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• Syringa reticulata
  ...id=200017817 ''Syringa reticulata'']</ref><ref name=hanaki>Hanaki Kawahara Gardens: [http://www.068.jp/business/product/mainprdct3/hashidoi.html ''Syringa ret ...nslation])</ref><ref name=rhs>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.</ref>
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• Houttuynia
  ...'Houttuynia''''', is a [[flowering plant]] native to [[Japan]], southern [[China]] and [[Southeast Asia]], where it grows in moist, shady places. ...tem is trailing and produces [[adventitious root]]s, while the distal part of the stem grows vertically. The [[Leaf|leaves]] are alternate, broadly heart
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• Butea
  ...ra MacKinder, and Mike Lock. 2005. ''Legumes of the World''. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Richmond, England. </ref> ''[[Butea monosperma]]'', also known as [[Flame of the Forest]] or [[Bastard Teak]], is native to [[India]] and [[Southeast As
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• Hydrangea paniculata
  ...a]], [[Korea]], [[Japan]], and [[Sakhalin]].<ref>''Hydrangeas for American gardens'', by Dirr, Michael. Timber Press, 2004. ISBN 0881926418/ISBN 9780881926415 ...hydrangea of lawns. It is seen to best effect when planted close in front of heavy shrubbery. Cut back rather heavily in early spring.
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• Thuja koraiensis
  ...n, A. (2005). ''Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys''. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-068-4</ref> ...r sides of the foliage, though planting is limited by the low availability of seeds.
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• Acer mandshuricum
  |image_caption=Leaf of Manchurian Maple ...ricum''''' ('''Manchurian Maple'''), is a species of [[maple]] native to [[China]] (southeastern [[Gansu]], [[Heilongjiang]], [[Jilin]], [[Liaoning]], south
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• Begonia cathayana
  ...om B. cathayana, and apparently is not in cult.; but the B. Bowringiana of gardens, as figured in G.C. Apr. 18, 1903 suppl., is the plant here described. *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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• Taiwania cryptomerioides
  ...ing in the [[mountain]]s of central [[Taiwan]], and locally in southwest [[China]] and adjoining [[Myanmar]] and northern [[Vietnam]]. It is [[endangered sp ...n, A. (2005). ''Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys''. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-068-4</ref>. The [[leaf|leaves]] are needle-like or awl-
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• Wisteria sinensis
  ...villous; corolla large, blue-violet, not fragrant, showy. Low altitudes in China, and much cult. there; apparently little grown in this country and not so h ...vine]] in the genus ''[[Wisteria]]'', native to [[China]] in the provinces of [[Guangxi]], [[Guizhou]], [[Hebei]], [[Henan]], [[Hubei]], [[Shaanxi]], and
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• Sorbus insignis
  ...to China. The plant is sometimes grown as an [[ornamental plant]] in stone gardens, parks and yards. <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 078941943
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• Corylopsis
  ...ted by seeds sown in spring, best with slight bottom heat, and by cuttings of half-ripened wood in summer under glass; also by layers, rooting readily in ...ae]], native to eastern [[Asia]] with the majority of species endemic in [[China]] but with some also in [[Japan]], [[Korea]], and the [[Himalaya]].
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• Rubus simplex
  ...ange-red. Cent. China. H.I. 20:1948.—Probably useful as a subject for rock-gardens. *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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• Chaenomeles
  |image_caption=''Chaenomeles'' in flower, probably a cultivar of ''C. × superba'' ..., Rehd. Lvs. covered beneath with a persistent fulvous woolly tomentum. W. China.
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• Nandina
  ...minating the branches, handsome.—Species 1, N. domestica, Thunb. Japan and China. B.M. 1109. Gn. 23, p. 329; 58, p. 13. G.M. 51:665. G. 29:43. ...et in height, though of slow growth. For a few years past its use in local gardens has steadily increased and bids fair to rival that accorded it in Japan, wh
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• Rosa odorata
  ...mbine the vigor and the foliage of var. gigantea with the paniculate infl. of R. moschata. Other hybrids with different garden roses have been raised in *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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• Ginseng
  ...inquefolius|P. quinquefolius]]''. Ginseng is characterized by the presence of [[ginsenosides]]. ...experiments in ginseng cultivation, most of which failed through ignorance of the plant's peculiarities. The seed ripens in September. If dry it will not
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• Hairy Toad Lily
  ...| last = George Schmid | first = W.| year = 2002| title = An encyclopedia of shade perennials| pages = 312| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=oKVsZ ...rennial All-Stars: The 150 Best Perennials for Great-Looking, Trouble-Free Gardens, pg. 305 </ref>
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• Acer triflorum
  ...flowered Maple''') is a species of [[maple]] native to hills of northern [[China]] and [[Korea]]. ...me="gelderen">van Gelderen, C.J. & van Gelderen, D.M. (1999). ''Maples for Gardens: A Color Encyclopedia''.</ref>. It is a trifoliate maple related to such ot
  4 KB (593 words) - 21:14, 2 November 2010
• Hoya carnosa
  ...k is the attacks of mealy-bug, but they may be kept off with a fine stream of water from the hose, and by handwork. In the South, it is nearly everbloomi *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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• Kerria
  ...llenden Ker or M. Kerr, as often stated). Rosaceae. A monotypic genus, one of the first shrubs brought from Japan, best known by its weak, slender green ...orckorus japonicus, Thunb.), is a very common bush in yards under the name of Japanese Rose, Corchorus and the prevailing double form as Globe-flower. (F
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