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From pollinator borders to cutting gardens, discover flowers that bring colour, scent and life to every outdoor space.

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BLOODROOT INDIAN PAINT RED PUCCOON

(Sanguinaria Canadensis) Poppy family Flowers - Pure white, rarely pinkish, golden centered, 1 to 1 1/2 in. across, solitary, at end of a smooth naked scape 6 to 14 in. tall. Calyx of 2 short-lived se...

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BLUE VERVAIN WILD HYSSOP SIMPLER'S JOY

(Verbena hastala) Vervain family Flowers - Very small, purplish blue, in numerous slender, erect, compact spikes. Calyx 5-toothed; corolla tubular, unequally 5-lobed; 2 pairs of stamens; 1 pistil. Ste...

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BLUE WAXWEED CLAMMY CUPHEA TARWEED

(Parsonia petiolata; Cuphea viscosissima of Gray) Loosestrife family Flowers - Purplish pink, about 1/4 in. across, on short peduncles from leaf axils, solitary or clustered. Calyx sticky, tubular, 12...

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BLUEEYED MARY INNOCENCE BROADLEAVED COLLINSIA

(Collinsia verna) Figwort family Flowers - On slender, weak stalks; whorled in axils of upper leaves. Blue on lower lip of corolla, its middle lobe folded lengthwise to enclose 4 adhering stamens and...

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BLUETHISTLE

(Echium vulgare) Borage family Flowers - Bright blue, afterward reddish purple, pink in the bud, numerous, clustered on short, 1-sided, curved spikes rolled up at first, and straightening out as flowe...

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Allium Descendens Purple-headed Garlick

Class and Order. Hexandria Monogynia. Generic Character. Cor. 6-partita, patens. Spatha multiflora. Umbella congesta. Caps. supera. Specific Character and Synonyms. ALLIUM descendens caule subteretifo...

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Amaryllis Atamasco Atamasco Lily

Class and Order. Hexandria Monogynia. Generic Character. Cor. hexapetaloidea, irregularis. Filamenta fauci tubi inserta, declinata, inæqualia proportione vel directione. Linn. Fil. Specific Char...

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Aquilegia Canadensis Canadian Columbine

Class and Order. Polyandria Pentagynia. Generic Character. Cal. 0. Petala 5. Nectaria 5 corniculata, inter petala. Caps. 5 distinctæ. Specific Character and Synonyms. AQUILEGIA canadensis nectar...

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