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Aruncus ‘Misty Lace’ PP15798 Creamy white, feathery plumes on deep red stems top Aruncus ‘Misty Lace’ in late spring, over compact mounds of ferny foliage. Midway in height between its parents, A. aesthusifolius and A. dioicus ...  Late spring Sun / Partial shade / Shade |
45-60 cm | Z4 |
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Aster ‘Blue Autumn’ CPBRAF Expect a lush show in late summer from Aster ‘Blue Autumn,’ with its hundreds of daisy-like, deep blue flowers that continue through fall. The healthy dark green foliage has a compact, mounding habit ... Late summer - Fall Sun / Partial shade |
50 cm | Z3 |
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Aster cordifolius ‘Avondale’ A prolific bloomer, Aster ‘Avondale’ carpets the shade garden with light blue flowers in early fall when little else is in bloom. Its leaves are clean, dark green and heart-shaped ... Late summer - Fall Sun / Partial shade |
45-60 cm | Z3 |
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Astilbe ‘Rise and Shine’ New, hot pink flowering hybrid Astilbe ‘Rise and Shine’ rouses the summer shade garden with its large, 25 cm plumes held on sturdy stems. Coarsely textured, fern-like mounds of foliage ... Summer Sun / Partial shade / Shade |
70 cm | Z4 |
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Astrantia ‘Star of Summer’ PPAF Adored by floral designers as a unique fresh or dried cut flower, this is one of the most compact new cultivars. Astrantia ‘Star of Summer’ features a compact mound of dark green foliage ... Early summer - Late summer Partial shade |
40 cm | Z4 |
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Athyrium ‘Ocean's Fury’ PPAF This new deciduous fern has an upright habit, with an unusual combination of fronds that are crested at the tips and also lightly silvered. A unique hybrid of the Japanese Painted Fern ... Partial shade / Shade |
90 cm | Z5 |
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Athyrium otophorum ‘Okanum’ Similar to the Japanese Painted Fern, Athyrium ‘Okanum’ has more subtle colouring and greater winter hardiness. The sturdy, arching, triangular fronds are silvery green with dark red stems ... Partial shade / Shade |
30-45 cm | Z4 |
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Brunnera ‘Emerald Mist’ PPAF Beautiful Brunnera ‘Emerald Mist’ has more silver barring over B. Langtrees,’ with the bars connecting to form a silver collar around each edge. Its heart-shaped leaves also have a light dusting ... Spring Partial shade / Shade |
30 cm | Z3 |
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Campanula ‘Blue Eyed Blonde’ PPAF A breeding breakthrough from Terra Nova Nurseries, this new Peach-leaved Bellflower is comprised of astonishing gold foliage. Large papery bells of deep blue enhance its vertical stems ... Summer Sun / Partial shade |
42 cm | Z4 |
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Campanula makaschvilii A charming rare plant from the Caucasus, only recently introduced to cultivation, this Bellfower is composed of gracefully arching stems of pretty little heart-shaped leaves grey-green in colour ... Summer - Early fall Sun |
40 cm | Z3 |
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Coreopsis lanceolata ‘Little Sundial’ BR 7914460 Long blooming Coreopsis ‘Little Sundial’ begins flowering in early summer and continues through to autumn. The single, bright yellow-orange blooms have a deep maroon eye ... Early summer - Late summer Sun |
15-30 cm | Z4 |
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Coreopsis ‘Full Moon’ PPAF This showy new hybrid has very large, light yellow blossoms that measure up to 7 cm across! They are held on well-branched stems atop healthy green, medium textured foliage. Easy of care ... Summer - Early fall Sun |
60 cm | Z5 |
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Coreopsis tripteris ‘Lightning Flash’ PPAF A bold new Coreopsis with stunning gold foliage, Coreopsis ‘Lightning Flash’ makes quite a statement for the back of the perennial border. This stately specimen thrives in heat and humidity ... Late summer Sun |
90-100 cm | Z4 |
