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Native Fringe Tree
(Chionanthus virginicus)
The native version of the fringe tree is an ethereal
cloud of delicate white in the landscape.
Buckeye
(Aesculus pavia)
The state tree of Ohio is also a native of Southeastern
Louisiana! |
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Hinckley’s Columbine
(aquilegia hinckleyana)
The blooms of this Southeastern native hover
like golden fairies above its sea-foam green foliage.
Silver Bell Tree
(Halesia diptera)
Sweetly drooping white bells bloom on the nearly
bare branches of this native understory tree. |
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Banana Shrub
(Michellia figo)
This old-fashioned garden plant is often smelled
(banana popsicles!) before it is seen!
Wisteria
(Wisteria sinensis)
An everlasting symbol of gardens of the Old
South: romantic and pendulous, headily scented wisteria! |
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Daisy Fleabane
(Erigeron pumilis)
Also known as low erigeron, the Lakota name for this sweet
composite was “short buffalo weed”.
Sweetspire
(Itea Virginica)
Reportedly called “kitten’s tails”
by Caroline Dormon, one of the creators of the Wild Garden at
Longue Vue. |
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