Late Summer - Page 12 of 42 - Fine Gardening
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Plant GuideLittleleaf cordia
Cordia parvifoliaThough its leaves are small, this semi-deciduous shrub stands out in the landscape.
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Plant GuideSerbian bellflower
Campanula poscharskyana ‘Blue Waterfall’Serbian bellflowers have an easy, undemanding habit.
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Plant GuideSweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifoliaThis upright, suckering shrub has fragrant, white or pink terminal flower spikes in late summer.
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Plant Guide
Red valerian
Centranthus ruberThis clump-forming perennial has deep to mid-green leaves and dense clusters of small white, pale rose-pink, or dark crimson flowers in long, slender stems.
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Plant GuideIceplant
Carpobrotus edulisThis ground-hugging succulent perennial roots at the nodes, has a creeping habit, and often forms deep mats covering large areas.
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Plant GuideCalamint
Calamintha grandiflora 'Variegata'A well-behaved perennial from the mint family (Lamiaceae), variegated calamint has pale-green, oval leaves with strong white marbling.
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Plant GuideCotoneaster ‘Tom Thumb’
Cotoneaster 'Tom Thumb’This compact, low-growing, and self-rooting deciduous shrub is useful as an underplanting or ground cover.
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Plant GuideRed coreopsis
Coreopsis roseaThis plant bears a profusion of lavender-pink flowers with yellow centers from mid-summer to early autumn.
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Plant GuideWhite fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
This North American native is unrivaled in beauty for its pendulous and diaphanous clusters of fragrant white blossoms, which appear in May or June.
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Plant Guide
Green-and-gold
Chrysogonum virginianum var. virginianum 'Mark Viette''Mark Viette' is a clump-forming, handsome 6-inch tall plant with thick, semi-evergreen deep green leaves and perky 1-inch flowers of buttercup yellow.
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