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Common Name
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Scientific Name
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Height
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Remarks
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Barbados Cherry
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Malpighia glabra
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2'-4'
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Evergreen, pink flowers, red fruit, sun-shade
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Barberry
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Berberis thunbergii atropurpurea
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3'-5'
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Evergreen; sun-part shade, color foliage
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Bridal Wreath Spirea
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Spirea cantoniensis
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2'-6'
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Sun, partial-shade, white, pink, red flowers in spring and summer
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Flame Acanthus
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Anisacanthus wrightii
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3'-4'
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Deciduous, summer to frost orange ot pumpkin yellow
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Flowering Quince
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Chaenomeles japonica
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3'-6'
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Deciduous, sun or part sun, variety of pink, white, rosy, red-orange
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Glossy Abelia
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Abelia grandiflora
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6'
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Sun or part sun, evergreen, white summer flowers, tinged pink
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Grayleaf Cotoneaster
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Cotoneaster glaucophylla
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3'-5'
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Sprawling evergreen shrub; dusty gray foliage; sun, part shade
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Juniper
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Juniperus sp.
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2'-5'
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Evergreen shrubs; many varieties available; sun
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White Boneset
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Eupatorium havense
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1'-2'
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Deciduous, sun, partial-shade, fragrant white to pale pink
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Plumbago
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Plumbago auriculata
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3'
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Sun, partial-shade, blue or white flower clusters; summer to fall flowers, informal growth habit.
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Firebush
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Hamelia patens
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3'-5'
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Heat and sun-loving perennial that grows larger each summer. A very tough plant that will reach up to five feet in diameter. Small, red tubular flowers attract hummingbirds. Freezes to ground each winter.
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Aromatic Aster
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Aster oblongfolius
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3'
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Grey-green low growing foliage grows through summer. Plant is covered in purple daisy-like blooms in fall. Freezes to ground in winter.
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Artemisia Powis Castle
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Artemisisa X powis castle
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3'
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A low-growing herb with light grey, feathery foliage. Usually evergreen.
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