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Plant Guide‘Strawberry Fields’ gomphrena
Gomphrena haageana ‘Strawberry Fields’An upright, bushy annual with flowers (actually bracts) that resemble bright red strawberries with tiny yellow "seeds.
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Plant Guide‘Angelina’ sedum
Sedum rupestre ‘Angelina’This vigorous, mat-forming, evergreen species has electric golden-yellow foliage that holds its color through the heat of summer.
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Plant GuideRed-hot poker
Kniphofia uvariaThese tall spikes top off the perennial border with a burst of tropical-red racemes.
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Plant Guide‘Moses’ Fire’ daylily
Hemerocallis ‘Moses’ Fire’This double-flowered daylily has robust red blooms edged in gold. It is a heavy bloomer and will rebloom in late summer.
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Plant GuideDwarf purple willow
Salix purpurea ‘Nana’This willow has a lovely matte finish with slender blue-green leaves.
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Plant Guide‘Chocolate Shogun’ astilbe
Astilbe ‘Chocolate Shogun’'Chocolate Shogun' astilbe features unique dark purple-brown foliage that creates long-lasting color in any partial sun to shade garden.
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Plant Guide‘Old Fashioned’ smokebush
Cotinus coggygria ‘Old Fashioned’Excellent fall coloring and a smaller size set this smokebush apart.
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Plant GuideCinnamon Girl™ distylium
Distylium ‘PIIDIST-V’This variety has shown greater cold tolerance than the species, so it might survive in Zone 6 with some protection.
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Plant GuideJazz Hands® variegated Chinese fringe-flower
Loropetalum chinense ‘Irodori’Jazz Hands Variegated Chinese Fringeflower is draped in stunning fragrant hot pink strap-like flowers along the branches in early spring.
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Plant Guide‘Tropical Storm’ elephant’s ear
Colocasia esculenta ‘Tropical Storm’This striking new Colocasia features dark—almost black—foliage that develops a creamy white center as the season progresses. At about 2½ feet tall and wide, it is also more compact than…
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