Mid-Atlantic Plants
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Plant GuideThree-flower maple
Acer triflorumThis broadly columnar to spreading tree has peeling brown bark, three-palmate mid-green leaves, and brilliant orange-red fall foliage.
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Plant GuideCarolina silverbell
Halesia carolina
Carolina silverbell is a handsome tree with clean green foliage and an upright spreading habit.
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Plant Guide
Salal
Gaultheria shallonThis compact, bushy shrub has red shoots and ovate, pointed, glossy dark green leaves.
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Plant Guide‘Blue Mist’ fothergilla
Fothergilla gardenii 'Blue Mist'This versatile shrub to 3 feet tall and widestarts the show in spring before even the leaves emerge with 1- to -2-inch long, honey-scented, white, bottlebrush flowers that bloom for…
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Plant Guide‘Aureomaculatum’ leopard plant
Farfugium japonicum 'Aureomaculatum'Green-and-yellow mottled, shiny, kidney-shaped leaves distinguish this evergreen perennial native to streamsides and seashores in East Asia.
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Plant GuideFleabane
Erigeron karvinskianus'Profusion' fleabane is a carpeting, rhizomatous, woody-based perennial with lax, branching stems and abundant yellow-centered white flowers in summer.
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Plant GuidePinkshell azalea
Rhododendron vaseyiThis deciduous azalea bears trusses of 4 to 8 broadly funnel-shaped, unscented clear pink flowers in early mid-season.
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Plant GuideWood fern
Dryopteris crassirhizomaThis is a handsome and lush, semi-evergreen vase-shaped fern with thickly textured leaves that is suitable for specimen treatment.
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Plant GuideCardoon
Cynara cardunculusCardoon is an architectural splendor with bold texture, thanks to its large, prickly, almost dagger-shaped gray-green arching leaves and a statuesque, vase-shaped frame.
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Plant GuideCalifornia incense cedar
Calocedrus decurrensThis large, conical-shaped tree has dark green flattened sprays of evergreen scale-like leaves.
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