Woodland Garden - Page 35 of 47 - Fine Gardening
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Yunnan meadow rue
Thalictrum delavayiFrom mid-summer to early autumn, this Thalictrum species has clusters of large, fluffy-looking flowers with lilac to white petals and pale yellow stamens atop wiry, purple-tinted stems and delicately textured foliage.
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Amethyst coralberry
Symphoricarpos × doorenbosii 'Kordes'This hybrid produces vivid deep purple-pink fruit from late summer on.
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Perfoliate Alexanders
Smyrnium perfoliatumThis spring bloomer produces bright chartreuse floral domes atop bract-like, rounded leaves that are pierced by the flower's stem.
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Autumn moor grass
Sesleria autumnalisThis cool-season grass begins the season with bright green blades.
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Rodgersia
Rodgersia podophyllaThis species creates tropical drama with its large, toothed leaves and ivory-green, footlong flowers.
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Hellebore
Helleborus × hybridus cvs.From late fall through winter, the leathery leaves of hellebores stay glossy, cheery, and green.
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‘Dorothy Wyckoff’ andromeda
Pieris japonica ‘Dorothy Wyckoff’This compact, rounded shrub produces reddish-purple buds that first open as soft pink then mature to white.
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Creeping phlox
Phlox stoloniferaA dense, vigorous, mat-forming ground cover, creeping phlox has short flower stems from 3 to 12 inches tall.
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Lily-of-the-valley bush
Pieris japonica
This neat, rounded shrub has given rise to many noteworthy cultivars.