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Plant it with other late-spring bloomers like Hymenoxys acaulis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 5\" Deep Pot","offer_id":50617482805541,"sku":"HC018241","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/salvia-officinalis-minimus_1.jpg?v=1766086960"},{"product_id":"perennial-agave-century-plant-new-mexico","title":"New Mexico Century Plant (Agave)","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e18-24\" tall x 24-30\" wide (seed propagated). Native to southeastern New Mexico, this is one of our most cold hardy Agave species. The main rosette of foliage is large, heavily armed with dark burgundy spines and often spouts smaller \"suckers\" around its base. 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In time, the plant will bloom with a towering 12' tall, flowering candelabra that will attract hummingbirds from miles around.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 2.5\" Pot","offer_id":50617484804389,"sku":"HC013931","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/agave-pari-hero.jpg?v=1761077238"},{"product_id":"perennial-vernonia-ironweed-iron-butterfly","title":"Iron Butterfly Ironweed (Vernonia)","description":"\u003cp\u003e24-36\" x 18-24\" wide. Here is a distinctive, new-to-cultivation native perennial that provides both flower color and foliar texture in the garden. Selected as a more compact version of a little known wildflower species from Arkansas, Iron Butterfly is a densely branched perennial with finely textured, almost thread-like foliage and bright violet-purple flowers capping the stems in late summer-early fall. A rich source of natural nectar, the plant is extremely attractive to butterflies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 5\" Deep Pot","offer_id":50617485525285,"sku":"HC014744","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/vernonia-lettermanii-iron-butterfly-agastache-aurantiaca-shades-of-orange-2.jpg?v=1761077240"},{"product_id":"perennial-kniphofia-fire-dance","title":"Fire Dance Red Hot Poker","description":"\u003cp\u003e18\" tall x 15-18\" wide. Native to the high Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa, this is one of the shortest, prettiest and most reliably cold-hardy species in the genus. I have found 'Fire Dance' to be much more compatible in smaller perennial plantings than its much larger relatives. Easily grown in average and compost-enriched garden soils. This is an improved cultivar with lovely coral-red and yellow bi-color flower spikes. Good for Firescaping (seed propagated).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 5\" Deep Pot","offer_id":50617486213413,"sku":"HC014741","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/walters_gardens_kniphofia_fire_dance_with_lavender_munstead-cropped_1.jpg?v=1761077241"},{"product_id":"perennial-fame-flower-judiths-favorite","title":"Judith's Favorite Fame Flower (Phemeranthus)","description":"\u003cp\u003e10-12\" tall x 15-18\" wide (seed propagated). Originally brought into cultivation by New Mexico landscaper, nurserywoman and author Judith Phillips, this selection of the species is remarkable for its vigor and its fabulously showy display of quarter-sized rose-violet flowers.  It thrives in full sun growing on poor sandy\/rocky soils. Blooming starts in early summer and continues through early fall. The flowers open in the afternoon, so it's always a treat to come home in later afternoon to clouds of its intensely colored flowers dancing in the breeze.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 2.5\" Pot","offer_id":50617486639397,"sku":"HC014739","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/phemeranthus_calycinum_talinum_judith_s_favorite-cropped-web.jpg?v=1761077241"},{"product_id":"perennial-indian-grass-llano","title":"Llano Indian Grass","description":"\u003cp\u003e5-6' tall x 18\" wide (seed propagated).  Grow 'Llano' for its large mature size,  vigor, and killer blue foliage. In fall, enjoy its showy, bronze-colored seed heads.  Indiangrass foliage is used as larval food by butterflies. Wild turkey and prairie birds eat its seeds and use its foliage for cover. Originally released by New Mexico's Los Lunas USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Center in 1963, it was re-introduced just a few years ago. The original seed collection was made near Clovis, NM.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 5\" Deep Pot","offer_id":50617486967077,"sku":"HC014736","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/sorghastrum_nutans_llano-1_2.jpg?v=1761077242"},{"product_id":"perennial-solidago-golden-fleece","title":"Golden Fleece Goldenrod (Solidago)","description":"15\" tall x 24\" wide (cutting propagated). This is a superb Dwarf Goldenrod, recently introduced by Dr. Richard Lightly, former director of the Mt. Cuba Center for the Study of Piedmont Flora in Delaware. The sturdy, arching golden-yellow flower stems are profuse and make an eye-catching display wherever they are planted. Pictured here with Aster 'Purple Dome' in the background. 