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Cupressocyparis leylandii 'Gold Rider' (GOLD LEYLAND CYPRESS)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Among newer selections by far the best is Gold Rider (van Gelderen) a slow-growing Dutch introduction that retains the brilliant golden color of its feathered sprays well during...

Ficus carica 'Lattarula' (ITALIAN HONEY FIG)

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Wonderful, honey-sweet figs have soft-green skin and gorgeous golden-amber flesh and are good for fresh eating or dried. Large, lobed leaves are very attractive on this 10-20' tall and wide shrubby...

Fuchsia magellanica 'Variegata' (VARIEGATED HARDY FUCHSIA)

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Hardiness zones 6-9 A striking small shrub whose gray-green leaves are variegated with cream and blush pink, creating a pretty backdrop for the small, pendulous scarlet and purple flowers which...

Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Queen' (OAKLEAF HYDRANGEA)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Lovely all year, this compact (4-6') shrub selected by Princeton N. has large white (pink when dry) flower heads held upright for a spectacular summer show; its handsome leaves...

DEEP-YELLOW BISHOP'S HAT Epimedium perralchicum (Frohnleiten)

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Bright yellow lanterns dance on wiry stems above the dense foliage of this fine selection in spring, and then hand the show to the prickly-toothed leaves, which are strikingly marked with red in the...

Hellebore Winter Jewels® 'Apricot Blush' (HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Softly colored single petals are peachy apricot and may be freckled, flushed, edged or streaked with gorgeous deep rosy red hues, providing some of the first color as winter ends...

Hakonechloa macra 'Albostriata' (STRIPED FOREST GRASS)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 One of the most beautiful of the decorative grasses, its bright-green, narrow leaves are beautifully and variably striped with creamy-white. This graceful two foot clumper is...

Fuchsia 'Riccartonii' (VERY HARDY FUCHSIA)

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Hardiness zones 6-9 Perhaps the hardiest variety, this small upright shrub (to 3' x 3') is especially pretty when it produces its small dark-red and purple flowers during much of the summer; your...

Cornus kousa Scarlet Fire® 'Rutpink' (PINK-FLOWERING DOGWOOD)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 After a couple years of being established, the abundance of 4-5 inch lighter pink flowers will emerge as a dark-pink to fuchsia, unique from other dogwoods. Summer blooms can last...

Helleborus Winter Jewels® 'Cherry Blossom' (LENTEN ROSE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 This Lenten Rose features exquisite, hefty, semi-double blooms with incredibly rich cherry-red centers. The petals are creamy white with red margins and they contrast the dark...

Hastingsia alba (WHITE RUSHLILY)

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This little lily-relative from wet-meadows is only found growing in Northern California and Southern Oregon. Beautiful 1-3' spikes of tiny white flowers rise from a grass-like tuft. The flowers fall...

Heptacodium miconioides (SEVEN-SONS PLANT)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Introduced to the U.S. by the Arnold Arboretum, this unusual 15-20'shrub/tree makes a welcome addition to the landscape palette with its white, fragrant, late-summer flowers which...

Fuchsia magellanica 'Aurea' (YELLOW HARDY FUCHSIA)

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Hardiness zones 6-10 This unusual form of the always-enjoyable Hardy Fuchsia (to 2') adds some bright color to a shady picture with its yellow leaves and contrasting reddish stems and tubular flowers...

Elaeagnus ebbingei 'Gilt Edge' (VARIEGATED SILVERBERRY)

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Hardiness zones 7-10 Similar to its hybrid parent but with a dramatic, clear bright-yellow margin around the edge of each leaf. S/M-D/GDr 

Daphne × burkwoodii 'Perfume Princess' (EARLY-FLOWERING DAPHNE)

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Hardiness zones 7-9 A delightful Daphne with profusions of the earliest and longest-lasting, large, fragrant blooms from mid-winter into spring. Its large flower clusters begin with deep pink buds,...

Cupressus arizonica 'Nancy Gray' (ARIZONA CYPRESS)

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Hardiness zones 7-9 This picturesque conifer is found growing in scattered populations on the dry mountain slopes of the American southwest and into Mexico. Reaching 40-80', this tree features...

Helleborus Winter Jewels® 'Jade Tiger' (HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 This gorgeous Lenten rose is one of the most dramatic perennial flowers for the shade garden. Its fully-double pale jade-green blossoms are irregularly edged, striped and spotted...

HOSTA "Hadspen Blue"

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Charming mounds of powdery soft-looking, steel blue-gray leaves are thick, remarkably textured and cupped. Its muted tones pair beautifully with variegated and boldly colored cultivars. Summertime...

Cornus kousa 'Greensleeves' (DOGWOOD)

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Hardiness zones 5-8 Four creamy-white perpendicular "petals" (really bracts) form a bright and prolific show of late spring flowers on this small (20x20') woodland beauty; dark-green leaves are...

Euonymus japonicus 'Chollipo' (EUONYMUS)

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Dark green leaves edged with a showy border of cream make this large (to 6-12') fast-growing shrub a fine choice for hedge or accent. S/M ...

Hovenia dulcis (JAPANESE RAISIN TREE)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 A handsome small tree (to 35') for lawn or street with pleasing gray-ridged bark and polished dark-green foliage; although the fruit itself isnt edible, its sweetish raisin-like...

Cornus kousa 'Summer Gold' (GOLD VARIEGATED CHINESE DOGWOOD)

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The foliage on this delightful small tree has wide margins of deep buttery-gold. Its habit is full with a somewhat columnar form reaching to 8' tall x 4'wide. The much-loved pure white spring flowers...

Helleborus Ice n Roses® 'Merlot' (HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Another dramatic beauty in the Helleborus Gold Collection®, with single, forward-facing flowers deeply saturated in red-purple merlot, which contrast with its especially long,...

Cornus Venus® (HYBRID DOGWOOD)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 This gorgeous cultivar is remarkable for its vigorous habit, extra-large brilliant-white flowers which bloom extra-profusely and its disease resistance! The gorgeous...