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The
plants are listed in alphabetical order.
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plants that begin with that letter.
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Please note that the photo
links listed below all lead to Google
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pages are of the particular plant in question.
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Scientific
Name:
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Abutilon 'Dame Vanessa'
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Common Name:
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Flowering Maple
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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partial shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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12-24" tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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bright yellow flowers
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Zone
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8-11
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Description,
Notes
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heat tolerant, perfect
for hanging baskets
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Abutilon 'Kristen's Pink'
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Common Name:
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Flowering Maple
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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partial shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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12-16" tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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3", bell shaped, touch
of salmon to soft rose flowers
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Zone
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9-11
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Description,
Notes
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heat tolerant, heavy
bloomers, perfect container plant for summer
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Photo
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n/a
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Scientific
Name:
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Abutilon megapotamicum ‘Paisley’
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Common Name:
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Flowering Maple
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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partial shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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3-5’ tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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pendant apricot blooms
with dark sepals throughout the year, spotted foliage
lights up any shady area, vining shrub which appreciates
light support
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Zone
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8 and higher
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Description,
Notes
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Abutilon 'Nabob'
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Common Name:
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Flowering Maple
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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partial shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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4' X 8' tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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well covered by large,
dark leaves, exceptionally large, maroon flowers
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Zone
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7-11
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Description,
Notes
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most sought after
hybrids
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Abutilon pictum 'Thompsonii'
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Common Name:
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Flowering Maple
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen shrub
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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partial shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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6-8' tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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red-orange fragrant
flowers
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Zone
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9-11
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Description,
Notes
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blooms all year
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Abutilon 'Pink Parasol'
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Common Name:
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Flowering Maple
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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partial shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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to 4' tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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dark, satiny leaves
& widely spreading blossoms verging on mauve
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Zone
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Description,
Notes
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Photo
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n/a
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Scientific
Name:
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Abutilon 'Souvenir de Bonn'
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Common Name:
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Flowering Maple
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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partial shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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6-8' tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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distinctive, large
green leaves edged in a mottled creamy white
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Zone
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hardy to 25° F
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Description,
Notes
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Abutilon 'Victor Reiter'
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Common Name:
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Flowering Maple
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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partial shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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8' tall or more
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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large, broad deep
green leaves, huge, salmon colored flowers
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Zone
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Description,
Notes
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sturdy, upright
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Abutilon vitifolium
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Common Name:
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Grape
Leaf Flowering Maple
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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fast growing, upright,
deciduous
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial, shrub
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Shade
or Sun
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full sun to partial
shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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15’ X 8’
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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soft grey hairy leaves,
saucer shaped white to purple-blue flowers in early summer
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Zone
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8-9
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Description,
Notes
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moderate water
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Abutilon 'Voodoo'
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Common Name:
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Flowering Maple
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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partial shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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24-36" tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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large, upright blood-red
flowers
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Zone
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7-11
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Description,
Notes
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easy-to-grow variety
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Abutilon 'White Parasol'
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Common Name:
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Flowering Maple
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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partial shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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8' tall or more
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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stort, sturdy stems,
large fuzzy leaves, and large white blossoms, sometimes
tinged with pink
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Zone
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Description,
Notes
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companion to 'Pink
Parasol'
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Photo
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n/a
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Scientific
Name:
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Achillea sibirica var. camtschatica
‘Love Parade’
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Common Name:
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Yarrow
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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hardy, evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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full sun to partial
shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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24" X 12-24”
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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soft pink flowers
in a large umbel, attractive lanceolate foliage
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Zone
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6-11
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Description,
Notes
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good cut flower
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Aeonium arboreum
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Common Name:
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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erect, succulent
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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partial shade preferred,
full sun near the coast
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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6’ X 6’
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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bears pyramidal panicles
to 12”(30cm) of bright yellow flowers from late spring
thru summer
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Zone
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frost sensitive
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Description,
Notes
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Aeonium arboreum ‘Zwartkop’
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Common Name:
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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erect, succulent
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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partial shade preferred,
full sun near the coast
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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3’ X 3’
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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bears pyramidal panicles
to 12”(30cm) of bright yellow flowers from late spring
thru summer, dark, almost purple-black leaves
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Zone
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more cold tolerant
than other varieties
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Description,
Notes
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winter grower
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Agapanthus africanus 'Peter Pan'
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Common Name:
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Dwarf Lily of the
Nile
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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full sun to partial
shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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8-12" tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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light blue flowers
with 1-1.5' flower stalk
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Zone
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zone 7-9
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Description,
Notes
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good background plants
or edging, excellent tub and container specimens and can
be used in cut flower arrangements
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Agastache 'Red Fortune'
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Common Name:
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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full sun
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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2-3' tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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almost continuous
deep rose blooms
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Zone
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zone 7-11
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Description,
Notes
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foliage with strong
peppermint scent
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Agastache rupestris 'Sunset Hyssop'
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Common Name:
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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full sun
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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24-36" tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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beautiful orange blooms
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Zone
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zone 4
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Description,
Notes
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rootbeer, minty scented
foliage, very drought tolerant
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Agastache X 'Black Adder'
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Common Name:
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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full sun
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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30-36" tall, spreads
to 24-36"
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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numerous bottlebrush
flowers of vivid blue from mid summer to frost
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Zone
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hardy!
