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The Buckingham-Hall Garden Plant List
Parlor Garden
| Common Name | Botanical Name | |
 | Hollyhocks | Alcea rosea |
 | Columbine | Aquilegia vulgaris |
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Canterbury Bells
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Campanula medium
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Throatwort
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Campanula trachelium
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 | Bachelors Buttons | Centaurea cyanus |
 | Feverfew | Chrysanthemum parthenium |
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Garden Pinks
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Dianthus plumarius
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Foxglove
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Digitalis purpurea
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 | Globe Amaranth | Gomphrena globosa |
 | Lemon Lily | Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus |
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Sweet Rocket
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Hesperis flore-pleno
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Balsam, Touch-Me-Not
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Impatiens balsamina
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Various-colored Iris
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Iris versicolor
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 | Everlasting Pea | Lathyrus latifolius |
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Lavender
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Lavendula officinalis
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Honesty; Money Plant
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Lunaria annua
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Bee Balm
| Monarda didyma |
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Peony
| Paeonia |
 | Summer Phlox | Phlox paniculata |
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Flowering Almond
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Prunus glandulosa
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 | Golden Glow | Rudbeckia lanciniata |
 | Lilac | Syringa vulgaris |
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Spiderwort
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Tradescantia virginiana
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Garden Heliotrope
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Valeriana officinalis
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Violets
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Viola odorata
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Kitchen Garden
| Beans | Dwarf Horticultural; Lazy Wife; Jacob's Cattle; Vermont Cranberry; Scarlet Runner |
| Cabbage | Early Jersey Wakefield; Late Flat Dutch |
| Carrots | Early Horn; Long Orange |
| Cucumber | Long Green; West India Pickling |
| Greens | Corn Salad; Upland Cress; New Zealand Spinach |
| Lettuce | Paris White Cos; Tennis Ball |
| Onions | Red Wethersfield |
| Peas | Dwarf Grey Sugar |
| Potato | Lady Finger, Fingerling |
| Pumpkin | Connecticut Field |
| Root Crops | Early Blood Turnip Beet; Hollow Crown Parsnip; Black Spanish Round Radish; Early Scarlet White; Tipped Radish; Sandwich Island Mammoth; Salsify; American Purple Top; Rutabaga; Purple Top Strapleaf Turnip |
| Squash | Boston Marrow; Summer Crookneck; Green Striped Cushaw; Turk's Turban; White Bush Scallop; White Jonathan |
| Tomato | Red Cherry; Red Plum; Yellow Pear; Yellow Plum |
| Herbs | Tansy, Chives, Dill, Sage, Fennel, Lovage, Parsley, Nasturtium, Rosemary, Summer Savory, Sweet Marjoram, Thyme |
The Fruit Yard
| Apples | Roxbury Russet, Northern Spy, Black Gilliflower (aka Sheepnose), Rhode Island Greening |
| Pears | Seckel, Clapps Favorite |
| Other Fruits | Gooseberries Early Sulphur, Whitesmith Currants, Strawberries, Rhubarb |
| Botanical Names The small flags flying from our tall ships are international code flags. Sailors from all countries understand what they mean. Plants have international names too. They are called botanical names. If you know the plant's botanical name you can "plant talk" with anyone in the world! |