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  • Web Exclusive: Alternate Plant List
  • From "Weekend Landscaping"
    episode WKL-101
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    Scroll through the list to find the featured plant with suggestions for alternate plant material in zones nationwide.

    Common Name: Persian Rose New York Aster
    Botanical Name: Aster novi-belgii 'Persian Rose'
    Optimum Planting Zone: 4
    Other Appropriate Zones:

    • Northeast (4,5,6)
    • Midwest (3,4,5)
    • Northwest (5,6,7,8)
    • South and Southwest (6,7,8,9)
    • California (7,8,9,10)

    Common Name: Bougainvillea patio tree
    Botanical Name: Bougainvillea 'Purple Queen'
    Optimum Planting Zone: seasonal
    Other Appropriate Zones: California 7,8,9,10
    Alternative Plant Selection: Red Butterfly Bush patio tree: Buddleia davidii 'Royal Red'
    Appropriate Zones (Alternative Plant):

    • Northeast (4,5,6)
    • Midwest (3,4,5)
    • Northwest (5,6,7,8)
    • South and Southwest (6,7,8,9)

    Common Name: Winter Gem Boxwood
    Botanical Name: Buxus microphylla 'Winter Gem'
    Optimum Planting Zone: 6
    Other Appropriate Zones :

    • Northeast (4,5,6)
    • Northwest (5,6,7,8)
    • South and Southwest (6,7,8,9)
    • California (7,8,9,10)

    Alternative Plant Selection: Sunspot Euonymus: Euonymus fortunei 'Sunspot'
    Appropriate Zones(Alternative Plant):

    • Midwest (3,4,5)

    Common Name: Blue Fescue
    Botanical Name: Festuca cinerea 'Elijah Blue'
    Optimum Planting Zone: 4
    Other Appropriate Zones:

    • Northeast (4,5,6)
    • Midwest (3,4,5)
    • Northwest (5,6,7,8)
    • South (6,7,8,9)
    • Southwest (6,7,8,9)
    • California (7,8,9,10)

    Common Name: Gold Flash Scotch Broom
    Botanical Name: Genista pilosa 'Gold Flash'
    Optimum Planting Zone: 3
    Other Appropriate Zones :

    • Northeast (4,5,6)
    • Midwest (3,4,5)
    • Northwest (5,6,7,8)
    • South (6,7,8,9)
    • Southwest (6,7,8,9)
    • California (7,8,9,10)

    Common Name: Siberian Iris
    Botanical Name: Iris siberica
    Optimum Planting Zone: 3
    Other Appropriate Zones:

    • Northeast (4,5,6)
    • Midwest (3,4,5)
    • Northwest (5,6,7,8)
    • South (6,7,8,9)
    • Southwest (6,7,8,9)

    Alternative Plant Selection: African Iris: Moraea iridioides
    Appropriate Zones (Alternative Plant):

    • California (7,8,9,10)

    Common Name: Morning Light Maiden Grass
    Botanical Name: Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'
    Optimum Planting Zone: 5
    Other Appropriate Zones:

    • Northeast (4,5,6)
    • Midwest (3,4,5)
    • Northwest (5,6,7,8)
    • South (6,7,8,9)

    Alternative Plant Selection: Fountain Grass: Pennisetum setaceum
    Appropriate Zones (Alternative Plant):

    • Southwest (6,7,8,9)
    • California (7,8,9,10)

    Common Name: Russian Sage
    Botanical Name: Perovskia atriplicifolia
    Optimum Planting Zone: 3
    Other Appropriate Zones:


    • Northeast (4,5,6)
    • Midwest (3,4,5)
    • Northwest (5,6,7,8)
    • South (6,7,8,9)
    • Southwest (6,7,8,9)
    • California (7,8,9,10)

    Common Name: Flower Carpet Patio Tree
    Botanical Name: Rosa 'Flower Carpet Pink'
    Optimum Planting Zone: 4
    Other Appropriate Zones:


    • Northeast (4,5,6)
    • Midwest (3,4,5)
    • Northwest (5,6,7,8)
    • South (6,7,8,9)
    • Southwest (6,7,8,9)
    • California (7,8,9,10)

    Common Name: Mexican Bush Sage
    Botanical Name: Salvia leucantha
    Optimum Planting Zone: seasonal
    Other Appropriate Zones:


    • Northeast (4,5,6)
    • Midwest (3,4,5)
    • Northwest (5,6,7,8)
    • South (6,7,8,9)
    • Southwest (6,7,8,9)
    • California (7,8,9,10)

    Common Name: Autumn Joy Sedum
    Botanical Name: Sedum spectabile 'Autumn Joy'
    Optimum Planting Zone: 4
    Other Appropriate Zones :


    • Northeast (4,5,6)
    • Midwest (3,4,5)
    • Northwest (5,6,7,8)
    • South (6,7,8,9)
    • Southwest (6,7,8,9)
    • California (7,8,9,10)


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