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Description,
Notes
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Agave sp. (Cabrillo)
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Common Name:
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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full sun
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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to 10' tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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Zone
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Description,
Notes
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Photo
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n/a
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Scientific
Name:
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Agave sp. (common blue form)
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Common Name:
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Century Plant
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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full sun
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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to 20' tall with flower
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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Zone
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Description,
Notes
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Photo
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n/a
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Scientific
Name:
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Ajuga reptans
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Common Name:
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Carpet Bugle
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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creeping, evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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partial sun to shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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6”X 24-36”
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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dark blue spikes of
flowers from spring to early summer, fall flowers in some
areas
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Zone
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zone 3-9
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Description,
Notes
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Alocasia gageana 'California Shield'
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Common Name:
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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full sun to shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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to 3' tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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suckering growth habit,
deep green, scalloped leaves grow one foot across
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Zone
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zone 9-10
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Description,
Notes
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Photo
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n/a
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Scientific
Name:
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Alyogyne huegelii
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Common Name:
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Blue Hibiscus
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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erect, evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial shrub
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Shade
or Sun
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full sun
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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3-6’ X 3-6’
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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funnel shaped, satiny,
lilac, mauve, or purple flowers to 4”(10cm) across are
produced throughout the year
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Zone
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zone 10-11
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Description,
Notes
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likes a warm, dry
position, fast grower
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Anigozanthos 'Dwarf Pink Joey'
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Common Name:
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Dwarf Pink Kangaroo
Paw
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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full sun
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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to 2' tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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from late spring until
fall emerge the pink flowers on 2 to 4 foot tall stems
covered with downy pink colored hairs
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Zone
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hardy to 25° F
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Description,
Notes
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very nice cut flower
variety and attractive to hummingbirds
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Anigozanthos mixed
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Common Name:
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Kangaroo Paw
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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full sun
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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dense clumps of iris-like
leaves, stems are densely coated with decorative red fur,
blossoms red & bright green
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Zone
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Description,
Notes
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keep dry in winter
to avoid fungus rots
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Photo
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n/a
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Scientific
Name:
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Anigozanthos 'Phar Lap'
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Common Name:
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Kangaroo Paws
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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full sun
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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1-2' tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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bright green flowers
with irridescent blue hairs
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Zone
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zone 9-11
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Description,
Notes
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named after the famous
race horse of Australia
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Photo
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n/a
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Scientific
Name:
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Anigozanthos 'Royal Cheer'
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Common Name:
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Kangaroo Paws
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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full sun
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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to 3' tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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bright green flowers
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Zone
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hardy to zone 9
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Description,
Notes
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blooms persist for
several months, and are good as cut flowers
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Anisodontea 'Tara's
Pink'
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Common Name:
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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subshrub
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Perennial or Annual
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Shade
or Sun
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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to 4' tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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Hibiscus family, plentiful
flowers thru summer
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Zone
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Description,
Notes
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Aquilegia Alpina
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Common Name:
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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Shade
or Sun
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sun to partial shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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Blue flowering Columbine
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Zone
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Description,
Notes
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Photo
|
link
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Scientific
Name:
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Aquilegia caerulea hybrids
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Common Name:
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Rocky Mountain
Columbine
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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winter deciduous
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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partial sun to shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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18-24" tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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long-spurred flowers
of lavender-blue and white
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Zone
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Description,
Notes
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one of the classic
columbines
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Photo
|
link
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Scientific
Name:
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Aquilegia vulgaris 'William Guiness'
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Common Name:
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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winter deciduous
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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full sun to full shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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18-24" tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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purple-brown flowers
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Zone
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zone 4-7
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Description,
Notes
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attractive to bees,
butterflies & birds
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Photo
|
link
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Scientific
Name:
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Armeria maritima 'Splendens'
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Common Name:
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Sea Pink
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
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Shade
or Sun
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full sun
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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to 1' tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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8-12" flowering stems
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Zone
|
|
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Description,
Notes
|
|
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Photo
|
link
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Scientific
Name:
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Asarina x wislizensis 'Red Dragon'
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Common Name:
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Deciduous or Evergreen
|
deciduous if not protected
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
|
|
Shade
or Sun
|
partial shade
|
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
|
6' tall vines
|
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
|
red snap-dragon like
2-3" long flowers, very showy and interesting, large flowers
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Zone
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zone 9-11, protect
from heavy frost
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Description,
Notes
|
fast growing multi-stemmed
vine with attractive heart-shaped leaves
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Photo
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n/a
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Scientific
Name:
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Asclepias tuberosa
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Common Name:
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Butterfly Flower
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Deciduous or Evergreen
|
|
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial
|
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Shade
or Sun
|
full sun
|
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
|
to 24" tall
|
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
|
brilliant orange flowers
|
|
Zone
|
zone 4-8
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Description,
Notes
|
dried flowers can
be used for arrangements
|
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Photo
|
link
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Scientific
Name:
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Astilbe chinensis ‘Pumila’
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Common Name:
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
|
perennial
|
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Shade
or Sun
|
partial shade
|
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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to 24" tall
|
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
|
lilac pink flower
clusters which rise to 12-15” tall
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Zone
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Description,
Notes
|
water loving, hardy,
dwarf variety perfect for the shade border
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Photo
|
link
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Please note that the photo links
listed above all lead to Google
Image Search results pages. Not all the photos on those
pages are of the particular plant in question.
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