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Sedum album (Crassulaceae)

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Sedum albumIMG_3923

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Common name: white stonecrop

Size, form, texture: height 0.25-0.5 ft, spread 0.5-0.75 ft,

Hardiness, origin, native ecology: zone 3-9, grows easily in average, dry to medium well drained soil in full sun. Prefers some moisture but will tolerate part shade, heat, drought, and poor soils.

Bud, foliage, flower and fruit characteristics: bloom in may to June, white to pale pink flowers, creeping, matt forming evergreen sedum. Clusters of tiny white to pale pink flowers over matt of green foliage.

Cultural and maintenance requirements and appropriate uses in the landscape: Grows well sprawling over rocks or in between cracks of rock well, classic sedum aesthetic. Good as ground cover, easily propagated as wherever leaves drop sedum will grow.

Perovskia atriplicifolia (Lamiaceae)

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Common name: Russian sage

Size, form, texture: height 3-5 ft, spread 2-4 ft, woody perennial.

Hardiness, origin, native ecology: zone 5-9, native to the Himalayas and western China, grows in average, dry to medium, well drained soil in full sun. Drought tolerant, flops in any shade, can be cut back to ground in early spring.

Bud, foliage, flower and fruit characteristics: Lavender blue blooms in July to October, finely dissected grey green leaves, aromatic and edible.

Cultural and maintenance requirements and appropriate uses in the landscape:  Long summer bloom for perennial border, good in herb gardens, contrasts nicely with both pink (roses, mallow, phlox) and yellow (rudbeckia).

Dryopteris erythrosora (Dryopteridaceae)

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autumn fernIMG_3921

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Common name: Autumn fern

Size, form, texture: height and spread 1.5-2 ft, clumping fern

Hardiness, origin, native ecology: zone 5-8, native to eastern Asia, prefers average to medium slightly acidic medium to wet moisture soils in part to full shade. Doesn’t tolerate dry soils, require consistent moisture in rich soils.

Bud, foliage, flower and fruit characteristics: New fronds unfurl in striking autumn colours. Spreads by creeping rhizomes, triangular bipinnate fronds mature to a dark green.

Cultural and maintenance requirements and appropriate uses in the landscape: Great for moist shade gardens, or woodland gardens. Can be massed as ground cover.

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