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Plant GuideLittle bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Little bluestem is a tidy, finely textured clumping grass with a blue-green summer color.
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Plant Guide‘Henri Robert’ lilac
Syringa vulgaris ‘Henri Robert’This cultivar has double bluish-purple flowers that open from violet buds in midseason.
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Plant GuideStiff goldenrod
Solidago rigidaThis lovely goldenrod has velvety leaves that are gray-green in summer and dusky rose in autumn.
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Plant GuideGray goldenrod
Solidago nemoralisThis 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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Plant Guide‘Purple Rain’ sage
Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain'Throughout the summer, this cultivar produces multiple flower spikes in irresistible shades of smoky purple.
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Plant GuideCup plant
Silphium perfoliatumA coarse but bold perennial giant for the back of the border, cup plant has yellow, daisy-like flowers in summer.
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Plant Guide
Brown-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia trilobaThis biennial makes a superb, self-sown companion in a mixed border or wild garden.
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Plant Guide
‘F. J. Grootendorst’ Hedgehog rose
Rosa 'F. J. Grootendorst'This rose has large clusters of small, violet-red pompom blossoms with a spicy fragrance.
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Plant Guide‘Charles Albanel’ Hedgehog rose
Rosa 'Charles Albanel'This spreading rose grows to only 2 feet tall, making it an ideal groundcover for a steep bank or roadside.
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