Late Spring - Page 16 of 31 - Fine Gardening

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    ‘Cardinal de Richelieu’ rose

    Rosa 'Cardinal de Richelieu'

    This is one of the darkest-flowered roses from the oldest class of garden roses, the gallicas.

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    ‘Black Jade’ rose

    Rosa 'Black Jade'

    A miniature, upright rose with glossy, dark green leaves and very dark red flowers from spring to fall, 'Black Jade' reaches only about 2 feet tall.

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    Thai ruellia

    Ruellia elegans

    This species has open-faced coral-red blossoms from late spring until fall.

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    ‘Lavender Lassie’ rose

    Rosa 'Lavender Lassie'

    This fragrant rose produces semi-double, medium-pink flowers occuring in large clusters.

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    ‘Betty Prior’ Floribunda rose

    Rosa 'Betty Prior'

    This rose produces single, carmine-pink, slightly fragrant blooms nonstop from June until frost.

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    ‘Ballerina’ Hybrid musk rose

    Rosa 'Ballerina'

    This showy rose produces a pastel cloud of small pink flowers with lighter centers.

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    Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’

    Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red'

    'Husker Red' is one of the few penstemons that does well in wet winters and hot, humid summers.

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    American mandrake

    Podophyllum peltatum

    Mayapple is a rhizomatous, native woodland perennial with leaves in the shape of an umbrella.

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    ‘Clouds of Perfume’ Blue phlox

    Phlox divaricata 'Clouds of Perfume'

    This is a very fragrant native woodland phlox with powder-blue flowers in spring.

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    Fragrant Solomon’s seal

    Polygonatum odoratum

    From late spring to early summer, this species bears pendent, green-tipped white flowers along arching stems.