| Phlox subulata |
 | Moss or Creeping phlox |
| Native to Eastern US |
| 3-6 inched tall, 2 ft wide |
| April/may flowering |
| Wide variety of colors |
| Foliage evergreen/great ground cover |
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| Geranium sanguinium |
| Hardy or Perennial Geranium |
| Native to Turkey, India, Tibet |
| 18-24 inched tall, mounding to 1 ft wide |
| Flowers May/June and sporadically all summer |
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| Alchemilla mollis |
| Lady's Mantle |
| Native to Europe |
| Flowers June-July; yellow/green inflorescence |
| Great photograph after a rain |
| 8-10 inches basal foliage and up to 18 inches in
flower |
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| Paeonia lactiflora |
| Garden peony |
| Native to China, Mongolia, Siberia |
| 3 ft, shrubby |
| Flowers June, wide variety of colors and flower types |
| Reasons for poor flowering: insufficient light,
planted too deep, need dividing, improper fertility, excess heat, disease |
| Ants are not harmful or helpful |
| Types of peonies |
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| Phlox paniculata |
| Garden phlox |
| Native to Eastern US |
| 2-4 ft clumps, stiff erect stems |
| Flowers July-Sept; primarily white, pink, purple,
some with eyes and some without eyes |
| Powdery mildew can be a problem, lower leaved will
drop first so plant something shorter in front of it to hide the
possible "bare legs" |
| Remove old flowers to encourage laterals to flower |
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| Artemisia schmidtiana |
| Silver Mound |
| Native to Japan |
| 12 inch mound |
| Flowers in late summer with grayish balls, removal
will keep mound tighter |
| Does well in poor soils |
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| Artemesia ludoviciana |
| 'Silver King' |
| Native to the western half of the US; look along
roads in MN and WI for this one in wild form |
| 2-3 ft tall |
| Flowers in the summer with white dense panicles |
| Valued most for its white/silver foliage and height |
| Tolerates poor soils, can become invasive in rich
soils |
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| Sedum spectabile |
| 'Autumn Joy' |
| Showy Stonecrop |
| Native to Japan |
| 18-24 inches tall |
| Flowers form in early summer and turn from green
dense heads to pink and finally to deep red in late fall |
| Easy and reliable plant |
| Attracts butterflies |
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| Hemerocallis sp. |
| Daylily |
| Native to East Asia |
| 1.5-4 ft tall |
| Sword like leaves that arch over |
| Flowering primarily in July-Aug depending on cultivar |
| Wide variety of color options |
| Low maintenance |
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| Rudbeckia fulgida |
| 'Goldstrum', Black-eyed Susan |
| Native to Eastern North America |
| 30 inches, overall shape is vase-shaped |
| Flowers in August; "cones" persistent and
create winter interest |
| Easy, looks good with pervoskia, ornamental grasses
and Sedum spectabile |
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| Epimedium x rubrum |
| Barrenwort |
| Hybrid origin |
| 8-12 inches tall and mounding to 12 inches wide |
| Flowers in May before the new foliage emerges
therefore cut back the old foliage in early spring to allow full
appreciation of the flowers |
| Tolerates dry shade well; makes an excellent ground
cover and good texture contrast to hosta |
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| Hosta |
| Hosta, Funkia, Plantation Lily |
| Native to China and Japan |
| 3 major heights: less than 12 inches
12 - 30 inches
30 - 48 inches |
| 4 major foliage colors: green, blue, yellow, cream;
the leaves can have 1 or 2 colors typically in various patterns |
| Plant habit is squat rosette to upright vase-shaped
rosette |
| Flowers in mid to late summer, some are fragrant |
| The American Hosta
Society |
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| Pachysandra terminalis |
| Japanese pachysandra or spurge |
| Evergreen |
| 6-8 inches tall, excellent ground cover |
| Flowers of white appear in May and again in Sept but
are not real showy |
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| Cimicifuga racemosa |
| Black Snakeroot, Bugbane |
| Native to Eastern North America |
| Foliage 2-3 ft tall and flower spikes are up to 8 ft
tall |
| Flowers of white fluffy spires appear in June/July |
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| Astilbe x arendsii |
| Astilbe or False spirea |
| Native to China, Japan, Korea |
| Flowers in June and July |
| Moist soil is important |
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Astilbe chinensis 'Pumila'
Astible chinensis 'Taquetii' |
| Dwarf Chinese Astilbe
Chinese Astilbe |
| Both of these are much more tolerant of dry soils
than the arendsii types |
| Both have purple flowers only |
| 'Pumila' is a ground cover and is 8 inches in flower |
| 'Taquetii' is up to 3 ft tall |
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| Bergenia cordifolia |
| Pig Squeak or Heartleaf Bergenia |
| Native to Siberia |
| Evergreen |
| Flowers in large pink/white clusters in April/May |
| Excellent large-leafed perennial for foliar characteristics |
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