SALVIA greggii 'Raspberry Royale'
(SAL-vee-ah) (GREG-ee-eye) | SALVRA3 |
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| Common Name: Sage |
| Description: Large, rich raspberry-wine florets. The most beautiful of the greggii cultivars. |
| Zone: 8 |
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SALVIA guaranitica 'Black & Blue'
(SAL-vee-ah)(gwar-an-IT-ih-kah) | SALVBB3 |
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| Description: 'Black & Blue' is a cultivar that features deep, cobalt blue flowers with black calyces. Flowers appear on spikes to 15" over a long mid-summer to fall bloom. Plants are sometimes commonly called anise sage or anise scented sage. When bruised, the foliage has a very mild aroma that has very little, if any, anise scent. |
| Zone: 8 |
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SALVIA 'Indigo Spires'
(SAL-vee-ah) | SALVIS3 |
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| Common Name: Sage |
| Description: Spikes of brilliant, indigo-blue flowers. |
| Zone: 8 |
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SALVIA leucantha
(SAL-vee-ah) (lew-KAN-tha) | SALVLE3 |
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| Common Name: Mexican Bush Sage |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Wooly branches; interesting purple spikes in fall. |
| Zone: 8 |
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SALVIA microphylla 'Hot Lips'
(SAL-vee-ah) (mik-ro-FIL-a) | SALVHL3 |
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| Description: Semi-deciduous Salvia with unique, white and red flowers. |
| Zone: 9 |
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SCABIOSA atropurpurea 'Chat Noir'
(skab-ee-OH-sah) (at-ro-pur-pur-ee-a) | SCABCH3 |
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| Description: French for Black Cat. Large, very dark red (almost black), white tipped, fully double, pincushion flowers with a pleasant fragrance. Unique color all season. Great cut flower- the more you cut, the more it blooms. |
| Zone: 7 |
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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 'Purple Fountain'
(sku-te-LAH-ree-a) | SCUTPF4 |
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| Description: One of the brightest and most flashy colors anywhere, this vivid violet-purple everblooming Scutellaria is guaranteed to set your combo planters apart. The 2" long, tubular flowers in terminal clusters also make a show in the border if the site is well-drained. |
| Zone: 8 |
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SOLEIROLIA soleirolii
(so-lay-ROL-ee-a) (so-lay-ROL-ee-eye) | SOLESO3 |
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| Common Name: Baby's or Angel's Tears, Mind Your Own Business |
| Description: Tiny, creeping, mat-forming, intricate, delicate, yet easy ground cover for troughs, planters, and topiaries. |
| Zone: 9 |
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STROBILANTHUS dyerianus
(stro-bih-LAN-thus) (dy-err-ee-AY-nus) | STRODY4 |
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| Common Name: Persian Shield |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Tropical shrub used for its texture and incredible colors of purple and blues with iridescent silvering on leaves with rich maroon beneath. |
| Zone: 10 |
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STROMANTHE sanguinea 'Tricolor'
(stro-MANTH-ee) (san-GWIN-ee-ah) | STROTR4 |
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| Common Name: Triostar |
| Description: This magnificent plant has exotic white, burgundy/pink, and green variegated foliage. The underside of the leaves are burgundy. It makes a good addition to a shady spot on your deck or in part shade to shade in the ground. Needs well-drained soil. Limited. |
| Zone: 9 |
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