Bowood Farms
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Plant Database

Welcome to Bowood Farms Plant Database. You can search by either Botanical Name or Common Name, or if a more general search is needed, please use the Plant Search. We are in the process of building our Plant Database therefore this is not a complete list of our inventory, if you don't see a specific plant please call or use our Community Bulletin Board in the Gardener's Corner to inquire about availability. Plants are for sale at our St. Louis location only, based on availability. As you browse the Plant Database, use the My Garden Planner to create a printable list of plants that interest you. Please bring your Garden Planner into Bowood Farms and we will assist you with your plant selections.

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Botanical Name     Common Name
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Abelmoschus esculentus 'Carmine Splendor'

Abelmoschus esculentus 'Carmine Splendor'

Common Name: Okra

Stout pods are deep red when small fading to a lighter red/pink when larger with 5 points. Mid- to late-summer harvest season. Fast maturing, stalky, upright plants.

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Abutilon pictum 'Thompsonii'

Abutilon pictum 'Thompsonii'

Common Name: Yearround Flowering Maple

Abutilon pictum 'Thompsonii' is a lovely Flowering Maple that blooms steadily throughout the year, provided it receives lots of sun and plenty of moisture. Plants grow upright to two feet or more, and their deep green leaves are sp...


Acanthus 'Whitewater'

Acanthus 'Whitewater'

Common Name: Variegated Acanthus
This vigorous, variegated Acanthus has striking, bold leaves with white margins and splashing. Makes a large clump with 4-5' tall ornamental flower stalks of pink and cream in summer. Great bold accent in the shade garden, perennial border or areas ...

Acanthus spinosus

Acanthus spinosus

Common Name: Spiny Bears Breeches
Foxglove-like purple/white flowers, bold deeply divided dark green spiny-tipped leaves, the spines look worse than they feel! Hardy and dramatic!...

Achillea 'Moonshine'

Achillea 'Moonshine'

Common Name: Yarrow
Flat-topped clusters of sulphur-yellow flowers with fern-like aromatic foliage ranging from green to gray that stays nice throughout the season. If kept cut back after blooming, they will continue to flower all summer and into fall and keep a tidy ap...

Acorus gramineus 'Minimus-Aureus'

Acorus gramineus 'Minimus-Aureus'

Common Name: Acorus
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Acorus gramineus 'Pusillus'

Acorus gramineus 'Pusillus'

Common Name: Dwarf Sweet Flag
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Actaea 'Chocoholic'

Actaea 'Chocoholic'

Common Name: Black Snakeroot

Fragrant bottlebrush flowers dance above the deep purple foliage.  They are a rich mauve-pink color when they open and lighten to white  as they age.

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Actaea pachypoda 'Misty Blue'

Actaea pachypoda 'Misty Blue'

Common Name: Baneberry-White

Multi-stemmed clump of soft blue-green foliage and is similar to Cimicifuga in habit.  It is a dependable, low maintenance, long-lived perennial once established. 

Small cluste...


Actinidia kolomikta 'Arctic'

Actinidia kolomikta 'Arctic'

Common Name: Kiwi Male/Female

A Beautiful vine grown for its colorful variegated foliage. The heart shaped leaves will exhibit shades of green, creamy white, and bright pink. It produces fragrant small blossoms but does not produce fruit. It will reach 15 to 25...


Adiantum pedatum

Adiantum pedatum

Common Name: Maidenhair Fern
Finely textured smooth green fronds above wiry dark brown/black stems....

Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum'

Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum'

Common Name: Bishops or Goutweed
Green leaves with white margins. White flowers, that are not very showy....

Aeschynanthus radicans

Aeschynanthus radicans

Common Name: Lipstick Plant
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Aesculus parviflora

Aesculus parviflora

Common Name: Bottlebrush Buckeye
White cylindrical panicles 8-12" long. Medium-dark green palmate leaves, yellow-green fall color....

Agastache 'Heatwave'

Agastache 'Heatwave'

Common Name: Bubble Gum Mint/Hummingbird Mint

Eye-catching flower spikes of lavender-pink contrast handsomely with its blue-green foliage. Mass toward the rear of perennial borders for striking affect. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies with its spicy fragrant licorice-scen...


Agastache 'Bolero'

Agastache 'Bolero'

Common Name: Hyssop

Darker bronze foliage and vivid rose purple flowers with purple calyxes set this new variety apart. From midsummer into fall, plants are topped by a plethora of brightly colored flower spikes which add a bright spot of color to the landscape. Xeri...


