Liquidambar styrociflua Sweet gum Z 5-9

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  Airy rose-pink umbels like a short, pink Queen Anne’s lace, blooming in spring to early summer, compliment the fern-like apple-scented fragrant foliage.

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  Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil, cut back to refresh foliage and rebloom.
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• Campanula punctata var. rubriflora Z 4-9

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  Dangling rosy purple bells hide their red spots inside the petals – early summer

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  Native: Japan
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• Antirrhinum hispanicum ‘Roseum’ syn. A. glutinosum Perennial snapdragon, Spanish snapdragon Z 5-8

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  Rose pink, with yellow above the lower lip, snapdragon-shaped blooms in spring and repeats in fall. Fuzzy, glaucous, silver-grey foliage. Excellent for places you want low-growing, drought tolerant flowers.

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• Antennaria dioica Pussy toes Z 5-9

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  Pale pink “pussy-toe”, resembling the pads of a kitten’s foot, flowers in early summer, great silvery-gray foliage, good groundcover and rock garden plant.

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