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The Victorians favored planting urns with a single exotic centerpiece, along with complementary underplantings that had the same cultural needs. For this rusted urn, Ken Selody, the owner of Atlock Farm in Somerset, N.J., chose the tender perennial Leonotis leonurus, or lion's tail. The deer-resistant South African shrub typically reaches three feet by three feet. Grow in full sun.
