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Caladium.
Large boldly patterned leaves highlight shaded areas with stunning color.
Tuber; Blooms: Summer; Colors: white, pink, red; Height: 24";
Spreads: 24"; Part sun; Water regularly |
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Red Purslane Portulaca. Colors:
multi; Height: 4";
Spread: 18" to 24"; Full sun; Water regularly |
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Digitalis Foxy.
Thimble shaped flowers arranged vertically on long spikes. Blooms: Spring thru Summer;
Colors: cream, yellow, rose-red; Height: 30"; Spreads: 18";
Semi-Shade; Will self seed |
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Hollyhock.
Large scalloped edged leaves on tall stalks. Deciduous; Blooms: Summer & Fall;
Colors: rose, salmon, red, white, apricot, yellow, maroon, pink; Height: 2
1/2 - 9 feet; Spreads: 1 - 2 feet; Full sun; Water regularly; After blooms
fade cut back to lowest healthy leaf; Fungal disease: rust |
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Alliums.
Globed-shaped flower cluster, 50 or more flowers. Showy bloom on
tall stalk, with few leaves. Blooms: Spring & Summer Yellow; Colors:
purple, white; Height: 1 - 3 feet; Spreads: 6" - 18"; Full sun to
partial shade; Water regularly; Pests: thrips
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Crocus.
Small goblet shaped flowers, tiny spikey leaves. Blooms: Early
spring; Colors: various; Height: 3" - 6"; Spread: 3' - 6", Full
sun to partial shade; Water regularly;
Cut back greens only after they begin to turn yellow; Pests: squirrels; Disease
resistant |
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Daffodil. Glorious
ruffled trumpets, tall thin leaves. Blooms: Early spring; Colors:
yellow, white, multi; Height: 4" - 24"; Spreads: 4" - 12"; Full
sun to partial
shade; Water regularly; If blooming slows, dig up and thin out; Pests: thrips |
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Double Tulip. Bloom shaped like a peony, green leaves with tall
stalks. Blooms: Spring; Colors: Various; Height: 8" - 14";
Spreads: 6" - 12"; Full sun; Water regularly; Cut
back green only after they begin to turn yellow; Deadhead
regularly to encourage new flowers; Fungal disease |
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Dutch Hyacinth. Spikes of waxy, bell-shaped blooms on stalks. Blooms
in center of long narrow leafed clusters. Blooms: Spring; Color: pink,
purple, red,
white, salmon, sky blues; Height: 6" - 12"; Spreads: 4" - 8"; Full
sun; Water regularly; Cut
back greens only after they begin to turn yellow; Deadhead regularly to
encourage new flowers |
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Siberian Iris. Thin petaled, delicate & beardless, tall spikey leaves.
Blooms: Spring; Color: White; Height: 3 feet; Spreads: Indefinite; Full sun; Water
regularly; Cut back greens
only after they begin to turn yellow; Pests: Iris borers |
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Tulip. Blooms: Spring; Height: 4"
- 30"; Spreads: 4" - 12"; Full sun to partial shade; Water
regularly; Cut back greens
only after they begin to turn yellow; Deadhead regularly to encourage new
flowers; Pest Resistant |
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Butterfly Bush. A vigorous shrub with mid-green leaves, grayish
underneath, branches sometimes weep. Tiny flowers on long arching
branches. Blooms: Middle of summer to early fall; Colors: White,
pink, purple; Height:
6 - 10 feet; Full sun; Fairly drought tolerant; Prune in fall after all blooms die back;
Attracts butterflies |
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Crape Myrtle. Large
shrub or small tree with stems mottles in grey, pink and cinnamon, showy
clusters of flowers. Blooms: Summer - Fall; Colors: white, pink, red,
rose; Height: 10-20 feet; Full sun; Water regularly; Prune off seed pods
to encourage a second
bloom season; Pests: Japanese beetles |
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Crape Myrtle,
Dwarf White. Blooms: Summer. Fertilize spring
& fall |
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Crape Myrtle "Petite Pinkie". Dwarf form shrub with attractive
smooth bark texture. Blooms: Summer - fall; Color: Pink; Height: 5 feet;
Spreads: 4 feet; Full sun; Water
regularly |
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Diablo Ninebark. Creamy white to pale pink clusters of flowers.
