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Aster ‘Bridal Veil’ PP#23966
The robust ‘Bridal Veil’ grows to 2 feet tall by 4½ feet wide. The fine-textured branches are initially upright, becoming horizontal then weeping as the season progresses, culminating in a waterfall of ½-inch white blossoms for three weeks in autumn. Drought tolerant, soil type adaptable, and hardy to Zones 5-8. This selection also has excellent salt tolerance.
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Baptisia ‘Lunar Eclipse’ PP#25875
The inch-wide flowers of this selection are initially a light lemon-cream, aging to a medium or dark violet, producing a unique two-toned color effect like no other false indigo! It blooms for three weeks in late spring. Mature plants exhibit an upright, open, airy habit with stout stems below and fine-textured foliage held above. Grows to 3 feet tall by 3½ feet wide. Hardy to Zones 5-8.
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Baptisia ‘Spilled Buttermilk’ PPAF
Lemon-yellow to cream-colored flowers are produced for three weeks on horizontally borne inflorescences in mid-spring. Plants are more compact and produce fewer stems than most other false indigos, growing only to 18 inches tall by 3 feet wide. Best grown in full sun and in well-drained soils. Hardy to Zones 5-8.

Baptisia ‘Sunny Morning’ PP#25479
This stunning false indigo was selected for its amazing profusion of vibrant lemon-yellow flowers borne on charcoal-gray-tinted stems. Plants bloom for three weeks in mid-spring. ‘Sunny Morning’ is a vigorous plant, and its dense, uniformly broad-rounded habit is maintained all growing season. Best grown in full sun on well-drained, acidic to neutral soils. Grows to 3¼ feet tall by 5 feet wide.

Spiraea fritschiana ‘J.N. Select A’ Pink-a-licious™
The Pink-a-licious™ spirea is an attractive and durable low-growing shrub that generously produces vibrant purplish-pink buds followed by two-toned flowers in white and purple-pink for three weeks in June. Fall foliage color on this plant is a combination of the colors of a fruit salad – pineapple yellow, watermelon pink, honeydew chartreuse, and cantaloupe orange – all at the same time. Hardy to Zones 4-7. Compact, growing to just 3 feet tall by 3 feet wide. From Mike Yanny of JN Plant Selections, LLC.
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