Hort 255 Herbaceous Orn Plant Materials - Osu

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Lily of the Nile
This easy-to-grow perennial produces colorful globes of blue or white trumpet-shape flowers in summer and fall.

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Agapanthus

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Giant Allium (Giant Onion)
Alliums offer whimsical structures and great textural contrasts unique to the late-spring bulb garden. Clustered florets in a globe-shape flower head are held aloft on a thick stem. In the species, loose bouquets of flowers sprout from clustered, hollow stems.

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Allium giganteum

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Goat's Beard, Bride's-feathers
It has alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thin, stiff stems, with plumes of feathery white or cream flowers borne in summer.

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Aruncas dioicus

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Crocosmia or Montbretia
Their narrow, bladed foliage provides vertical accents much like gladiola leaves. The tubular blossoms beckon hummingbirds, and the seedpods that persist into fall also attract feathered visitors. Montbretia graces the summer with showy red, orange or yellow funnel-shaped flowers on slender, arching, zigzag spikes. Each flower is about 2 in (5 cm) across and the nodding cluster can be several inches long.

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Crocrosmia xcrocosmiiflora

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Crocus
A crocus flower is shaped like a wine glass, with six tepals forming a goblet atop a long perianth tube that originates beneath the soil surface. Crocus flowers come in a wide range of intense colors, many with stripes or different colors inside and outside the tepals. Some crocus flowers are quite fragrant. A corm may produce one to five flowers, depending on the variety. Crocuses are small: The tepals may be 1 - 2 in (2.5 5 cm) long and the tube up to 6 in (15 cm) long. The leaves are grasslike. Their large cup-shape blooms suddenly appearing in tufts of grasslike foliage seem magical. Plant crocuses in masses under trees and shrubs or in lawns for a dramatic early spring start in your garden. They thrive in any well-drained soil in full to partial sun.

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Crocus vernus

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Hyacinth
The perfume of blooming hyacinths is as symbolic of early spring as lilacs are to the late-spring garden. Hyacinth plants consist of chubby, succulent leaves arranged around a central flower spike. Florets pack the flower column in tight clusters.

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Hyacinthus orientalis

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Siberian Iris

The flowers are constructed with three upright "standard" petals and three drooping "fall" petals, which are often different colors.

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Iris sibirica

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Bearded Iris
Swordlike leaves and showy flowers All have the classic, impossibly intricate flowers. The flowers are constructed with three upright "standard" petals and three drooping "fall" petals, which are often different colors. Look like beards.

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Iris "Bearded hybrids"

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Lily

Light: Sun,Part Sun
Zones: 4-8
Plant Type:Bulb
Plant Height:2-6 feet tall
Plant Width:To 6 inches wide
Landscape Uses:Containers,Beds & Borders
Special Features:Flowers,Attractive Foliage,Fragrant,Cut Flowers,Attracts Hummingbirds.

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Lilium cultivars

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Grape Hyacinth

Bears small spikes packed with tiny blue bell-shape flowers, sometimes tinged purple, that rise from narrow foliage in mid-spring. It grows 6 inches tall. Zones 4-9

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Muscari armeniacum

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Daffodil, Jonquil
Although the terms jonquil and daffodil are often used interchangeably, jonquils are technically only one type of daffodil. Jonquils have one to five flowers per stem and are usually quite fragrant. The petals may be spreading or reflexed. As with other types of daffodils, jonquils are reliable spring bloomers, resisting damage from rabbits and deer. Bulbs increase by natural division, making them great for naturalizing.

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Narcissus sp.

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Tulip

These tall tulips grow up to 30 inches tall, making them excellent as cut flowers. They come in a wide range of colors, including red, yellow, orange, pink, purple, black, and white as well as bicolors and blends.

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Tulipa spp.

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Purple Rockcress

Purple rock cress usually has purple or blue flowers, but rock wall cress is more likely to bloom in white or pink. Both make attractive low mounds that look great at the edge of retaining wall where they get full sun and excellent drainage. Cut stems back after spring bloom to keep plants compact.

