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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Agastache 'Desert Sunrise' (Hummingbird mint)
West Texas cobalt sage is a marvelously distinct species that can be enjoyed by gardeners farther north, as long as they purchase the west Texas form, which is quite cold-hardy. This salvia has rigid stems with narrow, pungent leaves and ... [... 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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Acorus calamus 'Variegatus' (Variegated sweet flag)
This aquatic perennial is semi-evergreen and showy, with grassy, striped foliage that reaches less than 1 foot tall. The species is native to East Asia. Use it in a situation where its diminutive size can be appreciated along the margins of a ... [... 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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Agastache 'Blue Fortune' (Blue Fortune hyssop)
Amsonia montana 'Short Stack' 'Wargrave Pink' is a vigorous perennial suitable for groundcover. The notched, funnel-shaped, salmon-pink flowers bloom all season. Agastache 'Blue Fortune' Geum triflorum [... more]
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Agastache 'Tutti Frutti'
This moisture-loving perennial produces clear blue flowers with white highlights in late summer to mid-autumn. It forms an airy clump to 6 feet tall by 3 feet wide, and is great for the back of a border. It is tolerant of heavy soils. Trachelium ... [... 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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Agastache 'Summer Breeze'
This shrubby, woolly perennial is native to the warmest, dry regions of the US and Mexico. Its large, rose-like salmon-colored flowers appear in loose clusters from spring to frost. It grows to 3 feet tall and almost as wide, and can bloom nearly ... [... more]
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