Characteristics - Page 35 of 128 - Fine Gardening

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    ‘Sweet Tea’ heucherella

    x Heucherella 'Sweet Tea'

    Anyone who gardens in the shade is familiar with heucherella.

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    Avocado hosta

    Hosta ‘Guacamole’

    As its name might indicate, 'Guacamole' has avocado green, veined foliage with darker green margins.

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    ‘Amethyst Mist’ heuchera

    Heuchera 'Amethyst Myst'

    This heuchera has burgundy leaves splashed with silver and grows up to 16 inches tall and 18 inches wide.

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    ‘Silver Scrolls’ heuchera

    Heuchera 'Silver Scrolls'

    Heucheras make excellent foliage plants for sun to part shade gardens.

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    ‘Blue Shadows’ hosta

    Hosta ‘Blue Shadows’

    'Blue Shadows' is a medium-sized plant with coarse, deep blue, variegated leaves.

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    ‘Bronze Wave’ heuchera

    Heuchera villosa 'Bronze Wave'

    'Bronze Wave', bred from the native Heuchera villosa ,  is, like its parent, renowned for its vigor and resistance to heat and humidity.

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    ‘Brigadoon’ Aaron’s beard

    Hypericum calycinum ‘Brigadoon’

    'Brigadoon' is an Aaron's beard (aka St. John's wort) with brilliant chartreuse-yellow foliage that looks great next to dark-foliaged plants.

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    ‘Snow Queen’ oakleaf hydrangea

    Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’

    This cultivar produces 8-inch-long, conical flower heads from early summer on.

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    Heart Shaped Hosta

    Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans'

    'Elegans' is a large hosta with deep, smoky blue, slightly frosted heart-shaped foliage.

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    ‘Palace Purple’ heuchera

    Heuchera micrantha var. diversifolia ‘Palace Purple’

    Clump-forming perennial features a mound of maple or ivy-like, long-petioled leaves (3 to 5 inches wide) that are an attractive deep purple above and beet red beneath.