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Agave victoriae-reginae
Queen Victoria agave
- compact form
- white edges

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Ageratum houstonianum
Mexican ageratum; flossflower
- opposite, oval, tomentose leaves, margins slightly serrated
- fluffly flowers in lavender blue, white, or pink

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Alocasia species and hybrids
elephant ear
- Petiol attaches closer to cleft in the leaf
- usually held at upward angle

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Alternanthera dentata
calico plant; Joseph's coat
- rich purple to burgundy leaves
- generally upright, forms spreading foliage mounds 12-30" tall
- species plants have linear-lanceolate to ovate, toothed green leaves, but purple-leaved cultivars are popular
- foliage suggestive of coleus
- white apetalous flowers appear in small axillary clusters, insignificant

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Angelonia angustifolia
summer snapdragon
- Opposite, serrated foliage
- upright habit
- 12-18" tall
- narrow, oblong to lanceolate, green leaves w/ toothed margins, slightly aromatic
- available in white, blue, light pink, and bicolor flower colors

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Antirrhinum majus
snapdragon
- dragon shaped, tubular, two-lipped, closed flowers in terminal racemes
- variety of pastel and bright colors
- lance shaped, glossy dark green leaves

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Asparagus densiflorus Sprengeri group
asparagus fern
- dense fern-like foliage that forms an arching mound
- numerous arching stems 24" long, covered with linear, needle-like green leaves
- weak prickles
- insignificant tiny white flowers

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Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum
wax begonia
- compact, bushy, mounded
- waxy dark green to bronze leaves
- loose clusters of single or double flowers in white, pink, or red
- 6-12" tall

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Brassica oleracea
ornamental kale
- curly, ruffled leaves in a tight rosette
- showy leaf colors, from white to cream, pink, rose, red, and purple.

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Browallia speciosa
browallia
- 2' tall
- tubular, 5-lobed, purple-blue flowers with white centers bloom singly or in small clusters in the upper leaf axils
- ovate, pale green leaves up to 3" long

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Caladium bicolor
caladium
- low growing, lots of branching
- variable foliage
- some combination of white/green/red/pink leaves

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Calendula officinalis
pot marigold; calendula
- daisy or chrysanthemum-like yellow to deep orange flowers
- many pastel shades, some bicolor, may have contrasting darker center disks
- 1-2' tall and wide
- aromatic, lance-shaped to oblong-obovate green leaves

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Calibrachoa hybrids
trailing petunia; calibrachoa
- flowers look like small petunias
- compact, mounded plants grow 3-9" tall on mostly trailing stems
- flower colors include violet, blue, pink, red, magenta, yellow, bronze, and white

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Catharanthus roseus
vinca; rose periwinkle; Madagascar periwinkle
- erect to spreading, typically mounding 6-18" tall
- bushy foliage
- phlox-like flowers, five flattened petal-like lobes, appear singly in upper leaf axils.
- species are rosy-pink to red with mauve throats
- cultivars sometimes have overlapping petals and include pink, rose, hot pink, red, lilac, and white, often with contrasting eyes
- oblong to ovate glossy green leaves up to 2" long

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Celosia argentea
cockscomb; celosia
-fasciated, large crested flower heads 3-12" across, somewhat resembling the comb of a rooster
- flowers include orange, red, purple, yellow, and pink
- vary in size

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Cleome hassleriana
cleome; spider flower
- 4-5' tall species
- long stamens
- dense elongated terminal racemes of pink, purple, or white
- sticky, aromatic, palmate green leaves

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Cosmos sulphureus
cosmos; yellow cosmos
- dissected leaf
- protruding cluster of stamens in center
- upright, hairy stems, typically 1-3' tall
- 2-3 pinnate with lanceolate leaflets
- yellow, orange, or red forms

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Cuphea hyssopifolia
Mexican heather; false heather
- 1-2' tall
- produces small lavender flowers along stems crowded with glossy green leaves

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Diascia hybrids
twinspur
- mat-forming typically 12" tall 18" spread
- loose terminal racemes of pink flowers with yellow throat spots and two downward angled spurs
- flowers appear above foliage on stems 6-12" tall
- ovate toothed glossy green leaves

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Eschscholzia californica
California poppy
- loose, free-branching mounds 12-15" tall
- finely divided, fern-like, blue-green leaves
- single, cup-shaped 4 petaled, silky flowers, typically bright orange

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Exacum affine
exacum; Persian violet
- 6-12" tall
- tiny leaves, ovate, densely cover stem
- blue flowers, bright yellow pollen masses in their centers
- mounded form