HEPTACODIUM miconioides
(hep-tah-KO-dee-um) (mik-on-ee-OY-deez) | HEPTMI5 |
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| Common Name: Northern Crepe Myrtle, Seven-Son Flower |
| Description: 2011 GreatPlantsTM Shrub of the Year. 2008 Plant Select®. Clusters of fragrant, white flowers in fall followed by rosy-red sepals on large Chinese shrub or small tree with exfoliating bark. |
| Zone: 5 |
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HEUCHERA sanguinea 'Snow Angel'
(HEW-ker-ah) | HEUCSA3 |
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| Common Name: Snow Angel Coral Bells |
| Description: 2003 Plant Select®. A Bluebird introduction featuring mounds of highly variegated, light green leaves with creamy mottled appearance, topped with spikes of complimentary, cerise-red bells. Super addition to the shady garden. |
| Zone: 3 |
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HEUCHERA sanguinea 'Snow Angel'
(HEW-ker-ah) (san-GWIN-ee-ah) | HEUCSA5 |
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| Common Name: Coral Bells, Alumroot |
| Description: 2003 Plant Select®. A Bluebird introduction featuring mounds of highly variegated, light green leaves with a creamy mottled appearance, topped with spikes of complimentary, cerise-red bells. Super addition to the shady garden. |
| Zone: 3 |
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KNIPHOFIA caulescens
(nee-FOF-ee-a) (kaw-LES-enz) | KNIPCA3 |
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| Common Name: Regal Red Hot Poker |
| Description: 2010 Plant Select®. RHS Award of Garden Merit. Gorgeous, blue-green rosettes of foliage are garden worthy in their own right. By late summer the clump is crowned with glowing crimson, golden, and ivory torches that create a focal point in the border or xeriscape. Needs well-drained soil throughout winter. |
| Zone: 5 |
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LAVANDULA angustifolia 'Wee One'
(lav-AN-dew-lah) | HBLAWO3 |
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| Common Name: Lavender |
| Description: 2017 Plant Select®. A wonderful dwarf English lavender with compact heads of lavender-blue flowers and dark blue calyxes; this tight growing little beauty is great for small spaces. In flower, the mature plant is only about 10" in height. Slow growing and very xeric. 'Wee One' has excellent heat tolerance and cold hardiness. Depending on garden conditions, it will reach its mature size in two or three growing seasons. |
| Zone: 5 |
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MELINIS nerviglumis (PINK CRYSTALS®)
(mel-EYE-nus) (ner-vig-LOO-miss) | GRMENE3 |
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| Description: 1998 Plant Select®. Annual grass with shimmering heads of bright ruby and silver flowers that sparkle like champagne bubbles. |
| Zone: 8 |
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NEPETA 'Psfike' PP# 18,904 (LITTLE TRUDY®)
(NEP-eh-tah) | NEPELT3 |
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| Common Name: Catmint |
| Description: 2008 Plant Select®. Distinctively serrated, silvery foliage with long season, lavender blooms. A compact cultivar thriving in xeric conditions. Propagation Prohibited. |
| Zone: 4 |
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OENOTHERA m. subsp. incana (SILVER BLADE®)
(e-NOTH-er-a) (mak-roe-KAR-pa) | OENOSB3 |
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| Common Name: Evening Primrose, Sundrops |
| Description: 1999 Plant Select®. Southern Great Plains plant introduced by James Locklear, formerly of Nebraska Statewide Arboretum. Silvery-blue leaves complimented by huge, clear yellow flowers from May til frost. Drought tolerant perennial. Best on well-drained sites. |
| Zone: 4 |
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ORIGANUM libanoticum
(oh-RIG-an-um) (li-ba-NO-ti-kum) | ORIGLI3 |
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| Common Name: Hopflower Oregano |
| Description: 2004 Plant Select®. Vigorous, trailing herb with hops-like bracts of lavender and chartreuse throughout the summer and fall. Looks best cascading over a raised bed, rock garden, or container. Needs well-drained site. |
| Zone: 4 |
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OSTEOSPERMUM 'Avalanche' PP# 22,705
(oss-tee-oh-SPERM-um) | OSTEAV3 |
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| Common Name: Avalanche White Sun Daisy |
| Description: 2011 Plant Select®. Dazzling white flowers with a coppery backing from April through summer. Mats of lustrous, nearly succulent, evergreen foliage. Greater disease resistance and heavier bloom than other sun daisies. Propagation Prohibited. |
| Zone: 4 |
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PENSTEMON pinifolius 'P019S'Steppe Suns™
(PEN-steh-mon)(pin-ee-FO-lee-us) | PENSSS3 |
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| Common Name: Beardtongue, Sunset Glow Penstemon |
| Description: 2019 Plant Select® This lovely, orange flowered selection of this shrubby native blooms late spring into summer; pine leaf-like foliage on woody stems.
