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Calamintha grandiflora ‘Variegata'
Variegated Calamint
Size: 8-10”
Hardiness:
Zones 5-9
Growth Habit: Mounding clump.
Wonderfully aromatic foliage, which is dark green, splashed creamy white. Deep pink blooms all summer. Very showy. Good edging plant for herb, vegetable, or perennial gardens.
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Calamintha nepeta 'Blue Cloud'
Calamint
Size: 1-2'
Hardiness: Zone 5-9
Growth Habit: Compact, upright plant with soft green, round, toothed foliage. Heavily scented tiny blue flowers bloom July - September. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
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Calamintha nepeta 'Gottlieb Friedkund'
Calamint
Size : Up to 1-2'
Hardiness : Zone 4
Growth Habit : Upright, drought resistant.
Large foliage with dark flowers. Long blooming. Dark green foliage with lavender flowers.
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Calamintha nepeta 'Montrose White'
Calamint
Size: 18-24"
Hardiness: Zone 5
Growth Habit: Blooms June - October with white flowers. An improved variety of Calamintha with self-cleaning flowers and an upright habit. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
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Calamintha nepeta 'White Cloud'
Calamint
Size : 18"
Hardiness : Zones 4-7
Growth Habit : Upright, drought resistant.
Bears a multitude of tiny white two-lipped flowers all summer. Compact form, must be planted in well drained soil. Passing touch will release the delightful scent of the foliage.
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Calamintha officinalis
Calamint
Size: 18"
Hardiness: Zone 5
Growth Habit: Pale lavender flowers blooming June - August. Bloom time can be extended with deadheading. Also, tea can be made from the leaves, similar to Bergamot. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
Callirhoe bushii
Buffalo Rose
Size : 24-36"
Hardiness : Zones 4-7
Growth Habit : Midwest native. Thrives in average to dry soils. Blooms June - July with magenta flowers. Delicately formed plant, blending well in any garden.
Camassia leichtlinii (Blue Danube)
Quamash
Size: 3'
Hardiness: Zones 3-8
Growth Habit: North American native. Blooms May - June with dark blue flowers shaped like stars. Foliage is grass-like. Produces a bulb. Is a very hardy plant but prefers moist soil.
Campanula cochlearifolia 'Bavaria White'
Bellflower
Size: 6"
Hardiness: Zones 5-9
Growth Habit: Blooms mid-summer thru early fall. Smooth, herbacious foliage. White flowers. Do not overwater.
Campanula gaganica 'Dickson's Gold'
Bellflower
Size: 4-6"
Hardiness: Zones 3-8
Growth Habit: Gold foliage. Medium blue flowers.
Campanula poscharskyana 'Blue Waterfalls'
Bellflower
Size: 8-10"
Hardiness: Zones 3-7
Growth Habit: Blooms in summer, violet flowers. Long blooming variety. Low, mounding foliage. Cutting back dead blooms will encourage rebloom later in the season. Drought tolerant. Propagation is prohibited on this variety.
Campanula trachelium 'Bernise'
Nettle-leaved Bellflower
Size : 2'
Hardiness : Zone 3-8
Growth Habit : Upright and clumping. Blooms June - July. Deep blue double flowers.
Campanula 'Pink Octopus'
Bellflower
Size: 4-6"
Hardiness: Zones 3-8
Growth Habit: Blooms in summer. Striking pink octopus-like flowers.
Campanula 'Sarastro'
Bellflower
Size : 18"
Hardiness : Zones 5-9
Growth Habit : Spreads nicely. Will re-bloom 4 or 5 times per season. Large, violet-blue flowers. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
Cardamine pratense 'Flore pleno'
Garden Cress
Size : 6"
Hardiness :
Growth Habit : Clump forming.
Double lilac flowers.
Cassia marilandida
Wild Senna
Size : 4-5'
Hardiness : Zones 6-9
Growth Habit : Erect to arching.
Very tropical with its compound leaves. Yellow pea-like flowers mid to late summer.
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Centaurea montana 'Amethyst in Snow'
Bachelor Buttons
Size: 2'
Hardiness: Zones 3-8
Growth Habit: Silvery-green foliage. Blooms white flowers with purple centers. A Blooms of Bressingham variety.
