Zone 4

HELLEBORE Helleborus Honeymoon "Irish Luck"

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Hardiness zones 4-9 Large single flowers of lime green with burgundy centers bloom readily in spring, and may last for 6 weeks! The spent blooms are attractive as well, and will last for weeks as well. They stand 18-24 inches above dark-green...

HOSTA Hosta tortifrons

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This delightful little hosta is very different and quite eye-catching! The shiny, narrow, upright leaves of this rarely seen 6" mounder are twisted and turned and look a bit like plantain leaves. Masses of lovely pale-lavender blooms appear in...

HELLEBORE Helleborus Honeymoon "Sandy Shores"

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Hardiness zones 4-9 The elegant, single flowers of 'Sandy Shores' are blushed with apricot surrounding their burgundy flecked centers on the interior side, and rosy-pink on the outside. These beautiful, two-toned flowers nod above the contrasting...

SUN-TOLERANT HOSTA Hosta (Royal Standard)

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Rich, deep-green, wavy-edged foliage and fragrant white flowers make this variety a standard by which to measure the others. Each long, narrow leaf is up to 9" long and massed together they create a mound 2' tall and 5' wide! The late-summer, cup shaped,...

GOLD-VARIEGATED RED-TWIG (Cornus sericea) 'Hedgerows Gold'

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Hardiness zones 3-8 Bright and colorful every season of the year! Its deep red stems, eye-catching in winter, are clothed with showy golden-yellow and green variegated leaves in spring-summer, which turn various shades of pink and red for fall. Plant...

RED CONEFLOWER Echinacea (Sombrero Salsa)

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Chili-pepper-red sombreros with a pom-pom on top make this compact, well-branched 24" perennial a bright-light in border or vase over all three!! summer months. S/M/GDr PPAF ...

YELLOW CONEFLOWER Echinacea eyecatcher-canary Feathers

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Large blooms up to 5 inches wide are bright yellow, with golden cones. The gorgeous plants are compact, well-branched, and sturdy, standing 18-20 inches tall by 14-16 inches wide. 'Canary Feathers' is cheerful choice for bright pollinator gardens,...

GOLDEN FALSE INDIGO Baptisia american Goldfinch

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Bold golden-yellow spikes of peal-like flowers proliferate well above the wide base of dense foliage, for weeks, beginning in late-spring or early summer. After blooming, if left to fruit, round seed pods will persist through fall. This is a gorgeous,...

RED-TWIG DOGWOOD (Cornus alba) 'Siberian Pearls'

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Hardiness zones 2-8 Its' Siberian hardiness and a profusion of white flowers, followed by white berries, like white (turning blue with age) pearls along the red branches in fall, give this shrub dogwood its name. S-PSh/M-W 

OCTOBER GLORY MAPLE Acer rubrum (October Glory)

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Brilliant orange to deep-red autumn color makes this gorgeous, rounded 40-50' tree one of the glories of any fall landscape! This cultivar is a female form bearing attractive red flowers in the spring before the foliage emerges. The flowers later turn to...

MIAOTAI MAPLE Acer miyabei ssp. Miaotaiense

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This attractive, upright, rounded maple is endemic to Chinese temperate mixed forests, where it is considered a vulnerable species, and it is rare in cultivation elsewhere. Some consider it to be its own species, which gives it the synonym Acer...

CLEMATIS Clematis (Viva Polonia)

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'Viva Polonia' is a strikingly beautiful clematis with loads of deep pink-red petals which each adorn a white stripe radiating from the center, giving the flowers their brilliant star-like appearance. Versatile and easy to grow. Flowers bloom on old and...

HEAT-TOLERANT RIVER BIRCH Betula nigra (Dura Heat)

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A wonderful birch which extends the area to grow this fine native tree, selected in Georgia for its superior heat and disease resistance. It also boasts better foliage and is somewhat smaller at 30-40'in height. Gorgeous peeling pinkish creamy-white...

COMPACT FIVE-LEAF AKEBIA Akebia quinata (Purple Boquet)

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Slower growing and more compact, this Akebia vine offers its unique five-fingered foliage and abundant clusters of mauve-purple flowers. S-PSh/M Zone 4

BLUE SEDGE Carex glauca (Blue Zinger)

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This sedge looks like a lovely blue-green meadow grass that will work in part-to-full shade; a 1-2' tall gracefully waving "grass", it may slowly spread to a 2' wide patch in 5 years. S-Sh/M-W alkaline preferred ...

VARIEGATED BUGLEWEED Bugleweed tenorii (Princess Nadia)

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'Princess Nadia' is an absolutely beautiful, variegated groundcover with dramatic leaves splotched in cream, green, purple, and fuchsia-burgundy pink. In spring the plant is covered with blue flower spikes which may repeat, to some degree, through summer...

RIVER BIRCH Betula nigra (City Slicker)

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Delightful anytime of the year, this medium (30-40') tree has exceptional creamy-white exfoliating bark which develops at an early age and deep, dark-green foliage that turns a beautiful golden yellow in the fall; this may be the perfect tree for tough...

NORTHERN MAIDENHAIR FERN (Adiantum pedatum)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 This lovely, delicate-looking, deciduous fern is native to the eastern United States where it is found growing in forested slopes, gully bottoms and damp shady woods. Forming clumps 1.5' to 2' tall and featuring finely-textured fronds...

RED-STEM JAPANESE PAINTED FERN (Athyrium niponicum) "Regal Red"

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Hardiness zones 4-9 Each frond of this elegant 12-18in fern is a deep "regal" purple-red in the center, edged with frilly (slightly twisted) silver edges. A wonderful, colorful, softly ruffled selection for the garden, and bouquets! PSh-Sh/M 

CLEMATIS Clematis (Pink Mink)

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This multi-award winning, 9-10ft tall and 6ft wide Clematis was bred by horticulturalist Szczepan Marczynski PhD, and possesses all of the wonderful qualities associated with his hybrids. Profusions of vibrant pink flowers bloom continuously from early...

GIANT BUGLE WEED Ajuga reptans (Catlins Giant)

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This gorgeous perennial forms a lustrous, shining, groundcover of ever-green, bronze-tinted (larger than usual) foliage that reaches one foot tall and three feet wide. This handsome, easy-growing groundcover also provides bright blue-purple flowers in...

VARIEGATED POND SEDGE Carex riparia (Variegata)

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Black flower culms contrast strikingly with the green and white striped foliage of this 24" wet-lover; best kept in a container (beautiful by pond or patio) to keep its spreading ways in check. S-PSh/M-W ...

PINK-FLOWERED YELLOWWOOD Cladrastis lutea (Rosea/Perkins)

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A lovely form of this small SE native tree which produces long weeping clusters of pink flowers in mid-summer as well as luxuriant bright-green compound leaves; a really special shade tree for the small yard. S/M ...

SHOWY MILKWEED Asclepias speciosa

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Hardiness zones 3-9 This stunning native wildflower is wonderful for wildlife gardens! Monarch butterflies rely on it for larval food and nectar while Orioles use the dead stems for nesting materials. This beauty is found from Minnesota to BC and south...