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| Ajuga -- Carpet Bugle | Lady's Mantle |
| Clump of broad fuzzy gray-green leaves. Tiny yellow flowers tinged with green bloom in dense clusters. Height 8-10" | |
| Anemone -- See Pasque Flower | Lambs Ear, Silver Carpet |
| Velvety-silver foliage with pink to purple flower spikes in spring. Aggressive spreader. Height 12-15" | |
| Aster | Lavender -- Cotton |
| Silver-gray foliage with small round yellow flowers in early summer. Height 12-15" | |
| Astilbe -- False Spirea | Lavender, English Munstead |
| Deep lavender-blue flowers. Height 15-18" | |
| Baby's Breath | Lavender, Hidcote Blue |
| Deep blue flowers. Height 15-18" | |
| Bachelor Button's | Leadwort/Dwarf Plumbago |
| Deep cornflower blue in early summer. Height 18-24" | Deep green foliage in spring that turns red in fall. Blue flowers. Height 8-12" |
| Balloon Flower | Lily of the Valley |
| Bell shaped flowers of blue-purple, pink, and white. Blooms in mid-summer. Height 30-36" | Spreading mounds of needle-like foliage with masses of small blue, pink, red, and white flowers in early spring. Height 6-8" |
| Basket of Gold | Lilys, Asiatic |
| Grayish-green foliage. Yellow flowers bloom in April - May. Height 8-12" Spread 12" | |
| Beacon Silver-Deadnettle | Lilyturf |
| Grass-like foliage with whitish pink flower clusters. Height 12-18" | |
| Bee Balm | Lupine |
| Bellflowers | Maiden Pinks |
| Mat forming perennial with rose-pink to red flowers in early summer. Height 6-12" | |
| Bergenia, Heartleaf | Mallow Hollyhocks |
| Thick, shiny green foliage. Pink flowers in spring. Height 10-15" | Soft pastel pink flowers most of the summer. Height 3-4' |
| Black Eyed Susan -- Goldstrum | Maltese Cross |
| Tall yellow-orange flowers bloom in mid-summer. Height 24" | Dark green foliage with white or red flower clusters in summer. Height 24-36" |
| Bleeding Heart | Missouri Primrose or Ozark Sundrops |
| Spreading plant with fragrant yellow flowers. Height 6-12" | |
| Border Jewel -- Himalayan | Mock Strawberry |
| Small, light pink flower spikes. Height 4-6" | Fast growing ground cover. Yellow flowers followed by red berries. Blooms most of the summer. Height 2-6" |
| Bubblemint | Moneywort -- Creeping Jenny |
| Rich pink tubular flowers. Bubble gum fragrance. Height 2-3' | Fast growing ground cover. Green foliage and bright yellow flowers in early summer. Height 4-8" |
| Candytuft | Monkshood |
| White flower clusters from late spring to early summer. Height 9-12" | Dark green foliage with purple flower spikes in late summer. Height 3-6' |
| Cimicifuga -- Bottlebrush Hillside Black Beauty | Osteospermum or Sun Daisy, Purple Mountain |
| Tall, slightly arching spires of small purple flowers. Blooms late summer. Height 2-4' Spread 2-3' | Bright purple flowers. Height 8-10" |
| Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum Cushion | Osteospermum or Sun Daisy, Lavender Mist |
| Double flowers with a variety of colors. Height 18-24" | White or lavender flowers. Height 8-10" |
| Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum Daisy | Oxeye Daisy |
| Single flower with yellow center. Heights vary on cultivar. | White flower with yellow center. Blooms most of the summer. Height 12-24" |
| Columbine, Rocky Mountain | Pasque Flower -- Anemone's |
| Likes shade to semi-shade. Blooms early summer. Blue color. Height 24" | Soft fern-like foliage with bell like flowers. Colors include blue, red, or purple. |
| Columbine, McKanas Hybrid | Penstemon -- Bearded Tongue |
| Likes shade to semi-shade. Blooms early summer. Mixed colors. Height 24" | |
| Coneflower, Purple | Peony |
