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I use the GRIN online query system to determine plant families. The list below shows the plants in my database listed as members of the apocynaceae family. Click on the botanical name of any plant to go to the plant portrait. For a list of all the plant families represented in our garden, see my families page.

Botanical name	Common name	Category	Flowers	Size
Amsonia elliptica		perennial	blue	15"
Amsonia hubrichtii	narrow-leaf blue star	perennial	light blue (late May-June)
Amsonia illustris	Ozark blue star; shining blue star	perennial	light blue (May)	3'
Amsonia jonesii	Jones' bluestar	perennial	blue	8-10"
Amsonia orientalis		perennial (Z6-9)	blue (late spring-early summer)	18-24"
Amsonia rigida	stiff blue star	perennial	blue (late spring)	24"
Amsonia tabernaemontana	blue stars	perennial	blue, late spring	2-3'
Asclepias speciosa	showy milkweed	perennial (Z3-9)	pink (summer)	2-3'
Gomphocarpus physocarpus	pufferfish milkweed; balloon cottonbush	tender perennial (Z7-10)	white	3-6'
Matelea decipiens	milkweed vine	perennial (Z6-8)	brownish purple	6-10'
Oxypetalum coeruleum		tender perennial (Z8-10)	light blue	18-24"
Periploca laevigata
Vinca major 'Variegata'	variegated periwinkle	perennial (Z6-10)	blue	12-18"

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Last modified: November 14, 2006
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