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Common Name: Coneflower
Synonym: 'Emily Saul' 12--18"h. x 12--18" w. Distinctive dwarf with fragrant, dark magenta-purple flowers with black-red cones, June until frost. Petals overlap to give a very full flower. Stems are black and contrast dramatically with blue-green foliag... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Coneflower
Creamy white flower petals, dark central cone, July–August. Longer blooming than other coneflowers. Echinacea purpurea is native to the central USA. Prefers well drained, only moderately fertile soils and should have goo... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Coneflower
Daisy-like flower with lime-green petals flushed at the base with rose-pink, July to September. When mature, the entire petal will change to mauve. Large center cone is dark green and lime green. Attracts butterflies. Prefers well-drained and only mo...
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Common Name: Coneflower
Synonym: 'Matthew Saul' "Earthy" gold flowers with golden orange cones resembling the harvest moon, early to late summer. Fragrant. Echinacea purpurea is native to the mid eastern USA. Prefers well drained, only moderately fertile soils and should have go... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Coneflower
Compact variety, bright pink flowers, July–August and sporadically into October. Echinacea purpurea is native to the cental USA. Prefers well drained, only moderately fertile soils and should have good drainage. Drought ... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Coneflower
Synonym: 'Katie Saul' Very fragrant bi-color flowers with golden orange cones. Delicate rays start rosy pink at center changing to coral, orange and gold toward the tips. Heavy blooming, early to late summer. Echinacea purpurea is native to the cen... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Coneflower
Synonym: 'Evan Saul' Intense orange fragrant flowers. Echinacea purpurea is native to the central USA. Prefers well drained, only moderately fertile soils and should have good drainage. Drought tolerant once established. Good cut flower. Leave con... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Coneflower
Citron-yellow fragrant flowers. Prominent cones start green then turn to gold. Echinacea purpurea is native to the central USA. Prefers well drained, only moderately fertile soils and should have good drainage. Drought toleran... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Coneflower
Electrifying orange fragrant flower with large brown cone. Echinacea purpurea is native to the central USA. Prefers well drained, only moderately fertile soils and should have good drainage. Drought tolerant once established. ... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Coneflower
Vibrant rose-red fragrant flower with unusual deep red cone. Echinacea purpurea is native to the central USA. Prefers well drained, only moderately fertile soils and should have good drainage. Drought tolerant once established... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Coneflower
Synonym: 'Doppelganger' Purple-pink flowers sprout a charming second set of petals atop the cone, once established, July to October. Native to the central USA. Prefers only moderately fertile soils and should have good winter drainage. Drought tolerant on... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Coneflower
Large daisy-like white flowers held horizontally on strongly branched plant, July-October. Especially fragrant. Echinacea purpurea is native to the central USA. Prefers well drained, only moderately fertile soils and should ha... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Coneflower
Dwarf. Daisy-like clear pink flower with reflexed petals and a bronze-mahogany cone, July–October. Native to the central USA. Prefers well drained only moderately fertile soil; should have good winter drainage. Drought t... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Coneflower
Dwarf with white flower rays and a greenish disk, July–October. Native to the central USA. Prefers well drained only moderately fertile soil; should have good winter drainage. Drought tolerant once established. Good cut flowe... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Coneflower
Fragrant purple-pink flower with a large, fully double head of petals in place of the cone. Echinacea purpurea is native to the central USA. Prefers well drained, only moderately fertile soils and should have good drainage. Dr... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Coneflower
Substantial, glowing red flowers with horizontal petals, July-October, on robust plants. Native to the central USA. Prefers well drained only moderately fertile soil; should have good winter drainage. Drought tolerant once est... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Coneflower
Large daisy-like creamy white flowers with a sweet fragrance, reflexed petals and a bronze-mahogany cone, July–October. Native to the central USA. Prefers well drained only moderately fertile soil; should have good winte... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Thistle, Globe
Thistle-like plants with globular heads of steel blue flowers, July--August. Prefers well-drained, dry, poor soil; tolerates drought. Tap rooted. Deer resistant. Unusual cut flower. Full sun. Spacing: 18"....
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Common Name: Thistle, Globe
Globular heads of steel-blue flowers, darker than the species. Thistle-like plants with coarse, spiny and deeply dissected gray-green leaves. Taprooted. Tolerates poor soils if drainage is good. Spacing: 18"....
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Common Name: Enkianthus, Redvein
Upright growing when young, broadening with age. Clusters of fragrant, cream colored to pink bell-shaped flowers, veined with red, in late May. Dark green pest resistant leaves turn to brilliant scarlet-red for many weeks in autumn. Clusters of yello...
