Bloom Time - Page 8 of 154 - Fine Gardening

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    Blue cohosh

    Caulophyllum thalictroides

    This plant's three-lobed, veined leaves are dark purple when they emerge and later turn green.

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    Harry Lauder’s walking stick

    Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’

    This upright, treelike shrub has heart-shaped, toothed, midgreen leaves.

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    ‘Alba’ white redbud

    Cercis canadensis ‘Alba’

    Small white flowers appear in profusion on leafless branches in early spring.

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    Mountain bluet

    Centaurea montana

    Mountain bluet is an excellent choice for the border or rock garden.

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    Broad-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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    ‘Calycanthema’ Canterbury bells

    Campanula medium ‘Calycanthema’

    This 2- to 3-foot-tall bellflower bears single or double flowers in white, blue, or pink.

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    Wine-cups

    Callirhoë involucrata

    This plant resembles a rosy-purple poppy mallow that blooms all summer.

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    ‘Tangerine Beauty’ cross vine

    Bignonia capreolata ‘Tangerine Beauty’

    A better-behaved cousin to the less-than-polite trumpet vine, cross vine is a colorful solution for a fence or arbor with afternoon shade.

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    ‘Golden Shadow’ paper mulberry

    Broussonetia papyrifera 'Golden Shadow'

    This golden-leaved version of the southern paper mulberry can be treated as a cutback shrub to control size and for best production of brilliant golden yellow, large, lobed leaves.

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    ‘Golden Nugget’ Japanese barberry

    Berberis thunbergii ‘Golden Nugget’

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