| Picture | Plant Name | Botanical Name | Plant Description |
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| Apache Plume | Fallugia paradoxa | This showy shrub is named after its airy, pink, plumed, silky seedheads that stay with the plant for months preceded by white-rose flowers blooming during late spring and summer. Full sun and dry conditions are this shrub's native habitat. Growth is moderate up to 4 feet wide and tall. |
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| Arnold's Dwarf Forsythia | Forsythia 'Arnold's Dwarf' | A smaller variety of the more commonly used forsythia. The bright green foliage is its major attraction. Sparse small yellow flowers bloom in early spring. Does best in full sun (for best flowering) with moderate water. Arching branches will root where they touch the ground. Grows well as covering for hills and banks. |
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| Beach Strawberry | Fragaria chiloensis | Low-growing, fruit-bearing perennial. One of the parents of the garden strawberry. Native to the Pacific Coasts of North and South America and including Hawaii. Deep green trifoliate leaves have serrated edges. Numerous runners allow the plant to spread into large clumps. Red fruit is edible. Grow in fertile, well-drained soil. Requires moderate amounts of water. |
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| BioMeadow Fescue Mix | Festuca spp. | A mixture of fine fescue grasses including hard fescue (Festuca brevipila), chewings fescue (Festuca rubra subsp. commutata) and red fescue (Festuca rubra). Fine dark green leaves grow from a crown near the soil. Handles cold temperatures well and can be left unmowed for a meadow appearance. It is reported to require less water and fertilizer than Kentucky bluegrass and performs well in both sun and shade. This particular mix is available through BioGrass Sod Farms. |
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| Blue Fescue | Festuca glauca | Small, clump-forming grass. Bluish-green foliage makes a superb color accent. Bears wheat-golden seedhead 6-10" long in May-June. Extremely drought and heat tolerant. Great as a container plant or in masses. Shearing every year in winter will keep this grass at its peak. |
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| Bolero Dwarf Tall Fescue | Festuca arundinacea 'Bolero' | Deep rooted, dark green, cool season perennial turf grass. Tolerates some shade, foot traffic and recovers well after drought. Does best in well drained clay soils. Uses less water than Kentucky bluegrass with a similar look. Tall-fescue leaf blades are generally more coarse but this variety was grown for a finer texture. Best kept cut at 3 inches or longer. Improvements are constantly being made in the varieties available commercially. Consult your local sod or seed provider for information on the best varieties available. |
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| Bonsai Dwarf Tall Fescue | Festuca arundinacea 'Bonsai' | Deep rooted, dark green, cool season perennial turf grass. Tolerates some shade, foot traffic and recovers well after drought. Does best in well drained clay soils. Uses less water than Kentucky bluegrass with a similar look. Best kept cut at 3 inches or longer. Improvements are constantly being made in the varieties available commercially. Consult your local sod or seed provider for information on the best varieties available. |
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| Boulder Blue Fescue | Festuca glauca 'Boulder Blue' | Clump-forming mounded ornamental grass with bluish-gray foliage that is bluer than the species. A prolific bloomer, this grasses seedheads appear late-spring to early-summer. Tolerates some drought and alkaline soils. Pull out dead leaves by hand in the early spring rather than shearing back for a more healthy plant and a natural look. |
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| Dwarf Tall Fescue Mix | Festuca arundinacea | Deep rooted, dark green, cool season perennial turf grass. Tolerates some shade, foot traffic and recovers well after drought. Does best in well drained clay soils. Uses less water than Kentucky bluegrass with a similar look. Best kept cut at 3 inches or longer. This mix is no longer sold, but there are many good seed mixes available. This particular mix is composed of Ninja, Coyote, and Wyatt varieties. Improvements are constantly being made in the varieties available commercially. Consult your local sod or seed provider for information on the best varieties available. |
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| Elijah Blue Fescue | Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' | The bluest of the blue fescues, this is a densely tufted, evergreen, perennial ornamental grass with upright silvery blue-green leaves 4-8" long. Bears wheat-golden seedhead 6-10" long in May-June. Extremely drought and heat tolerant. |
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| F.J. Grootendorst Rose | Rosa 'F.J. Grootendorst' | Upright growing hybrid rugosa rose. Early summer brings crimson red carnation-like flowers with fringed petals. Dark green coarse and leathery leaves grow on very prickly stems. Shows excellent disease resistance. Vigorous and hardy grower. Tolerant of drought once established. |
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| Fairmount Ginkgo | Ginkgo biloba 'Fairmount' | Tall, columnar deciduous tree. Characteristic fan-shaped leaves turn bright yellow in the fall but last only briefly. Spring brings insignificant green flowers with a pleasant fragrance. This male cultivar does not set fruit. Very tolerant of urban areas and adapt well to pollution and compacted soils. A good choice for any landscape. Could be used more often. |
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| Fame Flower | Talinum calycinum | Clump forming perennial native to Missouri. Often found in large colonies in the wild. 5-8 petaled rose pink to red flowers appear in summer. Flowers open at noon and remain open until mid-afternoon. Leaves are narrow and succulent. Well-drained soils are necessary. Ideal for rock gardens. |
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| Fanfare Blanketflower | Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Fanfare' | Large-flowered trumpet-petaled variety of blanketflower. Red centered flowers with bright red petals turning to yellow at the edges adorn this plant from spring to fall. Ornamental puff ball seed heads can be left on or removed to promote more blooming. Outstanding variety of blanketflower. |
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| Fens Ruby Cypress Spurge | Euphorbia cyparissias 'Fens Ruby' | Spreading herbaceous perennial with fine tezxtured foliage. New stems are red-ruby turning to blue-green in maturity. Inconspicuous green flowers appear in summer surrounded by stunning chartreuse flowers. Spreads by underground stems. In certain areas it may become invasive. Good choice for a groundcover. |
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| Fernbush | Chamaebatiaria millefolium | Semi-evergreen shrub native to the western United States. Foliage resembles fern-leaves somewhat like the garden tansy. White clusters of rose-like flowers appear in mid to late-summer. Bark is red and shreddy. Requires very little additional moisture once established. Will adapt to many soil types. |
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| Festiva Maxima Peony | Paeonia lactiflora 'Festiva Maxima' | Clump-forming herbaceous perennial. Abundant mid-green deeply-lobed foliage grows on stiff upright stems. Large fragrant double white flowers are loose and irregularly margined. Center petals are flecked with red at the bases. Plant in fertile well-drained soils. Tolerates some drought once established. |
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| Fiesta Buckwheat | Eriogonum caespitosum | low-growing, mat-forming perennial native to Utah. Yellow-orange flowers grow profusely over silver-grey foliage. Leaves are very small and rounded. Grows naturally in very difficult areas. Requires very little water once established. May be difficult to find in nurseries. |
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| Filigran Russian Sage | Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Filigran' | Upright growing perennial or subshrub. This cultivar is similar to the species but with more finely dissected leaves and smaller form giving it a softer, more lacy look. Small, tubular, lavender-blue flowers are still the best characteristic of this plant. Tolerant of heat, drought, and poor soils. Cut down to the ground every spring. |
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| Fire Chalice | Zauschneria californica | Upright, weakly spreading herbaceous perennial native to the western United States. Dark-green lance-shaped foliage is slightly fuzzy. Bright orange tubular flowers bloom throughout the summer. Performs well with very little water. Some of the specimens in our garden receive no additional moisture. Attracts hummingbirds. |
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