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| Zone: 4 |
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PENSTEMON rostriflorus
(PEN-steh-mon) (ros-tri-FLOOR-us) | PENSRS3 |
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| Common Name: Bridges' Penstemon |
| Description: 2006 Plant Select®. Long-lived plant with small, narrow leaves. Hummingbirds love the small, red, tubular flowers that have a long bloom time in summer. Plant in well-drained soil. Limited. |
| Zone: 4 |
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PENSTEMON x mexicali (RED ROCKS®)
(PEN-steh-mon) (mex-i-KAL-ee) | PENSRR3 |
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| Common Name: Beardtongue, Firecracker |
| Description: 1999 Plant Select®. Companion to Pikes Peak Purple, with bright rose flowers all summer. Both thrive in a wide range of sites and soils. |
| Zone: 5 |
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PLECTRANTHUS argentatus
(plek-TRAN-thus) (ar-jen-TAY-tus) | PLECAR3 |
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| Common Name: Silver Dollar Plant |
| Description: 1999 Plant Select®. RHS Award of Garden Merit. Attractive, silvery coleus relative. Use as an annual for texture and contrast. |
| Zone: 8 |
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RUDBECKIA (DENVER DAISY ™)
(rud-BEK-ee-ah) | RUDBDD3 |
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| Description: 2009 Plant Select®. 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: 3 |
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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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SALVIA argentea
(SAL-vee-ah) (ar-JEN-tee-ah) | SALVAR3 |
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| Common Name: Silver Sage |
| Description: 1997 Plant Select®. RHS Award of Garden Merit. Very large, wooly leaves form a showy rosette. Our strain has been perennial rather than biennial. Dramatic accent plant. |
| Zone: 5 |
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SALVIA greggii (Wild Thing Sage)
(SAL-vee-ah) (GREG-ee-eye) | SALVWT3 |
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| Common Name: Wild Thing Sage |
| 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 greggii 'Furman's Red'
(SAL-vee-ah) (GREG-ee-eye) | SALVFR3 |
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| Common Name: Furman's Red Sage |
| Description: 2005 Plant Select®. Crimson to scarlet flowers are produced in repeated flushes throughout summer and fall on this hardy selection of a southwestern, everblooming sage. Woody perennial; best cut back in spring. |
| 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 moorcroftiana x indica
(SAL-vee-ah) | SALVIN3 |
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| Common Name: Shangri-la Sage |
| Description: 2017 Plant Select. Wide, sturdy leaves are broad and an attractive blue-grey shade. Flower stems lean over the leaves and display lavender-blue flowers with a paler lip spotted purple. Flowering can continue for months, beginning in spring.Cut stems to ground when blossoms fade to allow basal leaves to flourish again. |
| Zone: 5 |
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SALVIA pachyphylla
(SAL-vee-ah) (pak-ee-FY-lah) | SALVPC5 |
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| Common Name: Mojave Sage, Rose Sage, Giant Flowered Sage, |
| Description: 2005 Plant Select®. Western native, woody xeric with wonderfully aromatic, silver foliage; large, blue flowers with reddish bracts all summer and fall. Needs good drainage. |
| Zone: 6 |
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SCHIZACHYRIUM scoparium 'Standing Ovation'PP#25202
(skiz-ah-KEER-ee-um) | GRSCSO5 |
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| Description: 2016 Plant Select®. This patented selection of native grass deserves a big round of applause. A warm season grass that does well in poor, dry soils keeps a tight habit throughout the entire growing season. Spikey, bluish-green leaves transition to a brilliant display of shades of red changing to deep purple in fall. Seed heads remain upright through winter and provide winter interest and food for birds. Brought to Plant Select® by North Creek Nursery |
| Zone: 3 |
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SCROPHULARIA macrantha
(skro-few-LAH-ree-a) (MAK-ran-tha) | SCROMA3 |
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| Common Name: Red Birds in a Tree |
| Description: 2008 Plant Select®. Bright cherry red, tubular, bird-shaped flowers in panicles from July-October. Top stems of dark green leaves. Native; can stand xeric sites. |
| Zone: 6 |
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SCUTELLARIA suffrutescens
(sku-te-LAH-ree-a) (suf-roo-TESS-enz) | SCUTSU3 |
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| Common Name: Texas Rose, Cherry Skullcap, Pink Skullcap |
| Description: 2004 Plant Select®. Incredible rose-red flowers all summer on neat, durable plants. Attractive rock garden plant from cuttings. |
| Zone: 7 |
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SPOROBOLUS wrightii
(spor-OB-oh-lus) (RITE-ee-eye) | GRSPWR5 |
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| Common Name: Giant Sacaton |
| Description: 2006 Plant Select®. Stunning, feathery, branched seed heads; graceful, arching foliage. Great 'see through' plant, vigorous grower; drought resistant after establishment. |
| Zone: 4 |
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VERONICA liwanensis
(ver-ON-ih-ka) | VEROLI3 |
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| Common Name: Speedwell |
| Description: 1997 Plant Select®. Cobalt blue flowers cover mat-forming foliage April-June. |
| Zone: 4 |
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VERONICA 'Reavis' (CRYSTAL RIVER®)
(ver-ON-ih-ka) | VEROCR3 |
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| Common Name: Speedwell |
| Description: 2003 Plant Select®. Ground cover hybrid with the vigor and heat tolerance of Blue Wooly Speedwell (Veronica pectinata) and the true blue flowers of Turkish Speedwell (Veronica liwanensis). Blooms in mid spring rapidly covering all the bare spots in the garden. |
| Zone: 4 |
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VERONICA x 'P018S' Snowmass®
(ver-ON-ih-ka) | VEROSN3 |
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| Common Name: Speedwell, Blue-eyed Veronica |
| Description: 2017 Plant Select®. Small, glossy, rounded leaves form a dense mat, covered by a stunning display of small, four-petaled, white flowers with a blue eye. A perfect compliment to spring bulbs. It fills in quickly and vigorously, spreading across the garden by stems which root themselves in the soil. Beautiful as a ground cover among flagstones and patio pavers; along a walkway, or as a border along a sunny or partly shaded garden. |
| Zone: 4 |
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VIOLA corsica
(VY-oh-la) (KOR-sik-a) | VIOLCO3 |
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| Common Name: Violet |
| Description: 2003 Plant Select®. From the Mediterranean; lovely bright purple-violet, 1" flowers early spring to late fall. Can tolerate considerable drought. Reseeds moderately. |
| Zone: 5 |
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