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26 Cards in this Set
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-leaves: 60cm , tipped w spines. White veins + jagged teeth -full sun -division, root cuttings |
Acanthus spinosus (Bear's Breeches) Acanthaceae |
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-60cm growth -zone 3 -needs v good drainage -powdery mildew
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Achillea x 'Moonshine' (Yarrow) Ranunculaceae |
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-full to part sun -poisonous sap causes skin irritation -snails, slugs, caterpillars & powdery mildew |
Aconitum (Monkshood) Ranunculaceae |
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-fragrant white bottlebrush flower, small and large -shade, will handle sun w moisture -zone 3 -division in spring. Seed production takes 3 years |
Actea simplex 'Brunette' (Purple Leaf Bugbane) Actaea |
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-ground hugging, 20cm -division, runners -understory ground cover, moisture retention + weed barrier |
Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow' (Bugal Weed) Lamiaceae |
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-2 to 3m -backdrop for Digitalis, Rudbeckia, Delphinium -red spider + rust |
Alcea rosea (Hollyhock) Malvaceae |
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-sun to part shade -division in spring -resists deer, attracts butterflies -japanese beetles |
Anemone 'Whirlwind' (Wind Flower) Ranunculaceae |
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-leaves: finely divided, blue-green, 9 lobes -zone 3 -cuts, mid garden borders |
Aquilegia (Columbine) Ranunculaceae |
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-masses of fragrant pink blooms apr-jun -full sun -drought tolerant |
Arabis caucasia 'Rosea' (Rose Rock Cress) Brassicaceae |
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-cuttings, division -drought tolerant -leaf miner |
Artemisia schmidtiana (Silvermound) Asteraceae |
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-seed, tuber, division -mildly invasive -tallest perennial grass (3-5m) -musical instruments |
Arundo donax (Giant Reed Grass) Poaceae |
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-fall flower aug-oct -tolerates some frost, still blooms -powdery mildew, daisy mite |
Aster frikartii 'Monch' (Aster) Asteraceae |
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-white/pink/red/purple flower spike -part shade to shade -mix w Hosta, Brunnera, Actea -moderately dought tolerant -vine weevil |
Astilbe chinensis (Astilbe) Saxifragaceae |
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-90cm open + spreading, mounding -pale blue to mauve flower -powdery mildew |
Baptista australis (False Indigo) Fabaceae |
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-pink flower cluster, apr-jun -full sun to part shade -very hardy, early spring colour -slugs + snails |
Bergenia cordifolia (Heartleaf Bergenia) Saxifragaceae |
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-part sun to full shade -division -jack frost most used cultivar -slugs + snails like Hosta |
Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' (Siberian Bugloss) Boraginaceae |
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-60 to 120cm, erect + narrow -parking lots, median plantings -most used on industrial sites |
Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' (Reed Grass) Poaceae |
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-20cm, mounding + compact -deadheading promotes bloom in spring |
Campanula carpatica 'Blue Clip' + 'White Clips' (Bell Flower) Campanulaceae |
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-30cm -full sun to part shade -dense, clumping -seed, division |
Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance' (Sedge Grass) Cyperaceae |
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-tolerates alkaline soil -bees + butterflies -fills bloom gap between spring/summer |
Centauria montana (Bachelor Buttons) Asteraceae |
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-flower: single, semidouble, double, pompom, all colours -most widely sold fall perennial |
Chrysanthemum x morifolium (Garden Mum) Asteraceae |
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-full sun to full shade -zone 2 -invasive, all parts poisonous |
Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley) Liliaceae |
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-zone 4 -cut back Midsummer above basal foliage to promote rebloom -mildew |
Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb' (Tickseed) Asteraceae |
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-groundcover in difficult locations/slope/along roadways -exploding seed pods |
Coronilla varia (Crown Vetch) Fabaceae |
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-zone 6 -flower: funnel, bright red, july-aug -cuts, borders -hummingbirds |
Crocosmia 'Lucifer' (Monbretia) Iridaceae |
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-zone 3 -seed, division -green bark |
Delphinium elatum 'Alpinum' (Delphinium) Ranunculaceae |
