Botanical Name

English Name

1 Deciduous

2 Evergreen

3 Vine

4 Herbaceous

Perennial

Ultimate Height in feet

Color

Time of Bloom

Remarks

Ampelopsis aconitifolia var. dissecta

Cut-leaved Vitis

1&3

15-20

A variety with finely cut foliage. Very ornamental. A. E.G.

Ampelopsis heterophylla var. elegans

Variegated Vitis

1&3

15-20

A handsome climbing plant with deeply lobed leaves sometimes sprinkled with white and pink. Good for low trellis work. Berries light blue. A. E.G.

Ampelopsis quinqulfolia

Woodbine or Virginia Creeper

1&3

20-30

Good for covering trellises, tree stumps, and similar objects. Leaves turn a rich crimson in autumn. A. D.G.

Ampelopsis quinquifolia var. Englemanni

Clinging Woodbine

1&3

20-30

A variety of the above with stronger tendril discs that cling to any surface. Good for wall covering. A. D.G,

Ampelopsis tricuspidata or Veitchi

Japanese or Boston Ivy

1&3

30-40

A very useful climber, clinging firmly and densely to any hard surface. Foliage large, three-lobed and glossy. C. D. G.

Amsonia Tabenuamon-tana

Amsonia

4

2-3

Light blue

June

Good for the hardy border or with shrubbery. Flowers in dense spikes. A.G.

Amsonia angustifolia

4

2-3

Light blue

June

Resembles the preceding, but with smaller hairy foliage. A. G.

Amygdalis

See Prunus

Anaphalis margaritacea

Everlasting

4

2

White

Sept.

Pearly white double flowers in clusters. Foliage gray. A good border plant, and useful commercially for immortelles. A, G. I,

Anchusa italica

Alkanet

4

3-5

Blue

June to Sept.

A useful perennial, blooming constantly if not allowed to go to seed. Foliage rough; flowers in numerous small panicles. A. G.

Andromeda

See also Pieris, Leucothoe, Zeno-bia, and Oxyden-drum

Andromeda polifolia

Moorwort

2

1 1/2-2

Rose-pink

May

S. Leaves narrow, glaucous, silvery white beneath. Flowers in clusters, urn-shaped. A very interesting native shrub. A. E.G.

Anemone japonica

Japanese Windflower

4

3

Pink

Sept. until frost

One of the most useful plants for the hardy border. Blooms freely until severe frosts. Flowers about 3 inches across, on erect stems. Quite hardy when well established. B. C. F. J.

Anemone japonica var. alba

4

3

White with yellow stamens

Sept. until frost

In habits like the preceding. I.

Anemone japonica var. Lady Ardilaun

4

3-4

White

Sept. until frost

Hardier than the type, leaves and flowers waxy.