| Daisy like flowers with brown-orange raised centers. Other varieties include Magnus (Rose) and White Swan (White) Height 24-36" | |
| Coralbells | Periwinkle -- Mrytle |
| Green foliage with red flowers or bronze foliage with white flowers. Another variety is Purple Palace (Bronze foliage with red flowers ) Height 12-24" | Glossy green foliage with purple flowers in spring and summer. Height 4-6" |
| Coreopsis | Phlox, Creeping |
| Spreading mounds of needle-like foliage with masses of small blue, pink, red, and white flowers in early spring. Height 4-6" | |
| Corydalis, Yellow | Phlox, Garden |
| Ferny foliage with yellow flowers. Height 12-18" | Tall fragrant clusters of blue, orange, pink, red, and white flowers in summer. Height 24-36" |
| Cranesbill | Pincushion Flower |
| Bushy plant. Blooms with blues and pinks. Pin cushion like centers to the flower. Height 18-24" | |
| Creeping, Oregon Grape Holly | Plumbago |
| Dark green holly foliage. Yellow flowers in spring. Height 12-18" Spread 1-2' | Deep green foliage turning red in fall. Blue flowers. Height 8-12" |
| Creeping Speedwell | Poppy |
| Moss like spreading ground cover with blue, pink, or white spring flowers. Height 2-4" | |
| Crocosmia | Poppy Mallow |
| Reddish-purple flowers. Low mounding habit. Height 6-12" | |
| Cushion Spurge | Potentilla, Creeping |
| Spreading clumps with yellow flowers in early spring. Height 12-18" | Small strawberry like foliage. Yellow clusters of summer flowers. Height 2-4' |
| Daisy, Painted | Potentilla, Creeping Dwarf |
| Large red, pink, or rose daisy blooms in early summer. Height 12-24" | Mounding form with green foliage. Small golden yellow flowers in spring. Height 3-4' |
| Daisy, Shasta | Prairie Winecup |
| Large white daisy blooms most of the summer. (June - September) Height 24-36" | Low-growing plant with sprawling, lacy foliage and magenta cuplike blossoms. Native to the Great Plains. Blooms most of the summer. Mature plants are not easy to transplant. Height 4-6" Spread 12-36" |
| Daylily | Primrose, Evening Missouri |
| Dark green leaves with lemon-yellow flowers that come from red spot buds. Height 1-2' | |
| Delphinium - Larkspur | Primrose, Pacific Hybrids |
| Hardy English primrose with mixed colors. Needs shade. Height 6-12" | |
| Dianthus | Pussytoes |
| Low silver mat forming ground cover with white flowers. Native and drought tolerant. Height 2-6" Spread 12-18" | |
| Echinops Ritro -- Globe Thistle | Red Hot Poker (Torch Lily) |
| Steel blue globular flowers. Height 2-3' Spread 2-3' | Tall, spiked yellow, orange, and red flower cluster. Blooms in summer. Height 24-36" |
| English Lavender | Rock Cress |
| Gray semi-evergreen foliage with blue-purple flower spikes in summer. | Low spreading ground cover with small spring flowers. Height 4-6" |
| Euonymus, Purple Leaf Winter Creeper | Salvia |
| Hardy, dense ground cover. Green foliage turns purple-bronze in winter. Height 12-15" | |
| Fever Few | Sea Pinks |
| Gray semi-evergreen foliage with white daisy flowers. Blooms June to September. Height 10-12" Spread 18-24" | Tufts of blue-green foliage with small round clusters of pink flowers in summer. Height 6-12" |
| Flax | Sedum -- Stonecrop |
| Sky blue flowers from May to June. Spread by seed. Height 12-18" | |
| Ferns | Silver Beacon-Deadnettle |
| Shade loving. Needs winter protection. Height 1-2' (Types include Alaska and Autumn.) | Silvery foliage edged green. Pink flowers in late spring. Height 4-8" |
| Fleabane | Silvermound |
| Purple daisy like flowers in summer. Height 20-30" | Soft dome like mound of silvery foliage. Small yellow flowers in summer. Height 15-18" |
