Woodland Garden - Page 7 of 47 - Fine Gardening

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    Blue cohosh

    Caulophyllum thalictroides

    This plant's three-lobed, veined leaves are dark purple when they emerge and later turn green.

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    Broad-leaf sedge

    Carex siderosticha 'Variegata'

    This sedge's pearly, straplike leaves resemble striped ribbon waiting to be wrapped around a package.

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    ‘River Nile’ Rex begonia

    Begonia 'River Nile'

    Unlike other Rex begonias, 'River Nile' isn't flashy.

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    ‘Chocolate Chip’ baptisia

    Baptisia 'Chocolate Chip'

    This perennial produces milk chocolate-colored flowering buds that open in spring with golden yellow petals over blue-green foliage.

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    Gold-dust plant

    Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'

    The dense, glossy foliage of this evergreen plant is splattered with yellow.

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    Bugbane, Autumn snakeroot, black cohosh

    Actaea simplex ‘Hillside Black Beauty’

    Unlike other bugbanes, 'Hillside Black Beauty' offers deep purple-black foliage.

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    ‘Ursula’s Red’ Japanese painted fern

    Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Ursula's Red'

    The broad silvery leaves of ‘Ursula’s Red’ have a showy burgundy band at the center of the leaves in spring.

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    ‘Rosenschale’ Japanese nemone

    Anemone × hybrida 'Rosenschale'

    This large, single-flowered, pinkish-purple anemone blooms from August to October on stems 24 to 34 inches tall.

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    ‘September Charm’ Japanese anemone

    Anemone × hybrida 'September Charm'

    Anemones thrive in light to partial shade but will tolerate full sun, as long as there is sufficient moisture.

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    ‘Regent’ serviceberry

    Amelanchier alnifolia 'Regent'

    A compact shrub form of serviceberry, 'Regent' produces finely toothed, rounded leaves that are bluish on top and gray-green on the bottom.