Pacific Northwest Plants
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Plant GuideRoyal azalea
Rhododendron schlippenbachiiRoyal azalea has large, fragrant pink blooms in spring.
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Plant GuideLoosestrife
Lysimachia ephemerumThis herbaceous perennial forms clumps of gray-green leaves from which arise slender racemes of small white flowers with mauve-colored veins, making for an almost gray appearance.
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Plant GuideHardy garden mum
Chrysanthemum morifoliumThere would be few cut flowers blooming in October were it not for hardy garden mums.
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Plant GuidePatrinia scabiosifolia
Patrinia scabiosifoliaFrom a basal mound of toothed leaves (similar to scabiosa's foliage) rise 4- to 6-foot stems of tiny chrome-yellow flowers.
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Plant Guide‘Dauntless’ Gladiolus
Gladiolus 'Dauntless'Introduced in 1940, 'Dauntless' grows to 4 feet tall and has pale pink flowers with deep pink/red throats.
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Plant Guide
Canary creeper
Tropaeolum peregrinumThis annual or perennial climber grows vigorously, yet does not strangle its host.
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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 GuideGreat white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
This showy spring-blooming trillium has large white blossoms up to 3 inches long, which fade to soft pink and from cup-shaped to open and recurved.
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Plant Guide‘Tojen’ toad lily
Tricyrtis 'Tojen'This luminous hybrid bears unspotted, orchid-like lavender flowers with yellow-throated bases.
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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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