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  • Plant Guide

    Coralberry

    Ardisia crenata

    This shrub produces abundant, long-lasting, coral-red to scarlet berries, which stand out against dark-green, glossy leaves.

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    Dragon’s-eye Japanese red pine

    Pinus densiflora 'Oculus Draconis'

    This pine's needles are marked with bands of yellow and green.

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    ‘Color Guard’ yucca

    Yucca filamentosa ‘Color Guard’

    This dramatic architectural plant is one of the most beautiful variegated yuccas on the market.

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    ‘Olson’s Frosted Strawberry’ Japanese maple

    Acer palmatum 'Olson’s Frosted Strawberry'

    The foliage is bright strawberry red at first emergence, and slowly pink suffuses each leaf along the vein as the spring progresses.

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    Othonna capensis

    Othonna capensis

    This evergreen, perennial succulent has pudgy, swollen, deep green stems which resemble a pickle, similar to those of the iceplant.

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    American barrenwort

    Vancouveria hexandra

    This attractive, easy-care, 6- to 8-inch semi-evergreen groundcover boasts leaves that emerge bright green, then darken with age, creating a two-toned effect.

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    Foxtail lily

    Eremurus robustus

    This species produces very tall spires of pale pink flowers with yellow stamens atop leafless stems that puncture vertical space with unmatched elegance.

  • Burning bush
    Plant Guide

    Burning bush

    Euonymus alatus

    The familiar burning bush is a dense, flat-topped, deciduous shrub with a rounded, horizontal branching habit.

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    Tea-oil camellia

    Camellia oleifera

    This small tree from China can reach a little over 20 feet tall and about half as wide.

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    ‘Langtrees’ Siberian bugloss

    Brunnera macrophylla 'Langtrees'

    This woodland plant is valued for its flowers and heart-shaped, groundcovering leaves.