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Taproot. Does not divide well. Sow seed in situ or in containers and transplant carefully. Small plantlets can be "sliced" off edges of larger plant, but full-scale division is not recommended.

Very showy - nothing like the "wild" goldenrod. Forms a large clump and will spread into other plants if allowed, but pulls up easily enough.

Due to its taproot, it does not divide/transplant well, so is best grown from seed in situ or in containers, and carefully transplanted into its final location.

Are we sure that cover picture is actually Przewalskii? It does appear to be a ligularia, but I'm not convinced it's this one...

Has both a pink and a blue flowered variety. Not as mottled (from what I can tell) as 'Lime Frost,' but the lime-green foliage stands out in dappled shade.

This is my favorite columbine. The foliage is mottled chartruse and darker lime green, and the flowers are dark blue. Even when it's not in flower, the foliage is a bright spot in a part shade/part sun border. As a bonus, IF leaf miners bother it (and I'm not sure they do), you can't see it because of the mottling, so the foliage always looks good! Self-seeds a little, but not even enough to be concerned with: The few I find, I pick up and move to wherever I want them.

Will self seed, though not in a "weedy" fashion. Mine took 2 seasons to come up after setting seed. (I did a happy dance!) Well worth growing in the garden if you have room for it. The plants are big and the flower buds and flowers are tall and very cool! I look forward to having it every year!

I've had this plant for several years - in both 1/2 sun and 'some sun' locations. Interestingly it's much more yellow than any of the other varieties I have (including 'all gold')- perhaps because of the amount of sun it receives - it's never been 'green' at all. It also has not shown any red coloring, and is a very slow grower. But, the yellow coloration easily makes up for the slow growth.

I have had this plant for a long time - maybe 5+ years. It has been in full shade as well as 1/2 sun and it has NEVER EVER shown ANY RED coloring. It's a solid green. It's possible I received the wrong plant when I ordered it, but I got it from a reputable seller.

I will say it grows quickly (for a hakone grass), and is worth having in the garden, but if you're looking for red, I wouldn't hold my breath.

While I have read mixed reviews of this variety, I like it. The flowers slowly lose the green as the pink area of the petals enlarges. Seems fairly long lived (so far it's 5+ years old). As with most echinacea (to my knowledge), it does not always come true to seed.

Unlike all other varieties of Loosestrife that I have grown or encountered, ALEXANDER is NOT a garden THUG. It spreads slowly to form a loose mound. I've given pieces of mine to friends, but it does not grow fast enough that I have ever "divided" it. It is sited in excellent soil, with regular water (irrigated), facing southwest in full sun. And still it stays neatly within bounds.

Stellar plant. The cream margin against the blue leaf really pops! Mine is at the edge of a foundation bed on the east side of my house. It only gets a couple of hours of late am/early pm sun, but the color of it is so intense that it's the first plant you notice when you look at that bed.

Pele tends to sunburn and 'bleach out' in full sun (especially hot afternoon sun), but thrives in dappled shade. If it's given full shade or weak sun (as in cuttings that are overwintered), it will lose its "blood spatter" coloring, but it returns once the plant is placed back in some sun. This is one of the few coleuses that I repeatedly overwinter.

Polygala blooms mid-late May on my zn 5 property. It appears to spread mostly by shallow, thin, underground runners, occasionally coming to a root "hub," where additional stems are sent to the surface. It has underground self-pollinating flowers/seed pods that appear as heart-shaped white growths, approximately the diameter of a "baby aspirin," periodically along the rootstock when the plant is dug and examined. Ants will harvest seed, so developing aerial seeds must be bagged before they are fully ripe.

I have this planted on the south side of my house in my zn5 garden. It gets full sun from about noon to 5 pm in full summer. I do supplement water, though the bed is not irrigated. The soil is very rich (compost, manure, etc). It has a very long flowering period, and has proven very hardy, and undemanding, while looking great all season.

Planted several 'plug' size starts in July/August of this season, in humusy/rich soil with supplemental (not irrigated) watering, in nearly full shade (one grouping gets a few hours of mid-day sun, while the others get none). They have grown by leaps and bounds, and even flowered a bit. Will update on how they overwinter.

Fantastic foliage coloration - really stunning - my photos don't show it off as nicely as it really is. Has grown quickly, and I am hoping it overwinters as well as it has grown so far this season.

Photos do not do this plant justice. It's much nicer than normally shown, as Goldfinch4 noted - it has interesting coloration to the individual leaves. Mine grows well in rich/humusy soil with supplemental watering (but not irrigated) and mid-day sun in zn 5.

This variety is one of my favorites. It brightens up any shady area like a ray of sunshine. Petite size works well towards the front of the border. Moderate to fast grower for me in zn 5 - rich/humusy soil with supplemental watering (not irrigated). Easy divider. I have only grown this plant in nearly to full shade, because the coloration lends itself so well as a beacon of light, so I can't say how it would perform with more sun.

Frosted Violet has interesting fuzzy stems. I've grown it on the N/W corner of my house where it got full afternoon sun, and was subjected to (rich, but) hot, dry soil. Last year I moved it to full shade in rich/humusy soil and it has done just as well. Quite dark, but interesting in combination with other, lighter leaved heucheras. Performs well in zn. 5. Worth having in the garden.