LAMIASTRUM galeobdolon 'Florentinum'
(LAY-mee-ass-trum) (ga-lee-OB-do-lon) | LAMIFL3 |
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| Common Name: Yellow Archangel |
| Description: Excellent, low ground cover. Marbled silver and green foliage; yellow flowers. |
| Zone: 4 |
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LAMIASTRUM galeobdolon 'Herman's Pride'
(LAY-mee-ass-trum) (ga-lee-OB-do-lon) | LAMIGH3 |
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| Description: Variety with dapples of silver on dark green foliage; yellow flowers. Mounding plant; fast spreading, but not invasive. Good in shade. |
| Zone: 4 |
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LAMIUM maculatum 'Beacon Silver'
(LAY-mee-um) (mak-yew-LAH-tum) | LAMIBS3 |
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| Common Name: Dead Nettle |
| Description: Silver leaves with narrow, green edges; pink flower clusters in spring. Classy ground cover for shade; one of our most popular.
Can be risky to ship in hot weather! |
| Zone: 3 |
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LAMIUM maculatum 'Golden Anniversary' PP #11,783
(LAY-mee-um) (mak-yew-LAH-tum) | LAMIGA3 |
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| Common Name: Dead Nettle |
| Description: Handsome variety with a broad, gold margin and narrow, silver stripe on their leaves. Mauve-pink to purplish flowers in late spring to early summer. Ideal for combination planters. Propagation Prohibited.
Can be risky to ship in hot weather! |
| Zone: 4 |
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LAMIUM maculatum 'Lemon Frost' PP# 20,723
(LAY-mee-um) (mak-yew-LAH-tum) | LAMILF3 |
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| Common Name: Dead Nettle |
| Description: Blooms of lavender flowers above heart-shaped leaves. New growth is lime green. Propagation Prohibited.
Can be risky to ship in hot weather! |
| Zone: 4 |
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LAMIUM maculatum 'Orchid Frost' PP# 11,122
(LAY-mee-um) (mak-yew-LAH-tum) | LAMIOF3 |
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| Common Name: Dead Nettle |
| Description: Mounds of silvery-green leaves edged with blue-green; vivid, orchid-pink flowers mid spring to summer. Excellent for pots, baskets, or ground cover. Propagation Prohibited.
Can be risky to ship in hot weather! |
| Zone: 3 |
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LAMIUM maculatum 'Pink Pewter'
(LAY-mee-um) (mak-yew-LAH-tum) | LAMIPP3 |
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| Common Name: Dead Nettle |
| Description: Like 'White Nancy', except with beautiful, clear pink flowers on low ground cover.
Can be risky to ship in hot weather! |
| Zone: 3 |
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LAMIUM maculatum 'Purple Dragon' PP# 15,890
(LAY-mee-um) (mak-yew-LAH-tum) | LAMIPD3 |
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| Common Name: Dead Nettle |
| Description: Large, deep purple flowers on dense spikes. Showy, vigorous foliage with a silvery sheen. Propagation Prohibited.
Can be risky to ship in hot weather! |
| Zone: 4 |
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LAMIUM maculatum 'White Nancy'
(LAY-mee-um) (mak-yew-LAH-tum) | LAMIWN3 |
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| Common Name: Dead Nettle |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Beautiful, white flowering form of 'Beacon Silver'. Brightens dark locations.
Can be risky to ship in hot weather! |
| Zone: 3 |
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LATHYRUS latifolius Mix
(LATH-er-us) (lat-ih-FOE-lee-us) | LATHMI3 |
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| Common Name: Sweet Pea |
| Description: Assorted colors for ground cover; trailing 6-9' once established. |
| Zone: 4 |
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LEPTINELLA squalida 'Platt's Black'
(lep-tin-EL-a) (SKWAH-li-da) | LEPTPB3 |
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| Description: Tiny, almost black leafed, ferny looking foliage; minute, white, button-like flowers without petals. Perfect for ground cover and trough gardens; truly unique! Prefers moist soil in sun or part shade. |
| Zone: 4 |
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LESPEDEZA thunbergii 'Gibraltar'
(les-pe-DEE-za) (thun-BERG-ee-eye) | LESPGI5 |
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| Common Name: Pink Bush Clover |
| Description: Spectacular selection with arching branches of fine leaves loaded with stunning, deep lavender, pea-like flowers in late summer. |
| Zone: 4 |
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LESPEDEZA thunbergii 'Pink Fountains'
(les-pe-DEE-za) (thun-BERG-ee-eye) | LESPPF5 |
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| Description: Waves of pink flowers mid to late summer and into fall on this weeping form. Semi-woody legume should be cut back in April. |
| Zone: 4 |
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LESPEDEZA thunbergii 'Samindare'
(les-pe-DEE-za) (thun-BERG-ee-eye) | LESPSA5 |
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| Description: Magnificent masses of bright, pea-like flowers with a fuchsia keel mid to late summer. Semi-woody legume that should be cut back to 1' in April. |
| Zone: 4 |
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LEUCANTHEMUM 'Alaska'
(lew-KAN-theh-mum) | LEUCAL3 |
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| Common Name: Shasta Daisy |
| Description: Large, showy, single, white flowers in summer. |
| Zone: 5 |
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LEUCANTHEMUM 'Becky'
(lew-KAN-theh-mum) | LEUCBE5 |
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| Description: 2003 PPA Plant of the Year! Long-lasting, large, 2 1/2-3", single, white daisies with stout stems from mid to late summer. Excellent cut. Very heat tolerant; exceptionally long-lived plants. Vegetatively propagated. Named for Becky Steward of Decatur, GA. |
| Zone: 5 |
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LEUCANTHEMUM Sweet Daisy™ Birdy
(lew-KAN-theh-mum) | LEUCSD5 |
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| Common Name: Daisy |
| Description: 2021 AAS Winner. This leucanthemum is a robust perennial with long lasting white flowers with a yellow disc. Blooms last spring until fall. |
| Zone: 5 |
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LEUCANTHEMUM x 'Exhibition'
(lew-KAN-theh-mum) | LEUCEX3 |
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| Common Name: Shasta Daisy |
| Description: Semi-double, white flowers on strong stems that bloom over a long period of time. Great cut flower.
