… red buds opening into yellow flowers. The leaves are equally dramatic - dark green, puckered, and outlined with light green veins in the characteristic zebra plant pattern. It’s happy outdoors in Florida, where it gets the sun and humidity it wants, but elsewhere it’s a houseplant that has to come inside from the cold. …
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… garden, where they can be allowed to naturalize. Plant it in moderately fertile, moist soils, and permit the plants to mature and disperse their seeds at the end of the season for future generations. Aquilegias are known as …
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… a silver sheen. A native of Brazil, this smaller selection of Allamanda's combination of bloom and leaf color add a spot of excitement in the landscape. Like other members of the Apocynaceae plant family, all parts of the plant are poisonous, and the sap is known to cause allergic dermatitis on sensitive individuals. …
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… short spikes cover the plant in honey scented flowers from early to mid-spring in containers and annual flower beds. In northern climates this biennial is not hardy but can tolerate light … early spring frosts after planting out. Plant in sunny locations in moderately fertile soils and maintain moisture throughout the flowering period. In cool northern summers the flower period …
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… curved. The bright gold flowers (cyathia) tucked within the center of the bracts are larger and last longer than in most varieties of poinsettia. Keep poinsettias in a brightly lit environment with good air movement and poke a hole in the bottom of the wrapping paper to make sure the soil drains after watering …
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… This native of the grasslands of California, Utah and Arizona makes a fine, long-blooming annual that enjoys full sun. Tidy tips produces … of annuals to bloom in its native habitat. It is not fussy about soils, thriving even in clay, and it attracts butterflies. …
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… also feature aromatic foliage. This hybrid of the native Monarda bradburiensis is a butterfly and hummingbird attractant but is not so beloved by deer. Place 'Prairie Gypsy' in full sun in moderately fertile, moist soil with space between this plant and others to decrease the incidence of powdery mildew. Once established, this plant is more …
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… painted fern is a small fern whose fronds are soft grayish-green with an overlay of silver and a contrasting dark maroon midrib. It requires partial shade to full shade with moderate … plant, or in a shade border. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… This densely branched shade tree can reach a height of 50 feet and width of 35 feet with branches that sweep low to the ground. It has deeply furrowed, corky … leaves turn golden in fall. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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… This maple is very similar to Acer japonicum and is also known commonly as the full moon maple. It can reach a height of 20 feet with a … with some purple tinges. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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