6 to 12 inches - Page 2 of 23 - Fine Gardening

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    ‘Strawberries and Cream’ nasturtium

    Tropaeolum majus ‘Strawberries and Cream’

    This old-fashioned cultivar of the species has a mounding habit and grows to 12 inches tall and wide.

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    Dwarf wakerobin

    Trillium pusillum

    In spring, the foliage of this petite species emerges a deep purple-black-green and is topped by white blooms with rippled petals.

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    Bent trillium

    Trillium flexipes

    This trillium produces large white flowers above the foliage in mid-spring, but the flowers are later hidden as the flower stalks nod.

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    ‘Summer Sundae’ Sweet William

    Dianthus barbatus 'Summer Sundae'

    'Summer Sundae' Sweet William is a nice mix of red, pink, and white flowers held in rounded groups at the tops of stems.

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    Common Foxglove

    Digitalis purpurea 'Pam's Choice'

    This is a biennial or short-lived perennial, which may last longer and rebloom if deadheaded.

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    Firewitch cheddar pink

    Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Feuerhexe'

    Silvery-blue mats of evergreen, linear foliage.

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    ‘Ideal Crimson’ China pink

    Dianthus chinensis ‘Ideal Crimson'

    Fringed flowers in shades of bright red with white centers open without fragrance in summer.

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    Alpine pink

    Dianthus alpinus

    Clusters of serrated single blooms in pink to dark crimson sit just off the ground in summer.

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    Fumewort

    Corydalis solida

    This species produces mauve-pink, purple, or white flower spikes in spring over deeply divided gray-green leaves that are barely 10 inches tall.

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    Spring beauty

    Claytonia virginica

    This low-growing, spring-blooming succulent touts 5-petaled, pale-pink striped flowers with strap-like foliage that continues to grow after bloom but disappears in late spring when the plants go into dormancy.