New Perennials for 2009

Large, uniform and abundant clouds of slightly domed flower heads open deep rose before gradually fading to pale cream pink. Compact and tidy growth with deep green textural leaves complete this variety.

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• Massed for naturalized areas

Height: 24-28"   Width: 1-2'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Pink (Summer)

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The compact, tidy growth of 'Pomegranate' features deep green textural leaves that serve as a perfect backdrop for large, uniform and abundant clouds of slightly domed flower heads of deep red-magenta.

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• Massed for naturalizing

Height: 24-28"   Width: 1-2'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Red (Summer, Fall)

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'Blue Lagoon' features deep emerald green, intricately divided foliage on compact plants along with violet-blue, helmet-shaped flowers carried on short stalks in late August.

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• Massed for naturalizing

Height: 10-12"   Width: 10-12"    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Blue, Purple (Fall)

Winter Interest: Seedheads

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'Annabelle White' produces a prolific amount of simple, creamy-white flowers with yellow stamens that hover above slightly hairy, highly divided foliage starting in late May or June.

Great For:

• Accent perennial for shade
• Woodland edge plantings

Height: 12-14"   Width: 1-3'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: White (Spring, Summer)

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The dense, silver lobed foliage of 'Silver Brocade' makes an excellent drought tolerant groundcover and foliage accent plant.

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• Low maintenance groundcover

Height: 6-10"   Width: 2-5'    Shape: Spreading, Wide

Blooms: Yellow (Summer)

Winter Interest: Structure

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The deep blue-green leaves of 'Delft Lace' are carried by red tinted stems and feature a waxy sheen and silver-lacey overlay. Deep red-pink airy flower spikes open to soft pink blossoms in July.

Great For:

• Accent shade perennial
• Woodland edge plantings

Height: 24-30"   Width: 1-2'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Pink (Summer)

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'Florence' features unique, sun-shaped, lavender-pink flowers throughout late July and early fall amid vigorous maple leaf-shaped foliage that forms neat clumps.

Great For:

• Accent perennial and cut flower
• Massed in the perennial or butterfly garden

Height: 34-36"   Width: 1-2'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Pink (Summer, Fall)

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The fronds of this selection are intricately patterned with purple and gray-green over a silver-green base with tips that are crested rather than coming to a single point.

Great For:

• Accent shade perennial
• Woodland underplantings

Height: 14-20"   Width: 1-2'    Shape: Low, Mound

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An improved form with better disease resistance, 'Summit' offers low and compact rounded mounds of grey-green leaves that are topped by frothy masses of golden yellow flowers in late April to early May.

Great For:

• Rock gardens
• Massed edging plant

Height: 6-8"   Width: 1-3'    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: Yellow (Spring)

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The electric lime-yellow, daintily toothed leaves of 'Dickson's Gold' form intricate, low-mounds of foliage that are topped with violet-blue flowers in late June to July.

Great For:

• Rock gardens and scree gardens
• Edging perennial

Height: 4-6"   Width: 10-12"    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: Blue, Purple (Summer)

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The beautiful green and yellow variegated leaves of 'Summer Sorbet' are topped by blue-lavender spikes of flowers in late August to September. Foliage and stems that are reminiscent of lavender complete this selection.

Great For:

• Accent perennial and cut flower
• Foundation plantings and butterfly gardens

Height: 32-36"   Width: 2-3'    Shape: Upright, Wide

Blooms: Blue (Summer, Fall)

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Lush upright stems and foliage is stopped by spikes of two-lipped, creamy white flowers occasionally tinged pink in late July-August.

Great For:

• Accent perennial or cut flower for wet areas
• Naturalizer for the waters edge

Height: 24-36"   Width: 18-24"    Shape: Upright

Blooms: White (Summer)

Winter Interest: Structure

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The large, bright-yellow, mostly double flowers of 'Presto' keep coming all summer on compact, rounded plants. Enjoy awesome flower power on these vigorous plants!

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• Edging areas and rock gardens

Height: 6-8"   Width: 8-12"    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: Yellow (Summer, Fall)

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The daisy-like, creamy yellow flowers of this variety are contrasted by a red eye. As cool weather approaches, the red coloration intensifies, transforming the flowers into creamy yellow flowers splashed with red. Blooms July to frost!

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• Massed in the butterfly garden

Height: 24-28"   Width: 24-30"    Shape: Mound, Rounded

Blooms: Red, White (Summer, Fall)

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'Sienna Sunset' features soft orange flowers overlaid with sienna-brown that gradually fade to shades of salmon and hover over lacy, delicately cut mounds of deep green foliage. It will bloom all summer and fall!

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• Massed in the butterfly garden

Height: 16-18"   Width: 18-24"    Shape: Mound, Rounded

Blooms: Orange (Summer, Fall)

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This variety produces full spires of sky blue flowers with a hint of lavender that are carried on strong stems in June. 'Blue Lace' will rebloom in early autumn with deadheading.

