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Nice big evergreen red, and a good bloomer too.

This is a very nice daylily and a real extended bloomer. It towers over the other daylilies with scapes that are almost as tall as a yardstick.

Not a good bloomer.

Very vigorous, nice color.

This hosta is a rapid grower, makes a great edger plant, and also looks great as a mass planting.

These are everywhere here and get very big, about 15 feet tall and 6-8 feet wide. They are popular because they grow fast and make a tight hedge or screening if you want to hide something or from something. Otherwise, you have to prune it a lot. The new growth is susceptible to Entomosporium leaf spot. This will kill the shrub unless you spray regularly with a fungicide.

Flowers are sterile but can cross-pollinate with other trees and produce thousands of tiny pears that produce thorny seedlings, which are invasive.

Spring flowers smell like fish.

Surface roots and deep shade make it impossible to grow grass under it.

Susceptible to mildew and scale. Often reverts back to green.

I was disappointed in how it faded to a completely white flower in three days.

This plant was linked to the death of 19 horses when it was found inside the hay that was fed to the horses.

According to Wikipedia:

Calendulas are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including Cabbage Moth, The Gothic, Large Yellow Underwing and Setaceous Hebrew Character.

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This hosta looked good in the spring when it first came up, but within one month it was very ugly. This hosta does not do well in zone 8a. It does not tolerate heat very well, and I got rid of all four of mine.

Virginia State listed Noxious Weed.

Virginia State listed Noxious Weed.

May be a noxious weed or invasive.

This hybrid cherry comes from Japan and is one of the predominant cherry trees planted in Washington D.C.

Floratam was released in 1973 and resists the viral infection St. Augustine decline (SAD) and the chinch bug. Not as cold or shade tolerant.

No ugly browning from cold, snow or ice damage in winter.