Botanical Name
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Common Name
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Care
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Description
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Cost-Gallon
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Cost-4"
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| Lamium galeobdolon |
Hermann's Pride |
Part Shade |
A well behaved plant that doesn't spread. Lovely silver foliage 12" tall with spikes of small yellow flowers. |
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$4.00 |
| Lamium maculatum |
Checkers |
Part Shade Moist |
A larger variety of Lamium with silver splashed green leaves and red purple flowers. Plant these in dry shade if you want to keep them in check. Height 1 1/2ft. Hardy to Zone 4. |
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$3.00 |
| Lamium maculatum |
Pink Pewter |
Part Shade Moist |
Green edged silver leaves contrast beautifully with pink flowers that bloom all season. Excellent ground cover for shade. Height 6in. Hardy to Zone 4. |
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$3.00 |
| Laurentia fluviatilis |
Blue Star Creeper |
Sun to Part Shade |
One of the best for planting between stepping stones or as a small lawn substitute. It takes foot traffic well and has beautiful sky blue flowers all season. Height 1/2 - 3in. Hardy to Zone 6. |
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$3.00 |
| Lavandula angustifolia |
English Lavender |
Sun Well Drained |
A large hardy Lavender. Classic fragrance with lovely gray foliage. Height 3ft. Hardy to Zone 5. |
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$3.00 |
| Lavandula angustifolia hyb. |
Hidcote |
Sun Well Drained |
Compact growth habit with dark violet blue flowers. Cold hardy herb. Height 12 - 15in. Hardy to Zone 5. |
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$4.00 |
| Lavandula angustifolia hyb. |
Munstead |
Sun Well Drained |
Similar to the classic English Lavender with more compact growth. Height 18in. Hardy to Zone 5. |
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$4.00 |
| Lavatera cachmeriana |
Kashmir Tree Mallow |
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Bright pink flowers with darker veins July thru September on tall branching plant. For those of us who love the Tree Mallows, but live in colder climates. Height to 8ft. Hardy to Zone 3! |
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$4.50 |
| Leucanthemum x superbum |
Dwarf Shasta Daisy/Snow Lady |
Sun-Avg. Soil |
For us Daisy lovers with "little space". A continuous bloomer, covered in 2 1/2" flowers on compact 12" to 18" plants. Hardy Zones 5-9. |
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$3.50 |
| Lewisia cotyledon |
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Sun Well Drained |
A native for every rock garden. Beautiful flowers in pinks, salmon, peach to orange, many striped or bi-colored, above succulent rosettes of leaves. Grow in up to 75% sand. Height 12in. Hardy to Zone 5. |
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$5.00 |
| Lewisia rediviva |
Bitter Root |
Dry in Summer/Sun Very Well Drained |
A little plant with comparativelylarge flowers of pink to white, that bloom after the foliage dies back May thru July. Keep on the dry side all summer. A special plant for the rock garden. |
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$5.00 |
| Lewisia tweedyi |
Trough Garden Plant |
Sun Well Drained |
With the largest flowers of its genus of gorgeous shimmering peach, its worth the extra care required to grow. Full sun, extremely well drained soil, and protection from winter wet. |
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$12.00 |
| Liatris spicata |
Blazing Stars/Gay Feather |
Sun Well Drained |
Orchid purple fuzzy spikes to 15" long over grassy foliage blooms July through August. Height 3ft. Hardy to Zone 3. |
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$3.00 |
| Liatris spicata |
Floristan White |
Sun Well Drained |
Pure white version of the above with much larger flower spikes. Height 3 1/2ft. Hardy to Zone 3. |
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$3.00 |
| Limonium latifolium |
Sea Lavender |
Sun Well Drained |
A lavender blue haze of tiny flowers blooming mid to late summer, over flat leathery leaves. Excellent cut or dried flower. Height 2 1/2ft. Hardy to Zone 5 - 6. |
