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Question by Katie M: Do you know if these are Monocot or Dicot?
1. Hymenocallis liriosme (Spider Lilies)… monocot?
2. Eustoma grandiflorum (Bluebells)…Monocot?
3. Fouquieria splendens (Ocotillo)…Dicot?
4. Echinocereus enneacanthus (Strawberry Cactus)…Dicot?
5. Opuntia lindheimeri (Prickly Pear Cactus)…Dicot?
6. Lupinus texensis (Bluebonnets)…Monocot or dicot?
7. Lygodesmia taxana (Skeleton Weed)…Monocot or dicot?
8. Aster pratensis (Asteraceae)…Monocot or dicot?
9. Cirsium horridulum (Yellow Thistle)… monocot or dicot?
10. Lithospermum incisum (Puccoon)… monocot or dicot?
11. Calylophus Hartweggii (Yellow primrose)..monocot or dicot?
12. Ranunculus carolinianus (Buttercups)…Dicot?
13. Asteraceae (Daisy)… monocot or dicot?
14. Baileya multiradiata (Desert Marigold)… monocot or diot?
15. Yucca torreyi (Yucca)…Monocot?
16. Berlandiera lyrata (Chocolate Flower)…Monocot?
17. Chrysactinia mexicana (Damianita)…monocot or dicot?
18. Magnolia grandiflora (Magnolia)…monocot or dicot?
19. Cornus florida (Dogwood)…Dicot?
20. Cnidoscolus texanus (Bull Nettle)…monocot or dicot?

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Answer by wart
dude, nobody is going to google all that for you.

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Question by plant man: does a cornus florida tree blooom first or leaf out first?
flowering dogwood is not leafing out yet.

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Answer by goofinoff
More flower than leaf, to start, but in Ohio mine has both now.

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Question by roadkill773: What type of plants go with Cornus florida?
Urgent!
Im looking for 5 plants: 1 deciduous plant, an evergreen, 2 perennials and a groundcover that go well aesthetically with the Cornus florida (flowering dogwood). All plants must be in USDA zone 5.
Thanks

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Answer by glenn t
redbud,azalea,sneezeweed,aster,mondo grass

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Question by Platypus: My dogwood (Cornus florida) has not flowered for two years. What can I do?
I think my neighbor’s use of commercial fertilizer on his lawn is causing my tree to go directly to leaves.

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Answer by Daniella
A few years ago, my wisteria wasn’t blooming. I dug into the roots a bit w/a spade (I’d read that advice in a gardening book), and it worked. You could give it a try w/your dogwood.

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