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BABY'S BREATH (see Gypsophila)

BAPTISIA  australis (Blue False Indigo), zones 3-10, blue-green foliage with dark blue pea-like flowers in early summer, full sun to partial shade, drought resistant, likes acid soil, 3-6'.

 ssp. minor, a dwarf version!  Lavender blue flowers.  24-36”.

 sphaerocarpa, ‘Screaming Yellow’, brilliant golden-yellow flower spikes.  Dark green foliage.  Compact.  2-3’ tall.

 x.  ‘Carolina Moonlight’, pale yellow spikes.  3’.

‘Purple Smoke’, charcoal stems and gray-green foliage with smoky-violet flowers with a purple eye.  4’ tall with as many as 50 blooming stalks on an established plant!!  Native.

 'Starlite Prairieblues', soft blue, pea-like flowers that glow white at the base.  36-48". 

 ‘Twilite Prarie Blues’, violet-purple flowers with yellow keel.  32”.

BEARD TONGUE (see Penstemon)

BEEBALM (see Monarda)

«BEGONIA grandis (Hardy Begonia), pale pink flowers above large, rich green leaves from July-Frost.  grows to 2'. Rich moist soil, Part Shade. Slow to emerge in spring.  Seeds itself around.

‘Alba’, white flowering form.

BELLFLOWER (see Campanula)

«BERGENIA cordifolia (Heart Leaved Bergenia)

 ‘Magic Giant’, very large leaves turn purplish-bronze thru winter.  Rosy-pink flowers April-May.  16”.

 ‘New Hybrids’, pink flowers March-May.  Large green leaves tinted red.  15”.

x. ‘Bressingham Ruby’, rose-red flowers.  Handsome evergreen leaves are ruby-bronze in winter, green spring-fall.  12”.

BLACK EYED SUSAN (see Rudbeckia)

BLEEDING HEART (see Dicentra)

« BLETILLA striata - (Chinese Ground Orchid) - Produces 6 or more exotic                                miniature orchid-like flowers resembling the lovely Cattleya Orchid.  Lavender-pink, blooms June-July, part shade, 1-2- tall.  Moist, highly organic soil.

'Innocence', white, to near white flowers with a lavender blush on the lip.  1-2' tall.

'Murasaki Shikibu', pale lavender flowers with a dark ruffled lip.  15" tall.

 'Variegata', purple orchid flowers.  Broad, pleated, sword-like leaves are edged white.  12-24" tall.

BLUE BELL (see Mertensia)

BOLTONIA latisquama , ‘Jim Crockett’, 18-24”.  Lavender flowers.

«BRUNNERA macrophylla (Siberian Bugloss), zones 3-10, heart shaped dark green leaves, tiny light blue flowers look like forget-me-nots, bloom in sun and shade, soil should be moist, especially in sun, 1.5'.  Seeds around!!

'Emerald Mist', sport of 'Jack Frost', with emerald-green, heart shaped leaves with silver markings.  Bright blue flowers in late spring.  14-16" tall.

 ‘Jack Frost’, Frosty silvery overlay and light green veins in leaves.  Blue spring flowers.  12-15”tall.

 'King's Ransom', sport of 'Jack Frost' with pale yellow leaf margins, and a cream cast over the heart-shaped leaves.  Powdery-blue flowers in spring.  The leaf margins lighten to white after the flowers are done.  10-12" tall.

 ‘Looking Glass’,  solid silver foliage, 12-15” tall.  Tiny wedgewood-blue flowers in spring.

‘Silver Wings’, large heart-shaped leaves with silver overlay.  Thin white margins frame each leaf.  Tiny blue flowers spring-summer.  12-15”.

‘Spring Yellow’, leaves emerge yellow aging to pale green.