Self Seeds - Fine Gardening
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Plant Guide
Hardy hummingbird trumpet
Zauschneria arizonicaThis heat-loving native Southwestern species has gray-green leaves and grows to 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide.
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Plant GuideSoapweed
Yucca glaucaThis clumping evergreen shrub with narrow leaves produces a startling, 3- to 4-foot-tall flower stalk.
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Plant Guide
Dense-flowered mullein
Verbascum densiflorumThis biennial or short-lived, semi-evergreen perennial forms rosettes of leaves densely covered with grayish-yellow hairs.
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Plant GuideTall verbena
Verbena bonariensisThis outstanding annual or perennial deserves its popularity.
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Plant Guide
Tulip
Tulipa linifoliaThis species tulip blooms in mid- to late spring with fire-engine-red flowers that look like open, pointed stars with purple centers.
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Plant Guide‘Jewel of Africa’ nasturtium
Tropaeolum majus ‘Jewel of Africa’This climbing, old-fashioned cultivar grows to 8 feet tall.
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Plant Guide
Propeller toad shade
Trillium stamineumThis striking spring-blooming species features narrow, chocolate-colored petals that twist like a propeller over slightly mottled leaves.
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Plant Guide
Giant trillium
Trillium chloropetalumThis species blooms in early to mid-spring with large blossoms of white, yellow, or deep purple-black.
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Plant Guide‘Strawberries and Cream’ nasturtium
Tropaeolum majus ‘Strawberries and Cream’This old-fashioned cultivar of the species has a mounding habit and grows to 12 inches tall and wide.
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Plant GuideDwarf wakerobin
Trillium pusillumIn spring, the foliage of this petite species emerges a deep purple-black-green and is topped by white blooms with rippled petals.
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