Woodland Garden - Page 18 of 47 - Fine Gardening

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    Red buckeye

    Aesculus pavia

    This conical shrub to small tree has palmate leaves and bears red (sometimes yellow-marked) flowers in 6-inch panicles in summer, followed by smooth-skinned fruit.

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    Masterwort

    Astrantia major

    Masterwort produces many small, ivory flowers that are flushed pink and that bloom continuously throughout the summer and fall, wafting a sweet scent.

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    Evergreen wild ginger

    Asarum shuttleworthii

    This wild ginger is an evergreen groundcover with heart-shaped, shiny leaves that are often marbled.

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    Jack-in-the-pulpit

    Arisaema triphyllum

    A favorite of children, Jack-in-the-pulpit is a tuberous perennial producing one or two leaves, each divided into three narrow leaflets.

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    Golden columbine

    Aquilegia chrysantha

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    Callaway ginger

    Asarum shuttleworthii 'Callaway'

    This is a slow-growing ginger, but worth the wait.

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    European wild ginger

    Asarum europaeum

    European wild ginger is a low-growing groundcover with glossy, evergreen, heart-shaped leaves.

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    Anemonella thalictroides

    Anemonella thalictroides

    These plants are noted for their lovely, 1/2- to 1- inch-diameter crystalline white flowers.

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    Money plant

    Lunaria annua

    Showy sprays of pretty purple or white flowers in spring are followed by papery, flat seedpods that look like silver dollars.

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    ‘Maradco’ beautybush

    Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Maradco'

    Anyone who has grown beautybush knows that it puts on a spectacular pink flower display in late spring and then it goes incognito the rest of the year.