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Picea pungens (BLUE SPRUCE)

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Hardiness zones 2-7, 8 This popular specimen tree is a blue spruce from seed that has been collected from the Apache National forest in Arizona, where the trees tend to be more blue than green. The...

Louisiana hybrid 'Wow Factor' (IRIS)

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'Wow Factor' is an appropriate name for this stunning and well-behaved 2-3ft Louisiana hybrid Iris. Its late-spring to early-summer blooms are a pale buttery yellow with purple veining and bright...

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...

Kniphofia 'Papaya Popsicle' (ORANGE DWARF TORCH FLOWER)

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Short and compact, at just 18" it is perfect for containers! This prolific bloomer produces its showy spikes of ripe-papaya-colored flowers from early summer all the way into fall. These make a...

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...

Waihi Wedding (WHITE LOUISIANA IRIS)

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'Waihi Wedding' is an elegant Louisiana Iris with white ruffled petals, lightly marked with lime green signals. It stands taller than what is typical at about 30 inches, and is lightly fragrant...

Kniphofia 'Orange Vanilla Popsicle' (TORCH FLOWER)

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This beautiful hummingbird favorite forms large flower spikes with deep orange-red buds, from which its creamy-white, tubular flowers emerge in abundance, giving the plants their vibrant and...

Iris × louisiana 'Red Velvet Elvis' (RED LOUISIANA IRIS)

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'Red Velvet Elvis' will have your garden all shook up! Standing 3ft tall, this bloom of burning love, in hues of crimson, mauve and violet is a favorite of hummingbirds, and we can't help falling in...

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...

Oxydendrum arboreum (SOURWOOD)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Sourwood is an excellent shrubby tree from the eastern United States, most commonly in the lower Appalachian Mountains. Generally reaching 20-30' in cultivation it can reach as...

Pinus ponderosa (PONDEROSA PINE)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 The attractive and long-lived Ponderosa Pine is native to the western United States and Canada. Featuring long, dark-green needles bundled in threes and handsome, scaly, plated,...

Pinus jeffreyi (JEFFREY PINE)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 This pyramidal, tall tree 80-120' native to SW Oregon to Baja has short, spreading, sometimes pendulous branches, striking platy cinnamon bark and long gray-green needles, this...

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 

Monardella villosa 'Russian River' (COYOTE MINT)

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A lovely, fragrant, and vigorous California native sub-shrub selection, from the rocky slopes of the Russian River. Beneficial pollinators of all kinds are attracted to its plentiful, 2", shaggy,...

Pinus thunbergii (JAPANESE BLACK PINE)

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Hardiness zones 5-8 Used over the centuries in Japan for bonsai and garden. The Japanese Black Pine is best known for its rugged trunk and thick, slightly-twisted needles and branches. It also...

Pinus aristata (COLORADO BRISTLECONE)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 This very slow-growing, little pine 8-20' of the wind-torn high-elevation mountain tops of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and New Mexico is perhaps one of the prettiest of the...

Magnolia virginiana (SWEETBAY MAGNOLIA)

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Hardiness zones 5-10 The glorious southeastern U.S. native can be incredibly variable in growth habit. In northern climes, it tends to reach 15-20' with a suckering multi-stemmed habit. In southern...

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...

Iris chrysographes (BLACK IRIS)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 Flowers of dark, velvety violet with sharply contrasting markings of golden yellow ("chryso"=yellow, "graphes"=markings) on 2 foot stalks make this Chinese iris a pretty addition...

Leucanthemum 'Luna' (YELLOW SHASTA DAISY)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Brighten up your garden with Leucanthemum 'Luna', a breakthrough Yellow Shasta Daisy that brings a fresh, cheerful pop of color to your landscape. This compact, heavy-blooming...

Hibiscus syriacus 'Purple Pillar' (COLUMNAR ROSE OF SHARON)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Very narrow and very decorative, this incredible fastigiate Rose of Sharon grows 10-16' tall and only 2-3' wide! Summer finds it abundantly covered with large, showy, semi-double...

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