Variegated Foliage
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DesignA Variegated Shrub With a Long Season of Interest
I vividly remember my first encounter with Japanese summersweet (Clethra barbinervis, Zones 5–8). The local arboretum had a few large mature specimens that I stumbled across when they were starting…
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DesignGarden Magic in Minnesota
Trisha Burdick sent in these photos from her garden in Excelsior, Minnesota, which is in the chilly Zone 4. But as they show, a cold climate doesn’t mean you can’t…
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DesignPlants That Shine in the Shade
Throughout my horticultural life, I have gardened almost exclusively in the shade. While the cool, shady areas have provided me with the opportunity to grow some of my favorite genera,…
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ArticleA Garden Like Heaven
My garden is on a quarter of an acre, and I have planted it for 50 years. Due to massive compost enrichment, I do not spray or fertilize. Last summer…
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ArticleThe Tranquillity of Winter
Linda Skyler shared these images of a really incredible garden. She writes: "Although this seems a very uneventful time of year at the Bloedel Reserve, the tranquillity of walking through…
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Plant Guide‘Old Fashioned’ smokebush
Cotinus coggygria ‘Old Fashioned’Excellent fall coloring and a smaller size set this smokebush apart.
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Plant GuideGold-dust plant
Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'The dense, glossy foliage of this evergreen plant is splattered with yellow.
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Plant GuideCanna Tropicanna Gold
Canna var. “MACtro’Tropicanna Gold is perhaps the showiest of all of the variegated cannas and one of the best for hot, humid, sunny southern gardens.
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Plant Guide
Helena’s Blush™ euphorbia
Euphorbia Helena’s Blush™This hybrid has petite green-and-cream variegated foliage with a hint of pink on the undersides.
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Plant Guide‘Pink Chablis’ spotted deadnettle
Lamium maculatum 'Pink chablis'‘Pink Chablis’ has pink flowers above silvery gray leaves edged with dark green.
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