Pacific Northwest Plants
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Plant Guide
Black Tulip magnolia
Magnolia × soulangeana ‘Black Tulip’This stunning hybrid has deep burgundy, tulip-shaped flowers that appear in early spring before its 4- to 6-inch-long leaves unfurl.
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Plant Guide
White skunk cabbage
Lysichiton camtschatcensisIn early spring, this plant produces 16-inch-long, pointed white spathes that mask spikes of tiny green flowers, with no offensive odor.
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Plant GuideSalvia hians
Salvia hiansThis short-lived perennial from the Himalayas has scented, hairy leaves and forms a small shrub 2 feet tall by 2 feet wide.
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Plant GuideAndean silver-leaf sage
Salvia discolorThis tender perennial from Peru is highly unusual for its dramatic, purple-black flowers and pistachio-green calyces.
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Plant GuideHarlequin glorybower
Clerodendrum trichotomumThis large shrub offers a late-summer display of jasmine-like white flowers encased in red tepals and scent.
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Plant GuideAster lateriflorus ‘Lady in Black’
Aster lateriflorus ‘Lady in Black’Although it’s valued for its autumn blossoms, ‘Lady in Black’ creates a stir from the moment its dusky purple leaves unfurl in spring.
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Plant GuideCoralberry
Ardisia crenataThis shrub produces abundant, long-lasting, coral-red to scarlet berries, which stand out against dark-green, glossy leaves.
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Plant GuideWoolly thyme
Thymus pseudolanuginosusWoolly thyme—the wooliest of all thymes—forms a dense ground-covering mat of tiny, densely hairy leaves.
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Plant Guide‘Lavender Mist’ meadow rue
Thalictrum rochebruneanum 'Lavender Mist'This hauntingly beautiful specimen has blue-green foliage along matte, purple-green, willowy stems.
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Plant GuideThalictrum minus
Thalictrum minusThis perennial species is one of the most delicate of Thalictrums, with tiny foliage reminiscent of maidenhair ferns.
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