Plant List
Native symbolizes these plants as native to North America. Refer to the Conservation Foundation and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center to learn more about these plants.
perennials and bulbs
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Ageratina altissima 'Chocolate' - snakeroot (Ageratina altissima is native to open areas from SE North Dakota to Oklahoma.)
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Agastache rupestris - hyssop (Arizona & New Mexico)
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Agastache x 'Blue Fortune' - giant hyssop (Hybrid of A. foeniculum (United States) x A. rugosa (Korea). Selected by Gert Fortgens of Arboretum Trompenberg in Rotterdam. )
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Allium aflatunense 'Purple Sensation' - purple sensation allium (Horticultural origin)
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Allium atropurpureum - ornamental onion (Asia Minor from Hungary to Turkey)
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Allium christophii - star of Persia (Iran, Turkey, central Asia)
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Allium sphaerocephalon - drumstick allium (Eurasia, North Africa)
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Amorpha canescens - leadplant (Southern Canada to New Mexico)
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Amsonia 'Blue Ice' - blue star (Unknown. May be a hybrid with A. montana or perhaps with Asian Rhazya orientale.)
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Amsonia hubrichtii - Arkansas blue star (S. Central United States)
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Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia - willowleaf blue star (Eastern US)
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Anemone blanda 'Blue Shades' - Grecian windflower (While the cultivar 'Blue Shades' is of horticultural origin, Anemone blanda originates from Southeastern Europe, Cyprus, western Turkey, Caucasus)
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Anemone hupehensis 'Praecox' - Japanese anenome (Horticultural origin.)
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Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Splendens' - Japanese anenome (Horticultural origin)
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Anemone leveillei - windflower (Asia)
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Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' - Japanese anenome (Horticultural origin. 'A garden hybrid discovered in Verdun, France in 1858.)
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Aruncus 'Horatio' - goatsbeard (Hybrid between Aruncus aesthusifolius (Korea) and Aruncus dioicus (Western and Central Europe, Southern Russia and Caucasus). )
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Asarum canadense - wild ginger (Manitoba to North Carolina)
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Asclepias incarnata - swamp milkweed (Eastern United States)
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Asclepias tuberosa - butterfly weed (Eastern and Southern United States)
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Aster tataricus 'Jindai' - tatarican aster (Japan. Found by Rick Darke and Skip March at Jindai Botanical Garden in Japan.)
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Astilbe chinensis var. taquetii 'Purpurlanze' - purple lance astilbe (A. chinensis var. taquetii is native to China and Japan. A. "purpurlanze' is of horticultural origin.)
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Baptisia 'Purple Smoke' - hybrid wild indigo (May be a hybrid between B. australis (New York to Nebraska to Georgia) and B. alba (Virginia to Tennessee, south to Florida))
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Baptisia alba var. macrophylla syn. B. leucantha - wild white indigo (North America)
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Calamintha nepeta subsp. nepeta - calamint (Southern Europe to Great Britain)
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Camassia cusickii - quamash (NW United States)
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Camassia leichtlinii 'Blue Danube' - quamash (Native)
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Ceratostigma plumbaginoides - plumbago (W. China)
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Chionodoxa forbesii 'Blue Giant' - glory of the snow (Horticultural origin)
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Chionodoxa luciliae 'Violet Beauty' - glory of the snow (W. Turkey)
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Chionodoxa sardensis - glory of the snow (W Turkey)
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Coreopsis verticillata 'Golden Showers' - threadleaf tickseed (In open woods from Florida to Alabama and north to Maryland and Arkansas.)
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Crocus tommasinianus 'Barr's Purple' - crocus (Horticultural origin)
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Crocus tommasinianus 'Ruby Giant' - crocus (Horticultural origin)
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Dalea purpurea - purple prairie clover (Eastern and Central United States)
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Datisca cannabina - datisca (Asia minor to India)
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Digitalis ferruginea - rusty foxglove (S. Europe, Hungary, Balkans, Turkey, Lebanon, Caucasus)
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Dodecatheon 'Aphrodite' - shooting star (United States. )
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Echinacea 'Art's Pride' syn. E. 'Orange Meadowbrite' - coneflower (Horticultural origin. Developed and introduced by Chicago Botanic Garden.)
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Echinacea 'Sunset' - coneflower (Horticultural origin.)
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Echinacea pallida - pale coneflower (Eastern North America)
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Echinacea purpurea 'Green Edge' - coneflower (Horticultural origin.)
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Echinacea purpurea 'Rubinglow' - coneflower (Horticultural origin.)
