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Helleborus Winter Jewels® 'Red Sapphire' (HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 Absolutely stunning; prolific, fully double lotus-like flowers in shades of deep rose-reds bloom for weeks in late winter into early spring. Gorgeous deep dark-green leathery...

Hibiscus syriacus 'White Chiffon' (WHITE ROSE OF SHARON)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 The delicate pure-white flowers have lovely, lacy centers which almost look like anemones! Blossoms appear profusely in summer on this incredibly low-maintenance bush. This lovely...

Cupressus torulosa (BHUTAN CYPRESS)

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Hardiness zones 7-9 A tall, handsome, pyramidal tree (C. Harrison) with horizontal branches and flattened sprays of dark-green whip-like branchlets; used sometimes as a fast-growing vertical accent...

Hibiscus syriacus 'Lavender Chiffon' (ROSE OF SHARON)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 A multitude of purple, summer blooms with intricate centers, resembling anemone flowers grace this elegant rose of Sharon. Plant for a colorful and easy to maintain screen, in...

Coreopsis citrine 'Citrine' (COMPACT COREOPSIS)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Profusions of bright yellow flowers with darker golden eyes burst from this compact tickseed from June through September! Low maintenance, easy to grow and looks clean all summer...

Helleborus Honeymoon® 'New York Night' (HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 In early to mid-spring, 2-3in, nodding, single flowers in shades of vibrant, deep black-purple, with contrasting creamy white stamens, stand 18-24in above deep green, glossy...

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...

Eucalyptus cinerea (ARGYLE APPLE)

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Especially ornamental, this small tree is broad and irregular with attractive bluish leaves and reddish fibrous bark (not peeling); adaptable to poor soils and hot summers, hardy to 15° F. S/M-D...

Cornus capitata 'Mountain Moon' (EVERGREEN DOGWOOD)

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Loads and loads of beautiful creamy-white flowers (each one up to four inches across!) cover this small (to 30') somewhat pyramidal evergreen tree in late-spring; lush green leaves provide the...

Helleborus Winter Jewels® 'Golden Lotus' (YELLOW HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 Fully double, elegant, lotus-like flowers open a soft clear-yellow before aging to deep-gold (sometimes touched with red). The blossoms rise over one to two foot clumps of...

Cupressus arizonica var.stephensonii (CUYAMACA CYPRESS)

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Hardiness zones 7-9 A wonderful cypress found growing in only the headwaters of King Creek in the Cuyamaca mountains of San Diego, California, this wonderful variety reaches 20-50' and almost as wide...

Eupatorium cannabinum (HEMP AGRIMONY)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 Found natively in sunny moist spots over much of Europe, into Siberia,

Corydalis 'Blue Heron' (BLUE CORYDALIS)

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Hardiness zones 6-8 Large cluster of vibrant sapphire-blue flowers over dissected blue-green foliage place this 6-10" mounder a cut above the rest. Lovely in a shady garden where it will bloom spring...

Cistus 'Sunset' (MAGENTA ROCKROSE)

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Hardiness zones 8-10 The downy, sage-green leaves of this small compact hybrid make a lovely background for the bright, magenta-pink, crape-paper blooms. Absolutely stunning when planted on banks,...

Cupressus macnabiana (MACNAB'S CYPRESS)

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Hardiness zones 6-8 This picturesque evergreen shrub/tree is native to the chaparral and oak or conifer woodlands of northern California in the Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada (with two remote...

Carpinus japonica (JAPANESE HORNBEAM)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 Elegant! This very attractive understory tree from Japan eventually reaches 20-30' tall and is just as wide-spreading. Its outstanding feature is its dark-green, long, very...

Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple' (PURPLE SMOKE BUSH)

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Hardiness zones 5-8 A fantastic and colorful 15' shrub with outstanding dark deep-purple leaves in spring which matures toward deep-green with purple tints during summer. The foliage contrasts...

Baptisia american Goldfinch (GOLDEN FALSE INDIGO)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 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...

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...

Coreopsis 'Ruby Frost' (RED COREOPSIS)

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Hardiness zones 6-10 Named by the readers of Birds and Blooms for its distinct and showy ruby-red petals edged which are edged with brilliant white. The large blooms rise above deep-green foliage...

Chimonanthus nitens (EVERGREEN WINTERSWEET)

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Hardiness zones 7-9 An ornamental and useful native to sparse Chinese mountain woodlands, this wintersweet's leaves are dried and used for tea, and the root is used medicinally. Cup-shaped, solitary,...

Cistus purpureus (ORCHID ROCKROSE)

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Hardiness zones 8-11 Large, dark-pink, crepe-paper flowers with pretty burgundy spots in the center make this rounded 3-6' shrub sparkle in summer; very nice in mass plantings, can tolerate drought...

Aucuba japonica 'Variegata' (GOLD DUST SHRUB)

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Hardiness zones 7-10 Bold, shining green leaves, speckled all over with a clear-yellow will brighten up any shaded spot; rounded shrub (to 6-9') thrives in shade. 

Corokia cotoneaster (WIRE NETTING BUSH)

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This beautiful 6-10' evergreen shrub forms a fine silhouette of with twiggy black branchlets zig-zagging in all directions. A curiously attractive plant with tiny grey-green leaves and lots of tiny,...