Woodland Garden - Page 6 of 47 - Fine Gardening

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    Indian rhubarb

    Darmera peltata

    Indian rhubarb's flower stalks emerge from the ground on naked stems in spring and are followed by cupped, rounded but indented leaves up to 24 inches across.

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    Bowles’ golden sedge

    Carex elata 'Aurea'

    This beautiful sedge's vivid foliage adds bright color to the garden.

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    Roughleaf dogwood

    Cornus drummondii

    This dogwood can be classified as either a deciduous shrub or small tree.

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    Japanese holly fern

    Cyrtomium falcatum

    Spreading, glossy, dark green fronds reach a length of 8 to 24 inches.

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    ‘Korean Gold’ plum yew

    Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Korean Gold'

    This slow-growing dwarf conifer has a wide, rounded crown and narrowly furrowed, partially peeling bark.

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    ‘Ice Dance’ variegated sedge

    Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'

    'Ice Dance' is a dense, spreading sedge grown for its foliage.

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    American beautyberry

    Callicarpa americana

    Although it produces small, lavender-pink flowers in spring, this plant is known mainly for its violet to magenta berries, which start appearing in October.

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    Fumewort

    Corydalis solida

    This species produces mauve-pink, purple, or white flower spikes in spring over deeply divided gray-green leaves that are barely 10 inches tall.

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    Spring beauty

    Claytonia virginica

    This low-growing, spring-blooming succulent touts 5-petaled, pale-pink striped flowers with strap-like foliage that continues to grow after bloom but disappears in late spring when the plants go into dormancy.

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    Creeping Goldenstar

    Chrysogonum virginianum ‘Eco-Lacquered Spider’

    Goldenstar is a creeping groundcover with long, reddish-green leaf stalks and opposite, heart-shaped, hairy mid-green leaves.