Check out this jazz band of tender plant life at the Mary Livingston Ripley Garden in Washington , D.C. While the plants ’ forms are bold , their texture and colors are soft and assuasive . Included are foxtail fern ( Asparagus densiflorus‘Myersii ’ , USDA Hardiness Zones 9 - 11 ) , Diamond Frost euphorbia ( Euphorbia‘Inneuphdia ’ , Zones 10 - 11 ) , and Mexican bush sage ( Salvia leucantha , Zones 9 - 11 ) .
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