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The King Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris The King is a larger variety than the species. It features a large crown, a large vase-shaped clump of sterile fronds and fertile

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First Blush Spurge

Euphorbia polychroma First Blush (PP15292) was selected at the W. & E. Radtke nursery for its light green leaves with wide, cream-colored margins. From spring

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Forever Blue Speedwell

Veronica longifolia Forever Blue (PP31087) is a striking (and sterile) Veronica which produces continuous, deep blue flowers throughout the late-Spring and Summer. It prefers well-drained soil

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Coral Craze Coneflower

Echinacea x EYE CATCHER™ Coral Craze (PP31889) is from the Walters Gardens hybridizing program. The Eye-Catcher™ collection was a long time in the making and

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Pure Silver Speedwell

Veronica incana Pure Silver is an erect, clump-forming, spiked speedwell cultivar that is noted for its silver foliage and summer bloom of blue flowers. Narrow,

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Big Kahuna Coneflower

Echinacea x PRAIRIE PILLARS™ Big Kahuna (PP26159) has masses of beautiful, fragrant, unusually large flowers with salmon-gold petals and coppery bronze cones blooming from mid-summer

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Boogie Woogie Stonecrop

Sedum x ROCK N LOW™ Boogie Woogie (PP31767) People love variegation in perennials. Enter ‘Boogie Woogie’, a variegation stable, summer-flowering groundcover type that will definitely

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Perennial Foxglove

Digitalis lutea or small yellow foxglove has been cultivated in British gardens since the 16th century and was probably established in American gardens by 1800.

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Autumn Sun Coneflower

Rudbeckia nitida Autumn Sun has large, daisy-like flowers (3-4″ across), with drooping yellow petals and elongated bright green center cones. An underused, tough and long-lived

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Clusterhead Pinks

Dianthus carthusianorum origins as an ornamental is wreathed in the mists of time; it’s said Carthusian monks from the 11th century favored it in their

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