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Abies balsamea 'Balsam Fir'
Common Names: Fir
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Balsam Fir is an attractive pyramidal evergreen with a symmetrical growth habit. The short, 2-ranked needles are dark green with white bands on the underside. The trunk is gray and has raised blisters full of fragrant resin. This conifer is native in the lakes region of the upper midwest.
Balsam Fir is used as a Christmas tree. Prefers a ri....(cont.)
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Abies concolor 'Concolor'
Common Names: Rocky Mountain White Fir
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The Rocky Mountain White Fir needles are longer than most fir trees ~ averaging 2-3 inches in length and are quite soft while retaining a reasonable amount of stiffness making them ideal for the hanging of ornaments. The broken needles and tree have a distinctive fragrance that is most frequently described as a mix of evergreen and citrus scents. T....(cont.)
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Abies concolor 'Lowiana'
Common Names: California White Fir
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White Fir is an attractive conifer and outstanding landscape plant. It has a formal pyramidal shape. Its silvery blue-green foliage makes it an ideal candidate for use as a specimen or accent plant in the landscape. The 1 1/2 inches long needles are slightly flattened, curve up from the stem, and are soft to the touch. Prefers a rich, moist soil wi....(cont.)
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Abies fraseri 'Fraser Fir'
Common Names: Fir
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The species is sometimes called Southern balsam or Southern balsam fir. Locally Fraser fir is known as "She balsam" because of the resin filled blisters on the tree's trunk. Red spruce, often associated with Fraser fir, is called "He balsam" and lacks the distinctive blisters. Fraser fir is a uniformly pyramid-shaped tree which reaches a maximum he....(cont.)
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Abies procera 'Noble Fir'
Common Names: Fir
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Noble Fir is one of the largest true first of Northwest Pacific coast region. Dark gray brown and smoothish, becoming brown to red brown, furrowed and broken into irregular scaly plates. Needles of lower branches flat and of top branches 4-angled, 1 - 1 1/2 inches long blue green.
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Acanthus spinosus ''
Common Names: Bear's Breeches
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The bold, spiny leaves immediately catch your eye. The striking features of this perennial are enhanced by stiff flower spikes bearing hooded gray-purple flowers that rise above the dramatic foliage. Flower spikes are quite long-lasting and real showstoppers in the garden. In bloom, its intricate beauty will stop you in your tracks. A bit slow to b....(cont.)
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Achillea filipendulina 'Cloth of Gold'
Common Names: Fern-Leaf Yarrow
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These superb perennials are unbeatable for their brilliant flowers and for the ease with which they can be grown. On top of that, they bloom for three or four months continuously. Usually yellow but occasionally red (A. millefolium 'Red Beauty') or white (A. ptarmica 'The Pearl'), they are the queens of the summer garden.
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Acorus gramineus 'Minimus Aureus'
Common Names: Dwarf Golden Sweet Flag
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Only 2-3" in height but brilliant gold in color, this little gut makes a stunning groundcover in moist, partly shaded locations, handling full sun just fine with enough moisture. With foliage resembling tiny golden iris, Golden Dwarf Sweet Flag is especially striking carpeting the ground beneath dark foliaged plants, such as purple Heucheras or Bla....(cont.)
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Aesculus pavia 'Red Buckeye'
Common Names: Red Buckeye
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Red Buckeye bears medium red flowers in the form of a candelabrum, in panicles 6-12" tall and 4-6" wide. The 5-fingered palmate leaves are like tiny umbrellas, and developing seed pods are very curious. Red buckeye becomes a small tree of 10-15' and prefers dappled shade such as that found at the woodland's edge. An eastern exposure is good; avoid ....(cont.)
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Agave desmettiana ''
Common Names: Dwarf Century Plant
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Its clear and spineless, soft, flexible leaves merit its use in the garden. Native to Mexico. Grows to 4'h x 3'w.
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