Expert gardeners discover their pet plants for the Northeastern , Mid - Atlantic , and Southeastern states .
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NORTHEAST
Jennifer Benner is a freelance garden writer and photographer , as well as formerFine Gardeningstaff . She resides in Roxbury , Connecticut .
1.Solenostemon scutellarioides
2.Betula nigra ‘ Heritage Cully ’
3.Picea pungens‘Montgomery ’
4.Allium hollandicum‘Purple Sensation ’
5.Viburnum nudum‘Winterthur ’
6.Artemisia‘Powis Castle ’
7.Schizachyrium scoparium
8.EchinaceaBig SkyTMseries
9.Rudbeckia hirta‘Indian Summer ’
10.Plectranthus‘Lemon Twist ’
11.Ensete ventricosum‘Maurelii ’
Jo Ann Gardner , writer ofBrightening Damp Shade , lives in Essex , New York .
1.Pulmonaria officinalisComments : uncomparable other springiness bloom greets the first hummingbirds .
2.Lamium maculatum‘White Nancy’Comments : Groundcover , comrade for sun or shade .
3.Rudbeckia ‘ Goldsturm’Comments : Late summer color , long - permanent .
4.Lactuca sativa‘Pablo’Comments : Does well in heat or dusty , does n’t beetle off , and is beautiful ! A crisp - leaved Batavian clams .
5.Beta vulgaris‘Perpetual Spinach’Comments : Never deadbolt , is always sweet , and produce new leaves all time of year . An heirloom chard ( 1869 ) , still very pop in France , scarcely know here .
Hamamelis X intermedia ‘Jelena’Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner
6.Supertunia ‘ Bordeaux’Comments : A great container plant life with largish flowers that never ask deadheading .
7.Sedum telephinium‘Autumn Joy’Comments : Good form all season , dependable long - lasting downslope color .
8.Spirea‘Goldflame’Comments : Great fountain and downfall colour , and garden emphasis . easy grown and propagated .
Hamamelis X intermedia ‘Jelena’. Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner
9.Phlox paniculata‘Eva Cullum’Comments : Long blossom from midsummer through fall , good remote accent .
10.Hosta sieboldiana‘Elegans’Comments : Tolerates drought and resists idle ( a incentive in hostas ) , a full hedge in difficult conditions ( dank shade ) and attractive alone as an dialect .
11.Rosa‘Champlain’Comments : Absolutely hardy , no black spot , flower nonstop in thick clump , which is strange in a hardy rose .
Nepeta X faassennia ‘Walker’s Low’. Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner
Contributing editor Amy Goldman , author ofThe Heirloom Tomato , hold up in upstate New York .
1.Solanum lycopersicum‘Sara ’s Galapagos’Comments : kid love the delicious tiny red love apple borne in profusion all summer long .
2.Solanum lycopersicum‘Black Cherry’Comments : A maroon cherry red Lycopersicon esculentum that tastes like plum stone fruit without the stone ( pit ) .
3.Solanum lycopersicum‘Speckled Roman’Comments : A psychedelic plum - shaped tomato : ruddy with orange zigzags . Fruity and sweet , makes feeding tomato plant fun for the uninitiated .
4.Solanum lycopersicum‘Gold Medal’Comments : A superbly toothsome and eye - catching bicolor ( orangish , yellow and pink )
5.Cucumis melo‘Queen Anne ’s Pocket Melon’Comments : An enthralling melon : sack - sized , with red and yellow stripes , that gives off an unforgettable perfume . For sniffing and not eat ( mouthful is flat ) .
6 . Cucumis melo‘Snake Melon’Comments : This elegant long - necked beast can coil like a Snake River when get on the ground . Tastes like a cucumber , only better , and produces a vast craw to revel any child .
7.Cucumis melo‘Golden Midget’Comments : An outstanding little watermelon with penciled sensationalistic rind and salmonpink flesh . With a builtin ripeness indicant : the fruit ( and works ) turn sensationalistic when ripe .
8 . Cucurbita pepo‘Jack Be Little’Comments : This palm - sized pipsqueak is undeniably imaginary . look like a miniature autumn pumpkin but is in fact a eccentric of acorn squash . Not just for ornament ! Makes a great afterschool bite : bake one whole , reduce a lid and scoop out the seeds , and drop in some creamy butter and maple syrup .
