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Common Name Index


While we use Latin names at Made in the Shade, you may know the plant you are looking for better by its common name. Below we have provided an index of common names with their Latin names. It is by no means complete, we hope it helps.
common name Species
Adam's Needle Yucca
Anchusa Anchusa
Archangel Lamiastrum
Archangel, purple Lamium
Aster Aster 
Astilbe Astilbe
Ballonflower Platycodon 
Baneberry Actaea
Barrenwort Epimedium
Basket of Gold Aurinia
Bearberry Arctostaphylos
Bearded Iris Iris germanica
Beebalm Monarda
Bell Wort Uvularia
Bergamot Monarda
Black Hellebore Helleborus
Blackberry Liliy Belamcanda 
Black-Eyed-Susan Rudbeckia
Blanket Flower Gaillardia
Blazing Star Liatris
Bleeding Heart Dicentra
Bloodroot Sanguinaria
Blue Corydalis Corydalis 
Blue False Indigo Baptisia 
Blue Fescue Festuca
Blue Leadwort Ceratostigma
Bluebeard Caryopteris
Bluebells Mertensia
Bluestem Grass Schizachyrium
Border Phlox Phlox arendsii 
Bottlebrush Sanguisorba 
Bowman's Root Gillenia
Bugbane Actaea
Bugleweed Ajuga
Bugloss Anchusa
Bugloss, siberian Brunnera
Bunchberry Cornus 
Burnet Sanguisorba 
Butterfly Bush Buddleia
Candytuft Iberis
Cardinal Flower Lobelia
Catmint Nepeta
Chameleon Plant Houttuynia
Christmas rose Helleborus
Cinnamon Fern Osmunda
Cinquefoil Potentilla
Clematis Clematis
Clover Trifolium 
Columbine Aquilegia
Comfrey Symphytum 
Coral Bells Heuchera
Cornflower Centaurea
Corydalis Corydalis 
Cranesbill Geranium Geranium
Crimson Fans Mukdenia
Daisy Leucanthemum
Daylily Hemerocallis
Dead Nettle Lamium
Delphinium Delphinium
Dragonhead Dracocephalum 
Elephant Ears Berginia
Elephant Ears Ligularia
Evening Primrose Oenothera 
False Lamium Lamiastrum
False Sunflower Heliopsis
Fern-Leaf Bleeding Heart Dicentra
Foamflower Tiarella
Gay Feather Liatris
Giant Gunnera Gunnera 
Giant Gypsophylla Crambe
Globe Flower Trollius
Globe Thistle Echinops
Gloxinia, garden Incarvillea
Goatsbeard Aruncus
Golden Ray Ligularia
Grass, ornamental Calamagrostis
Grass, ornamental Carex
Grass, ornamental Erianthus
Grass, ornamental Festuca
Grass, ornamental Miscanthus
Grass, ornamental Schizachyrium
Hardy Kiwi Actinidia 
Hardy Mum Chrysanthemum 
Hardy Orchid Bletilla 
Hardy Pampas Grass Erianthus
Helen's Flower Helenium
Hens & Chicks Sempervivum
Hibiscus Hibiscus
Hosta Hosta
Hummingbird Mint Agastache
Hydrangea Hydrangea
Hyssop Agastache
Iris, bearded Iris germanica
Iris, siberian Iris siberica
Iris, variegated Iris pallida
Irish Moss Sagina 
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema
Jacob's Ladder Polemonium
Japanese Bottlebrush Sanguisorba 
Japanese Painted Fern Athyrium
Joe-Pye Weed Eupatorium
Lady Fern Athyrium
Lady Slipper Orchid Cypripedium
Lady's Mantle Alchemilla
Lamium, false Lamiastrum
Larkspur Delphinium
Lavender Lavandula
Leadwort, blue Ceratostigma
Lenten Rose Helleborus
Lily-of-the-Nile Agapanthus
Liver Leaf Hepatica
Lungwort Pulmonaria
Maiden Grass Miscanthus
Maidenhair Fern Adiantum
Masterwort Astrantia 
Meadow Sage Salvia
Meadow Sweet Filipendula 
Meadowrue Thalictrum
Monkshood Aconitum
Moss Phlox Phlox moss
Moss, irish Sagina 
Mossy Saxifrage Saxifraga
Mullein Verbascum 
Mum Chrysanthemum 
Northern Dragonhead Dracocephalum 
Orchid, hardy Bletilla 
Orchid, Lady Slipper  Cypripedium
Oriental Poppy Papaver
Ornamental Rhubarb Rheum
Ostrich Fern Matteuccia
Oswego Tea Monarda
Painted Arum Arum
Pampas Grass Erianthus
Pasque-Flower Pulsatilla
Peony Paeonia 
Peruvian Lily Alstroemeria 
Phlox Phlox
Pig Squeak Berginia
Pinks Dianthus 
Plume Poppy Macleaya
Poppy Papaver
Primrose Primula
Purple Coneflower Echinacea
Reed Grass Calamagrostis
Rhubarb, ornamental Rheum
Robust Male Fern Dryopteris
Rock Cress Aubrieta 
Rock Rose Helianthemum
Rodgersia Rodgersia
Rose Mallow Hibiscus
Rue-Anemone Anemonella 
Russian Sage Perovskia
Sage, ornamental Salvia
Sage, russian Perovskia
Sagebrush Artemisia
Saxifrage Saxifraga
Sea Holly Eryngium
Sedges Carex
Self Heal Prunella
Shasta Daisy Leucanthemum
Shield Leaf Rodgersia Astilboides
Siberian Bugloss Brunnera
Siberian Iris Iris siberica
Soapwort Saponaria
Solomon's Seal Polygonatum
Speedwell Veronica
Spiderwort Tradescantia 
Spurge Euphorbia
Stonecrop Sedum
Summer Phlox Phlox tall
Sundrops Oenothera 
Sunflower, false Heliopsis
Sweet Iris Iris pallida
Sweet Woodruff Galium
Thyme Thymus
Tickseed Coreopsis
Toad Lily Tricyrtis
Trillium Trillium
Turtle Head Chelone
Umbrella Plant Darmera
Virginia Bluebells Mertensia
Wall Cress Arabis
Wild Ginger Asarum
Windflower Anenome
Wintergreen Gaultheria
Wolfsbane Aconitum
Woodland Phlox Phlox divaricata
Yellow Wax Bells Kirengeshoma







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