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Echinacea tennesseensis - Tennessee coneflower (Eastern United States)
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Echinops bannaticus 'Blue Globe' - globe thistle (E. bannaticus is native to southwestern Romania.)
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Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum' - bishop's hat or barrenwort (Horticultural origin.)
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Eryngium 'Big Blue' - sea holly (Horticultural origin)
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Eryngium bourgatii - mediterranean sea holly (Spain, Pyrenees)
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Eryngium yuccifolium - rattlesnake master (Central and Eastern United States)
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Eupatoriadelphus maculatus 'Gateway' - joe pye weed (Moist areas from New Hampshire to Quebec to Minnesota, west to Nebraska and south to Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Florida.)
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Eupatoriadelphus maculatus 'Purple Bush' - joe pye weed (Moist areas from New Hampshire to Quebec to Minnesota, west to Nebraska and south to Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Florida.)
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Eurybia divaricata - white wood aster (Eastern North America)
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Filipendula rubra 'Venusta' - queen of the prairie (F. venusta is native to moist meadows and prairies from Pennsylvania to Minnesota, south to Kentucky and Georgia.)
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Fritillaria pallidiflora - fritillary (N.W. China, East Siberia)
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Gentiana andrewsii - bottle gentian (Eastern North America)
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Geranium 'Brookside' - cranesbill geranium (Horticultural origin. A hybrid of Geranium pratense and Geranium clarkei ‘Kashmir Purple’)
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Geranium 'Dilys' - cranesbill (horticultural origin. Introduced by University of Vermont.)
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Geranium 'Jolly Bee' - cranesbill (Horticultural. 'Hybrid between G. shikokianum var. yoshiianum with G. wallichianum 'Buxton's Variety')
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Geranium phaeum f. album - dusky cranesbill (Europe, Western Russia.)
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Geranium sanguineum 'Max Frei' - cranesbill geranium (Horticultural origin.)
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Geranium soboliferum - geranium (Russia, Manchuria, Japan)
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Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Karmina' - cranesbill (Horticultural origin)
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Geranium x oxonianum 'Claridge Druce' - cranesbill (Europe. Geranium x oxonianum is a fertile hybrid between G. endressii and G. versicolor. )
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Geum triflorum - prairie smoke (North America)
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Geum x 'Flames of Passion' - avens or Indian chocolate (Horticultural origin. Introduced by Future Plants.)
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Helenium 'Rubinzwerg' - sneezeweed or Helen's flower (North and Central Americas)
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Helleborus orientalis - Lenten rose (Eurasia)
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Hemerocallis 'Chicago Apache' - daylily (Horticultural origin.)
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Hemerocallis 'Gentle Shepherd' - daylily (Horticultural origin.)
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Heuchera micrantha var. diversifolia 'Palace Purple' - coral flower (Horticultural origin)
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Heuchera richardsonii - coral bells (Northern and western North America)
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Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride' - coral bells (Horticultural origin. Named and introduced by Bluemount Nurseries, Monkton, MD.)
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Hosta 'Blue Angel' - hosta (Horticultural origin.)
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Hosta 'Halcyon' - hosta (Horticultural origin.)
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Hosta 'Krossa Regal' - plantain lily (Horticultural origin)
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Hosta 'Royal Standard' - hosta (Horticultural origin.)
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Hosta 'White Triumphator' - hosta (Horticultural origin.)
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Inula magnifica 'Sonnenstrahl' - fleabane (E. Caucasus)
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Jeffersonia diphylla - twinleaf (Woods from New York and soutehrn Ontario west to Wisconsin and Iowa, south to northern Alabama and east to Maryland.)
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Knautia macedonica - knautia (Europe)
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Liatris spicata - blazing star (Native)
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Liatris spicata 'Alba' - white blazing star (Eastern North America)
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Limonium latifolium - sea lavender (Eurasia)
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Lythrum alatum - winged loosestrife (United States)
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Mertensia virginica - virginia bluebells (Native)
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Monarda 'Scorpion' - bee balm (Eastern US)
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Monarda bradburyana - Eastern bee balm (Central and southern United States)
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Muscari armeniacum 'Superstar' - grape hyacinth (Though the cultivar 'Superstar' is from horticultural origin, the species Muscari armeniacum originates from Southeastern Europe to Caucasus)
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Narcissus 'Lemon Drops' - triandrus daffodil (Horticultural origin)
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Narcissus 'Actaea' - poet's daffodil (Europe)
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Narcissus 'Jenny' - cyclamineus daffodil (horticultural origin)
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Narcissus 'Thalia' - triandrus daffodil (horticultural origin)
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Nepeta subsessilis 'Sweet Dreams' - catmint (Japan)
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Nepeta x faassenii 'Walker's Low' - catmint (Europe)
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Origanum 'Herrenhausen' - oregano (Origanum vulgare native to Europe.)