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True to its origins, Golden Torch Goldenrod is extremely heat-tolerant and is a much more xeric species than the other Solidago. Of course, the butterflies flock to it in great numbers. Plant with other prairie species like Salvia pitcheri 'Grandiflora' and 'The Blues' Little Bluestem grass (Schizachyrium). (seed propagated) \u003cstrong\u003eContrary to popular belief, Solidago \u003ci\u003edoesn't\u003c\/i\u003e cause allergies; its pollen is sticky, not windblown, and is moved from plant to plant by bees.\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 5\" Deep Pot","offer_id":50617487753509,"sku":"HC014731","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/saxon_holt_painted_lady_with_solidago_wichita_mountains.jpg?v=1761077243"},{"product_id":"perennial-salvia-deep-blue-arizona","title":"Deep Blue Arizona Salvia","description":"\u003cp\u003e8-12\" tall x 12-16\" wide. Salvia arizonica ‘Deep Blue’ is the solution for color in the shade!  This sage blooms all summer with numerous small, deep blue flowers over rabbit- and deer-resistant foliage.  A selection of the Arizona Sage native species, ‘Dark Blue’, it is a tenacious, long-lived and easy-care perennial with good cold hardiness. Exclusive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 5\" Deep Pot","offer_id":50617488605477,"sku":"HC014715","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/salvia_arizonica_deep_blue_2_web.jpg?v=1761077245"},{"product_id":"perennial-salvia-ultra-violet","title":"Ultra Violet Salvia","description":"18-20\" tall x 24-28\" wide. You'll enjoy an ultra garden performance from this new hybrid Salvia selected by Lauren Springer and Scott Ogden. Discovered in their Ft. Collins garden, 'Ultra Violet' is a hummingbird initiated cross between blue flowered Salvia lycioides and rose-pink Salvia greggii. The dark green foliage and copious violet-pink flowers make this plant a standout in the xeriscape. For three years now, the plant has grown beautifully after surviving erratic USDA zone 5b (-10 to -15 ° F) winters. Blooming starts in late July and continues until October frost! Select a hot, full sun location with any lean-loam or clay-loam soil that is well drained. Its aromatic foliage is very rabbit and deer resistant. During fall garden clean-up, wait to cut back the plants until spring for improved cold hardiness.  Once the time is right, shear back by one-third of the plant’s height. Combine it with Hymenoxys acaulis or various Oenothera for a pleasing, xeric combination. Zones 5b-9. (cutting propagated)\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis plant was patented and introduced by Lauren Springer and Scott Ogden, thanks to years of garden development, propagations, and hardiness trials. Lauren selected this cultivar from her Colorado garden and selected the name ‘Ultra Violet’ to distinguish this special cultivar. It became a Plant Select® selection in 2023.","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 5\" Deep Pot","offer_id":50617489064229,"sku":"HC014714","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/salvia-ultra-violet-over-wall-purple_1.jpg?v=1761077248"},{"product_id":"perennial-salvia-reptans-west-texas-grass","title":"West Texas Grass Salvia","description":"\u003cp\u003e36-48\" tall x 15-18\" wide (seed\/cutting propagated). An amazing native sage originally collected in the Davis Mountains of west Texas by plantsman Pat McNeal. The stiff stems have fine-textured foliage that gives the plant a wonderful grassy appearance. But come late summer, the numerous cobalt blue flowers remind you that it is a very special flowering sage. The foliage is pungently scented and resists browsing animals. Nice with Zauschneria arizonica.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 5\" Deep Pot","offer_id":50617489555749,"sku":"HC014712","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/salvia-reptans-west-texas-grass-sage-blue-flowers.jpg?v=1761077246"},{"product_id":"perennial-salvia-sylvestris-blue-hill","title":"Blue Hill Salvia","description":"\u003cp\u003e15\" tall x 18\" wide (cutting propagated). This is a knockout performer from Germany, valued for its sturdy, compact stature, summer-long blooming habit and unique, clear blue flowers. Like an unsung hero, 'Blue Hill' blends subtly into your garden bringing out the best in other plants, highlighting the colors of the flowers that surround it. Modest amounts of water and any enriched garden soil keep this plant happy and blooming.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 5\" Deep Pot","offer_id":50617490014501,"sku":"HC014706","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/walters_gardens_salvia-_blue-hill__cropped.jpg?v=1761077247"},{"product_id":"perennial-ruschia-ice-plant-creeping-shrubby","title":"Creeping Shrubby Ice Plant (Ruschia)","description":"\u003cp\u003e3\" tall x 12\" wide (cutting propagated). This plant will thrill and intrigue rock gardeners, whetting their appetites for the many new cold hardy South African succulents being introduced. Easily grown in a lean, well-drained rock garden soil, the succulent, evergreen stems and leaves form a tight cushion over which hundreds of shimmering fuchsia-pink flowers come into bloom for three to four weeks in late spring through early summer. (Can be planted in zones 7-10 in spring or fall; Plant in spring in zone 6.) \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 2.5\" Pot","offer_id":50617490473253,"sku":"HC014702","price":8.