ACHILLEA (YARROW)
Cerise Queen

Feathery foliage supports this long blooming rose color cottage garden plant; good for cutting too. Cluster-like flowers.

Blooms: Summer.
Soil: Normal Garden
Height: 12-24 inches
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ACHILLEA (YARROW)
clypeolata

Ferny silver foliage supports this long blooming bright yellow color cottage garden plant; good for cutting too. Cluster-like flowers.

Blooms: Summer
Soil: Normal Garden
Height: 16 inches
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AETHIONEMA
arabicum

Compact, purple evergreen subshrub, vigorous purple bloomer in a rock garden.

Blooms: Early Summer
Soil: Limed Garden
Height: 10 inches
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AETHIONEMA
coridifolium

Dwarf rock garden plant, rose to blue shades, sown early it flowers first year

Blooms: Early Summer
Soil: Limed Garden
Height: 6 inches
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AGASTACHE
aurantiaca

Apricot Sprite aka Apricot Delight, Stunning apricot spikes, sweetly aromatic foliage, compact.

Blooms: Mid Summer thru Fall
Soil: Enriched Well-drained
Height: 16 inches
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AGASTACHE

Silvery-green foliage which is scented unmistakenly of Aniseed. Flower spikes of blue appear during summer. Bees, butterflies and goldfinches love it!

Blooms: Summer
Soil: Fertile Well-drained
Height: 36 inches
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AJUGA
reptans

A low growing evergreen tough creeping groundcover for bold blue massed color in spring; sun or shade. It will spread rapidly from its underground runners.

Blooms: Spring
Soil: Well Drained Garden
Height: 6 inches
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ALCHEMILLA
LADY'S MANTLE

Mollis

Chartreuse flowers in July. Flowers last in water, and can also be dried. Handsome edger, Wonderful for the front of the border, or as groundcover.

Blooms: Summer
Soil: Moist Garden
Height: 16 inches
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AQUILEGIA (COLUMBINE)
caerulea

McKana's Giants Mix Early flowering, many long spurred flowers in red, pink, yellow shades.

Blooms: Mid-spring thru Early-summer
Soil: Normal Garden
Height: 30 inches
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AQUILEGIA
Origami

Blue and white flowers with long spurs. It is valued for its tight, compact habit, free-flowering tendency, and upward-held flowers. A very nice plant to have in the shade area of the garden.

Blooms: Late Spring - Early Summer
Soil: Well Drained Garden Soil
Height: 12 - 18 inches
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ARABIS
blepharophylla

Red Sensation long lived low growing tufted plant with brilliant crimson flowers.

Blooms: Spring
Soil: Well-drained Garden
Height: 6 inches
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ARENARIA
(VERNA AUREA)
Golden Moss Sandwort

Soft green mossy foliage to 2" high. White pinhead flowers, attractive moss like groundcover for between stepping stones.

Blooms: Mid-spring.
Soil: Moist Garden
Height: Groundcover
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ARMERIA
Bees Hybrids

Easily grown long flowering plants with unusual ball shaped flower heads on thin wiry stems which make a pleasant addition to the flower border. They flower and flower the whole summer long, starting in June and often not stopping till early November. Attractive in and out of flower they make pleasing rounded dense cushions of growth which are evergreen through the winter.

Blooms: Summer
Soil: Normal Garden
Height: 24 inches
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ARMERIA (THRIFT)
Laucheana

maritima splendens

The best all round hardy type, rose shades, ultra clean cushion-shaped, wintergreen foliage with long stemmed large globular blooms. Divide often to promote flowering.

Blooms: Early-summer
Soil: Well-drained Garden
Height: 8 inches
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ARMERIA (THRIFT)
Ministicks Rose

maritima splendens

Hardy type, rose shades, ultra clean cushion-shaped, wintergreen foliage with long stemmed large globular blooms. Divide often to promote flowering.

Blooms: Early-summer
Soil: Well-drained Garden
Height: 8 inches
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ARMERIA (THRIFT)
Mix Formula

maritima splendens

Hardy type, mixed colors, ultra clean cushion-shaped, wintergreen foliage with long stemmed large globular blooms. Divide often to promote flowering.

Blooms: Early-summer
Soil: Well-drained Garden
Height: 8 inches
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Armeria maritime
Mini Red-Leaf
Rubrifolia

Blooms are reddish pink, round flower clusters that bob above the dark, reddish purple blades. Great for contrast in the garden or container. It has been suggested fairies use these flowers as balloons when they go on parade.

Blooms: April thru May
Soil: Sandy Loamy
Height: 6-9 inches
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ASTER
asteraceae

This hardy Aster provides dark blue , daisylike flowers that bloom nonstop from midsummer till fall frost. Splendid for beds, borders, bouquets.

Blooms: Mid-summer thru Early-fall
Soil: Fertile Well-drained
Height: 12 inches
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ASTILBE
Finest Mixed Hybrids
arendsii

These superb hybrids with elegant feathery plumes appear for up to four weeks. Delicate fernlike foliage, is ornamental in its own right. For garden or cutting, attracts butterflies.

Blooms: Early-mid summer
Soil: Moist well-drained
Height: 20-24 inches
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