9.Cucurbita pepo‘Winter Luxury Pie’Comments : A fabulous orange pie Cucurbita pepo with a fine white filigree . make the best Cucurbita pepo PIE .
10.Cucurbita maxima‘Atlantic Giant’Comments : The biggest pumpkin in the reality . Materializes like magic .
Kristin Green is the interpretive horticulturist atBlithewold Mansion Gardens and Arboretumin Bristol , Rhode Island .
1.LavandulaXintermedia‘Grosso’Comments : Ever since I was a kid and someone gave me a beanbag full of lilac-colored flowers , I have had to have its scent around me and in my garden . Also it requires famish soil . Somehow I ’ve always been able to give it what it necessitate .
2.Hamamelis x intermedia‘Jelena’Comments : All gardeners ask something that blooms in February / March .
3.Asclepias tuberosa(butterfly weed)Comments : A must have for any gardener that loves butterflies .
4.Malus sargentii(crabapple)Comments : On my list because I do n’t have one yet and want one for the raspberry .
5.Salvia guaraniticaComments : hummingbird love it .
6.Calamintha nepetaComments : Bees love it and it ’s one of those rewarding , no pettifoggery , blooms constantly , industrial plant that can make any gardener feel like a genius .
7.Cynara cardunculus‘cardoon’Comments : Because it ’s salient . Literally .
8.Beta vulgaris var.flavescens‘Bright Lights’Comments : To go where no hosta can ( full Dominicus ) . Besides they ’re more beautiful than hosta and tasty too .
9.Echinacea purpurea‘Virgin’Comments : Virgin is mitt - down a not bad plant for being an upstanding citizen with non - stop blooms . And it ’s another for the hiss , gold - finch love Echinacea seeds .
10.Zinnia‘Benary Giants ’ or ‘ Profusion series’Comments : They ’re just so light and so sport .
11.Pelargonium tomentosum(peppermint - scented)Comments : It ’s softer than a kitten and smell a fortune gracious than puppy breath . It ’s a not bad pet plant for the kiddos .
Andrew Keys hostsFine Gardening‘sGarden Confidential podcast . He lives in Topsfield , Massachusetts .
1.Buddleia davidii‘Black Knight’Comments : good butterfly stroke bush by far for bloom , fragrance , and ease of growth .
2.BaptisiaXvariicolor‘Twilite’Comments : Beautiful in flower ( purple ) and leaf ( disconsolate ) .
3.Nepeta faasenii‘Walker ’s Low’Comments : undestroyable catmint .
4.Phlomis russelianaComments : wan sensationalistic Jerusalem salvia .
5.Pennisetum orientale‘Karley Rose’Comments : good medium sized grass ever . Pale pink flowers over a very long time of year .
6.Achillea anthea . ’Anblo’Comments : Palest xanthous Achillea millefolium .
7.Aralia spinosaComments : Devil ’s walking stick . care it were more wide usable .
8.Vaccinium corymbosum
9.Kolkwitzia amabilisComments : The older fashioned beautybush . severely to flap .
10.Polystichum acrostichoidesComments : One of the knotty plant I know .
11.Yucca filamentosaComments : That ’s correct ! unmistakable ole Yucca much maligned but well make love .
Dean Riddle ’s upstate New York garden is largely self - sow ( see aslideshow ) .
1.Buxusvar.koreanaXB . sempervirens hybrids‘Green Mountain’Comments : Sheridan hybrid , fantabulous for hedge .
2.Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora‘Limelight’Comments : Hard - prune in former bound .
3.Syringa meyeri‘Palibin’Comments : Top - grafted , standard or “ Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ” configuration .
4.Betula nigra‘Dura Heat ’
5.Miscanthus sinensis‘Adagio ’
6 . Hackonechloa macra‘All Gold ’
7.Geranium‘Rozanne ’
8.Verbena bonariensis
9.Sedum telephium‘Autumn Joy ’
10.Tulipa‘Spring Green ’
11 . Sun Gold cherry love apple
Connecticut gardener Steve Silk is a former manage editor program ofFine Gardeningmagazine . Visit hisClatter Valleyblog .
1.Ensete ventricosum‘Maurelii’Comments : prominent mien , bluff issue , easy to overwinter .
2.CannaTropicana ® Comments : Colorful leaf makes it a great host for all variety of combinations .
3.Acer palmatum‘Orange Dream’Comments : How can you go incorrect a Japanese maple , any Japanese maple , but especially this one , with its sultry orange tree foliage in bounce ?
