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Underused Plants

Silver Brocade Old Lady

Artemisia stelleriana Silver Brocade looks just like the annual dusty miller. But ‘Silver Brocade’ artemisia is actually a perennial. Grown for its silver foliage, it

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Willow Bluestar

Amsonia tabernaemontana commonly called eastern bluestar or willow bluestar, is native to portions of the eastern and southern United States where it is found in

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Little Plum Cliff Maids

Lewisia x longipetala Little Plum has abundant, magnificent, large, purple-pink blossoms with just a hint of orange upon opening. It has compact rosettes of thick

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Pink Curly Onion

Allium senescens Glaucum has lilac-pink flowers that begin to open in late summer to early fall.  This plant has many common names, including German garlic,

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Lemon Frost Spotted Nettle

Lamium maculatum Lemon Frost has beautiful emerging lemon-yellow foliage with silver stripes, that mature to lime green. Very effective when planted in groupings. Masses of

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Golden Jubilee Hyssop

Agastache foeniculum ‘Golden Jubilee’ has vibrant golden green foliage and long blooming spikes of fragrant, dense spikes of purple-blue flowers in mid-to late summer. A cultivar

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Purple Flame Flag Iris

Iris versicolor Purple Flame a Mt. Cuba Center Introduction and part of the Mt. Cuba Collection™. This native iris thrived in the gardens at Mt Cuba Center for decades before it was introduced in

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