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Paeonia lactiflora 'Jan Van Leeuwen' - herbaceous peony (Horticultural origin.Paeonia lactiflora native to central and eastern Asia and Easter Siberia.)
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Papaver orientale 'Scarlet O'Hara' - Scarlet O'Hara poppy (horticultural origin)
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Parthenium integrifolium - wild quinine (NY west to Minnesota, south to Texas and east to Georgia)
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Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red' - beard tongue (Nova Scotia to Minnesota, south to Texas and Virginia)
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Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Little Spire' - russian sage (horticultural origin, though Peravskia atriplicifolia originates from Himalayas and W. China)
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Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Alba' - knotweed (Persicaria amplexicaulis native to the Himalayas)
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Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firedance' - knotweed (Himalayas)
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Phlomis tuberosa 'Amazone' - phlomis (Ukraine)
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Phlox paniculata 'Blue Paradise' - garden phlox (Eastern United States)
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Pycnanthemum muticum - mountain mint (Eastern United States)
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Ruellia humilis - wild petunia (Pennsylvania west to Iowa, south to Texas, and east to northern Florida.)
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Salvia azurea - blue sage (MIchigan to Utah, south to Texas and east to Florida.)
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Salvia nemerosa 'Blue Hill' - meadow sage (Horticultural origin. Ernst Pagels selected it for its intense blue flowers and compact habit. )
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Salvia nemerosa 'May Night' - meadow sage (Horticultural origin. 'May Night' was introduced as 'Mainight' by the German horticulturist Karl Foerster in 1956.)
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Salvia pratensis 'Pink Delight' - cherry sage (Europe)
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Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain' - meadow sage (Horticultural origin. Introduced by Piet Oudolf. S. verticillata is native from Northern - Southern Europe.)
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Salvia x sylvestris 'Amethyst' - meadow sage (Horticultural origin.)
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Salvia x sylvestris 'Dear Anja' - meadow sage (Horticultural origin.)
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Salvia x sylvestris 'Rugen' - meadow sage (Horticultural origin.)
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Salvia x sylvestris 'Wesuwe' - meadow sage (Horticultural origin.)
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Sanguisorba menziesii - burnet (Northwestern United States, including Alaska)
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Sanguisorba officinalis 'Red Thunder' - canadian burnet (North America)
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Saponaria x lempergii 'Max Frei' - soapwort (Asia)
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Scilla mischtschenkoana - turbergen squill (N. Iran, Caucasus)
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Scutellaria incana - skullcap (Northeastern United States)
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Sedum 'Matrona' - stonecrop (Horticultural origin.)
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Sedum 'Red Cauli' - sedum 'Red Cauli' (Horticultural origin.)
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Sedum x hybrida 'Bertram Anderson' - stonecrop (North and South America)
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Silphium laciniatum - compass plant (Quebec, west to Montana, south to Arizona, east to Louisiana and Florida.)
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Smilacina racemosa - false Solomon's seal (All of North America except for Gulf states.)
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Solidago 'Fireworks' - goldenrod (Newfoundland to Ontario and Michigan, south to Texas and east to Florida. )
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Solidago 'Wichita Mountains' - goldenrod (Oklahoma)
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Stachys officinalis 'Rosea' - betony or hedgenettle (Europe)
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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Violetta' - New England aster (Horticultural origin.)
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Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'October Skies' - aster (Horticultural origin. Primrose Path Introduction.)
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Thalictrum delavayi 'Elin' - meadow rue (Asia)
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Tricyrtis x 'Tojen' - toad lily (Japan)
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Tulipa 'Ballade' - tulip (Horticultural origin)
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Tulipa 'Don Quichotte' - tulip (Horticultural origin)
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Tulipa 'Ivory Floradale' - tulip (horticultural origin)
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Tulipa 'Maureen' - tulip (horticultural origin)
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Tulipa 'Purissima' - tulip (horticultural origin)
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Tulipa 'Queen of the Night' - tulip (horticultural origin)
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Tulipa 'Spring Green' - tulip (horticultural origin)
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Tulipa bakeri 'Lilac Wonder' - tulip (Europe)
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Tulipa hageri 'Splendens' - tulip (horticultural origin)
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Tulipa polychroma - tulip (Asia/Middle East)
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Tulipa turkestanica - tulip (Central Asia)
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Tulipa urumiensis - tulip (Azarbaijan, NW Iran)
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Tulipa wilsoniana - tulip (N. Iraq to Iran)
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Veronica 'Eveline' - speedwell (Horticultural origin.)
