6 to 12 inches - Page 2 of 21 - Fine Gardening
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Plant GuideCheddar pink
Dianthus gratianopolitanus
This compact species forms broad mats of blue-gray linear leaves and is perfect for a rock garden setting.
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Plant GuideTotally Tempted™ cuphea
Cuphea llavea Totally Tempted™
Totally Tempted™ cuphea has nonstop, bright red summer flowers that don't need deadheading.
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Plant GuideAutumn crocus
Colchicum speciosumThis vigorous cormous perennial has semi-erect, lance-shaped leaves 7 to 10 inches long that emerge in spring, then go dormant in late May.
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Plant Guide‘Ice Dance’ variegated sedge
Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance''Ice Dance' is a dense, spreading sedge grown for its foliage.
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Plant Guide‘Sweet Dreams’ coreopsis
Coreopsis rosea 'Sweet Dreams'The bicolored, white-tipped and raspberry-centered blooms are large (1 to 1.
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Plant GuideFumewort
Corydalis solidaThis 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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Plant GuideChamomile
Chamaemelum nobile and cvs.A hardy perennial, chamomile has aromatic, threadlike leaves that fill the air with a pleasing apple-pineapple scent.
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Plant Guide
Spring beauty
Claytonia virginicaThis 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.
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Plant GuideCreeping Goldenstar
Chrysogonum virginianum ‘Eco-Lacquered Spider’Goldenstar is a creeping groundcover with long, reddish-green leaf stalks and opposite, heart-shaped, hairy mid-green leaves.
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Plant GuideBroad-leaf sedge
Carex siderosticha 'Variegata'This sedge's pearly, straplike leaves resemble striped ribbon waiting to be wrapped around a package.
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