Early Summer - Page 33 of 45 - Fine Gardening

  • Plant Guide

    Blanket flower

    Gaillardia pulchella

    Blanket flower is a bushy annual that produces red or yellow (or red and yellow) flowers over a long season.

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    ‘Carefree Beauty’ rose

    Rosa 'Carefree Beauty'

    This vigorous, upright shrub rose sports smooth, olive-green leaves and clusters of cup-shaped, semi-double, fragrant, bubble-gum-pink flowers from spring to fall.

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    ‘Betty Boop’ rose

    Rosa 'Betty Boop'

    'Betty Boop' is a bushy, upright, floribunda rose growing to 3 to 5 feet tall.

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    ‘New Look Red’ Egyptian star cluster

    Pentas lanceolata ‘New Look Red’

    Red star-shaped flowers with small white centers bloom atop erect stems from spring to autumn.

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    Scarlet firethorn

    Pyracantha coccinea 'Teton'

    Developed by the National Arboretum, 'Teton' pyracantha has a striking upright form, reaching 12 feet tall or more, and orange to golden yellow fruit.

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    Alder buckthorn

    Rhamnus frangula 'Asplenifolia'

    A bushy, deciduous, slow-growing shrub with finely textured, scalloped leaves, this plant grows to 12 feet tall and almost as wide.

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    Bloody dock

    Rumex sanguineus

    Bloody dock, also known as red-veined dock, is a taprooted perennial with a rosette of leaves distinctively marked with deep red or purple veins.

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    ‘Gibson’s Scarlet’ shrubby cinquefoil

    Potentilla fruticosa 'Gibson's Scarlet'

    This clumping, bushy perennial bears clusters of single, extremely vibrant red flowers all summer.

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    Flower-of-an-hour

    Hibiscus trionum

    A seldom-seen annual or short-lived perennial, this easy-to-grow plant performs as the perfect filler in beds and containers.

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    Johnny-jump-up

    Viola tricolor

    This annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial is grown for its long season of pansy flowers in shades of purple, blue, yellow, and white.