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Common Name: Shrub Marigold
This Mexican shrub with pungently aromatic foliage produces masses of bright yellow flowers in late fall. It dies back somewhat in winter. It makes a great border plant in a sunny, well-drained site and adds a lot of color to the late fall landscap...
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Common Name: Pond Cypress
Pond Cypress is a deciduous conifer closely related to the Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) so widespread in the southern U.S. Pond Cypress is not usually as large as Baldcypress, produces little in the way of "Cypress knees" and is usually more nar...
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Common Name: Bald Cypress
Baldcypress is a long-lived large deciduous conifer charactersitic of swamps and river margins in the southern U.S. where it is a valuable timber tree, Baldcypress is broadly pyramidal when young and has feather-like leaves.&#... |
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Common Name: Yew, Florida
This is a very rare conifer that is restricted to the Apalachicola River area in northwest Florida. It is a shrub or small tree requiring moisture, but good drainage. Taxus is generally a cool climate plant so this Florida species may represent a ... |
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Common Name: Yellow Elder
Tecoma stans var. stans is a shrub or small tree in subtropical areas. The variety stans is less hardy but frequently used in tropical or subtropical regions. This is the variety angustatum which is native in west Te... |
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Common Name: Cape Honeysuckle
Cape Honeysuckle is a rangy vine-like shrub with pretty glossy compound leaves like Trumpet Vine. The very showy orange flowers are liked by hummingbirds. It can be trained up or allowed to cascade. Where borderline ha... |
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Common Name: Germander, Silver
Silver Germander, also known as Bush Germander is notable for it's slver-gray foliage. It is native to the Mediterranean region and should be used where a silver accent plant is needed in a sunny, well-drained site. It has attract... |
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Common Name: Fern, Southern Shield
This native southern fern is a large pale green spreader. The large finely cut upright and arching fronds are deciduous. It received considerable publicity in a Southern Living article which suggested it could b... |
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Common Name: Arborvitae, Giant
A large imposing evergreen conifer native to northwestern North America where old specimens in the wild may reach almost 200 feet tall. Proving very adaptable to eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S. conditions when properly sited. This clone is ... |
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Common Name: Western Redcedar, 'Green Giant'
'Green Giant' is an excellent large dark green conifer possibly a hybrid between Thuja plicata and Thuja standishii, both of which are native to northwestern North America however 'Green Giant' was selected as a seedling fro... |
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Common Name: Foamflower, Wherry's
Tiarella is a beautiful woodland wildflower native to shady rich woods in the eastern U.S. and Canada. It produces nice foliage and spikes of foamy white flowers in spring. The typical Tiarella cordifolia spreads by runners but this is a clump formin...
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Common Name: Tibochina
This Brazilian Tibouchina is a large shrub or root-hardy perennial long cultivated in Florida. The glossy, deep-veined leaves and smaller, but more abundant flowers distinguish it from T. urvilleana. Cut back plants after... |
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Tibochina is a subtropical shrub which is a die-back perennial in all but essentially frost-free areas. It has velvety textured leaves with prominent veins and very showy deep purple flowers. Foliage may become red in fall before being killed by f... |
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Common Name: Basswood, Florida
Basswoods are medium to large deciduous trees with heart shaped leaves, yellowish fragrant flowers, and small nutlets on stalks attached to a papery wing. There are many species in the Northern Hemisphere but the... |
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Common Name: Stinking Cedar
"Stinking Cedar" is a beautiful conifer despite the name. The foliage actually smells pleasant! It is a medium size pyramidal evergreen tree with Yew-like leaves and purple nutmeg-like fruit on female plants. Needs light organic soil, adequate moi... |
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A multi colored variegated cultivar of a species which is widepread in eastern U.S. woodlands. Armitage (Herbaceous Perennial Plants) says the leaves of this variety have a V shaped reddish-pink blotch in the center of each leaf and new leaves are c...
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Common Name: Star Jasmine
Asian Jasmine is not a true Jasmine but is a close relative of the popular "Confederate Jasmine" (named for the Malay Confederation). It is less of a climber but a great dense groundcover vine with small, lustrous, dark green, leathery evergreen f... |
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Common Name: Jasmine, Asiatic Star 'Gold Brocade'
This is a highly variegated form of Trachelosperumu asiaticum (which see). The name 'Ogon Nishiki' translates to Gold Brocade. This is an extremely colorful plant with leaves splotched with green, yellow, and orange. ... |
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Common Name: Star Jasmine, Yellow
A popular evergreen vine in the southern U.S., the "Confederate Jasmine" is native to Asia and named for the Malay Confederation. The commonly grown form of this vine has white star-shaped fragrant flowers but this selection which we have ca... |
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Common Name: Confederate Jasmine, Madison'
This vigorous evergreen twining vine has fragrant white star shaped flowers. This selection, almost surely var. pubescens, came to us through the former Cedar Lane Farms Nursery in Madison, GA where this selection proved much more ... |
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Common Name: Jasmine
From the U.S. National Arboretum....
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Common Name: Windmill Palm
This fan leaf palm is native to eastern Asia but is grown worldwide. It is the most common palm seen northward and grows well in cool regions including the British Isles and coastal British Columbia. Good specimens have grown outdoors as far north... |
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Common Name: Regel's Threewingnut
Native to Japan, Korea, and Manchuria, this hardy and vigorous scandent shrub is almost vinelike with reddish warty branches. It is deciduous and bears large clusters of yellowish or greenish white flowers in late summer followed by pale green three...
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Common Name: Wheel Tree
Wheel Tree is a large evergreen shrub or small tree native to eastern Asia. It is very uncommon in cultivation in the U.S. though it is a relatively hardy evergreen of distinctive tiered habit and foliage that stands out among other evergree... |
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Common Name: Society Garlic
Society Garlic is a perennial from a bulb which multiplies and divides freely. The leaves are linear and blue green with strong onion odor when crushed. The flowers are borne on 1-2 foot tall stems and are rosy lavender clusters b... |
