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Ebony spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron)

  • SCIENTIFIC NAME: Asplenium platyneuron
  • PLANT TYPE: Fern
  • SCIENTIFIC NAME PRONUNCIATION: (ass-PLEE-nee-um plat-ee-NOOR-on)

Partial shade to sun; not particular about soil type; prefers consistently moist soil; can withstand some drought. This small fern is lacy and evergreen so it provides year-round interest.
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Dwarf pawpaw (Asimina parviflora)

  • SCIENTIFIC NAME: Asimina parviflora
  • PLANT TYPE: Shrub
  • SCIENTIFIC NAME PRONUNCIATION: (a-SEE-mee-nuh par-VEE-flor-uh)

Partial shade to sun; needs moist, well-drained soil; must have more than one plant for fruit to develop (cross-pollination). Edible fruit; larval food plant of zebra swallowtail butterfly.   Other Common Names: Smallflower Pawpaw, Small-Fruited Pawpaw, Small Custard-Apple, Custard-Banana
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Dutchman’s breeches, blue staggers (Dicentra cucullaria)

  • SCIENTIFIC NAME: Dicentra cucullaria
  • PLANT TYPE: Perennial
  • SCIENTIFIC NAME PRONUNCIATION: dye-SEN-truh kew-kew-LAR-ee-uh

Cultural notes: Sometimes known as blue staggers because of its narcotic and occasionally lethal effects on grazing cattle The species is a spring ephemeral. In summer’s heat, the leaves turn yellow and disappear, to re-emerge the following spring from a bulb-like corm.
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Downy serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)

  • SCIENTIFIC NAME: Amelanchier arborea
  • PLANT TYPE: Tree
  • SCIENTIFIC NAME PRONUNCIATION: (am-uh-LAN-kee-er ar-BOR-ee-uh)

Sun to shade; moist to dry well-drained soil; acid soil. The more sun the better the flowering and fruit potential.   Other Common Names: Common serviceberry, Juneberry, Junebush, shadbush, shadblow, sarvisberry.
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