4.EuphorbiaComments : Distinctive room the foliage is wear makes euphorbia ’s welcome in almost every combining
5 . Lespedeza thunbergiiComments : Delicate grain makes it a great player , and the affair is just overflowing in blossoms in latest summertime , tough as nail .
6 . Aralia elata‘Aureovariegata’Comments : You only need one , but this colossal bush boasts remarkable form , delicately colorful foliage , and a wild , tropic calibre yet is hard and hardy .
7.Iris‘Caesar ’s Brother’Comments : One of the most beautiful flower , lifelike people of colour .
8.Miscanthus sinensis‘Morning Light’Comments : Any Mary Jane is a good one , but this beautifully fountain - shaped grass , with its insidious diversification , compliments any position it is planted .
9.Hakonechloa macra‘Aureola’Comments : Another grass with matchless free grace , this one search like a lilliputian falls in the garden , and having lots makes it possible to create flowing streams of intensely pleasing beauty .
10.EpimediumComments : Interesting prime , terrific leafage , drought - tolerant as all get out , easy to separate and institute turgid areas quickly . What ’s not to care ?
11.TulipaComments : OK , I say it , got to have tulip . By the fourth dimension they get , I am so crave for color and tulips provide it , unlike colors and cultivar every twelvemonth , so the leap show is always enrich by their mien . care for as yearbook .
MID - ATLANTIC
Pennsylvania gardener Inta Krombolz is the author ofSolutions for Wet , Shady Sites .
1.Hosta‘Sum and Substance ’ , ‘ Victory ’ , and ‘ Liberty’Comments : Incredible foliage plants that do their job all time of year .
2.Hakonechloa macra‘Aureola’and ‘ All Gold . ’Comments : The most graceful of grasses . There are many color variety and it can be embed in a mixed border without shadowing all other plants . My favorite of all Gunter Grass . I have it in all color interpretation .
3.Cephalotaxus‘Harringtonia ’ and ‘ Fastigiata’Comments : Wonderful grain and colouring .
4.Aralia cordata‘Sun King’Comments : A tremendous , tumid , herbaceous , chartreuse , clean look all season . This is a newer plant for me but I just bonk it . It gets to be about 34 ft and has a lot of presence in the garden . It keeps its color all time of year and the foliage stays clean .
5.Carex elata‘Bowles Golden’Comments : Great for wet areas ; beautiful chartreuse people of color and very well behaved only increase in girth , never running .
6.Carex morrowii‘Ice Dance’and ‘ Silver Scepter’Comments : skillful vary grasses that are easy to grow , especially in dampish soil .
7.Fargesia nitidaComments : I love this industrial plant . It has majuscule mannikin , beautiful showing legs , arcing strain and is very well behaved . I haveFargesia robustaandFargesia‘Anceps ’ and just love the shape , grain and good will that they add to the garden .
8.Podophyllum pleianthumComments : A brilliant plant that has grownup shiny fleeceable leaves that remain all time of year . It stop people in their course .
9.Buxus‘Kingsville ’ and ‘ Compacta’Comments : slap-up shrubs that increase tardily and never get any diseases . take care nice in all stage setting and impart that regular shape to the garden that land it ordination .
10.HelleboresComments : gravid foliage and flowering plants .
11.Arachnoides standishiiComments : adorable arcing delicately divided fern that is a show stopper
Ray Rogers , editor of theAmerican Horticultural Society A to Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants , was recently interviewed for aGarden Confidential podcast . He live in New Jersey .
1.Scaevola aemulaComments : Blue - flowered natural selection . yearly , easy to spring up and blooms the entire growing season .
2.PaeoniaComments : Perennial , gentle to acquire and live for generations .
3.ViburnumComments : Any with showy yield . Shrub , easy to grow and they feed the birds .
4.AcerComments : Any that have first-class fall color and are n’t weedy . Theser trees are well-situated to grow and dazzle the center .
5.LycopersiconComments : Heirloom or loanblend , as long as it has in force appreciation . Vegetable , easy to acquire and taste great .
6.NarcissusComments : Any fourth dimension - essay one . Bulb , soft to grow and deer do n’t feed them .
7.ClematisComments : Climber : easy to grow and take colouring material into the melodic phrase .
8.Solenostemon scutellarioidesComments : Like any but the finicky few . Tropical , easy to grow and provide color all growing season .
