40) Houttuynia cordata

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Chameleon’

Common name: lizard plant

Family name: Asteraceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-10

Height: 25-50cm

Spread: 30-60cm

Requirements: Full sun to part shade, medium to wet, tolerant heavy shade

Leaf arrangement: ovate dark blue-green leaves, strong smell, used for cook

Flower /fruit description(s): showy, small flower

Suitable uses: water plant, rain garden

Quick ID description: strong smell, ovate, edible

Bloom time: May to June

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Source: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a638

39) Ligularia ‘The Rocket’

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: leopard plant

Family name: Asteraceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8

Height: 100-160cm

Spread: 60-130cm

Requirements: medium to wet soils in part shade to full shade

Leaf arrangement: large, long-petioled, heat-shaped leaves, wine marks

Flower /fruit description(s): small, bright, lemon yellow, dense racemes

Suitable uses: wet areas, woodland gardens

Quick ID description: wet areas, large leave, yellow flower, herbaceous perennial

Bloom time: June to July

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38) Allium giganteum

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: giant purple allium

Family name: Amarylidaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-8

Height: 100-160cm

Spread: 50-60cm

Requirements: well-drained soils in full sun.

Leaf arrangement: grayish-green, lie on the ground, line shape

Flower /fruit description(s): round ball-like flower, made of thousands of tiny flowers

Suitable uses: boarder background

Quick ID description: round, high, onion, herbaceous perennial

Bloom time: May to June

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Source: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=j250

37) Agastache foeniculum

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: anise hyssop

Family name: Lamiaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8

Height: 60-130cm

Spread: 50-100cm

Requirements: dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Best in full sun.

Leaf arrangement: ovate green leaves, toothed margins

Flower /fruit description(s): showy, dense, lovely smell, attractive to bees, hummingbirds and butterflies.

Suitable uses: well behave—stands up, should plant more

Quick ID description: lovely smell, not invasive

Bloom time: June to September

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Source: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=d554

36) Caryopteris x clandonensis

Type: sub-shrub

Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Longwood Blue’ ‘Dark Knight’ ‘Snow Fairy’ ‘Blue Mist’ ‘SUNSHINE BLUE’

Common name: hybrid bluebeard

Family name: Lamiaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9

Height: 30-50cm

Spread: 30-50cm

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

Leaf arrangement: fragrant, ovate, silvery-gray

Flower /fruit description(s): fragrant, showy, violet-blue

Suitable uses: attract butterflies,

Quick ID description: fragrant, drought tolerant, full sun, herbaceous perennial, sub-shrub

Bloom time: July to September

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35) Lysimachia clethroides

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: gooseneck loosestrife

Family name: Primulaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8

Height: 60-100cm

Spread: 60-130cm

Requirements: well-drained soil in full sun to part shade, moisture

Leaf arrangement: ovate leaves, green leaves

Flower /fruit description(s): star like flower, tiny, dense, showy

Suitable uses: remote part of the border, wild garden

Quick ID description: underground stems, star-like, ovate, moisture, showy

Bloom time: June to July

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34) Equisetum hyemale

Type: Rush or Sedge

Common name: scouring rush

Family name: Equisetaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9

Height: 60cm-130cm

Spread: 30cm-200cm

Requirements: medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade

Leaf arrangement: rigid, rough, vertically, like bamboo

Flower /fruit description(s): non flower

Suitable uses: better be put in a rock river

Quick ID description: rhizomatous, evergreen, rush, sedge, bamboo like

Bloom time: Non-flower

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33) Chamerion angustifolium

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: fireweed

Family name: Onagraceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 2-7

Height: 60-130cm

Spread: 30-100cm

Requirements: rich, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade, but don’t like shade. Leaf arrangement: willow leaves, pinnately-veined.

Flower /fruit description(s): lilac-purple, outward-facing, has unopened flower bud on the top

Suitable uses: Normally been seen in a cut over fire place.

Quick ID description: Herbaceous perennial, willowed leaves, don’t like shade, place after fire

Bloom time: June to September

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32) Leucanthemum x superbum

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: Shasta daisy

Family name: Asteraceae

Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Becky’ ‘Alaska’ ‘Crazy Daisy’ ‘Snowcap’ ‘Sunny Side Up’ ‘Polaris’ ‘Snow Lady’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9

Height: 1m-1.3m

Spread: 60-100cm

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

Leaf arrangement: glossy dark green leaves

Flower /fruit description(s): daisy like flower

Suitable uses: border

Quick ID description: should not be made into a cut flower because of the strong smell

Bloom time: July to Semptember

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31) Zantedeschia aethiopica

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: Calla lily

Family name: Araceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 8-10

Height: 60cm-100cm

Spread: 50cm-60cm

Requirements: tolerant wet soil, will grow 1.5m in shade. Best in moist soils with full sun to part shade.

Leaf arrangement: stemless, rise directly from rhizomes

Flower /fruit description(s): white showy flower with a yellow stalk in the middle

Suitable uses: borders, containers, pond, water gardens

Quick ID description: showy, herbaceous perennial, wet tolerant

Bloom time: June to July

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