Early Summer - Page 36 of 45 - Fine Gardening
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Plant Guide
Germander sage
Salvia chamaedryoidesThis choice species boasts narrow, downy sage-green leaves and true sky-blue blossoms from summer to fall.
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Rosa ‘Basye’s Purple’
Rosa 'Basye's Purple'This outstanding rose has single, fragrant blossoms of rich cabernet-red.
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Cutleaf stephanandra
Stephanandra incisa ‘Crispa’This deciduous, thicket-forming shrub has attractive wavy-margined leaves that resemble maple leaves and have good orange-yellow fall color.
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Plant Guide
‘Golden Sword’ yucca
Yucca filamentosa ‘Golden Sword’This easy-to-grow evergreen yucca bears dramatic, sword-shaped yellow leaves with a dark green edge.
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Plant Guide
Madonna lily
Lilium candidumOne of the oldest garden flowers, the madonna lily has bright green hosta-like basal rosettes appearing in winter and shallow-rooted bulbs that give it a distinctive appearance.
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Beautybush
Kolkwitzia amabilisDeciduous, suckering shrub bearing a profusion of bell-shaped flowers, pale to deep pink with a yellow throat, in late spring and early summer.
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Plant Guide
‘Snowflake’ oakleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snowflake’This cultivar has large flower heads of intricate double blossoms layered on top of one another.
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Plant Guide
‘Elizabeth Ann’ spotted geranium
Geranium maculatum ‘Elizabeth Ann’This gorgeous cultivar of the North American species has rich, chocolate brown foliage and contrasting lavender blooms.
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‘Ballerina’ scented geranium
Geranium cinereum ‘Ballerina’This beautiful, mounded, dwarf perennial has gray-green leaves (grayer than the species) and large, purplish pink flowers with purple veins and eyes.