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    Scrambled eggs

    Corydalis aurea

    In spring, this biennial produces small yellow flowers, which are carried tightly over finely divided, sea green leaves.

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    Pagoda dogwood

    Cornus alternifolia

    This plant owes its name to its distinctive layered branches, which resemble the tiered, spreading roofline of an elaborate pagoda.

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    Red coreopsis

    Coreopsis rosea

    This plant bears a profusion of lavender-pink flowers with yellow centers from mid-summer to early autumn.

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    White fringetree

    Chionanthus virginicus

    This North American native is unrivaled in beauty for its pendulous and diaphanous clusters of fragrant white blossoms, which appear in May or June.

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    Carolina allspice

    Calycanthus floridus

    This deciduous shrub has a dense, rounded habit, growing 6 to 9 feet tall and as wide.

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    Camassia leichtlinii ssp.suksdorfii ‘Blue Danube’

    Camassia leichtlinii ssp. suksdorfii 'Blue Danube'

    Spikes of violet, star-shaped flowers top stems reaching from 2 to 4 feet in late spring.

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    ‘Hachita’ Blue Grama Grass

    Bouteloua gracilis 'Hachita'

    'Hachita' has narrow, blue-green leaves that form dense mounds.

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    blue false indigo

    Baptisia australis

    False blue indigo's spikes of clear blue flowers in late spring can nearly carry a border by themselves.

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    False chamomile

    Boltonia asteroides 'Snowbank'

    Boltonias are vigorous perennials grown for their sprays of aster-like flowers, which appear above clean, gray-green foliage.

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    Northern maidenhair fern

    Adiantum pedatum

    Northern maidenhair fern's curved fronds have wiry black stems that wave in the wind.