Great For:

• Accent perennial and cut flower
• Massed in the perennial border

Height: 5-6'   Width: 18-24"    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Blue, Pink (Summer, Fall)

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A range of deep true blues with white bees are featured on this fine selection that has been bred for hardiness, heat tolerance and vigor. The blooms will last from late June on with appropriate deadheading.

Great For:

• Accent perennial or cut flower
• Massed in the perennial border

Height: 4-6'   Width: 10-18"    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Blue (Spring, Summer, Fall)

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Trusses of light pink flowers appear from June to September on this dwarf plant with very dark green, delicately cut foliage. A lovely color breakthrough!

Great For:

• Accent perennial and container plantings
• Massed in the butterfly and hummingbird garden

Height: 10-14"   Width: 12-16"    Shape: Mound, Upright

Blooms: Pink (Summer)

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The stunning, upward facing flowers of 'Candy Mountain' are rose-pink and show off their speckled centers beautifully on numerous flower spikes from June to July.

Great For:

• Accent perennial and cut flower
• Massed in the perennial border

Height: 3-4'   Width: 1-2'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Pink (Summer)

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Cool light green petals surround a large, deep green central cone on this variety that blooms from July until frost on compact, upright plants that do not require staking.

Great For:

• Accent perennial and cut flower
• Naturalized and for butterfly gardens

Height: 20-24"   Width: 10-16"    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Green (Summer, Fall)

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An eye-catching variety with deep burgundy-red, oblong leaves topped by long chartreuse-yellow flowers in late June. 'Craigieburn' will form neatly rounded plants.

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• Perennial and ornamental grass borders

Height: 20-24"   Width: 20-24"    Shape: Rounded, Upright

Blooms: Yellow (Spring)

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Covered in an abundance of frilly, deep golden-yellow petals surrounding an amber-red center, 'Amber Wheels' blooms continually from late June to frost with appropriate deadheading. This plant is simply candy to butterflies!

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• Massed in the butterfly garden

Height: 18-24"   Width: 18-24"    Shape: Rounded, Upright

Blooms: Red, Yellow (Summer, Fall)

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Fully double, pure white flowers cover this plant in June amid heavily divided, deep green leaves that form upright clumps and provide textural contrast all season.

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• Naturalized groupings

Height: 28-30"   Width: 28-32"    Shape: Mound, Upright

Blooms: White (Summer)

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A mid-season tetraploid, 'Country Melody' offers large, fragrant, 5.5" true pink flowers with a yellow-green throat, pale pink mid-ribs and petal edges that are ruffled and shaded with butter-yellow. The heavily branched scapes provide a high bud count.

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• Naturalized groupings

Height: 30-32"   Width: 2-3'    Shape: Clump, Upright

Blooms: Pink (Summer)

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This tetraploid features huge, 6.5" rose-pink flowers with well-formed petals and heavily budded scapes that bloom early to mid-season. A green throat with a large, pale pink eye and shadings of lemon complete this stunner.

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• En masse for naturalized settings

Height: 28-30"   Width: 24-30"    Shape: Clump, Upright

Blooms: Pink (Summer)

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Similar to 'Happy Returns' with large, light canary-yellow, 4" flowers, however this diploid has a longer bloom time. The lightly fragrant flowers start in early June and continue into fall along with well-branched flower scapes.

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• En masse for naturalized settings

Height: 18-24"   Width: 18-24"    Shape: Clump, Upright

Blooms: Yellow (Summer, Fall)

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A midseason bloomer with well branched, heavily budded scapes, 'King George' is a tetraploid with huge 7" flowers that are clear yellow with a deep red eye, green throat, and ruffled petal edges.

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• En masse for naturalized settings

Height: 30-32"   Width: 30-36"    Shape: Clump, Upright

Blooms: Red, Yellow (Summer)

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'Ruby Stella' produces ruby-red, 3" flowers with yellow eyes that bloom from June until frost. This fragrant beauty is excellent alone or with it's sister, 'Stella d' Oro'!

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• Massed for naturalizing

Height: 16-18"   Width: 1-2'    Shape: Upright, Wide

Blooms: Red (Summer, Fall)

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A tetraploid, 'Spanish Glow' features large, amber-peach, 5" flowers with ruffled petals and a gold throat that bloom midseason on heavily budded scapes.

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• En masse for naturalized settings

Height: 26-28"   Width: 24-30"    Shape: Clump, Upright

Blooms: Pink (Summer)

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'Spiritual Corridor' produces large, fragrant, deep lavender-pink flowers with a prominent creamy yellow eye along with a matching picotee edge and chartreuse throat. It blooms early to midseason on strong, well-branched and budded scapes.

