Early Summer - Page 32 of 45 - Fine Gardening
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Plant Guide
‘Indian Summer’ black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Indian Summer’‘Indian Summer’ is a standout among a sea of black-eyed Susans because of its extra-large, golden yellow flower heads.
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‘John Proffit’ ice plant
Delosperma 'John Proffit'Covering itself with glowing fuchsia daisy-like flowers with many narrow petals, 'John Proffit' makes a beautiful groundcover or container plant.
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‘Variegata’ iris
Iris pallida ‘Variegata’An iris with foliage as showy as its flowers, 'Variegata' has bright green leaves striped with yellow and beautiful soft blue flowers with yellow beards.
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Blackfoot daisy
Melampodium leucanthumA native perennial shrub that grows to about 2 feet tall and wide and covers itself the whole season with honey-scented, white and yellow daisy flowers.
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Plant Guide
Iris brevicaulis
Iris brevicaulisThis pretty little blue-violet iris with yellow and white falls is native to the central U.
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Cape fuchsia
Phygelius × rectus 'Devil's Tears'This evergreen shrub is often grown as a tender perennial where not hardy.
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‘Rocky Top’ Tennessee coneflower
Echinacea tennesseensis 'Rocky Top'The 'Rocky Top' hybrid offers the garden an abundance of pastel pink coneflowers with greenish-black cones on plants 2 to 3 feet tall and 1 foot wide.
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Mexican petunia
Ruellia brittoniana ‘Purple Showers’This 3-foot-tall evergreen shrub bears many tubular, blue or purple, petunia-like flowers on dark stems over a long period.
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Blue porter weed
Stachytarpheta urticifoliaThis pest-free perennial blooms best during warm months.