CAREX pensylvanica
(KARE-eks) (pen-sil-VAN-ih-kuh) | GRCAPV5 |
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| Common Name: Pennsylvania Sedge, Common Oak Carex |
| Description: North American native with slender, upright, green blades. Looks like green tufts with gold highlights in autumn. Semi-evergreen in mild climates; does well under oak trees. Deer resistant. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CAREX plantaginea
(KARE-eks) (plan-ta-JIN-ee-ah) | GRCAPL5 |
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| Common Name: Plaintain Sedge |
| Description: Evergreen, clump-forming sedge with broad, almost Hosta-like, soft green foliage with handsome veining. Lovely ground cover that is easy and dependable, even for dry shade. |
| Zone: 4 |
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CAREX rosea
(KARE-eks) | GRCARO3 |
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| Common Name: Rosy Sedge, Curly Wood Sedge |
| Description: This native sedge to North America grows in compact clumps with delicate, arching foliage in both wet and dry areas; including difficult, dry, part shade areas.
Photo compliments Hoffman Nursery, Inc.
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| Zone: 4 |
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CAREX sprengelii
(KARE-eks) | GRCASP3 |
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| Common Name: Long-beaked sedge |
| Description: Bright green glossy blades of foliage with pendulous green to brown seed heads. Good clump type grass that will grow in various locations as ground cover.Photo courtesy Bob Henrickson,NE Statewide Arboretum. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CAREX vulpinoidea
(KARE-eks)(vul-PIN-oy-dee-ah) | GRCAVU5 |
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| Common Name: Sedge |
| Description: Light green foliage that grows in an arching habit; used for erosion control, naturalizing, and rain garden. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CARYOPTERIS clandonensis 'First Choice' PP# 11,958
(kare-ee-OP-ter-iss) (klan-don-EN-sis) | CARYFC3 |
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| Common Name: Blue Mist Spirea |
| Description: Ink blue buds, dark purple-blue flowers earlier than other cultivars. Dense, dark green foliage; compact habit. Propagation Prohibited.
Root hardy to Zone 4, but may die back to the ground in Zones 4 and 5. |
| Zone: 5 |
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CEANOTHUS americanus
(see-ah-NO-thuss) (a-mer-ih-KAH-nus) | CEANAM3 |
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| Common Name: New Jersey Tea, Wild Snowball |
| Description: Clusters of white flowers; native shrub. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CENTAUREA montana
(sen-TOR-ee-a) (mon-TAN-ah) | CENTMO3 |
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| Common Name: Mountain Bluet |
| Description: Large, spidery, violet-blue cornflower with reddish highlight in center. Flowers in June-July. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CENTRANTHUS ruber 'Albus'
(sen-TRAN-thus) (REW-ber) | CENTAL3 |
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| Common Name: Red Valerian |
| Description: White flowered form of Centranthus ruber. |
| Zone: 5 |
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CENTRANTHUS ruber 'Pretty Betsy'
(sen-TRAN-thus) (REW-ber) | CENTPB3 |
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| Common Name: Red Valerian |
| Description: Red flowered selection; glossy foliage. Species has been widely used along Nebraska roadsides. |
| Zone: 5 |
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CERASTIUM tomentosum
(ser-ASS-tee-um) (toe-men-TOE-sum) | CERATO3 |
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| Common Name: Snow in Summer |
| Description: Low spreading, silver-gray carpet. Masses of white flowers in summer. Needs a well-drained site. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CERATOSTIGMA plumbaginoides
(sir-at-oh-STIG-mah) (plum-bah-gi-NOY-deez) | CERAPL3 |
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| Common Name: Plumbago, Leadwort |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Intense blue flowers; glossy green foliage. Low ground cover; late to break dormancy. |
| Zone: 5 |
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CHASMANTHIUM latifolium
(chas-man-THEE-um) (lat-ih-FOE-lee-um) | GRCHLA8 |
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| Common Name: Northern Sea Oats |
| Description: Grass with attractive seed heads. Useful for groups or massing. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CHASMANTHIUM latifolium
(chas-man-THEE-um) (lat-ih-FOE-lee-um) | GRCHLA5 |
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| Common Name: Northern Sea Oats |
| Description: Grass with attractive seed heads. Useful for groups or massing. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CHASMANTHIUM latifolium
(chas-man-THEE-um) (lat-ih-FOE-lee-um) | GRCHLA3 |
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| Common Name: Northern Sea Oats |
| Description: Grass with attractive seed heads. Useful for groups or massing. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CHELONE glabra
(kee-LO-nay) (GLA-bra) | CHELGL5 |
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| Common Name: Turtlehead, Snakehead |
