Interesting Bark - Page 3 of 5 - Fine Gardening
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Plant Guide
Japanese larch
Larix kaempferiFissured and scaly bark bark is tinted rust-brown in winter.
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Plant GuideCalifornia incense cedar
Calocedrus decurrensThis large, conical-shaped tree has dark green flattened sprays of evergreen scale-like leaves.
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Plant GuideAlder-leaved serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia
This multi-stemmed shrub or tree can reach almost 20 feet tall.
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Plant GuidePaperbark maple
Acer griseum
This slow-growing understory tree has highly ornamental, peeling orange-cinnamon bark.
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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‘Elegantissima’ redtwig dogwood
Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’This vigorous deciduous shrub provides a long season of interest in the garden with its variegated leaves, attractive berries, pretty fall color, and red winter stems.
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Plant GuideMetasequoia glyptostroboides
Metasequoia glyptostroboidesThis deciduous, monoecious, coniferous tree grows to 100 feet tall.
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Plant GuideLagerstroemia fauriei
Lagerstroemia faurieiThis is a fast-growing, upright deciduous tree with delicate white flowers in early summer.
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Plant Guide‘Ruby Slippers’ oakleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Ruby Slippers’I’m one of those people who thinks a garden without a hydrangea would seem incomplete.
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Plant GuideSt. John’s wort
Hypericum frondosum ‘Sunburst’
This is a small, upright, mounded, deciduous shrub with attractive, flaking reddish-brown bark on mature stems and striking, linear to oblong blue green leaves.
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