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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 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‘White Gold’ bleeding heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis ‘White Gold’Something different for the shade.
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Sponsored ContentQueen of the prairie
Filipendula rubraA show-stopping best-seller with cotton candy–pink plumes, 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 ContentClimbing prairie rose
Rosa 'Setigura'Climbing prairie rose has fragrant deep pink flowers 2 inches in diameter.
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Sponsored ContentMeadow blazingstar
Liatris ligulistylisKnown as the Monarch magnet, this liatris should be top-of-the-list as a Monarch nectar source for any medium-soil site.
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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.
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Sponsored ContentShootingstar
Dodecatheon meadiaThe delicate nodding blooms of white-to-pink petals seem to fly upward and away from the pointed red and yellow flower center, resembling a shooting star.
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