Naturalizing - Page 31 of 34 - Fine Gardening
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Plant Guide‘Fireworks’ goldenrod
Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks'This eye-catching cultivar has flower clusters that radiate out in all directions and resemble streaming yellow fireworks.
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Plant GuideEarly goldenrod
Solidago junceaThis is the first goldenrod to bloom, featuring bright yellow, plume-like panicles in midsummer.
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Plant GuideZigzag goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulisThis species is aptly named for its distinctive crooked stems that bend back and forth at 45° angles between nodes.
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Plant GuideKuma bamboo grass
Sasa veitchiiThis dwarf bamboo has deep-green leaves that become bicolored with the onset of autumn.
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Plant GuideCommon sage
Salvia officinalisCooks and gardeners alike are indebted to this classic, evergreen perennial for the unique, pungent flavor and aroma that its gray-green leaves produce.
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Plant Guide
Plume grass
Saccharum arundinaceumIn late summer, this large, clump-forming species bears huge plumes of delicate pink flower clusters, which eventually fade to silver.
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Plant GuideSmall Solomon’s seal
Polygonatum biflorumFrom late spring into summer, this species bears tubular greenish-white flowers that dangle underneath the arching stems.
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Plant GuideFountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides
This species produces 2- to 5-foot-tall mounds of narrow green foliage and bottle brush-like silvery-pink to purple flowers, both of which mature to shades of brown.
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Plant GuideEastern prickly pear cactus
Opuntia compressaPrickly pear cactus is a clump-forming and semi-prostrate plant.
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Plant GuideWild jonquil
Narcissus jonquillaThis Division 10 Bulbocodium species blooms late in the season, bearing up to 5 fragrant and nodding golden-yellow flowers.
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