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Common Name: Enkianthus, White Flowering Redvein
Slower and more compact growing than the species. Unique creamy white flowers in late May. Vivid red-orange autumn color. Chosen as a Cary Award winning species in 1997. Starting in 1997 the Cary Award annually recognizes underutilized woody plants e...
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Common Name: Enkianthus, Redvein
Individually chosen for dark pink to red flowers that appear in late May to early June. Lightly fragrant. Red-orange autumn foliage. Requires full sun for best flower and foliage color. Full sun to full shade. Cary Award winner. Started in 1997 the ...
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Common Name: Enkianthus, Redvein
Slow growing. Upright habit. Seedling selection with rich, deep pink flowers late May. Leaves dark green and bluish green in summer, yellow, orange, red in autumn. Chosen as one of the first Cary Award winning species in 1997. Starting in 1997 the Ca...
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Common Name: Enkianthus, Redvein
Large, solid pink flowers in late May to early June. Lightly fragrant. Robust, wide and upright with dense branching from the ground. Dark green foliage, yellow seed capsules. Red-orange autumn color. Best flower and foliage color in full sun. This ...
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Common Name: Enkianthus, White
6' high and wide. Dainty bell-like flowers are white, urn-shaped, in pendulous clusters, early May before the leaves. Tiered branching. Bright green foliage turns brilliant scarlet in fall. Makes a lovely centerpiece in the small garden. Native to Ja...
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Common Name: Trailing Arbutus or Mayflower
The State Flower of Massachusetts. Prostrate growing mat-like native groundcover forms dense clumps at the edge of the woods. Thick, leathery, dark glossy green foliage. Waxy, fragrant light pink to white flowers in April–May. Thrives in partial shad...
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Common Name: Barrenwort or Bishop's Cap
Rich lavender-violet flowers, May–June. Handsome, semievergreen heart-shaped foliage has attractive purplish tints spring and fall. Excellent tolerance for dry shade. Good groundcover or rock garden plant. Divide in spring or fall. All Epimedium are ...
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Common Name: Barrenwort or Bishop's Cap
Deep, rose-pink flowers with white-tipped spurs, spring. Bronzy pink spring foliage turns to green in summer then to bronze in autumn. Excellent tolerance for dry shade. Good groundcover or rock garden plant. Divide in spring or autumn. All Epimedium...
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Common Name: Barrenwort, Red or Bishop's Cap
Crimson sepals surround a creamy center, mid to late spring. Pretty heart-shaped leaflets. Fast growing groundcover. Excellent tolerance for dry shade. Good groundcover or rock garden plant. Divide in spring or fall. All Epimedium are deer resistant....
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Common Name: Barrenwort or Bishop's Cap
A perfect sheet of sulphur-yellow flowers. Earliest Epimedium to bloom. Foliage is mottled red in spring, fall and winter, turns dark green in summer. Excellent tolerance for dry shade. Good groundcover or rock garden plant. Divide in spring or fall....
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Common Name: Barrenwort or Bishop's Cap
Large flowers a dusky violet shading to white centers for a two-toned effect, spring. Foliage blushed red in spring then deep crimson in autumn. Requires humus-rich soil. Divide in spring or fall. Spacing: 8–12"....
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Common Name: Barrenwort or Bishop's Cap
Miniature. Small white flowers in spring. Deciduous heart-shaped leaves with red tints in the spring and deep crimson in fall. Requires humus rich soil and grows slowly. Divide in spring or fall. All Epimedium are deer resistant. Spacing: 6-12"....
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Common Name: Heath
Deep pink flowers January–April. Bushy growing with dark green foliage.
Groundcover. Although similar in appearance and culture to Scotch Heather (Calluna vulgaris), the heaths flower in late winter and early spring. They are somewhat more difficu...
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Common Name: Heath
Rose-pink flowers, January–April. Yellow tints on foliage turn dark green in winter.
Groundcover. Although similar in appearance and culture to Scotch Heather (Calluna vulgaris), the heaths flower in late winter and early spring. They are somewhat...
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Common Name: Heath
Pink flowers February–April. Low, creeping, forming a dense mat.
Groundcover. Although similar in appearance and culture to Scotch Heather (Calluna vulgaris), the heaths flower in late winter and early spring. They are somewhat more difficult to g...
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Common Name: Heath
White flowers February–April. Low growing with green foliage. Groundcover. Although similar in appearance and culture to Scotch Heather (Calluna vulgaris), the heaths flower in late winter and early spring. They are somewhat more difficult to grow in...
