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    Daphne × burkwoodii ‘Briggs Moonlight’

    Daphne × burkwoodii 'Briggs Moonlight'

    This stunning specimen has luminous, creamy-ivory leaves and narrow green margins.

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    Winter daphne

    Daphne odora

    This evergreen species produces rose-purple buds that open to white and are intensely and exotically fragrant.

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    Japanese yellow sage

    Salvia koyamae

    At first glance, this Japanese woodland native does not look as if it belongs in a shade garden, but I find its spreading foliage and light-colored flowers do wonderfully as…

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    Wishbone flower

    Torenia fournieri

    Wishbone flower is a small, bushy annual that is especially valuable because it blooms abundantly in shady conditions.

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    Baby cyclamen

    Cyclamen hederifolium

    A fine plant for fall, this cyclamen's frequently scented, mottled flowers emerge directly from the soil, followed by a carpet of patterned, mid- to dark green leaves attractively variegated with…

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    Avocado hosta

    Hosta ‘Guacamole’

    As its name might indicate, 'Guacamole' has avocado green, veined foliage with darker green margins.

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    ‘HGC Pink Frost’ hellebore

    Helleborus × ballardiae ‘HGC Pink Frost’

    ‘HGC Pink Frost’ is part of a new series of hellebores that, for the Midwest, bloom as early as January; this cultivar blooms a bit later, usually in March.

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    Anemonella thalictroides

    Anemonella thalictroides

    These plants are noted for their lovely, 1/2- to 1- inch-diameter crystalline white flowers.

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    Jack-in-the-pulpit

    Arisaema triphyllum

    A favorite of children, Jack-in-the-pulpit is a tuberous perennial producing one or two leaves, each divided into three narrow leaflets.

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    Baneberry

    Actaea simplex 'Brunette'

    This chocolate-leaved cultivar up to 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide bears compact spikes of white flowers in late summer.