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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. |
Salvia officinalis
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Common Name: Sage
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Blue
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 30"
Description:
Herb used for seasoning. Violet blooms attract small butterflies. Attractive plant. Gray-green leaves. |
Salvia jurisicii
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Common Name: European Cutleaf Sage
Bloom Season: Summer to Fall
Bloom Color: Blue
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 4"
Mature Width: 14"
Description:
Vigorous plants with ferny foliage. Upside down blue flowers. Garden Notes: Plant out small.
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Salvia farinacea
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Common Name: Victoria Blue
Bloom Season: Spring to Frost
Bloom Color: Blue
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 14"
Description:
Deep blue flowers, long bloom season When deadheaded. Cut to new growth early spring. Long lived. |
Rudbeckia fulgida
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Common Name: Goldstrum
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:
Denver Botanical Gardens Plant Select 1999 Large, long blooming plant covered with yellow blooms in summer. Gets bigger and better each year. |
Ratibida columnaris
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Common Name: Mexican Hat Yellow
Bloom Season: All Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow/Red
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:
Panhandle native, drought tolerant, naturalizes, long bloom season, a little extra water improves bloom. |
Ratibida columnaris
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Common Name: Mexican Hat Red
Bloom Season: All Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow/Red
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:
Panhandle native, drought tolerant, naturalizes, long bloom season, a little extra water improves bloom. |
Oenothera macrocarpa missouriensis
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Common Name: Missouri Evening Primrose
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 8"
Mature Width: 30"
Description:
Fragrant 4" wide blooms open late in the day. Drought tolerant once established. Likes extra water to bloom all summer. |



