Rock Garden - Page 11 of 34 - Fine Gardening

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    Scotch heather

    Calluna vulgaris ‘Spring Torch’

    ‘Spring Torch’ gets its name from the vibrant color of its new growth in spring.

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    Serbian bellflower

    Campanula poscharskyana ‘Blue Waterfall’

    Serbian bellflowers have an easy, undemanding habit.

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    Red valerian

    Centranthus ruber

    This clump-forming perennial has deep to mid-green leaves and dense clusters of small white, pale rose-pink, or dark crimson flowers in long, slender stems.

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    Seersucker sedge

    Carex plantaginea

    Seersucker sedge is an evergreen, spreading sedge with narrow brown-black flowers on 8-inch stems in spring.

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    Spotted bellflower

    Campanula punctata

    Spotted bellflower has heart-shaped foliage on a creeping rhizome with tubular, bell-shaped creamy white to dusky pink flowers with red spots and hairs.

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    ‘Amethyst in Snow’ Mountain bluet

    Centaurea montana ‘Amethyst in Snow’

    The blooms of this familiar perennial are not the standard blue; instead, they’re a striking silky white with royal purple centers.

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    Calamint

    Calamintha grandiflora 'Variegata'

    A well-behaved perennial from the mint family (Lamiaceae), variegated calamint has pale-green, oval leaves with strong white marbling.

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    Cotoneaster ‘Tom Thumb’

    Cotoneaster 'Tom Thumb’

    This compact, low-growing, and self-rooting deciduous shrub is useful as an underplanting or ground cover.

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    Meadow saffron

    Colchicum autumnale

    Meadow saffron is a cormous perennial with erect, lance-shaped leaves 5 to 14 inches long.

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    Green-and-gold

    Chrysogonum virginianum var. virginianum 'Mark Viette'

    'Mark Viette' is a clump-forming, handsome 6-inch tall plant with thick, semi-evergreen deep green leaves and perky 1-inch flowers of buttercup yellow.