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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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pages are of the particular plant in question.
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Scientific
Name:
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Meconopsis grandis
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Common Name:
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Himilaean Blue
Poppy
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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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 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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3" wide pure sky-blue
flowers, velvety, purple streaking on backside on petals
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Zone
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hardy to 15° F
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Description,
Notes
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rarely seen pure blue
poppy for FULL SHADE
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Melianthus major
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Common Name:
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Honey 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
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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 8' tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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irregularly toothed
gray/green leaves to 2’ in width, amongst the first flowers
of year in early winter, maroon/brown flowers on stalks
up to 2’!!
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Zone
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top leaves frost sensitive,
but rhizomes resprout after hard frosts
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Description,
Notes
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very impressive/exotic
foliage plant, best kept at 4-6' tall
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Mimulus ringens
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Common Name:
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Allegheny Monkey
Flower
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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
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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 36” tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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likes moist places,
solitary, tubular, violet/lavender flowers with yellow
palates from spring to late summer
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Zone
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zone 3-7, hardy to
-35 F
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Description,
Notes
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Photo
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Scientific
Name:
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Mimulus x hybridus ‘Shade Loving
Mixed’
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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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spreading, 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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6-9” X 12-36”
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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1-1.5” blooms in bright
scarlet, orange, or yellow, some speckled in the throat,
flowers from summer to fall
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Zone
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cannot tolerate hard
frost
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Description,
Notes
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free flowering shade
creeper
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus'
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Common Name:
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Zebra Grass
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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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 partial
shade
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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6' X 5-10'
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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flowers are silver-white
to pink and plumelike
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Zone
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hardy to 0° F or less
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Description,
Notes
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one of the most fascinating
variegated grasses because its yellow-on-green variegation
runs in horizontal bands
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Mitraria coccinea
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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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tender 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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24-48" tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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red-orange blooms
late spring to early fall
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Zone
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zone 8-11
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Description,
Notes
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attractive to bees,
butterflies & birds
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Musa basjoo
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Common Name:
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Banana
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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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12-15' tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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pale yellow-cream
flowers bloom from mid-spring to mid fall
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Zone
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hardy to 20° F
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Description,
Notes
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from Japan, world's
most cold-hearty banana
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Musa zebrina 'Rojo'
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Common Name:
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Blood Banana
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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evergreen
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Perennial or Annual
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in cooler climates,
can be an annual
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Shade
or Sun
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partial shade except
on coast
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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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mainly used for it's
ornamental qualities as opposed to the fruit, which is
seedy and inedible. red splotches on the top side of the
leaf and the solid red undersides
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Zone
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zone 9-11
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Description,
Notes
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excellent in container,
shocking foliage
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Paulownia tomentosa
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Common Name:
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Empress Tree
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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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
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Height
x Width
& How Stands
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40’ X 30’
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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fragrant pinkish/
lilac flowers 2”(5cm.) long in panicles, flowers appear
before leaves emerge, fast growing tree w/ thick shoots
& bright green ovate leaves (to 12”)
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Zone
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zone 5-8
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Description,
Notes
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tolerates poor soil,
a wonderful specimen tree
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Pennisetum ruppelii
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Common Name:
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Fountain Grass
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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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
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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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ornamental grass,
long nodding flower plumes
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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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Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’
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Common Name:
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Red Fountain Grass
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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deciduous
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Perennial or Annual
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mound forming, perennial,
grass
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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' tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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red/maroon foliage,
bears red tinged spikelets of flowers from early summer
to autumn
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Zone
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not frost tolerant,
zones 9-10
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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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Penstemon ‘Burgundy’
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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 36” tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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tubular wine-red flowers
from early summer to autumn
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Zone
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zone 7-10
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Description,
Notes
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among most upright
of Penstemon genus
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Penstemon campanulatus
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Common Name:
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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semi-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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12-24" tall
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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pretty, tubular, two-lipped
flowers (all colors but blue and yellow)
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Zone
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hardy to 15° F
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Description,
Notes
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summer bloomers, attract
hummingbirds
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Penstemon digitalis
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Common Name:
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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vigorous, semi-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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24-48” X 18”
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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tubular/bell shaped
white flowers, flushed pale violet with purple lines inside,
from summer to mid-autumn
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Zone
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hardy, zone 2-8
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Description,
Notes
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attracts hummingbirds
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’
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Common Name:
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Deciduous or Evergreen
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vigorous, semi-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” X 18”
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Flower
Color
& Bloom Time
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striking shiny maroon
foliage, tubular/bell shaped pinkish white flowers from
summer to mid-autumn
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Zone
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zone 1-9
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Description,
Notes
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nice clumper for contrast
foliage
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Photo
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link
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Scientific
Name:
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Penstemon gloxinioides ‘Apple Blossom’
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Common Name:
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