Woodland Garden - Page 15 of 47 - Fine Gardening

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    Cinnamon clethra

    Clethra acuminata

    Larger in all respects than common sweet pepperbush ( Clethra alnifolia ), this sizable shrub or small understory tree grows 8 to 12 feet tall and wide.

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    ‘Sekkan-sugi’ Japanese cedar

    Cryptomeria japonica ‘Sekkan-sugi’

    This conical evergreen offers year-round interest and a graceful shape, with branches that are more pendent than the species.

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    Japanese cedar

    Cryptomeria japonica

    This is a coniferous evergreen with year-round interest and a graceful shape.

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    Corydalis flexuosa

    Corydalis flexuosa

    From late spring to summer, this species produces clusters of brilliant blue flowers over ferny foliage.

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    Corydalis elata

    Corydalis elata

    This fragrant, blue-flowered species is more vigorous and heat tolerant than the blue cultivars.

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    Sweet pepperbush

    Clethra alnifolia

    This upright, suckering shrub has fragrant, white or pink terminal flower spikes in late summer.

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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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    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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    ‘Blue Panda’ corydalis

    Corydalis flexuosa ‘Blue Panda’

    The first of the coveted blue corydalises to be introduced, it produces fragrant clusters of long-spurred, azure flowers on a compact plant.