Characteristics - Page 23 of 128 - Fine Gardening
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Plant Guide
Fiddle-leaf fig
Ficus lyrataLarge, paddle-shaped leaves with prominent veins make this tree a standout in containers outdoors or as a houseplant.
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Plant GuideAtlas fescue
Festuca maireiThis sturdy groundcover is fast becoming one of the most dependable grasses for creating drought-tolerant meadows.
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Plant Guide‘Boulder Blue’ blue fescue
Festuca glauca ‘Boulder Blue’Regarded by some as the bluest blue fescue, this plant forms compact, cascading mounds of foot-tall, intensely blue, narrow leaves that are attractive in all seasons.
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Plant Guide‘Purple Fountain’ European beech
Fagus sylvatica ‘Purple Fountain’'Purple Fountain' is a deciduous, columnar, dark-leaved tree with bronze-purple, wavy margined leaves and cascading branches.
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Plant Guide‘Gartenmeister Bonstedt’ fuchsia
Fuchsia ‘Gartenmeister Bonstedt’This cultivar boasts single, long-tubed, brick red flowers and dark bronze-red leaves and stems.
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Plant Guide
Pencil tree
Euphorbia tirucalliThis unusual looking plant has many succulent, pencil-like branches.
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Plant Guide
Wintercreeper
Euonymus fortunei cvs.Prostrate to mound-forming, vigorous evergreen shrubs have oval, toothed, dark green leaves.
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Plant GuideMrs. Robb’s bonnet
Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiaeThis variety has dark, glossy evergreen leaves arranged in tight rosettes, and it produces yellow-green bracts in mid-spring and early summer.
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Plant GuideElymus arenarius
Elymus arenariusThis plant has densely tufted, spreading clumps of strap-like, flowing foliage.
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Plant GuideBlack dalea
Dalea frutescensThis low, mounding, Southwest native shrub up to 4 feet tall and 6 feet wide has feathery foliage that contributes fine texture to a garden.
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