Under 6 inches - Page 3 of 6
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Plant GuideSnow-in-summer
Cerastium tomentosumSnow-in-summer is great for rock gardens and dry areas, and also works well as a container plant.
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Plant Guide‘Ballerina’ scented geranium
Geranium cinereum ‘Ballerina’This beautiful, mounded, dwarf perennial has gray-green leaves (grayer than the species) and large, purplish pink flowers with purple veins and eyes.
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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 GuideNorthern pussy toes
Antennaria neodioicaThis deciduous, mat-forming perennial produces everlasting flowers.
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Plant GuideYellow whitlow grass
Draba aizoidesYellow whitlow grass is a small, semi-evergreen perennial perfect for growing in a trough, rock wall, or xeric bed.
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Plant GuideCrocus speciosus
Crocus speciosusThis autumn-flowering cormous perennial bears long-tubed flowers in shades of violet-blue with deeper blue veins and divided, bright orange styles.
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Plant GuideAlpine pink
Dianthus alpinusClusters of serrated single blooms in pink to dark crimson sit just off the ground in summer.
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Plant GuideAnemonella thalictroides
Anemonella thalictroidesThese plants are noted for their lovely, 1/2- to 1- inch-diameter crystalline white flowers.
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Plant GuidePurple sheep’s burr
Acaena inermis 'Purpurea'This New Zealand native subshrub has 3-inch-wide scalloped leaves and little purple-brown to pale olive leaflets.
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Plant Guide‘Waterlily’ autumn crocus
Colchicum 'Waterlily'Semi-erect, narrowly ovate leaves 7-10 inches long appear in spring and disappear by summer, followed by large, fully double, rosy lilac flowers resembling the blooms of a waterlily.
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