… This variety, named after plant explorer Ernest Wilson, differs in minor characteristics, with needles straighter than the species, with a notch in the tips of the needles. The lavender-blue hue of the cones, which are set … tree, slowly falling apart as seeds are dispersed, leaving behind persistent central cores. With age, this tree can reach 75 in height with a narrow pyramidal form. With good, loose, …
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… petals and resemble orchids. The petals are magenta, fading to white at the base and streaked with carmine. A long staminal column protrudes from the flower like a hibiscus. Compound leaves have 5 to 7 leaflets. The trunk is bottle-shaped and swollen, covered with formidable stout thorns. Not winter hardy, this plant grows best with consistent moisture in humusy, well-drained soils in full sun. It tolerates some light …
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… to tropical America. Kohleria ‘Designer Evening Gown’, bred in Taiwan, has nodding flowers with bright pink tubes. The throats are white, heavily spotted with dark purple. The leaves are dark green with purple undersides. Kohlerias are characterized by soft, ovate scalloped leaves and tubular …
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… family native to tropical America. Kohleria ‘El Capital’ has small scarlet tubular flowers with small lobes. The interior is greenish-yellow spotted with red. The leaves are dark green with frosty green centers and red-veined beneath. Kohlerias are characterized by soft, ovate …
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… ( Rosa ‘Korbeteilich’) produces bright red blooms, 4 inches across on a 4-foot rounded bush with deep, glossy green, disease-resistant leaves beginning in mid-June until frost. The flowers … a slight fragrance. The 2000 American Rose Society selection committee presented this cultivar with an award, noting it is perhaps the deepest red of any rose on the market. Plant this rose in full sun and keep the soil moderately moist. Feed it periodically with soluble fertilizer solutions or top-dress with well-rotted manure in midwinter, and mulch it …
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… The prominent large white flag of Paphiopedilum Fred's Fantasy is alternately striped with green and maroon veins, while the two lateral petals are light green with dark maroon spots. The pouch, or cup, is maroon. The leaves are checkered with blocks of green and dark green, and are ornamental of themselves. …
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… This native of Brazil is a tropical perennial with beautiful foliage and flowers with a reputation of being difficult to grow indoors. They have large ovate dark green leaves with prominent white veins, topped with stiff spikes of yellow bracts from which emerge yellow …
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… Featuring extra-large flowers of dark red with a brilliant green splotch, Welcome Home euphorbia ( Euphorbia 'Welcome Home') is one of a … euphorbias created by horticulturists in Thailand when they hybridized Euphorbia lophogona with Euphorbia millii and selected for seedlings with larger flowers (actually, the colorful parts are botanically described as bracts). The …
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… Clusters of flowers with bright yellow ribbon-like petals cover the bare stems of this large, many-branched upright … warm sunny days in late winter and very early spring. The alternate leaves are broadly ovate with wavy margins, becoming bright yellow in fall. It will eventually reach a height of 15-20 feet and will retain an attractive shape with little pruning needed. The classic witch hazel fragrance attracts pollinators and gardeners …
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… representative of the cashew family that will grow in the Midwest. It is a suckering shrub with an open habit that will reach 20 feet in height, with irregular spreading branches. The attractive leaves are compound, with a winged petiole. These large shrubs, located south of our picnic area, are unnoticed until …
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