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• En masse for naturalized settings

Height: 24-26"   Width: 24-30"    Shape: Clump, Upright

Blooms: Pink (Summer)

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'Clovelly' is a medium-sized hosta that instantly stands out for its wavy-edged, deep green foliage with slight dippling and puckering. It forms neat, open mounds of horizontally-paled foliage that give rise to pale lavender flowers in July.

Great For:

• Woodland edges
• Shady underplantings

Height: 18-20"   Width: 24-30"    Shape: Mound, Rounded

Blooms: Pink (Summer)

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Graceful scapes of pale lavender flowers appear in July amid the giant, elongated, heart-shaped, blue-green leaves of this variety. The foliage is surrounded by a wide creamy-yellow border that will change to creamy white as summer progresses.

Great For:

• Garden paths and edging areas
• Shaded underplantings

Height: 30-36"   Width: 48-60"    Shape: Mound, Wide

Blooms: Purple (Summer)

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'Fire Island' is a small plant with glowing leaves of lime-yellow held on unusual red stems. The leaves gradually fade to chartreuse and form open clumps of broadly heart-shaped foliage. Lavender flowers complete the look in July.

Great For:

• Woodland edge plantings and shaded containers
• Shaded underplantings

Height: 12-14"   Width: 14-18"    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: Pink (Summer)

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A medium-sized plant with waxy, thick, blue-green, pointed leaves that are softly wavy-edged with slight cupping. 'Flemish Sky' will form graceful mounds of foliage accented by lavender flowers in July.

Great For:

• Shaded paths and edging areas
• Woodland underplantings

Height: 12-14"   Width: 16-20"    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: Pink (Summer)

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A small-sized plant with stunning yellow-centered and blue-tinted foliage, the yellow centers of 'High Society' gradually fade to creamy white as summer progresses. Lavender flowers complete the look in July.

Great For:

• Woodland edges
• Shaded garden areas and container plantings

Height: 8-10"   Width: 12-16"    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: Pink (Summer)

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A lovely diminutive hosta that features irregular white-margined leaves that are speckled with green, 'Lakeside Zinger' produces lavender flowers in July.

Great For:

• Woodland edges
• Shaded containers and underplantings

Height: 6-8"   Width: 10-12"    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: Pink (Summer)

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This compact yet floriferous plant is well branched from the base and sizes up remarkably quickly. Full flower spikes of deep lavender-purple appear in late June to July.

Great For:

• Accent or edging plant
• Rock or scree gardens

Height: 12-14"   Width: 14-16"    Shape: Mound, Upright

Blooms: Pink, Purple (Summer)

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Light lavender flower spikes appear in late June to July on these compact yet floriferous plants that are well branched from the base and size up remarkably quickly.

Great For:

• Accent or edging plant
• Rock or scree gardens

Height: 12-14"   Width: 10-14"    Shape: Mound, Upright

Blooms: Pink, Purple (Summer)

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The large, pure white flowers of this variety have yellow centers and act as "butterfly candy" while blooming for up to 2 months with deadheading. The blooms appear over vigorous plants with disease resistant, emerald green foliage.

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• Massed in the butterfly garden

Height: 32-34"   Width: 18-24"    Shape: Upright

Blooms: White (Summer)

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A lovely mix of shades ranging from pink to coral orange, stripes to solids and anything in between! Strap-like, leathery, mid-green leaves form interesting clumps and blooms appear in late June to July.

Great For:

• Accent edging plant
• Rock gardens and rock walls and crevices

Height: 6-8"   Width: 6-10"    Shape: Low, Mat

Blooms: Orange, Pink, Yellow (Summer)

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The deep red blooms of 'Blackbird' are spotted and shaded with black. They appear on strong compact plants and stems during July.

Great For:

• Accent perennial and cut flower
• Massed in the perennial border

Height: 16-18"   Width: 8-12"    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Red (Summer)

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Felted, heart-shaped leaves carried on trailing square stems serve as a backdrop to showy, lavender-lipped flowers that appear in late May to June.

Great For:

• Shaded paths
• Shade underplantings

Height: 3-5"   Width: 10-24"    Shape: Low, Mat

Blooms: Pink (Spring)

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'Grand Marshall' produces an explosion of bright fuchsia-purple flowers in July that are carried on compact, upright plants. The fragrant foliage is also mildew resistant.

Great For:

• Accent perennial and cut flower
• Massed in the butterfly garden

Height: 14-18"   Width: 1-2'    Shape: Rounded, Upright

Blooms: Pink (Summer)

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'Pink Lace' features soft pink blooms with a deep purple-pink center that are carried above compact, bergamot-scented foliage on bronze-purple stems. The blooms appear in abundance during July and extend into fall.

