SUN-
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Common name
Botanical name |
Native |
Shape |
Height |
Flower/Fruit |
African Iris
Dietes iridioides |
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Clumping form |
24 inches |
Blue flowers |
Black Eyed
Susan
Rudbeckia hirta |
X |
Upright branching form |
3 feet |
Most common yellow flowers and
brown centers |
Blazing Star
Liatris
Liatris spicata |
X |
Vertical plant with feathery
effects and narrow leaves which whorl around tall stems |
1-5 feet |
Bottlebrush of purple, fuchsia and
rose |
Crown of
Thorns
Euphorbia milii |
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Branching, spiny form |
3 feet |
Small, bright, red or pink flowers |
SUN-
FLOWERS |
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Common name
Botanical name |
Native |
Shape |
Height |
Flower/Fruit |
Dwarf
Evergreen Day Lily
Hemerocallis |
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Lily-like clumps |
1x1 feet |
Trumpet-shaped flowers in a
variety of colors |
Gaillardia
Gaillardia pulchella |
X |
Daisy-like flowers with single,
double, semi-double stems |
2 feet |
Yellow, orange, crimson or copper
scarlet daisy-like flowers. The large centers are a rose
purple |
Gayfeather
Liatris punctata |
X |
Upright form |
8-14 inches |
Cluster purple flowers arranged
along a stalk |
Pentas
Pentas lanceolata |
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Sprawling leafy mound |
4 feet |
Red, pink and star-like flowers |
Society
Garlic
Tulbaghia violacea |
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Grass-like clumps |
2 feet |
Rosy lavender flowers on stem |
Weeping
Lantana
Lantana montevidensis |
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Sprawling |
18 inches |
Dense flowers of solid lilac color |
