Naturalizing - Page 21 of 34 - Fine Gardening

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    Partridge pea

    Chamaecrista fasciculata

    This colorful annual legume bears attractive yellow flowers that have reddish-purple spots at their base.

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    Dwarf white-stripe

    Pleioblastus variegatus

    Dwarf white-stripe has 5-inch-long, upward-pointing green leaves strongly variegated with white.

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    Bracken

    Pteridium aquilinum

    A native fern with triangular-shaped, stiff, upright fronds that can tolerate dry soil and full sun.

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    Loosestrife

    Lysimachia ephemerum

    This herbaceous perennial forms clumps of gray-green leaves from which arise slender racemes of small white flowers with mauve-colored veins, making for an almost gray appearance.

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    Prairie zinnia

    Zinnia grandiflora

    This native perennial wildflower of the American Southwest bears a profusion of bright yellow to golden yellow flowers atop 4-inch high plants that spread to 15 inches wide.

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    ‘Terracotta’ yarrow

    Achillea millefolium 'Terracotta'

    Flat-topped corymbs of small, daisy-like flowers in colors of salmon-peach to yellow-orange are borne simultaneously on one plant up to 2 feet tall and wide.

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    Veronica peduncularis ‘Georgia Blue’

    Veronica peduncularis 'Georgia Blue'

    'Georgia Blue' forms beautiful mats of purple-tinged leaves.

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    ‘Bright Gem’ Tulip

    Tulipa batalinii 'Bright Gem'

    This named variety of the species has soft sulfur-yellow flowers up to 3 inches across.

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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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    Flame nasturtium

    Tropaeolum speciosum

    This tender perennial climber has edible, hand-shaped leaves and crimson red flowers in summer and fall which are uniquely textured.