Dry to Medium - Page 12 of 40 - Fine Gardening

  • Plant Guide

    ‘Prostrata’ plum yew

    Cephalotaxus harringtonii ‘Prostrata’

    This slow-growing dwarf conifer has a wide, rounded crown and narrowly furrowed, partially peeling bark.

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    ‘Hachita’ Blue Grama Grass

    Bouteloua gracilis 'Hachita'

    'Hachita' has narrow, blue-green leaves that form dense mounds.

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    Compact coral barberry

    Berberis × stenophylla 'Corallina Compacta'

    "Thorny but irresistible" best describes this low-maintenance, elfin barberry.

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    Blue grama

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Blue grama is a perennial grass from the Americas bearing unusually bent and flattened inflorescences.

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    blue false indigo

    Baptisia australis

    False blue indigo's spikes of clear blue flowers in late spring can nearly carry a border by themselves.

  • Black rose
    Plant Guide

    Black rose

    Aeonium arboreum  ‘Zwartkop’

    Black rose is a wonderful backdrop plant that can show off many companion plants to maximum advantage.

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    Spiral aloe

    Aloe polyphylla

    The spine-tipped leaves of this aloe grow in a beautiful spiral; mature plants have five rows of leaves growing either clockwise or counterclockwise.

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    Aster × frikartii

    Aster × frikartii

    This plant flowers profusely and for an exceptionally long time, from early summer to mid-fall.

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    Wild ginger

    Asarum canadense

    The rounded, lustrous leaves of this native plant form an appealing green ground cover.

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    Ornamental onion, Allium schubertii

    Allium schubertii

    This plant bears 12- to 18-inch blooms with nearly 100 pink-rose flowers.