Dried Flower - Page 2 of 12 - Fine Gardening
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Plant Guide‘Moonshine’ yarrow
Achillea 'Moonshine'This popular gray-leaved yarrow has 18-inch-tall yellow flower heads that last for several weeks in late summer.
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Plant GuideFrench lavender
Lavandula stoechasThis early-blooming compact shrub bears intriguing pine-cone-shaped flowers that have dark-purple bracts, or “rabbit ears.
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Plant Guide‘Unique’ panicle hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Unique’'Unique' bears 8-inch-long white flower heads that fade to pinkish white.
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Plant Guide‘Nikko Blue’ bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Nikko Blue’This is a well-loved and vigorous cultivar with large, rounded flower heads of a rich, gorgeous blue.
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Plant Guide‘Purple’ globe amaranth
Gomphrena globosa ‘Purple’A bushy, hairy-leaved annual, globe amaranth bears round purple flower bracts on thick stems in summer and early fall.
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Plant Guide‘Bright Star’ purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea ‘Bright Star’This native meadow derivative with daisy-like flowers blooms from early summer into early autumn.
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Plant Guide
Blue-stemmed goldenrod
Solidago caesiaIn early autumn, this species produces elegant, wand-shaped flowerheads atop wiry stems with blue-green, linear leaves.
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Plant GuideMeadow clary
Salvia pratensisThis woody-stemmed perennial produces sticky spikes of deep violet or, rarely, white to pink flowers.
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Plant Guide
Colorful Flowering Sage
Salvia nemorosaThis drought-tolerant perennial produces flower spikes in shades of violet, purple, or white to pink, with purple bracts.
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Plant GuideGiant feather grass
Stipa giganteaThis semi-evergreen species makes a stately, stand-alone specimen with narrow, arching foliage and shimmering gold panicles that reach 8 feet tall.
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