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Dianthus ‘Shooting Star’ PPAF Fragrant! The striking flowers of Dianthus ‘Shooting Star’ have overlapping petals of magenta purple, centered with plum rings, and exuding a wonderfully spicy scent of cloves ... Early summer - Early fall Sun |
18 cm | Z5 |
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Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora ‘Anne Redetzky’ Exquisite Digitalis ‘Anne Redetszky’ may be the most extraordinary Foxglove of all! In bloom, this perennial makes a lovely soft impression because each tubular bloom is cut in several places ... Early summer Partial shade |
90-120 cm | Z4 |
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Digitalis x purpurea ‘Candy Mountain’ Digitalis ‘Candy Mountain’ is the first ever Foxglove to have upward-facing flowers, allowing the beautifully speckled throats of its rose pink blossoms to be revealed ... Early summer Partial shade |
90-120 cm | Z5 |
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Dryopteris filix-mas ‘Parsley’ This attractive new Male Fern has a particularly congested form, with dark green crinkled fronds somewhat resembling parsley. Maturing quickly compared to other ferns ... Partial shade / Shade |
45-60 cm | Z4 |
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Echinacea ‘All That Jazz’ PPAF This incredibe new Echinacea hybrid produces fragrant lavender pink flowers with completely quilled ray petals and an orange cone. Exhibiting excellent vigour, it also has a very nice bushy growth ... Summer - Fall Sun / Partial shade |
75-90 cm | Z4 |
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Echinacea ‘Tiki Torch’ PPAF Distinctively coloured Echinacea ‘Tiki Torch’ has large, bright, pumpkin-orange flowers. Its amazing flower colour and upright, well-branched flower stems, together with a long bloom period ... Summer - Fall Sun / Partial shade |
75-90 cm | Z4 |
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Eryngium planum ‘Jade Frost’ PPAF One of the very first variegated Sea Hollies ever, Eryngium ‘Jade Frost’ has rounded, leathery leaves of blue-green with prominent white margins. New leaves emerging on cool nights have pink edges ... Summer Sun |
60-75 cm | Z5 |
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Geranium ‘Crystal Lake’ PPAF A striking addition to the border, Geranium ‘Crystal Lake’ is a ‘must have’ for gardeners looking for low maintenance garden colour. This recent introduction has silvery-blue cup-shaped flowers ... Early summer - Fall Sun / Partial shade |
50 cm | Z4 |
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Geranium macrorrhizum ‘White Ness’ Luxurious Geranium ‘White Ness,’ is a stunning asset for the shade garden, with all the sturdiness of the species. However, an abundance of pure white flowers cover this Scented Cranesbill ... Early summer Sun / Partial shade |
30 cm | Z3 |
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Geum coccineum ‘Eos’ Such a flamboyant garden personality! Geum ‘Eos’ has small blossoms of neon orange on tall strong stems carried above zingy yellow foliage. Its main blooming period is late spring through ... Late spring - Early summer Sun / Partial shade |
30cm | Z5 |
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Hemerocallis ‘Bold Tiger’ Fragrant! Waking up the garden in midsummer, these extremely bright orange Daylily blooms have a bold red eyezone and a green throat. They are dramatically recurved with nicely ruffled edges ... Summer Sun / Partial shade |
70cm | Z3 |
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Hemerocallis ‘Lavender Stardust’ Fragrant! The clear, lavender pink blossoms of diploid Hemerocallis ‘Lavender Stardust’ have light pink midribs, a bright yellow halo and a soft green throat. Its ruffled, sculpted petals ... Summer - Late summer Sun / Partial shade |
60 cm | Z3 |
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Hemerocallis ‘Longfield’s Ice Cup’ This new and compact Daylily has creamy 10 cm blossoms of an appealing pristine shape. Flowering it midsummer, it will also repeat bloom. Hemerocallis ‘Longfield’s Ice Cup’ is a tough little plant ... Summer - Late summer Sun / Partial shade |
30-45 cm | Z3 |
