Foundation Plantings - Page 9 of 12 - Fine Gardening
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Plant Guide‘Bailey Compact’ American cranberry bush
Viburnum trilobum ‘Bailey Compact’This low-key, trustworthy shrub is perfect for the back of the border, where its dense form will create a nice backdrop for showier summer plants.
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Plant Guide‘Mount Baker’ lilac
Syringa × hyacinthiflora 'Mount Baker'This early flowering hybrid produces fragrant, single white flowers.
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Plant Guide‘Henri Robert’ lilac
Syringa vulgaris ‘Henri Robert’This cultivar has double bluish-purple flowers that open from violet buds in midseason.
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Plant GuideHeaven Scent® gardenia
Gardenia augusta ‘MADGA 1’This gardenia cultivar features a very tight, upright form that is perfect for smaller gardens.
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Loropetalum chinense 'Chang Nian Hong'This new, compact loropetalum has the reddest blooms of all cultivars.
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Plant GuideFlower Carpet® Amber ground-cover rose
Rosa × ‘NOA97400A’Each bush is covered in a mass explosion of amber blooms.
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Plant Guide‘Oshu Shidare’ Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Oshu Shidare'This Japanese maple has long-lobed, deeply divided leaves that are cherry red in the spring, a perfect contrast to the pea green bark.
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Plant GuideJapanese falsecypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Sungold'This dwarf Chamaecyparis has a weeping habit and gold to lime green finely-textured needles.
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Plant GuideAnise hyssop
Agastache foeniculumA classic plant for both herb gardens and borders, anise hyssop is composed of erect branches of mint-and-licorice-scented, medium green leaves ending in fuzzy spikes of small lavender flowers.
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Plant GuideRedbud
Cercis canadensis Lavender Twist®
This impressive tree, also known as 'Covey', takes the beautiful deep pink spring blossoms and attractive deciduous foliage of our native redbud and displays them on its weeping form.
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