Deep purple foliage, on dense shrub. Blooms: Summer; Height: 5 - 7 feet;
Spreads: 5 - 7 feet; Partial shade; Water regularly |
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Dogwood "Variegated Red Twig". Shrub with upright blood red stems
with gray green leaves & an irregular creamy-white margin. Branches give winter interest.
Blooms: Late-spring to
summer; Color: White; Height: 6 - 8 feet; Spreads: 4 - 6 feet; Full to partial sun; Water
regularly |
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Dwarf Willow. Shrub with silvery blue-green leaves on arching
branches. No Bloom. Height: 3 feet; Spreads: 3 - 6 feet; Full
sun to partial shade; Keep
moist; Pests: Web worms and caterpillars |
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Hydrangea. Large snowball-like bloom on a low branched shrub.
Blooms: Spring to summer; Colors: white, pink, blue-purple; Height: 3 - 6 feet;
Spreads: 4 feet; Partial sun
to partial shade; Water regularly; Prune after bloom is finished; Pests: Mealy bugs;
Fertilize generously, likes acidic soil |
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Hydrangea
"Oak Leaf". Pyramidal Bushy mound forming, large leaves shaped like
oak tree. White flowers flushed purple with age, red purple in autumn.
Blooms: Summer to fall; Height: 3 - 5 feet; Spreads: 6 feet; Partial
shade; Keep moist; Diseases: Black spot |
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Hydrangea Vine. Climbing Shrub with large, lace-cap
heads. Oval, pointed coarsely middle green leaves. Blooms:
Summer; Height: 60 feet; Spreads: 2 - 3 feet; Full sun to
partial shade; Keep moist; Diseases: Powdery mildew; Prune: In summer
after blooming is finished, cut back old or damaged growth and stems that
carried flowers. Do not cut new shoots, as Hydrangeas bloom next year on this
year's new growth |
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Japanese Maple. Delicate tree, with bright red/purple leaves.
Height: 25 feet; Spreads: 15 feet; Partial shade;
Water regularly. Establish shape when foliage is mature; If leaves start
to turn green, tree is getting too much sun |
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Japanese Spirea.
Shrub spangled with flattened sprays of tiny flowers. Green leaves
in summer turn yellow-orange in fall. Blooms: Summer; Color: Pinkish
red; Height: 2 - 6 feet; Spreads: 2 - 4 feet; Full sun; Water regularly; Prune to
size; Pests: Aphids |
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Lilac "Sensation". Fragrant shrub with large truss of florets.
Branches are erect and open with rich green foliage. Blooms: Spring;
Color: Purplish-red edged in white; Height 10 feet; Spreads: 6 feet; Full
sun; Water regularly |
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Little Henry Sweetspire. Compact flowering shrub with attractive
dark green foliage becomes brilliant reddish-purple in fall. White
3-4" flower spikes. Blooms: Late spring; Height: 3 - 4 feet; Spreads 8 - 10
feet; Full sun; Water
regularly; Prune to control size or shape after flowering |
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Scotch Broom. Little trumpet-shaped yellow flowers on delicate
arching branches with tiny shiny leaves. Blooms: Spring; Height: 3 - 5 feet;
Spreads: 3 - 5 feet;
Full sun to partial shade; Water regularly; Prune when flowering is done (from
spring through fall) |
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Spirea. Shrub whose leaves change from yellow to lime green.
Small flower clusters. Blooms: Summer; Color: Rosy pink; Height: 2 - 3 feet;
Spreads: 3 - 5 feet; Full sun
to partial shade; Water regularly; Benefits from
light application of acid fertilizer once a year |
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Azalea. Evergreen shrub. Cluster of single midsize funnels,
with oblong-oval light to dark green leaves. Blooms: Spring; Colors:
purple, white, pink, coral, red,
violet. Height: to 4 feet; Spreads: to 4 feet; Partial sun to partial
shade; Water regularly, especially during dry spells; Prune: Late spring at end of bloom season.
