Anise tree
Illicium
Little-used but attractive clan of shrubs or small trees noted for thick, leathery, glossy leaves (ani...
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Anise-Scented Sage
Salvia guaranitica
Upright, branching plant to 4–5 ft. high and nearly as wide. Spreads by short underground runner...
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Annual Coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
Native to much of North America, the dramatic coreopsis tinctoria is slender, upright, 1 1/2 –3 ...
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Annual Lobelia
Lobelia erinus
From South Africa. Popular, dependable edging plant 3 to 6 in. high. Compact forms reach 5–9 in....
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Annual mallow
Lavatera trimestris
Mediterranean native reaches 3–6 ft. tall and wide from spring-sown seed. Satiny flowers up to 4...
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Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Native to Texas. To 6–18 in. high, 10–12 in.wide,with erect, leafy stems more or less cove...
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Apache Plume
Fallugia paradoxa
Native to mountains of medium and high deserts of California, southwestern U.S., northern Mexico. Grow...
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Apricot
Apricot
Known botanically as Prunus armeniaca, this stone fruit originated in China. It can be g...
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Apricot Mallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Native toUtah, Arizona, Nevada, California,and Mexico. Grows to 3–4 ft.tall, 2–3 ft. wide, with manyst...
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Arborvitae
Thuja
Neat, symmetrical plants often trimmed into geometrical forms—globes, cones, cylinders. Juvenile...
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Arctic Beauty Kiwi
Actinidia kolomikta
Most kiwi vines are grown for delicious fruit (see Kiwi to learn about them), but this eastern Asian s...
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Arctic Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum arcticum
Native to Alaska. Very hardy fall bloomer. Forms foot-wide clump of spoon-shaped, leathery, usually th...
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