PLATYCODON grandiflorus 'Sentimental Blue'
(plat-ee-KO-don) | PLATSB5 |
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| Common Name: Balloon Flower |
| Description: F1 Hybrid dwarf bred for use as a pot plant. Blooms first year with many intense blue flowers. |
| Zone: 4 |
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POLEMONIUM yezoense 'Purple Rain Strain'
(pole-MONE-ee-um)(yez-oh-ENSE) | POLEPR5 |
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| Common Name: Jacob's Ladder, Greek Valerian |
| Description: Large, violet flowers on upright stems. Foliage during winter through early summer is reddish-purple, mostly with dark stems. In shady site or in summer, leaves are green. Reblooms after deadheading. |
| Zone: 4 |
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POTENTILLA nepalensis 'Ron McBeath'
(poe-ten-TIL-lah) | POTERM5 |
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| Common Name: Cinquefoil, Five Finger |
| Description: Bright carmine-red flowers over long season on clean, neat, disease-free foliage. Big improvement over 'Miss Willmott'. |
| Zone: 5 |
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PRIMULA denticulata Mix
(PRIM-yew-la)(den-tik-yew-LAH-ta) | PRIMDM5 |
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| Common Name: Drumstick Primrose |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Dense cluster of flowers in red-purple to white held above a whorl of textured leaves. |
| Zone: 4 |
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PULSATILLA vulgaris
(pul-sah-TIL-lah)(vul-GARE-iss) | PULSVU5 |
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| Common Name: Pasque Flower |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Violet-purple flowers in early spring. |
| Zone: 5 |
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PULSATILLA vulgaris 'Papageno'
(pull-sah-TIL-lah) | PULSPG5 |
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| Common Name: Pasque Flower |
| Description: Fringed, semi-double flowers of pure white with cream tones and bright pink to dark red, and light blue to violet colors. |
| Zone: 5 |
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PULSATILLA vulgaris 'Rubra'
(pull-sah-TIL-lah) | PULSVR5 |
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| Common Name: Pasque Flower |
| Description: Dark red-violet selection. |
| Zone: 5 |
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RATIBIDA pinnata
(rah-TIB-ih-dah) | RATIPI5 |
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| Common Name: Gray-headed Coneflower |
| Description: Bright yellow rays droop down around stalk. |
| Zone: 4 |
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ROSMARINUS officinalis 'Madeline Hill'
(rose-ma-REEN-us) | HBROMH5 |
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| Common Name: Rosemary |
| Description: Hardier variety reported to -15F. Robust plant with Wedgewood blue flowers. |
| Zone: 5 |
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RUDBECKIA (DENVER DAISY™)
(rud-BEK-ee-ah) | RUDBDD5 |
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| Description: 2009 PlantSelect®. Striking, dark eyed, long-rayed, golden daisy hybridized by Benary from native Rudbeckia hirta. This showy plant commemorates the 150th Anniversary of the founding of Denver. Short-lived, best treated as an annual. |
| Zone: 5 |
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RUDBECKIA fulgida var. speciosa [newmanii]
(rud-BEK-ee-ah)(full-jih-dah) | RUDBFS5 |
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| Description: 2014 GreatPlants™ Perennial of the Year! RHS Award of Garden Merit. Taller than Goldsturm', also longer blooming and more persistent with longer lasting flowers. |
| Zone: 3 |
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RUDBECKIA hirta 'Prairie Sun'
(rud-BEK-ee-ah)(HER-tah) | RUDBPS5 |
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| Description: Striking, 5" light green-eyed flowers whose golden-yellow petals are tipped primrose yellow.Branching plants, excellent in borders, containers or cut flowers. Easy to grow but best treated as an annual. |
| Zone: 5 |
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SALVIA greggii 'Wild Thing'
(SAL-vee-ah)(GREG-ee-eye) | SALVWT5 |
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| Description: 2005 Plant Select®. Aromatic mounds of dark, semi-evergreen foliage are covered with flushes of hot pink flowers May-October. Brought to Plant Select® by Tom Peace. Cut back to ground in spring. |
| Zone: 5 |
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SALVIA nemorosa 'Caradonna'
(SAL-vee-ah)(nem-or-OH-sah) | SALVCR5 |
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| Common Name: Sage |
| Description: Striking dark flower stems with purple 'East-Friesland' type blooms May-July. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SALVIA nemorosa 'Dwarf Blue Queen'
(SAL-vee-ah)(nem-or-OH-sah) | SALVBQ5 |
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| Description: Benary has selected a shorter strain of this popular Salvia with blue violet spikes. Excellent cut. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SCABIOSA caucasica 'Fama'
(skab-ee-OH-sah) | SCABFA5 |
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| Common Name: Pincushion Flower |
| Description: Intense lavender-blue flowers. Choice selection for cutting. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SEDUM cauticola 'Lidakense'
(SEE-dum)(kaw-TI-ko-la) | SEDUCL5 |
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| Common Name: Stonecrop |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Intense pink flowers top small, glaucous, purplish-gray succulent leaves in September-October. A must for rock garden, raised bed or container. |
| Zone: 3 |
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SEDUM kamtschaticum 'The Edge'
(SEE-dum)(kamt-SHAT-ih-kum) | SEDUTE5 |
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| Common Name: Stonecrop |
| Description: [PHEDIMUS kamtschaticum 'The Edge']
Previously incorrectly listed as Sedum selskianum 'Variegatum.