Prefers acidic soil. Fertilize at least once a month with miracid.
Remove spent flowers and pinch out tips of new growth to fill out. Iron chlorosis
is a mineral deficiency causing yellow leaves |
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Azalea "Flame Creeper". Spreading groundcover type shrub.
Small cluster single midsize funnel flowers. Dwarf/Evergreen/Shrub.
Blooms: Early summer; Colors: Orangey Red; Height: 12 -
18 inches; Spreads: 18 - 24 inches; Partial shade; Water well during dry spells; Remove spent flowers and pinch out tips of new growth to
fill out; Prefers
acid fertilizer once a month; Do not prune |
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Azalea "White Gumpo". Evergreen shrub, with extremely large
flowers with ruffled edges and sporadic flecks of purple color & dense
dark green foliage. Blooms: Spring to late summer; Colors: white, pink;
Height: 12 - 18 inches; Spreads: 18 - 24 inches; Part shade to
sun; Water regularly; Consistent in shape, not necessary to prune; Remove
spent flowers and pinch out tips of new growth to fill out;
Prefers acidic fertilizer once a month |
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Barberry "Crimson Pygmy". Dwarf evergreen, densely branched form displaying
deep crimson colored foliage all season long. Pink spring flowers
are inconspicuous. Height: 2 feet; Spreads:
3 feet; Full sun; Water regularly; Prune: Late fall |
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Birds Nest Spruce. Evergreen shrub with nest-shaped needle-like
leaves arranged spirally; No Bloom. Height: 12 - 20 inches; Spreads: 12 - 20
inches; Full sun to
partial shade; Water regularly; No need to prune, holds shape; Pests: Spruce mites |
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Boxleaf Euonymus. Compact evergreen shrub. Inconspicuous spring flowers.
Height: 1 - 2 feet; Spreads: 1 foot; Full sun; Water regularly |
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Boxwood. Compact evergreen shrub with tiny uniform green
leaves. Tiny white flowers in spring. Height: 1-12 feet;
Spreads: 1-5 feet;
Full sun to part shade; Water regularly but do not over-water; Prune: Spring
after blooming; Pests: Spider mites; Diseases: Boxwood canker; Good for
topiary |
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Camellia. Evergreen shrub with dark lustrous glossy foliage,
multi-petaled flowers. Blooms: Fall through winter; Colors: white, red, pink;
Height: 8 - 10 feet; Spreads: 5 - 8 feet; Partial shade;
Water regularly; Prune: Spring after flowering before new buds; Pests: Aphids, thrip,
scale. Fertilize lightly with acid fertilizer |
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Dwarf Arborvitae. Evergreen shrub. Globe-shaped with
scale-like leaves in flat sprays; no blooms. Height: up to 2 feet;
Spreads: 12 - 18 inches; Full sun to partial
shade; Keep moist; Pests: Bagworms |
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Dwarf Mugho Pine. Evergreen shrub. Spreading mound with
upward facing dark green needles. No bloom; Full sun to partial
shade; Water regularly; Prune in spring to shorten or remove candles of new growth;
Pests: Bagworms |
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Dwarf Nandina. Evergreen shrub. Golden Yellow to red to
green foliage, leaves turn purple-red autumn through winter. Small
white star-shaped flowers in early-midsummer. Height: 2 - 3 feet;
Spreads 2 - 3 feet; Full sun to partial shade; Tolerates drought; Prune in spring, untidy old stems
to base |
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Dwarf Pieris Japonica. Evergreen shrub. Low mound, shiny
deep green leaves & white clusters of lily-of-the-valley-like blooms in
spring-summer. Height: 2 - 3 feet; Spreads: 2 - 3 feet; Full sun to partial shade; Water regularly; Yellow foliage turns
red in winter |
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Eleagnus. Evergreen shrub. Oval oblong, dark green leaves with
silver undersides, with small white fragrant urn shaped
flowers. Height: to 10 feet; Spreads: to
8 feet; Full sun to partial shade; Water regularly; Prune out
branches with all green mature leaves in summer; Fertilize with acid
fertilizer |
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Hemlock. Evergreen tree. Broadly conical, with needle like
flat leaves; No bloom. Height: 15 - 20 feet; Spreads: 8 - 10 feet; Partial
shade; Keep moist; Pests: Spider Mites; Likes acidic soil |
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Holly. Evergreen shrub. Tiny white spring
flowers in spring; showy red berries in winter. Very
leafy, with the leaves thick and spiny, smooth & leathery.
