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Virgin's-bower (Clematis Virginiana) : climbing by twining leafstalks; 

 flowers numerous, white ; fruit with downy appendages. 



Wistaria ( Wistaria Sinensis) : twiner ; flowers blue or white in large 

 clusters, very showy. 



Woodbine, common (Ampelopsis quinquefolia) : tendril climber ; fruit bluish- 

 black, inedible. 



Woodbine, Western (Ampelopsis Engelmanni) : like the common woodbine, 

 but tendrils tipped with disks that cling closely to supports of all kinds. 



FIFTY DESIRABLE HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 



Aconite (Aconitum napellus) : 3-4 feet ; deep blue ; summer. 



Amsonia (Amsonia laberncemontana) : 2-3 feet ; blue ; early summer. 



Aster, New England (Aster Novce-Anglice) : 3~6 feet ; purple or pink ; 

 autumn. 



Baby's breath (Gypsophila paniculata) : 2-3 feet ; white; spring. 



Baptisia (Baptisia australis) : 2-3 feet ; blue ; early summer. 



Beardtongue (Pentstemon sp.) : 2-3 feet ; white to red ; summer. 



Bellflower, Chinese (Platycodon grandifloruiri) : 2-3 feet ; blue or white ; 

 summer. 



Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba, E. hirta, and R. speciosa) : 1-3 feet ; 

 yellow and black ; summer and autumn. 



Blanket flower (Gaillardia aristata) : 1-2 feet ; red and yellow ; summer 

 and autumn. 



Bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis) : 2-3 feet ; pink ; early spring. 



Bluebells (Merlensia Virginica) : 2-3 feet ; sky blue ; spring. 



Boltonia (Boltonia asteroides) : 4-5 feet ; white ; early autumn. 



Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) : 1-2 feet ; orange-yellow ; summer. 



Columbine (Aqullegia sp.) : 2-3 feet ; white to yellow and blue ; spring. 



Coneflower, purple (Echinacea purpurea) : 2-3 feet ; purplish-red; summer. 



Coreopsis (Coreopsis sp.) : 2-3 feet ; yellow ; summer. 



Dame's violet (Hesperis matronalis) : 1-2 feet ; white to pink ; spring. 



Golden glow (Rudbeckia laciniata) : 6-7 feet ; yellow ; late summer. 



Goldenrod (Solidago rigida and others) : 3 feet ; yellow ; late summer. 



Harebell (Campanula Carpalhica) : 6-9 inches ; deep blue ; summer. 



Hollyhock (Althcea rosea) : 3-8 feet ; white to red and yellow ; summer. 



Iris (Iris sp.) : 1-3 feet ; white to yellow and purple ; spring. 



Jacob's ladder (Polemonium sp.) : 1-2 feet ; blue ; spring. 



Larkspur (Delphinium fonnosuiri) : 1-3 feet ; deep blue ; summer. 



Lilies (Lilium sp.) : 2-4 feet ; white to yellow and red ; summer. 



Lilies, day (Hemerocallis sp.) : 2-4 feet ; orange, golden yellow, and dull 

 red ; late spring and summer. 



Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) : 6-9 inches ; white ; early spring. 



Lily, plantain (Funkia sp.) : 1-1^ feet ; white or blue ; summer. 



Marsh mallow (Hibiscus moscheulos) : 4-6 feet ; white and pink ; late summer. 



