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Bold and Beautiful Zinnias
Fine Gardening — If color is what you're after, then zinnias are what you need. These easy-to-grow, reliable plants burst with bright, bountiful blooms in mid- to late summer. Few annuals can hold a candle to zinnias' floral displays, which come in a rainbow of .. ...More…
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Coleus: Know the basics
Fine Gardening — If you're having trouble finding the right plant for the right place, this versatile performer offers a multitude of options The following examples demonstrate several ways to use coleus. Any number of plant combinations, however, can be created ...More…
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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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Adiantum venustum (Himalayan maidenhair fern)
Fine Gardening — Elegant, lacy foliage on black stems makes this maidenhair fern a standout, even among others in the genus. In addition, when new fronds emerge in late winter or early spring, they are bright bronze-pink. Only about a foot high, Himalayan ...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 rubra (Red baneberry, Snakeberry)
Fine Gardening — Actaea rubra bears white flowers from spring to early summer on plants up to 2 feet tall and 1 foot wide. In late summer, glossy red berries develop. A few cultivars exist. This woodland perennial is native to the U.S. Wide and distinct ...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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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…
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Acaena inermis
Fine Gardening — This subshrub from New Zealand has scalloped leaves that reach 3 inches across with 11 to 15 tiny, purple-brown to pale olive leaflets. Its rhizomatous roots spread in a mat to support this plant's wonderful ground-cover form. In early summer, ...More…