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Glossary
#nighttime garden
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Datura wrightii
Hydrangea arborescens 'NCHA2' PPAF
Invincibelle™ Spirit II Mountain Hydrangea
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Mountain Hydrangea
Leucanthemum vulgare
Marguerite
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Ox-eye Daisy
Leucophyta brownii
Cushion Bush
Nicotiana sylvestris
White Shooting Stars
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White Tobacco
Nymphaea 'Catherine Marie'
1 Cultivar
Nymphaea 'Red Cup'
Red Cup
Philadelphus coronarius
Fragrant Mockorange
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Sweet Mockorange
2 Cultivars
Salvia argentea
Silver Sage
1 Cultivar
Thalictrum thalictroides
Rue Anemone
