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Extension Master Gardener Demonstration Gardens at the Historic Courthouse Square in Dobson

The Purple Heart Garden

The Purple Heart Garden is composed of mostly purple, blue, and magenta native plant combinations. This garden is dedicated to those veterans who were killed or injured in any action against an enemy of the United States while serving in the Armed Forces after April 1917.

Plants in the Purple Heart Garden:

Purple coneflower

Echinacea purpurea
Purple coneflower

Photo Credit: Heuchera cultivars Andy Mabbett CC BY-SA 3.0

Heuchera ssp.
Coral bells

Iris virginica
Southern blue flag iris

Photo Credit: Form in bloom Couleur Lavande CC BY-ND 2.0

Lavandula augustifolia ‘Munstead’
Common lavender

Loropetalum chinense
Chinese fringe flower

Photo Credit: Form July 2021 by Hope Duckworth CC BY 4.0

Monarda fistulosa
Wild bergamot

Photo Credit:Muhlenbergia capillaris / Poaceae evergreen grass by tamu; Adobe Stock photo

Muhlenbergia capillaris
Pink muhly grass

Photo Credit: Lucy Bradley CC BY-NC 4.0

Nepeta x faassenii
Blue cat mint

Photo Credit: Flower Form by Jim Robbins CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Salvia yangii
Russian sage

Rumex sanguineus
Bloody dock

Tradescantia pallida
Purple heart

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