1 to 3 feet - Page 45 of 67 - Fine Gardening

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    Cardinal penstemon

    Penstemon cardinalis

    This New Mexico/Texas native offers the garden spikes of dangling, rich red flowers in midsummer that attract hummingbirds.

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    Blackfoot daisy

    Melampodium leucanthum

    A native perennial shrub that grows to about 2 feet tall and wide and covers itself the whole season with honey-scented, white and yellow daisy flowers.

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    Iris brevicaulis

    Iris brevicaulis

    This pretty little blue-violet iris with yellow and white falls is native to the central U.

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    Blazing star

    Liatris spicata 'Kobold'

    This cultivar of a U.

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    ‘Rocky Top’ Tennessee coneflower

    Echinacea tennesseensis 'Rocky Top'

    The 'Rocky Top' hybrid offers the garden an abundance of pastel pink coneflowers with greenish-black cones on plants 2 to 3 feet tall and 1 foot wide.

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    Mexican petunia

    Ruellia brittoniana ‘Purple Showers’

    This 3-foot-tall evergreen shrub bears many tubular, blue or purple, petunia-like flowers on dark stems over a long period.

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    Blue porter weed

    Stachytarpheta urticifolia

    This pest-free perennial blooms best during warm months.

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    Blanket flower

    Gaillardia pulchella

    Blanket flower is a bushy annual that produces red or yellow (or red and yellow) flowers over a long season.

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    ‘New Look Red’ Egyptian star cluster

    Pentas lanceolata ‘New Look Red’

    Red star-shaped flowers with small white centers bloom atop erect stems from spring to autumn.

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    Lesser calamint

    Calamintha nepeta

    Lesser calamint produces fine, upright stems which are covered with small, shiny, dark green leaves, forming a little bush from 12 to 18 inches tall, and twice as wide.