Native - Page 12 of 35 - Fine Gardening

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    Coral honeysuckle

    Lonicera sempervirens

    This woody, twining climber has two-lipped, tubular scarlet-orange flowers, yellow inside, in terminal whorls in summer and autumn.

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    Black dalea

    Dalea frutescens

    This low, mounding, Southwest native shrub up to 4 feet tall and 6 feet wide has feathery foliage that contributes fine texture to a garden.

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    ‘Goldsturm’ black-eyed Susan

    Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’

    Large flowers consisting of brassy orange-yellow rays surrounding brown cones are what make this plant so popular.

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    Cinnamon clethra

    Clethra acuminata

    Larger in all respects than common sweet pepperbush ( Clethra alnifolia ), this sizable shrub or small understory tree grows 8 to 12 feet tall and wide.

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    Northern maidenhair fern

    Adiantum pedatum

    Northern maidenhair fern's curved fronds have wiry black stems that wave in the wind.

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    Yaupon holly

    Ilex vomitoria

    Yaupon holly is an upright, irregularly branched, evergreen shrub or small tree with ovate, toothed, shiny dark-green leaves and gray branches.

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    Narrow-leaved coneflower

    Echinacea angustifolia

    This native meadow perennial has daisy-like blossoms in early summer.

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    Solomon’s plume

    Smilacina racemosa

    This shade-loving perennial produces plumes of creamy white blossoms in spring, followed by mottled yellowish-green berries that turn to deep red.

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    American mandrake

    Podophyllum peltatum

    Mayapple is a rhizomatous, native woodland perennial with leaves in the shape of an umbrella.

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    Toyon, Christmas berry, California holly

    Heteromeles arbutifolia

    This evergreen, California-native shrub grows to 20 feet tall and wide and produces abundant clusters of tiny white flowers in early summer, which attract beneficial insects that help control pests.