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  1. Phenomenal Lavender Plant, Lavandula intermedia Phenomenal field

    Phenomenal French Hybrid Lavender (Lavandula intermedia 'Phenomenal' PP24193) is a French hybrid lavender notable for its outstanding cold hardiness and tolerance to heat and high hu...

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    Phenomenal Lavender Phenomenal Lavender Lavandula intermedia Phenomenal PP#24,193
    As low as $12.99 Sale $10.39
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Phenomenal French Hybrid Lavender (Lavandula intermedia 'Phenomenal' PP24193) is a French hybrid lavender notable for its outstanding cold hardiness and tolerance to heat and high humidity. The plants grow into a beautiful mounded shape, with purple flowers on tall stems in mid-summer.
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  2. Yellow Helianthus maximiliana Dakota Sunshine, Helianthus maximiliana Dakota Sunshine, Dakota Sunshine Maximilian's Sunflower

    Exclusive. Dakota Sunshine is an August blooming selection of the native Maximilian's Sunflower. Chosen from South Dakota collected seed, this cultivar is especially useful in short ...

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    Dakota Sunshine Maximilian's Sunflower (Helianthus) Dakota Sunshine Maximilian's Sunflower Helianthus maximiliani Dakota Sunshine
    As low as $10.99 Sale $8.79
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Exclusive. Dakota Sunshine is an August blooming selection of the native Maximilian's Sunflower. Chosen from South Dakota collected seed, this cultivar is especially useful in short season climates to avoid flower damage from early frosts. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric). A High Country Gardens introduction.
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  3. Swamp Milkweed Collection

    Our ‘Swamp Milkweed Collection’ is the perfect start to your butterfly garden, rain garden, stream bed, or anywhere you want to see beautiful flowers and pollinators in wet soil....

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    Swamp Milkweed Collection Swamp Milkweed Collection Asclepias incarnata Collection
    Regular Price $31.97 Sale $28.77
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    Our ‘Swamp Milkweed Collection’ is the perfect start to your butterfly garden, rain garden, stream bed, or anywhere you want to see beautiful flowers and pollinators in wet soil. Pink and white flowers on tall stems with lovely long green leaves look beautiful in large plantings, or paired with other tall perennials. In fall, look for plentiful silky-haired seeds. Asclepias incarnata (also known as Rose Milkweed) is a native perennial, and the sole host plant of Monarch Butterflies. In time, this deer resistant plants will spread and naturalize to help your pollinator garden grow! Collection of 3 plants.
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  4. Margarita Gelsemium blooming with yellow trumpet flowers, Gelsemium sempervirens 'Margarita', Margarita Carolina Jessamine

    ‘Margarita’ Carolina Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) will find its way into your heart with golden yellow, sweetly fragrant trumpet flowers that bloom from spring to early sum...

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    Margarita Gelsemium Margarita Carolina Jessamine Gelsemium sempervirens Margarita
    Regular Price $13.99 Sale $11.19
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
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    ‘Margarita’ Carolina Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) will find its way into your heart with golden yellow, sweetly fragrant trumpet flowers that bloom from spring to early summer. Growing up to 12 feet, this tidy semi-evergreen vine is perfect near an entrance, or trailing along a fence or trellis where you and the hummingbirds can enjoy it. ‘Margarita’ is unique among Gelsemium as it is surprisingly cold hardy, allowing those in colder zones to experience its lovely flowers.
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  5. Superba Littleleaf Lilac with deep pink blooms, Syringa microphylla Superba

    ‘Superba’ Littleleaf Lilac (Syringa microphylla) provides an incredible show of highly fragrant, deep pink flowers in mid-spring and often reblooms in late summer. Deep green lea...

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    Superba Littleleaf Lilac Superba Littleleaf Lilac Syringa microphylla Superba
    Regular Price $12.99 Sale $10.39
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
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    ‘Superba’ Littleleaf Lilac (Syringa microphylla) provides an incredible show of highly fragrant, deep pink flowers in mid-spring and often reblooms in late summer. Deep green leaves are smaller than those of common lilac cultivars, boasting mildew resistance superior to that of many lilacs. A delight for pollinators and gardeners alike! ‘Superba’ makes a fantastic deer-resistant anchor shrub for the back of large beds and borders, and forms a well-behaved hedge that grows wide but not overly tall. Winner of the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.
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  6. New Vintage™ Red Yarrow Close Up Of Red Flowers, Achillea Millefolium 'New Vintage™ Red'

    New Vintage™ Red Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) adds bright jewel-tone reds to the garden palette from late spring through summer. This ruby red Yarrow is a compact, drought toleran...