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Common Name: Sea Holly
Deep blue thistle-like flowers in very large frilled blue bracts on stems tipped blue. Rosette of leathery blue-green leaves. Drought and salt tolerant. Performs well at the seashore. Good for drying. Spacing: 15"....
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Common Name: Sea Holly
Metallic blue egg-shaped flowers in finely frilled bracts. Blue-tinged foliage. Drought and salt tolerant. Performs well at the seashore. Good for drying. Spacing: 18–24"....
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Common Name: Holly, Flat Sea
8--12" h. x 8--10" w. Silver blue stems that emerge from a basal rosette, before forming spiny globe-like purplish blue flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts. A very dwarf, compact plant. Requires good drainage. Thrives in sunbaked locations. Salt ...
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Common Name: Euonymus, Japanese
Compact growing in a mound shape as wide as high. This is a striking new selection with large yellow leaves edged in dark green. Stems are yellow and turn reddish in winter. Winter foliage adds tones of pink-purple. An exciting cultivar to add textur...
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Common Name: Euonymus, Japanese
Green and yellow variegated evergreen foliage. Shrub has an irregular, mounding habit. Drought tolerant once established. Winter interest. Can be used as a groundcover. Light shearing helps to keep plant neat. Full sun to shade....
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Common Name: Euonymus, Japanese
Compact growing and mound-shaped. Yellow and green variegated medium size leaves change to multicolored rose-pink in fall. Plant in full sun for best foliage color. Developed and patented in the 1960s by Corliss Nurseries, Ipswich, MA. Can be grown a...
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Common Name: Euonymus, Japanese
Compact growing and mound-shaped. Medium size green leaves with white variegation, rosy pink in fall and winter. Developed and patented in the 1960s by Corliss Nurseries, Ipswich, MA. This cultivar has become one of the most commonly used plants for ...
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Common Name: Euonymus, Japanese
Upright branched with unusual foliage mix of green, gold, and creamy white. A tremendous variety of growth types and foliage colors makes this species appealing for New England landscapes. Even though most cultivars will become a clinging vine if all...
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Common Name: Euonymus, Japanese
A slow growing cultivar that spreads as it grows and forms a low mound as it matures. Distinctive for its wavy, medium size yellow leaves with narrow dark green margins. Stems turn red, and foliage becomes pink-toned in winter. Very effective as a st...
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Common Name: Wintercreeper
Evergreen groundcover. Narrow dark green leaves are etched with silvery white veins. Very prostrate habit. Spacing: 24". Most Japanese Euonymus will become a clinging vine if allowed to grow upwards on a support but are usually grown a... [ More Information ]
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Slow growing and upright when young. Develops into a wide, low-branched tree with smooth gray bark. Bright green new foliage very early in the spring. Large pendant scarlet fruit open to release orange seeds in autumn. Bright green leaves turn yellow...
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Common Name: Joe-Pye-Weed, Coastal Plain
Dwarf. Dome-shaped heads of lavender flowers, mid summer. Whorls of green leaves. Attracts butterflies. Divide in spring. Spacing: 2–3 ft....
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Common Name: Joe-Pye-Weed
Species is a native wetland plant with coarse leaves and purple tubular flowers in terminal clusters. Large, showy lavender flower heads, August–September. Stems are speckled purple. Good cut flower. Attracts butterflies. Divide in spring. Spacing: 2...
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Common Name: Joe-Pye-Weed or Hardy Ageratum
Shiny deep purple stems with coarse, chocolate-colored leaves and contrasting white flowers, September–October. Excellent cut or dried. Attracts butterflies. Divide in spring. Spacing: 2–3 ft....
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Common Name: Joe-Pye-Weed or Hardy Ageratum
Airy clusters of wine-red flowers, late summer to early autumn. Upright purplish stems. Lance-shaped, green foliage. Attracts butterflies. Good cut flower. Spacing: 24–30"....
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Common Name: Spurge
Dark purple-bronze leaves create a mound of foliage with lime-green, Canterbury bell-like flowers in late spring to early summer. Self-sows freely. Tolerant of dry soil, suitable for coastal areas, and deer resistant. Avoid skin contact with milky sa...
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Common Name: Spurge, Cushion
Neat clump of lime-green foliage with yellow floral bracts in early spring that gradually turn reddish in fall. Tolerant of dry soil, suitable for coastal areas, and deer resistant. Avoid skin contact with milky sap. Divide in spring. Spacing: 18"....
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Common Name: Spurge, Cushion
Striking mahogany-red foliage all summer long with chartreuse flowers in early spring. Compact, mounding habit. Resistant to deer and rabbits. Tolerates dry soils. Suitable for coastal gardens. Avoid skin contact with milky sap. Divide in spring. Fu...
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