Early Spring - Page 3 of 12 - Fine Gardening
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Plant Guide‘Blue Moon’ blue phlox
Phlox divaricata ‘Blue Moon’This cultivar of the popular blue phlox has round, full flowers with overlapping petals.
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Plant GuideBlue phlox
Phlox divaricata and cvs.This spreading, semi-evergreen perennial has hairy leaves and lavender-blue to pale violet and white flowers borne in open clusters in early spring.
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Plant GuideVolcanic sorrel
Oxalis vulcanicola 'Zinfandel'
The old-fashioned shamrock houseplant is now high fashion.
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Plant Guide‘Rijnveld’s Early Sensation’ daffodil
Narcissus ‘Rijnveld’s Early Sensation’Narcissus ‘Rijnveld’s Early Sensation’ is a classic yellow trumpet-type daffodil and one of the earliest blooming.
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Plant GuideLeatherleaf mahonia, Beale’s barberry
Mahonia bealeiLeatherleaf mahonia is a thick shrub with a formal feel.
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Plant GuideMuscari Azureum
Muscari azureumGrape hyacinths are hardy, easy to grow, and have long-lasting blooms--no garden should be without them.
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Plant GuideEastern redbud
Cercis canadensis and cvs.
Bright purplish-pink blooms are borne in clusters, before the leaves, along smooth gray branches.
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Plant GuideScrambled eggs
Corydalis aureaIn spring, this biennial produces small yellow flowers, which are carried tightly over finely divided, sea green leaves.
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Plant GuideGoldenstar
Chrysogonum virginianum var. australeFrom May to October, this perennial bears bright yellow, daisylike flowers on leafy stalks.
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Plant GuideWhite forsythia
Abeliophyllum distichumThis deciduous shrub is related to the forsythia but differs in that it has white (rather than yellow) flowers that open in early spring before true forsythia.
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