaped flowerheads atop wiry stems with blue-green, linear leaves.