Archive | Plants with 9 as a Hardness Zone

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Hesperaloe parvifolia Red Yucca

This long blooming, great looking succulent is incredibly adaptable and virtually maintenance free. It’s amazingly drought tolerant AND cold hardy to Zone 5, making it perfect for any landscape!  Red Yucca’s foliage forms in fountaining clumps of thin, dark green leaves, with a spread of 3 feet. The beautiful flower stalks can grow to be 5 feet […]

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Equisetum hyemale Horsetail Reed

 This extraordinary shrub, with a very vertical growth habit, tolerates an extremely wide range of soils and will grow in up to 4” of standing water. Horsetail reed can spread to form large colonies if given the space. Its evergreen stalks are cylindrical, hollow, with tiny leaves joining together around stem. This reed is a […]

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Dianella tasmanica ‘Variegata’ Variegated Flax Lily

The strappy green leaves and contrasting yellow stripes of Dianella Tasmanica ‘Variegated’ will brighten the garden year-round. Stalks of bright lavender bloom and metallic turquoise blue berries last from fall into winter, and create a colorful accent. This clump forming beauty will grow to 24 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. This gorgeous, sword-like foliage […]

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Cordyline australis ‘Red Star’ Red Star Cordyline

A fantastic palm-like plant that offers a sophisticated look by means of its upright leaves. The Red Star’s thin, arching, bronze-red leaves fan out in a spherical arrangement. Mature plants produce branches of sweet-smelling, ivory-white flowers in summer.  It does not grow to great size of Red Sensation making it ideal for  containers, as well […]

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Cordyline australis ‘Red Sensation’ Red Sensation Cordyline

Looking for a landscape stunner? This fast growing shrub is a great focal point for gardens with its purple- burgundy leaves and upright, fanning growth habit. In the right conditions Red Sensation can grow to a massive 25 feet tall with a 10 foot spread, bringing height and texture to any area it’s planted. These […]

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Carex testacea ‘Prairie Fire’™ Orange New Zealand Sedge

Set your garden ablaze with the color of Prairie Fire! This sedge has stunning bronze-orange highlights make the plant appear to shimmer in full sun, and retains it’s color year-round. The cascading mounds of narrow, arching foliage can reach 2 ft tall and wide. Prairie Fire Orange Sedge is drought resistant and requires very little […]

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Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’ Variegated Japanese Sedge

Give your landscape a gold star! Fountains of narrow leaves with broad cream stripes and dark green margins adorn this clump-forming, shade-loving grass. This Sedge adds great texture in low tufted mound to moist, shady areas, perfect at pond’s edge, in dappled shade borders or as a container accent!

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Bulbine frutescens Orange African Bulbine

Gorgeous in any setting! Orange Bulbine has succulent, slender foliage accented by tall flower stalks. These tender perennials add wispy color during the spring and summer when the unique green striped buds reveal star-shaped blooms in yellow or orange. This versatile dry climate gem adapts to humidity and harsh weather.

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Asparagus meyeri Foxtail Fern

 This drought-resistant plant needs very little care and looks bright and green all year round. It’s long, plume-like stems hold soft, needle-like leaves. In addition to its beautiful foliage, Foxtail Fern will develops white flowers, followed by red berries in fall. An excellent choice for hanging baskets, containers, houseplants or borders.

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Alpinia zerumbet ‘Variegata’ Variegated Shell Ginger

The Alpinia Zerumbet is a beautiful addition to any landscape with it’s glossy, dark green leaves and attractive yellow striping. Its white and pink buds will bloom into bright yellow and red sprays of flowers in summer of the second year. With partial to full sunlight the Alpinia Zerumbet can grow to be 6 feet tall and […]

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