Zone 4

Red Riding Hood (PHLOX)

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Phlox plants are a wonderful choice for dependable color in the heat of summer, and 'Red Riding Hood' delivers an abundance of vivid, cherry-red blooms with sturdy stems on compact, bushy plants...

Prunus subhirtella 'Accolade' (FLOWERING CHERRY)

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Dark pink buds open as nodding profusions of large, soft pink, double blooms, which cover bare branches on a spreading, airy crown, early-mid spring. Once the flowers have fallen, dark green foliage...

Pink Pearl (PHLOX)

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This is a charming Phlox standing 18-24 inches tall and wide, with panicles of soft pink through summer, standing over its deep green foliage. Pollinators of all kinds will love these beauties too...

Lonicera sempervirens (CORAL HONEYSUCKLE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 This is a US native selection which wears its bright red to orange -red tubular flowers from spring into fall! It is not an aggressive vine, like Japanese honeysuckle can be...

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Tiny Wine' (PURPLE-LEAVED NINEBARK)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 A fantastic and colorful ninebark that can fit into any garden or container! Only 4 tall with tiny dark purplish-bronze leaves that contrast with the bright-white spring flowers. 

Liatris spicata (WHITE BLAZING STAR)

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Hardiness zones 3-9 Like its purple brother, these bright-white 1-2' spikes are an exceptionally good cut flower (fresh or dried), attractive to butterflies, and a lovely addition to the border,...

Lonicera periclymenum 'Scentsation' (YELLOW-FLOWERED HONEYSUCKLE)

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As its name suggests, 'Scentsation' may just be the most fragrant honeysuckle yet! An abundance of yellow tubular flowers bloom from spring through summer on non-invasive 10'x4' vines, and are...

Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold Bar' (VARIEGATED MAIDEN GRASS)

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More upright and compact (to 4-5' x 2') with far showier gold banded foliage and dramatic burgundy plumes in fall, this show-stopper” from Joy Creek is great for border or container. S/M PP15193 ...

Liatris spicata (DWARF PURPLE BLAZING STAR)

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Hardiness zones 3-9 Spectacular plants in summer these more petite (1-2' not 3-4') but just as brilliant, bottle-brush spikes of brilliant mauve-pink flowers arise from grassy foliage. S/M 

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Summer Wine' (NINEBARK)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 Dark-wine, fine-textured foliage highlighted by pink-white early summer flowers and a more compact (to 5-6') habit recommend this fine border or foundation shrub highly. S/M (not...

Nepeta 'Picture Purrfect' (LOW-GROWING CATMINT)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 Broad-spreading and compact, 'Picture Purrfect' is low-maintenance, beautiful and aromatic. Its periwinkle-purple flowers are larger than typical and when temperatures are...

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Ginger Wine' (NINEBARK)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 Outstanding burgundy-red foliage on this fine upright (to 6') shrub really glow in the summer sun, bright white spring flowers become decorative red seedheads for added interest...

Nepeta faassenii 'Walkers Low' (LOW CATMINT)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 This is a beautiful plant with a confusing name! The 'Low' is for a place in England not the plants growth habit. This is a wonderfully versatile drought-tolerant perennial...

HALL'S HONEYSUCKLE VINE Lonicera japonica (Halliana)

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Deliciously fragrant, ivory-colored summer flowers make this vigorous vine delightful as a fast-growing groundcover or screen. S-PSh/M Zone 4

Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Blue Jean Baby' (COMPACT RUSSIAN SAGE)

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This is compact Russian sage at 2-3ft tall and 3ft wide, with strong stems and lavender-blue blooms beginning in mid-summer and smoky purple calyxes which hold their color well into fall. Its...

Malus fusca (PACIFIC CRABAPPLE)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 A thicket-forming shrub or small tree with thorny spur branches, this native crab has attractive spring flowers followed by small red-yellow apples. Would make a good bonsai! S/M 

Monarda didyma 'Sugar Buzz® Rockin Raspberry' (BEE BALM)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 Clumps of vigorous, well-branched stems hold large, deep raspberry-purple blooms for weeks, from mid to late summer, attracting pollinators of all types. The fragrant, deep-green...

Monarda 'Sugar Buzz® Grape Gumball' (BEE BALM)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 The vibrant magenta blooms of this compact hybrid form a bright dome on strong, well-branched stems, over its dark-green, fragrant foliage, in mid-late summer. A striking choice...

Physostegia virginiana 'Crown of Snow' (WHITE OBEDIENT FLOWER)

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Hardiness zones 3-9 The star of the family is the pure-white form... the cool white flowers make a welcome note in hot weather. Earlier blooming, less of a spreader, to 2', and dazzling! S/M-W

Panicum virgatum 'Red Flame' (RED SWITCH GRASS)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 The foliage on this colorful switch grass emerges blue-green, and by the end of summer each leaf is saturated in wine-red. Its late summer flowers are also in hues of red. This is...

Monarda 'Sugar Buzz® Blue Moon' (BEE BALM)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 This compact hybrid fills out its space in the garden nicely, yet without aggression. It is covered in lavender-blue blooms, with purple bracts, in mid-late summer, attracting...

Helleborus Winter Jewels® 'Peppermint Ice' (HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 The large, fully double, lotus-like, picotee flowers on this beauty are light pink with deep pink edges and reddish veins on its undersides. These impressive, nodding blooms stand...

Variegated Hosta "Pocket of Sunshine"

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Hardiness zones 3-9 The distinctly cupped and corrugated leaves of this cute little Hosta start out with chartreuse centers in the spring, which become brighter yellow as summer approaches, with...

Malus sargentii (SARGENT CRABAPPLE)

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A delightful dwarf crabapple from Japan grown for its unique broad, shrub habit becoming a 6-8'bush with no central leader; covered with masses of white flowers on alternate years, which are followed...