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Fine Gardening - Issue 121

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Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner

Geranium ‘Rozanne’
Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais

Phlox paniculata ‘David’
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner

Eupatorium dubium ‘Little Joe’
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner

Echinacea tennesseensis ‘Rocky Top’
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner

Hemerocallis ‘Happy Returns’
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Bluestone Perennials

Aster novae-angliae ‘Purple Dome’
Photo/Illustration: Chris Curless

Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Sunray’
Photo/Illustration: Mark Kane

Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Becky’
Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais

Salvia leucantha
Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais

Gaillardia pulchella
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Bob Cook

Ruellia brittoniana ‘Purple Showers’
Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais

Asclepias tuberosa
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Bob Cook

Stachytarpheta urticifolia
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Bob Cook

Iris fulva
Photo/Illustration: Alan Franz

Salvia greggii
Photo/Illustration: Alan Franz

Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivanti ‘Goldsturm’
Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais

Gaura lindheimeri
Photo/Illustration: Alan Franz

Melampodium leucanthum
Photo/Illustration: Alan Franz

Iris ‘Rip City’
Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais

Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner

Delphinium ‘Bluebird’
Photo/Illustration: Jerry Pavia

Rudbeckia hirta
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of White Flower Farm

Iris pallida ‘Variegata’
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner

Pennisetum orientale
Photo/Illustration: Jerry Pavia

Agastache ‘Desert Sunrise’
Photo/Illustration: David Salman/High Country Gardens

Rudbeckia hirta ‘Indian Summer’
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Bluestone Perennials

Delosperma ‘Kelaidis’
Photo/Illustration: Panayoti Kelaidis

Phlomis russeliana
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner

Sedum telephium ‘Matrona’
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner

Phygelius x rectus ‘Devil’s Tears’
Photo/Illustration: Bill Johnson

Gaura lindheimeri
Photo/Illustration: Alan Franz

Knautia macedonica
Photo/Illustration: Colleen Fitzpatrick

Sphaeralcea ambigua
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of High Country Gardens

Agastache cana
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Bluestone Perennials

Penstemon cardinalis
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of High Country Gardens

Salvia chamaedryoides
Photo/Illustration: Bill Johnson

Zinnia grandiflora
Photo/Illustration: Bill Johnson

Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner

Gaillardia aristata ‘Arizona Sun’
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner

Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner

Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Firewitch’
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Bluestone Perennials

Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Park Seed

Coreopsis verticillata ‘Zagreb’
Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais

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