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    New Vintage™ Red Yarrow New Vintage™ Red Yarrow Achillea millefolium New Vintage™ Red
    Regular Price $10.99 Sale $8.79
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
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    New Vintage™ Red Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) adds bright jewel-tone reds to the garden palette from late spring through summer. This ruby red Yarrow is a compact, drought tolerant addition to hot summer days. Yarrow is a pollinator-friendly, easy-to-grow perennial that lights up the garden. Butterflies love yarrow, while deer and rabbits tend to avoid this plant. The lovely, flat-topped flowers make perfect additions to summer bouquets.
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  7. Mellow Yellows Coneflower, Echinacea 'Mellow Yellows'

    Mellow Yellows Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is a study in harmony with beautiful blossoms ranging from cream to gold. Blooming from early summer to first frost, Mellow Yellows has...

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    Mellow Yellows Echinacea Mellow Yellows Coneflower Echinacea purpurea Mellow Yellows
    As low as $11.99 Sale $9.59
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Mellow Yellows Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is a study in harmony with beautiful blossoms ranging from cream to gold. Blooming from early summer to first frost, Mellow Yellows has a long-lasting steady supply of blooms, making it an essential garden workhorse. Butterflies, bees, and birds are frequent visitors to Echinacea, and you can leave tall, sturdy flowers up over the winter for visual interest and food supplies. Beautiful for cut flowers on long, sturdy stems.
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  8. First Snow Heath Aster, Aster ericoides 'First Snow' close up

    First Snow Heath Aster (Aster ericoides 'First Snow') is a star of the fall garden, that blooms with a profusion of tiny white flowers held on husky, densely branched stems. The nect...

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    First Snow Heath Aster First Snow Heath Aster Aster ericoides First Snow
    Regular Price $10.99 Sale $8.79
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
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    First Snow Heath Aster (Aster ericoides 'First Snow') is a star of the fall garden, that blooms with a profusion of tiny white flowers held on husky, densely branched stems. The nectar-rich flowers are magnets for attracting all kinds of bees and butterflies including migrating Monarchs. This native aster selection is a sun-lover and easily grown in all types of soil including clay. First Snow Heath Aster is a must-have perennial for late season flowers.
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  9. Worry-Free Bee Balm Combo

    The Worry-Free Bee Balm Collection features three native perennial favorites to attract hummingbirds and butterflies. These Monarda are easy-to-grow, deer and rabbit resistant, and d...

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    Worry-Free Bee Balm Collection Worry-Free Bee Balm Collection (Monarda)
    Regular Price $82.41 Sale $74.16
    Per Collection of 6
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    The Worry-Free Bee Balm Collection features three native perennial favorites to attract hummingbirds and butterflies. These Monarda are easy-to-grow, deer and rabbit resistant, and developed for disease resistance. Red, raspberry, and lavender-pink flowers add texture and color to your garden, and will naturalize over time. Glossy, aromatic foliage will look great all season. Collection of six plants.
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  10. White Phlox paniculata David, Phlox paniculata David, Tall White Garden Phlox

    Phlox David blooms in mid-summer with round heads of large, pure white, delightfully fragrant flowers. The foliage is mildew resistant and this perennial grows easily in compost-enri...

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    David Garden Phlox David Garden Phlox Phlox paniculata David
    As low as $10.49 Sale $8.39
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Phlox David blooms in mid-summer with round heads of large, pure white, delightfully fragrant flowers. The foliage is mildew resistant and this perennial grows easily in compost-enriched garden soil. The 2002 Perennial Plant Association Plant of the Year.
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  11. Sharon Roberts Lavender Photo Courtesy of Emmis Oure

    Lavandula angustifolia Sharon Roberts is an outstanding twice blooming English Lavender with spikes of bicolored lavender-blue and gray-green foliage....

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    Sharon Roberts English Lavender Sharon Roberts English Lavender Lavandula angustifolia Sharon Roberts
    As low as $10.99 Sale $8.79
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Lavandula angustifolia Sharon Roberts is an outstanding twice blooming English Lavender with spikes of bicolored lavender-blue and gray-green foliage.
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  12. Lavandula angustifolia Hidcote Superior Photo Courtesy of Walter's Gardens Inc

    Lavandula angustifolia Hidcote Superior (Hidcote Superior Lavender) is sweetly fragrant, uniformly compact and blooms with darkly colored lavender-blue flower spikes in late spring....

