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Purchased this one decades ago - didn't last long in my garden as I threw it away. Records show that it had Pollock's Pucker.

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I bought mine from Green Thumb Nursery in Canoga Park years ago. It came with a label from Altman's Plants that said Euphorbia bougheyi Dragon's Nest. Others may call it Ribbon Euphorbia, but I think Dragon's Nest describes it much more succinctly.

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Excellent garden plant. Super bloomer. Fast increaser. Highly rust-resistant in my zone 8b garden. Forms a beautiful clump with large, flat, ruffled, peach-colored blooms. Strongly recommended.

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This is one of my very favorites of my 200+ cultivars and is one of the best-performing. It is a fast increaser, a prolific rebloomer, and forms a beautiful clump with lovely salmon-colored blooms. Best of all, it is highly rust-resistant. I have never seen a speck of rust on it in my zone 8b garden. Strongly recommended.

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Nice low-growing plant. Not very aggressive in my experience growing in Zone 7A Virginia, it has stayed in a relatively neat clump.

Every spring, it reliably sends up magical blue flowers. Unfortunately, the blooming season for me is not long, and the show is over pretty quickly. I might try this in other areas to see if it grows more vigorously.

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Grows as a short-lived perennial or annual for me in Zone 7A Virginia.

Every year I cannot seem to keep last year's plants alive, but seedlings appear all over the place. They grow and flower in the first year, producing diminutive pink flowers on glaucous foliage. They reliably seed.

I wouldn't say this is nuisance, it is easily pulled. But, I could certainly see this plant becoming annoying.

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An adorable fuzzy groundcover that produces nice blue flowers. It is not very aggressive here in Zone 7A Virginia. Grows fine, and it does match the images online. So, yes, you will have a somewhat plain-looking green carpet for much of the year.

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This plant is a great summer and fall performer with endless vibrant purple blooms as long as you deadhead. If you do not deadhead, there will be periods without flowers. Seems to attract a lot of pollinators.

Plants are not very high, and are sturdy: Very tolerant of strong winds. It spreads rapidly by runners, though. The runners are not very long (I will measure some and post their lengths here), but can become a nuisance. They are not very easy to pull by the runner.

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The Philodendron cultivar 'Pluto' is an old Bob McColley hybrid from the 1960's. The deeply pinnate glossy leaves emerge in shades of brownish-pink and mature to a dark green shade. In optimal conditions, 'Pluto' can climb to heights of 5 feet or more.

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According to the APS registry entry, there is some dispute/confusion over the parentage of this peony. That APS entry cites the Monsieur Jules Elie parentage shown in the parentage field of the NGA database entry, but also contains an addition that cites the peony's patent description in which the parentage is given as "Charlies White (sic)" x "Alice Harding" (lactiflora form, now named Alice Harding 1922 in the NGA database)

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