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Plant GuideGermander sage
Salvia chamaedryoidesThis choice species boasts narrow, downy sage-green leaves and true sky-blue blossoms from summer to fall.
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Plant Guide
Esparto grass
Lygeum spartiumSilver-blue, rushlike foliage is graced by one of the most distinctive flowers of all grasses: the inflorescence looks like little origami birds.
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Plant Guide‘Golden Sword’ yucca
Yucca filamentosa ‘Golden Sword’This easy-to-grow evergreen yucca bears dramatic, sword-shaped yellow leaves with a dark green edge.
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Plant Guide‘Elijah Blue’ Blue fescue
Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'These compact tufts of 8-inch-long powder-blue leaves are well suited for edging and naturalizing in the rock garden.
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Plant Guide‘Color Guard’ yucca
Yucca filamentosa ‘Color Guard’This dramatic architectural plant is one of the most beautiful variegated yuccas on the market.
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Plant GuideEastern prickly pear cactus
Opuntia compressaPrickly pear cactus is a clump-forming and semi-prostrate plant.
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Plant GuideCooper’s ice plant
Delosperma cooperiSummer-long bloom and a tough constitution make the mat-forming ice plant a perfect groundcover.
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Plant GuideSpiral aloe
Aloe polyphyllaThe spine-tipped leaves of this aloe grow in a beautiful spiral; mature plants have five rows of leaves growing either clockwise or counterclockwise.
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Plant GuideSoapweed
Yucca glaucaThis clumping evergreen shrub with narrow leaves produces a startling, 3- to 4-foot-tall flower stalk.
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