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Achillea millifolium 'Terracotta'

Achillea millifolium 'Terracotta'

Common Name: Terracotta Yarrow

Native to Europe and Asia

Among the flowering plants you will find few that are as tough as yarrow. This trouper tolerates drought & commonly appears in inhospitable disturbed sites.  Foliage, however, looks delicate and ferny. Bloom time is long and flowers attract …

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Agastache 'Blue Fortune'

Agastache 'Blue Fortune'

Common Name: Blue Fortune anise hyssop

Native to North America (cultivar)

 Fragrant foliage deters deer and rabbits, while the lavender blue flowers attract pollinators, including butterflies and hummingbirds, all summer long.  Prefers well drained moist soil. Medium salt tolerance.

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Andropogon gerardii

Andropogon gerardii

Common Name: Big bluestem

Native to North America

Classic grass of the tall grass prairies, tolerates a wide variety of soils in full sun, good livestock forage. 

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Andropogon ternarius

Andropogon ternarius

Common Name: splitbeard bluestem

Splitbeard Bluestem is a native ornamental warm-season perennial bunchgrass. It grows up to 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide.  Native to meadows, plains and open woodlands in well drained or sandy soils with low fertility. Prefers full sun…

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Andropogon virginicus

Andropogon virginicus

Common Name: Broom sedge

Native to North America

Short, warm season bunch grass, with golden fall color. Tolerates drought and poor soils. 

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Antennaria plantaginifolia

Antennaria plantaginifolia

Common Name: Plantain-leaved pussytoes

Native to North America

Flowers, April through June, are white with a gentle kiss of pink.  Excellent ground-cover for dry, and shallow rockly soils in full sun.  Stoloniferous, and allelopathic, they spread to form a weedless ground-cover.  Plants a…

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Aster azureus

Aster azureus

Common Name: skyblue aster

Native to North America

Extremely drought tolerant aster excellent for dry rocky or shallow soil.  Attractive to butterflies and pollinators. Self seeds and spreads by rhizomes making it perfect for erosion control.  

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Aster ericoides

Aster ericoides

Common Name: heath aster

Native to North America

Along with the goldenrods and native grasses, asters are the quintessential herbaceous fall color plants of North America.  This one is a compact bushy perennial with pubescent gray-green leaves.  Aster ericoides thrives in sun a…

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Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurry'

Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurry'

Common Name: Snow Flurry heath aster

Native to North America (cultivar)

The fine foliage of Aster ericoides, and the trailing habit of this selection make this essential in the landscape border.  Allow it to flow over a wall, or let it ramble along the ground.  Low maintenance and salt tolerant, this can be…

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Aster macrophyllus

Aster macrophyllus

Common Name: Big leaf aster

Native to North America

Vigorously growing aster has large heart shaped basal leaves, can form dense carpets. 

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Aster macrophyllus 'Twilight'

Aster macrophyllus 'Twilight'

Common Name: Twilight big leaf aster

Native to North America (cultivar)

Aster macrophyllus ‘Twilight’ is a naturally occuring cross between Aster spectabilis and Aster macrophylla and begins the growing season as a rosette of large heart shaped basal leaves.  For a month o…

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Aster novi-belgii

Aster novi-belgii

Common Name: New York aster

Native to North America

Rhizomatous species with violet or blue flowers. 

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Aster puniceus

Aster puniceus

Common Name: Purple stemmed aster

Native to North America

Found along creeks, pond's edge. Great naturalizer for moist areas. 

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