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1 Abelia x grandiflora
CAPRIFOLIACEAE		 glossy abelia USDA zones 05a-10b Various
2 Acacia dealbata
ACACIACEAE		 silver wattle USDA zones 08a-11 Full sun
3 Acacia dealbata 'Variegatus'
ACACIACEAE		 silver wattle USDA zones 09a-11 Full sun
4 Acanthopanax sieboldianus
ARALIACEAE		 fiveleaf aralia USDA zones 04a-10b Various
5 Acer ginnala
ACERACEAE		 Amur maple
Ginnala maple		 USDA zones 02a-10b Various
6 Achillea tomentosa
COMPOSITAE		 wooly yarrow USDA zones 04a-10b Various
7 Acidanthera bicolor
IRIDACEAE		 magpie gladiolus
Abyssinian gladiolus
peacock orchid		 USDA zones 07a-10b Various
8 Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum'
UMBELLIFERAE		 variegated bishop's goutweed USDA zones 04a-10b Various
9 Ailanthus altissima
AILANTHACEAE		 tree of heaven
chun pi		 USDA zones 04a-10b Various
10 Amorpha canescens
 leadplant USDA zones 03a-10b Various
11 Anemone blanda
ANEMONACEAE		 Greek thimbleweed
Greek anemone		 USDA zones 06a-10b Various
12 Antennaria dioica var. rosea
COMPOSITAE		 pussytoes USDA zones 04a-08b Various
13 Anthemis sancti-johannis
ANTHEMIDACEAE		 St. John's chamomile USDA zones 03a-08b Full sun
14 Anthemis tinctoria 'E.C. Buxton'
ANTHEMIDACEAE		 chamomile USDA zones 03a-08b Full sun
15 Anthemis tinctoria 'Kelwayi'
ANTHEMIDACEAE		 chamomile USDA zones 03a-08b Full sun
16 Anthemis tinctoria 'Moonlight'
ANTHEMIDACEAE		 chamomile USDA zones 03a-08b Full sun
17 Arabis alpina
 rock cress USDA zones 06a-09b Various
18 Arabis caucasica
 gray rockcress
wall cress		 USDA zones 04a-08b Various
19 Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
ARCTOSTAPHYLACEAE		 bearberry
melbaer
uva-ursi
kinnikinnick		 USDA zones 02a-10b Various
20 Aronia melanocarpa
ROSACEAE		 black chokecherry USDA zones 03a-10b Various
21 Artemisia absinthium
ARTEMISIACEAE		 wormwood
absinthe		 USDA zones 04a-09b Various
22 Artemisia caucasica
ARTEMISIACEAE		 silver spreader USDA zones 05a-09b Various
23 Artemisia ludoviciana
ARTEMISIACEAE		 prairie sagebrush
western sage		 USDA zones 05a-09b Various
24 Artemisia schmidtiana 'Nana'
ARTEMISIACEAE		 USDA zones 04a-09b Various
25 Artemisia schmidtiana 'Silver Mound'
ARTEMISIACEAE		 USDA zones 04a-09b Various
26 Artemisia stelleriana
ARTEMISIACEAE		 old woman
beach wormwood		 USDA zones 03a-09b Various
27 Aster novae-angliae 'Alma Potschke'
COMPOSITAE		 New England aster USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun
28 Aster novi-belgii 'Professor Kippenburg'
COMPOSITAE		 aster USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun
29 Atriplex semibaccata
ATRIPLICACEAE		 Australian saltbush USDA zones 08a-10b Various
30 Aurinia saxatilis 'Citrina'
CRUCIFERAE		 basket-of-gold USDA zones 04a-10b Various
31 Baccharis halimifolia
 USDA zones 05a-10b Various
32 Baccharis pilularis
 dwarf coyote brush USDA zones 08a-10b Various
33 Baptisia alba
LEGUMINOSAE		 false indigo
white wild indigo		 USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun
34 Baptisia australis
LEGUMINOSAE		 wild indigo
