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Some Links for Additional Information
Groundcovers
Creeping Mahonia
Mahonia repens
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/mare.htm (more info)
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/mare1.htm (more photos)
Longleaf Mahonia
Mahonia nervosa
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/mane.htm (more info)
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/mane8.htm (more photos)
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
- http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/aruv2.htm (more photos)
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/aruv.htm (more info)
Fairy Wings
Epimedium
- http://depts.washington.edu/uwbg/news/2010/04/01/april-2010-plant-profile-epimedium/
http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/plant.asp?code=C650
Shrub Honeysuckle
Lonicera pileata
- http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/lopi1.htm (more photos)
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/lopi.htm (more info.)
Low Ceanothus
Ceanothus gloriosus ‘Point Reyes’.
- http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/cegl1.htm (more photos)
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/cegl-i.htm (more info.)
Low Growing Shrubs
Japanese Barberry
Berberis thunbergii
White Rockrose
Cistus × hybridus
- http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/cico1.htm (more photos)
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/cico-i.htm (more info.)
Bush Cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa
- http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/pofr1.htm (photos)
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/pofr-i.htm (more info.)
http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/plantfinder/potentilla-2.asp (cultivar photos)
Perennials for a Stunning Effect
Cone Flower
Echinacea purpurea
- http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/plant.asp?code=C580
Switch Grass
Panicum virgatum ‘Rotstrahlbusch‘
- http://www.greatplantpicks.org/display?id=2679&searchterm=all
