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Garden Plants
We decided to keep a list of all of the plants in our gardens. We'll see
which ones the bees like. The plants highlighted in green are now blooming.
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Type |
Flowers |
Light |
Bees like it? |
Acidanthera |
Acidanthera |
Flowering perennial bulb |
white and purple flowers late
summer to early fall |
sun to part sun |
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Alyssum, Snow Crystals |
Lobularia |
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white, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr |
sun to
part shade |
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Apple, Dorsett Golden |
Malus 'Dorsett Golden' |
Tree, fruit,
>0o |
pink Feb-Mar |
full sun |
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Apple,
Granny Smith |
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Tree, fruit |
white Feb , Mar, |
full sun |
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Ardisia, Variegated Japanese |
Ardisia Japonica 'Variegata' |
Perennial, Zone 8 |
small white |
full shade |
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Azalea
Girard's Rose |
Azalea |
Perennial
>10o |
rose pink Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar,
Apr |
sun to
part shade |
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Banana, Red Abyssinian |
Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii' |
Perennial |
none, fruits |
sun - part shade |
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Blackberry, Arapaho |
Rubus occidentalis 'Arapaho' |
Perennial vine
> -30o |
white Mar, Apr black berries |
full sun |
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Blackberry, Brazos |
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Perennial vine |
small white, Mar, Apr |
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Blackberry, Ebony King |
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Perennial vine |
small white |
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Blackberry, Navaho thornless |
Rubus ursinus 'Navaho
Thornless' P.P. #6679 |
Perennial vine
> -10o |
black berries in mid-June |
full sun |
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Blueberry,
Climax |
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Perennial vine |
small white, Mar |
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Blueberry, Jersey |
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Perennial vine |
small white |
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Blueberry, Rabbit Eye -
Tifblue |
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Perennial vine |
small white, Mar |
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Blue Daze |
Evolvulus |
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sky blue flowers, Apr |
full sun |
Yes |
Bottlebrush, Lemon |
Callistemon citrinus |
Perennial
>40o |
spikes of red flowers
resembling bottle brush in spring, summer |
full sun |
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Bougainvillea, Variegated |
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Perennial vine |
purple |
sun |
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Butterfly Weed |
Asclepias tuberosa |
Perennial, herbaceous |
summer clusters of bright
orange flowers, Mar, Apr |
full sun |
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Caladium |
|
Perennial bulb |
none |
shade - partial shade |
N/A |
Cattail |
Typha latifolia |
Perennial bulb |
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full sun |
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Clematis |
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Deciduous vine > -30oF |
white w/ purple in summer |
semi-shade |
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Daffodil |
Narcissus |
Perennial bulb |
yellow, orange and white Mar,
Apr |
sunny-light shade |
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Daffodil, Ice Follies |
Narcissus |
Perennial bulb |
white w/ yellow centers Mar,
Apr |
sunny-light shade |
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Daffodil, Peruvian |
Ismene White |
Perennial bulb |
white in mid-summer |
full sun |
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Dahlis, Dinnerplate |
Dahlis, Dinnerplate |
Perennial bulb |
mixed colors |
full sun |
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Daisy, Gerbera |
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Annual |
large red, yellow, pink, Mar,
Apr |
sun to
part shade |
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Dewberry, Austin |
Rubus caesius 'Austin' |
Perennial vine > -30oF |
small white Mar, Apr black berries early summer |
full sun |
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Dracena |
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Perennial
>13oC |
N/A |
medium shade |
N/A |
Euonymus, Dwarf variegated
boxleaf |
Euonymus japonica 'Microphylla
Variegata' |
evergreen perennial shrub
>0o |
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full sun - part shade |
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Fern, Boston |
Nephrolepis exaltata
bostoniensis |
Perennial |
N/A |
shade |
N/A |
Fern, East Indian Holly OR
Variegated Shield Fern OR
Variegated Holly Fern |
Arachniodes Simplicior
Variegata |
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N/A |
Fern in backyard |
N/A |
Gay Feather, Blue |
Liatris Spicata |
Perennial, herbaceous |
purple, July-Sept |
full sun - part shade |
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Geranium,
Red |
