Mid-Atlantic Plants
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Plant Guide‘Grosso’ lavender
Lavandula × intermedia 'Grosso'This hardy lavender stands out for its unusually large, dark blue-purple flowers, silvery green foliage, and heavy fragrance.
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Plant GuideMuscari Paradoxum
Muscari paradoxumThe flowers of this grape hyacinth are stunning, reaching 8 to 12 inches tall.
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Plant Guide‘Margarete’ Japanese anemone
Anemone × hybrida 'Margarete'This beautiful, medium pink, semi-double-flowered anemone has exceptionally large blooms from mid- to late-September through October on stems 28 to 32 inches tall.
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Plant Guide
Japanese larch
Larix kaempferiFissured and scaly bark bark is tinted rust-brown in winter.
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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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Plant GuideMilky bellflower
Campanula lactifloraThis upright bellflower grows to 4 or 5 feet with rounded leaves and conical spires of bell-shaped flowers in shades of blue, violet, or white.
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Plant GuideBoxwood
Buxus sempervirens ‘Green Mountain’This upright, oval, dark green boxwood grows to about 3 feet high and wide.
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Plant Guide‘Golden Jubilee’ anise hyssop
Agastache foeniculum 'Golden Jubilee'Anise hyssop has subtle but eye-catching chartreuse foliage.
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