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Genus: A

Acanthus: bear's breech
Acorus: sweet flag
Actinidia: hardy kiwi fruit; bower vine; kolomikta vine; tara vine
Adiantum: northern maidenhair fern
Agastache: Giant hyssop
Ajuga: Bugleweed
Akebia: five-leaved akebia
Allium: onion; chives
Ammophila: American beachgrass
Amphicarpaea: hog peanut
Amsonia: Arkansas blue-star; blue star; thread-leaf blue star; willow amsonia
Andropogon: big bluestem; turkey-foot
Anemone: Canada anemone
Antennaria: pussytoes
Anthoxanthum: sweet vernal grass
Apios: Indian potato; groundnut
Aquilegia: Columbine
Aralia: sarsparilla
Arctostaphylos: bearberry; kinnikinick
Arenaria
Arisaema
Aristolochia
Armeria: sea pink
Aruncus: Goatsbeard
Arundinaria: canebrake bamboo; large cane; small canebrake bamboo; southern cane; switch cane
Arundo: giant reed; Italian reed; cana brava
Asarum: Wild ginger
Asclepias: butterfly weed; swamp milkweed
Asimina: pawpaw
Aster: aster
Athyrium: lady fern
Atrichum: (moss)

Catalog as of February 04, 2010

Asclepias

(Asclepiadaceae - milkweed family)

Milkweed. About 200 species of perennial herbs, of wide distribution. Cultivated as ornamentals, and sometimes as fiber plants.

incarnata

peren • ht 3-5' • zones 3-9

swamp milkweed

native, fragrant, moist - wet, sun
e and cent N Amer

In summer, clusters of showy, deep pink flowers top this narrow-leaved milkweed. Grows naturally in wet areas, but does well in ordinary garden soil.

cat # 6A6N
$8.95 each

tuberosa

peren • ht 3' • zones 3-9

butterfly weed

native, wildlife, dry - moist, sun
e and cent US; s Ont.

Clusters of bright orange flowers adorn the upright stems in mid to late summer. The flowers are a popular food source for butterflies. Tolerant of dry soil. An excellent native ornamental.

cat # 6A6V
$8.95 each