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Acer crataegifolium
Hawthorn Maple
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Uri Maple
Acer mono
Painted Maple
Achillea
Yarrow
Achillea filipendulina
Fernleaf Yarrow
1 Cultivar
Ajania pacifica
Gold and Silver Chrysanthemum
Amaranthus caudatus
Love-Lies Bleeding
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Tassel Flower
Amaranthus 'Magic Fountain'
Magic Fountain Amaranthus
Amaranthus tricolor
Fountain Plant
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Joseph's Coat
2 Cultivars
Amelanchier arborea var. arborea
Downy Serviceberry
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Serviceberry
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Shadblow
Amelanchier canadensis
Serviceberry
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Shadbush
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Shadbush Serviceberry
1 Cultivar
Amorpha fruticosa
Bastard Indigo
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Indigo Bush
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Indigo Bush Amorpha
1 Cultivar
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Sweet Vernal Grass
Berberis verruculosa
Warty Barberry
Betula lenta
Liliental
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Sweet Birch
Bidens laevis
Begger's Tick
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Bur Marigold
Calendula officinalis
Calendula
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Calendula (Pot Marigold)
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Pot Marigold
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Dwarf Plumbago
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Leadwort
Cercis canadensis var. canadensis
Eastern Redbud
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Redbud
18 Cultivars
Chelidonium majus
Celandine
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Greater Celandine
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Rock-Poppy
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St. John's Wort
Chrysogonum virginianum
Green and Gold
1 Cultivar
Clethra acuminata
Cinnamonbark Clethra
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Mountain Pepperbush
Coreopsis lanceolata
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
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Sand Coreopsis
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Tickseed
Coreopsis verticillata
Threadleaf Coreopsis
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Whorled Coreopsis
Dicentra scandens 'Athens Yellow'
Athens Yellow Bleeding Heart
Helianthus annuus
Sunflower
1 Cultivar
Linnaea × grandiflora
Glossy Abelia
7 Cultivars
Rhamnella franguloides
Rhamnella
Rudbeckia fulgida
Black-eyed Susan
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Orange Coneflower
1 Cultivar
Solidago
Goldenrod
1 Cultivar
Tagetes erecta
African Marigold
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American Marigold
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Aztec Marigold
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Big Marigold
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Mexican Marigold
14 Cultivars