| Description: Creamy-white flowers with pink tinge in late summer resembles a turtle's head. Good plant for moist or wet areas. Ovate, shiny, rich, dark green leaves. Pinch to reduce height. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CHELONE glabra
(kee-LO-nay) (GLA-bra) | CHELGL3 |
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| Common Name: Turtlehead, Snakehead |
| Description: Creamy-white flowers with pink tinge in late summer resembles a turtle's head. Good plant for moist or wet areas. Ovate, shiny, rich, dark green leaves. Pinch to reduce height. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CHELONE glabra 'Black Ace'
(kee-LO-nay) | CHELBA5 |
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| Common Name: Turtlehead, Snakehead |
| Description: Dark green foliage that starts out with a bronzy to black cast topped by creamy-white flowers in late summer. Likes a moist area. Height 3-4', up to 6' under optimal conditions. |
| Zone: 5 |
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CHELONE lyonii 'Hot Lips'
(kee-LO-nay) (ly-ON-ee-eye) | CHELHL5 |
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| Common Name: Turtlehead, Snakehead |
| Description: 2012 Great PlantsTM Perennial of the Year. Deeper colored, hot pink flowers on this recent selection of the wetland native. Glossy, dark green leaves tinted bronze in spring and its red stems add interest. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CHLOROPHYTUM comosum 'Milky Way'
(klo-RO-fi-tum) (ko-MO-sum) | CHLOMW3 |
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| Common Name: Variegated Airplane Plant, Spider Plant |
| Description: Beautiful, arching, grass-like leaves with white media. Attractive in hanging baskets, mixed planters, and garden edging. Produces flowers and plantlets on long, arching runners (airplanes). |
| Zone: 9 |
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CHRYSANTHEMUM 'Clara Curtis'
(kris-ANTH-e-mum) | CHRYCC3 |
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| Description: Hundreds of large, single, salmon-pink daisies in fall. |
| Zone: 4 |
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CHRYSANTHEMUM 'Mary Stoker'
(kris-ANTH-e-mum) | CHRYMS3 |
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| Description: Exciting variety with straw-yellow flowers turning golden with age. |
| Zone: 4 |
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CITRUS limon 'Variegata'
(SIT-rus) (lee-MON) | CITRLV5 |
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| Common Name: Variegated Lemon |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Strikingly beautiful, creamy margined foliage; has some thorns. An outstanding plant for the patio container and conservatory, especially in fragrant bloom. Fruits are useable. |
| Zone: 9 |
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CLEMATIS 'Arabella'
(clem-AT-iss) | CLEMAR4 |
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| Description: Very free-flowering over a long period of time from June to October with mid-blue flowers and cream anthers. A hardy variety which can be used as a ground cover. PG3.
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| Zone: 4 |
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CLEMATIS 'Blekitny Aniol' (Blue Angel)
(klem-AT-iss) | CLEMBA4 |
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| Description: Pale blue-violet, crepe-like sepals with green-yellow stamens from early summer to early fall. PG3.
(Our picture is more pink than what the flower is.) |
| Zone: 4 |
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CLEMATIS 'Blue Explosion'PBR
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| Description: 2011 release from Szczepan Marczynski that produces abundant blossoms of blue flowers with pink pigmentation on the top of the sepals; semi-full on previous years shoots in May-June and another flush in July til mid-September. PG2 |
| Zone: 4 |
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CLEMATIS 'Comtesse de Bouchaud'
(klem-AT-iss) | CLEMCD4 |
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| Description: Bright pink flowers with deeper bars early-late summer. Very free flowering. Vigorous variety. PG3. |
| Zone: 4 |
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CLEMATIS 'Guernsey Cream'
(klem-AT-iss) | CLEMGC4 |
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| Description: Well-formed, full, creamy-yellow, 5" flowers May-June, reblooming in September. Very early and free-flowering, compact plants. Avoid full sun site. PG2. |
| Zone: 4 |
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CLEMATIS 'H.F. Young'
(klem-AT-iss) | CLEMYO4 |
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| Description: Bright mid-blue, up to 8" flowers with 8, wide, over-lapping sepals with wavy edges. Creamy stamens in May-June, reblooming in September. Bushy plants. PG2. |
| Zone: 4 |
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CLEMATIS 'Hagley Hybrid' ['Pink Chiffon']
(klem-AT-iss) | CLEMHH4 |
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| Description: Very floriferous cultivar with large, single, saucer-shaped, showy pink flowers with chocolate-brown centers July-September. Avoid full sun. PG3 |
| Zone: 4 |
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