Zone 4

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

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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...

Echinacea 'Sombrero Salsa' (RED CONEFLOWER)

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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 ...

Echinacea eyecatcher-canary Feathers (YELLOW CONEFLOWER)

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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'...

Baptisia american Goldfinch (GOLDEN FALSE INDIGO)

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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...

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

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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...

Akebia quinata 'Purple Boquet' (COMPACT FIVE-LEAF AKEBIA)

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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

Carex glauca 'Blue Zinger' (BLUE SEDGE)

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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...

Bugleweed tenorii 'Princess Nadia' (VARIEGATED BUGLEWEED)

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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...

Adiantum pedatum (NORTHERN MAIDENHAIR FERN)

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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...

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

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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...

Clematis 'Pink Mink' (CLEMATIS)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 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...

Aquilegia caerulea (ROCKY MTN COLUMBINE)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 Fields of these brilliant-blue and white spurred flowers are an inspiring sight in Colorados high Rockies where its the state flower. S-PSh/M/GDr 

Ajuga reptans 'Catlins Giant' (GIANT BUGLE WEED)

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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...

Carex riparia 'Variegata' (VARIEGATED POND SEDGE)

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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...

Asclepias speciosa (SHOWY MILKWEED)

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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...

Bergenia 'Fairytale Romance' (PIGSQUEAK.)

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This is a unique and charming plant, which blooms in early spring with a proliferation of apple blossom pink flower clusters, standing gracefully over its glossy, dark-green, evergreen foliage. It is...

Aster novae-angliae 'Purple Dome' (FALL ASTER)

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This fine compact Aster introduced by Mt. Cuba Center forms an 18" mound of deep purple which is eye-catching by itself and show-stopping mixed with other fall minis”. S/M ...

Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Sugar Shack' (COMPACT BUTTONBUSH)

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Adorable honey-scented white flowers resembling puffballs, grace this shrub in summer. The blooms are followed by interesting red fruits and outstanding wine-red fall color. This eastern U.S. native...

Bergenia 'Sakura' (PIGSQUEAK)

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The semi-double pink spring flowers of this compact elephant ear” plant look like cherry blossoms (thus sukura'); its round glossy evergreen foliage is deep-purple in winter... a stunner for the...

Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella' (SWAMP MILKWEED)

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Showy and long-lasting clusters of intriguing pink flowers on easily-cut 3' stems will make this new almost-native” popular for butterfly gardens, streamside/meadow gardens and for the pretty...

Asclepias incarnata (SWAMP MILKWEED)

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Hardiness zones 3-9 This unusual species of milkweed features wonderfully intricate and very showy, bright-pink flowers on 2-4' stems. This species is exceptionally useful for naturalizing in moist...

Brunnera macrophylla 'Alchemy Silver' (SIBERIAN BUGLOSS)

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Small, baby blue forget-me-not, spring flowers seem to float above charming and durable heart-shaped leaves, covered almost entirely with radiant silver. A shining eye-catcher for shady areas that...

Bergenia 'Pink Dragonfly' (DWARF CORAL-PINK PIGSQUEAK)

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The narrow dragon-fly-wing” leaves of this smaller-sized Elephant Ears are a shiny plum-red during winter and topped by unique coral-pink flowers which are a treat in the early spring garden...

Amelanchier lamarckii (JUNEBERRY)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 There is some debate about whether this stunning and floriferous serviceberry is truly a distinct species or perhaps a naturally occurring hybrid. Either way, this shrub/tree is a...