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Ajuga reptans
Ajuga
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Bugle Weed
3 Cultivars
Aquilegia canadensis
Columbine
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Wild Columbine
Begonia
Belgian Begonias
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Rex Begonias
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Tuberous Begonias
2 Cultivars
Bignonia capreolata
Cross Vine
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Trumpet Flower
4 Cultivars
Bougainvillea glabra
Bougainvillea
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Lesser Bougainvillea
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Paperflower
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Paper Flower
Calibrachoa x hybrida
Trailing Petunia
Campsis radicans
Cow-itch
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Trumpet Creeper
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Trumpet Vine
6 Cultivars
Chrysanthemum morifolium
Chrysanthemum
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Florist's Daisy
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Hardy Garden Mum
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Mum
Clematis
Clematis
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Leather Flower
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Virgin's Bower
Echinacea purpurea
Purple Coneflower
Ficus pumila
Climbing Fig
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Creeping Fig
1 Cultivar
Forsythia x intermedia
Border Forsythia
1 Cultivar
Gelsemium sempervirens
Carolina Jasmine
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Carolina Jessamine
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Yellow Jessamine
5 Cultivars
Hedera helix
Common Ivy
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English Ivy
8 Cultivars
Helleborus orientalis
Christmas Rose
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Helleborus
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Lenten Rose
Hemerocallis
Daylily
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Day Lily
Heuchera villosa
Hairy Alumroot
Hosta
Hosta
5 Cultivars
Hylotelephium sieboldii
Japanese Stonecrop
1 Cultivar
Impatiens hawkeri
New Guinea Impatiens
9 Cultivars
Iris germanica
Bearded Iris
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German Iris
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Rhizomatous Iris
2 Cultivars
Lantana camara
Common Lantana
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Lantana
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Red Sage
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Shrub Verbena
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Yellow Sage
5 Cultivars
Liriope spicata
Creeping Liriope
1 Cultivar
Lonicera sempervirens
Coral Honeysuckle
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Honeysuckle
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Trumpet Honeysuckle
9 Cultivars
Pachysandra terminalis
Pachysandra
2 Cultivars
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Virginia Creeper
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Woodbine
2 Cultivars
Parthenocissus tricuspidata
Boston Ivy
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Japanese Creeper
4 Cultivars
Pelargonium x hortorum
Geranium
3 Cultivars
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Fountain Grass
1 Cultivar
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Russian Sage
Petunia x hybrida
Petunia
9 Cultivars
Rudbeckia hirta
Black-eyed Susan
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Gloriosa Daisy
3 Cultivars
Solenostemon x scutellarioides
Coleus
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Painted Nettle
Tagetes
Marigold
Verbena x hybrida
Garden Verbena
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Verbena
7 Cultivars
Vinca minor
Dwarf Periwinkle
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Periwinkle
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Vinca
2 Cultivars
Viola x wittrockiana
Pansy
Wisteria frutescens
American Wisteria
5 Cultivars
