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Plants in Our 2011 Philadelphia Flower Show Exhibit

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Our Philadelphia Flower Show exhibits highlight native plants and how they can be used in your landscaping. Here are the plants we are planning to include in our 2011 exhibit.

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Scientific Name
Common Name
Adiantum pedatum Maidenhair fern
Amelanchier canadensis Shadbush
Aquilegia canadensis Eastern red columbine
Athyrium filix-femina Lady fern
Calopogon tuberosus Grass pink orchid
Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania sedge
Carex plantaginea Plantainleaf sedge
Carex lurida Shallow sedge
Carex crinita Fringed sedge
Carex platyphylla Broad-leaf sedge
Chamaecyparis thyoides Atlantic white cedar
Chamaedaphne calyculata Leatherleaf
Cyperus esculentus Yellow nutsedge
Deschampsia flexuosa Wavy hairgrass
Dicentra eximia Fringed bleeding heart
Dryopteris marginalis Marginal wood fern
Empetrum nigrum Black crowberry
Epigaea repens Trailing arbutus
Equisetum hyemale Scouring rush
Fothergilla monticola Large Witchalder
Galax urceolata Beetleweed
Gaultheria procumbens Eastern teaberry
Gaylussacia brachycera Box huckleberry
Geranium maculatum Wild geranium
Gymnocarpium dryopteris Western oak fern
Halesia tetraptera Carolina silverbell
Helonias bullata Swamp pink
Hepatica americana Roundlobe hepatica
Heuchera americana - 'Dales Select' American alumroot
Heuchera longiflora Long-flowered alumroot
Ilex opaca - 'Maryland Dwarf' Dwarf American holly
Ilex opaca - 'Miss Helen' American holly
Ilex opaca - 'Xanthocarpa' American holly
Iris cristata Dwarf crested iris
Iris versicolor Harlequin blueflag
Juniperus communis 'Compressa' Coastal juniper
Kalmia angustifolia Sheep laurel
Kalmia latifolia Mountain laurel
Kalmia microphylla Alpine laurel
Leucothoe fontanesiana Dog-hobble
Lilium superbum Turk's cap lily
Linnaea borealis - var. americana Twinflower
Magnolia virginiana Sweetbay magnolia
Meehania cordata Meehan's mint
Nyssa sylvatica Black gum
Phlox divaricata - 'Parksville Beach' Wild sweet william
Phlox divaricata - 'Laphamii' Lapham's phlox
Phlox divaricata - 'London Grove' Wild sweet william
Phlox stolonifera - 'Blue Ridge' Creeping phlox
Phlox stolonifera - 'Sherwood Purple' Creeping phlox
Picea glauca White spruce
Pieris floribunda Mountain fetterbush
Pinus resinosa Red pine
Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern
Polystichum setiferum Soft shield fern
Rhododendron atlanticum Coastal azalea
Rhododendron maximum Great laurel
Rhododendron minus Piedmont rhododendron
Rhododendron periclymenoides Pinxterbloom azalea
Rhododendron tomentosum - 'Milky Way' Marsh Labrador tea
Rhododendron vaseyi Pinkshell azalea
Sarracenia purpurea Purple pitcher plant
Sedum ternatum Woodland stonecrop
Shortia galacifolia Oconee bells
Spiraea betulifolia - ' Tor' Birch-leaved spiraea
Spiraea latifolia Meadowsweet
Tiarella cordifolia Foamflower
Trillium chloropetalum - var. chloropetalum Giant wakerobin
Thelypteris palustris Eastern marsh fern
Typha minima Dwarf cattail
Vaccinium angustifolium Lowbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum - 'Collins' Highbush blueberry
Vaccinium crassifolium Creeping blueberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon American cranberry
Vaccinium microcarpum Dwarf small cranberry
Vaccinium vitis-idaea Lingonberry
Vancouveria hexandra Inside-out Flower

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