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Aubrieta deltoidea

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Basket-of-Gold
But where it does well, it's a showstopper. It will reseed prolifically in little cracks, filling an area each spring with dazzling neon yellows. After it finishes blooming, the grayish-green foliage makes an attractive mat in the perennial garden.

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Aurinia saxatilis

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Heartleaf Bergenia, Pigsqueak

The glossy green leaves of bergenia look outstanding all year long. In fall they take on a magnificent reddish-bronze hue. The thick, leathery foliage squeaks when rubbed between your fingers, giving this plant the other common name of pigsqueak.

The pink, rose, or white blooms that appear on sturdy stalks in spring are just a bonus compared to the usefulness of the foliage. Not surprisingly, this is often used as groundcover.

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Bergenia cordifolia

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Common Wallflower, English Wallflower
Wallflowers are short-lived perennials often grown as annuals. The frost-tolerant plants add a bright dose of color to early-spring gardens. Many are delightfully fragrant. They also tolerate poor soil well. They're often used as winter annuals in Southern gardens,

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Erysiumum cheiri

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Hellebore, Lenten Rose
Their exquisite bowl- or saucer-shape flowers in white (often speckled), pinks, yellows, or maroon remain on the plant for several months, even after the petals have fallen. Deer-resistant and mostly evergreen, hellebores' divided leaves rise on sturdy stems and may be serrated (like a knife) along the edges. They do best in shade where soil remains moist; some prefer acid or alkaline conditions, depending on variety.

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Helleborus X hybridus

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Candytuft, Evergreen Candytuft
Sparkling white candytuft, with its cool evergreen foliage, brightens any rock garden or wall for several weeks in spring. At bloom time, plants are covered with umbels of pure white flowers that fade to pink. Compact selections are now available. Where happy, this plant will spread.

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Iberis sempervirens

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Moss Pink, Creeping Phlox
is a low mounding plant smothered with bright flowers in spring. Its slender 1/2-inch leaves are evergreen, stiff and prickly. It seldom tops 6 inches tall.

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Phlox subulata

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Polyantha or English Primrose
Their basal rosettes of oval leaves are often puckered or are very smooth. The colorful flowers may be borne singly or rise in tiered clusters, or even spikes.

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Primula X Polyantha

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Lungwort, Bethlehem Sage
The rough basal leaves, spotted or plain, always please and continue to be handsome through the season and into winter. Planted close as a weed-discouraging groundcover, or in borders as edgings or bright accent plants, lungworts are workhorses and retain their good looks.

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Pulmonaria saccharata

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Persian buttercup
It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 45 cm tall, with simple or branched stems. The basal leaves are three-lobed, with leaves higher on the stems more deeply divided; like the stems, they are downy or hairy. The flowers are 3–5 cm diameter, variably red to pink, yellow, or white, with one to several flowers on each stem

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Ranunculus asiaticus

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Wall Rockcress
Forming a pretty mat of flowers in pure white, wall rockcress looks spectacular in early spring. The flowers are so thick they nearly obscure its attractive grayish-green foliage.

An excellent groundcover for tight spots and well-drained soil, it's perfect in a rock garden, along a retaining wall, between pavers in a patio or walk, or along the edge of a raised bed.

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Arabis caucasica

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Sea Thrift, Sea Pink, Thrift
When planted in large groups, it forms a mat of attractive grassy foliage and colorful marble-size balls of flowers.

Also called sea pink, this tough plant tolerates wind, sea spray, and is drought-tolerant. They do need well-drained soil to prevent root rot.

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Armeria maritima

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Blue False Indigo
Baptisia is one of those tall plants with beautiful spires, often in a showy blue, that draws everyone to it for an admiring closer look. It's a native prairie plant that bears long, tall spikes of pealike blooms in late spring. As the flowers ripen, they turn into interesting black seedpods often used in fall arrangements.

