Woodland Garden - Page 19 of 47 - Fine Gardening

  • Plant Guide

    Possumhaw holly

    Ilex decidua

    While the fresh green leaves and smooth, light gray stems are enough to make possumhaw holly an attractive shrub, the appeal of this plant is more evident in late fall.

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    Gallberry

    Ilex glabra

    The inkberry holly has narrow, glossy, spineless leaves and tiny black fruits.

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    Yaupon holly

    Ilex vomitoria

    Yaupon holly is an upright, irregularly branched, evergreen shrub or small tree with ovate, toothed, shiny dark-green leaves and gray branches.

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    Black alder

    Ilex verticillata

    This plant is a suckering shrub or small tree with toothed, pointy, bright green leaves.

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    ‘HGC Pink Frost’ hellebore

    Helleborus × ballardiae ‘HGC Pink Frost’

    ‘HGC Pink Frost’ is part of a new series of hellebores that, for the Midwest, bloom as early as January; this cultivar blooms a bit later, usually in March.

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    Oakleaf hydrangea

    Hydrangea quercifolia

    Oakleaf hydrangeas originated along the sandy streams of the southeastern United States, and they are more drought tolerant than many other hydrangeas.

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    Avocado hosta

    Hosta ‘Guacamole’

    As its name might indicate, 'Guacamole' has avocado green, veined foliage with darker green margins.

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    ‘Pallida’ Witch Hazel

    Hamamelis × intermedia 'Pallida'

    There are few better winter displays than the blossoms of 'Pallida' witch hazel.

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    ‘Blue Shadows’ hosta

    Hosta ‘Blue Shadows’

    'Blue Shadows' is a medium-sized plant with coarse, deep blue, variegated leaves.

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    ‘Snow Queen’ oakleaf hydrangea

    Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’

    This cultivar produces 8-inch-long, conical flower heads from early summer on.