AJUGA reptans 'Jungle Beauty Improved'
(a-JEW-ga) (REP-tanz) | AJUGJB5 |
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| Common Name: Bugleweed |
| Description: Stunning selection forms huge, purple-tinted foliage mounds topped with deep blue flower spikes to 15". Vigorous grower. Some confusion exists in the trade over plants with this name. |
| Zone: 3 |
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AJUGA reptans 'Pink Elf'
(a-JEW-ga) (REP-tanz) | AJUGPE3 |
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| Common Name: Bugleweed |
| Description: Compact form with pink flowers and green foliage. |
| Zone: 3 |
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ANACAMPSEROS rufescens
(an-a-KAMP-se-ros) (roof-E-senz) | ANACRU3 |
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| Description: Large, delicious pink flowers and interesting reddish-dark green, succulent rosettes. A Portulaca cousin from the Drakenbergs for troughs, rock and dish gardens. |
| Zone: 9 |
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CAREX pensylvanica
| GRCAPV5 |
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| Common Name: Pennsylvania Sedge, Common Oak Carex |
| Description: North American native with slender, upright, green blades. Looks like green tufts with gold highlights in autumn. Semi-evergreen in mild climates; does well under oak trees. Deer resistant. |
| Zone: 3-8 |
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CHASMATOPHYLLUM masculinum 'Krugerskraal'
(chas-mat-o-FIL-um) (mas-kew-LIN-um) | CHASKR3 |
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| Description: This succulent is perfect for the rock garden, between pavers, etc. It forms a tight mat of evergreen foliage and is long-blooming with bright yellow flowers. |
| Zone: 9 |
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COREOPSIS grandiflora 'Presto'
| COREPS3 |
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| Common Name: Tickseed |
| Description: Fleuroselect Winner. This super-compact, first year bloomer lives up to its name 'Presto'! Its double, brilliant golden blooms have a small, golden-red center and frizzled, serrated petals and have been known to begin in early spring and continue into fall. Deer-resistance, drought tolerance, and the ability to withstand heat, humidity, and cold make this easy to grow and adaptable plant a 'must have'! Sources list from Zones 4-6. |
| Zone: 5 |
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| Common Name: Sea Kale |
| Description: Glaucous, cabbage-like leaves with large heads of white flowers in June. Giant, edible leaves, stems, and flowers. |
| Zone: 5 |
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CRASSULA coccinea 'Campfire'
| CRASCA4 |
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| Description: Striking flame-like coloration of reddish-orange on this interesting foliage. A must for trough gardens. |
| Zone: 9-10 |
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CRASSULA orbicularis
| CRASOR3 |
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| Description: Green, clumping rosettes; new growth by runners. White with pink tinged flowers. |
| Zone: 9-12 |
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| Common Name: Large Red Carpet |
| Description: Prostrate succulent with small, green, oval leaves blushed deep red in bright sun or with cold temperatures. Clusters of near white flowers. |
| Zone: 10 |
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| Description: Broad, glossy green, succulent leaves with striking maroon underside which is intensified in lower light situations. Makes an attractive potted plant indoors or on a shaded patio in summer; enjoys moist, humus-rich soil. |
| Zone: 10-11 |
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CREMNOSEDUM x 'Little Gem'
| CREMLG3 |
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| Description: Miniature ground cover; a dense clump of rosettes of bright green leaves that turns red in the sun. Clusters of bright yellow flowers in winter. |
| Zone: 8-10 |
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ECHEVERIA haagai 'Tolimanensis'
| ECHEHT3 |
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| Description: Blue, fleshy leaves on upright stems. Ideal in trough gardens. |
| Zone: 9 |
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ECHEVERIA prolifica
| ECHEPR3 |
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| Description: Small, silvery green rosettes produce offsets on runners. Yellow flowers. |
| Zone: 9 |
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GAILLARDIA aristata 'Arizona Red Shades'
| GAILRS3 |
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| Common Name: Blanket Flower |
| Description: This new introduction has the same bloom power as its sister plant Arizona Sun. Brilliant red flowers that start to bloom in June and last til September. |
| Zone: 3 |
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GAILLARDIA aristata 'Arizona Red Shades'
| GAILRS1 |
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| Common Name: Blanket Flower |
