Midwest Plants
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Plant GuideRussian comfrey
Symphytum × uplandicum ‘Axminster Gold’This notably beautiful plant produces huge, elongated banana-shaped leaves, which are arfully edged in luminescent yellow.
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Plant GuideSweet cicely
Myrrhis odorataThis elegant fern-like herb has a mounding form and anise-flavored bright-green leaves.
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Plant GuideNorthern bayberry
Myrica pensylvanica
This North American coastal native exhibits quiet beauty and an easy-going habit.
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Plant GuideVirginia bluebells
Mertensia pulmonarioides
This clump-forming perennial has light blue to purplish blue pendulous flowers that open from pink buds atop 16- to 24-inch stems in mid- to late spring.
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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 GuideDalmatian bellflower
Campanula portenschlagianaThis low, mat-forming plant has blue-purple flowers in summer.
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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 GuideCampanula carpatica
Campanula carpaticaUpright, open bell-shaped flowers completely cover the foliage of this late-blooming Campanula for several months in summer.
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Plant GuideHollyhock
Alcea roseaThis tall, upright perennial has single flowers of various colors that grow along a spike.
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