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Shrubs Common Name Achillea Tomentosa Woolly Yarrow Shrubs Common Name Achillea Tomentosa Woolly Yarrow Andromeda Polifolia 'Blue Ice' Blue Ice Bog Rosemary Anigozanthos Kangaroo (Joey) Paw Anigozanthos 'Bush Gems' Bush Gem Kangaroo Paw Shrubs Common Name Anisodontea Capensis Cape Mallow Anisodontea Hypomandarum Aquilegia Formosa Western Red Columbine Arctostaphylos 'Emerald Carpet' Carpet Manzanita Shrubs Common Name Armeria Maritima 'Sea Pink' Armeria Aster Novae-angliae 'Woods Purple' New England-Aster Shrubs Common Name Berberis thunbergii 'Crimson Pygmy' Crimson Pygmy Dwarf ('Atropurpurea Nana') Japanese Barberry Berberis Thunbergii 'Rose Glow' Barberry Buxus Green Velvet Boxwood Shrubs Common Name Buxus Microphylla Japonica 'Green Beauty' Japanese Boxwood Buxus Sempervirens Dwarf English/Common Boxwood Canna Canna Ceanothus Ceanothus Shrubs Common Name Ceanothus Griseus Horizontalis 'Diamond Heights' Variegated Carmel Creeper Ceanothus 'Skylark' Ceanothus Ceanothus 'Dark Star' California Lilac Ceanothus Griseus Horizontalis 'Caramel Creeper' Carmel Creeper Shrubs Common Name Cedrus Deodara 'Prostrate Beauty' Deodar Cedar shrub Ceratostigma Plumbaginoides Dwarf Plumbago Cistus Corbariensis 'White' Rockrose Coleonema Pulchrum 'Sunset Gold' Breath of Heaven Shrubs Common Name Cordyline Cotoneaster Apiculatus 'Tom Thumb' Creeping Cotoneaster Cotoneaster Dammeri 'Lowfast' Bearberry Cotoneaster Cotoneaster Apiculatus 'Tom Thumb' Tom Thumb Cotoneaster Shrubs Common Name Cotoneaster Horizontalis Rockspray Cotoneaster Cotoneaster Parneyi Cotoneaster Cuphea Hyssopifolia Mexican Heather Perennial Cycas Revoluta Sago Palm Dipladenia Dipladenia Dodonaea Viscosa 'Purpurea' Purple Hopseed Bush Shrubs Common Name Erica Cinerea 'Atropurpurea' Purple Bell Heather Erica Darleyensis 'Furzey' Heather Erica x Darleyensis 'Kramer's Red' Kramer's Red Winter Heather Erica x Darleyensis 'Mediterranean Pink' Mediterranean Pink Heather Erica x Darleyensis 'Mediterranean White' Mediterranean White Heather Erysimum Linifolium 'Bowles Mauve' Bowles Mauve/Shrubby Wallflower Shrubs Common Name Escallonia Compacta 'Newport Dwarf' Compact Escallonia Escallonia 'Newport Dwarf' Escallonia Escallonia x Exoniensis 'Fradesi' Pink Princess Escallonia Euonymus Alatus Compact Dwarf Burning Bush Euonymus Japonicus 'Chollipo' Chollipo Euonymus Shrubs Common Name Euonymus Japonicus 'Microphyllus Variegatus' Variegated Boxleaf Euonymus Euryops Acraeus South African Bush Daisy Euryops Pectinatus 'Munchkin' Dwarf Euryops Euryops Chrysanthemoides African Bush Daisy Festuca Glauca 'Elijah Blue' Elijah Blue Fescue Festuca Ovina Sheep Fescue Shrubs Common Name Festuca Ovina 'Glauca' Blue Fescue Gardenia Jasminoides 'Radicans' Dwarf Gardenia Gardenia Jasminoides 'Veitchii' Everblooming Gardenia Gaura Lindheimeri 'Geyser Pink' Geyser Pink Gaura Gaura Lindheimeri 'Siskyou Pink' Siskyou Pink Gaura Shrubs Common Name Grevillea x 'Noellii' Noell Grevillea Hebe 'Coed' Coed Hebe Hebe 