6 to 12 inches - Page 3 of 21 - Fine Gardening

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    ‘River Nile’ Rex begonia

    Begonia 'River Nile'

    Unlike other Rex begonias, 'River Nile' isn't flashy.

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    ‘Golden Nugget’ Japanese barberry

    Berberis thunbergii ‘Golden Nugget’

    'Golden Nugget' is a deciduous shrub with nonburning foliage.

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    Artemisia schmidtiana

    This plant produces a 12-inch-high, symmetrical mound of silver-green, silky-hairy leaves.

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    Grecian windflower

    Anemone blanda

    This plant produces a great low-growing mat of flowers.

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    Japanese onion

    Allium thunbergii

    This is the last of the ornamental onions to flower, when mop-like heads of rose-purple flowers appear with orange anthers.

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    Japanese painted fern

    Athyrium niponicum var. pictum

    This fern has cool, gray-green, almost silvery foliage and reddish-purple stalks that are useful for brightening dark spots in borders.

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    Italian arum

    Arum italicum

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    Forget-me-not

    Myosotis sylvatica

    This short-lived perennial or biennial has ovate to lance-shaped, velvety gray-green leaves to 4.

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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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    ‘Margarita’ sweet potato vine

    Ipomoea batatas 'Margarita'

    This sweet potato vine has lime green leaves that light up in the sunlight and look paler in part shade.