Agastache foeniculum 'Golden Jubilee'

Agastache foeniculum 'Golden Jubilee'

Common Name: Hyssop-Anise
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Ajania pacifica 'Gold and Silver'

Ajania pacifica 'Gold and Silver'

Common Name: Gold and Silver Chrysanthemum

Superb, white-edged foliage with small, yellow flowers in late fall.

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Ajuga 'Burgundy Glow'

Ajuga 'Burgundy Glow'

Common Name: Bugleweed
Blue flowers. This Ajuga features tricolored foliage: white, pink and green....

Ajuga 'Chocolate Chip'

Ajuga 'Chocolate Chip'

Common Name: Bugleweed
This petite form of Ajuga has small, narrow, rich chocolate brown and green leaves. This plant forms a tight mat that weeds can not penetrate making it a very valuable groundcover. Flowers are a nice shade of blue-violet....

Ajuga 'Sparkler'

Ajuga 'Sparkler'

Common Name: Variegated Japanese Ajuga
'Sparkler' has thick, dark green, shiny foliage covered in creamy-white splashes that light up the floor of a garden like nothing else. Come winter, the variegated foliage takes on amazing pink tones. Warm weather with new growth brings out even more...

Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop'

Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop'

Common Name: Bugleweed
Little blue flowers, lightly glossed chocolate hues narrow leafed foliage....

Ajuga reptans 'Silver Beauty'

Ajuga reptans 'Silver Beauty'

Common Name: Bugleweed

This lovely variegated ajuga has grey-green leaves with an irregular creamy-white edge.  From mid to late spring, short spikes of blue flowers stand upright above the low, spreading foliage.  The effect is stunning when planted en ma...


Alcea 'Polarstar'

Alcea 'Polarstar'

Common Name: Hollyhock

Single, white flowers with a yellow eye are produced on tall, sturdy stalks  in  midsummer.

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Alcea rosea 'Sunshine'

Alcea rosea 'Sunshine'

Common Name: Hollyhock

Bright yellow, single flowers are produced on tall, sturdy stalks in midsummer.

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Alchemilla erythropoda

Alchemilla erythropoda

Common Name: Dwarf Lady's Mantle
A plant right out of the English perennial garden. Produces smaller leaves in blue-green color with a silver edge, then other species. Blooms in the spring with sprays of chartruese flowers. The silken leaves will sparkle when drops of rain or dew co...

Alchemilla mollis

Alchemilla mollis

Common Name: Lady's Mantle
Green yellow sprays of flowers. Light green downy shallow-lobed rounded leaves, raindrops are 'captured' on leaves like glistening beads....

Alchemilla mollis 'Auslese'

Alchemilla mollis 'Auslese'

Common Name: Lady's Mantle

Green to bright chartreuse flowers appear in clusters above scalloped, grey-green foliage; robust and vigorous.

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Allium fistulosum 'Deep Purple'

Allium fistulosum 'Deep Purple'

Common Name: Bunching Onion

The first red buncher that is highly colored at any temperature or age.

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Allium schoenoprasum

Allium schoenoprasum

Common Name: Chives
Edible flowers of small pale purple, form a dense globular umbel at top of stem in summer. Leaves are slender dark green, sweet mild onion flavor....

Allium senescens 'Glaucum'

Allium senescens 'Glaucum'

Common Name: Ornamental Onion
Lilac or mauve flowers in tight umbels and linear, flat, slightly twisted foliage is grayish-green. Leaves smell like onions if bruised....

Allium tuberosum

Allium tuberosum

Common Name: Garlic Chives

Features chive-like, gray-green leaves up to 12" long which may be used in cooking in the same manner as chives (Allium schoenoprasum). Tiny, star-shaped, white flowers with brown striped tepals appear in loose clusters.  All ...


Aloysia triphylla

Aloysia triphylla

Common Name: Lemon Verbena
Small white flowers in late summer/fall. Leaves have a strong lemon scent, bright green....

Alsobia dianthaflora

Alsobia dianthaflora

Common Name: Alsobia dianthaflora

Large deeply fringed white flowers. Small dark green downy leaves arranged in tiny rosettes. Stoloniferous, trailing, easy to grow.

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Alternanthera 'Mai Tai'

Alternanthera 'Mai Tai'

Common Name: Joseph's Coat

Leaves have a hot pink, burgundy, chartreuse, and green coloration.

