Characteristics - Page 38 of 128 - Fine Gardening

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    Dixie wood fern

    Dryopteris × australis

    This dramatic fern diplays 4-foot-tall arching fronds that form impressive clumps with age.

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    Daphne × transatlantica ‘Summer Ice’

    Daphne × transatlantica 'Summer Ice'

    This rounded shrub has leaves with white margins, and pale pink star-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring, fall, and sometimes in between.

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    Tufted hair grass

    Deschampsia cespitosa 'Northern Lights'

    A tuft of thin grassy foliage with gray and gold variegation distinguishes this cultivar.

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    ‘Gold Heart’ bleeding heart

    Dicentra spectabilis ‘Gold Heart’

    Golden yellow foliage emerges from the ground in early spring and is soon accompanied by rosy-pink broken hearts that open in succession for nearly a month as the stems elongate.

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    Log fern

    Dryopteris celsa

    This fern is a tall plant with foliage that looks good all summer long.

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    Umbrella leaf

    Diphylleia cymosa

    Wide and distinct umbrella-like leaves form beautiful clumps in a woodland setting.

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    Fringed bleeding heart

    Dicentra eximia ‘Alba’

    Rows of white flowers dangle above the fern-like foliage, opening in April and continuing intermittently until October.

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    ‘Black Beauty’ elephant’s ear

    Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Beauty’

    ‘Black Beauty’ is my new favorite elephant’s ear.

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    ‘Karl Foerster’ feather reed grass

    Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'

    This versatile ornamental grass has slender, upright, deep-green foliage. Information provided by Santa Rosa Gardens.

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    ‘Fireworks’ purple fountain grass

    Pennisetum ‘Fireworks’

    This is a refreshing new look to an old-time favorite ornamental grass.