Southwest Plants
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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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Plant GuideThalictrum kiusianum
Thalictrum kiusianumThis garden gem forms a 6-inch-high mat of dainty, ferny foliage, and is perfect for a trough or a lightly shaded nook in a rock garden.
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Plant GuideJapanese stewartia
Stewartia pseudocamelliaA multistemmed, deciduous tree with a rounded columnar form, stewartia features stunning bark that exfoliates in strips of gray, orange, and reddish brown once the trunk attains a diameter of…
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Plant Guide‘Fireworks’ goldenrod
Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks'This eye-catching cultivar has flower clusters that radiate out in all directions and resemble streaming yellow fireworks.
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Plant GuideStonecrop
Sedum ‘Ruby Glow’In summer to late summer, this low-growing Sedum has rosy-red flowers atop small, fleshy blue-green leaves with ruddy highlights.
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Plant GuideOctober Daphne
Sedum sieboldiiThis lovely mound-like species splays out from the center like a miniature fountain.
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