9.Muehlenbeckia axillaris / complexaComments : Houseplant , easy to produce and can be trained into any shape .
10.EuphorbiaComments : Succulent , sluttish to grow and take many forms .
Bill Thomas is the executive director and head gardener atChanticleerin Wayne , Pennsylvania .
1 . Quercus alba
2.Acer saccharum
3.Chimonanthus virginicus
4.Amsonia hubrichtii
5.Epimedium
6.Viburnum dentatum
7.Pachysandra procumbens
8.Hydrangea arborescens
9.Galanthus elwesii
10.Narcissus
11.Cornus sericea
sou’-east
Tony Avent is the proprietor ofPlant Delights Nurseryand in Raleigh , North Carolina .
1.Hosta‘Liberty’Comments : one of the good ever .
2.Polygonatum odoratum‘Variegatum ’
3.Arachniodes standishii
4.Sedum‘Maestro ’
5.Colocasia gigantea‘Thailand Giant’Comments : For the supersized garden .
6.Canna‘Phasion ’
7.Iris laevigata‘Variegata ’
8.Baptisia‘Carolina Moonlight ’
9.Phlox‘Minnie Pearl ’
10.Sporobolus wrightii
11.Spigelia marilandica
Paul Cappiello is the executive director ofYew Dell Botanical Gardensin Crestwood , Kentucky .
1.Quercus albaComments : Quite simply , one of the most olympian parental beauties in the plant life realm !
2.Fagus sylvatica‘Asplenifolia’Comments : Talk about a four season plant . There is not a individual day during the calendar year that beholder fail to be overwhelmed by the absolute arresting impact of this .
3 . Cedrus libanivar . StenocomaComments : Spire - ilk in young person , aging to a elegant broad grower , this form combines beauty and adaptability to make an peerless software program .
4 . genus Abies nordmanniana
5.Viburnum x burkwoodii‘Mohawk’Comments : Find me another shrub out there with a better combining of floral display , sweetness , summer and fall leafage , and I ’ll bribe 1000 !
6.Aesculus parviflora‘Rogers’Comments : Some you just turn for sentimental reason and how can you authorise on this one !
7.Stewartia pseudocamelliaComments : If it was well-heeled , everyone would be grow it ! But if it was n’t for the cultural challenge , this would be the consummate garden tree diagram !
8.Hakonechloa macra‘All Gold’Comments : Better grower than the more common Aureola and a firstrate garden plant .
9.DaphneXburkwoodii‘Carol Mackie’Comments : There may be others , but none easily !
10.HamamelisXintermedia‘Early Bright’Comments : Everyone should have lustrous , fragrant bloom in January , and this one is sturdy to beat !
11.Hydrangea genus Anomala ssp . petiolaris‘Miranda’Comments : One cracking vine ! Golden diversification and great flowers and no tilt would be utter without at least one Hydrangea !
Dwayne Jones is the superintendent of park and horticulture in Waynesboro , Virginia .
1.Ginkgo biloba
2.Itea virginica‘Henry ’s Garnet ’
3.Callicarpa dichotoma
4.Fothergilla gardenii
5.Taxodium distichum
6.Ilex decidua‘Winter Red ’
7.Helleborus foetidus
8.Acer triflorum
9.Quercus bicolor
10.Penstemon digitalis‘Husker Red ’
11.Setcreasea pallida
Troy Marden is a garden designer , generator , lecturer , and television host in Nashville , Tennessee .
1.Hemerocallis‘Hyperion’Comments : One of the toughest and most long - lived of all perennial , with fragrant , lemon chickenhearted flowers for six calendar week in early to midsummer .
2.Hosta plantaginea‘Grandiflora’Comments : One of the most vigorous and beautiful of all hostas . Solid green leafage and tremendous , fragrant , saturated bloodless flowers in August .
3.HelleborusXhybridusComments : A group of works that no shade garden should be without . The almost perfect perennial . rugged , evergreen plant , deer tolerant , thrives in dry shade and flowers at a sentence when so piffling else is in blossom .
4.Miscanthus sinensis‘Cabaret’Comments : My favorite of all of the variegated weed . One of the midsize miscanthus that is suited for garden of any size , with clean , beautiful diversification . Does not reseed like some miscanthus .