'Wiri Charm' Wiri Charm Hebe Hebe Buxifolia 'Patty's Purple' Patty's Purple Hebe/Mountain Box Hedera Helix English Ivy Shrubs Common Name Heuchera Micrantha 'Palace Purple' Palace Purple Coral Bells Heuchera Sanguinea Coral Bells Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis 'Santana' Santana Hibiscus Hosta Shrubs Common Name Iberis Sempervirens Evergreen Candytuft Iris Versicolor Blue Flag Iris Juniperus Squamata 'Blue Star' Blue Star Juniper Juniperus Procumbens 'Green Mound' Greenmound Juniper Shrubs Common Name Juniperus Procumbens 'Nana' Dwarf Japanese Garden Juniper Kniphofia Uvaria Flamenco Red Hot Poker Lantana Sellowiana 'Purple' Dwarf English Lavender Lantana Montevidensis Trailing Lantana Shrubs Common Name Lavandula Angustifolia 'Munstead' Dwarf English Lavender Lavendula Dentata 'Gray' Gray Leaved French Lavender Lavandula Dentata 'Goodwin Creek' Goodwin Creek Lavender Shrubs Common Name Lavandula Stoechas Pedunculata Spanish Lavender Lavendula Stoechas 'Madrid Purple' Spanish Lavender Liriope Gigantea Giant Lilyturf (also variegated) Shrubs Common Name Liriope Muscari 'Big Blue' Big Blue Lily Turf Liriope Spicata 'Silver Dragon' Silver Dragon Lily Turf Loropetalum Chinense 'Plum Delight' Plum Delight Chinese Fringe Flower Lupinus Argenteus Silvery Lupine Shrubs Common Name Mahonia Repens Creeping Mahonia Myoporum Parvifolium Creeping Boobialla Myoporum Parvifolium 'Purpurea' Myoporum Nandina Domestica 'Fire Power' Fire Power Heavenly Bamboo Shrubs Common Name Nandina Domestica 'Gulf Stream' Gulf Stream Nandina/Heavenly Bamboo Nandina Domestica 'Moon Bay' Moon Bay Heavenly Bamboo Nerium Oleander 'Hardy Red' Hardy Red Oleander Nerium Oleander 'Petite Salmon' Oleander Olea Europaea 'Montra' Little Ollie Dwarf Olive Shrubs Common Name Passiflora x'Blue Bouquet' Blue Bouquet Passion Flower Penstemon Digitalis 'Huskers Red' Beard Tongue Phlomis Suffruiticosa Jerusalem Sage Picea Pungens 'Glauca Globosa' Colorado Blue Spruce Shrubs Common Name Pieris Japonica 'Pink Flamingo' Japanese Pieris Pinus Mugo Pumilio Dwarf Mugo Pine Plumbago Auriculata Cape Plumbago Polystichum Munitum Sword Fern Shrubs Common Name Prunus Laurocerasus English Laurel good hedge plant that get tall and wide but can be trimmed on sides and still look pretty natural and not too “woody” Rosmarinus Officinalis 'Prostratus' Creeping Rosemary Rosmarinus Officinalis 'Tuscan Blue' Rosemary Salvia Leucantha Mexican Bush Sage Shrubs Common Name Salvia Leucantha 'Santa Barbara' Santa Barbara Dwarf Mexican Bush Sage Salvia 'Blue Hill' Blue Hill Meadow Sage Perennial Salvia 'East Friesland' East Friesland Meadow Sage Perennial Sutera 'Snowstorm Glacier Blue' Bacopa Shrubs Common Name Syringa Vulgaris 'White' Lilac Teucrium Fruticans 'Azureum' Bush Germander Tibouchina Urvilleana Princess Flower Tulbaghia Violacea 'Tricolor' Tri-Color Society Garlic Shrubs Common Name Tulbaghia Violacea 'Silver Lace' Silver Lace' Society Garlic Verbena 'Purple Magic' Verbena.
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