Achillea millefolium 'Terracotta' (Yarrow)
Achillea millefolium 'Terracotta' 'Goldrush' heralds the coming of fall with masses of tiny, yellow flowers for four weeks in August and September. Its compact size-about a foot tall-makes it a great candidate for a rock garden or border ... [... more]
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Abelia × grandiflora (Glossy abelia)
This beauty is prized for the unusual qualities of its flowers, which bloom continuously from spring until frost. The single cupped flowers open a honey-yellow, then they become coppery-pink, then watermelon, and finally a rich mahogany. The ... [... more]
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Abelia × grandiflora 'Confetti' (Variegated glossy abelia)
This is a rounded, semi-evergreen shrub to 10 feet tall and 12 feet wide with glossy, dark green leaves. From midsummer to autumn, it produces fragrant, funnel-shaped white flowers that are tinged with pink. This rose produces musky and ... [... more]
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Abeliophyllum distichum (White forsythia)
This deciduous shrub with toothed, dark green leaves bears pink buds in late spring that open to white or pink-flushed flowers borne in domed clusters. The intoxicating fragrance is reminiscent of spice cake. The plant also has attractive red ... [... more]
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Achillea millefolium 'Fire King' (Yarrow)
This 2.5- to 3-feet-tall and 1.5-foot wide plant produces dense, flat clusters of golden yellow flowers above fern-like, silvery foliage starting in early summer. Achillea millefolium 'Fire King' Achillea 'Coronation Gold' Agastache 'Blue ... [... more]
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Acidanthera
This tender paperwhite is well-suited to forcing, blooming 4 to 5 weeks after planting. It produces 10 to 15 creamy-white flowers with pale-yellow centers on compact stems 8 to 10 inches tall, and exudes a mild, sweet fragrance. This tender ... [... more]
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Actaea simplex (Autumn bugbane, Autumn snakeroot)
This pure white phlox is valuable in the garden because of its abundant, fragrant flowers, its sturdy growth habit, and its resistance to powdery mildew. Growing to about 3 1/2 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide, it blooms from early summer to early ... [... more]
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Abelmoschus manihot (Hibiscus manihot)
This fragrant annual is covered with delicate, daisy-like yellow blossoms in July and August. It is best grown as a groundcover, between paving stones, or in a rock garden. It has needle-like, almost ferny leaves and grows to 1 foot tall and ... [... more]
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Achillea 'Coronation Gold' (Yarrow)
This rhizomatous, mat-forming, upright, aggressive perennial produces strong red flowers in flat corymbs in summer atop finely-textured, aromatic foliage. Achillea 'Coronation Gold' Achillea millefolium 'Fire King' Salvia nemorosa ... [... more]
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Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) - Fine Gardening Plant Guide
These short-lived perennials or biennials are charming plants, and are worth their weight in gold in the cottage border. After flowering, the attractive foliage holds the space well. This mat-forming species with dark green leaves is one of the ... [... more]
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A. millefolium
This plant bears a profusion of lavender-pink flowers with yellow centers from mid-summer to early autumn. This perennial has finely textured leaves that give it an airy appearance. This garden phlox has striking, bicolor lavender-and-pink ... [... more]
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Achillea 'Moonshine' (Yarrow)
Solidago caesia Solidago rugosa This species is aptly named for its distinctive crooked stems that bend back and forth at 45° angles between nodes. It bears starry, medium-yellow flowers atop 1- to 3-foot tall stems. This is one of the smallest ... [... more]
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