Naturalizing - Page 3 of 34 - Fine Gardening

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    North American hay-scented fern

    Dennstaedtia punctilobula

    This fern's lacy foliage smells of freshly mown grass and carpets the woodland or a moist, partially sunny site.

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    Tokyo wood fern

    Dryopteris tokyoensis

    Tokyo wood fern's ladderlike, upright fronds provide a strong vertical accent to its surroundings.

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    Sunset foxglove

    Digitalis obscura

    This foxglove has long-lasting flowers in seductive shades of burnt umber.

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    Indian rhubarb

    Darmera peltata

    Indian rhubarb's flower stalks emerge from the ground on naked stems in spring and are followed by cupped, rounded but indented leaves up to 24 inches across.

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    Roughleaf dogwood

    Cornus drummondii

    This dogwood can be classified as either a deciduous shrub or small tree.

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    Large-flowered tickseed

    Coreopsis grandiflora

    As the name implies, this species bears large, daisy-like blossoms (2.

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    Autumn crocus

    Colchicum speciosum

    This vigorous cormous perennial has semi-erect, lance-shaped leaves 7 to 10 inches long that emerge in spring, then go dormant in late May.

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    ‘Ice Dance’ variegated sedge

    Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'

    'Ice Dance' is a dense, spreading sedge grown for its foliage.

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    ‘Sweet Dreams’ coreopsis

    Coreopsis rosea 'Sweet Dreams'

    The bicolored, white-tipped and raspberry-centered blooms are large (1 to 1.

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    Fumewort

    Corydalis solida

    This species produces mauve-pink, purple, or white flower spikes in spring over deeply divided gray-green leaves that are barely 10 inches tall.