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Alternanthera 'Purple Knight'

Alternanthera 'Purple Knight'

Common Name: Joseph's Coat

Royal purple foliage that deepens in color under full sun. Reliable performer, requires little in the way of care.

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Alternanthera dentata 'Raspberry Rum'

Alternanthera dentata 'Raspberry Rum'

Common Name: Alternanthera

Upright and outwardly spreading brugundy foliage with fuchsia red splashes.

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Alternathera dentata 'Little Ruby'

Alternathera dentata 'Little Ruby'

Common Name: Alternathera
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Ammi majus 'Graceland'

Ammi majus 'Graceland'

Common Name: Lady's Lace
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Amsonia hubrichtii

Amsonia hubrichtii

Common Name: Thread-leaf Blue Star
Steel-blue star-shaped flowers, very fine textured green foliage, turns an incredible golden yellow in the fall. The cool blue flower does a good job of toning down adjacent flower colors in border....

Amsonia illustris

Amsonia illustris

Common Name: Prairie Blue Star
Steel blue flowers. Shiny willow-like leaves turn bright gold in the fall....

Anchusa capensis

Anchusa capensis

Common Name: Summer-forget-me-not

This plant produces flowers of rich gentian blue for most of the summer. Plants are upright and narrow, ideal for tucking into mixed containers or massing towards the front of a sunny border.

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Andropogon gerardii

Andropogon gerardii

Common Name: Big Bluestem
Purplish flower spikes, three-branched seedheads resembling a turkey foot. Blue-green to silver-blue foliage turns reddish-copper in fall....

Anethum graveolens 'Fernleaf'

Anethum graveolens 'Fernleaf'

Common Name: Fernleaf Dill
White umbels of flowers in mid summer, flower heads bear seeds with a celery/anise combination flavor. Attractive feathery blue-green lacey foliage....

Anethum graveolens 'Superdukat'

Anethum graveolens 'Superdukat'

Common Name: Dill
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Anethum graveolens 'Vierling'

Anethum graveolens 'Vierling'

Common Name: Dill
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Angelonia 'Angel Face Blue'

Angelonia 'Angel Face Blue'

Common Name: Summer Snapdragon
Tall spikes of small orchid-like blue-purple flowers grow on sturdy stems. Lanceolate deep green foliage....

Angelonia 'Angelface Wedgewood Blue'

Angelonia 'Angelface Wedgewood Blue'

Common Name: Summer Snapdragon
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Angelonia 'Angelface Pink Improved'

Angelonia 'Angelface Pink Improved'

Common Name: Summer Snapdragon
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Angelonia angustifolia 'Angelface Blue Imp'

Angelonia angustifolia 'Angelface Blue Imp'

Common Name: Summer Snapdragon
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Angelonia angustifolia 'Zebra'

Angelonia angustifolia 'Zebra'

Common Name: Summer Snapdragon

Unique flower color. Rich rose blooms accented with clear mauve stripes on the petals and a burgundy throat.

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Antirrhinum hispanicum 'Roseum'

Antirrhinum hispanicum 'Roseum'

Common Name: Spanish Snapdragon

Rose-pink flowers over silver-blue foliage begin blooming in June and continue through the summer. Soft, subtle pastel colors and glaucous foliage make this plant a winner.

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Aquilegia 'Songbird Blue Bird Improved'

Aquilegia 'Songbird Blue Bird Improved'

Common Name: Columbine
Light blue and white flowers. Gray-green, deeply divided leaves....

Aquilegia canadensis

Aquilegia canadensis

Common Name: Wild Columbine
Several semi-pendent, bell-shaped flowers with yellow sepals and red spurs. Fern-like dark green foliage....

Aquilegia x 'Songbird Cardinal'

Aquilegia x 'Songbird Cardinal'

Common Name: Columbine
Red and white bicolor flowers. Almost fern-like gray-green foliage is somewhat suggestive of meadow rue....

Aralia cordata 'Sun King'

Aralia cordata 'Sun King'

Common Name: Golden Japanese Spikenard

‘Sun King’ emerges mid-spring with bright gold leaves held on nicely contrasting reddish brown stems.  If given at least a few hours of sun a day, the foliage will remain yellow all summer.  In heavier shade, the foliage rang...


