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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Gunnera manicata (GIANT RHUBARB)

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'Dinosaur food' says it all for this slowly creeping perennial, it looks as if it just arrived from the Jurrassic era! It is one of the largest herbaceous perennials on earth! Native to eastern South...

Elaeocarpus decipiens (BLUEBERRY TREE)

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Hardiness zones 8-11 This beautiful, broad leafed shrub-tree grows 20-30 feet tall with an equally wide spread. Handsome all year long with lovely bronzy new growth maturing to shiny deep-green...

Hosta abiqua (HOSTA)

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Hardiness zones 3-9 Like tiny blue mountain-lakes, the intensely cupped and puckered leaves of this hosta with its white mid-summer flowers make it an attractive and distinctive specimen; (Walden...

Cyrtomium falcatum (JAPANESE HOLLY FERN)

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The leathery shiny-green fronds of this 2-3' species resemble Oregon Grape. Somewhat tender, it makes a fine house plant and a beautiful addition to woodland garden in warmer climates (25°F+). Do...

Geranium cantabrigiense 'Karmina' (GERANIUM)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 This is a delightfully floriferous, vigorous little mat-forming plant, perfect as a semi-evergreen ground cover or for planting under roses and other shrubs. Its many lilac-pink...

Echinacea 'Tangerine Dream' (FRAGRANT ORANGE CONEFLOWER)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 This easy-care perennial produces abundant masses of bright, tangerine-orange, single flowers. The large, four-inch blossoms feature wide, overlapping petals and have a delightful...

Helleborus Winter Jewels® 'Lenten Rose' (HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 Each white petal of these very double flowers is picotee-edged with rose...a real jewel for the winter-spring garden. S-Sh/M/GDr PPA 

Helleborus Honeymoon® 'Irish Luck' (HELLEBORE)

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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...

Geranium cantabrigiense 'Biokovo' (GERANIUM)

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Hardiness zones 5-8 Found in the Biokovo Mtns of S. Yugoslavia, this mat former has runners to 12" long with glossy, scalloped, 1-3" leaves that make a pretty groundcover by themselves but are topped...

Forsythia 'Show Off Starlet®' (COMPACT FORSYTHIA)

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Hardiness zones 5-8 A compact forsythia perfect for smaller spaces, concentrated with blooms! It is also very easy going and adaptable to a wide range of soil compositions, pH, and air qualities...