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20) Eschscholzia californica

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: California poppy

Family name: Papaveraceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-10

Height: 30-45cm

Spread: 30-45cm

Requirements: well-drained soils in full sun, love heat and tolerant drought, not invasive in Vancouver (more moisture in winter), the poor the soil is the better it grows

Leaf arrangement: smooth pattern, fern-like, blue-green leaves.

Flower /fruit description(s): orange, single, cup-shaped, 4 petal, capsule seeds

Suitable uses: brown field, rocky

Quick ID description: hardy, herbaceous perennial

Bloom time: June to July

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Source: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b753

19) Saxifraga stolonifera

Type: Broadleaf evergreen

Common name: strawberry begonia

Family name: Saxifragaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-9

Height: 15-45cm

Spread: 30-60cm

Requirements: medium water, Part shade to full shade, more shade, bigger leave, look even better

Leaf arrangement: evergreen, leave looks like begonia

Flower /fruit description(s): white flowers, each flower laving two larger lower petals and four small upper petals

Suitable uses: ground cover, shady, woodland gardens, near stream, ponds

Quick ID description: grown like strawberry but leave like begonia

Bloom time: May to June

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Source: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=c251

18) Verbascum chaixii

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Album’, ‘Sixteen Candles’

Common name: nettle-leaved mullein

Family name: Plantaginaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-8

Height: 60-90cm

Spread: 45-60cm

Requirements: average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun

Leaf arrangement: narrow leave, ovate-oblong

Flower /fruit description(s): five lobed, nearly flat

Suitable uses: border, cottage gardens

Quick ID description: herbaceous perennial, ovate-oblong, five lobed

Bloom time: May to July

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Source: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=j110

17) Trachelospermum jasminoides

Type: Vine

Common name: Confederate jasmine

Family name: Apocynaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 8 to 10

Requirements: medium wet, well-drained loams in part shade.

Leaf arrangement: opposite, glossy, dies back in winter

Flower /fruit description(s): lovely smell, like jasmine, bud twist, creamy

Suitable uses: attract bees, container plant, houseplant

Quick ID description: vine, lovely smell, twist

Bloom time: May to June

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Source: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a155

16) Heuchera micrantha ‘Palace Purple’

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: Palace Purple alum root

Family name: Saxifragaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9

Height: 30-60cm

Spread: 30-45cm

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

Leaf arrangement: maple like foliage, long petiole, deep purple to bronze-green

Flower /fruit description(s): tiny, pinkish, bell-shaped

Suitable uses: ground cover, rock garden, woodland garden or shade garden

Quick ID description: purple to bronze, bell shaped, herbaceous perennial

Bloom time: June to July

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Source: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=d240

15) Verbena bonariensis

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: tall verbena

Family name: Verbenaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-11

Height: 1600-180cm

Spread: 30-40cm

Requirements: moist, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade, tolerate poor soil

Leaf arrangement: leathery, tiny

Flower /fruit description(s): lavender purple, tiny

Suitable uses: attract butterfly, mixed borders, meadow, cottage gardens

Quick ID description: super open, leathery, careful when you put

Bloom time: June to frost

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Source: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a111

14) Digitalis purpurea

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Pam’s Choice’, ‘Suuton’s Apricot’

Common name: foxglove

Family name: Plantaginaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8

Height: 75-90cm

Spread: 30-45cm

Requirements: average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.

Leaf arrangement: oblong, light green

Flower /fruit description(s): tubular, funnel-shaped, rose-pink to purple, purple and white spots inside, nectar guide

Suitable uses: attract humming birds, bumble bee

Quick ID description: Herbaceous perennial, nectar guide, humming birds, bumble bees, tunnel,

Bloom time: May to June

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Source: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=c530

13) Hosta ‘Fortunei Albomarginata’

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Halcyon’,’Patriot’,’Elegans’

Common name: variegated Fortune hosta

Family name: Asparagaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8

Height: 60-70cm

Spread: 120-150cm

Requirements: moist, organically rich, well-drained soils in part shade to full shade. Tolerate dry out.

Leaf arrangement: parallel vein, tough leave, channel in the petiole

Flower /fruit description(s): funnel-shaped

Suitable uses: attract humming bird, bees, and butterfly; groups or massed, background plant, shdy borders, woodland gardens, shade gardens.

Quick ID description: herbaceous perennial, rhizomatous, funnel-shaped, channel on the petiole

Bloom time: July to August

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Source: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=248644&isprofile=0&

12) Alchemilla mollis

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: lady’s mantle

Family name: Rosaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8

Height: 30-45cm

Spread: 45-60cm

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

Leaf arrangement: toothed, soft hair, light green, long-stalked

Flower /fruit description(s): star shape, tiny

Suitable uses: border, cottage garden, dried flower

Quick ID description: self-seed, herbaceous perennial

Bloom time: May to July

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Source: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b210