6 Plants They Can't Live Without Blogathon

Pick 6

Steve Bender, aka The Grumpy Gardener, picked the six plants he just couldn't bear to live without and asked eight fellow bloggers to do the same. Among his picks: Southern staple kudzu and local rhododendron varieties like the Piedmont Azalea, pictured.

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Butterfly Bushes

Cameron in Chapel Hill, North Carolina loves to grow butterfly bushes in her zone 7b garden. She says she grows Buddleia because, though butterflies adore them, rabbits and deer don't.

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Arizona Cypress

Pam in Austin, Texas says her choices are a function of her location in zone 8b and loves silvery blue Arizona Cypress.

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Daffodils

Judy Lowe in Boston, Massachusetts looks for container-friendly plants that will grow well in her urban garden. One of her favorites is sunny daffodils. She cites Dutch Master and February Gold as her preferred varities.

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Southern Magnolia

Helen in Raleigh, North Carolina listed the Southern Magnolia among her six. She says, "Their May and June blooms look and smell heavenly. I’ll pluck one and float it in a bowl near where I read in the morning. It lasts but a day, but what a day it is."

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Saw Palmettos

Meems in the Tampa Bay area loves Florida-friendly plants like Saw Palmettos and says that many animals feed from the palm's fruit.

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