5.Helianthus salicifoliusComments : A loyalist native with beautiful , gracile leaf and golden yellow , dark - eyed “ daisies ” in late summertime and early fall . The ‘ First Light ’ flowers at around 4 feet , instead of the 7 to 9 foot of the straight . It also flowers about a month in the beginning .
6.CannaXgeneralis‘Pretoria ’ aka ‘ Bengal Tiger’Comments : The most spectacularly vary of all canna with fleeceable and yellow stripy leaves adjoin in red . Tangerine orange flower appear from midsummer to devolve . Unfortunately , canna computer virus is running rampant through nearly every canna on the marketplace and the foresighted - terminus effects are not yet known .
7.Salvia guaranitica‘Black & Blue ’ and ‘ Argentine Skies’Comments : My go - to salvia for Co patrician colouration . geographical zone 6b and south it is mostly perennial , further north an annual that is well worth the investing each bounce . ‘ Argentine Skies ’ is a little shy in its blossom production , but the soft , sky bluing is 2d to none in color .
8.Hydrangea quercifolia‘Snowflake’Comments : The most impressive and long flowering of all of the oak leafage hydrangea . Magnificent , cascading heads of double white prime begin in June and are showy through other August .
9.Musahybrid ‘ Basjoo ’ , ‘ Coccinea ’ , ‘ Red Jewel ’ , ‘ Thailand Ruby’Comments : One of the best plants for add that tropic touching to any garden . big - grow Musa basjoo is cold unfearing to at least Zone 6 and possibly colder , with protection . ‘ Red Jewel ’ and ‘ Siam Ruby ’ are arrant choice for smaller gardens .
10.Colocasia‘Black legerdemain ’ , ‘ Nancy ’s Revenge ’ , ‘ Elena’Comments : More tropical favorites ! ‘ Nancy ’s retaliation ’ for its presto - alteration - group O variegation that streaks through the leaves from midsummer to strike , ‘ Elena ’ for its brilliant chartreuse leaves and rhubarb ruby flushes to the stems and ‘ Black Magic ’ for that magical , mystical pitch-dark leaf that is the perfect foil for every other color in the garden .
11.Thuja plicata‘George Washington’Comments : My newfangled favorite conifer , seemingly fast growing and with green and gold variegation whose patterns switch throughout the seasons . Sometimes light-green with amber tips , at other times the atomic number 79 “ movement ” to the center of the folder and the patterns change in a seemingly interminable manner .
Diane Meucci is the owner ofGardensOyVey Nurseryin Arlington , Tennessee .
1.Hydrangea quercifolia‘Snow Flake’Comments : Sexy in all seasons….tough .
2.Chionanthus retususComments : Lovely specimen … Xeriscape works .
3.Rhus‘Tiger Eyes’Comments : I have happen it likes afternoon shade in zone 7 . Great in container .
4.Cotinus‘Grace’Comments : problematic . Sexy . Great with Tiger Eyes Sumac .
5.Yucca‘Color Guard’Comments : OMG ! Great in container .
6.Camellia sassanquaandoliferahybridsComments : To forefend late wintertime halt … down the blossom in zone 7 .
7.Carex‘Evergold’Comments : I have kill every Carex , but have not get hold a style to wipe out this one .
8.HelleborusComments : Just because .
9.Hydrangea arborescens‘Annabelle’Comments : Tough ‘ ole southern girlfriend … .Steel Magnolia .
10.Rhododendron austrinum , prunifolium , viscosum , canescensComments : Cranky , boring , expensive , hard … .They take my breath forth .
11.Hosta
Hilary Nichols is senior horticulturist at theAtlanta Botanical Garden .
1.Osmanthus fragrans‘Fudingzhu’Comments : Excellent scent , long bloom , evergreen , bush for complex body part , forethought - free .
2.Coreopsis auriculata‘Nana’Comments : Early and long - blossom , supports butterfly , evergreen .
3.Baptisia australisComments : Supports butterflies , strange looking spring emergence , silver foliage , black seed pods , upkeep - free .
4.Scutellaria baicalensisComments : brilliant color , odd - mould flowers , long - blooming , care - free .
5.Eucomis pole - evansiiComments : Bold grain , eldritch flower , long - blooming , care - free .
6.Bouvardia ternifoliaComments : Vivid colour , supports hummingbirds , butterfly stroke , long - blooming and care - free .
7.Helianthus salicifoliusComments : Happy blossom sustain pollinator , long bloom .
