Midwest Plants
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Plant GuideTutsan
Hypericum androsaemum 'Albury Purple'
This is a bushy, deciduous shrub with upright branches.
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Plant Guide‘Bailey Compact’ American cranberry bush
Viburnum trilobum ‘Bailey Compact’This low-key, trustworthy shrub is perfect for the back of the border, where its dense form will create a nice backdrop for showier summer plants.
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Plant Guide
Blue woolly speedwell
Veronica pectinataThis dense, mat-forming species has 3-inch-tall evergreen foliage with toothed gray leaves.
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Plant GuideSolomon’s plume
Smilacina racemosaThis shade-loving perennial produces plumes of creamy white blossoms in spring, followed by mottled yellowish-green berries that turn to deep red.
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Plant Guide‘Henri Robert’ lilac
Syringa vulgaris ‘Henri Robert’This cultivar has double bluish-purple flowers that open from violet buds in midseason.
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Plant Guide‘Madonna’ Black elder
Sambucus nigra 'Madonna'This choice specimen livens up the garden all season long with its stunning leaves of green splashed with gold.
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Plant Guide
Brown-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia trilobaThis biennial makes a superb, self-sown companion in a mixed border or wild garden.
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Plant GuidePersian parrotia tree
Parrotia persicaParrotia persica has one of the most beautiful foliage displays, in addition to year-round eye appeal and ease of maintenance.
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Plant GuideIceland poppy
Papaver nudicaule
Iceland poppy is a short-lived perennial usually grown as a cool-weather annual, or biennial.
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Plant GuideYellow whitlow grass
Draba aizoidesYellow whitlow grass is a small, semi-evergreen perennial perfect for growing in a trough, rock wall, or xeric bed.
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