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    Yellow wax bells

    Kirengeshoma palmata

    This hardy, clump-forming perennial bears pendulous, shuttlecock-shaped soft-yellow blossoms in late August and early September.

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    Western maidenhair fern

    Adiantum pedatum ssp. aleuticum

    This is an elegant, deciduous fern with medium green fronds on dark brown or black stalks with thick creeping rhizomes.

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    Western bleeding heart

    Dicentra formosa

    Don't let its delicate appearance fool you: Western bleeding heart is hardy and tenacious.

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    Columbine

    Aquilegia canadensis 'Corbett'

    This airy perennial has delicate dark-green leaves and many nodding, light-yellow flowers from mid-spring to midsummer.

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    Asparagus officinalis

    Asparagus officinalis

    Asparagus is a perennial vegetable whose edible shoots are harvested in spring.

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    Bugbane, Autumn snakeroot, black cohosh

    Actaea simplex ‘Hillside Black Beauty’

    Unlike other bugbanes, 'Hillside Black Beauty' offers deep purple-black foliage.

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    ‘Tangerine Beauty’ cross vine

    Bignonia capreolata ‘Tangerine Beauty’

    A better-behaved cousin to the less-than-polite trumpet vine, cross vine is a colorful solution for a fence or arbor with afternoon shade.

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    ‘Ice Dance’ variegated sedge

    Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'

    'Ice Dance' is a dense, spreading sedge grown for its foliage.

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    Autumn crocus

    Colchicum speciosum

    This vigorous cormous perennial has semi-erect, lance-shaped leaves 7 to 10 inches long that emerge in spring, then go dormant in late May.

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    ‘Oheme’ palm sedge

    Carex muskingumensis ‘Oehme’

    With its yellow-trimmed foliage, ‘Oehme’ is truly the palm sedge with an edge.