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Anemone hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' (WHITE JAPANESE ANEMONE)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 Stunningly beautiful, pure-white petals overlap around a center of glowing, golden stamens. The blossoms are perched gracefully on 3-4' stems rising above the clumps of lush...

Clematis 'Happy Jack' (CLEMATIS)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Deep purple, velvet-like 3-5in flowers bloom abundantly all summer and into fall on this stunning DGA Green Thumb Award winner. Its center highlights and bright yellow stamens...

Cercis canadensis (EASTERN REDBUD)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 This much cherished 20-30 foot tree is native to the woodlands and thickets of the northeastern United States. Masses of stunning pea-like magenta flowers on bare branches in...

Abutilon megapotamicum 'Kentish Belle' (HARDY ABUTILON)

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Showy doesn't cover the pendulous 1-2" apricot; red bells that this small-to-med sub-shrub produces on arching purple-brown branches over a very long summer-into-fall period. S/M Zone 8

Buddleia flutterby 'Peach Cobbler' (STERILE NECTAR BUSH)

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Hardiness zones 5-10 Silver foliage and peach-colored flowers make a delightful combination on this fine 4-6' drought-tolerant shrub AND it wont spread its seed as Buddleias of yore were sometimes...

Chimonanthus praecox (WINTERSWEET)

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Hardiness zones 7-9 This shrub is an absolute delight for your senses! Incredible, sweetly fragrant winter flowers are waxy and pale-yellow with a burgundy center. These delicious blooms appear on...

Acer palmatum 'Calico' (JAPANESE MAPLE)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 The attractive, soft-peachy-yellow new foliage of this fine maple is outlined with showy red margins. This lovely 8-12' specimen becomes a vigorous, upright tree. Heading into...

Acer freemanii 'Armstrong' (FASTIGIATE FREEMAN MAPLE)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 This superb and fast-growing maple is distinctly and narrowly upright to 40-60' while only 15' wide. Beautiful and large (6" across) deeply cut five-lobed leaves are a lush,...

Abies magnifica 'shastensis' (SHASTA RED FIR)

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Hardiness zones 5-8 Almost identical to the stately Red Fir, with silvery-green upturned needles and reddish bark, this variety has noticeable bracts between the cone scales; makes one of the...

Asclepias incarnata (SWAMP MILKWEED)

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Hardiness zones 3-9 This unusual species of milkweed features wonderfully intricate and very showy, bright-pink flowers on 2-4' stems. This species is exceptionally useful for naturalizing in moist...

Campanula 'Pink Octopus' (BELLFLOWER)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Wonderful, deeply Octopus-leg divided flowers of white and deep-rose ... up to 50 at a time!... top 18" stems of deeply-cut foliage over a long summer period. S-PSh/M PPatentAF...

Belamcanda chinensis (BLACKBERRY LILY)

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Hardiness zones 5-10 Neither blackberry nor lily, the common name of this Iris-relative refers to its pods full of black seeds which are splendid in dried arrangements; zigzagging stems display...

Asclepias fascicularis (NARROW-LEAVED MILKWEED)

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Hardiness zones 6-10 This delicate-looking wildflower from the western United States is extremely drought-tolerant, trouble-free and very important for wildlife. Clusters of intricate,...

Amelanchier lamarckii (JUNEBERRY)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 There is some debate about whether this stunning and floriferous serviceberry is truly a distinct species or perhaps a naturally occurring hybrid. Either way, this shrub/tree is a...

Abelia grandiflora 'Edward Goucher' (PINK ABELIA)

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Hardiness zones 6-9 Gracefully arching 4-6' shrub with lovely clusters of pinkish-lavender tubular flowers with a golden-yellow throat. The blossoms continue over a long period, mid-summer to frost...

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Squarrosa Sulfurea' (CYPRESS)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 The highly decorative frizzy foliage of the species has been magically changed to a showy (but sun-sensitive) silvery-yellow on this conical semi-dwarf variety. PSh/M 

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (KINNIKINNICK)

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Hardiness zones 2-8 A wonderful evergreen ground cover, perhaps a bit more tolerant of wet conditions as this selection comes from the East Coast; medium-sized dark-green glossy leaves and clusters...

Baptisia lactea (WHITE BAPTISIA)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 This striking prairie wildflower looks like asparagus at first before it sends up its show-stopping 3-5' plumes of creamy white flowers in early summer; attractive blue-green...

Amelanchier laevis (ALLEGHENY SERVICEBERRY)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 A rose family, eastern North American native tree/shrub, with clusters of showy, white, lightly fragrant, spring flowers. Tasty, edible fruits which resemble blueberries appear in...

Amelanchier canadensis (SHADBUSH SERVICEBERRY)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 This fabulous eastern native is a deciduous, early-flowering, large shrub/small tree to 20-30'. Very showy, white, 5-petaled, lightly fragrant flowers hang in drooping clusters on...

Acer freemanii 'Sienna Glen' (FREEMAN MAPLE)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 This hardy hybrid discovered in Minnesota has the fast growth and adaptability of the Silver Maple plus the shining-beacon fall color of the Red Maple. This cultivar is more...

Abelia grandiflora 'Funshine' (GOLDEN ABELIA)

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Hardiness zones 6-9 Bright sunny-gold foliage emerges a glowing apricot color before deepening to tones of gold, chartreuse and green. Sweetly-scented lavender blooms appear all summer long. This...

Baptisia 'Grape Taffy' (FALSE INDIGO)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 This is a unique false indigo with late-spring to early summer reddish-purple pea-like flowers with buff yellow keels. It has a compact habit, staying around 2.5ft tall or less,...