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1 Parthenocissus quinquefolia
VITACEAE
Virginia creeper USDA zones 03a-10b Various
2 Parthenocissus tricuspidata
VITACEAE
Boston ivy USDA zones 04a-10b Various
3 Penstemon gentianoides
SCROPHULARIACEAE
beardtongue USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun to light shade
4 Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Blue Spire'
LABIATAE
Russian sage USDA zones 05a-09b Full sun
5 Phellodendron amurense
RUTACEAE
Amur cork tree
huang bai
Chinese cork tree
USDA zones 04a-07b Full sun
6 Phlox subulata 'Sampson'
USDA zones 04a-10b Various
7 Physocarpus opulifolius
ROSACEAE
common ninebark USDA zones 02a-10b Various
8 Picea glauca
PICEACEAE
white spruce USDA zones 02a-07b Full sun to partial shade
9 Pinus mugo
PINACEAE
mugo pine USDA zones 02a-10b Various
10 Pinus nigra
PINACEAE
Austrian pine USDA zones 02a-10b Full sun
11 Pinus rigida
PINACEAE
pitch pine USDA zones 04a-10b Various
12 Pittosporum tobira
PITTOSPORACEAE
Japanese cheesewood
Japanese pittosporum
mock orange
USDA zones 08a-10b Various
13 Polygonum affine 'Superbum'
POLYGONACEAE
USDA zones 04a-07b Various
14 Polygonum aubertii
POLYGONACEAE
Chinese fleecevine
silver-lace vine
USDA zones 04a-07b Various
15 Polygonum cuspidatum var. compactum
POLYGONACEAE
knotweed
Reynoutria fleeceflower
USDA zones 04a-10b Various
16 Populus alba
SALICACEAE
white poplar
silver poplar
USDA zones 03a-10b Various
17 Populus tremuloides
SALICACEAE
quaking aspen
trembling aspen
quiverleaf
USDA zones 04a-09b Full sun
18 Potentilla
POTENTILLACEAE
cinquefoil Not classified Various
19 Potentilla fruticosa
POTENTILLACEAE
bush cinquefoil
shrubby cinquefoil
longacre potentilla
USDA zones 02a-10b Various
20 Potentilla tridentata
POTENTILLACEAE
cinquefoil USDA zones 03a-10b Various
21 Prunus americana
PRUNACEAE
wild plum
file prune
wild cherry
American plum
USDA zones 03a-10b Various
22 Prunus caroliniana
PRUNACEAE
Carolina laurel cherry USDA zones 04a-10b Full sun to partial shade
23 Prunus laurocerasus
PRUNACEAE
cherry laurel USDA zones 04a-10b Full sun to partial shade
24 Prunus maritima
PRUNACEAE
beach plum USDA zones 03a-10b Various
25 Prunus serotina
PRUNACEAE
wild black cherry USDA zones 03a-10b Various
26 Prunus virginiana
PRUNACEAE
chokecherry USDA zones 02a-10b Various
27 Pyracantha coccinea
ROSACEAE
scarlet firethorn USDA zones 06a-10b Various
28 Quercus macrocarpa
QUERCACEAE
bur oak USDA zones 02a-10b Various
29 Quercus marilandica
QUERCACEAE
blackjack oak USDA zones 06a-10b Various
30 Quercus suber
QUERCACEAE
cork oak USDA zones 04a-08b Full sun
31 Ranunculus asiaticus
RANUNCULACEAE
Persian buttercups USDA zones 08a-11 Various
32 Raphiolepis umbellata
Yeddo hawthorn USDA zones 07a-10b Various
33 Ratibida columnifera
COMPOSITAE
upright prairie coneflower
Mexican hat
USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun to partial shade
34 Ratibida pinnata
COMPOSITAE
pinnate prairie coneflower
gray-headed coneflower
USDA zones 03a-08b Full sun to partial shade
35 Rhamnus
