Southwest Plants
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Plant GuideBlue pimpernel
Anagallis monellii
In summer, this colorful groundcover makes a 9-inch mound of saucer-shaped, deep blue flowers on long stalks.
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Plant Guide’Merrill’ Loebner magnolia
Magnolia × loebneri ’Merrill’This vigorous, erect tree grows from 20 to 30 feet tall and has star-shaped flowers with 15 broad white petals blushed with pink.
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Plant GuideWood spurge
Euphorbia amygdaloidesWood spurge is a soft, hairy, evergreen perennial with red-tinged stems and matte dark green leaves with red tones underneath.
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Plant Guide
Tea-oil camellia
Camellia oleiferaThis small tree from China can reach a little over 20 feet tall and about half as wide.
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Plant GuideDwarf bluestar
Amsonia montana 'Short Stack’Chalk up another great plant introduction from the folks at Plant Delights Nursery in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Plant GuideFragrant snowbell
Styrax obassia
This plant is a small tree or large shrub reaching 30 feet tall and 20 feet wide.
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Plant GuideCommon privet
Ligustrum vulgare and cvs.Privet is a bushy, deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub with oval to lance-shaped dark green leaves.
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Plant GuideScotch broom
Cytisus scopariusScotch broom is an upright, deciduous shrub with slender, arching shoots.
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Plant Guide‘Pink Delight’ angel’s trumpet
Brugmansia suaveolens 'Pink Delight'Foot-long, rich pink blossoms are nocturnally fragrant and pour out from narrow calyces to terminate in wide, flared openings.
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Plant GuideCast-iron plant
Aspidistra elatiorThis is an ovate, glossy-leaved plant usually grown as a houseplant.
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