Under 6 inches - Page 3 of 6 - Fine Gardening
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Plant GuideRocky stonecrop
Sedum rupestreThis is a vigorous, mat-forming evergreen species with small gray-green leaves and terminal clusters of star-shaped, vibrant yellow flowers in summer.
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Plant GuideSaffron crocus
Crocus sativus
The saffron crocus blooms in the autumn, producing 1 to 5 rich lilac flowers with dark purple veins, held wide open above inconspicuous foliage.
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Plant GuideTwo-row stonecrop
Sedum spurium ‘Fuldaglut’This mat-forming species forms a carpet of rosy-red flowers in late July and August, contrasting against green leaves with bronzy-maroon highlights.
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Plant Guide‘Ballerina’ scented geranium
Geranium cinereum ‘Ballerina’This beautiful, mounded, dwarf perennial has gray-green leaves (grayer than the species) and large, purplish pink flowers with purple veins and eyes.
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Plant GuideCrocus speciosus
Crocus speciosusThis autumn-flowering cormous perennial bears long-tubed flowers in shades of violet-blue with deeper blue veins and divided, bright orange styles.
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Plant Guide‘Waterlily’ autumn crocus
Colchicum 'Waterlily'Semi-erect, narrowly ovate leaves 7-10 inches long appear in spring and disappear by summer, followed by large, fully double, rosy lilac flowers resembling the blooms of a waterlily.
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Plant GuideCommon bearberry, Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursiThis is a fine plant for cascading over the edge of a wall.
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Plant GuideThyme
Thymus 'Pink Ripple'
In early- to mid-summer, this mat-forming thyme erupts with masses of 6-inch-high spikes covered with pink flowers.
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Plant GuideWoolly thyme
Thymus pseudolanuginosusWoolly thyme—the wooliest of all thymes—forms a dense ground-covering mat of tiny, densely hairy leaves.
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Plant GuideOctober Daphne
Sedum sieboldiiThis lovely mound-like species splays out from the center like a miniature fountain.
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