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Baptisia australis

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Snow In Summer
Snow-in-summer is a double whammy plant -- it covers itself with striking white flowers but it also has striking silvery foliage. It looks completely at home in the hot, dry, sunny locations it loves -- next to sidewalks, between pavers, in rock gardens, along the edge of retaining walls, and tucked into the cracks of stacked stone walls. In fact, if the soil is too wet too long, root rot is likely to set in.

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Cerastium tomentosum

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Pacific Bleeding Heart, Western Bleeding Heart
heart-shape pink or white blooms with a protruding tip at the base of the heart.

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D. formosa (Dicentra formosa)

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Common Bleeding Heart
This is a short bleeding-heart, approaching 10 centimeters in maximum height. From a rhizome beneath the soil it extends several erect petioles, each holding a leaf divided into leaflets which are each divided into smooth, fingerlike lobes. It also erects a thin stem which is topped with an inflorescence of one to three nodding flowers. Each flower is a shade of pink or purple to white, with two curving outer petals flexed back against the flower, and inner petals extended straight outward. The fruit is a capsule just over a centimeter long.

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Dicentra spectabilis

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Gas Plant, Dittany
Gas plant bears wands of cupped pink or white flowers on shining dark green foliage in mid- to late spring. When in bloom, it's one of the showiest plants in the garden. It's also a charming cut flower.

The flowers give off a flammable gas, which is the source of its common name. The combustible oil may irritate skin, so if you have sensitive skin, wear gloves when working with gas plant.

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Dictamnus albus

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Dead Nettle
Free-blooming deadnettles enliven difficult places in sun or shade. From spring on, whorls of brightly colored two-lip flowers bloom abundantly on square stems. The triangular green leaves are splashed with silver, or they are silver-rimmed or veined with emerald. Deadnettles have unfairly gotten a bad name for being invasive and somewhat weedy, but they are easy to corral and should be cut back and deadheaded regularly. They're fine in partly shaded and shaded places where soil is well-drained but retains moisture

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Lamium maculatum

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Peony
Their sumptuous flowers -- single, semidouble, anemone centered or Japanese, and fully double -- in glorious shades of pinks and reds as well as white and yellow announce that spring has truly arrived. The handsome fingered foliage is usually dark green and remains good-looking all season long. Provide deep rich soil with plenty of humus to avoid dryness, and don't plant the crowns more than 2 inches beneath the surface.

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Paeonia suffruticosa

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Forget-Me-Not

Charming, diminutive forget-me-nots are delicate plants with beautiful little blue flowers. While they do come in pinks and whites, it's the blues that people find most delightful.

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Myosotis sylvatica

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False Spirea
Ural false spirea is a coarse, suckering, deciduous shrub which typically grows 5-8' tall (less frequently to 10') and as wide. Features tiny white flowers in dense, terminal, pyramidal panicles (to 10" long) in early summer. Compound, odd-pinnate, deep green foliage resembles that of mountain ash (Sorbus) to which it is related.

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Astilbe spp.

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Canna Lily
Cannas are large tropical plants that produce gladiolus-like flower spikes in summer atop erect stems sheathed in large paddle-shaped leaves. Plants sold in commerce are mostly hybrids ranging from 1.5' tall dwarfs to 8' tall giants. Flower colors typically include red, orange, pink, yellow, cream and some bicolors. Foliage colors include shades of green, bronze and striped/variegated. Dramatic foliage provides considerable ornamental interest when plants are not in flower.

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Canna spp.

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Bloody Cransbill
hardy geranium cultivar that is noted for its compact growth habit and reddish-purple flowers. It typically forms a spreading mound of foliage typically growing 4-9” tall and spreading 12-24” wide. It features 5-petaled, reddish-purple flowers and deeply-lobed, dark green leaves. Primarily blooms in May and June with a sparser rebloom occurring throughout the summer. Foliage often turns attractive shades of red in autumn. The species is sometimes commonly called bloody cranesbill in reference to its deep purple/crimson flowers and crane-like seed heads.

