Late Spring - Page 30 of 31 - Fine Gardening

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    Longspur columbine

    Aquilegia longissima

    This species of Aquilegia is short lived, but its bright yellow, fragrant flowers with elongated spurs will be a vibrant addition to your garden.

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    Eastern foam flower

    Tiarella cordifolia

    This native North American species has pale green heart-shaped leaves which develop bronze highlights in the autumn.

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    Annual clary sage

    Salvia viridis

    From spring to summer, this annual produces multiple flower spikes with tiny flowers enclosed in showy bracts in shades of white, pink, or purple and marked with darker veins.

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    ‘Tricolor’ sage

    Salvia officinalis 'Tricolor'

    Cooks and gardeners alike are indebted to this evergreen perennial for the unique, pungent flavor and aroma that its gray-green leaves produce.

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    Siberian iris

    Iris sibirica

    Attractive, grasslike leaves to 18 inches long are topped by showy flowers in a wide range of colors.

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    ‘King of Hearts’ bleeding heart

    Dicentra ‘King of Hearts’

    'King of Hearts' has bright rose-pink, heart-shaped flowers in clusters over blue-green parsley-like foliage.

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    Daphne × burkwoodii ‘Carol Mackie’

    Daphne  × burkwoodii 'Carol Mackie'

    This celebrated hybrid is notable for its green leaves with golden-yellow margins that fade to cream.

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    Colewort

    Crambe cordifolia

    This species is notable in stature, forming a giant mound and producing a profusion of airy white flowers on tall stems in late spring to midsummer and then dying down in…

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    Yellow corydalis

    Corydalis lutea

    This species has bluntly spurred golden yellow flowers from late spring to early fall.

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    ‘Moonbeam’ Thread-leaved tickseed

    Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’

    'Moonbeam' produces star-like blossoms of pale yellow from late spring into autumn.