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Glossary
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43 plants by
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Eremurus
Desert Candle
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Foxtail Lily
3 Cultivars
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Bonset
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Thoroughwort
Eupatorium rugosum
Fall Poison
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White Snakeroot
Euphorbia polychroma
Cushion Euphorbia
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Cushion Spurge
1 Cultivar
Galanthus nivalis, G. elwesii
Giant Snowdrop
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Snowdrop
Hemerocallis
Daylily
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Day Lily
Hemerocallis Spp.
Daylily
2 Cultivars
Houstonia purpurea
Large Houstonia
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Venus' Pride
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Woodland Bluets
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ PP #12874
Limelight Hydrangea
1 Cultivar
Hydrastis canadensis
Golden Seal
Hydrocotyle umbellate
Marsh Pennywort
Hymenocallis crassifolia
Spider Lily
Incarvillea
Hardy Gloxinia
Iris cristata
Crested Dwarf Iris
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Iris
1 Cultivar
Ixia
African Corn-Lily
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Wand Flower
5 Cultivars
Ixiolirion montanum (I. pallasii)
Ixiolirion
Kalimeris pinnatifida
False Aster
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Japanese Aster
Kniphofia
Red Hot Poker
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Torch Lily
2 Cultivars
Kniphofia uvaria
Red Hot Poker
Laportea canadensis
Wood Nettle
Liatris
Blazing Stars
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Gay Feather
9 Cultivars
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
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Spike Gayfeather
2 Cultivars
Ligularia stenocephala
Ligularia
1 Cultivar
Ligularia tussilaginea
Leopard Plant
Limonium
Statice
2 Cultivars
Lobelia puberula
Downy Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Blue Cardinal Flower
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Great Blue Lobelia
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Great Lobelia
Lupinus
Lupine
3 Cultivars
Lychnis coronaria
Rose Campion
Lysimachia punctata
Yellow Loosestrife
Mertensia virginica
Mertensia
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Virginia Bluebells
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Virginia Cowslip
Monarda didyma
Bee Balm
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Bee-balm
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Crimson Bee-balm
Moraea
Butterfly Iris
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Cape Tulips
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Peacock Flower
Nymphaea 'Virginia'
Virginia
Orontium aquaticum
Golden Club
Oxalis crassipes
Oxalis
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Pink Oxalis
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Pink Wood Sorrel
Oxypetalum caeruleum = Tweedia caerulea
Tweedia
Penstemon canescens
Beard-tongue
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Penstemon
Penstemon laevigatus
Eastern Beardtongue
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Eastern Smooth Beardtongue
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Smooth Beardtongue
Phlox carolina
Carolina Phlox
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Summer Phlox
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Thickleaf Phlox
Ranunculus
Buttercup
,
Crowfoot
,
Persian Buttercup
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Ranunculus
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Spearwort
2 Cultivars
Rumex acetosella
Field Sorrel
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Red Sorrel
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Sheep Sorrel
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Sour Weed
Sedum spectabile
Ice Plant
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Showy Stonecrop
1 Cultivar