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G. sanguineum (Geranium sanguineum)

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Sweet Woodruff
Sweet woodruff is a mat-forming perennial that is most often grown as a ground cover in shady areas. Plants typically grow 8-12" tall and feature fragrant, lance-shaped, dark green leaves in whorls of 6-8 along square stems. Small, fragrant, 4-petaled, white flowers appear in loose cymes in spring. Plants emit a strong odor of freshly mown hay when foliage is crushed or cut.

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Galium ordoratum

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Coral Bells, Alum Root
Silver Scrolls’ is a hybrid coral bells cultivar. It is a clump-forming perennial that features large, metallic silvery-purple leaves with dark purple veining and conspicuous but non-showy whitish flowers. The rounded, lobed, long-petioled leaves form a basal mound (to 5-8” tall) which may spread to 12” wide. Tiny, whitish flowers borne in open, airy panicles appear in late spring to early summer on slender, wiry stems rising well above the foliage mound (typically to 24” tall).

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Heuchera spp.

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Rose campion
Gray-green, spear-shaped leaves form a low, tidy, circular mound about 1 foot in diameter. This plant puts on a dazzling show of five-petaled magenta flowers on straight stalks about 2 feet high in mid-spring.

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Lychnis coronaria

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Yucca, Adam's needle
Adam’s needle (also commonly called Spanish bayonet, yucca and needle palm) is a virtually stemless broadleaf evergreen shrub (though it looks more like a perennial than a shrub). It features a basal rosette of rigid, sword-shaped, spine-tipped green leaves (to 30” long and to 4” wide) with long filamentous (as per specific epithet) curly threads along the margins. Leaves form a foliage clump to 2-3’ tall. In late spring, a flowering stalk rises from the center of each rosette, typically to 5-8’ tall, but infrequently to 12’ tall, bearing a long terminal panicles of nodding bell-shaped creamy white flowers. Fruits are elliptical dehiscent capsules.

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Yucca filamentosa

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Pinks, Carnations
This mat-forming dianthus produces numerous, fringed and fragrant, star-like, soft pink, 1" diameter flowers singly atop wiry stems (to 10" tall) arising from mounds of grassy, blue-green, linear foliage. Blooms in late spring with some intermittent repeat bloom in summer.

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Dianthus spp.

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Sweet William
Sweet William typically grows 12-24” tall and features small flowers held in dense, flat-topped terminal clusters (3-5” wide). Many cultivars are available in commerce, including double-flowered forms as well as some dwarf plants (4-8” tall). Flowers come in vivid shades of red, pink, white and bicolor, sometimes with a contrasting eye, and with fringed petals that are bearded on the inside. Bloom from late spring to early summer. Flowers may be fragrant, although many of the newer cultivars have no scent. Lance-shaped medium green leaves (to 4” long).

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Dianthus barbatus

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Mediterranean Spurge
Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii is an upright euphorbia that is native to Southern Europe, the Balkans and Turkey. It typically grows on erect, woody-based, green stems to 2-3' tall and to 2' wide. Narrow, linear to obovate, blue-green leaves (to 5" long) are spirally arranged along the stems. Each stem is topped in spring by a thick, bottlebrush-like inflorescense of greenish-yellow flowers with purple glands. Individual flowers lack petals, but have showy, petal-like, greenish-yellow bracts (cyathium in the genus Euphorbia is defined as a cup-like involucre).

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Euphorbia characias

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Sun rose is a low-growing, woody-stemmed, shrub-like plant with evergreen foliage. It typically grows 8-12” tall and spreads by creeping stems to 3’ wide. Five-petaled, rose-like flowers (to 1” diameter) bloom for up to 2 months (late spring to early summer) in terminal cymes. Flowers have somewhat variable coloration, but most often feature pastel yellows and pinks. Each flower opens for only one day, but in the proper growing environment, bloom can be so profuse as to cover the entire plant to the point of obscuring the foliage. Grayish-green, lance-shaped leaves (1-2” long).

