Mid-Atlantic Plants
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Plant GuideYellow trillium
Trillium luteumThis mid- to late-spring bloomer bears yellow blossoms atop a trio of leaves often mottled with a paler shade of silvery-green.
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Plant GuideGreat white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
This showy spring-blooming trillium has large white blossoms up to 3 inches long, which fade to soft pink and from cup-shaped to open and recurved.
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Plant Guide‘Tojen’ toad lily
Tricyrtis 'Tojen'This luminous hybrid bears unspotted, orchid-like lavender flowers with yellow-throated bases.
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Plant Guide
Red flowering currant
Ribes sanguineum 'White Icicle'This is considered one of the best white flowering currants, bearing long-lasting, pendent racemes of pungently spicy, pure-white blooms.
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Plant GuideAster lateriflorus ‘Lady in Black’
Aster lateriflorus ‘Lady in Black’Although it’s valued for its autumn blossoms, ‘Lady in Black’ creates a stir from the moment its dusky purple leaves unfurl in spring.
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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 GuideGolden variegated sage
Salvia officinalis 'Icterina'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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Plant GuideCommon sage
Salvia officinalisCooks and gardeners alike are indebted to this classic, evergreen perennial for the unique, pungent flavor and aroma that its gray-green leaves produce.
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Plant GuideJapanese variegated willow
Salix integra ‘Hakuro-nishiki’The branches of this shrub are slightly upright, taking a softer fountain shape as they lengthen.
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Plant GuidePinkshell azalea
Rhododendron vaseyiThis deciduous azalea bears trusses of 4 to 8 broadly funnel-shaped, unscented clear pink flowers in early mid-season.
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