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I know it seems strange to talk about drought tolerant plants while
living in the Northwest.
Yet drought tolerant designs can help us reduce our water usage, and
are great for areas that don’t get water regularly. Many
drought tolerant plants also tolerate poor to average soil
conditions.
Following is a list of some of our favorite drought tolerant plants
that you can work into your landscape design. Remember these plants
will need to become established with regular watering before they become
drought tolerant.
Trees
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Botanical Name:
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Common Name:
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Sun / Shade:
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Albizia
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Silk Tree
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Sun
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Calocedrus decurrens
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Incense Cedar
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Sun
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Cedrus deodara
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Deodor Cedar
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Sun
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Cupressus
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Cypress
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Sun
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Ficus carica
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Fig (edible)
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Sun
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Juglans
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Walnut
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Sun
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Koelreuteria paniculata
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Goldenrain Tree
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Sun
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Picea
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Spruce
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Sun
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Pinus
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Pine
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Sun
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Quercus
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Oak
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Sun
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Robinia
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Locust
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Sun
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Shrubs
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Botanical Name:
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Common Name:
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Sun / Shade:
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Arbutus
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Strawberry Bush
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Sun
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Campsis radicans (vine)
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Trumpet Creeper
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Sun
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Caryopteris
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Bluebeard
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Sun
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Ceonothus
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California Lilac
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Sun
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Cercis occidentalis
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Redbud
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Sun
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Cistus
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Rockrose
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Sun
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Euonymus japonica
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Evergreen Euonymus
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Sun
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Juniperus
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Juniper
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Sun
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Lavandula
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Lavender
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Sun
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Lavatera
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Tree Mallow
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Sun
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Lonicera (vine)
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Honeysuckle
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Sun
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Photinia x fraseri
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Photinia
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Sun
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Pyracantha
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Firethorn
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Sun
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Rosmarinus
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Rosemary
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Sun
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Ornamental Grasses and Grass-Like Plants
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Botanical Name:
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Common Name:
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Sun / Shade:
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Chasmanthium latifolium
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Northern Sea Oats
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PM shade
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Carex buchananii, comans, flagellifera,
testacea
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Sedge
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Sun
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Festuca
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Fescue
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Sun
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Helictotrichon sempervirens
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Blue Oat Grass
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Sun
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Miscanthus
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Maiden Grass
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Sun
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Muhlenbergia
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Pink Muhly Grass
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Sun
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Panicum
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Switch Grass
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Sun
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Stipa
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Needle Grass
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Sun
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Groundcover & Vines
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Botanical Name:
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Common Name:
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Sun / Shade:
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Acaena
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New Zealand Burr
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PM Shade
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Aegopodium
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Bishop's Weed
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PM Shade
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Ajuga
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Carpet Bugle
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PM Shade
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Anthemis
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Chamomile
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Sun
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Arabis caucasica
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Rockcress
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Sun
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Arctostaphylos
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Kinnikinnick
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Sun
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Armeria
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Sea Thrift
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Sun
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Aubrietia
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False Rockcress
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Sun
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Aurinia saxatilis
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Basket of Gold
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Sun
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Cerastium
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Snow in Summer
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Sun
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Ceratostigma
plumbaginoides
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Plumbago
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Sun
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Cotoneaster
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Cotoneaster
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Sun
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Epimedium
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Bishop's Hat
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PM Shade
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Gallium odoratum
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Sweet Woodruff
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PM Shade
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Helianthemum
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Sun Rose
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Sun
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Hypericum
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St. John's Wort
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Sun
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Mahonia
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Oregon Grape
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PM Shade
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Polygonatum
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Solomon's Seal
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PM Shade
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Polygonum aubertii
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Silver Lace Vine
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Sun
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Raoulia austrailis
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Silver Mat
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Sun
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Rubus calycinoides
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Creeping Raspberry
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Sun
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Thymus
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Thyme
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Sun
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Vancouveria hexandra
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Inside Out Flower
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PM Shade
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Vinca minor
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Periwinkle
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PM Shade
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Viola
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Violet
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PM Shade
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Perennials
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Botanical Name:
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Common Name:
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Sun / Shade:
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Acanthus
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Bear's Breeches
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Sun-PM Shade
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Achillea
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Yarrow
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Sun
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Agapanthus
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Lily-of-the-Nile
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PM Shade
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Agastache
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Anise Hyssop
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Sun
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Alchemilla
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Lady's Mantle
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PM Shade
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Artemisia
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Wormwood
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Sun
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Aurinia saxatilis
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Basket of Gold
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Sun
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Bergenia
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Pig Squeek
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PM Shade
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Boltonia
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Boston Daisy
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Sun
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Catanache
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Cupid's Dart
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Sun
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Centranthus
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Jupiter's Beard
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Sun
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Coreopsis
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Tickseed
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Sun
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Delosperma
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Ice Plant
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Sun
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Diascia
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Twinspur
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Sun
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Digitalis
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Foxglove
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PM Shade
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Echinacea
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Purple Cone Flower
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Sun
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Eremurus
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Foxtail Lily
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Sun
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Erigeron
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Fleabane
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Sun
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Eryngium
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Sea Holly
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Sun
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Euphorbia
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Spurge
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PM Shade
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Foeniculum
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Fennel
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Sun
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Gaillardia
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Blanket Flower
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Sun
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Gaura
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Gaura
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Sun
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Helenium
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Sneezeweed
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Sun
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Helleborus
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Hellebore
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PM Shade
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Kniphofia
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Red Hot Poker
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Sun
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Lamium
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Dead Nettle
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PM Shade
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Liatris
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Gay Feather
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Sun
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Linum
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Blue Flax
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Sun
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Lychnis
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Catchfly
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Sun
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Nepeta
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Catmint
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Sun
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Oenothera
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Evening Primrose
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Sun
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Penstemon
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Beardtongue
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Sun
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Perovskia
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Russian Sage
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Sun
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Phlomis
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Jerusalem Sage
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Sun
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Potentilla
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Cinquefoil
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Sun
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Ruta graveolens
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Rue
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PM Shade
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Salvia
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Sage
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Sun
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Santolina
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Lavender Cotton
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Sun
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Saponaria
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Soapwort
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Sun
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Scabiosa
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Pincushion Flower
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Sun
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Sedum
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Stonecrop
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Sun
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Senecio greyii
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Giant Dusty Miller
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Sun
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Solidago
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Goldenrod
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Sun
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Stachys
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Lamb's Ears
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Sun
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Teucrium
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Germander
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Sun
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Thalictrum
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Meadowrue
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PM Shade
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Verbascum
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Mullien
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Sun
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Yucca
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Yucca
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Sun
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