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Plants in Our 2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show Exhibit

Native azalea - rhododendron species - with white flowers from the 2010 EPA exhibit

Our Flower Show exhibit highlights native plants and how they can be used in your landscaping. Here are the plants we are planning to include in our 2012 exhibit.

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Scientific Name
Common Name
Adiantum pedatum Maidenhair fern
Amelanchier canadensis Shadbush
Anemonella thalictroides Rue anemone
Aplectrum hyemale Puttyroot orchid
Aquilegia canadensis Eastern red columbine
Aronia arbutifolia Red chokeberry
Athyrium filix-femina Lady fern
Callicarpa americana American beautyberry
Calopogon tuberosus Grass pink
Carex cherokeensis Cherokee sedge
Carex crinita Fringed sedge
Carex elata Tufted sedge
Carex flaccosperma Blue wood sedge
Carex lacustris Lake sedge
Carex lurida Shallow sedge
Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania sedge
Castanea pumila Allegheny chinkapin
Caulophyllum thalictroides Blue cohosh
Ceanothus americanus New Jersey tea
Celtis occidentalis Hackberry
Chamaecyparis thyoides Atlantic white cedar
Chamaedaphne calyculata Leatherleaf
Claytonia parviflora Streambank springbeauty
Comptonia peregrina Sweet fern
Cornus alternifolia Pagoda dogwood
Cornus florida Flowering dogwood
Cotinus obovatus American smoketree
Croton alabamensis Alabama croton
Cyperus esculentus Yellow nudsedge
Decumaria barbara - 'Barbara Ann' Woodvamp
Deschampsia flexuosa Wavy hairgrass
Dryopteris marginalis Marginal wood fern
Empetrum nigrum Black crowberry
Epigaea repens Trailing arbutus
Equisetum hyemale Horsetail
Eriophorum angustifolium Tall cottongrass
Fothergilla major Mountain witchalder
Galax urceolata Beetleweed
Gaultheria procumbens Eastern teaberry
Gaylussacia baccata Black huckleberry
Gaylussacia brachycera Box huckleberry
Geranium maculatum Wild geranium
Glyceria striata Fowl mannagrass
Goodyera pubescens Downy rattlesnake plantain
Gymnocarpium dryopteris Western oak fern
Helonias bullata Swamp pink
Hepatica americana Roundlobe hepatica
Heuchera americana - 'Dales Strain' American alumroot 'Dale's Strain'
Heuchera longiflora Longflower alumroot
Ilex glabra Inkberry
Ilex opaca - 'Maryland Spreader' American holly ‘Maryland Spreader’
Ilex opaca - 'Xanthocarpa' Yellow-fruited American holly
Iris cristata Dwarf crested iris
Iris prismatica Slender blue iris
Iris versicolor Harlequin blueflag
Kalmia angustifolia Sheep laurel
Kalmia latifolia Mountain laurel
Kalmia microphylla var. Occidentalis Western swamp laurel
Larix laricina Tamarack
Leucothoe fontanesiana Dog-hobble
Lonicera hirsuta var. Hirsuta Hairy honeysuckle
Mertensia virginica Virginia bluebell
Mitchella repens Partridgeberry
Myrica pensylvanica Northern bayberry
Orontium aquaticum Golden club
Phlox carolina - 'Miss Lingard' Carolina phlox ‘Miss Lingard’
Phlox divaricata - 'Laphamii' Lapham's phlox
Phlox stolonifera - 'Blue Ridge' Creeping phlox
Phlox stolonifera - 'Sherwood Purple' Creeping phlox
Phlox subulata - 'Amazing grace' Moss phlox ‘Amazing Grace’
Pieris floribunda Mountain andromeda
Pogonia ophioglossoides Snakemouth orchid
Polemonium reptans Jacob’s ladder
Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern
Pontederia cordata Pickerelweed
Rhexia mariana Maryland meadowbeauty
Rhododendron alabamense Alabama azalea
Rhododendron atlanticum Dwarf azalea
Rhododendron austrinum Florida azalea
Rhododendron maximum Great laurel
Rhododendron minus Piedmont rhododendron (Carolinianum Group)
Rhododendron periclymenoides Pinxterbloom azalea
Sarracenia alata Yellow trumpets
Sarracenia flava Yellow pitcher
Sarracenia flava var. Coppertop Coppertop pitcherplant
Sarracenia flava var. Rubricorpora Rubricorpora pitcherplant
Sarracenia leucophylla White trumpet
Sarracenia leucophylla - 'Tarnok' Tarnock pitcherplant
Sarracenia purpurea Purple pitcher plant
Sarracenia purpurea - 'Venosa Burkii' Burke’s southern pitcherplant
Sarracenia x Catesbaei Sarracenia flava × purpurea
Sarracenia x Moorei Sarracenia flava x leucophylla
Sedum ternatum Woodland stonecrop
Sorbus americana American mountain ash
Styrax grandifolius Bigleaf snowbell
Thelypteris palustris Eastern marsh fern
Thuja occidentalis Northern white cedar
Tiarella cordifolia Foamflower
Tiarella wherryi Wherry’s Foamflower
Vaccinium angustifolium Lowbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum - 'Collins' Highbush blueberry
Vaccinium crassifolium Creeping blueberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon American cranberry
Vaccinium oxycoccos Small cranberry
Viola brittoniana Northern coast violet

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