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| Zone: 5 |
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LEUCANTHEMUM x superbum 'Snowcap'
(lew-KAN-theh-mum) (soo-PER-bum) | LEUCSC3 |
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| Description: Large, white flowers with a yellow eye above compact, dark green foliage. Deadheading will extend the already long bloomtime. |
| Zone: 4 |
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LEWISIA cotyledon Special Mixture
(loo-ISS-ee-ah) (kot-ih-LEE-don) | LEWISM3 |
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| Common Name: Bitter Root |
| Description: Evergreen, succulent rosettes, free flowering with many panicles in white, pink, red, and orange shades in spring. Reblooms until August; requires well-drained soil.
Lewisia, Northwest U.S. native succulents with interesting, fleshy, sometimes crinkly leaves producing clusters of beautiful flowers in pleasing, soft colors, including stripes. Must have sharp drainage in scree or slope and be protected from winter wet. |
| Zone: 5 |
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LEWISIA x longipetala 'Little Plum'
(loo-ISS-ee-ah) (lon-gee-PET-a-la) | LEWILP3 |
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| Common Name: Bitter Root |
| Description: Large, intense rose-purple flowers with a touch of orange at first on short, upright stems. Lanceolate leaves in strong rosettes. Blooms May-June, reblooms in September. Easy to grow.
Lewisia, Northwest U.S. native succulents with interesting, fleshy, sometimes crinkly leaves producing clusters of beautiful flowers in pleasing, soft colors, including stripes. Must have sharp drainage in scree or slope and be protected from winter wet. |
| Zone: 4 |
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LIATRIS aspera
(lee-AT-tris) (ASS-per-ah) | LIATAS3 |
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| Common Name: Rough Blazing Star |
| Description: Broadly rounded, pink flower heads with curled margins. Enjoys sandy soil and dry, open spaces. |
| Zone: 3 |
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LIATRIS ligulistylis
(lee-AT-tris) (lig-yew-lis-STY-lis) | LIATLI3 |
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| Common Name: Large-headed Liatris |
| Description: 2017 GreatPlants™ Perennial of the Year. Outstanding, Great Plains native. Large, purple florets on long spike with terminal flower being the largest. Blooms July to September. An Eastern South Dakota ecotype. |
| Zone: 4 |
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LIATRIS microcephala
(lee-AT-tris) (mik-ro-SEF-a-la) | LIATMI3 |
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| Common Name: Tiny-headed Liatris, Dense Gentian |
| Description: Multi-stemmed, Southeastern U.S. native; excellent landscape plant with lavender flowers. |
| Zone: 3 |
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LIATRIS punctata
(lee-AT-tris) (punk-TA-ta) | LIATPU3 |
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| Common Name: Blazing Star, Gayfeather |
| Description: Numerous, pink flower stalks mid-late summer. Native to dry soils of the Western prairies. |
| Zone: 3 |
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LIATRIS pycnostachya
(lee-AT-tris) (pik-no-STAK-ee-a) | LIATPY3 |
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| Common Name: Thickspike Gayfeather |
| Description: Rosy-purple flower spikes on 3-4' stalks; fine cut flowers. |
| Zone: 3 |
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LIATRIS pycnostachya 'Eureka'
(lee-AT-tris) (pik-no-STAK-ee-a) | LIATEU3 |
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| Common Name: Button Snakeroot |
| Description: 2006 GreatPlantsTM Release! Outstanding native of Great Plains wet prairies. Bred and selected by Dr. Sotero Salac and kept going by Dr. William Gustafson, both of UNL. Breath-taking in the garden and vibrantly vivacious as a florist's crop. Produces a 1'+ dense spike crowded with reddish-purple, long lasting flowers. |
| Zone: 3 |
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LIATRIS spicata
(lee-AT-tris) (spih-KAH-tah) | LIATSP3 |
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| Common Name: Spiked Gayfefather |
| Description: Early blooming native; lavender flowers. |
| Zone: 3 |
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LIATRIS spicata 'Alba'
(lee-AT-tris) (spih-KAH-tah) | LIATAL3 |
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| Common Name: Blazing Star, Gayfeather |
| Description: White flowered Gayfeather. |
| Zone: 3 |
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LIATRIS spicata 'Floristan Violett'
(lee-AT-tris) (spih-KAH-tah) | LIATFV3 |
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| Common Name: Blazing Star, Gayfeather |
| Description: Violet-purple spikes, excellent for cutting. |
| Zone: 3 |
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