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Creeping Phlox ‘Purple Beauty’ 5 June ’14
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Achillea filipendulina Achillea ‘Moonshine’ (Yarrow)
Achillea Millefolium ‘Cerise Queen’ Magenta Yarrow
Aconitum Monkshood
Ajuga reptans ‘Chocolate Chip’ Bugleweed
Allium christophii ‘Star of Persia’
Allium schoenoprasum sibiricum
Allium × proliferum
Amelanchier alnifolia Saskatoon Berry
Anemone canadensis Windflower FL, JI, CL,
Aquilegia canadensis Canadian Columbine
Armeria maritima Sea Thrift Pink
Artemisia frigida Fringed Sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana Silver Prairie Sage
Artemisia schmidtiana ‘Nana’ Silver Mound
Asclepias spp Tuberosa Butterfly Plant (Orange)
Asclepias Tuberosa Butterfly Flower (pink)
Aster alpinus Alpine aster
Aster novae-angliae New England aster
Astrantia major ‘Ruby Wedding’ Red Masterwort
Aurinia saxatilis ‘Compacta’ Basket-of-Gold Alyssum
Baptisia australis Blue False Indigo
Bistorta officinalis bistort
Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ Feather Reed Grass for FL
Campanula carpitica White Clips Weisse Clips
Campanula cochlearifolio Fairy Thimble Bellflower
Campanula glomerata Dwarf Clustered Bellflower
Campanula persicifolia ‘Takion Blue’ Peachleaf Bellflower
Centaurea montana ‘Gold Bullion’ Perennial cornflower
Centaurea montana Mountain Cornflower
Centaurea pulcherrima Pink Bachelor’s Button Cornflower
Cerastium tomentosum Snow-in-summer
Delphineum Larkspur (light blue)
Delphineum Larkspur for CL
Dianthus Red Border Pinks
Digitalis Foxglove
Doronicum ‘Little Leo’ Leopard’s Bane
Echinacea
Eryngium alpinum Blue Sea Holly for FL
Eschscholzia californica California Poppies
Eupatorium maculatum Joe Pyeweed
Fragaria vesca Wild strawberry
Gentiana acaulis Trumpet Gentian
Gentiana calycosa Pleated gentian
Geranium visscossissimum, Cranesbill Geranium; Sticky Geranium
Geum coccineum Avens ‘Cooky’
Gladiolus
Gladiolus ‘Blue Sky’
Helictotrichon sempervirens Blue oat grass for FL
Heliopsis helianthoides False Sunflower
Hemerocallis ‘Stella de Oro’ Stella d’Oro for CL
Hierochloe odorata sweet grass
Iberis sempervirens Evergreen Candytuft
Incarnata Butterfly plant
Iris ‘Alida’ Dwarf Iris
Iris – Historic tall bearded Iris ‘Mrs. Andrist’
Iris sibirica Siberian iris
Koeleria macrantha Prairie June Grass
Lamium purpureum purple deadnettle
Lamprocapnos spectabilis Bleeding Heart
Lavandula angustifolia English Lavender FL
Leucanthemum vulgare ox-eye daisy
Leucanthemum × superbum Shasta Daisy
Liatris Blazing Star
Lilium
Lilium ‘Forever Susan’ Asiatic Lily
Lilium Oriental Lily (orange)
Lilium Oriental Lily (Pink)
Limonium latifolium Sea Lavender
Lonicera ciliosa Orange Honeysuckle
Lychnis chalcedonica Maltese Cross
Lychnis viscaria German catchfly
Lysimachia nummularia “Aurea” Creeping Jenny
Lysimachia vulgaris Yellow loosestrife
Malva moschata alba White Musk Mallow
Mertensia virginica Virginia bluebell
Monarda fistulosa Bee Balm
Muscari armeniacum Grape hyacinth
Myosotis Alpine Forget-me-not
Nepeta Catmint
Origanum vulgare Oregano
Paeonia Peony
Papaver Nudicaule ‘Champagne Bubbles’ Yellow Iceland Poppy
Papaver orientale ‘Royal Wedding’ Oriental Poppy
Papaver Orientale Oriental Poppy
Penstemon digitalis Beardtongue
Phalaris arundinacea ‘Feesey’ Tricolor Ribbon Grass
Philadelphus Mock orange
Phlox paniculata ‘David’ Garden phlox
Phlox sublata
Phlox sublata ‘Purple Beauty’ Creeping phlox
Phlox sublata ‘Scarlet Flame’ creeping phlox
Phlox sublata Creeping phlox ‘Candytuft Pink Stripe’
Polemonium caeruleum ‘Brise d’Anjou’ Variegated Jacob’s Ladder
Polemonium caeruleum Jacob’s Ladder Blue
Primula denticulata Drumstick Primula
Prunus ‘Romeo’Romeo Cherry
Prunus tomentosa Nanking Cherry
Prunus triloba ‘Multiplex’ Double flowering plum
Pulmonaria officinalis lungwort
Pulsatilla Prairie Crocus
Rosa ‘Morden Sunrise’ Morden Sunrise Rose
Rosa Hybrid Kordesii ‘William Baffin’ William Baffin Explorer Rose
Rosa Innocencia vigorosa
Rosa x Explorer ‘David Thompson’ David Thompson Explorer Rose
Rosa x John Davis John Davis Explorer Rose
Rosa x Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Pilot Rose Pilot Rose
Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’
Salvia hispanica Chia
Salvia nemorosa
Salvia Nemorosa Marcus
Salvia yangii Russian Sage
Salvia × sylvestris ‘Mainacht’ ‘May Night’ Salvia
Scilla luciliae Bossier’s glory-of-the-snow
Scilla siberica Siberian squill
Sedum floriferum ‘Weihenstephaner Gold’
Sedum spurium ‘John Creech’
Sedum spurium red form Dragon’s Blood Stonecrop
Sedum ‘Firecracker’
Silene maritima ‘Weisskehlchen’ Sea Campion *****
Sisyrinchium campestre Prairie Blue-eyed-grass
Stachys byzantina Lamb’s-Ear
Stevia rebaudiana
Syringa vulgaris Common Purple Lilac
Syringa vulgaris Common Purple Lilac
Tall bearded purple Iris Germanica
Thymus Citriodorus ‘Doone Valley’
Thymus praecox ‘Purple carpet’
Thymus praecox subsp. arcticus ‘Languinosus’ Woolly thyme
Thymus serpyllum ‘Pink Chintz’ Creeping thyme
Thymus serpyllum Creeping lemon thyme
Thymus serpyllum var. Albus White creeping thyme
Trifolium repens, the white clover
Trollius Globe flower
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Veronica longifolio ‘Perfectly Picasso’ Speedwell
Veronica longifolio tall blue speedwell
Veronica spicata ‘Giles Van Hees’ Dwarf Spike Speedwell
Veronica spicata Royal Candles Dwarf Spike Speedwell
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