RHAMNACEAE
buckthorn Not classified Various
36 Rhus aromatica
RHOACEAE
fragrant sumac USDA zones 03a-10b Various
37 Rhus copallinum
RHOACEAE
shining sumac
flaming sumac
USDA zones 04a-10b Various
38 Rhus glabra
RHOACEAE
smooth sumac USDA zones 02a-10b Various
39 Rhus typhina
RHOACEAE
staghorn sumac USDA zones 03a-10b Various
40 Ribes alpinum
RIBESIACEAE
alpine currant USDA zones 02a-10b Various
41 Ribes speciosum
RIBESIACEAE
fuchsia-flowered gooseberry USDA zones 06a-08b Full sun to partial shade
42 Ribes viburnifolium
RIBESIACEAE
island gooseberry
Catalina perfume
evergreen currant
USDA zones 09a-10b Various
43 Robinia pseudoacacia
ROBINIACEAE
black locust
honey locust
USDA zones 03a-10b Various
44 Rosa banksiae
ROSACEAE
Banksian rose
Lady Bank's rose
USDA zones 05a-10b Various
45 Rosa rugosa
ROSACEAE
rugosa rose
Japanese ramanas rose
shrub rose
USDA zones 02a-10b Various
46 Rosa spinosissima
ROSACEAE
Scotch rose
burnet rose
USDA zones 04a-10b Various
47 Rosa virginiana
ROSACEAE
Virginia rose USDA zones 03a-10b Various
48 Rosmarinus officinalis
rosemary USDA zones 07a-10b Various
49 Rosmarinus officinalis var. prostratus
trailing rosemary USDA zones 07a-10b Various
50 Ruscus aculeatus
RUSCACEAE
butcher's broom USDA zones 07a-10b Various
51 Salvia clevelandii
SALVIACEAE
fragrant sage
Cleveland sage
USDA zones 09a-10b Full sun
52 Salvia coccinea
SALVIACEAE
blood sage
Texas sage
Tropical sage
USDA zones 04a-10b Full sun
53 Salvia greggii
SALVIACEAE
autumn sage USDA zones 07a-10b Full sun
54 Santolina chamaecyparissus
SANTOLINACEAE
lavender cotton USDA zones 06a-10b Various
55 Santolina virens
SANTOLINACEAE
green lavender cotton USDA zones 06a-10b Various
56 Sanvitalia procumbens 'Gold Braid'
COMPOSITAE
creeping zinnia
trailing santivalia
Not classified Full sun
57 Sanvitalia procumbens 'Mandarin Orange'
COMPOSITAE
trailing santivalia
creeping zinnia
Not classified Full sun
58 Saponaria ocymoides
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
rock soapwort USDA zones 04a-09b Various
59 Scaevola 'Mauve Clusters'
SCAEVOLACEAE
USDA zones 09a-10b Various
60 Schinus molle
SCHINACEAE
Peruvian peppertree
California peppertree
USDA zones 09a-10b Various
61 Scilla siberica
SCILLACEAE
Siberian squill USDA zones 01-08b Various
62 Shepherdia argentea
ELAEAGNACEAE
silver buffaloberry
buffalo cherry
Nebraska currant
USDA zones 02a-10b Various
63 Shepherdia canadensis
ELAEAGNACEAE
russet buffaloberry
Canadian buffalo cherry
USDA zones 02a-10b Various
64 Solanum jasminoides
SOLANACEAE
jasmine nightshade
potato vine
USDA zones 07a-09b Various
65 Solidago sphacelata
autumn goldenrod USDA zones 03a-10b Full sun to partial shade
66 Sophora japonica
Japanese pagoda tree
scholar tree
Chinese scholar tree
USDA zones 04a-10b Various
67 Sorbus aucuparia
SORBACEAE
European mountain ash
rowan tree
rogn
USDA zones 03a-10b Various
68 Sparaxis
IRIDACEAE
wandflower
Harlequin flower
USDA zones 09a-09b Various
69 Sphaeralcea ambigua
MALVACEAE
desert mallow USDA zones 06a-10b Full sun
70 Sphaeralcea coccinea