false indigo		 USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun
35 Begonia x semperflorens-coltorum
BEGONIACEAE		 wax begonia
bedding begonia		 Above 40� F Partial to full shade
36 Berberis buxifolia 'Nana'
BERBERIDACEAE		 barberry USDA zones 04a-09b Full sun to light shade
37 Berberis thunbergii
BERBERIDACEAE		 Japanese barberry USDA zones 04a-10b Various
38 Berberis thunbergii 'Crimson Pygmy'
BERBERIDACEAE		 Crimson pygmy barberry USDA zones 04a-10b Various
39 Berberis x mentorensis
BERBERIDACEAE		 mentor barberry USDA zones 04a-08b Various
40 Bergenia crassifolia
SAXIFRAGACEAE		 USDA zones 03a-10b Various
41 Bougainvillea glabra
BOUGAINVILLEACEAE		 paperflower USDA zones 10a-10b Various
42 Brodiaea californica
ALLIACEAE		 wild hyacinth USDA zones 05a-11 Full sun to partial shade
43 Brodiaea elegans
ALLIACEAE		 harvest brodiaea USDA zones 05a-11 Full sun to partial shade
44 Brodiaea pulchella
ALLIACEAE		 wild hyacinth USDA zones 05a-11 Full sun to partial shade
45 Buddleja davidii
BUDDLEJACEAE		 Orange-eye butterflybush USDA zones 05a-09b Various
46 Calamagrostis x acutifolia
 feather reed grass USDA zones 06a-09b Full sun
47 Callirhoe digitata
MALVACEAE		 fringed poppy mallow USDA zones 03a-10b Full sun
48 Callirhoe papaver
MALVACEAE		 poppy mallow USDA zones 05a-08b Full sun
49 Campsis radicans
BIGNONIACEAE		 trumpet creeper USDA zones 04a-10b Various
50 Caragana arborescens
LEGUMINOSAE		 Siberian pea shrub USDA zones 02a-07b Various
51 Carya glabra
JUGLANDACEAE		 pignut hickory USDA zones 05a-10b Various
52 Caryopteris x clandonensis
 blue-mist shrub
blue spirea		 USDA zones 05a-10b Various
53 Ceanothus americanus
RHAMNACEAE		 New Jersey tea USDA zones 03a-10b Various
54 Ceanothus gloriosus
RHAMNACEAE		 Point Reyes ceanothus USDA zones 08a-10b Various
55 Celtis occidentalis
CELTIDACEAE		 hackberry USDA zones 03a-10b Various
56 Cephalophyllum 'Red Spike'
AIZOACEAE		 USDA zones 09a-10b Various
57 Cerastium tomentosum
CERASTIACEAE		 snow-in-summer USDA zones 04a-10b Various
58 Cissus antartica
CISSACEAE		 Kangaroo ivy USDA zones 10a-10b Various
59 Cistus salviifolius
CISTACEAE		 salvia cistus
sageleaf rockrose		 USDA zones 09a-10b Various
60 Clematis ligusticifolia
CLEMATIDACEAE		 western virgin's bower USDA zones 03a-10b Various
61 Comptonia peregrina
 sweet fern USDA zones 02a-10b Various
62 Convolvulus mauritanicus
CONVOLVULACEAE		 ground morning glory USDA zones 08a-10b Various
63 Cordia boissieri
CORDIACEAE		 anacahuita
Texas olive		 USDA zones 09a-09b Full sun to partial shade
64 Cornus racemosa
CORNACEAE		 gray dogwood
panicled dogwood		 USDA zones 04a-10b Various
65 Corylus americana
CORYLACEAE		 American hazelnut
American filbert		 USDA zones 07a-10b Various
66 Cotoneaster adpressus
ROSACEAE		 creeping cotoneaster USDA zones 04a-10b Various
67 Cotoneaster dammeri
ROSACEAE		 bearberry cotoneaster USDA zones 05a-10b Various
68 Cotoneaster dammeri 'Canadian Creeper'
ROSACEAE		 cotoneaster USDA zones 07a-09b Full sun to partial shade
69 Crataegus phaenopyrum
 Washington hawthorn USDA zones 05a-08b Full sun
