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Danthonia spicata
Common Name: Poverty oat grass
Native to North America
Danthonia spicata is a petite cool season perennial grass with dense tufted foliage. Leaves from the current season are wiry and bluish green. Twisted older leaves develop a bronzy hue and are retained at the base of each clump. …
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Desmodium canadense
Common Name: Showy tick trefoil
Native to North America
Showy tick trefoil - a nitrogen fixing plant that grows well in moist to dry soils. Leaves have hairs that attach to clothing and fur, thus the name. Flowers bloom from top to bottom for a period of about 3 weeks in mid summer. Long-tonged bees…
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Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Firewitch'
Common Name: Firewitch cheddar pink
Native to Poland & Ukraine
Perfect for the formal and informal garden at the front of the border. Beautiful grey green foliage all season long topped off by magenta pink flowers in late spring and early summer. Plants must be deadheaded after flowering as s…
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