| Fleece Flower | Snow in Summer |
| Densely spreading ground cover with pale pink or white flowers. | Fast spreading silver-gray foliage. Dainty snow white flowers in late spring. Height 6-10" |
| Forget Me Nots | Snow on the Mountain -- Bishops Weed |
| Heart shaped foliage with small dainty purple flowers. Blooms most of the season. | Shade loving perennial with bright green foliage with a creamy white edge. Height 6-12" |
| Four O'Clocks | Soapwort |
| Hardy bush. Likes moist ground and bright morning sun. Flowers open in late afternoon. Height 12-36" | Green trailing foliage with small pink flowers in early summer. Height 8-12" |
| Foxglove | Spiderwort, Red Cloud |
| Grass-like foliage with white, red, blue or purple flowers in summer. Height 12-24" | |
| Gaillardia | Spiderwort, Zwanenburg Blue |
| Grass-like foliage with white, red, blue or purple flowers in summer. Height 12-24" | |
| Gaura -- Whirling Butterflies | Spurge Cushion |
| Rich green willow-like leaves with white, four-petal flowers. Looks like a butterfly. Height 2-3' | Spreading clumps with yellow flowers in early spring. Height 12-18" |
| Gayfeather | St. John's Wort |
| Woody stems clothed by siny, dark green leaves which make up a dense mound coated with canary yellow flowers with fine, hair-like tufts in the centers.. Height 18-24" | |
| Ginger America | Statice -- Sea Lavender |
| Gray-green leathery foliage with airy sprays of miniature flowers in summer. Height 18-24" | |
| Globeflower, Golden Baby | Strawberry |
| Large yellow-orange buttercup flowers bloom in spring. Height 18-24" (Types include Golden Bay) | |
| Golden Rod | Sunflower, False |
| Small clusters of daisy-like flowers bloom in mid-summer. Height 1-3' | Bright yellow sun flowers that blossom in summer. Height 3-6' |
| Ground Ivy | Sunrose |
| Fast growing ground cover with light green foliage and purple flowers in late spring. Height 3-6" | Low spreading perennial with green-gray foliage. Flowers come in a variety of colors. Height 12-24" |
| Hens & Chicks | Sweet Williams |
| Fast growing succulent ground cover in shades of green or red. Height 2-6" | Fringed flat topped flower in a variety of colors. Blooms in spring and summer. Height 8-18" |
| Hollyhock -- Garden | Sweet Woodruff |
| Bright green felt-like foliage with tall flower spikes in summer. Height 5-7' | Glossy bright green foliage with loose clusters of white flowers in early summer. Height 9-12" |
| Hollyhock -- Powderpuff | Teucrium -- Germander, Wall |
| Bright green felt-like foliage with tall flower spikes in summer. Height 4-5' | Compact mounding plant with erect stems. May remain evergreen. Stout spiral spikes of purple-pink flowers. Height 8-12" |
| Hosta | Thyme |
| Hummingbird Flower | Valerian, Red |
| Scarlet flowers. Height 18-24" | Low mat form foliage with red flowers. Height 12" |
| Hummingbird Mint | Verbena |
| Rose-pink. Height 2-3' | Blue-purple flowers that bloom in June-September. Height 18-24" Spread 12" |
| Iceplant | Veronica -- Speedwell |
| Glossy green foliage with blue, purple, and pink spikes in summer. Height 10-36" | |
| Iris | Veronica -- Turkish Speedwell |
| Small glossy dark green leaves that form a dense mat. Deep blue flowers. Height 2-4" | |
| Irish Moss, Scotch Moss | Vinca -- Periwinkle |
| Dense moss. Mat forming ground cover with carpet white flowers. Height 2-3" | Glossy green foliage with purple flowers in spring and summer. Height 4-6' |
| Kinnikinnick | Yarrow |
| Shiny green foliage with small whitish pine flowers followed by red berries. Height 4-10" | Green to gray fern-like foliage. Pink, yellow, red, and white flowers in summer. Height 12-24" |