Zone 8

GOLD DUST SHRUB (Aucuba japonica) "Variegata"

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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. 

WIRE NETTING BUSH Corokia cotoneaster

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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, fragrant, bright-yellow, spring-to-summer flowers which...

GOLDEN NECTAR BUSH (Buddleia weyeriana) 'Golden Glow'

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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 Buddleia, this should be the one. S/M

GOLDEN BUTTERFLY BUSH (Buddleja weyeriana) 'Sungold'

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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 deep-green leaves which are much large than other...

DWARF DEODAR CEDAR (Cedrus deodara) "Glacier Blue"

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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 soft-looking, flat mound. Its blue-green needles are of...

NORTHERN MAIDENHAIR FERN (Adiantum pedatum)

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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 clumps 1.5' to 2' tall and featuring finely-textured fronds...

EUROPEAN FAN PALM Chamaerops humilis

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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 divided leaflets which vary from light-blue to...

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

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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 selection for the garden, and bouquets! PSh-Sh/M 

TANGERINE CROSS VINE Bignonia capreolata (Tangerine Beauty)

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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 fast cover for a warm wall, large arbor, or groundcover that stays...

SHOWY MILKWEED Asclepias speciosa

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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. This beauty is found from Minnesota to BC and south...

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 renown. PSh-S/M/GDr Zone 8

LEMON-SCENT BOTTLEBRUSH Callistemon citrinus

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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. This lovely Australian plant also features lance-shaped...

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

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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. S-PSh/M ...

HARDY ABUTILON Abutilon megapotamicum (Kentish Belle)

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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

WINTERSWEET (Chimonanthus praecox)

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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 bare branches in late-winter perfuming the entire garden...

JUNEBERRY (Amelanchier lamarckii)

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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 favorite eastern US native plant for its many white...