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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Aesculus parviflora (Bottlebrush buckeye)
The textural quality of this eastern native's stems and foliage is superb. During winter, a circle of the thorn-covered stems is as magical as an outdoor sculpture. Dark blue-green compound leaves offer a tropical effect before turning yellow and ... [... more]
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Heteromeles arbutifolia
Occasionally prone to canker, Japanese beetles, rust, powdery mildew, scale insects. This showy flowering shrub grows to 8 feet tall and wide and features dark green, compound pinnate leaves on bristly stems and pendant clusters of fragrant, ... [... 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 aurantiaca
Occasional downy mildew and rust Divide in spring or take cuttings in late summer. A cultivar discovered at High Country Gardens in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this aromatic, water-wise perennial grows to 30 inches tall and 18 inches wide and features ... [... more]
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Agastache aurantiaca
Occasional downy mildew or rust Divide in spring or take cuttings in late summer. A cultivar discovered at High Country Gardens in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this aromatic, water-wise perennial grows to 30 inches tall and 18 inches wide and features ... [... 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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Agave 'Sharkskin'
The spine-tipped leaves of this aloe grow in a beautiful spiral; mature plants have five rows of leaves growing either clockwise or counterclockwise. It is very hardy, but will rarely flower. A native of Lesotho, Africa, it is extremely ... [... more]
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Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop' ('Black Scallop' bugleweed)
Serbian bellflowers have an easy, undemanding habit. Creating a stream of lavender blue, the 1-inch-diameter star-shaped blossoms bloom reliably from late spring to early fall. The foliage remains evergreen in mild winters and needs to be sheared ... [... more]
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Allium cernuum (Nodding onion)
This upright tender perennial provides rich color for annual bedding schemes where it is not hardy. Its deep red flowers are borne on 2- to 2.5- foot, open spikes from summer to autumn. Plants grow to about a foot wide and bear hairy, oval to ... [... more]
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Allium thunbergii (Japanese onion)
'Sixteen Candles' summersweet is a newer cultivar of a popular native shrub. This compact selection reaches 3 to 5 feet tall. In summer, 'Sixteen Candles' is topped with aromatic, erect, butterfly-enticing white blooms for 4 to 6 weeks. In fall, ... [... more]
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