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  • Plant Guide

    Fan columbine

    Aquilegia flabellata

    The fan columbine produces short, plump, nodding, blue-purple flowers with white petal tips.

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    Salvia hians

    Salvia hians

    This short-lived perennial from the Himalayas has scented, hairy leaves and forms a small shrub 2 feet tall by 2 feet wide.

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    Dalmatian bellflower

    Campanula portenschlagiana

    This low, mat-forming plant has blue-purple flowers in summer.

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    Fairies’ thimbles

    Campanula cochleariifolia

    Diminutive (to 2 inches tall) spikes bear lavender-blue nodding flowers that sway in the breeze.

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    Salvia pachyphylla

    Salvia pachyphylla

    Giant-flowered purple sage has been winning over gardeners the past few years for its remarkable summer blooms and tough-as-nails demeanor.

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    ‘Blue magic’ Grape hyacinth

    Muscari aucheri 'Blue magic'

    Grape hyacinths are hardy, easy to grow, and have long-lasting blooms--no garden should be without them.

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    Heath aster

    Aster ericoides

    This clumping, bushy perennial has slender stems and small, lance-shaped, medium green leaves.

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    Blue woolly speedwell

    Veronica pectinata

    This dense, mat-forming species has 3-inch-tall evergreen foliage with toothed gray leaves.

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    Polemonium caeruleum

    Polemonium caeruleum

    This North American native bears deep blue or occasionally white, bell-shaped blossoms in spring and possibly late summer if deadheaded.

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    Cityline™ Mars hydrangea

    Hydrangea macrophylla Cityline™ Mars

    From Proven Winners: A small plant with strong stems and big, heavy magenta and white variegated flowers.