Height: 2 - 50 feet; Full sun to
partial shade; Water regularly; Many types of Holly
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Japanese Spreader Yew. Evergreen shrub. Dark green foliage
with flat needles; No bloom. Height: 24 - 30 inches; Spreads: up to 6 feet; Full
sun to partial shade; Water
regularly |
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Leyland Cypress. Evergreen shrub. Pyramidal with
blue/green foliage on flat sprays; No bloom. Height: 20 - 30 feet;
Spreads: to 6 feet; Full sun to partial sun;
Tolerates drought; Fertilize before new growth in spring |
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Moonshadow Euonymus. Evergreen shrub. Compact evergreen with wavy,
light yellow leaves with thin green margins. Height: 2 - 3 feet;
Spreads: 2 - 3 feet; Sun to shade;
Water regularly |
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Nandina. Evergreen shrub. Narrow lance-shaped dark green
leaflets, with white large star-shaped flowers. Leaves turn
purple-red autumn through winter. Blooms: Early-midsummer; Height: up to 6 feet;
Spreads: up to 6 feet;
Partial sun to partial shade; Tolerates drought; Prune in spring: with
established plants, prune untidy old stems to base |
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Otto Luken Laurel. Evergreen shrub. Showy spikes
of tiny flowers & oval leathery leaves of glossy dark green. Blooms:
Spring; Color: white spikes; Height: 3 - 4 feet; Spreads: 4 - 6
feet; Partial sun to partial shade; Water regularly; Shear annually to shape.
After spring flowers, black fruit appears in summer. Minimum temperature: 10
to 0 degrees. Feed with fertilizer in spring before new growth |
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Rhododendron. Evergreen shrub. Low compact growing with
deep green foliage, with large trusses of single petaled spicy scented
blooms in late spring. Colors: white, red, pink, violet, yellow,
salmon, peach. Height: 3 feet; Spreads: 5 - 6 feet; Partial shade;
Water regularly; Prune in late summer after all blooms have faded and been
removed. Iron chlorosis is a mineral deficiency causing yellow
leaves. Diseases: Gray leaf spot |
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Viburnum "Allegheny". Evergreen shrub. Clusters of
fragrant white spring flowers followed by showy red fruit that matures to black;
Dense upright grower. Height: 10 feet; Spreads10 feet; Full sun;
Water regularly |
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Yew "Cap Yew". Evergreen shrub. Rich scarlet berries on
female plants. Graceful conical shape, rich green in color. Full sun
to shade; Water regularly |
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Yucca. Evergreen, with large creamy white, bell-shaped,
erect tanticles on narrow lance-shaped spikes. Blooms: Summer;
Height: 5 feet; Spreads: 3 feet; Full sun; Water
regularly |
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Dwarf Fountain Grass. Pale tan, lilac, & red stalks
with showy foxtail-like plumes. Arching grass clumps, bright green narrow leaf
foliage. Height: 18 - 24 inches; Spreads: 24 inches; Full sun; Water
regularly; Pest free; Disease free; To prevent center die back, divide clumps every three years |
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Fountain Grass. Perennial grass. Medium-size clump of green
leaves, with Bottlebrush spikes from August to October. Height: 36
inches; Spreads: 24 inches; Sun |
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Japanese Silver Grass. Green foliage with a narrow
white band on the leaf margin. Height: 5 feet; Spreads: 3 feet; Sun; Cut to 3
inches in early spring |
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Maiden Grass. Perennial grass. Silvery-white clumping grass
with fine textured silver-green blades. Height: 6 - 8 feet; Full sun; Water
regularly |
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Pampas Grass. Purplish brown plumes on pale yellow-edged erect
leaves grow in compact clumps. Height: 8 feet; Spreads: 5 feet; Full
sun; Water regularly |
