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Create the Best Garden on the Block with these Rare and Unique Flowers.

For those who love nature and gardening, nothing is more relaxing than sitting out on a warm day in your very own beautiful garden. After a hard, stressful day, sitting in your garden, enjoying the sites, sound and smells can melt the stress away. If you are like me, you are always looking for new ways to bring the beauty of nature into your backyard garden. I love to research and discover new and exciting plants to add to next years garden. If you want the most exciting garden on the block, or if you just enjoy nature for its intrinsic beauty than this is the place for you. I have create my ultimate wish list of beautiful, unique and interesting flowers. I hope you will enjoy adding some of these unique treasures to your own flower garden oasis, and I hope you will join me in adding some of your flower garden favorites here as well!

Full Sun Perenials

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Garden of Dreams

In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful. ~Abram L. Urban

Orchids

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Water Lilies

Do you have a pond or water feature in your garden? If you do, these Water Lilies make a wonderful addition to your garden.
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Blue and Purple Water Lilies

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Pink and Red Water Lilies

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A Garden Pond

Would you like to add a pond or water feature to your Garden?

Learn how to create a beautiful small pond in your garden today with Jan Goldfield, the pond lady.
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Greatest Gift

The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. ~Hanna Rion

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Desert Rose Mix 20 Seeds - Echeveria Mix - Succulents

Desert Rose Mix 20 Seeds - Echeveria Mix - Succulents

Echeveria is a large genus of about 100 species of succulents, in the Crassulaceae family. They are native from Mexico to northwestern South America. The genus Echeveria is named after the 18th century Spanich botanist Atanasio Echeverria Codoy. Several of these species are outstanding garden plants. It's a genus of justly popular, beautiful and easily grown succulents, particularly suitable as house plants. Grouping a variety of Echeveria cultivars together is an ideal way to display the divers...1 point

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Voodoo Lily 1 Bulb - Dracunculus vulgaris - Indoors/Out

Voodoo Lily 1 Bulb - Dracunculus vulgaris - Indoors/Out

Known as the Dragon Arum. Large crimson red flower with tall black pistels. Heirloom 1853.



Great for the tropical garden; early summer flowering, followed by scarlet berries; very striking! The Voodoo Lily also makes an excellent house plant.1 point

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Himalayan Blue Poppy 20 Seeds - Meconopsis

Himalayan Blue Poppy 20 Seeds - Meconopsis

The most popular of the Blue Meconopsis Poppy species and the easiest to grow! The Azure blue 3" flowers are borne on stately stems and never fail to bring gasps of admiration. Plus this is a hardy perennial, including zone 5. The Blue Poppy grows 3-4 feet tall.



Proper name: Meconopsis betonicifolia.1 point

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Peace Lily Plant - Spathyphyllium - Great House Plant

Peace Lily Plant - Spathyphyllium - Great House Plant

Spathiphyllum the genus name means, literally, "leaf spathe", with spathe defined as "A large bract or pair of bracts sheathing a flower cluster, as a spadix." You're likely to know it as "Peace Lily". Its' widespread interior use is due to its exceptional acclimation to low light conditions. There are approximately 30 different species of Spathiphyllum, some are native to Central and South America. Interestingly, two species are found on the other side of the world, in Malaysia, and one is nati...0 points

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Early Toad Lily 20 Seeds -Tricyrtis - Shade Perennial

Early Toad Lily 20 Seeds -Tricyrtis - Shade Perennial

Tricyrtis latifolia - Early Toad Lily



This species is native to China and Japan. The stems are upright and reach less than two feet in height. The individual leaves are broadly ovate and may be 5 or 6 inches in length and light green in color with a sheen overlaying the heavily veined surface. Flowers are in cymes above the foliage, yellow in color with brown spots. This is the first toad lily to bloom in my garden each year. Count on the flowers during mid to late June, into July. Mine is with...0 points

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