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bright red, Apr |
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No |
Gladiolus, Wigs Sensation |
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bulb must be stored in winter |
bright red stalks of flowers |
full sun-part shade |
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Grape, Muscat |
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Grape, Thompson seedless |
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Perennial vine |
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Grapefruit, Rio Red |
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Perennial fruit tree |
white flowers Mar, Apr |
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Grass, Aztec
Silvery Sunproof Lilyturf |
Liriope muscari |
Zone 7 |
lavendar flower spikes |
full sun-part shade |
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Heather,
Mexican |
Allyson Cuphea Hyssopifolia |
Perennial |
tiny pink Apr |
full sun-part sun |
Yes |
Heather,
Mexican |
|
Perennial |
tiny white, Apr |
full sun-part sun |
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Hibiscus, Mallow, Rose |
Hibiscus militaris |
Perennial |
Large dinner plate sized pink
flowers |
full sun |
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Hibiscus, Tropical |
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis |
Perennial
>40o |
red, yellow, white
summer-Nov |
full sun |
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Honeysuckle, Pink |
Lonicera |
Perennial vine |
pink flowers Mar |
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Honeysuckle,
white |
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white flowers, Apr |
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Houttuynia |
Houttuynia cordata |
marginal 0" to -6" |
small white |
sun - part shade |
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Hummingbird
Bush, Grande |
Hamelia patens 'Grande' |
Perennial
>20o |
orange flowers from summer to
fall |
full sun |
Yes |
Hypoestes, Splash Select Red |
Hypoestes, Splash Select Red |
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N/A |
sun-part sun |
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Iris, Butterfly |
Moraea iridoides |
Perennial
>20o |
white with blue eye Mar,Apr |
full sun |
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Iris, Dutch |
|
Perennial bulb Zone 7-9 |
small purple with white and
yellow in center. yellow Mar, Apr |
full sun |
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Iris, Miniature |
|
Perennial bulb |
small purple with white and
yellow in Mar, Apr |
Partial shade to sun |
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Iris, Variegated yellow flag |
Pseudacorus "Variegata"
Bontbl.gele lis Butbl. Sumpfiris Iris faux-acore strie
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marginal 0" to -16" |
yellow |
sun - part shade |
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Ivy, Golden Pothos |
Epipremnum aureum
|
|
N/A |
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N/A |
Ivy, Golden Pothos |
Scindapsus aureus |
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N/A |
low light |
N/A |
Jasmine, Angel Wing |
Jasminum nitidum |
Perennial vine
>20o |
all summer |
sun - part shade |
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Jasmine, Confederate |
Trachelospermum jasminoides |
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fragrant white flowers Apr |
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Jasmine, Madison
hardy form of confederate jasmine |
Trachelospermum jasminoides |
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fragrant white star-shaped
flowers, Apr |
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Jasmine,
Pink |
Jasminum polyanthum |
perennial |
white Jan,Feb,Mar |
sun |
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Jasmine, Star |
|
Perennial vine |
white,Apr |
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Jasmine |
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Perennial vine |
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Jessamine,
Carolina |
Gelsemium sempervirens |
Perennial vine
>10o |
Bright yellow in Feb,Mar |
full sun |
Yes |
Kumquat, Meiwa (Large Round) |
Meiwa
Fortunella crassifolia |
Perennial tree |
plentiful white in spring,
fruit in late November |
|
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Lantana |
Lantana montevidensis
"Radiation" |
Perennial |
groups of small white, orange
or yellow |
full sun |
Yes |
Lantana |
lantana montevidensis
"Weeping White" |
Perennial |
masses of pure white blooms
from Feb,Mar Apr |
full sun |
Yes |
Lantana |
lantana montevidensis
'New Gold' |
Perennial
>20o |
clusters of burnt yellow-gold |
full sun |
Yes |
Lantana |
lantana montevidensis
'Radiation' |
Perennial
>20o |
orange-red |
full sun |
Yes |
Lemon, Improved Myer's |
Citrus limon |
Perennial tree
>32o
|
red budded flowers with white
petals, spring - fall |
partial to full sun |
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Lillie |
Lilium Asiatic Hybrid |
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red, yellow, white, pink in
summer |
partial - filtered sun |
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Lillie, Gran Paradiso |
Lilium Asiatic Hybrid |
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red w/ red stamens |
partial - filtered sun |
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Lily, Calla |
Aethiopica |
Perennial
>10o |
white, Jan, Feb, Mar |
sun - part shade |
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Lily, Calla, dwarf, flame |
