Allium 'Globemaster' (Ornamental onion)
For long-lasting bright yellow flowers that sparkle in midsummer, try . It is robust, hardy, and an excellent cut flower, naturalizing and increasing happily in the sun in most garden soils. The cultivar 'Jeannine' flowers earlier and produces ... [... more]
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Achillea millefolium 'Terracotta' (Yarrow)
Achillea millefolium 'Terracotta' 'Goldrush' heralds the coming of fall with masses of tiny, yellow flowers for four weeks in August and September. Its compact size-about a foot tall-makes it a great candidate for a rock garden or border ... [... more]
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Agastache 'Desert Sunrise' (Hummingbird mint)
West Texas cobalt sage is a marvelously distinct species that can be enjoyed by gardeners farther north, as long as they purchase the west Texas form, which is quite cold-hardy. This salvia has rigid stems with narrow, pungent leaves and ... [... more]
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Agastache foeniculum (Anise hyssop)
Divide clumps in spring or transplant self-sown seedlings. Occasional downy mildew my occur. is a herbaceous, woody-based, upright, non-climbing perennial with a dense and somewhat sprawling habit. It bears solitary, nodding, bell-shaped flowers ... [... more]
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Agastache foeniculum 'Golden Jubilee' (Anise hyssop)
This is a 36-inch-tall hyssop with showy rose-pink flower spikes in late summer and fall and licorice-mint scented foliage. It is native to New Mexico and western Texas and attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Grow in a border, herb garden, ... [... more]
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Abelia × grandiflora (Glossy abelia)
This beauty is prized for the unusual qualities of its flowers, which bloom continuously from spring until frost. The single cupped flowers open a honey-yellow, then they become coppery-pink, then watermelon, and finally a rich mahogany. The ... [... more]
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Achillea millefolium 'Fire King' (Yarrow)
This 2.5- to 3-feet-tall and 1.5-foot wide plant produces dense, flat clusters of golden yellow flowers above fern-like, silvery foliage starting in early summer. Achillea millefolium 'Fire King' Achillea 'Coronation Gold' Agastache 'Blue ... [... more]
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Agastache 'Blue Fortune' (Blue Fortune hyssop)
Amsonia montana 'Short Stack' 'Wargrave Pink' is a vigorous perennial suitable for groundcover. The notched, funnel-shaped, salmon-pink flowers bloom all season. Agastache 'Blue Fortune' Geum triflorum [... more]
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Agastache 'Tutti Frutti'
This moisture-loving perennial produces clear blue flowers with white highlights in late summer to mid-autumn. It forms an airy clump to 6 feet tall by 3 feet wide, and is great for the back of a border. It is tolerant of heavy soils. Trachelium ... [... more]
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Zauschneria arizonica
This heat-loving native Southwestern species has gray-green leaves and grows to 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide. Orangey red, tubular blossoms cover the plant in late summer and early fall. Sedum sieboldii Sedum cauticola This drought-tolerant ... [... more]
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Agastache rupestris (Sunset hyssop)
Helleborus orientalis 'Blue Fortune' produces spikes of powder-blue flowers held over large, deep green foliage. The plant stands approximately 36 inches tall with a mature width of 18 inches. Peak bloom occurs in midsummer when butterflies are ... [... more]
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Albizia julibrissin (Mimosa, Silk tree)
Discovered in the wild along Georgia's Altamaha River in 1765 by botanists John and William Bartram, this beautiful landscape tree is considered extinct in the wild. The Bartrams named the plant in honor of their friend Benjamin Franklin. All ... [... more]
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