… color, the Magnolia palette also includes white, yellows and purples. Another dominant feature is a prominent fruiting body of small follicles forming a cone-like shape. The species range from … and more than 150 plants. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… This fuzzy deutzia cultivar is a tall, dense, deciduous shrub with slender, broadly spreading to arching stems. It typically … and more than 300 plants. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… The name Dietes means "having two relatives," and grandiflora means "large flower." This plant is occasionally called the fairy iris because the fragile white petals not only look like fairy … mysteriously overnight! Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… been in three different genera as well as two species. The most current name for this plant is Roldana oaxacana . Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… appear in the spring at the same time as the leaves. ‘Liempde’ will not bear fruit, since it is a male cultivar. It can grow in full sun to partial shade in moist, fertile soil. Members of … more than 8,000 willows. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… Pendulous golden branchlets hang toward the ground, giving the tree its common name. This is a dioecious tree (a male and female are needed to produce fruit). It has non-showy catkins … more than 8,000 willows. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… pussy willow ( Salix gracilistyla ). This mid-sized deciduous shrub blooms in early spring and is a great plant for challenging landscapes with full sun and wet soils. If it gets too large, it … more than 8,000 willows. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Lilacs begin to set buds for the following year shortly after they finish blooming; if pruning is desired, it should be done immediately after flowering to maintain flower production the next … and more than 800 plants. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Mycelium—a network of tiny “threads” that links plants together to share water and nutrients—is an irresistible metaphor for connection and harmony. Designer Stella McCartney is making pants and other clothes out of mycelium . Adidas recently unveiled the Stan Smith Mylo … material that reportedly looks and feels like leather. And French fashion house Hermès is collaborating with a biotechnology company called MycoWorks to create a bag using material …
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… salmoneus produces elegant, upright flower stalks that do not require staking! Gladiolus is the largest genus in the Iridaceae (iris plant family) with 255 species worldwide; 166 of … of its native habitat nominated the gladiolus for trial at the Garden: first, it is a winter-growing bulb in South Africa, which translates to summer growth in North America. Second, this plant thrives in moist soils in grassy areas—it was perfect for the site we chose in the Bulb Garden. Based on its initial success in our plant trial program, other …
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