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Prairie Sky Switch Grass. Sky-blue
clump-forming. Height: 4 feet; Spreads 2 feet; Full sun; Water regularly |
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Carpet Rose. Groundcover. Blooms: Late spring to fall;
Colors: white; Sun; Prune in
late winter to remove dead wood; Pests: Japanese beetles; Diseases: Black spot, powdery mildew |
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Creeping Phlox. Evergreen groundcover. Carpet forming with
dark green needle-like leaves & star-shaped blooms. Blooms: Spring;
Colors: pink, lavender, white, red; Height: 4 -
6 inches; Spreads: 6 - 8 inches; Full sun to partial sun; Water regularly;
Pests: Spider mites; Use general purpose fertilizer |
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Lipstick Strawberries. Four-petaled bright pink flat flower over
shiny jagged-edged leaves, sprouts runners. Blooms: Spring; Height: 6 - 10
inches; Spreads: 8
- 16; Full sun; Water regularly; Diseases: Fungus |
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Moss. Low growing, light green, fuzzy groundcover with dainty
pink trumpet-shaped flowers on
delicate stems in spring. Height: 1/2 inch; Spreads: 6 inches; Partial
shade to full shade; Keep moist |
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Pachysandra. Groundcover. Green whorled leaves. Partial to full
shade; Water regularly |
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Sedum. Perennial groundcover. Unbranched pale green stems with dark
green leaves Blooms: Summer; Colors: Yellow to orange; Height: 6 - 12
inches"; Spreads: 10 - 12 inches; Full sun; Water
regularly; Fertilize in early spring before new growth begins |
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Verbena Homestead.
Bright colorful purple blooms on a heavily-matted, low growing perennial
evergreen groundcover with a vigorous spreading habit. Blooms:
Summer; Height: 6 inches; Spreads: 12 inches; Sun; Drought resistant; Heat
resistant |
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Verbena "Tapien pink". Multi
branching, rapidly spreading perennial with shiny dark green foliage &
pink flowers. Blooms: Summer; Height: 4 inches; Spreads: 18 inches; Full
sun |
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Abelia "Prostrate White". Fragrant white clusters on graceful arching branches.
Blooms: Summer; Height: 18 - 24 inches; Spreads: 4 - 5 feet; Full sun; Water
regularly; Prune in early March |
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Akebia "Five Leaf". Chocolate purple with rosy
stamens & vanilla scent on twining vine. Blooms: May; Height: 30 feet;
Spreads: 8 feet; Full sun; Water regularly |
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Artemisia "Silver Mound". Silver-gray mounds of feathery foliage.
Height: 10 inches; Spreads: 15 inches; Part shade; Water regularly |
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Aster. Many-petaled daisy-like flowers with frilly look, on tall,
thick stems, with rough hairy leaves. Blooms: Summer & fall; Colors:
purple, pink, white; Height: 2 -
2 1/2 feet; Spread: 2 - 2 1/2 feet; Full sun to partial shade; Water regularly; Remove
faded flowers before seeds mature in fall; To keep more compact, and
promote larger flowers, pinch of tops of stems in late spring: Diseases:
Powdery mildew |
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Astilbe. Tall plume-like stems of feathery flowers on low
clumps of deep foliage. Blooms: Summer; Colors: pink, red, white, violet;
Height: 8 - 36 inches: Spreads: 1 - 2 feet;
Partial shade; Water regularly; If flowering decreases after three years,
divide plant; Pests: Slugs or snails; Disease resistant |
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Bishops Weed. Tiny white flowers on lobed, creamy white-variegated
leaves. Blooms: Summer; Height: 2 feet; Spreads 1 foot; Full sun to
partial shade;
Water regularly |
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Black Eyed Susan. Large yellow-golden daisy-like blooms with
black centers; Spade-shaped leaf clusters, with blooms on tall stems.
