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Plant GuideMound lily
Yucca gloriosaThis sculptural plant bears sword-like leaves to 24 inches long in shades of blue- or gray-green and maturing to dark green, with smooth margins.
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Plant Guide‘Gro-Low’ fragrant sumac
Rhus aromatica ‘Gro-Low’This vigorous shrub hugs the ground (to 2 feet tall) and spreads out to 8 feet, making it an excellent choice for stabilizing a bank or smothering weeds.
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Plant GuideRed osier dogwood
Cornus stoloniferaRed osier dogwood is a deciduous shrub with a rounded, spreading form.
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Plant Guide‘Hummingbird’ sweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia ‘Hummingbird’This upright, suckering shrub bears creamy white, deliciously spicy, clove-scented flowers in dense, upright spikes that last four to six weeks in July and August.
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Plant Guide
Red flowering currant
Ribes sanguineum 'White Icicle'This is considered one of the best white flowering currants, bearing long-lasting, pendent racemes of pungently spicy, pure-white blooms.
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Plant GuideSmall Solomon’s seal
Polygonatum biflorumFrom late spring into summer, this species bears tubular greenish-white flowers that dangle underneath the arching stems.
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Plant GuideSunflower
Helianthus annuus and cvs.Sunflowers are some of the easiest plants to start from seed.
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Plant GuideAlder-leaved serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia
This multi-stemmed shrub or tree can reach almost 20 feet tall.
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Plant GuideCulver’s root
Veronicastrum virginicum
This species has multiple tapering, soft spikes of white to pale pink or bluish purple flowers that look like elegant, living candelabras.
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Plant GuideLawson false cypress
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Ellwoodii’This plant has a cypress-like, densely conical form with erect feathery branches of ovate blue-gray juvenile leaves.
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