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Buddleia weyeriana 'Golden Glow' (GOLDEN NECTAR BUSH)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Long beautiful panicles of fragrant golden-yellow flowers bloom over a LONG late-spring-through-fall season and attract every butterfly, moth around! If you have only one...

Cistus 'Grayswood Pink' (PROSTRATE PINK ROCKROSE)

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Hardiness zones 8-10 This lovely, prostrate, sometimes layering groundcover to 1-3ft tall by 3-6ft wide, covers itself with 2" soft pink, mid-summer flowers. Drought tolerant and beautiful in...

Albizia julibrissin (SILK TREE)

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Hardiness zones 6-9 Commonly known as the Mimosa, this ornamental tree has graceful spreading branches and upon maturity becomes a lovely umbrella shaped specimen. Foliage is handsome and lacy...

Clematis 'Viva Polonia' (CLEMATIS)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 'Viva Polonia' is a strikingly beautiful clematis with loads of deep pink-red petals which each adorn a white stripe radiating from the center, giving the flowers their brilliant...

Buddleja weyeriana 'Sungold' (GOLDEN BUTTERFLY BUSH)

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Hardiness zones 6-9 A wonderfully unusual hybrid with flowers borne in long slender panicles made up of ball-shaped bundles of beautiful orange-yellow flowers. This delightful 8-10' shrub also has...

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'SOD Resistant' (PORT ORFORD CEDAR)

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Hardiness zones 5-8 The same lovely lacy blue foliage but much-sought selection is disease-resistant, especially to Sudden Oak Death... if you have this in your area, this may be the tree for you...

Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum' (JAPANESE PAINTED FERN)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 Most ferns limit their color to green but not so the painted fern which subtly blends wine-red and silvery-green on its gracefully tapering fronds. This award-winning perennial...

Cedrus deodara 'Glacier Blue' (DWARF DEODAR CEDAR)

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Hardiness zones 6-8 'Glacier Blue' is a beautiful dwarf deodar cedar, only reaching 3-6 feet tall by 3-6 feet wide. It has a stunning "floppy little habit" (D. Lee), growing in something of a...

Calocedrus decurrens (INCENSE CEDAR)

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Hardiness zones 5-8 Known as the incense cedar for the sublime spicy fragrance of the bright-green fern like sprays of this majestic pyramidal tree, with age its bark becomes reddish and...

Adiantum pedatum (NORTHERN MAIDENHAIR FERN)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 This lovely, delicate-looking, deciduous fern is native to the eastern United States where it is found growing in forested slopes, gully bottoms and damp shady woods. Forming...

Chamaerops humilis (EUROPEAN FAN PALM)

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A most interesting miniature palm, this wonderfully unique shrub/small tree (6-15') is the only native European palm; featuring huge, two foot, fan-shaped leaves made up of 10-20 narrow finger-like...

Athyrium niponicum 'Regal Red' (RED-STEM JAPANESE PAINTED FERN)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 Each frond of this elegant 12-18in fern is a deep "regal" purple-red in the center, edged with frilly (slightly twisted) silver edges. A wonderful, colorful, softly ruffled...

Clematis 'Pink Mink' (CLEMATIS)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 This multi-award winning, 9-10ft tall and 6ft wide Clematis was bred by horticulturalist Szczepan Marczynski PhD, and possesses all of the wonderful qualities associated with his...

Aquilegia caerulea (ROCKY MTN COLUMBINE)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 Fields of these brilliant-blue and white spurred flowers are an inspiring sight in Colorados high Rockies where its the state flower. S-PSh/M/GDr 

Choisya ternata 'Sundance' (GOLDEN-LEAVED MEXICAN ORANGE)

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Hardiness zones 7-10 A spectacular form of our southwest native with leaves of bright yellow to lime green, the more sunlight the more yellow the foliage. This fabulous 4-8' shrub has exquisitely...

Bignonia capreolata 'Dressed To Thrill' (CROSSVINE)

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Hardiness zones 6-9 From spring into summer 'Dressed to Thrill' wears tons of bright red-orange, trumpet-shaped flowers with bright yellow eyes. It is a selection of the North American native which...

Choisya ternata (MEXICAN ORANGE BLOSSOM)

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Hardiness zones 7-10 An abundance of white flowers throughout late spring and early summer will fill the air with orange-blossom perfume. The shiny green leaves of this 6-8 feet tall, rounded shrub...

Bignonia capreolata 'Tangerine Beauty' (TANGERINE CROSSVINE)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Lovely, tangerine, foxglove-like flowers which are lightly-fragrant decorate this fast growing 30'native vine in mid-summer, an established vine is a spectacular sight; a perfect...

Asclepias speciosa (SHOWY MILKWEED)

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Hardiness zones 3-9 This stunning native wildflower is wonderful for wildlife gardens! Monarch butterflies rely on it for larval food and nectar while Orioles use the dead stems for nesting materials...

SPINY BEAR'S BREECH Acanthus spinosus

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Very attractive but rare, this species is stoloniferous with 2-3' leaves, darker green & deeply divided, and striking spires of mauve foxglove-like flowers; the species of classical & architectural...

Callistemon citrinus (LEMON-SCENT BOTTLEBRUSH)

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Spectacular is the word to describe this 3-15' shrub/small tree when it is covered with its 4" bright scarlet-red bottlebrush blooms! The unusual winter-into-spring blooms are much loved by bees...

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Double Take Eternal White' (FLOWERING QUINCE)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 This beautiful flowering quince has the longest-lasting blooms available. It's large, flowers emerge lime-green in early spring and mature pure white, lasting for months into...

Agapanthus 'Two Times Blue' (LILY-OF-THE-NILE)

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Fully double (which means long-blooming and no seeds) and very lovely sky-blue globes of flowers decorate this compact 2' x 2' mounder summer to late summer; delightful in border or container...

Choisya arizonica 'Bluestone' (MEXICAN ORANGE)

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Hardiness zones 7-10 A more delicate-looking Mexican Orange with glossy, bluish and narrow leaves on pale stems. The small white flowers emerge in spring with the characteristic scent of citrus...