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This database was created to help you learn more about the plants grown in each garden.

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› Coneflower

› Coneflower

Herbaceous Plant, Perennial

Water Needs:
L
Deer Resistant?
yes
Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Photo:
Echinacea purpurea 'Rubinstern' RUBY STAR

Showy purple flowers

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› 'EverLast' Burgundy Blush Dianthus

› 'EverLast' Burgundy Blush Dianthus

Herbaceous Plant, Perennial

Water Needs:
M
Deer Resistant?
yes
Sun Exposure:
Partial Sun
Photo:
Dianthus x KLEDG11143'

Highly fragrant, double burgundy-pink flowers are delicately edged in softer pink. This tough performer blooms in spring and summer, with an encore in autumn! Perfect for the cutting garden or as an accent in borders or containers.

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› 'Royal Raindrops' Crabapple

› 'Royal Raindrops' Crabapple

› Flowering Crabapple

Tree, Broadleaf

Water Needs:
M
Deer Resistant?
no
Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Photo:
Nancy Glick
Malus x 'JFS-KW5'

Small flowering crabapple with purple lobed leaves and magenta pink flowers

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› Alumroot

› Alumroot

› Roundleaf Alumroot

Herbaceous Plant, Perennial

Water Needs:
M
Deer Resistant?
no
Sun Exposure:
Partial Sun
Photo:
Pat Kolling
Heuchera cylindrica

Flowers are white and striking, and bloom in the mid spring. Leaves are medium green and deciduous. It tends to grow in rocky banks and slopes, at elevations from 3300-9800 feet.

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› Barberry

› Barberry

› Japanese Barberry

Med - Lg Shrub (usually >3' and never < 1.5')

Water Needs:
L
Deer Resistant?
yes
Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Photo:
Pat Kolling
Berberis thunbergii 'Rose Glow'

Small- or medium-sized shrub with a dense, rounded growth habit. Branches have spines and small leaves in various foliage colors, ranging from purplish red to gold. Produces small yellow flowers followed by ornamental red fruit that persists into winter.

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› Birch-leaf Spiraea

› Birch-leaf Spiraea

Small Shrub (usually < 1.5' and not >3')

Water Needs:
M
Deer Resistant?
yes
Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Photo:
Pat Kolling
Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor'

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› 'Double Scoop Cranberry'

› 'Double Scoop Cranberry'

› Purple Coneflower

Herbaceous Plant, Perennial

Water Needs:
M
Deer Resistant?
yes
Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Photo:
Pat Kolling
Echinacea purpurea 'Balscanery'

Showy double flowers

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› 'Little Quick Fire' Hydrangea

› 'Little Quick Fire' Hydrangea

Med - Lg Shrub (usually >3' and never < 1.5')

Water Needs:
M
Deer Resistant?
no
Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Photo:
Pat Kolling
Hydrangea paniculata 'SMHPLQF'

Showy flowers emerge white and change to pink and finally reddish purple as summer progresses

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› Allegheny Serviceberry

› Allegheny Serviceberry

› Juneberry

Tree, Broadleaf

Water Needs:
L
Deer Resistant?
yes
Sun Exposure:
Partial Sun
Photo:
Pat Kolling
Amelanchier laevis 'Cumulus'

Small tree with showy while flowers in spring and brilliant fall colors. Berries attract birds and are edible usually in jams and jellies.

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› Arrowleaf Buckwheat

› Arrowleaf Buckwheat

› Heartleaf Buckwheat

› Northern Buckwheat

Herbaceous Plant, Perennial

Water Needs:
VL
Deer Resistant?
yes
Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Photo:
Kathy Ketchum
Eriogonum compositum

One of the showiest of the buckwheats with its many clusters of bright yellow flowers

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› Beardlip Penstemon

› Beardlip Penstemon

› Bearded Penstemon

› Red Penstemon

Herbaceous Plant, Perennial

Water Needs:
L
Deer Resistant?
yes
Sun Exposure:
Partial Sun
Photo:
Jan Even
Penstemon barbatus

Brilliant scarlet flowers are borne in profusion on the 2-4 ft. stalks of this penstemon. Blooms appear most profusely in the spring and again in the fall.

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› Black Chokeberry

› Black Chokeberry

Med - Lg Shrub (usually >3' and never < 1.5')

Water Needs:
M
Deer Resistant?
no
Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Photo:
Pat Kolling
Aronia melanocarpa 'Autumn Magic'

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