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$4.50 |
| Lobelia siphilitica |
Indian Blue |
Sun Part Shade Moist |
Perennial with blue flowers in spikes that bloom August through frost with glossy green leaves. Height 3ft. Hardy to Zone 5. |
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$4.00 |
| Lomatium greyi |
Pungent Desert Parsley |
Full Sun/Dry Soil |
Perfect for dry areas under eves, or where the sprinklers miss. Umbels of yellow flowers over ferny blue-green foliage with a strong parsley scent. Dry out during summer dormancy. Height 12" - 18". Hardy to Zone 5. |
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$6.00 |
| Lupinus polyphyllus |
Lupine Russel Hybrids Blues |
Sun Average Soil |
Stately plants with dense spikes of flowers. Height 4ft. Hardy to Zone 4. |
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$3.50 |
| Lupinus polyphyllus |
Lupine Russel Hybrids Burgandy |
Sun Well Drained |
Stately plants with dense spikes of flowers. Height to 4ft. Hardy to Zone 4. |
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$3.50 |
| Lupinus polyphyllus |
Lupine Russel Hybrids Pink |
Sun Average Soil |
Stately plants with dense spikes of flowers. Height 4ft. Hardy to Zone 4. |
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$3.50 |
| Lupinus polyphyllus |
Lupine Russel Hybrids Reds |
Sun Average Soil |
Stately plants with dense spikes of flowers. Height 4ft. Hardy to Zone 4. |
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$3.50 |
| Lupinus polyphyllus |
Lupine Russel Hybrids White |
Sun Average Soil |
Stately plants with dense spikes of flowers. Height 4ft. Hardy to Zone 4. |
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$3.50 |
| Lupinus polyphyllus |
Lupine Russel Hybrids Yellow |
Sun Average Soil |
Stately plants with dense spikes of flowers. Height 4ft. Hardy to Zone 4. |
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$3.50 |
| Lychnis chalcedonia |
Red Maltese Cross |
Sun Well Drained |
A hummingbird favorite. Terminal clusters of true red. Keep seed heads cut back to prolong blooming June through September. Height 3ft. Hardy to Zone 3. |
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$3.00 |
| Lychnis chalcedonia |
Summer Sparkle Mixed Colors |
Sun Well Drained |
A mix of pink, white and red "Maltese Cross". Easy to grow and long blooming if dead headed. Height 3ft. Hardy to Zone 3. |
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$3.00 |
| Lychnis coronaria |
Mullein Pink / Rose Campion |
Sun Well Drained |
White wooly foliage contrasts with electric fuchsia red flowers. This is an old time favorite. Height 2 1/2 - 3ft. Hardy to Zone 3. |
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$3.00 |
| Lychnis coronaria |
White Mullein Pink / Rose Campion |
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White flowers with pink center over white wooly foliage. Height 2 1/2 - 3ft. Hardy to Zone 3. |
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$3.00 |
| Lychnis yunnanensis |
Yunnan Catchfly |
Sun |
Bright rose pink flowers on short spikes that bloom June through July over grassy tufts of foliage. A very sweet rock garden plant. Height 6 - 8in. Hardy to Zone 3. |
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$4.00 |
| Lysimachia ciliata purpurea |
Purple Leaf Loosestrife |
Part Shade Moist |
Lovely purple/red foliage terminating in leafy whorls of small yellow flowers. Height 2 1/2 - 3 1/2ft. Hardy to Zone 4. |
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$4.00 |
| Lysimachia clethroides |
Gooseneck Loosestrife |
Part Shade Moist |
Tiny white flowers in terminal spikes July - August. Makes large clumps in moist soil. Excellent cut flowers. Height 2-3ft. Hardy to Zone 3. |
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$3.00 |
| Lysimachia nummularia |
Creeping Jenny - Moneywort |
Sun Part Shade Avg. |
Versatile creeper for baskets, erosion control or as an oxygenator for water gardens. Yellow flowers from May through September. Height 2in. Hardy to Zone 3. |
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$3.00 |
| Lysimachia punctata |
Yellow Loosestrife |
Sun Part Shade Avg. |
Leaves and yellow star flowers in whorls up the stems make this an excellent cut flower. It blooms June through July and is not at all like the Purple Loose Strife. Height 3ft. Hardy to Zone 4. |
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$3.00 |
