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Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop' (Black rose)
Fine Gardening — Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop' Dyckia fosteriana 'Cherry Cola' A clump-forming succulent, red yucca has arching, leathery, linear foliage rising to between 2 and 3 feet tall. Dark olive-green leaves with no thorns or spines are sparsely ...More…
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Actaea simplex 'Brunette' (Baneberry, Snakeroot)
Fine Gardening — This chocolate-leaved cultivar up to 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide bears compact spikes of white flowers in late summer. This plant may languish in very warm temperatures. The flowers remain ornamental for three to four weeks. The deliciously ...More…
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Actaea pachypoda (White baneberry, White cohosh)
Fine Gardening — Electric yellow bracts bloom on a low cushion in April and persist, but gently fade as the stems elongate to form a 16-inch mound by midsummer. The leaves produce shades of red, orange, and purple in autumn. This 3-foot-tall and 2-foot-wide ...More…
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Acer griseum (Paperbark maple)
Fine Gardening — This deciduous small tree initially has a pyramidal form, and later rounded. Hinoki cypress is a conical, evergreen, coniferous tree with leaves that are actually minute scales on tiny branches in the form of fans. The outer foliage of 'Aurea' is ...More…
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Acer truncatum (Shantung maple, Purpleblow maple)
Fine Gardening — Two experts pick their favorites based on color, shape by Francie Schroeder Acer shirasawanum 'Aureum' Compact and rounded, the Shantung maple reaches a mature height and spread of 25 feet by 30 feet. The leaves grow to 5 inches long and have ...More…
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Acer triflorum (Three-flower maple)
Fine Gardening — This broadly columnar to spreading tree has peeling brown bark, three-palmate mid-green leaves, and brilliant orange-red fall foliage. It grows up to 30 feet tall and 25 feet wide. Small white flowers appear in profusion on leafless branches in ...More…
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Acer shirasawanum 'Aureum' (Golden Full Moon Maple)
Fine Gardening — The striking lime-to-chartreuse-tinged golden leaves of this small, rounded tree make it the star of any shade garden. In fall, its golden leaves turn as orange and red as those of our native sugar maple. Like many small maples from Japan, this ...More…
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Acer truncatum
Fine Gardening — Acer saccharum 'Caddo' Compact and rounded, the Shantung maple reaches a mature height and spread of 25 feet by 30 feet. The leaves grow to 5 inches long and have five to seven lobes, resembling the leaves of the Sweetgum ( ). Leaves emerge ...More…
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Acer rubrum (Red maple, Scarlet maple, Swamp maple)
Fine Gardening — This cultivar creates a fragrant cloud of rich bubblegum-pink blossoms on bare branches in spring. It grows to 40 feet tall and wide. Magnolia ashei Taxodium distichum and cvs.More…
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Broussonetia papyrifera
Fine Gardening — This round, mound-forming, deciduous Japanese maple has many qualities that make it an excellent garden plant, including a sculptural form, deeply cut foliage, arching shoots, and golden autumn color. The reddish purple flowers are tiny but ...More…
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Acer japonicum
Fine Gardening — Full-moon maple has deeply lobed leaves, crimson autumn color, and plenty of small, reddish flowers in spring. It can be grown as a small tree or multi-stemmed shrub. Its growth habit is mounded, bushy, and spreading. The cultivar name ...More…
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Acanthus mollis (Bear's breeches)
Fine Gardening — Acanthus mollis is prized for its bold clumps of shiny green leaves topped with striking, 3-foot-tall spires of white flowers which are clasped by showy purple bracts. This is a great plant for an eye-catching structural element in a part-shade ...More…