Chartreuse green foliage with a distinct yellow margin. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SEDUM reflexum 'Angelina'
(SEE-dum)(re-FLEKS-um) | SEDUAG5 |
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| Common Name: Stonecrop |
| Description: Amazing, brilliant golden, apiculate (conifer shaped) leaves on trailing stems. Brightens hanging baskets, combos, borders and rock gardens. Orange fall color. Grow in dry and well-drained soil. |
| Zone: 3 |
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SEDUM sieboldii (October Daphne)
(SEE-dum)(see-BOLD-ee-eye) | SEDUSI5 |
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| Common Name: Stonecrop |
| Description: Graceful, arching stems with glaucous gray almost round, ternate, pink-tinted, toothed leaves form a lovely mound. Pink flowers in September after which it goes dormant to come back fresh in spring. Good in containers and baskets. |
| Zone: 3 |
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SEDUM spurium 'Fuldaglut' ['Glowing Fire']
(SEE-dum)(SPUR-ee-um) | SEDUFG5 |
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| Common Name: Stonecrop |
| Description: An improved 'Dragon's Blood' with rose-red flowers on short stems above bronze foliage that keeps its color all season long. |
| Zone: 3 |
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SEDUM spurium 'Schorbuser Blut' ['Dragon's Blood']
(SEE- dum) | SEDUDB5 |
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| Common Name: Stonecrop |
| Description: Most popular low sedum with showy, deep crimson flowers. Dark green leaves that turn red in fall and winter. |
| Zone: 3 |
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SEDUM 'Vera Jameson'
(SEE-dum) | SEDUVJ5 |
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| Common Name: Stonecrop |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Excitiing hybrid! Deep purple leaves with dusty pink flowers in fall. Does not develop open centers as readily as 'Robustum'. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SEMPERVIVUM Mixed Varieties
(sem-per-VIV-um) | SEMPMX5 |
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| Common Name: Hen & Chicks |
| Description: Excellent in rock gardens. Little 'chicks' cluster around parent rosette. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SEMPERVIVUM Specialty Blend
(sem-per-VIV-um) | SEMPSB5 |
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| Common Name: Hen & Chicks |
| Description: Rich blend of Sempervivums and Jovibarbas propagated from named varieties. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SOLIDAGO rugosa 'Fireworks'
(sol-ih-DAY-go)(roo-GO-sah) | SOLIFW5 |
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| Common Name: Goldenrod |
| Description: 2007 GreatPlant™ Perennial of the Year! Lacy, radiating bloom spikes of sparkling golden-yellow from mid-September past mid-October. Greatly extends garden color and excitement. From North Carolina Botanical Garden. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SOLIDAGO 'Wichita Mountains'
(sol-ih-DAY-go) | SOLIWM5 |
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| Common Name: Goldenrod |
| Description: 2005 GreatPlants™. Outstanding, long standing, attractive specimen with tall rods of bright gold in late summer. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SOLIDASTER luteus
(sol-ih-DAS-ter)(lew-TEE-us) | SOLILU5 |
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| Description: Dense heads of yellow daisies from July-September that make excellent cuts. A cross between goldenrod and a white aster. |
| Zone: 3 |
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STACHYS monieri 'Hummelo'
(STAK-iss) | STACHU5 |
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| Common Name: Betony, Woundwort |
| Description: 2019 PPA Plant of the Year! Hummelo has glossy, dark green leaves with bright rose-purple flowers. The flowers resemble Salvia that blooms mid-summer. |
| Zone: 4 |
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STOKESIA laevis
(sto-KEE=see-ah) | STOKLA5 |
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| Common Name: Stoke's Aster |
| Description: Lovely, lilac-blue disc flowers. Southeast US native. |
| Zone: 5 |
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