Early Spring - Page 4 of 12 - Fine Gardening
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Plant Guide
Red buckeye
Aesculus paviaThis conical shrub to small tree has palmate leaves and bears red (sometimes yellow-marked) flowers in 6-inch panicles in summer, followed by smooth-skinned fruit.
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Plant GuideJack-in-the-pulpit
Arisaema triphyllumA favorite of children, Jack-in-the-pulpit is a tuberous perennial producing one or two leaves, each divided into three narrow leaflets.
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Plant GuideAnemonella thalictroides
Anemonella thalictroidesThese plants are noted for their lovely, 1/2- to 1- inch-diameter crystalline white flowers.
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Plant GuideThree-flower maple
Acer triflorumThis broadly columnar to spreading tree has peeling brown bark, three-palmate mid-green leaves, and brilliant orange-red fall foliage.
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Plant Guide‘Sweet Tea’ heucherella
x Heucherella 'Sweet Tea'Anyone who gardens in the shade is familiar with heucherella.
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Plant Guide‘HGC Pink Frost’ hellebore
Helleborus × ballardiae ‘HGC Pink Frost’‘HGC Pink Frost’ is part of a new series of hellebores that, for the Midwest, bloom as early as January; this cultivar blooms a bit later, usually in March.
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Plant GuideJapanese wood poppy
Glaucidium palmatumIf you dwarfed flowering raspberry ( Rubus odoratus , Zones 3–7) and sent it to finishing school, Japanese wood poppy would be the result.
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Plant GuideDwarf 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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Plant GuideRed epimedium, red barrenwort, bishop’s hat
Epimedium × rubrum
Early in the season, the thin, heart-shaped leaves of this plant have a red tinge, which turns to bronze in fall.
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Plant GuidePaper bush
Edgeworthia chrysanthaThis small shrub from China is noteworthy for its spherical clusters of very fragrant yellow flowers that bloom in winter and early spring.
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