6 to 12 inches - Page 4 of 23 - Fine Gardening

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    Cardinal flower

    Lobelia cardinalis

    Cardinal flower has reddish purple stems and lance-shaped, often glossy, bright green leaves tinged with bronze.

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    Fiber-optic grass

    Isolepis cernua

    This eye-catching sedge has silvery flower heads on the ends of its stems, making it appear like a tuft of fiber optic threads.

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    ‘Baby Fresh’ daylily

    Hemerocallis ‘Baby Fresh’

    Daylilies are classic, extremely popular garden plants.

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    Coral bells

    Heuchera americana

    Rosettes of evergreen, leathery, heart-shaped leaves emerge marbled and veined with brown, maturing to deep green with copper-green shading.

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    Fast Growing Hosta

    Hosta 'Little Aurora'

    A fast grower, 'Little Aurora' has cupped, puckered leaves and a metallic sheen, with soft-lavender flowers from late June into early July.

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    Peruvian daffodil

    Hymenocallis narcissiflora

    This bulb blooms in early summer with striking, sweetly-scented white and yellow flowers that appear on leafless stems up to 24 inches tall.

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    ‘Stella De Oro’ daylily

    Hemerocallis 'Stella de Oro'

    This bright yellow flowered daylily has a long blooming period, producing ruffled flowers over four or five months.

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    ‘Purple’ globe amaranth

    Gomphrena globosa ‘Purple’

    A bushy, hairy-leaved annual, globe amaranth bears round purple flower bracts on thick stems in summer and early fall.

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    ‘Atom’ Gladiolus

    Gladiolus 'Atom'

    A glad for people who would normally never grow them, 'Atom' is about half the size of regular varieties, growing to at most 3 feet tall.

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    Jewel orchid

    Goodyera pubescens

    This native terrestrial orchid produces basal rosettes of striking silvery-veined evergreen foliage.