Midwest Plants
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Plant GuideYellow trillium
Trillium luteumThis mid- to late-spring bloomer bears yellow blossoms atop a trio of leaves often mottled with a paler shade of silvery-green.
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Plant GuideWhite trillium
Trillium erectum var. albumThis white-flowered form of red trillium has delicate, outward-facing petals with striking dark centers.
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Plant Guide
Red flowering currant
Ribes sanguineum 'White Icicle'This is considered one of the best white flowering currants, bearing long-lasting, pendent racemes of pungently spicy, pure-white blooms.
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Plant GuideDragon’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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Plant Guide‘Lilac Sunday’ Chinese lilac
Syringa × chinensis 'Lilac Sunday'This fragrant hybrid ( S.
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Plant GuideEuropean red elder
Sambucus racemosa ‘Sutherland Gold’
This choice specimen has a graceful habit with finely divided golden foliage that emerges as bronze.
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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 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 GuidePenstemon nitidus
Penstemon nitidus
This penstemon produces azure flowers—the color of a New Mexico summer sky.
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