… Montauk or Nippon daisy ( Nipponanthemum nipponicum ) is one of the last perennials to bloom, from late September through October. It produces long stems …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… explaining its origin. Allan Armitage’s book, "Herbaceous Perennial Plants," tells us about one, a young man collecting the flowers for his young lady on a riverbank. He fell into the water …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of short, waxy, cylindrical blue-green leaves. A member of the Aizoaceae family, it provides one of the most spectacular displays of bright flowers from the succulent world and is therefore …
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… Use it as an accent in the formal garden, or plant it in wet meadows or at marsh edges. It is one of the best plants for butterfly gardens and is a beautiful, spiky addition to prairies or …
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… This deciduous shrub is adapted to full sun, dry soils and tolerant of air pollution. It is one of a number of cultivars released by the United States National Arboretum combining the best …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… (18 inches tall, 36 inches wide) mound of roundish, slug-resistant blue green leaves. It is one of the Tardiana series of hostas. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow and long-lived. …
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… One of the Tardiana group of hostas, Halcyon forms a medium-sized, dense mound of blue-green …
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… rounded shrub that suckers readily. Growing to 5 feet by 5 feet after just a few years, it is one of the fastest growing shrubs available. It is a nice small shrub for naturalizing in a …
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… 'Dorset Blue' forms a small mound of thick blue-green leaves. It is one of the Tardiana series of hostas. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. …
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… cover to buffer the coldest temperatures in winter is not always available. 'Pillow Party' is one of the few that reliably survive, despite all of the odds stacked against it. From late April …
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