Great For:

• Edging perennial or cut flower
• Massed in the butterfly garden

Height: 14-16"   Width: 16-18"    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: Pink (Summer, Fall)

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'Royal Blue Compact' produces a myriad of tiny sky-blue flowers with a yellow and white eye that create a frothy show for weeks in May. The compact habit of this variety maintains a tidier shape than other varieties.

Great For:

• Woodland edges
• Partially shaded underplantings

Height: 6-8"   Width: 6-12"    Shape: Low, Mound

Blooms: Blue (Spring)

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Referred to as an Anemone type flower, this variety offers 5-7" single blossoms consisting of light pink petals that surround a deep rose and yellow fringed center. A mid-season bloomer, 'Do Tell' produces strong stems and deep emerald green foliage.

Great For:

• Accent perennial and cut flower
• Massed in the border

Height: 30-36"   Width: 30-36"    Shape: Rounded, Upright

Blooms: Pink (Spring)

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Large, fragrant, 5-6" double white flowers with blush pink centers appear in late season amid mid-green, thick and glossy foliage.

Great For:

• Accent perennial and cut flower
• Massed I the border

Height: 30-36"   Width: 30-36"    Shape: Rounded, Upright

Blooms: White (Spring)

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Large, double, fragrant, 5-7" deep raspberry red flowers are produced abundantly in mid to late season over dark green, thick and glossy foliage.

Great For:

• Accent perennial and cut flower
• Massed in the border

Height: 28-30"   Width: 28-30"    Shape: Rounded, Upright

Blooms: Red (Spring)

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Large, double, showy deep ruby-red fragrant flowers appear in mid-season amid glossy deep green, thickly textured leaves.

Great For:

• Accent perennial and cut flower
• Massed in the border

Height: 30-36"   Width: 30-36"    Shape: Rounded, Upright

Blooms: Red (Spring)

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Large, extremely fragrant, double deep red flowers on sturdy stems are a hallmark of this mid-season bloomer. Glossy, dark green foliage completes the look.

Great For:

• Accent perennial and cut flower
• Massed in the border

Height: 30-36"   Width: 30-36"    Shape: Rounded, Upright

Blooms: Red (Spring)

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This variety produces bright orange, papery flowers abundantly in May that are similar in appearance to Icelandic poppies yet are hardier and produce more blooms instead of seeds. The foliage is waxy grey-green and forms rosettes of finely divided leaves.

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• Rock and butterfly gardens

Height: 12-15"   Width: 12-15"    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Orange (Spring)

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Waxy, grey-green foliage forms rosettes of finely divided leaves that contrast nicely with the bright yellow, papery flowers that appear abundantly in May. Similar in appearance to Icelandic poppies, this variety produces more blooms instead of seeds.

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• Rock and butterfly gardens

Height: 12-15"   Width: 12-15"    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Yellow (Spring)

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'Salvana' features single, silvery stalks that hold deep purple-blue flowers in pin cushion-like heads, which are dusted in silver as well. The strap-like, serrated, deep green foliage forms attractive basal rosettes.

Great For:

• Accent perennial
• Moist and boggy sites

Height: 6-8"   Width: 6-10"    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Blue, Purple (Spring)

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One of the sweetest of the red (or "strawberry") rhubarbs. This variety has deep red stems that make tasty and colorful pies, crumbles and other desserts including pastries and jams.

Great For:

• Pies, jams, pastries
• Pull stems from clump, do not cut

Height: 2-4'   Width: 2-6'

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The burgundy-red flowers with lighter outer petals and contrasting bright white stamens of this variety appear in abundance from late May to mid-summer. The flowers are carried on delicate airy stems that arise from tight clumps of basal foliage.

Great For:

• Accent perennial and cut flower
• Massed in the butterfly garden

Height: 24-30"   Width: 1-2'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Red (Spring, Summer)

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'Coral Carpet' features tiny, teardrop, succulent leaves that emerge in spring tinged coral before changing to bright green by summer. Tiny white to pale pink, star-like flowers appear in June before the foliage changes again in fall to coral-bronze.

Great For:

• Rock and scree gardens
• Patio and rock wall crevices

Height: 2-3"   Width: 1-3'    Shape: Low, Mat

Blooms: Pink, White (Summer)

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The tiny, blue-green, succulent leaves of 'Silver Frost' form clumps of foliage followed by equally tiny starry white flowers with deep purple-red anthers during June.

Great For:

• Rock and scree gardens
• Patio and rock wall crevices

Height: 3-4"   Width: 1-2'    Shape: Low, Mat

Blooms: White (Summer)

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The first bi-color veronica, 'Foxy Lady' features a compact habit with vibrant fuchsia-pink and white striped flowers and an extremely long bloom time that begins in late June or July.

Great For:

• Accent perennial and cut flower
• Massed in the butterfly garden

Height: 12-15"   Width: 12-18"    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Pink, White (Summer)

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