Characteristics - Page 33 of 128 - Fine Gardening
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Plant Guide
Pacific chrysanthemum
Ajania pacifica 'Yellow Splash'This low-mounding perennial has lobed, silver-edged foliage and small yellow flowerheads in autumn.
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Plant GuideBaneberry
Actaea simplex 'Brunette'This chocolate-leaved cultivar up to 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide bears compact spikes of white flowers in late summer.
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Plant Guide
Red buckeye
Aesculus paviaThis conical shrub to small tree has palmate leaves and bears red (sometimes yellow-marked) flowers in 6-inch panicles in summer, followed by smooth-skinned fruit.
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Plant GuideEvergreen wild ginger
Asarum shuttleworthiiThis wild ginger is an evergreen groundcover with heart-shaped, shiny leaves that are often marbled.
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Plant GuideCommon horseradish
Armoracia rusticana 'Variegata'This plant's large, undulating leaves are textured like puckered crepe paper.
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Plant GuideEuropean wild ginger
Asarum europaeumEuropean wild ginger is a low-growing groundcover with glossy, evergreen, heart-shaped leaves.
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Plant GuideNorthern pussy toes
Antennaria neodioicaThis deciduous, mat-forming perennial produces everlasting flowers.
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Plant GuideAmerican aloe
Agave americanaThis plant has a rosette of broad sword-like, succulent, gray-green leaves.
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Plant GuideThree-flower maple
Acer triflorumThis broadly columnar to spreading tree has peeling brown bark, three-palmate mid-green leaves, and brilliant orange-red fall foliage.
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Plant Guide‘Maradco’ beautybush
Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Maradco'Anyone who has grown beautybush knows that it puts on a spectacular pink flower display in late spring and then it goes incognito the rest of the year.
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