Blooms: Summer; Height: 2 - 3 feet; Spreads: 12-18 inches; Full sun to partial
shade; Water regularly; Prune to
ground in fall; Generally disease free; Weed out to control fast spreading clusters |
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Boxleaf Euonymus "Sunny Delight". Dark green leaves with narrow
yellow edges with inconspicuous spring
flowers. Height: 3 feet; Spreads: 3 feet; Full to
partial sun; Water regularly |
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Canna. Large deep green leaves, 4 - 5 inch flowers with tousled
petal-like stamens. Blooms: Summer to fall; Colors: red, yellow,
salmon; Height: 1 1/2 - 6 ft;
Full sun; Water regularly; Prune to ground in fall; Vigorous
spreader |
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Centaurea Montana. Summer blooming purple feather; Height: 24
inches; Spreads: 18 inches; Full sun |
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Clematis. Climber with tiny star-shaped blooms, fragrant emerald
green foliage. Blooms: Summer through fall; Colors: white, purple,
pink, violet; Height: 3 - 20 feet; Spreads:
3 - 4 feet; Full sun to partial shade; Water regularly; Pest Resistant;
Diseases: Black Spot. Prune in spring: First
2 years cut to within 1 foot above ground; thereafter, cut to 2 21/2 feet
above ground. |
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Coral Bells. Stalk of tiny hanging bells on leaves of copper fading
to pewter over purple undersides. Blooms: June - July; Color: coral
pink; Height: 24 inches; Spreads: 18 inches; Partial sun to
partial shade; Water regularly; Prune to ground in fall (can be evergreen
in some climates) |
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Coreopsis. Tiny star-shaped flowers over delicate needle-like
foliage. Blooms: June - September; Colors: yellow, moonbeam, pink;
Height: 18 - 24 inches; Spreads: 12 inches; Full sun;
Tolerates drought; Deadheading encourages blooming; Attracts butterflies;
Pests: Spotted cucumber
beetle |
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Coreopsis "Limrock Ruby". Small daisy-like flowers on plant that
tends to mound. Color: Ruby red with yellow centers; Height: 18 - 22
inches; Spreads: 32 - 36 inches; Full sun; Water
regularly; Prune to ground in fall |
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Coreopsis "Nana". Daisy-like dwarf plant, with golden yellow
flowers. Blooms: Spring to fall; Height: 8 - 10 inches; Spreads: 12 - 16
inches; Full sun; Tolerates drought |
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Cypress Spurge. Yellow cup-shaped leafy bracts on mass of slender
gray-green leaves. Can act as a groundcover. Blooms: Spring;
Height: 12 inches; Spreads: 12 inches; Full sun
to partial shade; Water regularly; Pests: Aphids |
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Daisy. Multi-petaled white flowers with yellow center atop
tall stalks of green scalloped leaves; grows close to ground.
Blooms: Spring; Height: 2 - 3 feet; Spreads: 2 - 3
feet; Full sun to partial shade; Water regularly; Deadhead to encourage
blooming; Pests: lace bug, mealy bugs |
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Daisy Mum. Early to mid-autumn bloomer with white or yellow centers.
Full sun;
For good flowers, disbudding & staking are vital |
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Daylily. Large multi-petaled trumpet-shaped blooms atop tall stalks
over grass-like foliage. Blooms: Summer; Many colors; Height: 1 - 3 feet;
Spreads: 1 -
2 feet; Full sun to partial shade; Water regularly; Remove spent blooms to
encourage continuous blooming; Pests: Snails, slugs, mealy bugs; Disease
resistant |
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Dianthus. Small dark green or spiky gray or lance-shaped medium
green foliage with flat, 4-petal jagged-edge flowers. Blooms: Summer;
Colors: red, rose, white, pink; Height: 8 inches; Spread:
9 inches; Sun to partial shade; Water regularly; Deadhead regularly to encourage
new flowers; Some varieties are semi-evergreen |
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Echinacea "White Swan". Drooping petals surrounding dark
brown, cone shaped centers; Strong growing with oval leaves, rough to the
touch and slightly toothed. Blooms: Late summer; Color: White with orange-brown
centers; Height: 18 -
24 inches; Spreads: 18 - 24 inches; Full sun; Water regularly; Prune to ground
in fall |
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Elephant Ears. Large matte green leaves on tall stems; No blooms.