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Hemerocallis ‘Spiritual Corridor’ Fragrant! Award-winning (HM ’97) Hemerocallis ‘Spiritual Corridor’ boasts huge 15 cm blossoms opening flat to heighten the floral display. They are deep lavender pink with a prominent creamy yellow ... Early summer - Summer Sun / Partial shade |
60 cm | Z3 |
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Hemerocallis ‘Prairie Wildfire’ Known for its prolific bloom performance, Hemerocallis ‘Prairie Wildfire’ sets the garden afire in summer! A high bud count ensures many blooms. The large 12 cm flowers are a rich red ... Summer Sun / Partial shade |
60 cm | Z3 |
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Heuchera ‘Blackout’ PPAF This introduction is blacker than Heuchera ‘Obsidian’ and reputed to be a more vigorous grower. Cream flowers appear in June and last for weeks, contrasting beautifully with its glossy dark leaves ... Summer Sun / Partial shade / Shade |
35 cm | Z4 |
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Heuchera ‘Citronelle’ PPAF With its dense mounds of chartreuse foliage, Heuchera ‘Citronelle’ makes a beautiful bright display, especially when contrasted with darker plants. Sprays of white flowers rise above its foliage ... Summer Sun / Partial shade / Shade |
40 cm | Z4 |
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Heuchera ‘Georgia Peach’ PPAF In spring, Heuchera ‘Georgia Peach’ sports huge peach-coloured leaves with a silver overlay adorning a large, lush habit. Foliage colour intensifies to rose purple with a decorative frosted veil ... Early summer Partial shade / Shade |
40 cm | Z4 |
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Heuchera ‘Miracle’ PPAF New Heuchera ‘Miracle’ is amazing! Foliage emerges chartreuse in spring, developing a deep red colour as it matures yet retaining a remarkable bright yellow edge all season. As an x villosa hybrid ... Summer Sun / Partial shade / Shade |
45 cm | Z4 |
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Heuchera ‘Pinot Gris’ PPAF Heuchera ‘Pinot Gris’ is another uniquely colored hybrid from France that was bred to grow well in areas of high heat and humidity. The young spring foliage is ginger coloured with a light silver ... Early summer Sun / Partial shade / Shade |
40 cm | Z4 |
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Heuchera ‘Tiramisu’ PPAF In both spring and fall, the chartreuse foliage of Heuchera ‘Tiramisu’ has a heavy smattering of brick red colour that radiates out from the centre of each leaf, while during summer ... Early summer Sun / Partial shade / Shade |
40 cm | Z4 |
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Heucherella ‘Tapestry’ PPAF This absolutely stunning new shade plant is festively clad in multi-coloured, veiled foliage. Its dark-centered leaves are blue green in spring and summer, changing to green with dark centres in fall and winter ... Late spring Partial shade |
16 cm | Z4 |
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Hibiscus ‘Summer Storm’ PPAF Hibiscus ‘Summer Storm’ flaunts fabulous black-purple foliage that is the darkest of any hardy hibiscus, darker even than H. ‘Kopper King.’ Huge, 20 cm blooms have large overlapping pink petals ... Summer - Fall Sun / Partial shade |
1.5 m | Z4 |
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Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Pink Elephant’ PPAF This outstanding new cultivar has enormous flowers that open flat to a whopping 30 cm wide! A medium pink, the blossoms have beautifully ruffled, overlapping petals and a deep red eye ... Summer - Fall Sun / Partial shade |
1.2 m | Z4 |
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Hosta ‘Heat Wave’ This fabulous Hosta has incredibly thick blue leaves highlighted by a contrasting chartreuse central pattern in spring. In summer, the leaf centres brighten to gold, and the margins deepen ... Early summer Partial shade / Shade |
45 cm | Z3 |
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Hosta ‘Komodo Dragon’ A large, sensational clump is formed by this recent introduction. Its grey-green, pointed leaves have a beautiful, loosely pie-crusted edge and stretch out to form a giant 2.1 m wide plant ... Summer Partial shade / Shade |
75 cm | Z3 |
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Hosta ‘Rainbow's End’ PP17251 This dramatic new small hosta has very thick, dark green leaves with a bright golden centre. The bright yellow centres become white by summer. Spreading to 30 cm wide, the glossy clump is topped in ... Late summer Partial shade |
