Woodland Garden - Page 35 of 47 - Fine Gardening

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    Yunnan meadow rue

    Thalictrum delavayi

    From 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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    Golden Alexander

    Zizia aurea

    This lovely native of the eastern U.

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    Perfoliate Alexanders

    Smyrnium perfoliatum

    This 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 autumnalis

    This cool-season grass begins the season with bright green blades.

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    Rodgersia

    Rodgersia podophylla

    This 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 stolonifera

    A 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.