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Top Plant Choices for Including in Your First Gardens

From Marie Iannotti, About.com

A poll of About Gardening readers elicited quite a diversity of opinion about which plants are perfect for the new gardener. Which is great, since there's bound to be something here to please everyone.

I still don't have photos for every plant, so if you have a great photo and would like to submit it for possible inclusion, please email it to me.

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  1. Rock Rose - Pavonia lasiopetalaPavonia lasiopetala (Rock Rose, Texas Swampmallow))
  2. Russian Sage - PerovskiaPerovskia (Russian Sage)
  3. Obedient Plant - Physostegia virginianaPhysostegia virginiana (Obedient Plant)
  4. Lungwort / Bethlehem Sage - PulmonariaPulmonaria (Lungwort)
  5. David Austin English Rose & Rosa x centifolia (Cabbage Rose, Provence Rose)Rosa (Rose)
  6. Black-Eyed Susan - Rudbeckia fulgida, R. hirtaRudbeckia (Black-Eyed Susan)
  7. Autumn Sage - Salvia greggiiSalvia greggii (Autumn Sage)
  8. Baby Sage - Salvia microphylla Salvia microphylla (Baby Sage)
  9. Meadow Sage - Salvia nemorosaSalvia nemorosa (Meadow Sage)
  10. Bog Salvia - Salvia uliginosaSalvia uliginosa (Bog Salvia)
  11. Pincushion Flower - Scabiosa columbariaScabiosa 'Blue Butterfly'
  12. Sedum 'Autumn Joy'(Herbstfreude) & Sedum 'Autumn Fire'Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
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