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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‘Sun Mouse’ hosta
Hosta ‘Sun Mouse’Hosta 'Sun Mouse' is a perfect gem to add to the miniature garden.
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Plant Guide‘White Gold’ bleeding heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis ‘White Gold’Something different for the shade.
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Plant GuideEuphorbia ‘Black Bird’
Euphorbia 'Black Bird'With velvety foliage that darkens to near black in full sun, 'Black Bird' euphorbia looks good in perennial borders and is especially striking in containers.
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Plant Guide‘Winterthur’ smooth witherod
Viburnum nudum ‘Winterthur’There are some shrubs that will light up the fall garden with both leaf color and fruit.
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Plant Guide‘Carefree Beauty’ rose
Rosa 'Carefree Beauty'This vigorous, upright shrub rose sports smooth, olive-green leaves and clusters of cup-shaped, semi-double, fragrant, bubble-gum-pink flowers from spring to fall.
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Plant GuideBlack cohosh
Actaea racemosa
Actaea racemosa is a native woodland perennial with white, somewhat fuzzy flowers in midsummer that wave above astilbe-like, deeply cut foliage.
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Plant GuideHardy garden mum
Chrysanthemum morifoliumThere would be few cut flowers blooming in October were it not for hardy garden mums.
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Plant GuideSweet Beth
Trillium vaseyiThis trillium bears the largest flowers in the genus—almost 4 inches across.
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