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Centaurea montana 'Gold Buillion'
Bachelor Buttons
Size: 15"
Hardiness: Zones 3-8
Growth Habit: All-gold foliage. Blooms May - June with blue flowers. A Blooms of Bressingham variety.
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Centaurea montana 'Presley's Blue Hawaii'
Bachelor Buttons
Size: 16-20"
Hardiness: Zone 3
Growth Habit: Long blooming variety. Flowers are cobalt blue and bloom July - September. Drought tolerant.
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Centaurea nigra subspecies rivularis
Bachelor Buttons
Size: 1-1.5'
Hardiness: Zones 3-8
Growth Habit: Blooms June - August, dark violet flowers. A more compact variety.
Centaurium erythraea
Feverwort
Size : 6-18"
Hardiness : Zone 5
Growth Habit : Flowers funnel to star shaped. Branches near top.
Rose pink flowers bloom June to Sept.
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Centranthus ruber 'Albus'
Jupiter's Beard
Size: 24-30"
Hardiness: Zones 5-8
Growth Habit: Fleshy foliage. Blooms all summer with white flower plumes.
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Centranthus ruber 'Coccineus'
Jupiter's Beard
Size : 24-30"
Hardiness : Zones 3-7
Growth Habit : Upright and bushy.
Rose-red flowers with fleshy foliage.
Cephalaria gigantea tatarica
Giant Scabies
Size : 8'
Hardiness : Zones 3-8
Growth Habit : Clump-forming, open, airy habit.
Good with tall grasses. Bears primrose yellow pincushion flowerheads 1 1/2 – 2 1/2" in early summer.
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Cerastium alpinum subspecies lanatum
Woolly Snow-in-Summer
Size: 1-2"
Hardiness: Zones 2-9
Growth Habit: Foliage is fuzzy with silver-gray leaves. Blooms late spring - early summer, producing small white flowers. Tolerates drought, poor/sandy soils, and light foot traffic once established. Works best as garden edger or in rock gardens.
Cerastium biebersteinii
Snow-In-The-Summer
Size : 4-8"
Hardiness :
Growth Habit : Spreading groundcover.
White flowers.
Cerastium tomentosum
Snow-In-Summer
Size : 4-5"
Hardiness:
Zone 4
Growth Habit : Mat-forming.
Chaenorrhinum 'Summer Skies'
Dwarf Snapdragon
Size : 10"
Hardiness : Zone 6-9
Growth Habit : Blooms May - September, producing small blue flowers visually resembling snapdragon. Small green leaves. Heat tolerant. Profuse bloomer. Plant in a sunny and warm location for best results from this specimen.
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Chamaemelum nobile 'Treneague'
Roman Chamomile
Size : 2-3"
Hardiness : Zone 5
Growth Habit : Non-flowering. Dense, mat-forming habit.
Requires dry soil.
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Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'
Pink Turtlehead
Size : 2-3'
Hardiness : Zones 4-7
Growth Habit : Stiff and upright.
Rose pink turtle head shaped flowers in August and September. Deep green foliage with red stems that persist most of season. Bronze green early season growth is another distinctive feature.
Chrysanthemum nipponicum
Montauk Daisy
Size: 3-4'
Hardiness: Zones 6-10
Growth Habit: Blooms late summer - early fall. Shiny foliage with large white daisy flowers. Grows into a large, mounding bush form. Attracts bees, butterflies, and birds.
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Cimicifuga racemosa
Fairy Candles
Size: 4-6'
Hardiness: Zones 3-8
Growth Habit: Blooms July - August. White flowers.
Cimicifuga (Actaea) s. 'Black Negligee'
Black Negligee
Size : 2'
Hardiness : Zones 5-9
Growth Habit : Upright, lacy foliage.
White flowers over dark purplish foliage.
Cimicifuga simplex'Brunette'
Fairy Candles
Size: 50"
Hardiness: Zones 3-8
Growth Habit: Deep purple foliage. Blooms August - October with creamy white flowers.
Convallaria majalis
Lily of the Valley
Size : 9"
Hardiness:
Zones 3-8
Growth Habit : Spreading habit.
An heirloom perennial always worthy of a place in a shady yard, great understory ground cover (under trees and large shrubs). Fragrant, tiny, white nodding bells clothed by elliptical leaves in late spring. Combine with ferns, Oxalis or Asarum.
