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    ‘Caddo’ Florida maple

    Acer saccharum 'Caddo'

    The 'Caddo' maple typically reaches a mature height of 30 feet and spread of 25 feet, but may be taller.

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    Red yucca

    Hesperaloe parviflora

    A clump-forming succulent, red yucca has arching, leathery, linear foliage rising to between 2 and 3 feet tall.

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    Fringed bleeding heart

    Dicentra eximia ‘Alba’

    Rows of white flowers dangle above the fern-like foliage, opening in April and continuing intermittently until October.

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    Gray goldenrod

    Solidago nemoralis

    This is one of the smallest species of goldenrod, topping out at only 4 to 6 inches high in poor soils, and 2 feet high in fertile soils.

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    ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Jacob’s ladder

    Polemonium reptans 'Stairway to Heaven'

    This variegated cultivar offers white-edged leaves with pink tints on a compact plant to 1.

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    ‘Ruby Spice’ summersweet

    Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’

    This summersweet is a sport of C.

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    Western sword fern

    Polystichum munitum

    Western sword ferns abound in the forests of the Northwestern U.

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    Hairy loosestrife

    Lysimachia ciliata 'Firecracker'

    Hairy loosestrife has dark burgundy- to chocolate-colored foliage that spreads to form large clumps but is generally not invasive.

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    ‘Oakleaf’ Foam flower

    Tiarella wherryi 'Oakleaf'

    This cultivar of the North American species has reddish, deeply lobed, oak-like leaves that mature to dark green with burgundy splashes.

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    Bee balm

    Monarda didyma

    Bee balm, a clump-forming perennial, bears minty-scented scarlet, pink, or purple flowers in midsummer on branching, square stems.