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The
plants are listed in alphabetical order.
Click on the letters below to view the
plants that begin with that letter.
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Scientific
Name:
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Dahlia ‘Lindsey’s Big Orange’
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Common Name:
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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deciduous tuber
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Perennial or Annual
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bushy, tuberous, 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 24" tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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light peach, tufty,
‘cactus’ style bloom from early summer to autumn, leathery,
almost crinkled leaves
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Zone
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zone 8 and warmer
in the ground, otherwise lift tubers for the winter
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Description,
Notes
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a nice cut flower
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Photo
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n/a
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Scientific
Name:
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Dahlia 'Date'
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Common Name:
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Happy Single
Series
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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deciduous tuber
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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 24" tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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dark foliage,
beautiful coral petals going to deep orange in center
of flowers
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Zone
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zone 7b-8
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Description,
Notes
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striking black foliage
with neon blooms
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Photo
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n/a
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Scientific
Name:
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Dahlia imperialis
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Common Name:
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Tree Dahlia
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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deciduous tuber
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial,
subshrub
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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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12-18’ X 4-6’
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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bears terminal
pale pink/lavender blooms with yellow disks from summer
to late fall
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Zone
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zone 7b-8
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Description,
Notes
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originating from Guatemala
to Columbia, slightly tender, a great specimen plant
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Dahlia imperialis ‘White Flower’
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Common Name:
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Tree Dahlia
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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deciduous tuber
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial, subshrub
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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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12-18’ X 4-6’
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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bears terminal
white blooms with yellow disks from summer to late
fall
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Zone
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zone 7b-8
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Description,
Notes
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originating from
Guatemala to Columbia, slightly tender, a great specimen
plant
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Photo
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n/a
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Scientific
Name:
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Dahlia 'Juliet'
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Common Name:
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Happy Single
Series
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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deciduous tuber
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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
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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dark foliage,
fuschia pink flowers
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Zone
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zone 7b-8
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Description,
Notes
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striking black foliage
with neon blooms
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Photo
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n/a
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Scientific
Name:
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Dahlia 'Party Yellow'
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Common Name:
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Happy Single
Series
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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deciduous tuber
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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 24" tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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dark foliage,
sunny yellow flowers
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Zone
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zone 7b-8
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Description,
Notes
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striking black foliage
with neon blooms
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Photo
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n/a
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Scientific
Name:
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Dahlia 'Romeo'
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Common Name:
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Happy Single
Series
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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deciduous tuber
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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 18" tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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dark foliage,
deep red flowers
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Zone
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zone 7b-8
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Description,
Notes
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striking black foliage
with neon blooms
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Photo
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n/a
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Scientific
Name:
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Datura metel ‘Double Purple’
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Common Name:
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Angel’s Trumpet
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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annual
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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’
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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bold 4-8” double
purple trumpet shaped flowers from summer to autumn
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Zone
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Description,
Notes
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fast growing,
upright, a striking container plant with beautifully
scented flowers
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Datura sp. Mexico
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Common Name:
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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annual
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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' X 3'
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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small brownish red
flowers in late summer
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Zone
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Description,
Notes
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very unusal Datura
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Photo
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n/a
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Scientific
Name:
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Deschampsia cespitosa 'Northern
Lights'
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Common Name:
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Hair Grass
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial grass
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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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18-24" tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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low mounds of arching,
threadlike 3-colored foliage
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Zone
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hardy to 30° F
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Description,
Notes
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neat habit, perfect
for containers and border plantings
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Digitalis obscura
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Common Name:
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Obscure Foxglove
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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subshrub, 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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12-48” X 18”
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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rust brown to
orange-yellow flowers .75 to 1.25”(2-3 cm) long with
red veins and spotting inside
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Zone
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zone 4-8
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Description,
Notes
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prefers rich soil
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Digitalis Purpurea
ssp. Haywoodii
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Common Name:
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The Silver Fox
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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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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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creamy white flowers
blushed with pink
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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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Digitalis x mertonensis
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Common Name:
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Strawberry
Foxglove
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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clump forming,
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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to 36” tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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showy, crushed strawberry-colored
flowers from late spring to early autumn
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Zone
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zone 3-8
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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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Ensete Ventricosum
‘Maurelii’
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Common Name:
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Red Banana
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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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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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Great ornamental foliage
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Zone
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Frost sensitive
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Description,
Notes
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Perfect for containers
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Eremophila racemosa
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Common Name:
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Easter Egg Bush
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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perennial, subshrub
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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 4-6' tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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showy tubular blooms
in 3 colors (yellow, pink, orange) on same plant
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Zone
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to 25° F or lower,
zone 9
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Description,
Notes
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very drought tolerant
erect shrub, water infrequently in ground
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Esete 'Red Abyssinian'
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Common Name:
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Red Banana
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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