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/ruschia-pulvinaris-pr.jpg?v=1761077247"},{"product_id":"perennial-phlomis-sage-kashmir-false","title":"Kashmir False Sage (Phlomis)","description":"\u003cp\u003e30-36\" tall x 18-24\" wide (seed propagated). Native to the drier areas of the western Himalayas and Kashmir, this outstanding performer is right at home in western gardens where its stately architecture, large, handsome gray-green foliage and showy spikes of lavender-pink verticillasters (whorled flower clusters) make Kashmir Sage a highlight of the summer garden. This plant is invaluable for use in both sun and shade. Easily grown in most any soil, including clay, sand and garden loam. You can thank Panayoti Kelaidis of Denver Botanic Garden for his long time advocacy of this undeservedly obscure plant.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 5\" Deep Pot","offer_id":50617490899237,"sku":"HC014683","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/phlomis-cashmeriana-plant_select_cropped.jpg?v=1761077249"},{"product_id":"perennial-dalea-purpureum-purple-prairie-clover","title":"Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea)","description":"\u003cp\u003e18\" tall x 18\" wide (seed propagated). This prairie wildflower that endears itself to everyone who sees it in flower. Purple Prairie Clover is a heavy bloomer. The intensely red-violet flowers punctuate the stiff, upright stems, adding a nice structural element to the garden. Being a deep-rooted legume, Purple Prairie Clover adds valuable nitrogen to the soil and helps keep it fertile for neighboring plants. Well adapted to many different soil types, even tolerating clay.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 2.5\" Pot","offer_id":50617491292453,"sku":"HC014680","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/dalea-purpureum-closeup-blooms-cropped-19.jpg?v=1761077250"},{"product_id":"perennial-penstemon-blue-lips","title":"Blue Lips Penstemon","description":"\u003cp\u003e10\" tall x 15-18\" wide. Give your garden a kiss of blue with Penstemon 'Blue Lips'. Discovered by High Country Gardens chief horticulturist David Salman, this showy hybrid Beardtongue is a delight in the late spring garden with its profuse display of bright blue-lipped, lavender throated flowers. After its month-long flowering display, shear off the faded flower spikes to display the plant's attractive blue-gray mat of needle-like evergreen foliage. A cross between two superb wildflower species, \u003cem\u003ePenstemon crandalii\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePenstemon linariodes v. coloradensis\u003c\/em\u003e, 'Blue Lips' a real gem in the Western garden being a showy, long-lived easy-to-grow hybrid wildflower. Plant it in a full sun site in infertile, well-drained soil. Very resistant to browsing rabbits. 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Many nurseries have since propagated the plant from seed (not cuttings) resulting in many 'Husker Red' plants lacking the deeply colored leaves of the original. Not so from us. Our plants are grown from breeder Dale Lindgren's original stock.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 5\" Deep Pot","offer_id":50617492406565,"sku":"HC014669","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/husker-red-penstemon-cropped-1.jpg?v=1761077253"},{"product_id":"perennial-ornamental-oregano-amethyst-falls","title":"Amethyst Falls Ornamental Oregano","description":"\u003cp\u003e15\" tall x 18\" wide (cutting propagated). Disbelief was my first reaction to seeing this new oregano in full flower at the Bluebird Nursery display garden. Discovered by Bluebird Nursery owner and prairie plantsman Harlan Hamernik, this hybrid Origanum is nothing short of amazing with its huge sprays containing hundreds of pendulous chartreuse bracts and protruding pink flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 5\" Deep Pot","offer_id":50617494405413,"sku":"HC014657","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/73051a-origanum-amethyst-falls.jpg?v=1761077257"},{"product_id":"perennial-oregano-cascading-hopflower","title":"Cascading Hopflower Ornamental Oregano","description":"\u003cem\u003eOriganum libanoticum\u003c\/em\u003e (Hopflower Oregano) is truly a spectacular flowering plant that will generate lots of admiring comments from visitors to your garden. By midsummer, the wiry stems hold hundreds of pendulous paper lantern-like bracts, each adorned with small rose-pink flowers. 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Extremely cold hardy, this wildflower is also well suited for the colder areas of the Rockies and Great Plains. Seed propagated. 18\" x 18\" wide. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 2.5\" Pot","offer_id":50617497944357,"sku":"HC014627","price":5.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/linum-perenne-appar.jpg?v=1761077264"},{"product_id":"perennial-liatris-blazing-star-rough","title":"Rough Blazing Star (Liatris)","description":"\u003cp\u003e36\" tall x 12-15\" wide. Liatris aspera is native to a wide area in the mid-section of the US, Rough Blazing Star (or Button Blazing Star) is well adapted to drier conditions than many other Liatris species. Blooming from mid-summer into early fall, the flowers are highly attractive to numerous butterflies and native bee species; a great plant for the habitat garden! 