Height: 5 - 6 feet; Spreads: 3 - 5 feet; Full sun to partial shade; Water
regularly; Separate
every 3 - 4 years; Mulch well in fall |
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Fern. Height: 12 - 36 inches: Spread: 12 - 36 inches; Partial shade to
full
shade; Keep moist; After first killing frost, cut back the stems to 1
inch; Divide plants every 3 - 4 years, just as new growth begins in the
spring |
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Fleabane. Small white daisy-like flowers with yellow centers on
feathery multi-branched leaves. Can be used as groundcover; Blooms: Year round;
Height: 6 - 24 inches; Spreads: 1 - 2 feet; Full
sun to partial shade; Water regularly; Deadhead or cut back regularly to
encourage blooms; Pests: Aphids |
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Gaura. Delicate flowers float on wispy, arching stems, generally a
loose cluster of tubular stems. Blooms: May to frost; Colors: pink,
white; Height: 2-4 feet; Spreads: 2-4 feet; Full sun to partial shade; Tolerates
drought;
Prune to ground in fall; Self-seeding, so remove seed heads to prevent;
Pest free; Disease: leaf spot, in humid areas |
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Heather. Spikes of tiny bell-shaped flowers on mound of scale-like
leaves of dark green. Blooms: Summer; Colors: white, pink, red, lavender;
Height: 4 - 24 inches; Spreads: 18
- 36; Partial shade; Water regularly; Prefers acidic soil; Diseases: Soil
Fungi |
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Hosta. Long stems carrying bell-shaped flowers over
wide-spreading leaves of shades of green. Blooms: Summer; Colors: white-pink, violet, lilac;
Height: 18 - 24 inches; Spreads: 18 - 24inches; Partial shade to full sun; Water
regularly; Prune
to ground in fall; Pests: Snails, slugs, mealy bugs. Also comes with
variegated leaves
and these can tolerate full sun. Fertilize in spring before new growth
begins. Remove old flowers to encourage re-bloom |
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Hydrangea "Bluebird". Large cluster of tiny purple flowers
surrounded by African violet-like blooms. Blooms: Late spring through summer;
Height: 4 - 6 feet; Spreads: 4 - 6 feet; Partial sun; Water regularly |
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Hypericum "Hidcote". Neat, compact shrub with deep green foliage
with showy 3 inch yellow blooms. Height: to 5 feet; Full sun; Water
regularly |
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Lantana. Yellow, orange-yellow flowers. Height: 30 inches; Sun to partial shade;
not hardy in all zones |
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Oxalis. Small five-petaled
pink flowers & spreading shamrock shaped foliage in green or purple.
Blooms: Spring - summer; Height: 4 - 18 inches; Spreads 4 - 12 inches; Full
sun to
full shade; Water regularly; Pests: Spider mites |
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Phlox. Profuse showy flower clusters on matte-forming, erect
branches with green hairy leaves. Blooms: Spring; Colors: pink,
purple, white; Height: 12 inches; Full sun to partial shade; Water regularly;
Prune to ground in fall |
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Plantation Plant. Large jagged-edged shiny leaves on
arching stem. Height: 2 feet; Spreads: 4 - 5 feet; Full shade; Water
regularly |
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Platycodon. Blue flowers; Height: 6 inches; Spreads: 6 - 8 inches; Sun to partial
shade |
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Purple Cone Flower. Drooping petals surrounding dark brown,
cone-shaped centers. Strong growing with oval leaves, rough to the
touch and slightly toothed. Blooms: Summer; Height: 2 - 4 feet; Full
sun
to light shade; Water regularly; Prune to ground in fall; Attracts wild
canaries |
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Rudbeckia Toto. Golden-yellow flowers with dark centers, lush green, lance-shaped leaves.
