3 to 6 feet - Page 12 of 37 - Fine Gardening

  • Plant Guide

    ‘Prostrata’ plum yew

    Cephalotaxus harringtonii ‘Prostrata’

    This slow-growing dwarf conifer has a wide, rounded crown and narrowly furrowed, partially peeling bark.

  • Plant Guide

    ‘Worcester Gold’ Blue beard

    Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Worcester Gold'

    'Worcester Gold' is an attractive, mounding, woody shrub with warm yellow to chartreuse foliage and lavender-blue flowers in late summer and early autumn.

  • Plant Guide

    Camassia leichtlinii ssp.suksdorfii ‘Blue Danube’

    Camassia leichtlinii ssp. suksdorfii 'Blue Danube'

    Spikes of violet, star-shaped flowers top stems reaching from 2 to 4 feet in late spring.

  • Plant Guide

    Japanese barberry

    Berberis thunbergii

    Grown for its neat habit, yellow flowers, and red fruit, this shrub spreads prolifically by seed and is considered invasive in some areas, including the Northeast.

  • Plant Guide

    blue false indigo

    Baptisia australis

    False blue indigo's spikes of clear blue flowers in late spring can nearly carry a border by themselves.

  • Plant Guide

    False chamomile

    Boltonia asteroides 'Snowbank'

    Boltonias are vigorous perennials grown for their sprays of aster-like flowers, which appear above clean, gray-green foliage.

  • Plant Guide

    Abelia ‘Edward Goucher’

    Abelia 'Edward Goucher'

  • Plant Guide

    ‘Bressingham Glow’ Japanese anemone

    Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Bressingham Glow'

    Japanese anemones are slightly taller than the species, sometimes growing to 4 feet.

  • Plant Guide

    Black chokeberry

    Aronia melanocarpa

    Black chokeberry is a medium-size shrub with multiple seasons of interest.

  • Plant Guide

    Shiny-leaved angelica

    Angelica pachycarpa

    Angelica is a striking ornamental biennial or short-lived perennial with jade green, glossy, bold leaves and large umbels of white flowers.