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Plant GuideButterfly weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Butterfly weed is a native perennial with flat-topped, orange or yellow flower clusters at the ends of its stems or in its leaf axils.
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Plant Guide‘Goldsturm’ black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’Large flowers consisting of brassy orange-yellow rays surrounding brown cones are what make this plant so popular.
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Plant Guide‘Snow Queen’ oakleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’This cultivar produces 8-inch-long, conical flower heads from early summer on.
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Plant Guide‘Goldrush’ goldenrod
Solidago cutleri 'Goldrush''Goldrush' heralds the coming of fall with masses of tiny, yellow flowers for four weeks in August and September.
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Plant Guide
Spanish love-in-a-mist
Nigella hispanicaThis easy-going annual has 2- to 3-inch-wide blue flowers with black centers and wine-colored stamens, along with light green ferny foliage.
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Plant Guide‘Agnes’ rugosa rose
Rosa rugosa 'Agnes''Agnes' is one of the few yellow rugosa roses, and it epitomizes the finest rugosa attributes in both leaf and overall form.
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Plant Guide
Mescal bean
Sophora secundifloraThis flowering evergreen tree has pinnate leaves 4 to 6 inches long.
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Plant GuideBigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophyllaThis is one of the most widely recognized species of hydrangeas, and it boasts a plentiful number of cultivars.
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Plant GuideSeven-son flower
Heptacodium miconioides
The tiered branches of this fast-growing species are covered with white blossoms for over a month, starting in late summer.
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