| Description: This new introduction has the same bloom power as its sister plant Arizona Sun. Brilliant red flowers that start to bloom in June and last til September. |
| Zone: 3 |
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GAILLARDIA 'Oranges & Lemons' PP# 17,092
| GAILOL5 |
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| Common Name: Blanket Flower |
| Description: Oranges & Lemons was bred in England by Rosemary Hardy. It has large, peachy-orange flowers with yellow tips and a gold cone. The blue-green foliage enhances the chartreuse seed heads. Long bloom time of early summer to mid-fall. |
| Zone: 6 |
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HAWORTHIA (Window Plant)
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| Description: One of numerous Haworthias with translucent 'windows' to receive light. Unique, stemless, succulent rosettes; need sharp drainage. |
| Zone: 10 |
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| Description: Dense rosette of stiff, fleshy, tapering leaves covered with raised, white tubercles. |
| Zone: 10 |
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HOSTA 'Praying Hands'
| HOSTPH5 |
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| Description: 2011 Hosta of the Year! This interesting collector's item resembles hands folded in prayer. Dark green, upright, narrow, tightly folded leaves are rippled with very narrow, gold margins. Leaves have a matte finish above but are folded to reveal the shiny undersides. Lavender flowers on 18" scapes are abundant in late summer. |
| Zone: 3 |
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HOSTA 'Striptease'
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| Description: 2005 Hosta of the Year! Heart-shaped leaves with dark green margins, a large, chartreuse splash through the center, and very fine, white streaks between the green and chartreuse. Violet flowers on this mutation of 'Gold Standard'. |
| Zone: 3 |
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| Common Name: Paddle Plant, Desert Cabbage |
| Description: A basal rosette of large, rounded, fleshy, stalkless leaves that are grayish-green with red margins covered with a white powdery bloom. Fragrant, yellow flowers in early spring. |
| Zone: 10-11 |
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| Common Name: Earl's Blazing Star, Scaley Blazing Star |
| Description: Deep green, shiny, leathery foliage with a loosely formed flowering spike with up to 40, rather large, individual flowers per spike. Long blooming from early summer into September. Spectacular and inviting plant especially to our nectar loving friends: butterflies, bees, & hummingbirds. |
| Zone: 3-9 |
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PANICUM virgatum 'Prairie Fire' PP# 19,367
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| Common Name: Red Switch Grass |
| Description: The foliage emerges blue-green in the spring but by early summer leaves turn shades of deep red. Plumes form in late summer. The foliage in the fall turns butter yellow and lingers into winter. |
| Zone: 4-9 |
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PANICUM virgatum 'RR1' Ruby Ribbons TM PP# 17,944
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| Common Name: Ruby Ribbons Switch Grass |
| Description: This Panicum came from the University of Connecticut's plant breeding program. This deer resistant hybrid is a cross between Panicum 'Heavy Metal' x Panicum 'Hans Herme' producing a four foot specimen emerging with blue-gray foliage that turns burgundy-red by mid-summer. The foliage gets darker as the season progresses. Flower spikes appear in late summer and persist into winter; great in arrangements. |
| Zone: 5 |
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PULMONARIA longifolia 'Roy Davidson'
| PULMRD8 |
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| Common Name: Lungwort |
| Description: Violet-blue flowers April-May; dark green leaves with silvery spotting. |
| Zone: 3 |
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SEDUM japonicum 'Tokyo Sun'
| SEDUTS3 |
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| Description: Fine, brilliant gold foliage with prostrate habit. A must have for trough gardens! |
| Zone: 8 |
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SENECIO jacobsenii
| SENEJA3 |
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| Common Name: Trailing Jade |
| Description: Glossy green, rounded, overlapping leaves on trailing stems with orange-yellow flowers. Beautiful component in hanging baskets. |
| Zone: 10-12 |
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SENECIO talinoides mandris 'Blue'
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| Description: Long, intense blue, fleshy leaves on upright stems. Great color and texture! |
| Zone: 10-12 |
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SENECIO vitalis 'Blue Chalk Fingers'
| SENEBC4 |
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| Description: Slender, blue-green, fleshy leaves on upright stems provide interesting texture in trough gardens. |
| Zone: 10-11 |
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