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Agastache
Lavender blue spikes of flowers from mid to late summer brighten up the perennial garden in the heat of the summer. It grows from 24 to 36 inches high, so use it toward the back of a sunny perennial bed. The foliage smells like licorice when broken, giving it the common name of Anise Hyssop.
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Aster Purple Dome
Masses of purple blooms beginning in late summer well into the fall. Use this aster in the sun garden where you need to brighten up the fall colors and attract butterflies. Reaching a height from 24 to 36 inches, use the long stems as cut flowers.
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Aster Alma Potschke
This aster grows to 36 inches with masses of dusty pink blooms in late summer to fall. Use as a contrast to the fall colors of shrubs, and as a source for cut flowers when the weather cools in the fall. Plant in full sun.
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Baptisa
Baptisa grows from 36 to 42 inches with spikes of indigo blue flowers up to 1 foot long in late spring. Use as a back drop or as a
specimen plant in full to part sun. The flowers can be used fresh or dried in arrangements.
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Delphinium Black Knight
Black knight has dark blue spikes of flowers that rise above a mound of deeply cut leaves. Plant in full sun. Remove the first set of blooms to encourage a second flush later in the summer. This pacific giant grows to 5 to 6 feet.
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Digitalis
Truly a biennial, this plant will flower in its first year however, with spikes of lavender, cream, yellow, pink, or magenta in early summer that are suitable for cut flower arrangements. Growing to 30 inches, Digitalis Foxy prefers sunny locations at the back of a perennial collection.
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Eryngium Blue
Glitter
Fantastic as cut flowers for both fresh and dried arrangements.
The 36 to 40 inch plants yield clusters of blue pin cushion like flowers from
mid summer to early fall. Grow in full sun to part sun locations with well
drained soil.
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Heliopsis Summer Sun
Bright golden 2 to 3 inch semi double blooms cover Summer Sun all summer. Use the flowers as cut flowers, since the plant grows to 36 inches giving long stems. Use in full to part sun gardens.
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Hollyhock
Towering to up to 7 feet tall, spikes of mixed fully double flowers in June look stunning against a sunny wall or fence. Add these tall spikes of flowers to your arrangements for great height.
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Monarda
Sometimes called Beebalm, this fragrant leaved perennial's summer blooms attract hummingbirds to your garden. Growing to a height of 3 feet, these pink blooms enhance any sunny garden.
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Perovskia
In mid summer to fall, violet blue flowers appear atop of silver
foliage. Flowers attract butterflies to the garden and are good as cut flowers.
This plant is resistant to deer and rabbits, and is drought tolerant. It
grows 36 to 48 inches in a sunny location.
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Oriental Poppy
Orange scarlet blooms appear on this plant in May and June atop of 24 inch foliage. Plant in full sun to light shade for best performance. Dark centers earn this plant the name of remembrance day poppy.
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Pyrethrum
Used as a contrast for Shasta Daisies, these red and pink flowers make wonderful fresh, long lasting bouquets in June and July. The fern like foliage adds texture to the perennial garden, preferring sun to partial sun attaining a height of 24 inches.
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Rudbeckia
Rudbeckia Goldsturm was the perennial plant of the year for 1999. Golden blooms with dark centers in August and September fill your garden even after early September frosts. Growing to 30 inches, use in the background of a sunny border, or the center of a bed.
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Sedum Frosty Morn
This upright sedum has variegated leaves with a white border on the light green leaves. Flowers range from light pink to white depending on the heat of the location. Plants grow from 24 to 36 inches in full sun gardens.
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Shasta Daisy Alaska
Superior cut flower white daisy blooming in early summer. Growing to 30 inches, plant in sunny to partially sunny locations. Mix with other daisy like flowers such as pyrethrum or echinacea for a beautiful cut flower
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Shasta Daisy Becky
Becky is the perennial plant of the year for 2003, with superb heat tolerance, it reaches 36 inches high with 4 inch white flowers.
Use in sunny to partially sunny gardens. Deadheading will promotes more flowers.
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Trollius Golden
Queen
Golden yellow blooms with orange centre appear in late spring to
early summer. Use in a sunny to part sunny garden with average to moist
soil. Can be used as a cut flower. Shear back the plant after
blooming to encourage lush green growth for the remainder of the season.
Grows 29 to 36 inches tall.
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