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Abrus precatorius
Crab's Eyes
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Jequirity
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Rosary Pea
Abutilon X hybridum
Chinese Bellflower
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Chinese Lantern
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Flowering Maple
1 Cultivar
Acalypha poiretii
Bristly Copperleaf
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Chenile Plant
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Chenille Plant
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Red-Hot Cattail
2 Cultivars
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
Adiantum capillus veneris
Southern Maidenhair Fern
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Venus Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum raddianum
Delta Maidenhair
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Maidenhair Fern
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Pacific Maidenhair
3 Cultivars
Aeschynanthus radicans
Lipstick Plant
Allamanda cathartica
Allamanda
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Golden-Trumpet
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Yellow Allamanda
5 Cultivars
Alocasia
Elephant's-Ear
Aloe barbadensis
Aloe
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Aloe Vera
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Medicinal Aloe
Alternanthera dentata
Joseph's Coat
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Upright Calico Plant
2 Cultivars
Angelonia angustifolia
Angelonia
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Summer Snapdragon
2 Cultivars
Anthurium
Anthurium
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Flamingo Flower
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Tailflower
Araucaria heterophylla
Norfolk Island Pine
Caesalpinia
Bird-of-Paradise
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Dwarf Poinciana
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Pride of Barbados
Calathea makoyana
Cathedral Windows
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Peacock Plant
Callistemon rigidus
Erect Bottlebrush
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Stiff Bottlebrush
Canna hybrids
Arrowroot
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Canna Lily
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Indian Shot
Colocasia
Dasheen
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Elephant's-ear
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Taro
3 Cultivars
Cyathea cooperi
Australian Tree Fern
Dipladenia sanderi
Mandevilla
7 Cultivars
Eucharis amazonica
Amazon Lily
Euphorbia cotinifolia
Caribbean Cooper Plant
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Caribbean Copper Plant
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Euphorbe Á Feuilles de Fustet
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Mexican Shrubby Spurge
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Red Spurge
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Smoke Tree Spurge
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Smoketree Spurge
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Tropical Smokebush
Euphorbia tirucalli
Finger Tree
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Indian Tree Spurge
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Milkbush
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Pencil Tree
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Rubber Euphorbia
Fatsia japonica
Japanese Fatsia
Guzmania lingulata
Hamelia patens
Firebush
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Hummingbird Bush
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Scarlet Bush
Hibiscus ‘Fireball’
Fireball Hibiscus
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Hardy Mallow
1 Cultivar
Nymphaea 'Catherine Marie'
1 Cultivar
Nymphaea 'Emily Grant Hutchings'
Emily Grant Hutchings
Nymphaea 'Foxfire'
1 Cultivar
Nymphaea 'Joe Cutak'
1 Cultivar
Nymphaea 'Rassamee Jan'
Nymphaea 'Shirley Bryne'
Shirley Bryne
Nymphaea 'Star of Siam'
Pellaea falcata
Sickle Fern
Philodendron bipinnatifidum
Split Leaf Philodendron
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Tree Philodendron
Pilea cadierei
Aluminum plant
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Watermelon Plant.
Pilea nummulariifolia
Creeping Charlie
Pinus pinaster
Cluster Pine
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Maritime Pine
Platycerium bifurcatum
Elkhorn Fern
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Staghorn Fern
Plectranthus scutellarioides
Coleus
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Painted Nettle
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Trailing Coleus
16 Cultivars
Saintpaulia
African Violet
Trachycarpus fortunei
Chinese Windmill Palm
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Chusan Palm
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Windmill Palm
