Mid-Atlantic Plants
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Plant GuideCorydalis ochroleuca
Corydalis ochroleucaFrom late spring and throughout the summer, creamy flowers cover a delicate mound of filigreed gray-green foliage.
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Plant Guide‘China Blue’ corydalis
Corydalis flexuosa ‘China Blue’This is one of the coveted blue corydalises.
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Plant Guide
English wild thyme
Thymus praecox subsp. britannicusThis thyme grows to 6 inches tall, with fuzzy stems and tiny, rounded, fuzzy blue-green leaves.
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Plant GuideBlue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium graminoidesThis clump forming, semi-evergreen, grass-like perennial blooms in summer, with a long succession of yellow-centered blue flowers.
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Plant GuideAutumn moor grass
Sesleria autumnalisThis cool-season grass begins the season with bright green blades.
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Plant GuideSilver sage
Salvia argenteaThis biennial or short-lived perennial is grown for its massive, downy-silver rosettes of foliage.
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Plant GuideDamask perpetual rose
Rosa 'Rose de Rescht'This compact rose has fragrant, fuschia-red flowers packed with petals that fade to purple as they age.
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Plant Guide
Myrtle spurge
Euphorbia myrsinitesLong-lasting, terminal clusters of lime green bracts and flowers punctuate the meandering 'arms' of this ground-hugging species.
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Plant GuideThalictrum kiusianum
Thalictrum kiusianumThis garden gem forms a 6-inch-high mat of dainty, ferny foliage, and is perfect for a trough or a lightly shaded nook in a rock garden.
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Plant Guide
Redvein enkianthus
Enkianthus campanulatusThis tree-like shrub bears pendent clusters of bell-shaped, creamy-white flowers with rose veins in late spring and early summer.
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