8.Muhlenbergia capillarisComments : Energetic hunky-dory texture , amazing luminescence when blooms backlit , long - blooming , caution - destitute .
9.Eupatorium purpureum‘Joe White’Comments : Supports many different pollinators and butterflies , structure on through the wintertime , very long - blooming .
10.Aster oblongifolius‘Raydon ’s Favorite’Comments : stick out pollinators and butterflies , profuse and long - flower .
11.Carex oshimensis‘Evergold’Comments : relax fine texture , always a bright smear , evergreen and care - free
Contributing editor Jason Reeves is an ornamental horticulture enquiry associate at University of Tennessee’sWest Tennessee Research and Education Centerin Jackson , Tennessee .
1.Chionanthus retususComments : in effect bark , bully flowers , shinney leaves , attractive yield on female
2.Lagerstroemia indicaXfauriei‘Natchez’Comments : Beautiful cinnamon - colour bark , flowers profusely , fall color , tough as nail
3.Hydrangea quercifoliaComments : Attractive peeling bark , large dependable flowers , nice coarse texture , fall colouring
4.Thuja ( Platycladus ) orientalis‘Morgan’Comments : Matures to a manageable sizing , majuscule summer and a shine fuzz winter people of colour , great replacement for nanus Alberta spruce in the South
5.Jasminum officinalis‘Fiona Sunrise ’ and ‘ Frojas’Comments : burnished leafage and wintertime root word color , nice leafage texture .
6.Cryptomeria japonica‘Globosa Nana’Comments : practiced foliage coloring and grain , of course ball-shaped in nature , ripe renewal for boxwoods , and Nipponese and shadow yaupon Charles Hardin Holley , a plant life you just need to hug .
7.Zinnia‘Profusion’and ‘ Zahara’Comments : Nonstop flowers , disease resistant , no deadheading needed , compact .
8.LantanaComments : Nonstop heyday , drought tolerant , no deadheading postulate .
9.Miscanthus sinensis‘Morning Light’Comments : Graceful vertical arching form , attractive for a long full stop of time , winter interest group , apparent movement in the garden .
10.Edgeworthia chrysanthaComments : belated winter fragrant heyday , great foliage , have it away the means water / due bubble on the foliage term , attractive winter flower bud and over all interesting winter texture .
11.HelleborusXhybridusComments : What a hard choice . Helleborusbeat outThuja ( Platycladus ) orientalis‘Franky male child ’ due to being so young and hard to find . genus Helleborus flowers early , and the bracts last for a long time . It ’s evergreen , rodent resistant , tough , and drought patient of .
Helen Yoest tends to her half - acre wildlife habitat garden , Helen ’s Haven , in Raleigh , North Carolina . She is also a garden talker , writer and garden stylist .
1.Hydrangea quercifolia‘Snow Flake’Comments : Sweet leap commons , blue-blooded long - live on large flower , fabulous autumn people of color . Can be sheared or left natural . Makes a big specimen flora or hedging .
2.Amsonia hubrichtiiComments : Three solid seasons with bluebottle drear flowers in saltation , nice structure in summer and bronzy yellow fall foliation .
3.Paeonia‘Red Charm’Comments : Peony flowers may only last a couple of weeks ( at most ) but they artist ’s inspiration allowing painters to paint and poets to pontificate .
4.Prunus mume‘Peggy Clarke’Comments : I really like them all … can’t envisage my wintertime garden without one . I first find out about these peach from the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh , NC .
5.Helleborus orientalis
6.Tulipa clusiana‘Lady Jane’Comments : Accept no backup . Order fromOld House Gardens .
7.Daphne cneorum‘Ruby Glow’Comments : Get on your genu , baby , to see or set on a berm … perfect addition to your rock garden .
8.Edgeworthia chrysanthaComments : Four solid seasons . Beautiful summer bush . But what really jazzes me about this knockout is how the flower heads configuration before the leaves even fall . Then they just hang there , slowly opening , revealing some yellow and wafting its scent .
9.Ilex vomitoria‘Pendula’Comments : Great native with aphrodisiacal curves and beaming berry . Great for food and cover for wildlife .
10.Echineaca purpureaComments : Yep , just the pure native . think back that ? Great flower , ejaculate loved my many birds , particularly the yellow finch .
11.Distylium myricoidesComments : This is a merriment and funky lineament in my assorted border that really tolerate out in the winter garden .
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