Mid-Atlantic Plants
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Plant GuideJapanese aster
Kalimeris yomenaBeautiful variegation brightens the green and grey mottled foliage.
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Plant GuideIvory Prince hellebore
Helleborus ‘Walhelivor’Year-round gray-green foliage persists through shade and snow and is fairly deer and rabbit resistant.
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Plant GuideBlue pimpernel
Anagallis monellii
In summer, this colorful groundcover makes a 9-inch mound of saucer-shaped, deep blue flowers on long stalks.
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Plant GuideFragrant snowbell
Styrax obassia
This plant is a small tree or large shrub reaching 30 feet tall and 20 feet wide.
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Plant GuideCommon privet
Ligustrum vulgare and cvs.Privet is a bushy, deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub with oval to lance-shaped dark green leaves.
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Plant GuideScotch broom
Cytisus scopariusScotch broom is an upright, deciduous shrub with slender, arching shoots.
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Plant GuideCut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine laciniataCut-leaved toothwort has sharply cut foliage and single white, lavender, or pink nodding flowers that bloom in early spring.
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Plant GuideFoxtail lily
Eremurus robustusThis species produces very tall spires of pale pink flowers with yellow stamens atop leafless stems that puncture vertical space with unmatched elegance.
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Plant Guide‘Marginata’ Black elder
Sambucus nigra 'Marginata'This vigorous cultivar has attractive dark green leaves with yellow margins that fade to white.
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Plant GuidePurple sage
Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurascens’Cooks and gardeners alike are indebted to this evergreen perennial for the unique, pungent flavor and aroma that its gray-green leaves produce.
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