50) Agapanthus africanus

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: African lily

Family name: Amaryllidaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 8-10

Height: 50-60cm

Spread: 50-60cm

Requirements: Full sun to part shade

Leaf arrangement: sword-shaped, linear, green

Flower /fruit description(s): funnel-shaped flowers, upright

Suitable uses: container, border, cut flower

Quick ID description: funnel-shaped, herbaceous perennial, linear

Bloom time: June to July

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49) Bergenia crassifolia

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: pig squeak

Family name: Saxifragaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8

Height: 30-50cm

Spread: 25-30cm

Requirements: moist, well-drained soils in part shade, low maintenance, hardy

Leaf arrangement: leathery, toothed, obovate-rounded green leaves

Flower /fruit description(s): lavender pink, ligid, leafless

Suitable uses: ground cover, border fronts

Quick ID description: evergreen, ground cover, hardy

Bloom time: April to May

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48) Phormium tenax

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: New Zealand flax

Family name: Xanthorrhoeaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 9-11

Height: 200-350cm

Spread: 30-100cm

Requirements: Full sun to part shade, dry well-drain

Leaf arrangement: sword-shaped, linear, erect, purple, evergreen

Flower /fruit description(s): showy, dark red flowers, rigid

Suitable uses: container, greenhouse, houseplant, attract birds

Quick ID description: evergreen

Bloom time: rarely flowers

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47) Anemone hupehensis

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: Japanese anemone

Family name: Ranunculaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8

Height: 50-80cm

Spread: 30-50cm

Requirements: Full sun to part shade

Leaf arrangement: compound, palmate leaves, long petiole

Flower /fruit description(s): white, pink, single, cup-shaped

Suitable uses: borders, cottage gardens

Quick ID description: rhizome, aggressive, herbaceous perennial, compound, palmate

Bloom time: August to September

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46) Bidens aurea

Type: Herbaceous perennial, annual or deciduous shrubs

Common name: Arizona beggarticks

Family name: Asteraceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 8

Height: 100-130cm

Spread: 60-100cm

Requirements: full sun, moist but well-drained

Leaf arrangement: opposite, simple or pinnately divided leaves

Flower /fruit description(s): daisy-like flowers

Suitable uses: Borders, wild or naturalized areas

Quick ID description: wild, daisy like, full sun

Bloom time: May to October

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45) Astilbe chinensis

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: Chinese astilbe

Family name: Saxifragaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8

Height: 30-50cm

Spread: 30-50cm

Requirements: medium moisture, well-drained soils in part shade to full shade

Leaf arrangement: compound leaves, sharply toothed

Flower /fruit description(s): dense tiny purple flowers, showy

Suitable uses: shade gardens, woodland gardens, cottage gardens

Quick ID description: shade, compound, tiny, dense, herbaceous perennial

Bloom time: July to August

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44) Indigofera kirilowii

Type: Deciduous shrub

Common name: Chinese indigo

Family name: Fabaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-7

Height: 60-100cm

Spread: 60-100cm

Requirements: medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun.

Leaf arrangement: compound pinnate leaves

Flower /fruit description(s): pea-like flower, dense

Suitable uses: borders as foundation plantings

Quick ID description: shrub, full sun, pinnate, compound

Bloom time: June to July

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43) Sedum ‘Herbstfreude’

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: autumn joy sedum

Family name: Crassulaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-9

Height: 50-60cm

Spread: 50-60cm

Requirements: dry to medium, well-drained soil in full sun. Tolerates very light shade.

Leaf arrangement: yellowish-green leaves

Flower /fruit description(s): tiny, star-like flowers, flattened, attract butterflies

Suitable uses: border, rock garden

Quick ID description: attract butterflies

Bloom time: September to October

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42) gentiana asclepiadea

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: willow gentiana

Family name: Gentianaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9

Height: 60-100cm

Spread: 10-50cm

Requirements: full sun to part shade, moist but well-drained

Leaf arrangement: spirally arranged, lanceolate leaves

Flower /fruit description(s): five pedal, showy, trumpet

Suitable uses: container flower, flower border

Quick ID description: clump-forming, deciduous, partial shade, moist, trumpet

Bloom time: mid-summer

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41) Macleaya cordata

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: plume poppy

Family name: Papaveraceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8

Height: 160-250cm

Spread: 60-110cm

Requirements: sandy, well-drained loams in full sun to part shade.

Leaf arrangement: blue green leaves and gray-white beneath

Flower /fruit description(s): showy, white flowers

Suitable uses: border backgrounds

Quick ID description: showy, large leaves, high, herbaceous perennial

Bloom time: June to August

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