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Veronica longifolia 'Lila Karina' - speedwell (Europe/Asia)
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Veronica longifolia 'Pink Damask' - speedwell (Europe)
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Veronica spicata 'Giles Van Hees' - speedwell (Europe/Asia)
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Veronicastrum virginicum 'Diane' - culver's root (Massachusetts and Vermont to Manitoba south to Texas, western Florida and Georgia)
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Veronicastrum virginicum 'Pink Glow' - culver's root (Massachusetts and Vermont to Manitoba south to Texas, western Florida and Georgia)
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Veronicastrum virginicum 'Rosea' - culver's root (Massachusetts and Vermont to Manitoba south to Texas, western Florida and Georgia)
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Veronicastrum virginicum 'Temptation' - culver's root (horticultural origin)
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Zizia aurea - golden alexanders (Quebec to Sasdatchewan, south to Texas, east to Florida)
shrubs
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Amorpha canescens - leadplant (Native)
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Itea virginica 'Morton' - Morton Virginia sweetspire (discovered at Morton Arboretum; straight species native to Southern Illinois)
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Myrica pennsylvanica 'Morton' - bayberry (North America)
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Paeonia suffruticosa 'Renkaku' - tree peony (W China)
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Physocarpus opulifolius - ninebark (Horticultural origin, but straight species native to central and eastern North America)
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Syringa meyeri 'Palibin' - lilac (Asia)
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Taxus cuspidata 'Capitata' - Japanese yew (Asia)
grasses
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Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' - feather reed Grass (hybrid between C. epigejos, native to Eurasia, and C. arundinacea, also native to Eurasia. )
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Carex muskingumensis - palm sedge (North America.)
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Carex pennsylvanica - Pennsylvania sedge (Eastern North America)
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Chasmanthium latifolium - northern sea oats (New Jersery south to Florida and Texas and west to Kansas.)
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Eragrostis spectabilis - purple love grass (southern Canada through eastern U.S. and south through Mexico and Central America.)
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Miscanthus sinensis 'Malepartus' - common eulalia grass (Southeast Asia)
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Molinia caerulea 'Dauerstrahl' - moor grass (Europe/Asia)
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Molinia caerulea 'Moorflamme' - moor flame grass (Europe/Asia)
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Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' - red switch grass (Nova Scotia and Quebec to Manitoba and Montana south to Arizona, Mexico, and into he West Indies.)
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Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Cassian' - fountain grass (Japan and Southeast Asia)
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Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues' - little bluestem (S. scoparium is native to New Brunswick and Quebec to Alberta south to Florida and Mexico. S. scoparium 'The Blues' is propagated only by division.)
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Sesleria autumnalis - autumn moor grass (Europe)
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Sesleria nitida - nest moor grass (central and southern Italy.)
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Sorghastrum nutans 'Sioux Blue' - Indian Grass (Horticultural origin. S. nutans is native to Quebec and Maine to Manitoba and North Dakota south to Florida, Arizona, and Mexico. 'Sioux Blue' propagated only by division.)
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Sporobolus heterolepis - prairie dropseed (Quebec to Saskatchewan south to Connecticut, eastern Texas, and Colorado. )
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Sporobolus heterolepis 'Tara' - prairie dropseed (S. heterolepis is native to Quebec to Saskatchewan south to Connecticut, eastern Texas, and Colorado.)
trees
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Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata' - European hornbeam (Europe and Asia Minor)
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Cercis canadensis - Eastern redbud (Native to Illinois; SE Canada, E United States, NE Mexico)
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Chionanthus virginicus - fringe tree (North America)
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Crataegus crus-galli inermis 'Cruzam' - crusader thornless cockspur hawthorn (horticultural origin, Quebec to North Carolina for the straight species)
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Fagus sylvatica - European beech (Europe)
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Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky coffee tree (Native to Illinois; Central and Eastern North America)
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Prunus sargentii - sargent cherry (Japan, Korea)
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Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis' - higan cherry (cultivar of Horticultural origin; Prunus subhirtella from Japan)
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Quercus macrocarpa x bicolor 'Schuettii' - burr oak (Northern Illinois native, a naturally occuring hybrid)
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Robinia pseudoacacia 'Chicago Blues' - black locust (City of Chicago forester, Bob Benjamin, discovered this cultivar here in Chicago. Robinia pseudoacacia is native to Illinois; Eastern and Central United States)
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Thuja occidentalis 'Brabant' - arborvitae (Europe)
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Thuja occidentalis 'Nigra' - American arborvitae (Native)