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Helianthemum nummularium

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Grace Ward Lithodora
This blue mat-like perennial looks gorgeous around rocks and landscape boulders. Use at the top of retaining walls or to soften unsightly curbs. Like a groundcover, it spreads over a very large area. Great on slopes, berms and banks to offer both color and erosion control. Though it's ideal for the traditional rock garden, it's also a natural in the Mediterranean landscape.

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Lithodora diffusa 'Grace Ward'

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Foam Flower
Charming clumps of bright oak-like foliage beneath appealing spikes of white flowers. Spreads by runners. Excellent groundcover for woodland gardens. Greatest effect when planted in groups. Leaves turn an attractive red in fall. Herbaceous perennial.

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Tiarella cordifolia

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Geum, Avens
Large, yellow-orange double flowers edged in red occur in profusion above the lush foliage. Adds eye-catching color to borders and floral arrangements. Attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies.

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Geum hybrids

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Corydalis
It's hard to find bright color for shade, so it's a puzzle that brightly colored corydalis isn't more widely planted. It's is an outstanding shade plant. Blooms are small, but they appear in clusters. Leaves look similar to those of fringe-leaf bleeding heart. Plants self-seed readily, but excess seedlings are easy to remove. Provide the plant with moist, organic soil for best growth.

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Corydalis species

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Perennial Blue Flax
Perennial flax is a short-lived, tufted perennial which typically grows 1-2' tall. Features 5-petaled, sky blue flowers which open for only one day. A profuse bloomer for a period of up to 8 weeks in late spring. Flowers open early on sunny mornings, but petals usually drop by late afternoon. Thin, wiry stems with short, narrow, linear leaves (to 1" long) support profuse numbers of nodding flower buds. Fibrous stems appear delicate, but are extremely difficult to break and were once used in Europe to make linen and rope. The flax plants which are commercially grown today for making linen (from the stems) and linseed oil (from the seeds) are several varieties of annual flax, Linum usitatissimum.

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Linum perenne

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Lupine
Plants typically grow to 3-4’ tall and feature huge erect spikes (racemes to 1-2’ tall) of densely-packed pea-like flowers that bloom from late spring to early/mid summer on stiff stems rising from clumps of palmate compound green leaves (each with 9-16 leaflets). Dwarf hybrids (e.g., L. ‘Dwarf Lulu’, L.‘Minarette’ and Gallery Hybrids) that grow to only 1.5-2’ tall are also available. Hybrid flower colors include shades of blue, purple, violet, yellow, pink, red, white and bicolors.

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Lupinus xhybrida

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Columbine
Features drooping, bell-like, 1-2", red and yellow flowers (red sepals, yellow-limbed petals, 5 distinctive red spurs and a mass of bushy yellow stamens). Delicate, biternate foliage is somewhat suggestive of meadow rue (Thalictrum) and remains attractive throughout the summer as long as soils are kept moist. Flowers are quite attractive to hummingbirds.

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Aquilegia hybrids

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Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Bluet, Bachelor's Buttons
Centaurea montana is an erect, stoloniferous, clump-forming perennial which features solitary, fringed, rich blue cornflowers (2" diameter) with reddish blue centers and black-edged involucre bracts. Flowers appear in late spring atop unbranched stems typically growing 1-2' tall. Gray-green, lance-shaped lower leaves to 7" long. Commonly called mountain bluet, perennial cornflower or perennial bachelor's button.

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Centaurea montana

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Japanese Silvergrass
Maiden grass is noted for its narrow green leaves with a silver midrib which form a substantial, rounded, arching clump of foliage typically growing 4-6' tall (to 8' when in flower). Foliage turns yellowish after frost, but quickly fades to straw-beige by winter. Tiny reddish-copper flowers appear in tassel-like inflorescences above the foliage in late September, gradually turning into silvery white plumes as the seeds mature. Blooms later than most Miscanthus cultivars. Flower plumes persist well into winter providing good winter interest. 'Gracillimus' is an old and very popular cultivar.

