Creeping Sedums
If you're looking for a beautiful plant that thrives with virtual neglect, a creeping sedum just might fit the bill. Sedums strut their stuff where many other plants dare not venture. They make themselves at home, for example, in the cracks of a ... [... 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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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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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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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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Acanthus mollis (Bear's breeches)
This choice species boasts narrow, downy sage-green leaves and true sky-blue blossoms from summer to fall. It has woody stems and forms a beautiful specimen 12 inches tall by 18 inches wide. This species is similar to , but its habit is first ... [... more]
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Acanthus mollis 'Tasmanian Angel' (Bear's breeches)
This is an ovate, glossy-leaved plant usually grown as a houseplant. In early summer, it produces fleshy, bell-shaped, cream colored flowers with maroon interiors. This upright, evergreen shrub has stunning texture and form. Its gray-green leaves ... [... more]
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Prunus virginiana
This dense, evergreen holly reaches 6 to 10 feet tall and at least as wide. The species is rarely used in landscapes, but there are many cultivars available with more interesting shape and color. This plant grows slowly, but can be invasive. Its ... [... more]
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V. agnus-castus
This golden-leaved version of the southern paper mulberry can be treated as a cutback shrub to control size and for best production of brilliant golden yellow, large, lobed leaves. Or it can be allowed to grow into a small- to medium-sized tree. ... [... more]
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Acer rubrum (Red maple, Scarlet maple, Swamp maple)
This cultivar creates a fragrant cloud of rich bubblegum-pink blossoms on bare branches in spring. It grows to 40 feet tall and wide. Taxodium distichum and cvs. Magnolia ashei This upright, tree-like shrub has heart-shaped, toothed, mid-green ... [... more]
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Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset' (Red maple, Scarlet maple)
Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset' This cultivar creates a fragrant cloud of rich bubblegum-pink blossoms on bare branches in spring. It grows to 40 feet tall and wide. Acer platanoides This upright, tree-like shrub has heart-shaped, toothed, mid-green ... [... more]
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