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Acalypha wilkesiana
Cooperleaf
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Copper Plant
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Jacob's Coat
3 Cultivars
Acca sellowiana
Guava
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Pineapple Guava
7 Cultivars
Acer griseum
Paperbark Maple
Agastache 'TNAGAPO'
Poquito™ Orange Hyssop
1 Cultivar
Allium schoenoprasum
Chives
Aristolochia tomentosa
Dutchman's Pipe
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Woolly Birthwort
Asarum splendens
Chinese Wild Ginger
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Splendid Wild Ginger
Beaucarnea recurvata
Ponytail Palm
Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'
Eastern Redbud
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Forest Pansy Redbud
Cercis canadensis var. texensis 'Oklahoma'
Oklahoma Redbud
2 Cultivars
Cercis occidentalis
Arizona Redbud
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California Redbud
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Judus Tree
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Pata de Vaca
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Western Red Bud
Chamaerops humilis
European Fan Palm
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Mediterranean Fan Palm
Clematis montana
Anemone Clematis
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Indian's Virgin's Bower
7 Cultivars
Eucharis amazonica
Amazon Lily
Eucomis comosa
King's Flower
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Pineapple Lily
5 Cultivars
Ficus carica 'Marseille'
Marseille Fig
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Oregon Prolific
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St. Anthony Fig
Halesia carolina
Carolina Silverbell
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Mountain Silverbell
2 Cultivars
Hamelia patens
Firebush
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Hummingbird Bush
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Mexican Firecracker
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Redhead
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Scarlet Bush
Koelreuteria paniculata
Golden-rain Tree
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Golden-rain-tree
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Goldenrain Tree
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Panicled Goldenraintree
2 Cultivars
Lavandula stoechas
Bract Lavender
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Butterfly Lavender
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Spanish Lavender
4 Cultivars
Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Helvola'
Origanum majorana
Sweet Marjoram
Phormium tenax
New Zealand Flax
3 Cultivars
Plectranthus argentatus
Silver Plectranthus
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Silver Spur Flower
Prunus 'NCPH1' PPAF
Flowering Cherry
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Pink Cascade™ Flowering Cherry
Rotheca myricoides ‘Ugandense’
Blue Butterfly Bush
Thunbergia alata
Black-eyed Susan Vine
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Thunbergia
3 Cultivars
Tulbaghia violacea
Society Garlic
