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TRANSITIONS <br /> Gradual changes from one type of landscaping to another are <br /> often used in designs . If your site is the only one of its <br /> kind in a block of traditional lawns, you can soften the <br /> visual impact by providing for a transition. Techniques <br /> that can assist you in easing abrupt changes in the appear- <br /> ance of your site in relation to your neighbors ' have been <br /> designated as: "showy gardens" , "incremental transforma- <br /> tions" and "gradual transitions" . It is possible to use one <br /> or all of the above in varying ratios. <br /> SHOWY GARDENS <br /> Many native species are used in a wide variety of flower <br /> gardens . A planting could emphasize these species especial- <br /> ly in places that are readily viewed by the public . A few <br /> of these species are listed below and can be found in the <br /> plant - identification books at the end of this booklet. <br /> Prairie <br /> Pasque flower (Anemone ap tens ) <br /> Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) <br /> Hare bell (Campanula rotundifolia) <br /> Shooting star (Dodecatheon meadia) <br /> Blazing start (Liatris aspera) <br /> - New England aster (Aster .novae-angliae) <br /> Black eyed susan2 (Rudbeckia hirta) <br /> Prairie/Downy phlox (Phlox ip losa,). <br /> Woodland <br /> Large flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) <br /> Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) <br /> Columbine (Aguilegia canadensis ) <br /> Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis ) <br /> 1 May need staking if not planted with grasses <br /> 2 Biennial <br /> 3 Short lived <br /> 18 <br />