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    Hidcote Superior English Lavender Hidcote Superior English Lavender Lavandula angustifolia Hidcote Superior
    As low as $10.99 Sale $8.79
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Lavandula angustifolia Hidcote Superior (Hidcote Superior Lavender) is sweetly fragrant, uniformly compact and blooms with darkly colored lavender-blue flower spikes in late spring.
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  13. Red Delosperma Jewel of the Desert Garnet, Delosperma Jewel of the Desert Garnet, Garnet Dwarf Iceplant

    Delosperma Jewel of the Desert Garnet is dwarf hybrid Ice plant with a profusion of eye catching, dime sized flowers of scarlet and lavender. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant...

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    Jewel of Desert Garnet Ice Plant Jewel of Desert Garnet Dwarf Ice Plant Delosperma Jewel of Desert Garnet
    As low as $8.99 Sale $7.19
    Per Plant - 2.5" Pot
    Delosperma Jewel of the Desert Garnet is dwarf hybrid Ice plant with a profusion of eye catching, dime sized flowers of scarlet and lavender. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).
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  14. Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow' with butter-yellow flower clusters, Hello Yellow Butterfly Milkweed

    ‘Hello Yellow’ Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is a native, pollinator-friendly knock-out with cheerful butter-yellow flower clusters. Flowers will bloom in summer, and the r...

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    Hello Yellow Butterfly Weed Hello Yellow Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa Hello Yellow
    Regular Price $11.99 Sale $9.59
    Per Plant - 2.5" Pot
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    ‘Hello Yellow’ Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is a native, pollinator-friendly knock-out with cheerful butter-yellow flower clusters. Flowers will bloom in summer, and the rich green foliage is the perfect complement to the flowers. This low-maintenance perennial is drought tolerant once established, making it the perfect waterwise addition to a perennial garden border, meadow, or pollinator garden. Butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds all love butterfly weed, but deer stay away. Make your butterfly garden a destination with ‘Hello Yellow’!
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  15. Soulmate Swamp Milkweed with clusters of pink petals, Asclepias incarnata 'Soulmate'

    ‘Soul Mate’ Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) lights up the mid-to-late summer garden with clusters of pink petals surrounding a white heart. This native star attracts and nou...

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    Soulmate Swamp Milkweed Soulmate Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata Soulmate
    Regular Price $11.99 Sale $9.59
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    ‘Soul Mate’ Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) lights up the mid-to-late summer garden with clusters of pink petals surrounding a white heart. This native star attracts and nourishes hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, and pollinators of many shapes and sizes – especially Monarch butterflies. With a sweet vanilla scent, it’s deer and rabbit resistant. This easy-care plant brings as much pleasure to the gardener as it does to the pollinators in sunny borders and meadows with average-to-moist soil.
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  16. Blue and Purple Lavandula intermedia Gros Bleu, Lavandula intermedia Gros Bleu, Gros Bleu French hybrid Lavender

    Gros Bleu is a hybrid French Lavender that is considered to be the very best of all the French hybrids. More compact than 'Grosso' but with equally darkly colored flowers, the scent ...

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    Gros Bleu French Lavender Gros Bleu French hybrid Lavender Lavandula intermedia Gros Bleu
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    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Gros Bleu is a hybrid French Lavender that is considered to be the very best of all the French hybrids. More compact than 'Grosso' but with equally darkly colored flowers, the scent is sweeter and with less camphor. Twice blooming.
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  17. Agastache Tango with bright orange flowers, Photo Courtesy of Jelitto

    ‘Tango’ Agastache (Agastache aurantiaca) is a compact, cold hardy, native hybrid perennial that blooms all season long. This dwarf variety features a profusion of bright orange f...

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    Tango Agastache Tango Hummingbird Mint Agastache aurantiaca Tango
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    ‘Tango’ Agastache (Agastache aurantiaca) is a compact, cold hardy, native hybrid perennial that blooms all season long. This dwarf variety features a profusion of bright orange flower with hints of pale purple, and exotic-looking nectar rich flowers attract hummingbirds and bumblebees. Both the flowers and foliage have a strong minty scent when touched, and aromatic foliage helps to deter deer and rabbits. Also known as Hummingbird Mint or Hyssop.
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  18. Lavandula angustifolia 'Wee One', Photo Courtesy of Plant Select

    Lavandula angustifolia Wee One is a special dwarf English Lavender that blooms with a wonderful display of short blue flower spikes only 10" tall. It is the most compact Lavender cul...

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    Wee One Dwarf English Lavender Wee One Dwarf English Lavender Lavandula angustifolia Wee One
    As low as $9.99 Sale $7.99
    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Lavandula angustifolia Wee One is a special dwarf English Lavender that blooms with a wonderful display of short blue flower spikes only 10" tall. It is the most compact Lavender cultivar in cultivation.
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  19. Star Frost Echinops frosty white circular blooms, Echinops 'Star Frost', Echinops bannaticus

    ‘Star Frost’ Echinops (Echinops bannaticus), also called Globe Thistle, is an eye-popping beauty in frosty white with spherical flowers on sturdy stems. Rising from thistle-like ...

