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Echinacea purpurea (PURPLE CONEFLOWER)

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Family:  Aster (Asteraceae) Hardy to Zones 4 to 12 Herbaceous perennial prairie dweller.  Originally native to a wide band stretching from Michigan south to Louisiana, then west to Texas and...

Zizia aurea (GOLDEN ALEXANDER)

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Hardiness zones 3-9 From meadows and swamps of the NE, this 1-2' tall parsnip-like wildflower has much divided (into 3 and again 3) leaves and umbels of tiny yellow early summer flowers...

Scabiosa 'Vivid Violet' (PINCUSHION FLOWER)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 Vivid-Violet pincushion flowers top the 18" compact, MILDEW-RESISTANT mounds of this much-improved summer favorite ALL summer and into fall; a favorite enjoyed in vase, container...

Thalictrum 'Black Stockings' (MEADOW RUE)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Four to six foot tall incredibly unique and nearly black stems are clad in lacy, ferny, soft- green foliage. In early summer the stems are topped with large flat-topped clusters...

Schizachyrium scoparium 'Twilight Zone' (LITTLE BLUESTEM)

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Hardiness zones 3-9 In midsummer, this columnar Little Bluestem is decorated in silvery iridescent mauve, and in the fall the foliage is highlighted in bright purple. This is a wonderful and...

Salvia 'Bumbleberry' (GARDEN SAGE)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 Salvia 'Bumbleberry' is a petite yet prolific, late spring bloomer, loved by pollinators and gardeners alike. Its many flower spikes wear intensely colored fuchsia-pink blooms and...

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' (BLACK MONDO GRASS)

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Hardiness zones 6-10 A really striking accent or groundcover, the 10" leaves of this grass-like perennial are green when new but turn purplish-black when mature and spread to form attractive clumps;...

Polystichum munitum (WESTERN SWORD FERN)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 Receiving high marks as a garden plant, the western sword fern produces large clumps of primordial, leathery, deep-green fronds growing 2-5' tall with symmetrical, simple, toothed...

Penstemon strictus (ROCKY MTN. PENSTEMON)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 A tall, showy native Penstemon with fully 1/3 of its 2-3' stalk covered with 1" deep-blue flowers. S/D/GDr 

Lupinus albifrons (SILVER LUPINE)

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Hardiness zones 6-10 Tall graceful spikes of deep- purple flowers rise 3-4' topping mounds of shining, silvery foliage in late-spring. This gorgeous perennial is native to the open meadows, forest...

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,...

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 

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...

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...

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...

ORNAMENTAL OREGANO

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Bees and butterflies love this fragrant mound of chartreuse foliage with lilac pink summer flowers and mauve calyxes, which continue to share their color long after the flowers...

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...

Mini Skirt (MINI HOSTA)

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Thick, wavy leaves of green with margins of yellow form adorable mini mounds 5 inches tall and about a foot wide. Its summer racemes are pale lavender, and stand just a few inches above the colorful...

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...

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...