10 cm | Z3 |
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Hosta ‘Restless Sea’ Forming a truly fascinating clump, Hosta ‘Restless Sea’ is composed of upright grey-green twisty leaves with rippled and serrated edges that are cupped at the base ... Late summer Partial shade |
45 cm | Z3 |
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Hosta ‘Ivory Coast’ A striking specimen plant, Hosta ‘Ivory Coast’ is a smaller sport of excellent H. ‘Sagae’ with much wider leaf margins. Its broadly oval, pointed leaves are grey-green with rippled, yellow ... Early summer Partial shade / Shade |
50 cm | Z3 |
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Iris sibirica ‘Contrast in Styles’ Iris ‘Contrast in Styles’ forms a tidy, upright clump of slender, blue-green foliage that remains attractive all season. In early summer, elegant stems carry wide flaring blooms ... Early summer Sun / Partial shade |
60-90cm | Z4 |
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Lathyrus vernus ‘Albo-Roseus’ A lesser-known ornamental sweet pea for the flower garden, Lathyrus vernus forms a dense mound of attractive foliage. L. ‘Albo-Roseus’ produces lovely rose-white flowers above its light green leaves ... Early summer Sun / Partial shade |
30-45 cm | Z4 |
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Miscanthus sinensis ‘Border Bandit’ PPAF A subtle beauty, Miscanthus ‘Border Bandit’ has fine textured, narrow, green leaves that are marked with widely spaced, gold horizontal bands. It forms an upright, vase-shaped formal clump ... Late fall Sun / Partial shade |
1.5 m | Z5 |
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Monarda didyma ‘Grande Parade’ PPAF Exceptional hardiness, an abundance of bright lavender purple flowers from mid to late summer and a compact habit distinguish Monarda ‘Grand Parade.’ This new cultivar also has deep green ... Summer - Late summer Sun / Partial shade |
35-40 cm | Z3 |
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Monarda didyma ‘Pink Lace’ PPAF Delightful Monarda ‘Pink Lace’ is a floriferous new Bee Balm with masses of soft pink blooms over a long season from midsummer to early fall. The slender, frilly pink petals contrast nicely ... Summer - Late summer Sun / Partial shade |
40 cm | Z4 |
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Panicum virgatum ‘Huron Solstice’ PPAF Similar to popular Panicum ‘Prairie Fire,’ this new selection has blue-green foliage that turns an even deeper shade of wine-purple beginning in early summer. Unlike the former however, whose leaves ... Early fall Sun |
1.2 m | Z4 |
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Panicum virgatum ‘Thundercloud’ PPAF Panicum ‘Thundercloud’ is a very tall switch grass indeed! It grows to a height of 2.1 to 2.4 m when mature, yet the blue-green foliage remains strictly upright and doesn't flop ... Early fall Sun |
2.1 m | Z4 |
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Papaver orientale ‘Little Candyfloss’ PPAF Popular, undemanding, and very hardy, Poppies are in high demand. Dwarf ones such as Papaver ‘Little Candyfloss’ are especially so! A compact plant is much more versatile for the garden ... Early summer Sun |
50 cm | Z3 |
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Papaver orientale ‘Miss Piggy’ CBPRAF Each of the mammoth blooms of Papaver ‘Miss Piggy’ have a touch of soft pink that infuses upward from the base through the heavily fringed white petals. Contrasting with the light colour ... Early summer Sun |
60 cm | Z3 |
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Pennisetum ‘Desert Plains’ PPAF This large Fountain Grass makes an ideal focal point in a sunny landscape. The finely textured, green leaves form a beautiful, upright, vase-shaped clump. Beginning in midsummer, the tips ... Early fall Sun |
120 cm | Z5 |
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Pennisetum ‘Piglet’ PPAF The perfect size of Fountain Grass for edging and containers! Pennisetum ‘Piglet’ measures in at just about 18 inches, or knee height. In mid to late summer, full, tawny plumes cascade up ... Late summer Sun |
45 cm | Z5 |
