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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"