Plants for Creating the Year-Round Excitement Garden Plan

2 Japanese forestgrass (Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’): Zones 5-9 1 Winter daphne (Daphne odora): Zones 7-9 2 Tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa): Zones 4-9 2 Mexican orange blossom (Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’): Zones 7-9 4 Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba): Zones 3-10 3 Chocolate snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum ‘Chocolate’): Zones 4-8 4 Angelwing begonia (Begonia coccinea): Zones 9-11* 1 Rhododendron spp.: Zones 5-11 1 Banana (Musa sikkimensis): Zones 8-11* 1 Winter heather (Erica carnea): Zones 5-8 7 Foetid iris (Iris foetidissima): Zones 6-9 3 Japanese anemone (Anemone × hybrida): Zones 5-9

*Can be dug in fall and stored indoors in winter. If you aren’t able to find the exact cultivars listed above, substitute with others that have similar colors, shapes, and sizes. And because some plants can become overly aggressive and spread out of control in certain climates, always check which species are considered invasive in your area before planting.

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