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Shrub Spotlight
Posted by Aaron Barton on Apr 12th 2023
Shrub Spotlight Adding shrubs into your landscape design is an excellent way to provide structure, frame buildings, anchor designs, and cre...
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Continuous Color
Posted by Aaron Barton on Apr 12th 2023
Planting for Continuous Color Along with their beautiful foliage interest, textured bark, and ornamental berries, perennials produce stunni...
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Prickly Pear Cactus
Posted by Hannah Brand on Apr 11th 2023
April 11, 2023 Prickly Pear Cactus Hey Plant Friends! This week we are talking about Opuntia ‘Thornton Blue’. Opuntia are...
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Yucca
Posted by Aaron Barton on Apr 7th 2023
Yucca (Adam's Needle) The perfect perennial for gardeners longing for warmer climates and sunnier days, Yucca filamentosa (YUK-uh fil-a-men-TOH-sa), or Adam’s Needle, is an excepti...
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Alcea
Posted by Aaron Barton on Apr 7th 2023
Alcea (Hollyhock) A standout garden staple spanning countless generations of gardeners, Alcea rosea (al-SEE-ah RO-see-ah), or hollyhock, formerly Althaea, is an iconic landscape standout...
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Geum
Posted by Aaron Barton on Apr 7th 2023
Geum (Avens/Prairie Smoke) One of the first perennials to emerge in the spring, Geum (JEE-um), commonly known as avens, is a distinctly ch...
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Agastache
Posted by Aaron Barton on Apr 7th 2023
Agastache (Anise Hyssop) Exploding in a sea of light purple-blue blooms buzzing with delighted pollinators all season long, Agastache foen...
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Platycodon
Posted by Aaron Barton on Apr 5th 2023
Platycodon (Balloon Flower) A wondrously whimsical perennial species, balloon flower is as stunning as it is unique, providing excellent i...
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Coreopsis
Posted by Aaron Barton on Apr 5th 2023
Coreopsis (Tickseed) A low maintenance, exceptionally hardy garden standout, Coreopsis, of the Aster family, Asteraceae, are bright bloome...
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