Characteristics - Page 36 of 128 - Fine Gardening

  • Plant Guide

    Red yucca

    Hesperaloe parviflora

    A clump-forming succulent, red yucca has arching, leathery, linear foliage rising to between 2 and 3 feet tall.

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    Sunny hosta

    Hosta ‘Sun Power’

    'Sun Power' is a clump-forming perennial with oval to heart-shaped, yellowish green leaves below funnel-shaped, pale-lavender to white flowers in midsummer.

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    Liverwort

    Hepatica acutiloba

    An early bloomer, liverwort has tiny, cup-shaped, blue, pink, or white flowers in spring.

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    ‘Variegata’ bigleaf hydrangea

    Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Variegata’

    This mound-forming shrub has white leaf margins and blue or pink lacecap inflorescences.

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    Bright gold hosta

    Hosta ‘Aspen Gold’

    Perfectly round, puckered, bright-gold leaves have a pattern resembling seersucker fabric.

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    Funnel-shaped hosta

    Hosta ‘Fortunei Albo-marginata’

    Bold, large, shield-shaped leaves with a deep green center and creamy-white margins turn white with age.

  • English ivy
    Plant Guide

    English ivy

    Hedera helix and cvs.

    English ivy is a self-clinging climber or trailing perennial with almost flat, palmately 5-lobed leaves.

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    Maidenhair tree

    Ginkgo biloba

    One of the oldest tree species on the planet, ginkgo grows only about a foot a year, reaching 50 to 80 feet.

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    Dwarf Fothergilla, Dwarf Witch Alder

    Fothergilla 'Blue Shadow'

    These shrubs are beautiful, compact, and easy to grow, making them obvious choices for mixed borders, foundation plantings, and naturalizing.

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    ‘Aureomaculatum’ leopard plant

    Farfugium japonicum 'Aureomaculatum'

    Green-and-yellow mottled, shiny, kidney-shaped leaves distinguish this evergreen perennial native to streamsides and seashores in East Asia.