… Pink Blush Aloe is a highly decorative dwarf aloe hybrid. Mature size is an upright rosette about 12 inches tall and from 8 to 12 inches wide. The leaves are green and white patterned with raised ridges of pink and pink toothed edges. The all over aspect is of a green aloe washed in pink with darker color toward the leaf tips and older leaves. The …
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… flowers from late summer through fall on a perennial that tops out at 32 inches in height. It is best grown in shade to partial shade with room to spread over time. This cultivar is among the most heat and drought tolerant of the fall-blooming wind flowers. However, it still … consistently moist soil to avoid leaf burn and damage to the flowers. The deep green foliage is densely hirsute (hairy) on the underneath side and is rabbit resistant. The flowers attract …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… well in shade to partial shade where it adds a welcome touch of color to a shady garden. It is generally pest free and tough, and is resistant to rabbits and deer. It is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. It is an excellent cut flower. After the blooms …
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… Mohawk viburnum is noted for its dark red buds that open to abundant, strongly fragrant white flowers, for which it earns its place in the home landscape. Red fruit changing to black is sparsely produced. Fall color is orange and red. It is somewhat more compact than the species. Viburnums are a versatile genus …
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… Cori Mistflower is a cultivar of a native plant of the eastern parts of North America. It is an extremely adaptable plant and will tolerate a range of soils types from sandy to clay, and growing conditions from full sun to part shade as long as the soil is kept relatively moist. Cori Mistflower grows from a rhizome and creeps fairly quickly so it …
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… The golden shield fern or scaly male fern is native to the moist woodlands of eastern Europe and western Asia where it is an evergreen plant. It grows into a classic shuttlecock form with yellowish-green fronds when young, maturing into dark green fronds. The base of each frond is covered with distinctive tawny scales. This slow-growing fern can grow to about 3-4 feet high …
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… Brilliance Autumn Fern is derived from an evergreen fern native to the woods and forests of Eastern Asia. Its name refers to the brilliant new growth which is bright rosy-apricot in color maturing to shiny, bright green in mid-summer. In fall the fronds … and so provide visual interest for at least three seasons and in frost-free areas the fern is evergreen. Brilliance Autumn Fern reaches about two feet in height and width and is suitable …
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… Radiance Autumn Fern is derived from an evergreen fern native to the woods and forests of Eastern Asia. Its name refers to the radiant new growth which is a mix of pinks, oranges and reds in color, maturing to shiny, bright green in mid-summer. In … turn coppery providing interest for at least three seasons and in frost-free areas the fern is evergreen. It reaches about two to three feet in height and width and is suitable for massed …
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… Echium fastuosum or Pride of Madeira, is a member of the Boraginaceae family, featuring spikes of blue flowers in spring. A native of … of Madeira in the Canary Island chain, this species has escaped cultivation in New Zealand and is on a watch list in Victoria, Australia - at the same time it is rare and endangered in it's native habitat. The leaves carry bristly hairs that can cause …
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… The flora of Madagascar is as different from the flora of Illinois as possible, and silver thicket is a real curiosity. The entire shrub is a mass of thorns. There are no leaves, just pale, frosty blue-green branches and twigs that …
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