70 Crataegus viridis 'Winter King'
 green hawthorn USDA zones 05a-08b Full sun
71 Crocosmia
IRIDACEAE		 crocosmia USDA zones 08a-10b Various
72 Crocus flavus
CROCACEAE		 yellow crocus USDA zones 03a-10b Various
73 Cupressus macrocarpa
CUPRESSACEAE		 Monterey cypress USDA zones 07a-10b Various
74 Cytisus x praecox
 Warminster broom USDA zones 06a-10b Various
75 Dalea greggii
LEGUMINOSAE		 Gregg's prairie clover
trailing indigo bush		 USDA zones 09a-10b Various
76 Delosperma litorale
AIZOACEAE		 seaside delosperma
iceplant		 Not classified Various
77 Diervilla lonicera
DIERVILLACEAE		 dwarf bush honeysuckle USDA zones 03a-10b Various
78 Duchesnea indica
ROSACEAE		 Indian strawberry
mock strawberry		 USDA zones 03a-10b Various
79 Echinacea pallida
COMPOSITAE		 pale cone-flower USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun to light shade
80 Echinacea purpurea 'Bright Star'
COMPOSITAE		 purple cone-flower USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun to light shade
81 Echinacea purpurea 'Robert Bloom'
COMPOSITAE		 purple cone-flower USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun to light shade
82 Echinacea purpurea 'White Luster'
COMPOSITAE		 purple cone-flower USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun to light shade
83 Echinops exaltatus
ECHINOPACEAE		 tall globethistle
Russian globethistle		 USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun
84 Echinops ritro
ECHINOPACEAE		 small globethistle USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun
85 Echinops ritro 'Taplow Blue'
ECHINOPACEAE		 globethistle USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun
86 Elaeagnus angustifolia
ELAEAGNACEAE		 Russian olive
wild olive
oleaster
tree of paradise		 USDA zones 02a-10b Various
87 Elaeagnus commutata
ELAEAGNACEAE		 silverberry USDA zones 01-10b Various
88 Elaeagnus x ebbingei 'Gilt Edge'
ELAEAGNACEAE		 oleaster USDA zones 02a-09b Full sun
89 Eremurus
ASPHODELACEAE		 foxtail lily USDA zones 05a-09b Various
90 Erianthus
 winter aconite USDA zones 04a-09b Various
91 Erigeron karvinskianus
 Latin American fleabane
Mexican daisy
Santa Barbara daisy		 USDA zones 09a-10b Various
92 Eriogonum umbellatum
ERIOGONACEAE		 wild buck-wheat
sulpher flower		 USDA zones 03a-10b Various
93 Erythronium spp.
ERYTHRONIACEAE		 USDA zones 03a-09b Various
94 Escallonia organensis
ESCALLONIACEAE		 escallonia USDA zones 08a-10b Full sun
95 Eucalyptus spp.
 Not classified Various
96 Euonymus fortunei var. radicans
EUONYMACEAE		 wintercreeper USDA zones 05a-09b Various
97 Euonymus japonica
EUONYMACEAE		 Japanese spindletree
Japanese euonymus		 USDA zones 04a-09b Various
98 Eupatorium fistulosum
EUPATORIACEAE		 trumpetweed
hollow joepyeweed		 USDA zones 05a-11 Full sun to partial shade
99 Eupatorium maculatum
EUPATORIACEAE		 smokeweed
joepyeweed		 USDA zones 05a-11 Full sun to partial shade
100 Euphorbia marginata
EUPHORBIACEAE		 snow-on-the-mountain USDA zones 06a-10b Various

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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