MALVACEAE
scarlet globe mallow
prairie mallow
USDA zones 03a-10b Full sun
71 Sphaeralcea munroana
MALVACEAE
Munro's globe mallow USDA zones 04a-10b Full sun
72 Stachys byzantina
woolly hedge nettle
lamb's ears
USDA zones 04a-10b Various
73 Symphoricarpos albus
snowberry USDA zones 03a-10b Various
74 Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
coralberry
Indian currant
USDA zones 02a-10b Various
75 Syringa vulgaris
SYRINGACEAE
dark purple French lilac USDA zones 03a-10b Various
76 Tamarix
TAMARICACEAE
tamarisk Not classified Various
77 Tecomaria capensis
BIGNONIACEAE
cape honeysuckle USDA zones 08a-10b Various
78 Ternstroemia gymnanthera
TERNSTROEMIACEAE
ternstroemia USDA zones 07a-11 Full sun to partial shade
79 Teucrium chamaedrys
wall germander
wild germander
USDA zones 06a-11 Various
80 Thymus quinquecostatus
thyme USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun
81 Thymus serpyllum
European wild thyme
mother of thyme
serpolet
creeping thyme
USDA zones 04a-10b Various
82 Tithonia rotundifolia
COMPOSITAE
clavel de muerto
Mexican sunflower
Not classified Full sun
83 Tulipa spp.
TULIPACEAE
tulip USDA zones 03a-10b Full sun
84 Ulmus alata
ULMACEAE
winged elm USDA zones 06a-10b Various
85 Ulmus parvifolia
ULMACEAE
Chinese elm
lacebark elm
evergreen elm
USDA zones 03a-10b Various
86 Ulmus pumila
ULMACEAE
Siberian elm
dwarf elm
USDA zones 03a-09b Various
87 Verbena bonariensis
VERBENACEAE
giant verbena
Brazilian verbena
USDA zones 08a-11 Full sun
88 Verbena x hybrida
VERBENACEAE
garden verbena USDA zones 08a-11 Full sun
89 Veronica longifolia
VERONICACEAE
longleaf speedwell USDA zones 04a-08b Full sun to light shade
90 Veronica spicata
VERONICACEAE
spiked speedwell USDA zones 04a-08b Full sun to light shade
91 Veronicastrum virginicum 'Album'
SCROPHULARIACEAE
blackroot USDA zones 04a-08b Full sun to partial shade
92 Veronicastrum virginicum 'Roseum'
SCROPHULARIACEAE
blackroot USDA zones 04a-08b Full sun to partial shade
93 Viburnum lentago
VIBURNACEAE
nannyberry
wild raisin
sheepberry
USDA zones 02a-10b Various
94 Viburnum prunifolium
VIBURNACEAE
stagberry
black haw
USDA zones 03a-10b Various
95 Vitex agnus-castus
VITICACEAE
chastetree
agnus castus
USDA zones 06a-07b Various
96 Wisteria sinensis
Chinese wisteria USDA zones 05a-10b Various
97 Yucca filamentosa
YUCCACEAE
Adam's needle USDA zones 04a-10b Various
98 Yucca filamentosa 'Bright Edge'
YUCCACEAE
yucca USDA zones 04a-09b Full sun
99 Yucca filamentosa 'Golden Sword'
YUCCACEAE
yucca USDA zones 04a-09b Full sun
100 Yucca glauca
YUCCACEAE
soapweed USDA zones 05a-10b Various
101 Yucca recurvifolia
YUCCACEAE
soft leaf yucca USDA zones 04a-09b Full sun
102 Zauschneria californica
ONAGRACEAE
California fuchsia USDA zones 08a-11 Full sun
103 Zelkova serrata
ULMACEAE
Japanese zelkova
saw-leaf zelkova
USDA zones 05a-08b Full sun
104 Zephyranthes
ZEPHYRANTHACEAE
rain lily
fairy lily
Zephyr lily
USDA zones 07a-07b Various

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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