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Great Plant Pick: Hakonechloa macra, Japanese forest grass
This deciduous grass, with medium-green arching blades, is a natural choice for a Japanese garden.
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Great Plant Pick: Fuchsia ‘Dying Embers,’ hardy fuchsia
This hardy fuschia, a hummingbird and bee favorite, provides colorful flowers summer through autumn.
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Great Plant Pick: Helictotrichon sempervirens, blue oat grass
These grasses have year-round spiky blue foliage and purplish-brown seed heads in summer.
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Great Plant Pick: Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’
The variegated giant dogwood’s leaves makes it look like white frosting is spread over the branches.
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Great Plant Pick: Geum ‘Double Bloody Mary’
The slug-resistant “Double Bloody Mary” geum flowers from early summer to early fall.
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Great Plant Pick: Rosa ‘Golden Wings,’ yellow modern rose
“Golden Wings” is robust enough to support a small-growing clematis once it has been established.
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Great Plant Pick: Polystichum polyblepharum, Japanese tassel fern
Japanese tassel fern combines well with asarums and Blue hostas like Hosta “Halcyon.”
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Great Plant Pick: Rhododendron “Blue Danube,” evergreen azalea
What: Rhododendron “Blue Danube” is a selection of evergreen azalea that becomes covered with flowers in late April…
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Great Plant Pick: Primula gold-laced group, gold-laced primula
The eye-catching flowers of gold-laced primula have been cherished for centuries.
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Great Plant Pick: Trillium grandiflorum
Trillium grandiflorum is a harbinger of spring in the eastern North American woodland.
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Great Plant Pick: Buxus sempervirens, common boxwood
It’s an elegant shrub that has been used in gardens for centuries.
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Great Plant Pick: Epimedium grandiflorum ‘Purple Prince’
What: Epimedium grandiflorum “Purple Prince” has striking dark red-purple flowers with white tipped spurs in the springtime. The…
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Great Plant Pick: Veronica peduncularis ‘Georgia Blue,’ speedwell
What: Veronica peduncularis “Georgia Blue” comes from the nation in the Caucasus region of Eurasia, not from the…
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Great Plant Pick: Lathyrus vernus, spring vetchling
What: A little-known legume for the garden, Lathyrus vernus fills in the early flowering season and is extremely…
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Great Plant Pick: Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady,’ dwarf rhododendron
What: Rhododendron “Snow Lady” is a smaller, mounding shrub with masses of pure white flowers in very early…
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Great Plant Pick: Abies koreana, Korean fir
What: Aristocratic in appearance and slow growing, Abies koreana, commonly called Korean fir, has wonderful layered branches with…
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Great Plant Pick: Ribes sanguineum ‘Pulborough Scarlet’
What: A cultivar of the native flowering currant, Ribes sanguineum “Pulborough Scarlet” was selected for its deep, cardinal-red…
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Great Plant Pick: Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red,’ ‘Anna’s Red’ hellebore
What: Red-violet flowers and new bronzy green foliage marbled with vibrant pink makes “Anna’s Red” hellebore a magnificent…
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Great Plant Pick: Crocus ‘Spring Beauty,’ large-flowering crocus
What: Crocus “Spring Beauty,” commonly called large-flowering crocus, are a harbinger of spring. They bring a burst of…
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Great Plant Pick: Prostanthera cuneata, alpine mint bush
What: Prostanthera cuneata, commonly called alpine mint bush, becomes a compact spreading mound in the garden. The tiny…