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Acalypha Bourbon Street
Acalypha Bourbon Street
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This Athens Select choice has brilliant coppery red foliage that gets brighter all season long. A must for the discriminating gardener, copper colors are a hot trend here to stay! This more compact form has excellent heat tolerance. It's always Mardi Gras with Bourbon Street!
Height: 18-24 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 9-11
Acinos alpinus
Common Name: Rock Thyme / Alpine Calamint
An aromatic evergreen, trailing groundcover with many red-violet flowers from June to October. Looks great in containers, rock gardens, and raised beds.
Height: 2 Inches
Spread: 8 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9
Aster nova-angliae Purple Dome
Aster nova-angliae Purple Dome
Common Name: New England Aster
Large, semi-double, deep purple flowers, profuse bloomer with a compact habit, blooms late summer - mid fall, grows 15-18".
Height: 15-18 Inches
Spread: 24 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
Aster x dumosus Prof. Anton Kippenberg
Aster x dumosus Prof. Anton Kippenberg
Common Name: Hardy Aster
Lavender-blue flowers, profuse bloomer with compact, globe-shaped mounds, blooms late summer - mid fall, grows 12-15".
Height: 12-15 Inches
Spread: 24 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
Athyrium niponicum Ursula's Red
Athyrium niponicum Ursula's Red
Common Name: Japanese Painted Fern / Ursula's Red
A lovely fern with triangular reddish fronds that grow from a fuzzy brown root. Fronds are delicate and intricately divided, and are highly decorative in shady borders or woodland edges, or can be used as filler for cut arrangements.
Height: 15 Inches
Spread: 24 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8
Baptisia australis
Common Name: Blue False Indigo / Blue Wild Indigo
Native prairie plant which produces long spikes of indigo-blue flowers, followed by ornamental chalky black seedpods, blue-green foliage, blooms mid to late spring.
Height: 36-48 Inches
Spread: 36-48 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-9
Coreopsis hybrid Jethro Tull
Coreopsis hybrid Jethro Tull
Common Name: Tickseed
Golden yellow flowers with unusual fluted, tubular petals are great for brightening the garden. Also adds a unique look to flower arrangements. Long-blooming and vigorous, these plants are ideal for rock gardens or edging.
Height: 12-18 Inches
Spread: 18-24 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Hakonechloa macra Aureola
Hakonechloa macra Aureola
Common Name: Japanese Forest Grass / Aureola
PPA 2009 Perennial Plant of the Year. Showy variegated grass makes a bold statement with its bright gold and white markings. Foliage takes on a reddish tint as it ages, complementing the reddish flowers. Excellent for brightening the partially shaded border.
Height: 24 Inches
Spread: 24 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Hibiscus moscheutos Luna Pink Swirl
Hibiscus moscheutos Luna Pink Swirl
Common Name: Swamp Rose Mallow
Eye-catching flowers make a dramatic and impressive statement in the garden. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, and is excellent in mixed perennial or shrub plantings. New growth begins late in spring.
Height: 24-36 Inches
Spread: 24 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Nepeta x faassenii Walker's Low
Nepeta x faassenii Walker's Low
Common Name: Catmint / Walker's Low
Perennial Plant Association's Perennial Plant of the Year for 2007. A large catmint that produces fragrant, lavender-violet flowers over mounds of aromatic, cool silver foliage. Excellent when mass planted. Also good for edging and borders. Attracts butterflies.
Height: 10 Inches
Spread: 18 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8
Panicum virgatum Shenandoah
Panicum virgatum Shenandoah
Common Name: Switch Grass / Shenandoah
Clumps of green foliage begin turning red in July and become an outstanding wine-red color by fall. Clouds of amber flowers bloom in late summer. Beautiful as a specimen or for naturalizing the landscape. Plumes are effective for winter interest.
Height: 3-4 Feet
Spread: 3 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Saxifraga x arendsii Purple Robe
Saxifraga x arendsii Purple Robe
Common Name: Rock Foil / Purple Robe
Delicate stems bear a profusion of tiny, crimson flowers above a cushiony mat of extremely compact, mossy green foliage. A wonderful plant for rock gardens.
Height: 6-9 Inches
Spread: 18-24 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-7
Sempervivum Jade Rose
Sempervivum Jade Rose
Common Name: Hen and Chicks / HouseLeeks
Striking evergreen foliage on vigorous plants. Excellent for strawberry jars or other containers, miniature gardens, rock gardens and walls. Attractive at garden's edge or as a small-scale ground cover.
Height: 3-4 Inches
Spread: 10-15 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-9
Stokesia laevis Blue Danube
Stokesia laevis Blue Danube
Common Name: Stokes' Aster / Blue Danube
This exquisite and delicate cultivar of a southeastern U.S. native has glimmering, 3-4" silver-blue flowers. Heat and drought tolerant. A wonderful choice for a summer cut flower arrangement.
Spread: 18 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Verbena bonariensis
Verbena bonariensis
Common Name: Brazilian Verbena
2" lavender flowers on tall, coarse-haired stems, blooms early to mid summer, grows 48".
Height: 24-48 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-10
Verbena canadensis Homestead Purple
Verbena canadensis Homestead Purple
Common Name: Creeping Vervain / Homestead Purple
Rich purple flowers bloom over an exceptionally long season. A superb edging plant for butterfly gardens; also ideal in containers or trailing over stones and rock walls. Beautiful contrasted with yellow flowers or golden-leaved plants. Drought and heat tolerant.
Height: 6-10 Inches
Spread: 18-24 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-10
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