1 to 3 feet - Page 65 of 73 - Fine Gardening

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    Rose balsam

    Impatiens balsamina and cvs.

    This plant has a sparsely branched form and narrow lance-shaped, pale green leaves.

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    Cardoon

    Cynara cardunculus

    Cardoon is an architectural splendor with bold texture, thanks to its large, prickly, almost dagger-shaped gray-green arching leaves and a statuesque, vase-shaped frame.

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    Borage

    Borago officinalis

    These fast-growing plants with succulent, bristly stems are old-fashioned favorites of the border or herb garden.

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    ‘Annie Hall’ thyme

    Thymus serphyllum 'Annie Hall'

    'Annie Hall' forms a prostrate mat with small, narrow leaves and is covered with pale purple-pink flowers in late spring.

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    Bowles’ golden sedge

    Carex elata 'Aurea'

    This beautiful sedge's vivid foliage adds bright color to the garden.

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    ‘Calycanthema’ Canterbury bells

    Campanula medium ‘Calycanthema’

    This 2- to 3-foot-tall bellflower bears single or double flowers in white, blue, or pink.

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    Texas hummingbird mint

    Agastache cana

    This is a 36-inch-tall hyssop with showy rose-pink flower spikes in late summer and fall and licorice-mint scented foliage.

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    French lavender

    Lavandula stoechas

    This early-blooming compact shrub bears intriguing pine-cone-shaped flowers that have dark-purple bracts, or “rabbit ears.

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    ‘Blackberry Jam’ heuchera

    Heuchera 'Blackberry Jam'

    This heuchera, sold as Dolce® Blackcurrant in the U.

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    ‘Phantom’ Joe Pye weed

    Eutrochium 'Phantom'

    'Phantom' Joe Pye weed is an excellent 3-foot-tall perennial that was bred especially for smaller gardens and mixed containers.