Arisaema triphyllum

Arisaema triphyllum

Common Name: Jack in the Pulpit
Tiny, on a clublike spadix. Preacher Jack in his "pulpit" is enveloped by the canopylike spathe, which is either green or many hues of brown. Individual plants have male and female flowers, the male above the female, or may have only male or only fem...

Artemisia 'Powis Castle'

Artemisia 'Powis Castle'

Common Name: Hardy Dusty Miller
Uniform mounds, grown for stunning feathery silver foliage. Known for its unique color and fragrance, needs good drainage. Yellow flowers are borne in drooping heads....

Artemisia annua

Artemisia annua

Common Name: Sweet Annie
Flowers are a pale yellow. Lace-leaved green foliage....

Artemisia dracunculus 'Sativa'

Artemisia dracunculus 'Sativa'

Common Name: French Tarragon
Green leaves are long and narrow with a distinctively peppery scent and an anise undertone....

Arundo donax 'Peppermint Stick'

Arundo donax 'Peppermint Stick'

Common Name: Giant Reed

 ‘Peppermint Stick’ displays incredible cream, sage green, and dark green stripes in an alternating fashion along the wide, strappy leaves and even up the stout stalks.

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Asarum canadense

Asarum canadense

Common Name: Wild Ginger
Urn-shaped,brownish-red flowers are hidden beneath the foliage. Heart-shaped leaves, spread by rhizomes under soil level....

Asarum splendens

Asarum splendens

Common Name: Ginger-Chinese Wild

The large, dark green, deer-resistant leaves (evergreen to 10 degrees F) are heavily adorned with silvery mottling throughout. Asarum splendens is a vigorously rhizomatous species. In early spring, you will also love this one for t...


Asclepias cur 'Silky Gold'

Asclepias cur 'Silky Gold'

Common Name: Milkweed

Clusters of golden-yellow flowers and yellow-green lance-shaped leaves.

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Asclepias curassavica

Asclepias curassavica

Common Name: Blood Flower
Scarlet/orange/yellow flowers. The seeds are in spindle shaped pods, that have a crown of silky hairs and blow into the wind like miniature parachutes. Oblanceolate green leaves....

Asclepias incarnata

Asclepias incarnata

Common Name: Swamp Milkweed
Clusters of white and bright pinkish-crimson flowers. Long narrow foliage on very erect stems....

Asclepias tuberosa

Asclepias tuberosa

Common Name: Butterfly Weed
Clusters of reddish-orange flowers. Rough dark green narrow foliage on erect stems....

Asclepias tuberosa interior

Asclepias tuberosa interior

Common Name: Butterfly Weed

Clusters of reddish-orange flowers. Rough dark green narrow foliage on erect stems.

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Asplenium ebenoides

Asplenium ebenoides

Common Name: Dragon Tail Fern
Smooth glossy deep green fronds that elongate at the tip....

Astilbe chinensis 'Visions'

Astilbe chinensis 'Visions'

Common Name: Astilbe
Lilac purple flowers and bronze-green leaves. This cultivar is one of the more drought tolerant varieties....

Astilbe chinensis 'Visions in Pink'

Astilbe chinensis 'Visions in Pink'

Common Name: Astilbe
Pink flowers on well branched full spikes, thick blue-green foliage, very durable....

Astilbe chinensis 'Visions in Red'

Astilbe chinensis 'Visions in Red'

Common Name: False Spirea
Pinkish-red flowers and thick, dark bronze-green foliage....

Astilbe chinensis 'Vision in White'

Astilbe chinensis 'Vision in White'

Common Name: Chinese Astilbe
'Vision in White' is a robust growing selection which produces loads of large, creamy white, triangular plumes in midsummer. Though the foliage is full and robust like others in the Visions series, it is not as coarsely textured. Rather, the green l...

Astilbe simplicifolia 'Sprite'

Astilbe simplicifolia 'Sprite'

Common Name: False Spirea
Shell pink, deeply divided, dark glossy green foliage....

Athyrium filix-femina

Athyrium filix-femina

Common Name: Lady Fern
Light green finely textured fronds, easy vigorous grower, non-evergreen....

Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Silver Falls'

Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Silver Falls'

Common Name: Japanese Painted Fern
Unlike any other painted fern, this one intensifies their silvering as the season progresses! Stunning, lustrous fronds that shimmer with its contrasting red veins. This fern appears later in the spring than the other Japanese painted ferns....

Atriplex hortensis 'Red Orach'

Atriplex hortensis 'Red Orach'

Common Name: Red Orach Greens
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