Native - Page 15 of 35 - Fine Gardening

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    ‘Clouds of Perfume’ Blue phlox

    Phlox divaricata 'Clouds of Perfume'

    This is a very fragrant native woodland phlox with powder-blue flowers in spring.

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    Northern bush honeysuckle

    Diervilla lonicera

    While not a true honeysuckle ( Lonicera spp.

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    ‘Carolina Moonlight’ false indigo

    Baptisia 'Carolina Moonlight'

    This spectacular perennial hybrid has 18-inch-tall spires of buttery yellow flowers in late spring and beautiful blue-green foliage throughout summer.

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    Blanket flower

    Gaillardia pulchella

    Blanket flower is a bushy annual that produces red or yellow (or red and yellow) flowers over a long season.

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    Rose vervain

    Verbena canadensis ‘Apple Blossom’

    This low-growing perennial produces long-lasting light pink blossoms with dark pink centers.

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    Creeping phlox

    Phlox stolonifera

    A dense, vigorous, mat-forming ground cover, creeping phlox has short flower stems from 3 to 12 inches tall.

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    Yellowwood

    Cladrastis lutea

    Yellowwood is a vase-shaped spreading tree with dark green foliage that turns a delicate yellow or orange in the fall and smooth light gray bark.

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    Scouler’s fumeroot

    Corydalis scouleri

    This species has tiers of lacy foliage that form broad clumps, 3 feet high by 3 feet wide.

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    Rocky Mountain iris

    Iris missouriensis

    This variable, beardless iris with narrow leaves to 20 inches long bears 2 to 4 blooms on each branched stem, in summer.

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    Penstemon parryi

    Penstemon parryi

    This upright perennial has funnel-shaped, bright pink flowers on 3-foot-tall stalks in spring.