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    Star Frost Echinops Star Frost Globe Thistle Echinops bannaticus Star Frost
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    ‘Star Frost’ Echinops (Echinops bannaticus), also called Globe Thistle, is an eye-popping beauty in frosty white with spherical flowers on sturdy stems. Rising from thistle-like deep green leaves with silvery undersides, ‘Star Frost’ will bloom from mid-summer to early fall. Plant them in a sweep for dramatic effect. At 3-4 feet tall they are just right for a perennial bed, cutting garden, or pollinator garden - bees and butterflies love them too.
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  20. Agastache Blue Fortune Photo Courtesy of Walter's Gardens Inc.

    Agastache 'Blue Fortune' is a European hybrid hyssop known for is vigor, cold hardiness, and adaptability to grow across much of the US. Blue Fortune Hybrid Hyssop's powder blue flow...

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    Blue Fortune Agastache Blue Fortune Hummingbird Mint (Hyssop) Agastache Blue Fortune
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    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Agastache 'Blue Fortune' is a European hybrid hyssop known for is vigor, cold hardiness, and adaptability to grow across much of the US. Blue Fortune Hybrid Hyssop's powder blue flower spikes are highly attractive to bees and butterflies.
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  21. Lavandula angustifolia WWG002 FlowerKisser™ After Midnight

    FlowerKisser™ After Midnight English Lavender has stunning, dark colored flower spikes with deep indigo-blue calyxes and large violet-purple flowers on a medium sized plant wit...

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    FlowerKisser™ After Midnight English Lavender FlowerKisser™ After Midnight English Lavender Lavandula angustifolia 'WWG002'
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    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    FlowerKisser™ After Midnight English Lavender has stunning, dark colored flower spikes with deep indigo-blue calyxes and large violet-purple flowers on a medium sized plant with gray-green foliage.
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  22. White Cloud Calamintha, Calamintha nepeta glandulosa 'White Cloud', White Cloud Calamint, Photo Courtesy of Northcreek Nursery

    ‘White Cloud’ Calamintha (Calamintha nepeta glandulosa) fills the late spring garden with clouds of delicate, nectar-rich, white flowers. Flowering until frost bites, ‘White Cl...

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    White Cloud Calamintha White Cloud Lesser Calamint Calamintha nepeta glandulosa White Cloud
    Regular Price $8.99 Sale $7.19
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    ‘White Cloud’ Calamintha (Calamintha nepeta glandulosa) fills the late spring garden with clouds of delicate, nectar-rich, white flowers. Flowering until frost bites, ‘White Cloud’ is a reliable bloomer with lovely fragrant foliage reminiscent of oregano. It will attract pollinators, and bees love it. Plant ‘White Cloud’ along beds where you can enjoy its beauty and fragrance as you walk by. Over time, it will also spread gently to form a groundcover.
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  23. Agastache Kudos™ Mandarin, Hummingbird Mint, Photo courtesy of TERRA NOVA® Nurseries, Inc.

    Agastache Kudos Mandarin (Hummingbird Mint or Hyssop) has showy, bright-orange flowers on short flower spikes which are highly attractive to hummingbirds. Its compact size and bushy ...

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    Kudos™ Mandarin Agastache Kudos™ Mandarin Hummingbird Mint (Hyssop) Agastache Kudos™ Mandarin PP#25,381
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    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
    Agastache Kudos Mandarin (Hummingbird Mint or Hyssop) has showy, bright-orange flowers on short flower spikes which are highly attractive to hummingbirds. Its compact size and bushy habit gives it a neat and tidy appearance, while it blooms from early summer through September.
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  24. Close up of Texas Violet Salvia spikes of cool indigo, violet, and blue, Salvia farinacea 'Texas Violet'

    ‘Texas Violet’ Mealy Cup Sage (Salvia farinacea) is a potent purple powerhouse. Its tall spikes of cool indigo, violet, and blue interweave with its neighbors, completing a beaut...

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    Texas Violet Salvia Texas Violet Mealycup Sage Salvia farinacea Texas Violet
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    Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
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    ‘Texas Violet’ Mealy Cup Sage (Salvia farinacea) is a potent purple powerhouse. Its tall spikes of cool indigo, violet, and blue interweave with its neighbors, completing a beautiful color palette, and making ‘Texas Violet’ a must-have garden addition. Picture the lightly fragrant flower spikes dancing in a summer’s breeze. Drought tolerant, it is a favorite of bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. In colder zones, plant as an annual – it won’t disappoint!
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