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Plant Guide‘Diamond Head’ elephant’s ear
Colocasia esculenta ‘Diamond Head’When breeder John Cho combined a black Colocasia and a glossy Colocasia, he created something shiny and new: ‘Diamond Head’.
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Plant Guide‘Olson’s Frosted Strawberry’ Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Olson’s Frosted Strawberry'The foliage is bright strawberry red at first emergence, and slowly pink suffuses each leaf along the vein as the spring progresses.
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Plant Guide‘Geisha’s Fan’ heuchera
Heuchera 'Geisha's Fan'
This heuchera has dusky purple leaves with charcoal veins, overlaid with silver between the veins.
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Plant GuideRex begonia vine
Cissus discolorHaving the striking leaves of a Rex begonia and a vining growth habit, Cissus discolor is excellent in a container and can be trained onto a form.
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Plant GuideTropical smoke bush
Euphorbia cotinifoliaWith its woody stems and oval-shaped leaves, this perennial looks a lot like a tree.
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Plant GuideSwedish ivy
Plectranthus forsteri 'Green on Green'
As the name implies, this plectranthus has green leaves with lime green edges.
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Plant Guide‘Marginata’ winter daphne
Daphne odora ‘Marginata’This winter daphne has yellow-margined leaves and rosy pink flower buds that open to white.
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Plant Guide‘Gracillimus’ eulalia grass
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’This elegantly shaped grass has narrow leaves with white mid-ribs and a vaselike form to 6 feet tall.
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Plant GuideTree tobacco
Nicotiana glaucaTree tobacco bears fleshy, almost succulent, saucer-size leaves that have a lovely silver-blue color.
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Plant GuideToad lily
Tricyrtis formosanaThe upward-facing, starlike blossoms of this species vary from white to light pink or lilac, with reddish purple spots throughout.
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