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Abies balsamea
Balsam Fir
1 Cultivar
Achillea millefolium
Common Yarrow
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Milfoil
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Yarrow
Acorus calamus
Sweet Flag
2 Cultivars
Agastache 'TNAGAPO'
Poquito™ Orange Hyssop
1 Cultivar
Allium schoenoprasum
Chives
Aloysia citriodora
Lemon Verbena
Angelonia angustifolia
Angelonia
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Summer Snapdragon
2 Cultivars
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Sweet Vernal Grass
Artemisia ludoviciana
Western Mugwort
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White Sage
1 Cultivar
Asarum
Wild Ginger
Callistemon rigidus
Erect Bottlebrush
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Stiff Bottlebrush
Comptonia peregrina
Sweet Fern
Eucalyptus cinerea
Argyle Apple
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Eucalyptus
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Silver Dollar Tree
Eupatorium capillifolium
Dogfennel
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Dog Fennel
Galium odoratum
Sweet Scented Bed Straw
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Sweet Woodruff
Illicium floridanum
Anise Tree
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Florida Anise Tree
3 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
Liquidambar styraciflua
Sweetgum
11 Cultivars
Magnolia virginiana
Swamp Magnolia
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Sweet Bay
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Sweetbay Magnolia
3 Cultivars
Monarda punctata
Dotted Beebalm
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Horsemint
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Spotted Beebalm
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Spotted Horsemint
Monarda 'Raspberry Wine'
Bee Balm
Morella cerifera
Bayberry
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Candleberry
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Eastern Bayberry
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Southern Bayberry
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Southern Wax Myrtle
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Tallow Shrub
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Wax Myrtle
Myrica cerifera
Southern Waxmyrtle
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Waxmyrtle
Myrica pensylvanica
Northern Bayberry
Nepeta
Catmint
1 Cultivar
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Russian Sage
Phytolacca americana
Poke
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Pokeweed
1 Cultivar
Plectranthus forsteri 'Marginatus'
Swedish Ivy
Pycnanthemum incanum
Hoary Mountain Mint
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Hoary Mountain-mint
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Mountain Mint
Rhododendron alabamense
Alabama Azalea
Rhododendron carolinianum
Carolina Rhododendron
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Punctatum
1 Cultivar
Rhododendron 'Windbeam'
Windbeam
Rosmarinus officinalis
Rosemary
2 Cultivars
Salvia officinalis
Sage
3 Cultivars
Sassafras albidum
Sassafras
Solidago odora
Anise-scented Goldenrod
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Fragrant Goldenrod
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Sweet Goldenrod
Tagetes erecta
African Marigold
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American Marigold
,
Aztec Marigold
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Big Marigold
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Mexican Marigold
14 Cultivars
Tagetes patula
French Marigold
8 Cultivars
Tulbaghia violacea
Society Garlic
Wisteria
Wisteria
