Rock Garden - Page 23 of 34 - Fine Gardening

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    Iris brevicaulis

    Iris brevicaulis

    This pretty little blue-violet iris with yellow and white falls is native to the central U.

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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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    Lesser calamint

    Calamintha nepeta

    Lesser calamint produces fine, upright stems which are covered with small, shiny, dark green leaves, forming a little bush from 12 to 18 inches tall, and twice as wide.

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    ‘Marginata’ winter daphne

    Daphne odora ‘Marginata’

    This winter daphne has yellow-margined leaves and rosy pink flower buds that open to white.

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    Wormwood

    Artemisia absinthium

    Artemisia absinthium is a woody perennial with finely cut, silvery gray, aromatic foliage.

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    Rue anemone

    Anemonella thalictroides 'Rosea'

    The only member of its genus, rue anemone is a tuberous perennial native to the woodlands of eastern North America.

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    Pasque flower

    Pulsatilla vulgaris

    Pasque flower blooms for 4 to 6 weeks in spring with fuzzy flower buds that open to 1.

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    Makinoi’s holly fern

    Polystichum makinoi

    This evergreen terrestial fern has a somewhat formal look due to its satiny olive-green fronds and neat, arching habit.

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    Mound lily

    Yucca gloriosa

    This sculptural plant bears sword-like leaves to 24 inches long in shades of blue- or gray-green and maturing to dark green, with smooth margins.

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    Lady’s mantle

    Alchemilla mollis

    This plant has lobed, densely hairy, chartreuse foliage that is crimped at the edges.