Early Summer - Page 3 of 45
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Plant GuideEastern gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloidesIn early summer, slender stems are topped with flowers that produce a crop of jointed seeds.
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Plant Guide‘Jim’s Pride’ daphne
Daphne × transatlantica 'Jim's Pride'This small shrub to 3-4 feet tall and wide blooms from late spring to fall with a liberal sprinkling of small, white, highly fragrant flowers over grey-green leaves that form…
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Plant GuideFuchsia ‘Coralle’
Fuchsia 'Coralle'
'Coralle' is an upright fuchsia with vivid red-orange pendent flowers and velvety dark green leaves with maroon undersides.
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Plant GuidePoppy
Papaver orientale ‘Flamenco Dancer’The 4- to 6-inch-wide blooms of 'Flamenco Dancer' poppy stand out in late spring and early summer with their true red color and fanciful fringes.
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Plant GuideMexican petunia
Ruellia brittoniana ‘Purple Showers’This 3-foot-tall evergreen shrub bears many tubular, blue or purple, petunia-like flowers on dark stems over a long period.
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Plant GuideCosmos bipinnatus cvs.
Cosmos bipinnatus cvs.
Cosmos are branching annuals with ferny foliage and pink, crimson, or white flowers that work well in the back of a border.
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Plant GuideGermander sage
Salvia chamaedryoidesThis choice species boasts narrow, downy sage-green leaves and true sky-blue blossoms from summer to fall.
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Plant GuideSweet William
Dianthus barbatusThese short-lived perennials or biennials are charming plants and are worth their weight in gold in the cottage border.
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Plant GuideSilver thyme
Thymus × citriodorus ‘Argenteus’This plant is an elegant addition to an herb or ornamental garden.
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Plant GuideDowny clematis
Clematis macropetalaDowny clematis is a hardy, deciduous early bloomer that can flourish in Zone 4.
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