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Abronia fragrans
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Other names: sand verbena
Plant DB#: 79632 |
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Abutilon vitifolium
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Now in gen. Corynabutilon
froze out in 3rd Seattle winter; white flwrs
Plant DB#: 86964 |
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Acinos alpinus
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Other names: Clinopodium alpinum (accepted),Calamintha alpina, others
Loc: MCG-own
Plant DB#: 124616 |
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Acnistus australis
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Other names: Eriolarynx a. (accepted), Iochroma australis, Dunalia a.
Location: MCG-own
Surprisingly has overwintered in the open in Seattle twice. Shows no sign of life until late April. Abundance of blue bells produce an abundance of green/yellow fruit in clusters, which if left on the ground will erupt in masses of vigorous seedlings next spring.
Plant DB #87107 |
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Aconitum episcopale
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Fall-blooming vine
Loc: MCG-comm
Plant DB#: 161839 |
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Actaea pachypoda 'Silver Leaf'
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From Jelitto Perennial Seed?
Shade plant.
Plant DB #75115 |
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Adlumia fungosa
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Other names: allegheny vine
This was a most mysterious volunteer
Has tiny Dicentra-like flowers
Plant DB#: 87628 |
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Agapanthus praecox 'Headbourne Blue'
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Loc: MCG-own
From seed, some color variation
Plant DB#: 589377 |
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Agastache aurantiaca
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Loc: 8514P
Pleasant minty fragrance.
Long-blooming, orange flwrs, gray foliage.
Plant DB#: 8713 |
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Agastache foeniculum
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Other names: Anise Hyssop, A. rugosa ? Seed under both names I've grown appears to be identical.
Has distictive sassafras-like odor, not at all minty or anise-like as is commonly stated.
Loc: MCG-herb, 8514P
Plant DB#: 75150 |
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Agrimonia eupatoria
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Other names: agrimony
Some E. Wash. residents consider this plant a curse, due to stickers/burrs (seed pods)
Plant DB#: 87147 |
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Alcea taurica
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Other names: A. rugosa; it seems rather different things are labeled with these names.
My 1st-year plants are tall (8 ft or more); they do not appear to be much more rust resistant than common hollyhocks, as commonly claimed. Perennial, becoming multi-stemmed and much shorter.
Plant DB#: 75188 |
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Allium ampeloprasum
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Other Names: A. porrum, Leek.
A staple in my vegetable garden and kitchen.
A stand of leeks bolting in late summer can also be very ornamental.
Sometimes badly afflicted with rust fungi here in Seattle.
Plant DB #75202 |
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Allium caeruleum
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Other names: A. azureum
Loc: 8514P
Highly invasive (see A. sphaerocephalon remarks)
Has never been a satisfactory performer.
Flwr heads often messy whith bulbils replacing flwrs.
Plant DB#: 75194 |
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Allium cepa 'Ailsa Craig'
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Gigantic "sweet" onion variety from Scotland.
They do well in Seattle.
Reportedly bad keepers, but I store them for 2-3 months with no problems.
Plant DB #125965 |
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Allium hookeri var muliense
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Plant DB#: 588717
Yellow-flowered, claimed to be perennial, but mine do not
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Allium lusitanicum 'Summer Beauty'
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Other names:
Loc: MCG-own
Outstanding cut flower - long lasting - bees love it - never sets seed, unlike similar ornamental alliums such as A. nutans 'Millenium'.
Plant DB#: 164678 |
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Allium nigrum
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Other Names: A. multibulbosum
Comments: scentless; tall; invasive. A mass of the stalks together has a certain charm, but each plant will produce 'thousands' of tiny bulblets.
Plant DB#: 132314 |
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Allium schoenoprasum
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Other names: chives
Loc: MCG-herb, 8514
Much affected by rust here
Plant DB#: 75204 |
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Allium sphaerocephalon
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Loc: 8514P
One of those alliums that create a near-infinity of little bulbils wherever it grows. Should come with a warning.
Plant DB#: 87526 |
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