Gardens
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Herbs
- Mint
- Sage
- Lavender
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Spring bulbs
- Crocus
- Daffodils
- Tulips
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Shrubs & vines
- Lilacs
- Viburnum
- Wisteria
- Boston ivy
- English ivy
- Honeysuckle
- Clematis
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Groundcover
- Partridgeberry (mitchella repans), native, full shade, evergreen, white flowers, red berries.
- Wintergreen (gautheria procumbens), sun/shade, evergreen, white flowers, red berries.
- White periwinkle (vinca minor 'alba'), sun/shade, evergreen, white flowers in spring.
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Trees
- Magnolia
- Eastern red bud
- Birch (betula)
- Cherry
- Maple (acer)
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External links
- Boston Natural Areas Network. Owns and manages community gardens throughout Boston. Offers classes in gardening. Annual "perennial divide" events are a great opportunity to give away extra plants you may have and pick up new plants.
- Arnold Arbortum of Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Great place to see mature specimens of shrubs and trees, especially in the new vine garden. Annual plant sale of unusual and rare plants.
- New England Wildflower Society, Framingham, Massachusetts. Garden in the Woods showcases native plants. Annual plant sale of native species.
- White Flower Farm, Litchfield, Connecticut. Mail order and retail plants and bulbs. Web site includes a number of native plants for sale.
