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Common ninebark
Common ninebark is a hardy, native Canadian shrub with exfoliating bark, spring flowers and an adaptable nature. It suits informal hedges, screens, foundation plantings and naturalized areas, especially where soils may alternate…
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Nannyberry
Good Bugs, Bad Bugs
Black-eyed Susan
Creeping phlox
Gaillardia aristata
Achillea ‘Terracotta’
Sedum spurium ‘John Creech’
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Peony (herbaceous types)
Paeonia (herbaceous hybrids and cultivars)Herbaceous perennial · Perennial
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