RUDBECKIA fulgida var. speciosa
(rud-BEK-ee-ah) (full-jih-dah) | RUDBFS1 |
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| Description: 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 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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SCABIOSA superba 'Mongolian Mist'
(skab-ee-OH-sah) | SCABMM5 |
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| Common Name: Pincushion Flower |
| Description: 2004 GreatPlants™ Release. Large, dazzling purple-blue, full pincushions arising from substantial stems above elegant, deep green, textured mounds. The originals were collected by GreatPlants member Gustafson, Bieberich, Morrissey and Hamernik in 1997 on a mountain north of Hohot, Inner Mongolia. |
| Zone: 3 |
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SCABIOSA superba 'Mongolian Mist'
(skab-ee-OH-sah) (soo-PER-ba) | SCABMM3 |
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| Common Name: Pincushion Flower |
| Description: 2004 GreatPlantsTM Release. Large, dazzling purple-blue, full pincushions arising from substantial stems above elegant, deep green, textured mounds. The originals were collected by GreatPlants members Gustafson, Bieberich, Morrissey, and Hamernik in 1997 on a mountain north of Hohot, Inner Mongolia. Rigorous selection since has given us 'Mongolian Mist'. |
| Zone: 3 |
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SCHIZACHYRIUM s. 'MinnBlueA' PP17,310 Blue Heaven™
(skiz-ah-KEER-ee-um) (sko-PAR-ee-um) | GRSCBH5 |
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| Description: 2013 GreatPlants Grass of the Year. Introduction from the University of MN. Blue-gray foliage in the summer turning burgundy-red with purple and violet highlights in September lasting well into November. Taller, more upright form than is typical of little bluestem, remains upright, and does not fall down or 'lodge'. Small, fluffy, white flowers form in August and September. Propagation Prohibited. |
| Zone: 3 |
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SCHIZACHYRIUM scoparium 'Blaze'
(skiz-ah-KEER-ee-um) (sko-PAR-ee-um) | GRSCBL3 |
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| Common Name: Little Bluestem |
| Description: 1998 GreatPlantsTM Perennial of the Year! Colorful, fine-leaved, warm season bunch grass. Russet-red through fall and winter. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SCHIZACHYRIUM scoparium 'Blaze'
(skiz-ah-KEER-ee-um) (sko-PAR-ee-um) | GRSCBL5 |
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| Common Name: Little Bluestem |
| Description: 1998 GreatPlantsTM Perennial of the Year! Colorful, fine-leaved, warm season bunch grass. Russet-red through fall and winter. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SCUTELLARIA resinosa 'Smoky Hills'
(sku-te-LAH-ree-a) (res-in-OH-sa) | SCUTSH3 |
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| Common Name: Skull Cap, Helmet Flower |
| Description: 2004 GreatPlantsTM Release. Deep blue or purplish flowers tipped with two, small white patches from May-July. Growing in a rounded form, the plants have leaves with grayish pubescence. This handsome Great Plains native is an essential. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SOLIDAGO rugosa 'Fireworks'
(sol-ih-DAY-go) (roo-GO-sah) | SOLIFW3 |
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| Common Name: Goldenrod |
| Description: 2007 GreatPlantsTM 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 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) | SOLIWM3 |
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| Common Name: Goldenrod |
| Description: 2005 GreatPlantsTM. Outstanding, long standing, attractive specimen with tall rods of bright gold in late summer. Collected in the Wichitas in Southwestern Oklahoma by Steve Bieberich of Sunshine Nursery. |
| 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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SORGHASTRUM nutans
(sor-GAS-trum) (NEW-tanz) | GRSONU3 |
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| Common Name: Indian Grass |
| Description: 2004 GreatPlantsTM Grass of the Year! Stalwart, wide leaf, warm season native with golden, plume-like seed heads. |
| Zone: 3 |
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SORGHASTRUM nutans
(sor-GAS-trum) (NEW-tanz) | GRSONU5 |
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| Common Name: Indian Grass |
| Description: 2004 GreatPlantsTM Grass of the Year! Stalwart, wide leaf, warm season native with golden, plume-like seed heads. |
| Zone: 3 |
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SPOROBOLUS heterolepis
(spor-OB-oh-lus) (het-er-oh-LEP-iss) | GRSPHE3 |
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| Common Name: Prairie Dropseed |
| Description: 2003 GreatPlants™ Grass of the Year! Narrow-leaved, fragrant, native grass. Incredibly attractive in bloom and seed. |
| Zone: 3 |
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THERMOPSIS villosum
(ther-MOP-sis)(vil-OH-sum) | THERVI3 |
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| Description: 2015 Great Plants™ Perennial of the Year. Upright perennial with dense, spike-like racemes of yellow, lupine-like flowers in early spring. Foliage is a blue-green with tiny hairs. Can be used as a cut flower. |
| Zone: 3 |
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TRADESCANTIA tharpii
(trad-ess-KAN-tee-ah) (THARP-ee-eye) | TRADTH3 |
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| Common Name: Spiderwort |
| Description: 2003 GreatPlantsTM Intro. Exciting, dwarf spiderwort is literally covered with showy flowers in shades of pink, rose, blue, and purple in May. Linear leaves are covered with hairs. Naturally semi-dormant in the heat of summer, with new fans appearing in cooler days of fall. |
| Zone: 4 |
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