Woodland Garden - Page 46 of 47 - Fine Gardening

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    Wood fern

    Dryopteris crassirhizoma

    This is a handsome and lush, semi-evergreen vase-shaped fern with thickly textured leaves that is suitable for specimen treatment.

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    ‘King of Hearts’ bleeding heart

    Dicentra ‘King of Hearts’

    'King of Hearts' has bright rose-pink, heart-shaped flowers in clusters over blue-green parsley-like foliage.

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    Daphne × burkwoodii ‘Carol Mackie’

    Daphne  × burkwoodii 'Carol Mackie'

    This celebrated hybrid is notable for its green leaves with golden-yellow margins that fade to cream.

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    Fortune’s holly fern

    Cyrtomium fortunei

    Usually found in moist, rocky areas or woodland in central and eastern Asia, this evergreen fern is deciduous in colder climates.

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    Yellow corydalis

    Corydalis lutea

    This species has bluntly spurred golden yellow flowers from late spring to early fall.

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    Northern sea oats

    Chasmanthium latifolium

    Northern sea oats is a loosely tufted, clump-forming grass with lance-shaped, arching mid-green foliage that turns yellow in winter.

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    Astilbe chinensis var. pumila

    Astilbe chinensis var. pumila

    This is a dwarf astilbe with attractive red-green leaves and reddish pink flowers in broad, dense conical groups.

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    Granny’s bonnet

    Aquilegia vulgaris

    Usually this plant produces nodding blue and white flowers, but color variation is common in this species.

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    Alder-leaved serviceberry

    Amelanchier alnifolia

    This multi-stemmed shrub or tree can reach almost 20 feet tall.

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    Bottlebrush buckeye

    Aesculus parviflora

    Large palmate-leaved shrub with showy white 12-inch-tall blooms in summer, followed by smooth-skinned fruit.