Formal Garden - Page 15 of 21 - Fine Gardening

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    ‘Israel’ paperwhite narcissus

    Narcissus ‘Israel’

    This tender paperwhite is well-suited to forcing, blooming 3 to 5 weeks after planting.

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    Montgomery palm

    Veitchia montgomeryana

    This tropical palm grows to 35 feet tall and has stiff, feathery-textured fronds.

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    Sargent’s weeping hemlock

    Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula'

    This hemlock cultivar makes a very beautiful specimen, slowly forming a 10- to 15-foot-tall and 30-foot-wide, multi-layered mound of greenery.

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    English wild thyme

    Thymus praecox subsp. britannicus

    This thyme grows to 6 inches tall, with fuzzy stems and tiny, rounded, fuzzy blue-green leaves.

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    Wall germander

    Teucrium chamaedrys

    This evergreen or deciduous subshrub is grown for its attractive, dark green aromatic foliage and its light pink to deep purple flowers, which blossom in summer and early fall.

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    Autumn moor grass

    Sesleria autumnalis

    This cool-season grass begins the season with bright green blades.

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    Mealycup sage

    Salvia farinacea

    This perennial forms a shrubby upright clump 2 feet tall by 1 foot wide, with white mealy stems and glossy green leaves.

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    ‘China Doll’ Polyantha rose

    Rosa ‘China Doll’

    This dwarf rose grows to only 18 inches tall, and covers itself all season long with large clusters of lightly scented vibrant pink flowers.

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    ‘Vanity’ Hybrid musk rose

    Rosa 'Vanity'

    This rose produces brilliant hot pink blossoms at the tips of wide, arching branches.

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    ‘The Fairy’ polyantha rose

    Rosa ‘The Fairy’

    This well-loved rose blooms nonstop from June until frost, with double, rosette-shaped blossoms of light pink.