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Miscanthus sinensis

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Ladybells, False Campanula
Ladybells is a close relative of the campanulas. It is an erect perennial which typically grows 1.5 to 2' tall and features leafy, branching stems which are topped in late spring with terminal racemes of drooping, flaring, bell-shaped, lilac blue to pale blue flowers (to 3/4" long) which are mildly fragrant. Toothed, ovate to lance-shaped stem leaves (to 3" long) are medium green. Sometimes commonly called false campanula.

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Adenophora liliifolia

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Hosta
Most species of Hosta are grown for their large, striking foliage rather than their flowers, but Hosta plantaginea has large, white very fragrant flowers in late summer. Blue leaved forms require shade, while green leaved types can take more sun.

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Hosta spp.

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Common Calla Lily
Calla lilies are not true lilies, but are arum (jack-in-the-pulpit) family members. They are stemless plants whose flowers and leaves rise directly from rhizomes. They typically grow in clumps to 24-36” tall and feature large arrowhead-shaped (sagittate) leaves and extremely showy flowers consisting of a yellow finger-like spadix surrounded by a bright white spathe borne atop a leafless stalk. Commercially grown as a very popular cut flower.

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Zantedeschia aethiopica

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Lamb's Ear, Betony
Lamb's ears is grown primarily for its thick, soft, velvety, silver-gray leaves which typically form a rapidly spreading mat approximately 4-6" off the ground. Leaves are evergreen in warm climates, but will depreciate considerably in harsh winters. Erect, small-leaved flowering stems with terminal spikes of insignificant, tiny, purplish-pink flowers appear in summer rising above the foliage to 10-15" tall. Many gardeners remove the flowering stems to enhance the ground cover effect. Dense rosettes of woolly, tongue-shaped, gray-green leaves (to 4" long) spread by runners. Leaf shape and texture resemble a lamb's ear, hence the common name

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Stachys bysantina

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Daylily
This diploid cultivar features profuse 2.75-inch diameter yellow flowers with ruffled edges and deeper yellow throats. Flower is classified as a miniature. Flowers are borne on naked stems (scapes) above a clump of arching, linear, blade-like leaves. Individual flowers open for one day.

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Hemerocallis spp.

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Small Globe Thistle
Globe thistle is a large 4' tall plant, with golf ball-sized steel blue flower heads atop strands of rigid stems with deeply lobed, dark green, thistle-like foliage. Excellent cut and dried flower. Tolerates hot and humid summers.

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Echinops ritro

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Lily of the Incas, Peruvian Lily
Peruvian lily is a tuberous perennial native to South America. Terminal clusters of small, lily-like flowers top slender, upright stems growing in bushy clumps to 2-3' tall. Flowers in yellow or orange, often with spotting and streaking. Blooms in summer. Narrow, twisted, lance-shaped leaves to 4" long. Synonymous with A. aurantiaca. Hybrid strains of alstroemeria have become extremely popular commercial cut flowers and are available in a wide range colors, including orange, yellow, red, pink, purple, lavender, salmon and white.

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Alstroemeria aurea

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Hollyhock
Hollyhocks are old garden favorites. This mix of singles features plants which produce huge (4-5" diameter), outward-facing, single flowers in a wide variety of colors including reds, pinks, whites, and light yellows. The flowers grow on rigid, towering spikes or spires which typically reach a height of 5-8' tall and usually do not require staking. Foliage features large, heart-shaped (3, 5 or 7 lobes), rough lower leaves which become progressively smaller toward the top of the spire.

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Alcea rosea

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Masterwort
A clump-forming plant. Flower is an umbel (to 1.5" across) of reddish florets growing from a star-like ruff of petal-like greenish or pinkish-tinged bracts. Medium green lower leaves are palmately cut into 3-5 (usually 5) toothed lobes. Long late spring to early summer bloom period. Long lasting fresh cut flower.

