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Pelargonium × hortorum Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsOrder: GeranialesFamily: GeraniaceaeGenus: PelargoniumSpecies: Pelargonium × hortorumBinomial Name: Pelargonium × hortorum L.H. Bailey, 1916Hybrid parentage: chiefly Pelargonium zonale × Pelargonium inquinans Common Names by Region Zonal Geranium (English, general)Garden Geranium / Bedding
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Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’ Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsOrder: LamialesFamily: LamiaceaeSubfamily: NepetoideaeGenus: SalviaSpecies: Salvia guaraniticaBinomial Name: Salvia guaranitica A.St.-Hil. ex Benth., 1833Cultivar: ‘Black and Blue’ Common Names by Region Anise Sage / Anise-scented Sage (English, general)Blue Anise Sage
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Pulmonaria rubra Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description General Appearance Pulmonaria rubra is a low-growing, clump-forming herbaceous perennial that earns its place in the garden primarily through timing — it is among the earliest plants to flower in the temperate
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Megaskepasma erythrochlamys Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description General Appearance Megaskepasma erythrochlamys is a large, bold tropical shrub that announces itself from across a garden. Mature plants form dense, upright to slightly arching mounds of deep green foliage, typically 6–10
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Rudbeckia triloba Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Growth Habit Brown-eyed Susan is a short-lived herbaceous perennial, often behaving as a biennial, that grows in an upright, branching form from a basal rosette in its first season. In its second
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Tithonia rotundifolia Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Growth Habit Tithonia rotundifolia is a vigorous, coarse-textured annual in temperate cultivation, behaving as a perennial in its native tropical range where it can reach 4 meters in height. In gardens it
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Vinca minor ‘Argenteovariegata’ Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Growth Habit Vinca minor ‘Argenteovariegata’ is a low, trailing evergreen subshrub that spreads along the ground by rooting at stem nodes, forming dense, interlocking mats typically 10–20 cm tall. It spreads
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Ornithogalum divergenss Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Growth Habit Ornithogalum divergens is a small bulbous perennial growing from a white, tunicate bulb. Plants typically reach 15–30 cm in height and spread gradually into loose colonies through a combination of
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Gladiolus × hybridus ‘Priscilla’ Taxonomy Description Growth Habit A tall, stately, upright herbaceous perennial grown from corms. Typically reaches 3–4 feet in height under average garden conditions, with well-supported stems capable of exceeding 4 feet. Growth is strongly vertical and linear,
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Ratibida columnifera Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsOrder: AsteralesFamily: AsteraceaeGenus: RatibidaSpecies: Ratibida columnifera Common Names by Region Prairie ConeflowerMexican HatUpright Prairie ConeflowerLonghead ConeflowerThimbleflower Description Growth Habit An upright, herbaceous perennial wildflower. Typically grows 1–3 feet tall, occasionally taller in fertile