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    North American hay-scented fern

    Dennstaedtia punctilobula

    This fern's lacy foliage smells of freshly mown grass and carpets the woodland or a moist, partially sunny site.

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    Indian rhubarb

    Darmera peltata

    Indian rhubarb's flower stalks emerge from the ground on naked stems in spring and are followed by cupped, rounded but indented leaves up to 24 inches across.

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    Roughleaf dogwood

    Cornus drummondii

    This dogwood can be classified as either a deciduous shrub or small tree.

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    ‘Sunray’ coreopsis

    Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Sunray’

    'Sunray' coreopsis has double to semi-double yellow flowers that begin blooming in late spring and continue throughout the summer.

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    American beautyberry

    Callicarpa americana

    Although it produces small, lavender-pink flowers in spring, this plant is known mainly for its violet to magenta berries, which start appearing in October.

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    ‘Sweet Dreams’ coreopsis

    Coreopsis rosea 'Sweet Dreams'

    The bicolored, white-tipped and raspberry-centered blooms are large (1 to 1.

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    Spring beauty

    Claytonia virginica

    This low-growing, spring-blooming succulent touts 5-petaled, pale-pink striped flowers with strap-like foliage that continues to grow after bloom but disappears in late spring when the plants go into dormancy.

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    Creeping Goldenstar

    Chrysogonum virginianum ‘Eco-Lacquered Spider’

    Goldenstar is a creeping groundcover with long, reddish-green leaf stalks and opposite, heart-shaped, hairy mid-green leaves.

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    ‘Zagreb’ Thread-leaved tickseed

    Corepsis verticillata ‘Zagreb'

    'Zagreb' produces star-like blossoms in egg-yolk yellow in early summer on plants 12 inches tall and wide.

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    Lawson false cypress

    Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Ellwoodii’

    This plant has a cypress-like, densely conical form with erect feathery branches of ovate blue-gray juvenile leaves.