Medium to Wet - Page 3 of 11 - Fine Gardening

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    Golden creeping Jenny

    Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’

    Golden creeping Jenny is a low-growing, rampant, evergreen ground cover with rounded, golden yellow leaves.

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    Cardinal flower

    Lobelia cardinalis

    Cardinal flower has reddish purple stems and lance-shaped, often glossy, bright green leaves tinged with bronze.

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    Fiber-optic grass

    Isolepis cernua

    This eye-catching sedge has silvery flower heads on the ends of its stems, making it appear like a tuft of fiber optic threads.

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    ‘Phantom’ Joe Pye weed

    Eutrochium 'Phantom'

    'Phantom' Joe Pye weed is an excellent 3-foot-tall perennial that was bred especially for smaller gardens and mixed containers.

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    American elder

    Sambucus canadensis

    A familiar native shrub, American elderberry is commonly seen along streambanks and roadsides and in moist woodlands and thickets throughout eastern North America.

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    Bog sage

    Salvia uliginosa

    This moisture-loving perennial produces clear blue flowers with white highlights in late summer to mid-autumn.

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    Mountain fleece

    Persicaria amplexicaulis

    This vigorous, but noninvasive perennial flowers from early summer into autumn with bright red, purple, or white blossoms.

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    ‘Heart of the Jungle’ elephant’s ear

    Colocasia esculenta ‘Heart of the Jungle’

    A demure egg-shell finish and a dark purple underpinning make the foliage of 'Heart of the Jungle' special.

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    ‘Rhubarb’ elephant’s ear

    Colocasia esculenta ‘Rhubarb’

    Kitchen garden rhubarb doesn't hold a candle to 'Rhubarb' elephant's ear, at least not in an ornamental sense.

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    Canna Tropicanna Gold

    Canna var. “MACtro’

    Tropicanna Gold is perhaps the showiest of all of the variegated cannas and one of the best for hot, humid, sunny southern gardens.