Height: 12 - 16 inches; Spreads: 12 - 16 inches; Full sun; Water
regularly |
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Rumex. Small clump-forming plant with narrow light
green leaves with brilliant maroon veining. Height: 12 inches;
Spreads: 10 inches; Part sun |
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Salvia. Tall spires of brightly colored flowers on small shrub
like with emerald green leaves. Blooms: Early summer - fall; Colors:
rose, burgundy, purple, white; Height: 12 - 36 inches; Spreads: 6 - 12; Full
sun to partial shade; Water regularly;
Prune after flower is finished; Generally disease free |
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Sedum "Autumn Joy". Clusters of 5 inch flowers, mounded habit and
well branched; Blooms: September - October; Color: bronze-pink; Height: 18
inches; Spreads: 12 inches; Sun; Water
regularly; Attracts butterflies |
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Sedum "Reflexum Blues Spruce
Stonecrop". Bright yellow flower on blue foliage. Blooms: June;
Height: 6 - 8 inches; Spreads: 8 inches; Full sun |
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Sedum Sieboldii. Soft pink creeping perennial with spreading,
succulent blue-green foliage. Blooms: Late summer; Height: 8 inches;
Spreads: 18 inches; Full sun; Water
regularly |
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Sedum Tricolor. Purplish pink flowers with orange centers on hairy
stems and toothed, variegated leaves of green, cream and deep pink.
Blooms: Summer; Height: 6 inches; Spreads: 12 inches;
Full sun; Water regularly |
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Sempervivum "Hens & Chicks". Red tipped, bright green leaves in
dense rosettes. Shades of rose & purple. Spreads: 8 inches; Full sun |
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Spiderwort. Three-petal triangular shaped curled backwards
flowers on clump-forming narrow-shaped leaves. Blooms: Summer;
Colors: magenta, white, rose, violet, deep
blue, sky blue; Height: 12 - 24 inches; Spreads: 12 - 18 inches; Full sun to
partial shade; Water
regularly; Very invasive; Pest resistant; Diseases: Fungal leaf spot |
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Swamp Hibiscus. Multiple bamboo-like stocks with dark green sawtooth-lobed leaves with large trumpet-shaped flowers up to 10 inches in
diameter. Blooms: Early summer thru fall; Height: up to 12 feet;
Spreads: 8 - 10 feet; Full sun to part
shade; Medium to heavy watering; Prune to ground in fall |
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Variegated Fan Leaf Conjuncta. Clump forming, star-shaped
leaves with white margins, with tiny greenish yellow flower clusters. Can
be used as semi-evergreen groundcover. Blooms: Mid-Summer; Height: 4 - 6
inches; Spreads: 6 - 12 inches; Full sun to partial shade; Water
regularly |
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Verbena. Tiny flowers in flat dainty clusters on wiry stems.
Blooms: Summer to fall; Colors: pink, red, purple; Height: 4 - 18 inches; Full
sun; Trim out dead in early spring |
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Veronica "Sunny Border Blue". Short spikes on dense crinkled foliage
Blooms: June to September; Color: violet blue; Height: 20 inches; Spreads: 12
inches; Sun to partial shade; Water
regularly |
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Weigela "Wine & Roses". Wine leaf color intensifies as autumn
nears. Blooms: Sporadically through October; Color: dark pink-rose;
Height: 4 - 5 feet; Full sun;
Water regularly |
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Yarrow. Flattened heads of flowers on clumps of green fern-like
foliage. Can be used as groundcover. Blooms: Summer; Color: pink;
Height: 2 - 4 feet; Spreads: 1 - 2 feet; Full sun; Water regularly;
Generally disease free; Deadhead to encourage blooming |
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Cotoneaster. Semi-Evergreen shrub. Low growing, small
shiny tapered leaf blades, with crimson berry clusters in fall.
Height: 12 inches; Spreads: 3 - 6 feet; Full sun
to partial shade; Tolerates drought; Prune to any size desired |
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Japanese Variegated Privet. Hedge-type
shrub with no bloom. Height: 4 - 8 feet; Spreads: 2 - 6 feet; Full sun to
partial shade; Tolerates drought; If allowed to spread will develop
arching free-form look |
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Summersweet. Spires, with fragrant pink flowers in summer.
Foliage turns rich golden-brown in fall. Part shade; Water regularly |
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