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Great Plant Pick: Camellia × vernalis “Yuletide”
This one will lift your winter doldrums with bright Christmas-red flowers from December through January.
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Great Plant Picks: Sea kale
This bold, distinctive plant adds an eye-catching presence to the sunny garden.
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Great Plant Pick: Miscanthus sinensis ‘Morning Light’
Commonly called morning light variegated maiden grass, it’s a silvery addition to garden borders.
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Great Plant Pick: Orangebark Stewartia
This tree’s stunning bark is shown to perfection when it’s planted with a backdrop of evergreens.
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Great Plant Pick: Cardamine trifolia
This little charmer has three palmate, dark green leaflets that are topped in spring with short spikes of…
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Great Plant Pick: Redbud hazel
This shrub is one of the best for fall color, even in partially shaded conditions.
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Great Plant Pick: Arbutus unedo aka strawberry tree
The tree is well known for its fruit, which bear some resemblance to the strawberry — hence the…
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Great Plant Pick: Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki’ aka green Japanese maple
Though it’s an understated green, this tree has one of the most brilliant reds of all Japanese maples…
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Great Plant Pick: Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ aka maidenhair tree
This tree features brilliant fall color and scalloped leaves similar to those of maidenhair ferns.
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Great Plant Pick: Parthenocissus henryana aka silvervein creeper
This clinging vine with silver-veined leaves provides its best foliage color in light to dappled shade.
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Great Plant Pick: Stewartia pseudocamellia aka Japanese stewartia
The tree’s dark green leaves become a riot of saturated oranges and flaming reds in the fall.
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Great Plant Pick: Prunus laurocerasus ‘Mount Vernon,’ dwarf English laurel
Plant “Mount Vernon” as a low informal bed border or small hedge, or as a groundcover under trees…
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Great Plant Pick: Aster x frikartii ‘Mönch’ aka Frikart’s aster
This long-blooming aster is loaded with lavender-blue flowers from midsummer to autumn.
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Great Plant Pick: Sedum oreganum aka Oregon stonecrop
This evergreen sports year-round nubbly succulent leaves with yellow flowers in the summertime.
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Great Plant Pick: Lonicera nitida ‘Twiggy,’ twiggy boxleaf honeysuckle
This dwarf shrub sports year-round colorful foliage. The more sun it receives, the more golden the colors.
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Great Plant Pick: Adiantum x mairisii, Mairis’ maidenhair fern
This perennial fern has dainty green leaflets borne on black stems, giving it a delicate appearance.
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Great Plant Pick: Asarum europaeum aka European wild ginger
This groundcover has glossy dark green, kidney-shaped leaves that adds distinction to the shade garden.
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Great Plant Pick: Chamaecyparis pisifera “Filifera Aurea Nana”
This shrub looks great in rockeries and tolerates our drought-prone summers. It also needs little to no pruning.
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Great Plant Pick: Abelia ‘Edward Goucher’ aka glossy abelia
This shrub is adorned with tubular, half-inch-long, soft pink flowers that provide beauty and pollinator sustenance.
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Great Plant Pick: Agastache ‘Blackadder,’ giant hyssop, hummingbird mint
The highlight of this clumping perennial are the flower spikes of dark red-purple peppered with tiny mauve blooms.