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This is a plant that thrives in extreme conditions thriving in hot, dry sites with cold winters. Yet it does extremely well in the mild climate of the Pacific Northwest. A very versatile small shrub! Cut back by a foot every 3 to 4 years to re-invigorate it and give it a compact shape. Low fertility, well-drained soil. Plant with Lavender and Russian sage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 5\" Deep Pot","offer_id":50617501319461,"sku":"HC014588","price":9.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/helichrysum_tianshanicum_cold_hardy_56500_2_cropped.jpg?v=1761077271"},{"product_id":"perennial-gazania-hantamberg-orange","title":"Hantamberg Orange Gazania","description":"\u003cp\u003e8-10\"  X 18-24\" wide. “Breathtaking” is the word for ‘Hantamberg Orange’ in flower.  Huge glowing orange daisies bloom on top of attractive silver leaves for many months. 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Discovered in the xeric garden of cactus expert Jeff Thompson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 5\" Deep Pot","offer_id":50617502138661,"sku":"HC014579","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/gazania_butterscotch_baby_53349-1_web.jpg?v=1761077273"},{"product_id":"perennial-gaillardia-arizona-red-shades","title":"Arizona Red Shades Gaillardia","description":"12\" x 12\" wide. A new color companion to the fabulous 'Arizona Sun' Gaillardia, 'Arizona Red Shades' brings gardeners a dwarf, well branched variety that thrives in dry heat. The gorgeous flowers with brick red petals and a darker burgundy cone keep coming all summer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce established, the plants perform best with only occasional deep watering. 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A sturdy, vigorous cultivar with large flowers, the pure white petals are held horizontally from the center cone. Mature plants covered in bloom from mid-summer through early fall. 'Happy Star' is the result of many years of breeding by the perennial experts at Jelitto Seed of Germany. Compost enriched garden loam. Plant with Liatris and Little Bluestem Grass.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 5\" Deep Pot","offer_id":50617503940901,"sku":"HC014544","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/white-echinacea-happy-star-close_up_cropped_1.jpg?v=1761077275"},{"product_id":"perennial-coreopsis-sterntaler","title":"Sterntaler Coreopsis","description":"\u003cp\u003e16\" tall x 15\" wide (seed propagated). 'Sterntaler' is a vigorous grower blooming from late spring through summer's end with very attractive, fringed yellow blossoms with a striking reddish brown eye. 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A cross between Coreopsis auriculata 'Zamphir' and Coreopsis grandiflora 'Early Sunrise', this plant needs a lean, well-drained soil in full sun for best garden performance. I plant it with Delosperma for a sensational, long blooming, low care pairing. Low fertility, well drained soil. PP#18,89\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 5\" Deep Pot","offer_id":50617506660645,"sku":"HC014516","price":9.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/jethro-tull-coreopsis-adobe-stock-cropped.jpg?v=1761077280"},{"product_id":"perennial-chocolate-flower-mora-county","title":"Mora County Chocolate Flower (Berlandiera)","description":"\u003cp\u003e12-15\" tall x 18-24\" wide. Who can resist this fragrant perennial's chocolate scented flowers? Step into the garden on a still morning where Berlandiera has been planted, and you'll marvel at the sweet aroma of chocolate that finds your nose. Our HCG selection of Chocolate Flower was collected at high elevation in Mora County, New Mexico and thrives in bone chilling USDA zone 4 winters. Now, enjoy Chocolate Flower all across the cold areas of the West.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Country Gardens","offers":[{"title":"Plant - 5\" Deep Pot","offer_id":50617507316005,"sku":"HC014474","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4451\/2037\/files\/chocolate-flower-wwg-1.jpg?v=1761077281"},{"product_id":"perennial-aster-lady-in-black","title":"Lady in Black Aster","description":"\u003cp\u003e24-36\" tall x 24-36\" wide. Grow this native perennial Aster for its very attractive purplish-black foliage and clouds of small rose-red centered, white daisies. Blooming in late summer and early fall, 'Lady in Black' is an easy-to-grow perennial that thrives in a variety of soil and climatic conditions. 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While the plant takes two growing seasons to reach its full size, it blooms the first year from planting. Situate it in full sun with a well-drained soil. Pinching back the plant in late spring keeps it more compact. 'Blue Blazes' is an amazing hybrid between our own Agastache 'Desert Sunrise' (introduced in 2000) and the blue flowered eastern native Agastache foeniculatum. 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