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Achillea millefolium
Common Yarrow
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Milfoil
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Yarrow
Ampelaster carolinianus
Climbing Aster
Aquilegia canadensis
Columbine
,
Wild Columbine
Arundo donax
Giant Reed
2 Cultivars
Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum'
Japanese Painted Fern
Belamcanda chinensis
Blackberry Lily
Bignonia capreolata
Cross Vine
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Trumpet Flower
4 Cultivars
Camellia sasanqua
Sasanqua Camellia
1 Cultivar
Chamaecyparis thyoides
Atlantic White Cedar
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Swamp Cedar
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White Cypress
2 Cultivars
Chrysogonum virginianum
Green and Gold
1 Cultivar
Codiaeum variegatum
Croton
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Mammy Croton
2 Cultivars
Cryptotaenia japonica
Mitsu-ba
Epimedium
Barrenwort
,
Bishop's Hat
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Epimedium
1 Cultivar
Erigeron pulchellus
Robin's Plantain
1 Cultivar
Eupatorium coelestinum
Blue Boneset
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Blue Mistflower
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Hardy Ageratum
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Mistflower
,
Wild Ageratum
Ficus carica 'Brown Turkey'
Brown Turkey Fig
Gaura lindheimeri
White Gaura
3 Cultivars
Hamamelis virginiana
Common Witch Hazel
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Witch Hazel
Hedychium coronarium
White Ginger
1 Cultivar
Helleborus argutifolius
Corsican Hellebore
Heuchera 'Palace Purple'
Palace Purple Alumroot
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Purple Palace Coral Bells
Hibiscus mutabilis
Confederate Rose
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Cotton Rose
1 Cultivar
Hibiscus syriacus
Rose of Sharon
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Shrub Althea
15 Cultivars
Hosta
Hosta
5 Cultivars
Hydrangea macrophylla
Bigleaf Hydrangea
25 Cultivars
Iris ensata
Japanese Water Iris
3 Cultivars
Juncus effusus
Green Bull Rush
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Japanese Mat Rush
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Soft Rush
1 Cultivar
Juniperus chinensis 'Saybrook Gold'
Saybrook Gold Juniper
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
,
Spike Gayfeather
2 Cultivars
Linnaea x grandiflora ‘Kaleidoscope’ PP #16988
Kaleidoscope Abelia
1 Cultivar
Lysimachia numularia
Creeping Jenny
1 Cultivar
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Gulf Muhly
,
Mule Grass
,
Pink Hair Grass
,
Pink Muhly Grass
1 Cultivar
Nandina domestica "Gulf Stream'
Compact Heavenly Bamboo
,
Gulf Stream Nandina
Neviusia alabamensis
Alabama Snow Wreath
,
Snow Wreath
Onoclea sensibilis
Bead Fern
,
Sensitive Fern
Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nana'
Dwarf Mondo Grass
Oxalis
Clover
,
Good Luck Plant
,
Lucky Clover
,
Oxalis
,
Shamrock
,
Wood-sorrel
4 Cultivars
Penstemon digitalis
Foxglove Beardtongue
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White Beardtongue
1 Cultivar
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Russian Sage
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Narrow-leafed Mountain Mint
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Slender Mountain Mint
Rosmarinus officinalis
Rosemary
2 Cultivars
Saxifraga stolonifera
Strawberry Begonia
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Strawberry Geranium
2 Cultivars
Schizachyrium scoparium
Little Bluestem
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Prairie Beardgrass
,
Prairie Beard Grass
Sedum makinoi
1 Cultivar
Setcreasea pallida 'Purple Heart'
Purple Heart
,
Purple Heart Wandering Jew
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Blue-eyed Grass
Solidago altissima
Canada Goldenrod
,
Canadian Goldenrod
,
Late Goldenrod
,
Tall Goldenrod
Stokesia laevis
Stokes' Aster
5 Cultivars
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(current)
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