Mid-Atlantic Plants

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    Veronica peduncularis ‘Georgia Blue’

    Veronica peduncularis 'Georgia Blue'

    'Georgia Blue' forms beautiful mats of purple-tinged leaves.

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    Sweet Beth

    Trillium vaseyi

    This trillium bears the largest flowers in the genus—almost 4 inches across.

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    English wild thyme

    Thymus praecox subsp. britannicus

    This thyme grows to 6 inches tall, with fuzzy stems and tiny, rounded, fuzzy blue-green leaves.

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    Himalayan maidenhair fern

    Adiantum venustum

    Elegant, lacy foliage on black stems makes this maidenhair fern a standout, even among others in the genus.

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    Yellow trillium

    Trillium luteum

    This mid- to late-spring bloomer bears yellow blossoms atop a trio of leaves often mottled with a paler shade of silvery-green.

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    Great white trillium

    Trillium grandiflorum

    This showy spring-blooming trillium has large white blossoms up to 3 inches long, which fade to soft pink and from cup-shaped to open and recurved.

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    ‘Tojen’ toad lily

    Tricyrtis 'Tojen'

    This luminous hybrid bears unspotted, orchid-like lavender flowers with yellow-throated bases.

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    Red flowering currant

    Ribes sanguineum 'White Icicle'

    This is considered one of the best white flowering currants, bearing long-lasting, pendent racemes of pungently spicy, pure-white blooms.

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    Royal azalea

    Rho­dodendron schlippenbachii

    Royal azalea has large, fragrant pink blooms in spring.

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    Patrinia scabiosifolia

    Patrinia scabiosifolia

    From a basal mound of toothed leaves (similar to scabiosa's foliage) rise 4- to 6-foot stems of tiny chrome-yellow flowers.