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Plant Guide‘Angelina’ sedum
Sedum rupestre 'Angelina'This vigorous, mat-forming, evergreen species has electric golden-yellow foliage that holds its color through the heat of summer.
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Plant GuideRed-hot poker
Kniphofia uvariaThese tall spikes top off the perennial border with a burst of tropical-red racemes.
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Plant Guide‘Moses’ Fire’ daylily
Hemerocallis 'Moses' Fire'This double-flowered daylily has robust red blooms edged in gold. It is a heavy bloomer and will rebloom in late summer.
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Plant Guide‘Chocolate Shogun’ astilbe
Astilbe 'Chocolate Shogun'Chocolate Shogun Astilbe offers a hot, new leaf color.
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Plant GuideCinnamon Girl™ distylium
Distylium ‘PIIDIST-V’This variety has shown greater cold tolerance than the species, so it might survive in Zone 6 with some protection.
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Plant Guide‘Tropical Storm’ elephant’s ear
Colocasia esculenta 'Tropical Storm'This striking new Colocasia features dark -- almost black -- foliage which develops a creamy white center as the season progresses. At about two-and-a-half feet tall and wide, it is…
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CrocosmiifloraThis Crocosmia succeeds where others fail.
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Sponsored ContentQueen of the Prairie
Filipendula rubraA show-stopping best seller with 'cotton candy' pink plumes, the Queen of the Prairie is a highlight in the summer prairie garden.
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Sponsored ContentIronweed
Vernonia fasciculataThe flowers of Ironweed are like crimson torches in the late summer prairie.
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Sponsored ContentPurple prairie clover
Dalea purpureaThis member of the legume family has it all: gorgeous purple flowers with golden flecks, and elegant foliage on multiple upright stems all combine to give it great garden form.
