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Plant Guide‘Strawberry Fields’ gomphrena
Gomphrena haageana ‘Strawberry Fields’An upright, bushy annual with flowers (actually bracts) that resemble bright red strawberries with tiny yellow "seeds.
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Plant Guide‘Blackie’ sweet potato vine
Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie’This tender tuberous perennial with heart-shaped, lobed, almost black leaves bears trumpet-shaped lavender to pale-purple flowers.
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Plant GuideBerkeley sedge
Carex divulsaThis sedge is one of the most adaptable of the ground-cover grasses.
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Plant Guide‘Spring Symphony’ Foam flower
Tiarella 'Spring Symphony'This reblooming, clump-forming variety blooms in spring, producing 15-inch spires densely packed with pink blossoms.
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Plant GuideSouth African foxglove
Ceratotheca triloba
A rare and graceful beauty, this plant is not a true foxglove, but its flowers are similarly shaped and hang in clusters.
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Plant GuideGiant fleeceflower
Persicaria polymorphaThis massive herbaceous shrub needs a lot of room to show off its vase-shaped form, but it does not spread or self-sow like some of its relatives.
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Plant Guide‘Heronswood Mist’ Foam flower
Tiarella 'Heronswood Mist'The leaves of this clump-forming variety look as if they have been dusted by a fine mist of pink, cream, and green.
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Cordyline hybrida var. JURred 'Festival™ Burgundy'This basal branching cordyline combines the rugged easy-care attributes of its cordyline cousins with an unusual mix of shiny dark color, compact bushy form, short stems and cascading grass-like leaves.
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Plant GuideYellow flag
Iris pseudacorus and cvs.Yellow flag is a vigorous Laevigata iris with ribbed, sword-shaped gray-green leaves.
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Plant GuideSpotted bellflower
Campanula punctataSpotted bellflower has heart-shaped foliage on a creeping rhizome with tubular, bell-shaped creamy white to dusky pink flowers with red spots and hairs.
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