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border purple garden

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hydrangea lime light and japanese foerst grass hakonechloa macro aureola

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picket fence with pink roses, blue, and green color scheme

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Great Lakes. "Butterflies make their first appearance in April, such as this painted lady on squill (Scilla siberica)," says Illinois garden coach Barbara Pintozzi. "Leave bare small areas of slightly depressed soil in the garden where butterflies can drink from mud puddles. Allow some native violets (Viola sororia) to remain in the lawn for frittilary butterflies to use as host plants."

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Northeast. "One of my favorite native trees for the northeast is Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)," writes Vermont landscape consultant Charlotte Albers. "The unusual magenta buds open directly on branches before the leaves emerge at this time of year, and the leaves are heart shaped (cordate). Grow this small tree in full sun as a focal point, in an open setting or along the edge of a woodland for visual interest in early spring."

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