Characteristics - Page 11 of 128 - Fine Gardening
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Plant Guide
Mexican anise tree
Illicium mexicanumAttractive, glossy, dark green leaves and red flowers are similar to those of Florida anise, but this plant flowers continuously from spring to fall.
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Plant GuideWintergreen
Gaultheria procumbensThis creeping, rhizomatous shrublet grows to 6 inches, with scalloped or bristly toothed, glossy, dark green leaves.
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Plant Guide‘First Choice’ Blue beard
Caryopteris × clandonensis 'First Choice''First Choice' is ideal for a mixed or shrub border.
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Plant GuideSunshine blue bluebeard
Caryopteris incana 'Jason''Jason' has bright yellow-green foliage with rich amethyst blue flowers in late summer and fall.
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Plant Guide‘October Skies’ aromatic aster
Aster oblongifolius ‘October Skies’'October Skies' is a dwarf aster that is low to the ground and mounding.
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Plant GuideSilver thyme
Thymus × citriodorus ‘Argenteus’This plant is an elegant addition to an herb or ornamental garden.
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Plant GuideSunset hyssop
Agastache rupestrisTrue to its name, sunset hyssop encapsulates a Western sunset in its flowers: bronze with hints of orange and yellow, and streaks of magenta and pink along the margins.
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Plant Guide
Red flowering currant
Ribes sanguineum 'White Icicle'This is considered one of the best white flowering currants, bearing long-lasting, pendent racemes of pungently spicy, pure-white blooms.
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Plant GuideSalvia hians
Salvia hiansThis short-lived perennial from the Himalayas has scented, hairy leaves and forms a small shrub 2 feet tall by 2 feet wide.
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Plant GuideHarlequin glorybower
Clerodendrum trichotomumThis large shrub offers a late-summer display of jasmine-like white flowers encased in red tepals and scent.
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