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Scabiosa columbaria
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Common Name: Pincushion 'nana'
Bloom Season: Midsummer to frost
Bloom Color: Blue
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 10"
Description:
Nice compact plant, blooms nicely, good for feeding butterflies. Can deadhead occasionally to prolong bloom. Very hardy, dependable. |
Scabiosa caucasica
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Common Name: Pincushion 'perfecta clear blue'
Bloom Season: Midsummer to frost
Bloom Color: Blue
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:
Clear blue flowers, Hardy perennial for border or cut flower, deadheading ensures longer blooming. Classic blooms for butterflies. |
Lychnis chalcedonica
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Common Name: Burning Love
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Red
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:
Said to be a humming bird magnet. Google pictures and see why! New to me, but is listed as an old fashioned plant. Garden Notes: All reviews I have seen have been positive. May need more water than I like to give my plants.
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Gaura lindheimeri
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Common Name: The Bride
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: White
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 30"
Description:
Long lived perennial, taproot, fairly drought tolerant, many white blooms till frost- nice airy effect, takes heat. Garden Notes: It is best to give at least 3 ft growing space for best effect
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Gaillardia aristata
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Common Name: Burgandy
Bloom Season: Summer to Frost
Bloom Color: Burgandy
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:
Scarlet red flowers. Long bloom season. Deadhead to improve looks and increase bloom period. |
Centranthus ruber coccineus
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Common Name: Red Jupiter's Beard
Bloom Season: All Summer
Bloom Color: Red
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:
Adaptable plant with showy red flowers. Reseeds, but easy to remove when young. Long bloom season. Garden Notes: Nice deep green leaves. It does very well in full sun to part shade.
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Centranthus ruber alba
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Common Name: White Jupiter's Beard
Bloom Season: All Summer
Bloom Color: White
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:
Adaptable plant with showy white flowers. Reseeds, but easy to remove when young. Long bloom season. |



