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The South Entrance Garden Plant List

Common NameBotanical Name
Artemesia Artemesia 'Powis Castle'
Dwarf Barberry Berberis thumbergii
Calamintha Calamintha nepetoides 'White Cloud'
Leather Leaf Sedge Carex buchananii
Giant Kale Crambe cordifolia
Purple Smokebush Cotinis coggygria 'Norcutt's Purple'
Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium fistulosum 'Gateway'
Blue Fescue Festuca ovina glauca
Blue Oat Grass Helictotrichon sempervirens
Keteleer Juniper Juniperus chinensis 'keteleeri'
Japanese Garden Juniper Juniperus procumbens 'nana'
Silver Feather Grass Miscanthus sinensis 'Silver Feather'
Variegated Silver Grass Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus'
Red Switch Grass Panicum virgatum 'Haense Hermes'
Fountain Grass Pennisetum alopecuroides
Lavender Cotton Santolina chamaecyparissus
Silver Sage Salvia argentea
SedumsSedum 'Autumn Joy' 'Vera Jameson'
Sea Lavender Statice latifolia
Sea Oats Uniola latifolia syn. Chasmanthium
Pink Culver's Roo Veronicastrum virginicum 'roseum'

 

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!

 

 

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