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Achillea millefolium
Common Yarrow
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Milfoil
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Yarrow
Alisma plantgo-aquatica
European Water Plantain
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Mad-Dog Weed
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Water Plantain
1 Cultivar
Allium christophii (A. albopilosum)
Ornamental Onion
Allium sphaerocephalon
Drumsticks
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Ornamental Onion
Amaranthus caudatus
Love-Lies Bleeding
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Tassel Flower
Amaranthus 'Magic Fountain'
Magic Fountain Amaranthus
Ammobium alatum
Winged Everlasting
2 Cultivars
Andropogon glomeratus
Bush Beard Grass
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Bushy Bluestem
Arundo donax
Giant Reed
2 Cultivars
Baptisia alba
False Indigo
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White Indigo
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Wild White Indigo
Baptisia australis
Blue False Indigo
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Blue Wild Indigo
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False Indigo
Carex grayi
Gray’s Sedge
Celosia spicata 'Flamingo Feather'
Cockscomb
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Wheat Celosia
Chamaemelum nobile
Chamomile
Eutrochium fistulosum
Joe Pye Weed
Hydrangea quercifolia
Oakleaf Hydrangea
9 Cultivars
Iris domestica
Blackberry Lily
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Chinese Blackberry Lily
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Chinese Leopard Flower
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Dwarf Tiger Lily
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Leopard Lily
Liatris spicata
Blazing Stars
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Dense Blazing Star
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Gay Feather
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Marsh Blazing Star
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Snakeroot
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Spike Gayfeather
2 Cultivars
Melica ciliata
Hairy Melic Grass
Miscanthus sinensis
Chinese Silver Grass
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Maiden Grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Graziella'
Graziella Miscanthus
Miscanthus sinensis 'Sarbonde'
Sarbonde Miscanthus
Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus'
Porcupine Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Variegatus
Variegated Miscanthus
Molucella laevis
Bells of Ireland
Physalis
Chinese Lantern
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Ground Cherry
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Jerusalem Cherry
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Strawberry Tomato
Polygonum orientale
Garden Gate
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Kiss-me Over-the Garden Gate
Xerochrysum bracteatum
Strawflower
1 Cultivar