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Astrantia major

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Bell Flower
Flowers bell-shaped to funnel-shaped, 1-2 inches wide and long, in loose clusters at the ends of long stems. Stems 18-24 inches long. Species are annual, biennial or perennial, classed as a dicotyledon, leaves not parallel veined. Flowers are not fragrant.

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Campanula spp.

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Peach Leaf Bell Flower
This peach-leaved bellflower cultivar is a rosette-forming, upright perennial which grows on stiff stems to 1.5-3' tall. Features large, outward-facing, bell-to-cup-shaped flowers (to 1.5" long) which are creamy white edged with lavender blue. Flowers appear in slender terminal and axillary racemes atop erect, unbranched, leafy stems in late spring, with a respectable rebloom to the end of summer. Stems rise from basal rosettes of narrow, toothed, glossy, bright green leaves (4-8" long). Stem leaves are much shorter (to 4" long)

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C. persicifolia

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Red Valerian, Jupiter's Beard
Red valerian or Jupiter's beard is a well-branched, bushy, clump-forming, woody-based perennial which is valued for its ability to produce a showy bloom in poor soils from spring to frost. Late summer to fall bloom can be quite sporadic, however. Small, star-shaped, red flowers appear in dense terminal clusters (cymes) atop upright to relaxed stems rising above the foliage to 3' tall. Flowers are fragrant. If not deadheaded, flowers give way to dandelion-like seed heads which are dispersed around the landscape by wind. Fleshy, gray-green, oval to lance-shaped leaves to 4" long.

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Centranthus ruber

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Coreopsis

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Coreopsis grandiflora

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Threadleaf Coreopsis

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Coreopsis verticillata

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Delphinium, Larkspur, Bee Larkspur

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Delphinium elatum

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Foxglove

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Digitalis purpurea

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Purple Cone Flower

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Echinacea purpurea

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Blue Fescue

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Festuca glauca

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Meadowsweet, Queen of the Prairie

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Filipendula rubra

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Baby's Breath

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Gypsophila paniculata

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Perennial or Hardy Hibiscus, Rose Mallow

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Hibiscus moscheutos

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Shasta Daisy

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Leucanthemum xsuperbum

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Big Leaf Ligularia, Leopard Plant

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Ligularia dentata

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Cardinal Flower

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Lobelia cardinalis

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Gooseneck Loosestrife

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Lysimachia clethroides

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Bee Balm

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Monarda didyma

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Fountain Grass

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Pennisetum alopecuroides

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Scarlet Bulger, Beard Tongue

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Penstemon barbatus

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Summer Phlox, Perennial Phlox

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Phlox paniculata

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Scarlet Sage

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Salvia slendens

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Pincushion Flower

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Scabiosa caucasica

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Spiderwort or Spider Lily

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Tradescantia virginiana

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Veronica, Speedwell

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Veronica spicata

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Butterfly Weed, Pleurisy Root

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Asclepias tuberosa

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Toadflax

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Linaria Purpurea

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Monkshood, Aconite

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Aconitum carmichaelii

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Russian Sage

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Perovskia atriplicifolia

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Black-Eyed Susan, Orange Coneflower

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Rudbeckia fulgida var sullivantii

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Dahlia

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Dahlia spp.

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Yarrow

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Achillea millefolium

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Blanket Flower, Indian Blanket

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Gaillardia xgrandiflora

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Lavender Cotton

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Santolina chamaecyparissus

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Sedum, Stonecrop

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Sedum cultivars

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Japanese Anemone, Windflower

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Anemone xhybrida

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Tansvaal Daisy, Gerbera Daisy

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Gerbera jamesonii

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New England Aster

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Aster novae-angliae

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Silver Mound Wormwood

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Artemisia schmidtiana

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Florist's Chrysanthemum, Hardy Chrsanthemum, Mum

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Chrysanthemum xmorifolium

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Joe-Pye Weed

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Eupatorium maculatum

Front 102

Sneezeweed

Back 102

Helenium automnale (H. automnale)