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Fruit tree Olea europaeaOlive Tree 'Arbequina'Self-fertile, pot-friendly, Spanish. Full sunLow water from $39.95 Zones 8–11 Citrus Citrus × meyeriImproved Meyer Lemon BushThe lemon that forgives you. Full sunAverage water from $99.95 Zones 9–11 Fruit tree Ficus caricaFig 'Chicago Hardy'A fig for the North. Full sunAverage water from $49.95 Zones 5–10 Perennial Iris germanicaReblooming Bearded Iris 'Immortality'White, again. Sun to part sunLow water $44.95 Zones 4–9 Shrub Ilex aquifolium × Ilex cornutaHolly 'Nellie R. Stevens'A green wall that grows its own berries. Sun to part sunAverage water from $69.95 Zones 6–9 Citrus Citrus × meyeriImproved Meyer Lemon TreeLemons, minus the pucker. Full sunAverage water from $99.95 Zones 9–11 Fruit tree Malus domesticaHoneycrisp Apple TreeThe crunch you can hear. Full sunAverage water from $119.95 Zones 4–8 Shrub Thuja occidentalisArborvitae 'Emerald Green'A green wall that stays narrow. Sun to part sunAverage water from $29.95 Zones 3–7 Shrub Gardenia jasminoidesGardenia 'Frost Proof'The Southern perfume, a zone farther north. Sun to part sunAverage water from $59.95 Zones 7–10 Tree Thuja standishii × plicataArborvitae 'Green Giant'Privacy, fast, without the drama. Sun to part sunAverage water from $29.95 Zones 5–8 Tree Acer palmatumJapanese Maple 'Bloodgood'The red Japanese maple everyone pictures. Sun to part sunAverage water from $99.95 Zones 5–8 Houseplant Epipremnum aureumGolden Pothos 'Golden Ray'Low effort, high yellow. Low lightAverage water $25 Indoors, any zone Shrub Hydrangea arborescensSmooth Hydrangea 'Incrediball'Annabelle, with a better spine. Sun to part sunAverage water $129.95 Zones 3–9 Berry Rubus idaeusHeritage RaspberryTwo crops. One mower. Full sunAverage water from $49.95 Zones 4–8 Shrub Juniperus scopulorumJuniper 'Skyrocket'Tall, thin and blue-green. Full sunLow water $59.95 Zones 4–9 Bulb Narcissus spp.Giant Daffodils, Naturalizing MixPlant once. Collect interest. Sun to part sunAverage water $59.95 Zones 3–8 Shrub Buddleja davidiiButterfly Bush 'Black Knight'The darkest purple in the category. Full sunLow water $79.95 Zones 5–9 Shrub Salix integraDappled Willow 'Hakuro Nishiki'Flower colors, from the leaves. Sun to part sunLots of water $99.95 Zones 4–8 Shrub Spiraea japonicaSpirea 'Candy Corn'Red, orange and yellow. No flowers required. Sun to part sunAverage water $89.95 Zones 4–8 Grass Muhlenbergia capillarisPink Muhly GrassIgnored all summer. Then pink clouds. Full sunLow water from $59.95 Zones 6–10 Shrub Buxus microphyllaBoxwood 'Sprinter'A boxwood hedge, sooner. Sun to part sunAverage water $89.95 Zones 5–9 Tree Thuja occidentalisArborvitae 'American Pillar'A wall of green, about four feet thick. Sun to part sunAverage water from $89.95 Zones 3–7 Perennial Echinacea purpureaPurple ConeflowerBlooms all summer. Asks for nothing. Sun to part sunLow water $21.99 Zones 3–9 Perennial Baptisia australisBlue False Indigo, GallonPlant it once. It outlives the fence. Sun to part sunLow water $21.99 Zones 3–9