Early Spring
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Plant Guide‘Double Queen’ Lenten rose
Helleborus odorus ‘Double Queen’Hellebores begin blooming in mid-winter in a range of colors, adding much needed color very early in the season.
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Plant Guide
Red buckeye
Aesculus paviaThis conical shrub to small tree has palmate leaves and bears red (sometimes yellow-marked) flowers in 6-inch panicles in summer, followed by smooth-skinned fruit.
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Plant Guide
Blue woolly speedwell
Veronica pectinataThis dense, mat-forming species has 3-inch-tall evergreen foliage with toothed gray leaves.
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Plant GuideLigularia dentata ‘Britt Marie Crawford’
Ligularia dentata 'Britt Marie Crawford'In early spring, fleshy stems unfurl and are topped by rounded burgundy leaves.
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Plant GuideDutch crocus
Crocus vernus
Dutch crocus is one of the hardiest, if not the hardiest, crocus species readily available to home gardeners.
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Plant GuideDwarf bluestar
Amsonia montana 'Short Stack’Chalk up another great plant introduction from the folks at Plant Delights Nursery in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Plant GuidePaperbark maple
Acer griseum
This slow-growing understory tree has highly ornamental, peeling orange-cinnamon bark.
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Plant GuideLenten rose
Helleborus orientalisThis hairless or slightly hairy perennial has over-wintering, leathery, deep green basal leaves each divided into 7 or 9 leaflets.
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Plant GuideJack-in-the-pulpit
Arisaema triphyllumA favorite of children, Jack-in-the-pulpit is a tuberous perennial producing one or two leaves, each divided into three narrow leaflets.
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Plant Guide‘Spring Symphony’ Foam flower
Tiarella 'Spring Symphony'This reblooming, clump-forming variety blooms in spring, producing 15-inch spires densely packed with pink blossoms.
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