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Penstemon ‘Dark Towers’ PPAF Outstanding, glossy, bronze-red foliage topped with masses of pink flowers in July and August make this plant a highlight of the summer garden. Compared to Penstemon ‘Husker’s Red’ ... Early summer Sun / Partial shade |
90 cm | Z3 |
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Phlox paniculata ‘Cosmopolitan’ PPAF Fragrant! Showy blossoms on a compact plant make this dwarf Phlox a stand out! Hot pink, overlapping petals surround a fire red eye, while individual florets are large, up to 4 cm in diameter ... Summer - Early fall Sun |
40 cm | Z4 |
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Phlox paniculata ‘Pina Colada’ PPAF Fragrant! Sumptuous Phlox ‘Pina Colada’ features large blossom clusters of pure white overlapping petals, with individual florets up to 4 cm in diameter. An essential of the traditional midsummer ... Summer - Early fall Sun |
40 cm | Z4 |
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Polemonium ‘Heaven Scent’ PPAF This pretty Jacob’s Ladder has a tidy, symmetrical growth habit. Polemonium ‘Heaven Scent’ forms a ferny mound of green foliage that has deep purple-blue highlights from spring into summer ... Late spring Partial shade |
45-60cm | Z4 |
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Polemonium reptans ‘Touch of Class’ PPAF Certain to become a favourite, this delicate Jacob's Ladder forms a low mound of soft, sage-green leaves with narrow white edges. In early summer, numerous pink buds open to reveal small pale blue ... Early summer - Summer Partial shade |
35 cm | Z4 |
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Rudbeckia fulgida ‘City Garden’ PPAF With their cheerful gold daisies and distinctive dark brown central cones, Black Eyed Susans are one of the most popular perennials available today. Rudbeckia ‘City Garden’ is almost identical ... Early summer - Late summer Sun / Partial shade |
35 cm | Z4 |
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Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Prairie Blues’ PPAF Schizachyrium ‘Prairie Blues’ features upright clumps of slender bright grey-blue leaves. In August, purplish-bronze flowers appear on branched stems above the foliage. These give way to clusters ... Sun |
90 cm | Z3 |
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Sedum ‘Crazy Ruffles’ PPAF In this fun new sport of Sedum ‘Matrona,’ large, blue-green, widely undulating leaves with toothed margins form a compact clump. The wavy margins really set this variety apart in the landscape ... Late summer - Early fall Sun |
55 cm | Z3 |
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Sedum ‘Jose Aubergine’ PPAF With deep, eggplant-coloured leaves, this earlier blooming cross between Sedum ‘Purple Emperor’ and S. ‘Lynda Rodney’ grows in a strong, upright habit without flopping. During many weeks in summer ... Summer Sun |
55 cm | Z3 |
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Sedum spectabile ‘Hot Stuff’ PP17212 The shortest S. spectabile available. At just 30 cm tall, this little cutie is the perfect height for the front of the border or in containers. It forms a tight, upright mound of green foliage ... Late summer - Early fall Sun |
30 cm | Z3 |
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Silene dioica ‘Purple Prince’ Forming beautiful rosettes of softly hairy foliage that darkens with more sun, Silene ‘Purple Prince’ is a striking form of Red Campion. The rich purple leaves make a perfect foil for the clear pink ... Spring - Early summer Sun |
60 cm | Z4 |
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Tiarella ‘Mystic Mist’ PPAF Prominent red veins intersect the deep green foliage of enchanting Tiarella ‘Mystic Mist,’ whose leaves are also speckled white. With the onset of fall, they turn an astonishing pink, while white foam flowers ... Spring Partial shade / Shade |
12 cm | Z4 |
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Yucca nana Yucca nana forms a tiny rosette of very narrow grey-green leaves covered in white filaments. When mature, its large white bell-shaped flowers top the clumps in summer up to 60 cm tall ... Summer Sun / Partial shade |
30 cm | Z4 |
Revised 2008.04.28
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