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    ‘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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    ‘Elizabeth’ Korean bellflower

    Campanula takesimana ‘Elizabeth’

    Starting in early summer and continuing until fall, 'Elizabeth' puts forth abundant purple-flushed, pale pink bells with dark speckles on the inside.

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    ‘Rocky Top’ Tennessee coneflower

    Echinacea tennesseensis 'Rocky Top'

    The 'Rocky Top' hybrid offers the garden an abundance of pastel pink coneflowers with greenish-black cones on plants 2 to 3 feet tall and 1 foot wide.

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    Ivory Prince hellebore

    Helleborus ‘Walhelivor’

    Year-round gray-green foliage persists through shade and snow and is fairly deer and rabbit resistant.

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    Boltonia asteroides

    Boltonia asteroides

    Boltonias are vigorous perennials grown for their sprays of aster-like flowers, which appear above clean, gray-green foliage.

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    ‘Sunrise’ coneflower

    Echinacea ‘Sunrise’

    This is one of the exceptional Big Sky™ series (E.

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    ‘Ruby Slippers’ oakleaf hydrangea

    Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Ruby Slippers’

    I’m one of those people who thinks a garden without a hydrangea would seem incomplete.

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    Harvest Moon™ coneflower

    Echinacea ‘Matthew Saul’

    This is one of the exceptional Big Sky™ series ( E.

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    ‘Bright Star’ purple coneflower

    Echinacea purpurea ‘Bright Star’

    This native meadow derivative with daisy-like flowers blooms from early summer into early autumn.

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    Downy lilac

    Syringa pubescens

    This species has an untraditional, spicy fragrance, and it is one of the most strongly scented lilacs.