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Perennial to Zone 8,
>10o |
reddish orange flowers |
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Lily, Calla, dwarf, pink |
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Perennial to Zone 8,
>10o |
light pink flowers |
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Lily, Calla, dwarf, white |
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Perennial to Zone 8,
>10o |
bright
white flowers |
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Lily, Calla, patio |
Rehmannii Superba (Zantedeschia) |
Perennial to Zone 8,
>10o |
light pink flowers |
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Lily, Calla, patio, Black Eyed
Beauty |
(Zantedeschia) |
Perennial to Zone 8,
>10o |
whit with black centers |
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Lily, Calla, patio, Purple
Sensation |
(Zantedeschia) |
Perennial to Zone 8,
>10o |
bright purple flowers |
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Lily, Canna |
Canna x pfitzeriana
"Crimson Beauty" |
Perennial
>10o |
crimson |
full sun |
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Lily, Canna, low growing |
Canna |
Perennial
>10o |
red, yellow, orange June - Nov |
full sun |
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Lily, Peace |
Spathphyllum |
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white calla-like |
low light |
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Lily, Plantain, Funkia (Hosta) |
Hosta sieboldiana
"Elegans" |
Perennial |
tall stems of white
bell-shaped flowers in late summer |
shade - partial shade |
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Lily, Plantain, Gold Crown (Hosta) |
Hosta Fortunei
"Aureo Marginata" |
Perennial,
herbaceous |
spikes of blue flowers |
partial shade - shade |
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Lily, Rain |
Zepheranthes candida |
Perennial,
deciduous,
zone 7-10 |
white crocus-like,
Summer - early fall |
Sun - part shade |
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Lily, Water, Nymphaea |
'Marliacea Carnea' |
Perennial, zone 4 depth (to
40") |
pink, June - Sept |
full sun to part shade |
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Lime,
Thornless |
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Tree |
white Feb, Mar |
full sun |
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Liriope |
Liriope muscari 'Silvery
Sun-proof' |
perennial
zone 7 |
lavender flower spikes |
full sun - part shade |
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Lysimachia Nummularia "Aurea" |
Lysimachia Nummularia "Aurea" |
deciduous low trailing
perennial |
yellow blossoms |
sun - part shade |
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Mandevilla, Alice Du Pont |
Mandevilla x amablis 'Alice Du
Pont" |
Perennial
>30o |
large pink trumpets |
partial shade |
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Mums |
Chrysantheme |
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large yellow |
sun |
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Orange,
miniature |
|
Tree |
white, Feb, Mar |
full sun |
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Peach,
Banana |
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Tree, fruit |
pink, Feb, Mar |
full sun |
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Peach, Sam Houston |
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Tree, fruit,550 Hours,
freestone, medium yellow peach, ripens mid to late June. |
pink, Feb, Mar |
full sun |
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Pecan, soft shell |
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Tree |
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full sun |
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Pincushion Flower |
Scabiosa columbaria "Pink
Mist" P.P. #8957 |
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pink flowers Apr, early summer
until frost |
sun - partial sun |
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Prayer plant |
Maranta leuconeura 'Kerchoviana' |
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N/A |
shade |
N/A |
Purslane,
Common (Portulaca) |
Portulaca oleracea |
Perennial |
Purple and yellow, spring
through summer |
full sun |
Yes |
Purslane,
Garden |
Portulaca grandiflora |
Perennial |
multi-color spring through
summer |
full sun |
Yes |
Raspberry, Latham Red |
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Perennial vine |
small white |
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Rose,
Garnette Floribunda |
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Perennial
>-10o |
red blooms with a light yellow
base Apr |
full sun |
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Rose,
Red Ribbons |
Kortemma |
Perennial
>28o |
red, Apr |
sun |
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Spiderwort |
Tradescantia Pallida |
Perennial |
light blue Mar |
sun - part shade |
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Strawberry, Quinalt |
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white |
full sun |
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Sweet Broom |
Cytisus spchianus |
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bright yellow flowers in Mar |
sun |
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Water Dropwort |
Oenanthe aquatica |
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groups of small white |
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Zinnia |
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Sun - part shade |
Yes |
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